Chapter 69 The Outer Court Rankings III: Battle Royal!

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The number one outer court disciple...

He was a young man with a stoic expression on his face. Seated with the others, he acted aloof and didn't even shake when he heard the rewards unlike the others.

He was a genius at the Peak of the Gold Core Realm and was just a tiny bit away from breaking through to the Martial Origin Realm.

He was well respected in the Outer Court by everyone including the other top ten rankers.

He was...

'Mark Grayson'

Mark Grayson became the number one outer court disciple when he was only at the seventh rank of the Gold Core Realm, which was a first in the sect.

Before him, the top ten rankers were always at the tenth stage of the Gold Core Realm. Also, he was a very brutal fighter and does not know how to hold back.

Because of that, in the eyes of the outer court disciples, he was a true monster.

Anyone who got matched with him and refuses to concede will have to face his full-powered attack.

Many had wondered why he never holds back, even against those much weaker than him, until one day he answered their queries.

"I don't take chances...not anymore...and I show no mercy..."

Since then if anyone got matched with him in the ranking battles, they will immediately admit defeat.

After the Elder announced the rewards, it was now time for the ranking battles to begin.

Currently, the participating disciples were over two thousand.

"Now that the rewards of this time's ranking battle have been announced, and you are all fired up, let us move to the first round of the competition!"

"Let everyone except the top ten disciples climb the battle arena," the Elder instructed.

The arena where the battles will be taking place was big enough to accommodate everyone participating.

The disciples complied and climbed the arena one after the other. Although there were other fighting stages around, they were much smaller compared to the one in the middle.

"Master, according to my findings, the first round is usually a battle royal. All disciples will fight until there are only three hundred left," Luke explained what he knew to Arthur.

"I understand, let me join them," Arthur said glancing at the others.

"This will be the first major step of our faction. Be sure to remember that," Arthur smiled and turned to the battle arena.

"So charming!" Evelyn commented with stars in her eyes.

"Why do I feel nervous when I am not the one going to fight?" Balor was feeling it might not be easy for Arthur.

Even though he felt that Arthur would win he was a bit worried, as he had never witnessed Arthur's prowess before.

Only Luke was completely calm, unlike the others.

"You don't need to be. I am sure he got this in the bag before it even began," Sun Wukong bumped Balor on the shoulder.

"Yeah, you are right, I guess."

The two brothers kept silent, but from their looks, they were not too confident in Arthur.

And as for Evelyn, she had her gaze fully focused on Arthur's back view.

By the time Arthur walked to the battle arena, everyone else had already gotten on it.

This caused him to stand out.

"Hey, isn't that the new disciple?"

"Hmm, let me see...yeah, that's him."

"So he meant what he said then?"

"Seems so."

"He is courageous all right, I'll give him that."

Murmurs arose as Arthur reached the fighting stage and jumped up.

*Tap!*

He landed lightly, barely making a sound as he did.

A few disciples felt like speaking out against Arthur but refrained from doing so as they knew that he was not doing anything that is against the rule of the sect.

Although, the reason why most of them felt that Arthur should not participate in this ranking battle was due to their pride.

They knew that regardless of Arthur's cultivation level, he was stronger than a number of them here.

So they didn't want to have the identity of a senior being beaten by a junior, even if said junior is a genius.

When the Elder saw that everyone was in place, he got ready to begin the first round.

"Now that all participating disciples are on the fighting stage, get ready!"

"Let the Battle Royal...begin!"

Immediately after the elder finished speaking, chaos erupted in the arena.

People began by attacking those that were standing close to the edges of the fighting stage, and those who were in close proximity.

Some of them went all out and increased their martial spirits at once, and martial arts techniques began to fly back and forth as they exchanged moves.

The stronger and more confident disciples did not release their martial spirit. Some didn't even bother to use any martial arts technique and just eliminated those standing close to them.

Arthur did not take the initiative to attack anyone but the instant the battle began over five people came to attack him at once.

*Ta! Ta! Ta! Ta! Ta!*

Five hits were heard simultaneously and those five disciples got sent flying out of the fighting platform unconscious.

They didn't know what hit them.

"He's pretty fast..." Those that were paying attention to Arthur were surprised at what just happened.

Arthur thought that his show of strength will deter many of the disciples that had the idea that he was weak among them, but he was wrong.

Very wrong...

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Within the Inner Court, a group of people was chatting happily in a certain hall.

"Hahaha, I can not wait to hear the good news!"

"Yes, I never expected that he would agree to take on our offer."

"Well, my sources tell me he did it for his little sister, or else he wouldn't even bother with us."

"Tsk! How can a mere outer court disciple be so arrogant."

"Well, he does have the qualifications for that. After all, he did beat some of you here..."

"Don't bring that up!"

"Fine, but what about the other disciples were you able to bribe them?"

"Yes...our little genius will be facing a good amount of trouble in the first round, hehehe..."

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