Chapter 185: Power struggle.

When It came to the lightning element Blake was by far considered the best in the first year and even his fire could be said to be at the top 10 due to the gap in levels.

Apart from that, Blake still had ebony and Ivory, void daggers, and finally the space element, which was unrivaled.

In the entire school, Blake could be considered as the strongest, and that was why Luciano hadn't officially challenged him because he knew it was an automatic loss.

"I must say that was a nice joke." Blake cleaned the tears on his cheeks before turning his attention to Layla's battle.

The battleground had water all over it and Layla's opponent, Calvin Ulrik could be seen on a raised rock platform.

Calvin Ulrik just like every other Ulrik had awakened the earth and fire elements, while Layla had awakened the water and lightning elements which were a deadly and annoying combo to deal with.

The water acted as an extension for the lightning and Calvin knew if he was stunned for a moment it was game over for him.

Also, if he decided to cover himself up with a rock dome and do nothing, it will be a loss for him since he was the challenger.

He was doing well in avoiding the lightning by remaining on the raised earth, but this put him on the defense as Layla kept on raining spells on him.

'I need to do something or I am surely losing.' Calvin thought as he shot out flame bursts to counter the water spells before throwing out a flame spear at her.

'What a drag…' Layla jumped out of the way and fired 5 water blades while still in mid-air.

Calvin easily countered the water blades using his flames, but that was when he noticed something.

The battleground had become quite misty due to the partial evaporation caused by the fire. 

'I see what you are trying to do, but I won't let you.' Calvin thought as he conjured multiple flame spells and fired them out in different directions in order to completely evaporate the mists.

"This is my win then.." Using the power of a submerger, Layla clapped her palms together, causing the mist to condense and form hot water whips that latched onto Calvin's limbs.

Zzzg! Zzzg!

Almost instantly, the sound of cracking lightning resounded all around the battleground as Layla fired a bolt of lightning.

Due to the blinding speed of lightning, Calvin knew it was useless to try to free himself from the binds. So, he raised an earth wall in front of him, but that was when he noticed it was going for one of the water whips

"I surrender!" Calvin screamed as lightning ravaged his body.

"Layla Winner!" With Calvin surrendering, a golden barrier stopped the lightning, and Layla was announced the winner.

"Is that what I think happened?" 

"Did she just turn mist to water?"

The students were shocked by Layla's act of turning mist into water. It needed a high level of control and talent to be able to pull it off, but the most shocking thing was how she easily did it.

"Layla vs Vlad who do you think will win?" Luciano asked with his eyes still on the battlefield.

"I will say Layla. Her lightning is superior to that of Vlad and her skills with the water element is among the top 3. Also, her close combat skills is among the best in the school." Blake said.

"Just like I thought, but it is quite odd that she doesn't want to rise in rank." Luciano said.

"I think it is perfectly normal. She is naturally lazy so it will be too much of a stress when she can remain in the same rank and get quite a lot of resources." Blake said.

"Why do you sound so sure?" Luciano turned to Blake who shrugged. He didn't know he was talking to someone who was worse than Layla in being lazy.

The reason Blake going towards the part of a professional gamer was that he loved gaming and didn't have many ambitions, but all these changed the moment he was summoned to infinite realm.

Now he had a major goal and his fear was that if he slacked he might never see his mom again.

Layla was just like Blake in the past. She was the daughter of the popular A rank adventurer Typhoon and unlike the noble families that were all about competition among the descendants, there was no pressure on her.

Her father had noticed her indifference to things like competing for rank. So, he had promised her rewards as long as she remained in the top 10.

It was a way of keeping her interest in school alive and also sharpening her skills from the challenges that came.

"Well, that's all so I will be going." Seeing Kade winning the final match and becoming the rank 15, Blake decided it was time to head back to his room.

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[Although there are a lot of improvements, especially on the part so of nobles, you are still leaps and bounds above them.] The system said. [The only people you should be worried about are those 2.]

"Luciano must have through a lot of training, but it shouldn't be something I can't handle. The problem here is the unknown factor, Damon." Blake pointed out.

"We don't know his second element because he hasn't had a need to show, but most importantly we don't know his motive or which side he is on." Blake said.

After analyzing the power struggle in the school, Blake decided it was time to get productive, but he soon noticed that he didn't have much to do.

His progress in forgemastery was on hold due to his lack of resources and new knowledge.

As for array mastery, there wasn't much he could do with basic knowledge so all he could do was wait for the next class.

"This is the first time in a long while that I don't have anything other than cultivating to do. I feel... empty." Blake thought aloud.

He didn't dwell on the thought for long, before grabbing beast cores and absorbing their energy.