Vishwa Martis arrived in front of Kritos in the blink of an eye, bringing with him a palm strike that carried the force to split open a mountain, flying straight towards Kritos's chest in full fury.
"It's time to end this."
Kritos muttered to himself.
Instantly, he congregates the entire power inside him into his hands.
He casually placed his right hand on his waist…
Kritos stood on the spot, immovable like a mountain.
Facing Vishwa Tigreal's palm strike without an intention to dodge.
As if planning to withstand Vishwa Tigreal's palm strike head-on.
The spectators that surrounded the combat arena were stupefied.
Has this Kritos gone mad?
Vishwa Tigreal's Roc vision was a sky-grade offensive skill and he cultivated it to perfection, so splitting rocks and shattering trees was nothing difficult for it.
Was this Kritos thinking of using his fleshly body to withstand the strike forcefully?
On the high platform.
"What's this kid trying to do?"
The head of the Augusta clan had a startled expression. Across his lifetime, it was the first time he had ever seen such a bizarre scene.
"Could it be that his defensive skill's cultivation level is on par with Vishwa Tigreal's Roc vision?"
Lakhan on his side was dumbfounded as well.
He didn't understand what his grandson was planning to do. Lakhan believes that his grandson must be on Rank 9 of Apprentice Realm to hold such powers but the power of this skill isn't something which can be endured by the body alone.
In the combat arena.
"If you want to seek death, then I'll fulfill your wish!"
The corners of Vishwa Tigreal's mouth curled into a sneer as his palm blasted down, only a meter away from Kritos's chest…
As far as Vishwa Tigreal was concerned, unless Kritos's defensive skill was on par with his Roc vision, it would be impossible for Kritos to withstand his palm strike forcefully.
However, in the entire Rewa City below the age of Eighty, there was only one person able to cultivate her defensive skill's cultivation stage to be on par with his Roc vision.
That person was already Seventeen this year and had reached Foundation Realm.
Whereas Kritos has just started cultivation, although he demonstrates his talent in cultivation is extraordinary. His resources are limited. In Rewa City, there isn't a single clan who had a Sky grade defensive skill.
Only from a sect, anyone could receive top-notch skill.
In his opinion, the chances of Kritos joining a sect in a mere two months were too slim. Besides, the nearest sect from Rewa city is approx 1500Km away.
"Has he gone mad?!"
At the side of the combat arena, different from Captain Mitchell and Freya's absolute confidence towards Kritos, Sanju had an expression filled with worry.
Both of them, Captain Mitchell and Freya, though he would use the similar skill which Kritos use against Radiant.
Under the gazes of everyone present.
At the critical moment.
Kritos moved.
The arm which he had casually placed on his waist earlier abruptly moved in a circle, swinging directly outwards…
Without using any skill.
Just a casual circular swing.
Bang!
In the next moment, everyone saw.
Kritos's right arm mercilessly slammed upon Vishwa Tigreal's chest, shattering the defensive qi barrier that appeared instantaneously on Vishwa Tigreal's body.
Vishwa Tigreal's palm strike was just a hair's distance away from Kritos's chest, but unable to descend in the end.
Whoosh!
Vishwa Tigreal's body was blasted flying by Kritos's arm, which swung at him in a circular motion. He flew like an arrow leaving the bowstring and collided into the side of the high platform before continuously spitting out a few mouthfuls of blood. Only then did he drop to the ground.
Satisfying!
Kritos spat out a mouthful of foul air.
Although he didn't use any kills, the strength stats compared to Tigreal is vastly large.
Yesterday night, Kritos sensed a huge leap of his body strength after drinking the divine blood. Not only did his cultivation increase but his body also experienced a drastic change.
From High Human(Stage 2), Kritos race evolved into High Human(Stage 3).
He didn't understand how many stages there… but each stage brings a transformation in his body.
When he evolves from stage 1 to stage 2, Kritos experiences a modification in his blood, nerves, brain and finally in his senses.
Now, at stage 3, his body Constitution has been transformed. Kritos could feel the enormous power in his body.
Under the precondition of not drawing upon the qi from his body, swinging out his right arm and solidly blasting Vishwa Tigreal's chest causing him to be blasted flying!
It has to be said that this type of feeling….
Was f**king satisfying!
A feeling that made his blood boil.
He quickly noticed that including his Grandfather and his fellow on the high platform, everyone who saw the battle between him and Vishwa Tigreal was maintaining a dumbstruck expression.
Until he jumped off the combat arena, only then were they able to react.
"F**k! Freak!"
"A casual swing of the arm without even using skills was able to break Vishwa Tigreal's defense skills and blast Vishwa Tigreal flying… Is this Kritos really only a Rank 9 Apprentice Realm?"
"Is he really a human?"
"Freak!"
...
The people who were able to regain their senses were all stupefied.
If Kritos was a Foundation Realm expert who could rely on his qi and fleshy body, such a feat would not leave them shocked.
But Kritos didn't use qi; he only relied upon the strength of his fleshly body to casually swing his arm…
It was truly unbelievable.
How did he do it?
On the high platform.
The three clan heads and judges all glanced at each other.
In their hearts, they had the same question.
"Can it be that he has an innate superhuman trait ?" One of the judges took a deep breath as he guessed.
"There could only be this possibility… I could feel that the casual circular motion he swung his arm in contained a force exceeding even the failed Foundation Realm warrior."
Sol Augusta nodded, agreeing to this.
"Normally, even if it was innate superhuman strength, at the ninth level of the Apprentice Realm, their strength would at most be 2 or 3 higher than any Rank 9 Apprentice warrior. Your grandson is indeed bizarre," Sol Augusta said
Lakhan was also confused but he put pride in his face, telling everyone that Kritos is his grandson and the legendary late one.
Nonetheless, there are some people who were envious of his progress.
One of them was the clan head of the Vishwa clam, he was smiling but there was resentment in his eyes.
He couldn't forget the humiliation he felt because of Kritos when he had to apologize to Lakhan for his daughter's misstep. Besides he lost the first crimson hair of the crimson lion soul beast.
On the side of the combat arena, the crowd split open a path.
Kritos understands if he wins this match, he would directly enter the top 10 and he won't be able to fight with Manvi.
Manvi has already lost a couple of matches so she won't be in the Top 10.
Kritos already analyzed that if he played another match for the top 10. There will be a chance he could fight Manvi.
Out of the next three matches, Kritos was sure he would match with Manvi.
Kritos total points was 47. For the top 10, he only needed one win. Hence, he decided to forfeit this match by jumping down the arena.
"It won't affect your ability to compete for the top ten, right?"
Kritos walked to the panting Vishwa Tigreal, who was leaning on the side of the high platform.
He was smiling in an amicable manner. After all, he didn't have any enmity with Vishwa Tigreal and he never bullied him.
"It won't."
Vishwa Tigreal took a deep glance at Kritos.
He was lucky that his defensive skill had helped him withstand most of the force, or else his injuries would not be so light.
He had to respect Kritos's strength!
As far as he was concerned, Kritos was virtually a freak.
"That's good."
Kritos nodded and smiled.
"It was all thanks to you showing mercy and not using skills, or else I probably would have lost my chance to make it into the top ten."
Vishwa Tigreal sighed.
Among the surrounding people, most of them sized up Kritos with a gaze that seemed like they were looking at a freak.
"Brother, he must have broken through to the ninth level of the Apprentice realm and he must be pursuing warrior path"
Nearby, Manvi looked towards Mayank. She had an ugly expression.
"Humph! So what? Just like I said before, until the day he steps into the Foundation Realm, he can only be considered an ordinary person to me."
The gray-clothed youth laughed in disdain.
"Of course, Brother Mayank, you're a Foundation Realm expert; no matter how strong this poor kid is, he is still at the Apprentice Realm. He will naturally not be a match for you."
The green-clothed girl seized the opportunity to use words and moved closer to Mayank.
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