The four duos stepped onto the platform from four directions, and the proctor, who is in the legendary realm (mid-rank-8), informed the four teams just like he did in the previous matches, "Now, all of you know the rules. No activated skill cards, no re-entry once you leave the barrier, and no attack on the participants who admitted defeat. All of you have one minute to prepare yourselves but remember one thing. No one should make a move until the whistle is blown."
Not even Azzy has the confidence in challenging the strength and authority of this Proctor, who can be considered his superior, considering this guy is a member of Squad Zero.
Everyone just silently summoned their Arcana.
Edwin Light summoned a giant red beetle while Therald summoned a spear. On the other hand, the two middle-aged fellows summoned a machete and a club respectively. With those weapons and their haggard appearances, they looked like barbarians at first glance.
Meanwhile, the twins just took out a pair of sabers from their respective storage cards. It had surprised the audience and even their opponents as these two are considered the weakest and yet, they aren't even trying to go all out. Are they confident or were too conceited? Only the result of the battle will tell.
Now, everyone's attention was on Azzy and Leah who were just standing straight with both of their palms connected.
Almost for 50-55 seconds, neither of them made any moves. Just when everyone thought that the two teenagers were looking down on their opponents too much, their respective soul cards were summoned.
Azzy summoned a black lotus while Leah summoned the Excalibur.
Everyone immediately sensed the intensity both of them giving out. As the existence of celestial grades is something only known to hidden clans, ancient royal families, and organizations, except for the proctor, everyone else put them into the category of platinum grade with Excalibur regarded as a mutated one, i.e. a top tier.
However, even that was scary enough for the opponents to put their attention on them with their Arcana getting restless. The new development even forced the young couple to become serious for a moment.
The other two teams that teamed up decided to take out this threatening teenage couple first before kicking out the weaklings.
*Whistle*
As soon as the whistle was blown, two of the three teams rushed toward Azzy and Leah.
Leah made her move by raising the sword, "Kneel before the King."
The Excalibur glowed brightly and the Arcana in the form of weapons started to shiver. They left their owners and fell on the floor, paying their respects to the absolute lord of soul weapons that are gold grade and below.
Even the normal sabers that don't have any spirit tried to leave their respective owner's hands but failed to do so, for some reason. The smiles on the happy-go twins were long gone and they were struggling to keep their sabers under control.
As Edwin Light was a summoner, the celestial grade sword didn't affect his Arcana.
Looking at the scene where the middle-aged men along with his partner Therald were trying to pick up their Arcana from the floor, Edwin commented, "I heard the rumors about the legendary Excalibur, which can rule over every gold grade weapon type Arcana spirit and below. It looks like it is true."
He then looked at his partner, "Therald, your Arcana will be of no use from now onwards. Take out the skill cards."
He wanted to say the same to his temporary allies but Azzy didn't give him such an opportunity. He summoned a Protos Spear but he didn't throw it at the enemies. Instead, he grabbed it and dashed towards Edwin Light at his peak speed.
Within just a few seconds, he covered the distance and reached his target, the giant beetle.
"Kenurel, dodge," Edwin shouted.
As the giant beetle attempted to dodge by flying, Azzy pushed his leg against the ground and jumped high, and pierced its thorax with the Protos Spear.
The giant needle-looking thing disappeared after leaving a hole in its body while the energy invaded its core.
*Trrrrrrrr*
For a couple of moments, the giant beetle screamed while flapping its wings, and eventually, it collapsed on the floor and died. Its body disappeared and its spirit returned to Edwin's mindscape.
Even if the Light family is no longer the same as before, Edwin was still a member of the royal family and he had access to resources that ordinary man cannot hope to earn in a lifetime.
Naturally, he had expensive resurrection cards in his possession and wasn't afraid of using them to revive the fallen Arcana.
But the only problem is that his opponent might not give him that time. So, he can only do what he can.
"Therald, cover me…" He roared.
Although his partner was shocked by Azzy's speed and power, he was a little bit calm because of his experience in battles. He ignored his Arcana and took out a skill card, pouring his soul energy into it, almost at the same time as the beast died.
The skill card released an enormous amount of fog, shutting off the visibility of Azzy within a fraction of a second.
"Hmm, what is this?" Azzy activated his Aura sensing.
While the fog had spread to over 20 meters in radius, perfectly enough for them to not only retreat but also plan their next move, neither Edwin nor Therald could also spot each other. But for now, all they need is to move as much as away from their current spot.
However, the fog couldn't stop Azzy's Aura sensing. As long as they don't suppress their soul energy, it was easy for Azzy to spot them.
And just as he thought, Azzy spotted the auras, one at his 2 o'clock and the other at his 11 o'clock.
"Okay, this can work to my advantage." Instead of repelling the fog away with energy eruption, Azzy just stared at the 2 o'clock direction where there was an Aura of a human as well as the Arcana spirit that was revived.
The proctor also heightened his senses to the maximum to confirm whether everyone is following the rules. After all, someone could take fog as the cover and use activated skill cards. So, the legendary realm proctor is careful.
Meanwhile, the black lotus found its way toward its master. Azzy passed an order as soon as it caught up with him.
"Ruby, use Whirlwind towards your 10 o'clock, 13 meters away."
The black lotus unleashed its first soul skill.
The black lotus tilted its body to 90 degrees before it started to rotate vertically, generating powerful wind in cylindrical form.
Ruby doesn't know where its target is but it just blindly trusted Azzy's judgment and unleashed the wind in the direction he ordered.
The thick fog around them swirled around the whirlwind as it traveled towards Therald at a speed of 190 km/hr. It only took a fraction of a second for the whirlwind to hit its target.
"Argh…"
Therald spits out a mouthful of blood as the wind hit head-on, blasting him away. His ribcage was fractured, his lungs were damaged, and his stomach was pulverized.
With just one hit, he passed through the barrier and crashed onto the ground. Soon enough, he lost consciousness and the healers, who were on standby, rushed toward him and healed his body.
"Therald…" Edwin was taken aback by the unexpected move from his opponent.
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