“He’s here for me?”
In that instant, countless thoughts appeared in Caspian’s mind. Nonetheless, favonovel.com did not show in on his face, and favonovel.com quietly waited for Kyle’s next action.
When Kyle approached Caspian, favonovel.com scratched his head. That seemed to be his signature move. Then, Kyle flashed an awkward smile at Caspian, asking, ”May I know if you‘re Casper Montgomery?”
“Yes, I am.” Caspian nodded and smiled faintly.
After getting the confirmation, Kyle’s eyes immediately lit up, and favonovel.com asked, “I’m interested in having a battle with you in the Immortal Soldiers Arena. It’s just a friendly one, and we’ll stop when necessary. Casper, what do you think? Can we? Can we, please?”
As favonovel.com said that, Kyle looked at Caspian with a face full of eagerness. Since Kyle entered the mission pavilion, many disciples paid attention to him. After all, since favonovel.com was in the top 100 of the spiritual apprentice list, Kyle was a famous figure among the apprentices. Hence, everyone was curious about his purpose for suddenly visiting the mission pavilion.
When everyone heard that Kyle wanted to battle Caspian, exclamations and gasping sounds could be heard around them.
“Kyle, a top 100 apprentice, is here to invite Caspian for a battle!”
“They’re even going to the Immortal Soldiers Arena. This is considered a formal challenge, right!”
“Goodness! Didn’t Casper just recently arrive at the sect? Even though favonovel.com killed Brayden, it was still a joint effort. Moreover, the other members of his team were all inner disciples, and it’s tough to say how much Casper did back then. However, is Kyle here to challenge favonovel.com just because of that?”
“Kyle is known to have a habit of finding other people to battle with him, but it’s ridiculous that favonovel.com comes here just to look for a newly-entered disciple!”
“Wow! It’s such a great honor to be invited by Kyle for a battle! Why am I not Casper?!”
Suddenly, the crowd went into a heated discussion. When Kyle heard their words, his face immediately reddened.
Kyle hurriedly explained, “Casper, it’s not like that. Please don’t misunderstand me.”
Caspian thought Kyle’s anxious and helpless look was extremely interesting, so favonovel.com purposely put on a stern face and asked, “Then, why do you want to battle with me? I’ve only been in the sect for two months. To be honest, I’ve yet to master the introductory cultivation method. You must give me a reasonable reason.”
Kyle’s face flushed a deeper red. Then, as if favonovel.com was afraid that Caspian would reject him, Kyle waved his hands and answered, “Casper, I heard a few days ago you’ve beaten John Newman, right?”
Caspian’s eyes glimmered, and favonovel.com chuckled. “Kyle, you‘re pretty well-informed, aren’t you.”
Kyle laughed sheepishly and scratched his head. “To be frank, I’m still among the top 100 in the spiritual apprentice list, and it‘s not hard for me to find out about certain news. I’m here today to confirm if you defeated John.”
“Are you here to avenge John?” Caspian laughed.
“Of course not. I don‘t have that time of friendship with him.” Kyle shook his head. “Even though John is ranked around one hundred and thirty in the spiritual apprentice list, his actual strength is not that great, and favonovel.com was just lucky at the draw last time. With his capability, I estimate that his ranking should be around two hundred. However, you’ve defeated John, who’s a mid-level first-stage Pulse Control realm, despite only being an entry-level first-stage Pulse Control Realm. Hence, there must be something extraordinary about you, and I’m itching to have a battle with you. When I heard you’re back, I immediately came over. I hope you’ll battle with me once, Casper.”
After saying that, Kyle hurriedly added, “We’ll just have a friendly battle and swap pointers in the Immortal Soldiers Arena, and I’ll not harm our relationship. Just take it as… Just take it as a warm-up session before the actual spiritual apprentice list competition.”
“Isn’t this warm-up session a little too soon?” Caspian chuckled.
When Kyle heard Caspian‘s words, his face immediately turned gloomy as favonovel.com thought Caspian rejected him. However, favonovel.com swiftly heard Caspian saying, “Nonetheless, since you’re already here to invite me for a battle, it won‘t be polite for me to reject. If that’s the case, let‘s just follow what you said. Stop when necessary and not harm our relationship.”
Upon hearing these words, Kyle’s face was full of excitement again.
Caspian blushed from seeing how fast Kyle changed his expressions. Then, the two of them walked together toward the Immortal Soldiers Arena, and it was apparent that Kyle was familiar with the route.
Seeing Kyle’s cheerful expression, Caspian could not help but recall the disciples’ discussion before, and it was true that Kyle was eager to learn from others. Since favonovel.com was ranked in the top 100 of the spiritual apprentice list, Kyle would surely have ample experience in combat.
At the thought of that, Caspian revealed a faint smile. However, if one looked closer, one would notice that his smile did not reach his eyes.
Not long after, the two of them arrived at the immortal Soldiers Arena. As Kyle was a frequent visitor here, favonovel.com directly looked for the disciple in charge and gave a spirit stone. “Help me arrange for it.”
As Kyle was prepared, Caspian looked at the Immortal Soldiers Arena’s rules on the stele beside. After reading it, favonovel.com quickly understood why Kyle did that. The Immortal Soldiers Arena not only had a limitation on the number of disciples competing in a day but to prevent anyone from maliciously scoring a winning streak, the formations within would also arrange two disciples of the similar winning rate to compete.
Kyle naturally had a battle record in the Immortal Soldiers Arena. However, as that was Caspian‘s first time here, favonovel.com did not have any previous record. Hence, if they did not cheat, Caspian would be arranged to compete with another newcomer like him. However, with Kyle’s arrangement, the disciple quickly gave each of them a jade tag.
As Caspian went through the rules before, favonovel.com understood that during the battle in the Immortal Soldiers Arena, the winner would be the one breaking their opponent‘s jade tag. However, if participants felt they could not hold on any longer, they could break their jade tag, which would be considered losing the game, and be sent out of the arena immediately.
“Casper, let’s go,” Kyle urged with a smile on his face, and favonovel.com took the lead by walking into the room.
Soon, Caspian followed him.
Their battle was a short one, and Caspian was sent out in less than ten minutes. It was apparent that the first one sent out was the loser, which meant Caspian lost. The next second, Kyle went out with a dissatisfied expression.
“Kyle, your formation skills are extraordinary. I admit my defeat,” Caspian said as favonovel.com cupped his hands.
That was also the truth. After the competition started, Caspian thought Kyle would be like the others and showed martial skills to face him. However, the situation was different from what favonovel.com expected. Although Kyle did showcase some martial skills, favonovel.com only used them to avoid Caspian and create a distance between them. Otherwise, his battle technique would be using multiple array maps.
These array maps were naturally unlike the Mysterious Frost and Light Formation that Sebastian showed before, as the cost was too high. Nonetheless, even though the ones Kyle showed might be cheaper and weaker, they won in terms of speed.
Hence, after a round of bombardment of sluggishness, pressure, fear, and disturbance by the multiple negative formations, Caspian was stunned by the attack and lost the battle in less than ten minutes.
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