973 975 Sect 1 (1/2)

Not just him, even the two men in white uniforms were also looking in that direction.

”This has already been the fifth case of special talent prodigies this month… As expected of a big arena.”

”Even if we're not some talented prodigy, we will still eventually become stronger than them!” A youth said in a dissatisfied manner.

Most of the people here were still kids, only a handful were full-fledged adults, Garen included. Listening to the words of the kids around them, even if these energy machinists had strong calculative abilities, they still lacked emotional stability. At this moment, they could not help but feel a surging feeling of jealousy.

Using this chance while everyone was still saving their full potential, Garen quickly surveyed the people surrounding him. The few youths with a more veiled willpower were all remaining calm, fully confident in their abilities.

”Without an experimental platform, my potential is only limited to my close combat. I'm definitely at a disadvantage against these guys. Whilst everyone was still saving their full potential, I should use this opportunity to go on stage and earn my 10 wins as quickly as possible. No point trying to snatch away others' rankings.”

A few thoughts flashed across Garen's mind. He had been hiding, intentionally keeping a low profile, befriending Accord and Liz, all for two goals. The first was to fully understand the unfamiliar situation surrounding energy machinists. Now that he has a clear grasp of the situation, he learned that the energy machinists world has the same rules as any other world. As long as you don't cross the line, everything is based on your own potential.

The second… Although he originally still had his worries, there had not been any problems in such a long time, there shouldn't be any big issues happening soon.

He remembered the series of unfortunate events that happened back in the Blackboard Region which he was still slightly haunted by.

At this point, the fat boy on stage had already been defeated. To be defeated by a little girl who was at least seven or eight years younger than him, He frantically fled the arena in shame after he bowed to the judge.

”Now… It's time to test it out. Let's see whether or not my original hypothesis is true…”

With a swift leap, he lightly landed on the stage, standing right across of the little girl.

Hiss…

The swordfish next to the little girl started making snake hissing noises.

Without useless chatter, the two just nodded at each other.

”Be careful…” Garen said softly. Before he even finished, he furiously stomped down onto the floor.

Bam!

The entire stage started to shake, an ice blue mist radiation started to rapidly spread, completely engulfing the little girl and her swordfish in an instant.

A small black paper box suddenly appeared in Garen's hands, inside it contained strong Willpower forces.

Hiss… A void shadow stopped in front of the box in that instant, as if it was a car that activated it's emergency brakes. It was the small swordfish. If Garen had been even slightly slower in taking out the box, he would have been pierced through and been forced off the stage.

”I concede,” the little girl's face turned green as she uttered out those words. In that instant, the terrifying strong Willpower forces started to expand, if it was released, her opponent's Willpower storm would have hit the entire stage. The first victim would be the swordfish, it was very likely that her swordfish that she spent so long creating could have had its Willpower core annihilated in an instant. She wasn't even sure if she could manage to survive through the Willpower storm herself. Hence, at that key moment, she stopped her attack.

The little girl jumped off the stage, and started bawling her eyes out. Carrying he swordfish in her hands, she left the selection test arena in tears.

Garen started to feel the guilt of bullying a child, but he swiftly discarded this notion and focussed on his next opponent.

At this point, the icy cold energy radiation had completely covered the arena's stage. This made the energy machinists on the bottom quite concerned. This level of energy field radiation required him to maintain his energy every minute was a frightful task. They realized that he wasn't just your average joe.

A thin and tall man jumped up to the stage. He looked like a stick of bamboo and he also did not have any energy machines. He relied only on his speed when he jumped onto the stage just now, he attempted to run circles around Garen and shoot him with the freeze ray he was equipped with. Unfortunately for him, the freeze ray seemed to have no effect on Garen. On the contrary, he started to get frost bites from the frost radiation, forcing him to helplessly get off the stage.

The next two who came up to the stage to test their luck were also helpless against Garen. At this point, the frost radiation had reached around -20°C. Even staying up on the stage for a brief moment would start to numb their entire body. It slowed down not just their physical movements but also their thinking speed.

Garen only used two moves so far, releasing the frost radiation and occasionally holding up the paper box. This huge threat he had on his hands was so strong that even the Level 4 energy machinist couldn't help but put his attention on the box, showing a worried expression.

”The fourth.”

Looking at his fourth opponent was what seemed like a twelve-year-old child, Garen silently counted in his heart.

Ding.

Suddenly, his key emitted a crisp notification tone.

Liz's voice could suddenly be heard.

'Garen, I have successfully entered the sect, good luck to you.'

'Good luck,' Garen replied.

Using the paper box in his hand to accurately block his opponent's attacks, after a few more tries, his opponent helplessly got off the stage once more. When the willpower accumulated in the box had reached such frightening levels, even the Level 4 would not be able to block it.

The judge sitting below speechlessly shook his head. Garen employing this sort of strategy had made him slightly disappointed, but since Garen was able to release frost radiation for such a long time, it proves that Garen had a certain talent, so he just turned a blind eye to it.