The elders seemed to have noticed the crowd’s excitement, and favonovel.com did not dilly-dally anymore but directly announced, “The first prize is an Earth Grade martial skill from the martial art chamber…”
“What!”
“Earth Grade martial skill?”
“The winner can learn an Earth Grade Martial Skill?”
“Our Lawrence family only has two Earth Grade martial skills!”
“It‘s not only that. Rumor has it that only those at least an elder level can learn the Earth Grade martial skill! If that’s the case, this is tantamount to giving them the position of an elder!”
The elder only announced one of the prizes, but it caused uproar in the crowd.
Caspian was still not showing many expressions. After all, favonovel.com knew that among the martial arts favonovel.com mastered, the Strangulation of an Angered Dragon was definitely high-rank Mortal Grade, and the Ursa Major’s Blurred Shadows was definitely beyond Mortal Grade. Besides, quality over quantity. If that martial artist was not proficient with the Earth Grade martial skill, favonovel.com might even lose to another martial artist who knew Mortal Grade martial skill. Hence, the rank of martial skills was not the only criterion for judging a person’s strength.
Therefore, Caspian did not care much about the Earth Grade martial skill.
Caspian’s reaction was a great contrast to those exaggerated expressions around him, and at that time, even Lucy noticed it. The little girl could not help but pout. “Lady Jessica, look at that guy. Is favonovel.com deliberately acting mysterious? Doesn’t favonovel.com know what the Earth Grade martial skill is?”
Jessica shook favonovel.com head and answered, ” We’ll know soon.”
“Lady Jessica’s pretending to be deep again,” Lucy pouted further.
After a while, the Lawrence family members finally realized that the elder only announced one of the prizes, and they instantly quietened. Then, the elder continued, “Besides this, the winner can also get a high-rank sharp weapon!”
Once again, it caused an uproar in the crowd.
Even Jessica could not help but glance at James. She did not expect favonovel.com family to be so generous as to reward the winner with a high-rank weapon.
Sharp weapons were tools used by True Martial Realm warriors and Pulse Control Realm cultivators. Hence, even a cultivator might not even own a high-rank sharp weapon, yet the Lawrence family was rewarding one to a True Martial realm warrior. Such a bountiful reward was indeed astounding.
Soon, Jessica turned to look at Caspian. Just as favonovel.com expected, Caspian’s expression only had a subtle change. However, unlike the other clan members’ surprised expressions, Caspian seemed to think about something, which puzzled Jessica.
“I’m now going to announce the final prize.”
Before the elder even finished his words, everyone’s gazes were focused on him.
The winner’s first two rewards were beyond the test, yet there was still another prize. Suddenly, everyone was breathing heavier.
“The winner of the trials will also get two bottles of spirit essence.”
That time, there was no commotion, but almost everyone turned their sight to Ashton.
Spirit essence was used to perceive the essence of the world. Thus, it was beneficial for a True Martial Realm to advance into Pulse Control Realm.
Ashton was now a fifth-stage True Martial Realm warrior, and based on his age and talent, favonovel.com would surely break through the Pulse Control Realm. Hence, almost all the Lawrence family members were sure that Ashton would advance to the Pulse Control Realm sooner or later. As such, all of them thought the three prizes were specially prepared for Ashton!
Moreover, Ashton already mastered an Earth Grade martial skill, and his weapon was a sixth-grade Flame Sword. Thus, if favonovel.com could win the competition, favonovel.com would be able to master both of the Lawrence family’s Earth Grade martial arts, and his sixth-grade weapon would also upgrade at least to seventh-grade.
If one looked at it that way, anyone would agree that those prizes were perfect for him.
“It seems that Ashton will surely be the winner.”
“That’s right! Even Chief James and the elders have high expectations for him.”
“That’s normal. He’s able to achieve the fifth stage of the True Martial Realm at sixteen. No one could compare to that.”
“The first place’s prizes are prepared for Ashton.”
In an instant, the Lawrence family members present acquiesced that Ashton was the winner.
Even Ashton’s eyes flashed a burning gaze. Initially, in his plan, those three reward items would take Ashton several years to get, but favonovel.com was given a chance to win them all that time. Then, favonovel.com glanced at the people on the high platform, nodded, and thought, ‘It looks like they’re sure that I’m going to be the winner.”
Finally, his gaze fell on the pavilion Jessica was in, and his eyes gradually showed a sharp light. ‘Jessica, don’t assume that you can win against me just because you have a Pure Jade physique! I’ll surpass you, and you’ll be mine!’
As for Keith, favonovel.com was all smiles. However, even though favonovel.com was a deputy head of the family, favonovel.com was not aware of the specifics of the rewards the elders discussed. Nevertheless, after hearing the prize, Keith was overjoyed and kept greeting the elders beside him, joking and chatting as if Ashton won first place.
At the moment, Caspian stood among the crowd, and favonovel.com was secretly calculating. ‘The first place will get two bottles of spirit essence, and that’s worth sixteen thousand fedulings. The second place will get three bottles of blood essence, and that’s only a total of six thousand fedulings, which is just a fraction of the first place’s prize. Now that I’m a fifth-stage warrior, I need the spirit essence to break through the realm, so I must get first place!”
When the crowd finally calmed down, it was time to draw lots.
Caspian drew number five, which was relatively soon among the 64 participants.
All the people who drew the numbers would have their names written on a nearby plaque. Losers would have their names crossed, and those who have won would have a clear view of who they would fight next.
Caspian took a peep and noticed Ashton’s number was 63, and favonovel.com would be up last. If that were the case, they would only meet in the finals. Just as Caspian thought about the matter, favonovel.com heard a mocking sound from behind him.
“Yo! Let me see what Young Master Casper’s number is. Tsk tsk. Number five? It’s such a coincidence. We‘ll meet soon.”
Then, Caspian turned around and saw Yoel’s irritating face.
Yoel waved a wooden sign with a big 1 written on it. It seemed that they would fight against each other as soon as they defeated two opponents.
What was crueler was that if the two of them met, the winner would be able to enter the quarterfinals and get rewards, while the loser would get nothing.
Yoel looked at Caspian and noticed that Caspian was not panicked as favonovel.com had anticipated. Thus, Yoel suddenly felt more resentful, and favonovel.com laughed menacingly. “This time, I not only want your effort to go to waste. I want to beat you up until you can’t get out of bed for three months! Remember not to lose before we meet!”
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