Chapter 493: Level Up (1/2)
Chapter 493: Level Up
Translator: OneshotwonderEditor: Hitesh_
Wang Tong nodded as if he had been expecting Tan Bu's breakthrough. Traumatic experiences often formed the nuclei from which power would grow.
Standing beside the collapsed body of Tan Bu, Duo Lun still hung in there. Ever since he came back from the tournament, he had devoted all of his time to cultivation as if he was obsessed with training.
There were only two soldiers left standing by now. Unlike Guan Dongyang's painful expression, Tan Bu's face was placid and indifferent to his physical suffering.
A few seconds later, a smile of resignation found Duo Lun's mouth as the young warrior finally collapsed to the ground.
As soon as Duo Lun and Tan Bu fell, they passed out, a sign that they had reached their limits. Those who still had the energy to look left and right after failing, such as Ross, had given up too early. Ross' mind reeled as he witnessed Tan Bu's advancement into level sixteen. He found it hard to believe that he was no longer the strongest METAL warrior in Battle Wolf, as the title now belonged to Tan Bu.
Guan Dongyang was then the only person left standing on the training ground. It was evident that his power was much greater than his band brothers. However, it was not necessarily a good thing to have a wild gap between one member of the band and the rest. A war band should always work as a team, and the asymmetrical distribution of strength among the members could turn out to be a recipe for failure.
After having weeded out the weaker soldiers, Wang Tong could finally focus on Guan Dongyang. As the golden shimmer burnt brighter inside Wang Tong's eyes, he doubled down the attack on Guan Dongyang.
The soul energy field was a very effective method of pushing normal soldiers to their limit without harming them. However, Guan Dongyang was not an ordinary soldier. Wang Tong conceded that he needed to add a little spice to the normal routine.
”Kom!”
Guan Dongyang's vision went blank, and then he saw the scene that he had buried under the deepest layer of his memory, in an attempt to forget it.
”Dongyang, you are the hope of the mastery. You need to live!”
”Shifu, let me go and fight them!”
”Fight? Hehe. You will have a lot of fighting to do, but not right now. Take your brothers and GO!”
”Shifu, we all owe our lives to you. Let us fight for you, for our sect, even if it means our death!”
”You fool, leave me and leave Mars… NOW!”
When the Zergs came down on the Mastery Sect, Guan Dongyang wanted to die in the battlefield while defending his Shifu. But, his Shifu persuaded him to save himself, and in turn, save the future of the Mastery.
When he finally made it to the safety, he heard Shifu's heart-wrenching cry coming from the room that was filled with Zergs. Beside him were five of his sect brothers, including Hamir; they were the last hope of the original Mastery Sect.
Guan Dongyang never left Mars, but neither did he ever return to what was left of the Mastery Sect's headquarters. He had spent all of his courage in the final retreat, and had nothing left in him to ward off the guilt. Even if the world had already forgiven him for not fighting until the last drop of blood, he could not forgive himself. But, what other choice did he have?
”KOM!”
A surge of energy gushed out of from Guan Dongyang's body and shot up to the ceiling.
He had finally breached the bottleneck. After the rogue energy subsided, Guan Dongyang locked his eyes with Wang Tong.
A level nineteen Mastery Caster was born.