347 Blake’s Shock (1/2)

”What…? Who the hell is that?

Blake had lost his composure a bit from the surprise as he let a few unsuitable words come out of his mouth before he quickly returned to his usual calm complexion as he slightly understood what was going on…

'Did someone from the Elemental Divisions break into the 2nd rank?'

Mono-element users who were part of the normal divisions were indeed not considered as valuable as double and triple element holders, but that didn't mean that they were all useless, they were naturally some greatly capable ones between them so Blake guessed it might be the action of one of these apprentices.

While it didn't seem to be the original 5th ranker as Blake was already familiar with his names, it wasn't far fetched for it to be someone from under the top ten which he didn't usually bother looking at. If the ranker did hold back and learn two new techniques at the span of a few months and only challenge the tower now for suspense like he held his best element to the last, then it was indeed possible.

It was true that most would refrain from doing so as achievement points that they obtained could be exchanged resources as well as new technique, but if he depended on the points he obtained from the first challenge and bided his time to achieve this surprise then it seemed to be somewhat worth it to Blake.

”Hey, junior apprentice sister, do you know who this new rising ranker might be?”

Turning around to one of those girls that usually gathered around him every time he appeared, he decided to ask her, he naturally didn't feel threatened of losing his rank considering the difference as he only did so to satisfy his curiosity…

”Oh, Senior Blake, I didn't notice that you left the tower already… Congratulations for consolidating your position!”

”It's nothing… Just tell me about the new 2nd ranker if you know about him.”

”Of course! I heard from the crowd that he is the new addition to the central division that disappeared as soon as he joined the sect, everyone thought that he was just testing the tower mechanism, but he actually wasn't! He had already finished one tower challenge and is estimated to have obtained over 3400 points… he is even attempting another tower challenge while we are speaking!”

'It was actually that guy…?'

”The latest increase is exactly the same amount for perfectly clearing the basic mastery test, he has actually practised the second technique to this extent as well!”

Just as he was still digesting the new incomprehensible fact that he heard, another member threw another apprentice threw another member over his head!

'Just… what kind of monster has this tournament brought…?'

He had obviously known about the new recruit but didn't pay him and heed, after all, his position as the top candidate was already established and he was going to strengthen it once again, but it seemed like he underestimated this new 'genius'.

They were all mind-blowing geniuses as the apprentices of the Central Division of the top sect, so there was supposedly no need to be wary of a new addition, but…