460 Tournament End and Departure (1/2)

The following days came by rather quick, the tournament went on as usual and come the fifth day after the start of it, the rankings were out.

Madman Floyd took the first place. With the freakish strength he displayed during the tournament, no one was surprised that he came out on top. Second place belongs to Ryan Northson, who's only defeat was by the hands of Floyd.

The third place was surprisingly snatched by Jason Sigmus. Although many were reluctant to see a person like him taking a high ranking, an individual's strength was enough to silence their displeasure. Jason was a dark horse, he fought with everyone, except Ryan and Floyd, winning with relative ease. Up until the end, no one was able to figure out the mystery behind his Law of Ripples, therefore his methods remained a secret even after revealing it to a large crowd.

Fourth place was taken by Michelle Valentine. The Young Queen of the Sky Weavers Clan was surprisingly fierce. She has a profound mastery over Wind Laws. She was quick, nimble, flexible and possess a very high combat talents, allowing him to make correct judgements during the fights.

Fifth place went to Jonathan Evergreen, the Azure Dragon descendant. He was abnormally fierce and durable. Most of his techniques are somewhat unrefined but possess the vigor and power of a dragonling. Most of his battles were drawn out, and because he too was a body refiner like Floyd, he win's by a small margin. He's also the crowd's favorite since all of his matches were long and exciting.

Sixth place went to Mira Crawford. As Raven get to watch her in action for the first time, he discovered that she actually possess one of the highest potential amongst the contenders. This is because Mira possess a specific Spiritual Entity called Extreme Violet Demon, given her an extremely high affinity towards energy. Simply put, compared to normal people, her cultivation will always produce twice the results with half the effort. Of course, this could be enhanced with some medicines and through other methods as well.

Her fighting style is still too naive, but if she's guided by a proper master, then she'll turn into a incredibly powerful person in the near future.

Seventh place went to Nelson Blair. The young prince was surprisingly underwhelming. Even though his appearance carried grace and nobility, he's too rigid when it comes to battle. He uses the same techniques over and over again, it's as if he doesn't know anything other than that. He was too predictable, all of his moves were very telegraphed. This caused him to suffer defeat after defeat, pushing him to this spot.

And the last place went to Juniper Myles, the youngest and the most hot-headed participant of this match. It doesn't really take much coercion for him to lose his cool and act recklessly in battles. His most humiliating moments were when he fought the Jason, Ryan and Floyd.

Jason lead him by the nose and defeated him with one attack. Ryan didn't place him in his eyes and almost froze him to death. And Floyd literally couldn't care less about who he was and whatever he stands for, ending the match with one slap. As for the rest of his battles, all of them didn't even excite the crowd that much. The only positive thing he had going for him, was the unwavering faith of his loyal servant, who nearly ruptured his vocal cords with his defeaning yet unwavering cheers.

Some people actually admired the servant more than Juniper himself...

And with all of the matches over, the Tournament has come to an end. The disciple recruitment Ancient Elysium Sect was concluded and its time for them to return to their sect and bring new blood amongst their ranks.

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”Good work everyone!” Henry applauded them, ”You've displayed your skills and proved to the crowd why you were chosen to be the new disciples of the sect. All of you received your tickets, upon our return, you can use that to exchange for Spiritual Treasures suitable for you.”

The disciples who were lined up nodded, except for Raven of course who didn't participate.

”As per rules, you can bring at least five people with you to act as your retainers. I assume that you've read the rules before, there will be no telling when you'll be able to leave the sect, therefore I hope you people had already bid farewells to your people.”

Everyone nodded once more, signifying that they knew and were already prepared for departure.

Raven had already bid his farewell with Raul and Albert. The father and son told him to leave at peace and once again thanked him for everything he had done for them. Of course, Raven secretly left them with some surprise that they'll only notice in the near future as thanks for treating him well.