Chapter 584 Partner

Chapter 584 Partner

As Dekai spoke, the air around them changed. It was as though Dekai's every mood affected his surroundings. The mood instantly became serious as the five stood straighter than before. Atticus had also instinctively followed their actions.

"This is the fourth summit. After this, you are only one step away from graduating," Dekai announced.

Atticus scrutinized the five and saw that none of them moved an inch and were listening attentively. This was odd, considering they must have heard it before.

Dekai continued without pausing, "You must all wonder, especially if your brain is the size of a peanut, that the fire element is only about unleashing destruction so why are we creating constructs? But that is nothing short of blasphemy."

Atticus could sense a lot of anger in Dekai's tone. Clearly, it was a sensitive topic.

The butt of Dekai's walking stick slammed the ground as he continued, "The fire element is so much more than simply burning things to a crisp. It's life. It has been with us from the beginning, even though none of us could utilize it then. Fire is..."

Atticus's mouth couldn't help but twitch as he listened to Dekai go on and on about the fire element.

No one needed to tell Atticus; he knew that the man loved the fire, how could he not be when he was speaking with so much passion?

The others didn't seem surprised by Dekai's behavior, as though they were already used to it. Atticus listened to Dekai's ramblings for a while, and even he was getting tired.

However, Dekai eventually stopped, "Let me stop here, I'll continue later." The mood seemed to become more relaxed as though Dekai had just let out some steam.

The butt of his walking stick hit the ground. "Now let's get to the main order of business. Why do we ask you to do all this?"

"There are no winners or losers; this is simply done to make you train your control. To pass the test of the fourth summit, you must do battle with your instructor and at least land a single hit," Dekai continued.

"Yes, Atticus?" Dekai gestured for Atticus, who had suddenly raised his hand to speak.

"We must do battle with our instructors. Mine is..." Atticus began.

Dekai grinned, already understanding where he was going. "That's right, your instructor is me. As usual, I look forward to what you'll display. Good luck," Dekai burst into flames before disappearing from the scene.

Atticus stood silently, his mind racing with all sorts of thoughts. 'Looks like this fourth summit will take time,' he thought, unable to see himself landing a hit on Dekai. Regardless, he wasn't going to waste time thinking about something unnecessary.

'How do we decide our partners?' Atticus pondered.

The cold gaze on Cerron morphed into a small smile as his gaze landed on Joana standing by the side. He straightened up his robe, and his eyes turned firm.

With confident steps, he started approaching Joana but couldn't get far as fire ignited above their heads, taking shape into the numbers 1 to 3, with two individuals having an identical number.

Cerron narrowed his eyes, seeing the number 1 above his head.

"Oh look! We're the same number," he heard Duran say from the side, and his heart gripped. He really hoped it wasn't what he thought.

He turned slowly, his teeth gritting hard as he saw the number 1 above Duran's head. 'Shit, it looks like it was done by Master Dekai himself. I can't ignore it,' Cerron realized.

Atticus turned and found his partner, the beautiful and calm Joana, and immediately approached her.