Chapter 138 - Elimination rate starts to grow (1/2)

The battle on Krune's side continued, and Jano's group was losing ground bit by bit. Janos knew that it wasn't good for his side and decided to go all out too. He then took a different type of arrow from his spatial ring that looked like made of silver. It was specially crafted to be able to hold his elements easier, be much sturdier, and higher piercing power.

He then concentrated both fire and wind elements inside it to the limit and decided on a target. Although Krune's shields were still flying around him, Jano is confident that this arrow would be able to pierce through it and still hit the mark. The reason for that is because he could see that although those shields could block his arrows, they couldn't do it without receiving some damage.

Krune had just eliminated another enemy when he noticed Jano's actions, and he could feel that something was different about that arrow. But Jano didn't give him time to think about it, he immediately aimed the arrow at Ao inside the battle formation and shot. Krune noticed the target and used one of his shields to stop it, but surprisingly, the arrows passed straight through it.

Ao and Arlan were working together to cover up for the flaws in the battle formation. If one of them is defeated, the formation will probably crumble. Krune could only use his Divine Sense to alert Ao.

”Arrow!”

Ao was taken aback with that sudden message and noticed the arrow coming at him with his Divine Sense. He wanted to dodge but knew that it was too late. The arrow was too fast! Ao only had the time to raise his sword to deflect it. Still, the deflected arrow pierced his right shoulder, just a few centimeters away from his heart.

Ao was sweating cold, just a split of a second later, and it would have taken his life. Jano saw that and sighed, this was a one time chance. From now on, the enemy would be warier against his attacks and be prepared to counter. He knew that his group chance of victory was very low now, so he sent a Divine Sense message to everyone.

”Retreat!”

Slowly, Jano's group started to retreat while the ranged attackers provided cover. The Vaspo Planet contestants are indeed in a different league than Makui Planet. They kept their calm while focused on defense. In the end, Krune gave to order not to pursue a cornered enemy. Each of their members was stronger than anyone outside Krune's friends except for Joty, who had similar strength to the common members of the enemy's team. It was thanks to Ao's battle formation and Shinja, Yusa, and Krune's support that they were able to hold the upper hand. Of course, if the other contestants of Makui Planet didn't join the battle, things would have been even more difficult.

From the forty contestants of the Vaspo Planet, seven had been crippled or killed by Makui Planet's team. But that wasn't without a cost, Krune's side also had two members crippled and one dead in the end. Krune wasn't delusional. He knew that such a thing was probably going to happen sooner or later, and he didn't regret his decision.

He then looked at everyone and said.

”This is already a very good outcome. The Vaspo Planet is ranked in the top thousand, but we still defeated them. Although three of us won't be able to do it anymore, this battle will be very beneficial for all of us in the long term.”

Krune then went to check the two who won't be able to continue anymore. One of them was the Ferlo Clan member, Edil Ferlo. The other one was Rasma, the blazing leopard. Both of them had their dantian or core damaged and wouldn't be able to circulate spiritual energy anymore. Fortunately, this is an illusion realm. Their bodies outside are just fine, so they won't have any injuries once they fail the test.

Krune checked their conditions and shook his head. If he was the girl with a Life Major Core, he might have a way to heal them, but it obviously wasn't the case.

”You won't be able to continue like that.”

Krune didn't apologize since it was a personal decision for everyone if they would come out of the slots to help or not.

Edil also shook his head.

”I know very well that if I had gone ahead alone, I would be eliminated sooner or later. There is no way I could fight for slots with the little strength I have. This battle just now showed the difference between a low and a high ranked planet.”

Rasma is a demon beast, so he was even more straight.

”I was weaker, so I lost. That's all!”

Krune the looked at the place where the dead member of the Makui Planet disappeared. In the illusion realm, a body doesn't stay behind. Once someone is killed, their bodies become specs of light and disappear in just a few seconds. The unfortunate one was Kariu Rone, from the Divine Swords Sect.

Arlan, Mina, and Joty are also part of the Divine Swords Sect, but they just sighed. They know that the Divine Path Sect Entrance Exam has a high rate of deaths. So there was nothing they could do about that. Krune couldn't help but comment.

”I wonder how they resolve the grudges built during the test.”

Everyone heard that and were taken aback. That's true, how many enmities are created during the exam? How exactly the sect deal with it in the end? But there was no point in thinking about it now.