Chapter 797 Reaching The Eighth Grade

Returning to the platform, Barnes looked around the auditorium. His gaze landed on Zachary, who still remained very calm. Naturally, Barnes' face turned grim at the sight of Zachary's calm reaction. After everything he had done to ensure that Zachary stayed out of the top fifty, the man had sailed through all his challenges. But that would end now. While he hadn't expected Zachary to make it this far, bringing in his own treasure beast would put a stop to his winning streak. Barnes had enough confidence in his treasure beast to be certain of that.

Down in the arena, the Demonic Fighting Bear and the Thunder Dragon Horse were all ready to start the fight. Since the horse had activated its power at the sixth grade of Imperial Level, it was still in a rush and full of energy and fighting spirit.

Deciding to make the first move, the Thunder Dragon Horse rushed to the Demonic Fighting Bear. As it moved, it summoned six pieces of thunder shields. On the other hand, the Demonic Fighting Bear didn't bat an eye or look the least bit affected. Instead of going into a defensive stance, it threw out its fist as the horse approached it. The move created a powerful force that transformed into a fist's shadow and faced off the Thunder Dragon Horse.

The bear's fist hit one of the thunder shields and collided with a loud bang.

The thunder shield shook, but it didn't break. Despite the fact that it still stood, its power had been noticeably reduced.

It was apparent to all those present that the fist shadow was just a tentative attack to test its opponent. There was no doubt that the Demonic Fighting Bear was a smart beast to start with it. Suddenly, it soared into the air and then used its short and thick legs to hack down like an ax. The move was akin to that of a warrior. Breaking through the thunder shield with the attack, it approached the Thunder Dragon Horse. Thankfully, the horse was quick to erect another thunder shield to protect itself.

However, just like the human warriors, the Demonic Fighting Bear was obviously more flexible and smarter than normal treasure beasts, and it was more proficient in the use of strength. Therefore, after that, it launched a series of sharp attacks towards the Thunder Dragon Horse. All its moves were straight to the vital parts of its opponent, making the latter have no choice but to retreat. The gap in strength of the two

rial Level's peak stage.

The sight in front of them dumbfounded all those present in the stands. Not one of them uttered a word.

Right then, the thunder tide that had been spreading, suddenly retracted. Promptly, it rose several meters high. To the naked eye, it appeared as if the Thunder Dragon Horse was controlling the thunder tide.

The Demonic Fighting Bear hadn't realized its opponent could manipulate the thunder waves like this. As a result, it had no time to dodge while still in midair and was sucked directly into the thunder waves. Scorched, it was sent flying and crashed into the wall on one side of the coliseum.

Silence reigned the space around the arena. It was hard to digest everything that had happened in such a short time. So many surreal things had followed one after another in this strange battle that left them reeling.

All eyes were fixed on the Thunder Dragon Horse. It was standing in the middle of the coliseum, exuding strength at the peak stage of Imperial Level. To them, it was almost legendary now. When it had first shown up in the coliseum, its strength had not reached the Imperial Level yet. But now it had almost reached the Imperial Level's limit. It was unimaginable for it to make such a tremendous leap in such a short time. It was reasonable that ordinary disciples hadn't been able to predict the Thunder Dragon Horse's potential. But strong Imperial Level warriors should have done so.

Barnes should have done so as well. But like everyone else, he was just as dumbfounded as the rest. This was beyond anything that he had ever seen.