Chapter 86: The pros and cons of Archery (1/2)

Still in deep thoughts, Jake hears the referee's announcement, ”Match 7, Brett Dotson vs. Isabella Hayden.”

By now, due to the number of shocking battles, the title of the four stars had become irrelevant. However, some things still didn't change!

Isabella was one of them. As one of the Four Stars, she was the most promising of them due to her young Jake. Up till this point, she still managed to retain her position as one of the promising youngsters. Nevertheless, she wasn't at the top anymore due to youngsters like Jake, Nico, Lola, and Jaya, who were, in fact, the youngest among the competitors.

Such a situation wasn't exactly rare. Even Isabella had taken her position from someone before it got taken from her. To maintain one's status was extremely hard with the emergence of more talented individuals.

Yet, there was no doubt about her power. Isabella Hayden was one of the strongest there was. If Jake was to rate her, she would be just below the top participants, which was clearly saying something for someone her age.

Jake wondered how she would perform in her current match. When looking at things statistically, just like the previous match, Isabella was the most unlikely to lose.

It was safe to say that Jake would also bet his money on her if he had the chance, but the competition was more than just odds and statistics.

Take himself for example, before he showed his ability, no one would have ever thought that he would win against Ray.

So, Jake hoped something like this would happen in the following matches. That would spice things up a notch.

If everything went the ordained plan, then life would be too boring and a boring life is akin to a slow death.

Focusing back on the match, Jake heard the referee announce the start of the match, ”Match 7, Start!”

'Hmmm, come to think of it, I wonder what the cultivation base of the referee is,' Jake's interest peaked.

The referee, Lucian, had shown some interesting feats.

He was capable of stopping the attacks of all of the competitors at point-blank range.

With his revealed ability, it was safe to say that he was above all the competitors. So, if Jake was to estimate widely, he would say that he was within the range of [Realm-2 Stage-5] to [Realm-3], as most [Ream-2] competitors were just at the first three(3) stages.

Jake's fingers incessantly softly tapped his seat and thought, 'I doubt he would be in [Realm-2]. He is rumored to be on equal strength with the king and the other top figures of Aztec...'

The referee was the teacher of the king and his brother. So, it would make sense that he was on equal strength with the latter.

However, Jake was sure he was not above the king...….

That was how cruel cultivation! While it was a progressive power system, it had its time limit!

Once one reaches their limits, they would have to wait and age as the younger generation caught up to them.

This could be seen from the pair of uncle and nephew, Gavin and Todd Elliot.

Todd Elliot was more than ten years older than Gavin Elliot, yet, he had reached his limit and Gavin had caught up to him.

This was also why the younger generation was the major priority in the Aztec army. However, this concept did not apply to all scenarios.

They were some extremely talented old men that could not be overtaken by youngsters. Most didn't even look old, but rather young, but some opted for an old appearance. It depended on their preferences.