Chapter 1479 - The Strongest Participants (1/2)

Of those they had brought along, two had failed Genbu's test, and Sunny, who had suggested this plan, was a little worried. They had brought along these individuals believing the fourth king to be a picky type of individual, but their assumption was wrong. Now he was testing them based on strength, but they hadn't selected these participants based on their raw power, just based on their Qi.

”Can I ask, if you can't sense energy, then why is it so important that the participant needs to be strong? You care about energy for your land, and I can promise you that any of them can assure a huge amount of energy.” Sunny said, putting on her usual voice.

The turtle and other familiars smiled whenever they would hear her speak, and Quinn assumed this had something to do with her ability. Even though the family could communicate with familiars, she still spoke the same way as they all did so everyone could still understand her.

”I have no way to confirm what you say is true, and if I end up listening to one of the other kings, I will become a laughing stock,” Genbu replied. ”All of those in my territory rely on me. If my area lacks energy, I will have no choice but to stay with the host.

”I understand that the energy the one can provide and his or her strength doesn't mean they will match. However, even if I was to find someone with good energy like the first girl, and she cannot break my Shell, it means she is more likely to die. If she dies for being weak, then the contract would break, and I will have to look for a new person.

”I need someone strong and one that can provide energy to my land for a long time.”

Sunny hated to admit it, but what the turtle said made sense.

”That's why I could never pick someone as weak as that young man over there.”

Sunny tilted her head to look at Quinn, who still had a smile on his face. She wondered if the taunts were adding up and were beginning to get to him somehow because it was hard to tell with his facial expression. For a second, though, she believed she could see Quinn's eyebrow twitch.

The next one in question was Layla, and although the others didn't say it, they actually had a lot of hope for Layla. Out of all those participating, she had the highest amount of Qi.

”I can go all out, right?” Layla asked as she looked around.

The others nodded, and hearing these words, Genbu thought that perhaps he might have made a mistake in her evaluation and was about to see quite a spectacle.

”Please, I would love to see someone destroy one of my shells,” Genbu smirked.

She then started to focus as she consumed the negative energy from her surroundings. The dark smog that only she could see, but it wasn't enough. She needed to skip to the fourth transformation to use her full strength, but there wasn't enough negative emotion around her.

'Cia, Erin, mother…Quinn.' Layla thought.

As she brought up her negative feelings, the energy from within started to fill her body, growing slowly. The strength in her body was rising. Her fangs began to grow but not as significant as they would do in her other forms, and her horns extended slightly but not too big just enough, so they were sticking out of her hair.

Her transformation into her fourth form was complete.

”Oh, well, I guess my evaluation really was wrong. I never knew that you could transform! It looks like you were hiding things from me all along.” Genbu happily said.

The others were pleased that Genbu was getting excited because they needed him to complete a contract.

Abdul, who had already had his turn, was looking at Layla, wondering what was going on; even here, he could feel the energy coming off her body.

”She wasn't invited to the event, the event where the strongest were called. She..she can't possibly destroy that Shell, can she?”

”That event was based on who the Board thought was the strongest,” Quinn replied. ”There are plenty of people in the Cursed faction who have strong power but have never appeared in front of a camera or made a name for themselves, and Layla is one of them.”

The first part for Layla was complete, but looking at the Shell, she felt like she needed to do more than just hit it.

”Am I able to move the shell with my ability?” Layla asked.