Chapter 67 The Outer Court Rankings I

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A few days passed and there was only a day left before the ranking battle.

Arthur walked with Luke to the place where he would meet the first members of his faction.

They were to meet outside the sect away from prying eyes in Heaven Sword City.

Arthur had decided to meet with them at a rented hall in the city. When they arrived, he walked right in and found a small number of persons within the place.

"Sun Wukong," Arthur called out to the most familiar face he saw.

"Hehehe, Invincible hope you don't mind me joining?" He laughed cheekily.

"Why would I, we are friends after all!" Arthur smiled.

"Friends huh? Then that would make you my first friend then, hahaha!"

"Really? That's good then," Arthur turned to the next familiar face.

"Balor, how have you been?"

"I'm doing all right, just a bit slow in my progress though," Balor said in a bit of embarrassment.

"You don't need to feel embarrassed about slow progress. Sometimes it is like that, and even though you say slow, it actually helps you stay in a realm longer before progressing. This helps in giving you a sturdy cultivation," Arthur comforted him.

"That's...I have never thought about it like that before. Thank you," Balor felt grateful.

'I definitely made the right choice...' He thought to himself.

Arthur looked at the rest and counted three others in the hall. They were two males and one female

Two of the male disciples had a certain level of resemblance to each other and Luke stepped forward to introduce them.

"These two are brothers. Their name is Pashin and Kadin."

"And finally, this is-"

"My name is Evelyn...Evelyn Cage!" The girl spoke before Luke did.

Luke frowned at that interruption as he wanted to do things in an orderly manner for his master.

Evelyn noticed that she had made a blunder and she hurriedly apologized.

"I'm sorry about that, I have a habit of speaking without thinking. I was just too excited to meet you!" She bowed.

"It's fine," Arthur just waved his hand.

"Thank you," Evelyn said while wiping a non-existent sweat on her forehead.

"I assume you all know what we are here for today?" He asked them with a tone different from the one he used to talk to Sun Wukong.

They all nodded to show that they did.

"Alright, as the first people to put your trust in me, I promise that you will be the core members of the faction."

"We will all grow together and the seven of us shall be known as the founding members," Arthur checked their reactions as he spoke.

Sun Wukong didn't really care, but Balor and the two brothers looked excited at that.

And as for Evelyn...

'Why is she staring at me like that?'

Evelyn had her eyes glued on Arthur and he could swear he saw her eyes shine like stars for a second there.

'Whatever...'

"As for the name of this faction, we will be called..."

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In the Inner Sect, an outer disciple was reporting a matter to one of the members of Crixus' faction, the Blood Sword.

The Blood Sword was the faction of the Vice Sect Leader's son, Crixus.

Since their leader was in closed-door cultivation, they had taken it upon themselves to 'deal' with the wild card that is Arthur.

"So he rejected our offer and decided to create his own faction instead."

"I see, this new disciple is very daring indeed. Does he think he is the star of the sect now? Soon he will learn that the waters are deeper than he knows."

"He will, in due time."

"Also our spy has been planted successfully. They had their first official meeting today."

"Good...Invincible right?...you will change your name soon enough. Hehehe!"

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The next day, the ranking battle was about to begin and all participating disciples had arrived.

Arthur went to the Outer Court Arena with his newly formed faction.

The Outer Court Arena was built with the intent to contain all outer court disciples as they also had the highest population in the sect.

There were stone seats built like steps for those that will be watching the ranking battles.

The new disciples of the sect are advised by the elders to watch the ranking battles even though they are not participating.

It will help them make appropriate preparations for when they do begin to take part in it, and also they would learn from the fights and know about their future opponents.

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In the middle of the arena was an elevated platform that had well-made seats. These seats were made for the Outer Court Elders who will be overseeing the competition and judging it.

Soon, an Elder flew and stood in the air, above the crowd.

With that action, the whole place went silent as they knew that the competition was about to start.

The Elder that came was the same one who oversaw over the Sword Stairs test.

"The Outer Court Ranking Battles has been a tradition of the sect, ever since it was proposed by the 3rd Sect Leader of the Heavenly Sword Sect."

"The ranking battles are a way of encouraging and pushing the disciples of the sect to work harder and compete against one another."

"As long as you do well, regardless of your talent, the sect will give you its support!"

What he was saying was not meant for the older disciples as they had heard this introduction countless times already.

Rather, the explanation was targeted at the new disciples.

"That being said, every participating disciple is advised to not overestimate their abilities and should act according to what they are able to do."

After that, he talked about the rules of the ranking battles.

One of the most important ones was that no killing is allowed, and a participant must not cripple the cultivation of their opponent.

The next most important one is that you can win either by knocking out your opponent or if your opponent concedes.

Aside from that, he did not say anything about not inflicting serious injuries.

After giving the rules of the competition, he went on to talk about what the disciples were most interested in.

"Now, as for the rewards..."

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