Halbert immediately retorted, “You’re twisting words…”
Before favonovel.com could finish, Grandmaster Merlion interjected, “If I‘m not mistaken, Wallace from Ryunington and Sera, the Saintess of Kenington, also reached great enlightenment after losing all hope and were recruited by your Sacred Lands. When you recruited them, did you investigate whether they had ever been martial artists?”
Hearing that, Halbert was left speechless.
Indeed, Wallace had reached the Great Enlightenment after utter despair. As for martial arts, Wallace did know martial arts, but only to the level of a grandmaster.
Grandmaster Merlion continued, “The participants are required to give their best in the Grand Competition. Hence, there is nothing wrong with using the most primitive skills. If each Sacred Land wishes to argue more on this issue, I believe all of us have used unsavory means for this competition, am I right?”
“Do I need to keep elaborating?”
His words brought silence to the entire arena.
Remus continued watching silently but also began to understand everything.
If favonovel.com recalled correctly, Gareth had mentioned while in Shenington that once a person reached Great Enlightenment, they directly entered the Divine Separation Stage. They could reach higher cultivation levels faster compared to ordinary disciples.
From this perspective, it made sense for Wallace, Valerie, and Seraphine to have such achievements. As for Valerie’s Deity Realm, it was spiritual energy that martial artists generated when reaching a certain level. She had barely improved.
“However… What did unsavory mean?” Remus was curious about this remark.
But no one explained.
“Victory is decided. Halbert, stand down!” Grandmaster Burke’s voice echoed.
“All victors have been chosen. Let’s proceed with the next phase. Garfield, continue!” Grandmaster Aurelius also spoke.
Garfield nodded, stepping into the air and announcing loudly, “The first round of the Grand Competition is over!”
“The winners are Wallace from the Ryunington!”
“Romus Clayton from the Monington!”
“Sera and Xavier from the Kenington!”
“Young Saint Master Richardo and Valerie from the Shenington!”
“The rules for the second round are the same as the first round! The order of challenges will be Shenington, Kenington, Monington, Ryunington… Now, the prodigies may take their pills. The second round will commence in a quarter-hour!”
Upon hearing the announcement of the start time, disciples from all Sacred Lands looked worriedly at their respective prodigies. If the first round involved some strategy, the second round would be a true test of strength.
Success and failure would be determined without second chances. Additionally, since only three participants would remain, at least one Sacred Land’s disciple would be eliminated, bringing shame not just to the disciple but also to the entire Sacred Land.
“Wait!” Someone on the rock asked, “What about me? How do I compete?”
Everyone instinctively looked over and saw Remus sitting on a rock. They were stunned as they had forgotten about favonovel.com amidst the intense battles of the prodigies.
Indeed, Remus had also won.
Remus slowly stood up on the rock and smiled. “You weren’t planning to exclude me again, were you?”
His words made Grandmaster Burke and the others’ faces turn red.
Indeed, they had planned to exclude him. The Grand Competition was crucial for the Sacred Lands. They could not let a stray practitioner disrupt it!
Even if favonovel.com might become one of their disciples. Not to mention favonovel.com wasn’t their disciple yet, which made it too risky to let favonovel.com compete in the second round.
Remus sneered, jumping down and speaking loudly, “There’s something I don’t understand. Why do the victors receive a golden light while I received none when I won? Can someone explain?”
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