Milah's swords continued to break as Raiya began to tire. Raiya looked at Milah as she retreated.

"Are you playing with my mind? I'm sure you don't have that many swords. Where can you put that many swords? " Milah had a smile on her face as she was at least 30 metres away from Raiya.

"Too bad you're only realising now. You've already spent most of your energy. It's hard for you to win against me from here." The sword in Milah's hand disappeared. Milah appeared a little further away.

Jack and Kevin turned to Kai as everyone in the hut looked dumbfounded.

"Can you tell us what's going on? "

"Look at her hand. "As Jack and Kevin looked at Milah's hand, they saw the ring on her hand.

"That ring is her Mana weapon. I think it creates a spatial mind attack and facilitates the flow of mental power. But I don't think that's its main function. "

As Milah stood back, the ring on her finger began to glow. The blue light in the centre of the ring covered her entire arm.

"This is the ability of my mana weapon. It allows me to unleash my mind energy. Since I am in the blue lightning, blue energy is released." Raiya never answered. Instead, he let out all the bad air inside his while taking a deep breath. The air he let out was completely like black smoke.

Raiya's eyes shone as the brightness of his dagger became even more apparent.

"Crimson Layer - Sharp Impact!!!" Raiya froze time while attacking in an instant. Yet time was moving slowly. Milah could see it.

Raiya was very close as Milah closed her eyes.

Milah's eyes widened as Raiya swung his dagger. The arm wrapped in blue light covered Milah's chest at an invisible speed. As it expanded in an instant, a shield was formed in front of Milah within seconds.

While Raiya was attacking the shield with a fury, Milah fell on one knee as Ignis (Raiya's dagger) touched the shield.

While Raiya was trying to pierce the shield from above, Milah was trying to withstand the pressure from below. At that moment, time returned to its original state.

"RAAAAAAAA!!!" As Raiya pushed himself harder, Ignis suddenly pierced the shield and entered Milah's chest.

He was low on energy and had to do everything he could. If Raiya had not used his intelligence in this fight, he would have lost to Milah, who was weaker than him.

As everyone watched the fight in the arena, Raiya pulled the dagger from Milah's heart. Milah slowly collapsed to the ground and closed her eyes.

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As the formation worked, Michael appeared in the air again.

"The winner of the first match of Group C is Raiya. The second match of Group C is John VS Kevin." Without saying anything Kevin walked down to the pitch. John was very striking in his good looks as he walked down the pitch. Unfortunately, his sadistic personality alienated people.

"Fight with justice." John suddenly picked up a sword, the colour of the blade and the aura it gave off was terrifying. At least compared to the other contestants, the power of this sword was unfathomable. It was definitely much stronger than someone at the head of the blue lightning.

"Xues!!!" He had never told anyone Xues' real name. It was the name of his sword. His sword told him that name.

"Ariel never gave him a sword. Where did he get that sword?" asked Jack. He decided to wake up when it was Kevin's turn to fight. No one in the contestant field could answer that question.

Suddenly a sword appeared in Kevin's hand, and it seemed to come out of the shadows.

"Skana."

As the two of them rushed at each other, the power of both of them in the starting centre was unleashed. But the fight between the two was definitely the highest level fight of the top 16. Because both of them had made the first connection with their swords and learnt their names.

When the two swords hit each other, an extraordinary power emerged.

Kevin's sword disappeared in an instant as Kevin drove his fist under John's chin.

As John skidded to his feet and was dragged backwards, Kevin lunged once more and delivered another punch to John's right cheek.

"Shadow VS Ice" Kai looked out onto the pitch, knowing full well that he was now watching the toughest match of their first round.

Kevin attacked once more, again aiming for the right cheek. John's eyes lit up as the punch landed on John's cheek. John grabbed Kevin's collar as he flew backwards. He pulled Kevin with him. John quickly drove the sword through his stomach and spun the sword round a few times. When he drew the sword, he stepped on Kevin's face and threw himself back before he hit the ground.

When Kevin stood up laughing, the sword wound in his stomach had stopped bleeding. Still, Kevin couldn't keep his expression from pain.

"Do you think that's enough to kill me?" said Kevin. John smiled devilishly as the blood on his sword began to stir.

"It's not enough, but tough luck. I'm the best person here to kill you!

Xuan! - Blood Freeze!"

The blood on John's sword froze. At the same time, Kevin fell to the ground holding his stomach. As Skana suddenly appeared in his hand, he thrust the sword into his stomach. His reaction was very fast but far from enough. John didn't move as he punched a hole in the centre of his stomach.

Kevin looked at John angrily as John rushed forward. He drew his sword from his belly and struck back at John. As the swords touched, Kevin realised the weakness his wound had caused him. His blood was beginning to freeze and he was growing weaker. If he didn't finish this soon, he would lose.

"You asked for it!! Skana - Shadow Cut!!" Kevin pushed John with all his might, spinning the sword with the support of his foot. As John backed away, the bloody ice on his sword turned red and the blade became sharper.

Kevin's sword became a shadow. As Xuan and Skana clashed, there was a great noise around. The two swords were intertwined, emitting lights. There were even cracks in the ground. This was due to the support the two received from the ground.

"You forget one thing, shadow boy. I'm a berserker." Both attacks were interrupted as John jumped off the ground. As Kevin slashed John's leg, John did a somersault in mid-air and with Xues' remaining strength, sliced Kevin in half.

You could see the disbelief in Kevin's eyes as pieces of him fell to the ground. This was not how he wanted to end up in the Top 16.

John looked at his leg as he fell to the ground and it was 3 metres away from him. It was really severed. The look on his face was sour. He didn't feel like he had won. When he looked down, he saw the damage from their attack. The 2 square metre area where they were was covered with cracks. Was this really the power of a human? Kai knew that. He also knew it could be more than that.

"How could Kevin be defeated? He-he was strong. He wasn't weak enough to be beaten in the first sixteen! " Jack said.

"In fact, Kevin was stronger. If the attacks had continued, Kevin could have beaten John. Even though Kevin's blood was frozen, the shadow attacks wouldn't have let the fight go on that long. But both Kevin's frozen blood and John's clever move led to Kevin's defeat. John, however, lost his leg. Kevin was much stronger than John. But while John fought with everything he had, Kevin was just trying to make straight moves. John's willpower was stronger than Kevin's. That's why he lost. "Jack listened carefully and nodded his head in understanding. Strangely, he felt that Kai was acting as if he was a few years older.

Of course there was no such thing. It was only the training Kai had received from his masters that allowed him to see such details. Otherwise, Kai, who had only been training for years in his mind, was not a mature character at all.

John looked at Kevin as he watched his amputated foot heal. Kevin's body was healing. John exhaled a deep breath. He turned his head and looked at the other participants. Kevin was the second person to be eliminated from this house and the other two members of the house had fought the final fight between the 3rd years. There were three people still in this tournament. He frowned and looked at Kai.

"Did the people who lived in that house bathe in holy water or something? "