The Rise of the Black Plain

Soon the third day of fighting came, while people in the capital of the Cromwell Kingdom were in constant euphoria.

There were many places placing bets on the results of the fights and even the final order of the ranking of the Spiritual Tournament. People truly enjoyed watching and betting on fights.

It was something that could make the blood of many boil!

And while the public enjoyed each of the fights, experts from the Flaming Empire sects also already had some names that they wanted to bring to their respective powers.

In every fight, even if someone lost, if he or she had good talent, level, and proficiency in fighting, then there would always be a chance to be chosen by one of these sects.

Anyway, the fighting arena where the event took place was already packed, and some fights had already happened!

In the first fight of the day, Luke Nash and Mona Miller had an exceptional battle, which lasted almost 40 minutes, in which they used every part of the spiritual energy in their bodies.

It was a fierce battle, the two maintained a balance almost the entire time, but in the end, the one who had more spiritual energy had won!

And even though they were both at level 41, the young Luke had reached that level not long ago, while Mona was almost at level 42!

So, at the end of the fight, the young master of the Nash family ended up losing to Abby's friend. And even using a low-level grade-2 weapon, he only managed to fight the young Mona on an equal footing!

Anyway, after this great start of the day, Mona was the first competitor to qualify for the semifinals, which would take place the next day.

After that first round that had caused high emotions in the audience watching the event, the second fight of the day, between Kara and Roger, started.

And as expected by all, Kara had won the game. However, this was not an easy victory for her since Roger's innate ability was genuinely effective in fights. That made this match very interesting, even though there was a much more significant difference in levels than in the first fight of the day!

After that, when the fight of the beautiful young ginger ended, it did not take long, and Minos took the stage to have his battle.

When he did this, the whole crowd present at the venue was thrilled with emotion since most of them liked to see Minos' fights.

That was because the young Stuart had extraordinary techniques, which made his opponents very vulnerable to almost everything Minos did.

Therefore, most people wanted to see Minos' fights to understand the young man's actions better. And even if today's opponent was on the same level as his opponent in the last round, everyone present still wanted to pay attention to this fight.

And as expected, after the fight started, after a few exchanges of blows, the young opponent of Minos was thrown from the stage in defeat!

With that, the first three fights of the day ended, with two very competitive matches and an easy battle. Finally, it was time for the long-awaited match of the day between the young Davy and Troy.

Both were already at level 44 and would undoubtedly be the favorites for this tournament before the competition started. But unfortunately, many things had happened, and now only one of them could continue in this test!

There was obviously a significant disadvantage for Davy, who had lost his arm to Minos in the second test of the competition.

Anyway, when the two youths took the stage, the whole arena was silent, and even the pulsating noise of some people's hearts could be heard...

...

Meanwhile, in one of the main VIP rooms in this arena, the eight Spiritual Kings were comfortably seated while watching the match.

"Ahh... It is a pity that this young man lost his arm at the beginning of the competition. Otherwise, he could win this fight." A man with tanned skin and gray hair said with a look of pity.

Upon hearing this, others of them nodded in agreement. "In fact, if it was in another edition, he could have been in the first place!"

"It is a shame for him..."

They regretted that Davy, although he managed to cause some problems for Troy, was continually being pressured and cornered.  And even if he made a good impression and had a good chance of going to one of these sects, his position in the final ranking of the competition would not be good!

Many participants might not know it, but they didn't receive a random technique when winning the Spiritual Tournament. No, that was a competitor's right after entering one of the sects.

Thus, whoever achieved first place upon entering one of the sects would be authorized to choose one of the Silver-grade techniques available in his sect, including a cultivation technique.

But for the participants who couldn't make it to the top, even if they entered one of the sects, it could take many years until they got a Silver-grade technique!

That's because they had to earn enough merit to receive such a thing!

Even the young Ruth, who had three techniques of this classification, had obtained it only after winning an internal competition of the Gray Cloud Sect. In addition, she was also a member of one of the most prominent families in this sect, so she could also count on this support.

But these recruits had no such chance.

First, they came from other families. Second, they could no longer participate in the internal sects competitions since there was no such event for cultivators above the level 50 and 18-years-old in those sects!

So, the eight experts felt sorry for Davy. That could genuinely delay the young man's cultivation speed by many years!

And it wasn't long before the fight was finally over.

As expected, Troy won, getting the last spot in the semifinal!

That had been quite a struggle, in which the young Davy had spent most of his energy, while Troy had to work hard to achieve this result.

Anyway, after the match was over, the audience immediately started making noise again while waiting for the semifinals' draw.

"Haha, today's fights were excellent. Will there be a fight between Minos and Troy tomorrow?"

"Idiot! Don't say such a thing. I hope that doesn't happen. These two have to reach the finals!"

"Hmm, that's right. Let's hope it doesn't happen!"

And finally, while the people in the arena were discussing the best configuration of the fights in the semifinals, suddenly a large screen in this arena showed the result of the draw.

On the fourth day of fights in the Spiritual Tournament, Minos and Mona would have the first fight of the day, leaving the final to Troy and Kara!

Seeing this, many people did not like this result, since for them, it would be effortless for Minos to win his match. However, that was not the majority thought. After all, Mona had already done a lot, reaching the semifinal.

So, indeed, those who fought with her would have a smoother path until the last day of competition since the forces of Minos, Troy, and Kara were very close to each other!

So, it made no difference who Mona fought for several of these people in the crowd.

...

"Ehh, I want to see which sects these young people will go..." One of the six men said in a low voice.

Upon hearing this, someone said. "Haha, it would be amazing if this Minos and Troy came to my sect!"

"Hehe, you can forget about it. If Minos goes to any sect, will surely be the Gray Cloud Sect." A woman said that.

"Oh? Are you that confident?" The other woman in the group asked curiously.

"Of course, since his mother is an elder of the sect!"

"What? If that is true, this Minos does not have the right to participate in the Spiritual Tournament." A young man with black hair said with disappointment. If that were true, it was no wonder that the young Stuart was so strong!

"Calm down. I did not say everything. His father raised him in the northern region of the Central Continent, so he did not receive funds from the Gray Cloud Sect."

"But his mother may still have given him a lot of resources!"

"As far as I know, it didn't happen. Apart from his cultivation techniques, which I don't know if was given by his mother or not, I'm sure she didn't nurture him with any resources from the sect."

"Oh? Interesting, imagine if he chooses one of our sects over yours? Wouldn't that be a great shame for you? Hahahaha." A young blond man said with a provocative tone.

It was not uncommon for some children to feel a certain resentment for absent parents. With that, many youths had already done things like this in the past, even joining the enemy forces of their parents!

Upon hearing that comment, Sally frowned and thought about it. 'I hope this does not  happen...'

She knew that Minos had refused to go to the sect with her mother since she had asked Maisie about it. And now that she had remembered that, she was starting to think that he might end up doing what the young blonde had said...