Albert murmured to himself. However, as far as his eyes could see, he found the island unusually quiet—and this came as no surprise to him. After all, he had lingered in the Dragon Blood Fire Domain for such a long time, and during that period, the island had likely gone through round after round of eliminations.The current quietness was because the initial storm had passed.By Albert’s estimation, less than one out of every ten students who had landed on the island earlier was still present now.This was actually quite good—it would save him a lot of time.I must be the one who made it to the final round the easiest, right?Albert chuckled to himself. If he hadn’t been bolstered by Kelly’s Frost Nightmare Armor and if the black token hadn’t absorbed most of the dragon’s blood flame, he would never have been able to stay in the Dragon Blood Fire Domain for so long. And if even he had needed such help, how much more so would others?After all, even someone as strong as Owen had to flee th

Albert stared at the thunder-lit sword shadow rapidly enlarging in his pupils, his gaze growing much more solemn. Nikolai’s attack was so fast—so fast that even he could only catch a blurry glimpse of the sword’s outline.He tightened his grip on the Golden Jade Blade. As he tilted the blade to the side, a sword shadow wreathed in thunderlight stabbed violently forward, striking the surface of his blade.A shrill clatter of metal rang out, and the two surges of Soul Power erupted with a thunderous crash.The ground beneath their feet cracked open on the spot.One side of the ground turned charred black, while the other grew damp.Albert held the Golden Jade Blade, his expression grave. He could feel an extremely violent wave of Soul Power surging along the blade into his body. This power, like thunder, caused a numbing sensation the moment it invaded his system—so intense that he could barely keep his grip on the Golden Jade Blade, as if it might slip from his hand at any moment.Even h

After all, other academy tiers still had their pillar figures holding on, while only their Second-Tier Academy had been eliminated the fastest.Didn’t that mean that among all tiers of Newhurst Academy this year, their Second-Tier Academy was the most underperforming?Admittedly... this fact had already been revealed during the earlier ticket-selection matches, but did it really have to slap them in the face over and over again?Sigh, every other academy tier had its backbone to uphold their honor: Albert from the First-Tier Academy, Emily from the Third-Tier Academy, and the Fourth-Tier Academy was even packed with top talents—Walter and the Crown Princess were both unfathomably strong. Only their Second-Tier Academy...Some Purple Radiance students of the Second-Tier Academy cast faint, sideways glances at Hansen and Terrence, whose faces were ashen in front of them.These two were basically useless. Maybe they should just consider repeating a year? Otherwise, they would probably ha

Branches and leaves continued to grow steadily, demonstrating extraordinarily tenacious vitality.Nikolai’s pretty face turned cold, and a hint of disbelief welled up in her heart.For the resilience and sturdiness of this giant tree—evolved from Albert’s own Wood Element Soul—were somewhat beyond her expectations.Nikolai was no stranger to such tactics of Albert’s. She had fought against users with Wood Element Souls before. However, the defensive barriers evolved from those opponents’ Wood Element Souls would shatter into pieces instantly under her thunder. The so-called regenerative power of the Wood Element Soul was utterly useless in the face of absolute strength.But Albert’s giant tree was unusually tough.Is it because of the support from his Water Element Soul?Nikolai’s delicate eyebrows furrowed tightly. Yet even with the power of the Water Element Soul alone, it shouldn’t grant such abnormally strong regenerative ability, right?But let’s see how many more attacks you can bl

Albert stared at Owen. At this moment, Owen’s clothes were slightly tattered—clearly, he had gone through an extremely fierce battle with Mario earlier.It seems Mario couldn’t stop you, Albert said slowly.He had fought Mario before and knew how powerful the latter was. Moreover, it was said that Mario possessed a Divine-Rank Soul Technique—an extremely terrifying trump card. The fact that Owen had defeated Mario and reached the mountaintop meant he had obviously withstood Mario’s Divine-Rank Soul Technique.That alone was somewhat terrifying.Owen smiled and said, You don’t have to overstate how terrifying Mario’s ‘Divine-Rank Soul Technique’ is. Strictly speaking, his technique isn’t even a true ‘Divine-Rank Soul Technique’—it’s just a trick, and the rumors about him have been exaggerated.Of course, even as a flawed, trick-based ‘Divine-Rank Soul Technique,’ its power still exceeded my expectations. If I didn’t have some trump cards of my own, I might really have been eliminated b