Bang! Bang! Bang! Within what seemed to be an open roof fighting arena, two figures flashed around as they exchanged blows. The sheer force of their movement resulted in a powerful sonic boom to go off. However thanks to the runic matrix inscribed all around the training arena, no serious damage was dealt. "You're faster than the last time we fought.." coming to a halt, Rio wiped off the blood stain on the corner of his lips. The current Rio appeared to be completely shirtless, exposing a well sculptured tanned body. His hair was now a burnt copper in color and was now kissing the lower portion of his shoulder. However the most noticeable feature to be found from this glow up were his two scars. An X-shaped scar across his chest and a vertical scar that ran from above his left eye brow to the left corner of his nose. Not to mention there was a darkish red eye patch covering his left eyes. "Faster? I think not. I've only merely lifted my restraints to a level that you can react

After the announcement of the sudden changes of the Global Exchange Program which was now renamed as the Global Sports Festival, Nightshade Royal Academy descended into a tensed atmosphere. Although the Academy's curriculum remained unchanged, there was an obvious competitive spirit amongst the students. According to the announcement, the Global Sports Festival Qualifier phase was split into three stages.. The first was the initial qualifier stage. Then came the semi qualifier stage and finally the final qualifier stage. Due to the sudden changes, the Global Sports Festival now accepted the participation of secular Cultivators, as such the prolonged stages in the Qualifier phase could more or less be justified.. The initial qualifier stage was perhaps the most easiest to explain. Basically the reputable Academies as well as Secular powerhouses in Fenris City would engage their students or disciples in rounds of duels to determine their worthy candidates. Then came the semi qualifie

"Bout Thirty Nine begins! all combatants should take to their dueling stage!" Noticing his name being displayed as one of the combatants in the thirty ninth round, Aiden calmly made his way towards the dueling stage marked as ten, amidst a mammoth crowd of cheering students. So far, he's participated in six bouts already and came out victorious. Perhaps it was his luck but all of the opponents he's faced so far were either freshmen like himself or average sophomore years students. He was yet to face off against a students from the third and fourth year. However even with all these, Aiden had slowly risen up to become an underdog within the freshmen students as many were now rooting for him. With a winning streak of six bouts, he was one of the few freshman students who had any chance of making it into the final round, considering this slot was mostly monopolized by the older students with a large majority of freshmen already eliminated. Some were even unlucky enough to face off a

Only after rolling across the surface of the dueling stage for about twelve meters did Aiden finally come to a halt. A few metres more and he'd end up beyond the boundary of the dueling stage, signifying his defeat. "Ugh.." forcing out a pained groan, Aiden forced himself to stand on his feet, albeit in an unsteady fashion. Currently his uniform was now reduced to torn up dregs, exposing his previously milky white skin that was now scorched black. A couple arcs of f lightning could even be spotted dancing across the upper layer of his scorched flesh. "That's impossible.. you should've been knocked unconscious!' Toby's expression darkened when he saw Aiden rise back to his feet. What he just executed was the second level of a primary rank Hex. In the hands of a Gamma Lord genius hailing from a noble house, it was more than capable of scorching a level three Spirit Beast to death. There was no way a mere Omega Warrior freshman could survive such a direct hit, even while partially d

Relying on his base Vampire speed, Aiden made the first move as he closed in on Oge. Clenching his right fist, he pulled it back before slamming a straight punch towards her face. The sheer power packed into that single force caused the air pressure to pop. Form the view point of an outsider, Oge's head was going to be turn into a squashed water melon if the hit successfully landed. "Nanao.. Lush Green.." this time, Oge sensibly chose to summon her Soul Weapon right off the bat. She had just grippoed the hilt of the saber when she held it in front of herself in an attempt to block Aiden's incoming punch. Bang! The shockwave caused from the collision, caused dust to carelessly fly around as Oge was forced skidding back for seven meters before coming to a stop. Although her saber managed to block Aiden's punch, the shockwave transmitted ended up rattling her internal organs, causing a drop of blood to slid out from her nostrils. "I still got it.." Aiden smirked in satisfaction b