“It’s truly unfortunate that with intelligence like yours, you have such a weak body. If only there were medicine or food that could heal you, I would certainly buy it no matter the cost. That way, you could become stronger, and of course, I would benefit from having a friend like you, Julius!” Galen Blackthorn said, patting his friend’s shoulder.
Julius simply smiled upon hearing the praise from Galen Blackthorn. He was very pleased to hear that his friend had good intentions to find medicine or food that could cure him. Galen Blackthorn was even determined to pay any amount if such medicine existed. He almost mentioned to Galen Blackthorn about the God Fruit mentioned by Master Lin Duano yesterday. However, he remembered the master’s advice to keep it secret, so he refrained from telling his friend.
The next day, the new students’ lessons at the Tower of the Gods Academy were held together. This time, the lesson was given by a Master named Kaelen Frostfire, who was the Vice Chairman of the Tower of the Gods Academy. It was a combined lesson attended by all the new students from all the towers, accompanied by their seniors. The students from the three towers were gathered into one in the main building of the Tower of the Gods Academy, located right next to the Tower of the Gods where the academy’s chairman resided.
“Students, today you will practice together with the three towers. I will see the progress you have made during your training with the Masters in each tower. You need to know that there will be a friendly competition between the towers, in which each tower can be represented by both seniors and juniors. The winner of the friendly competition will receive special training with me for one week,” said Master Kaelen Frostfire, making an announcement to the new students accompanied by their seniors.
The Vice Chairman of the Tower of the Gods Academy’s speech was greeted with applause and excitement from the students. They were very pleased with the competition organized by the Vice Chairman of the Tower of the Gods Academy. Training for a week with the Vice Chairman of the Tower of the Gods Academy would undoubtedly be very beneficial. It could be said that the second most powerful person in the Tower of the Gods Academy was Kaelen Frostfire himself as the vice chairman of the academy.
“The winning tower can choose one senior student and one junior student. So, for that week, I will train them, and they can teach what I give them to both students. Therefore, it’s best that the representatives you send are the smartest students. So, not only are they quick to absorb lessons, but they are also easy to teach,” said Kaelen Frostfire.
All the students agreed with the Vice Chairman of the Tower of the Gods Academy’s statement. They then separated into groups according to their respective towers. The assistant Masters who accompanied them at that time helped to select which student would represent each tower.
In the Earth Dragon Tower, Master Lin Duano chose Julius because the child’s ability to understand lessons was extraordinary, although his self-defense abilities were still hindered by his weak physical body. Master Lin Duano was very aware of this. As for the senior student, he immediately chose the child of Master Rylan, the head of the Earth Dragon Tower, Rylan Amara Gold.
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Almost all the students in the Earth Dragon Tower did not agree with Julius being their representative. They felt that with Julius’s current abilities, which were still at the ninth peak of the earth spirit martial arts realm, he would certainly be vulnerable to defeat against enemies who were on average at the heavenly spirit martial arts realm. Moreover, they were mostly at the third level of the heavenly spirit realm. Not to mention the senior students in the other towers who were mostly at the sixth level of the heavenly spirit realm.
After being given enough time to discuss, the students who appointed representatives for each tower gathered. Julius, who didn’t know much about Rylan Amara Gold, was indifferent to the girl. However, it could be said that Rylan Amara Gold was the most beautiful girl from the Earth Dragon Tower. But conversely, Amara Gold seemed to be interested in Julius.
Indeed, it was quite natural for Julius to be a magnet for the girls at the Tower of the Gods Academy. His very handsome face, coupled with a tall and athletic physique, certainly had an extra appeal in terms of visual consumption. However, his not-so-prominent strength meant he was rarely noticed. So, if someone truly paid attention to him, they would greatly admire Julius’s handsomeness. Moreover, the red attire he wore complemented his attractiveness very well.
“Since the number of our towers is odd, the preliminary matches can only be held between two towers, while one tower automatically advances to the final round. Therefore, we will draw lots to determine who will directly advance to the final round,” said Master Kaelen Frostfire.
Master Kaelen Frostfire then wrote a seal towards the sky. Instantly, a large circle with a diameter of about ten hasta appeared above the head of the Vice Chairman of the Tower of the Gods Academy, around ten spear-lengths from the ground. Then, he directed the circular array towards the center of the field.
“Now, choose one of your representatives to step into the Array. Whoever manages to step out the fastest will be the winner!”
Without much talk or discussion with others, Julius immediately entered the Array after Master Kaelen Frostfire finished speaking. Of course, this made almost everyone from the Earth Dragon Tower furious. They thought Julius was too foolish to enter the Array and decided to distance themselves from him.
“How foolish that child is! There’s no way that fool can quickly get out of Array Formation created by Master Frostfire. He might be trapped in there forever,” said Kael Frostborn with a sardonic smile.
A few moments later, representatives from the other towers also entered the Array. Two of the representatives from the other towers were experienced senior students. This further fueled the mockery towards Julius from the Earth Dragon Tower students. They were convinced that the chance for the Earth Dragon Tower to win had become even slimmer.
Inside the Array, it turned out that the three students were taken into a dimension created by Master Frostfire. This dimension was a space with a thousand doors. Out of all those doors, only one led to the exit and returned to the waiting students. Meanwhile, the other doors would face various obstacles and would take quite a long time to exit. Unless they had the ability to be above the semi-fairy spirit realm. That level would easily overcome every obstacle in the test dimension created by Master Kaelen Frostfire.