Chapter 7: the finals and the trees
The matches continue but I don't pay attention to any instead...
Zzzzzzz
"Huh?"
After a while of sleeping I open my eyes and look at the new participants.
"Xiao ru and chu yunhe!"
The referee speaks.
Chu yunhe cups his hands to Xiao ru and she does the same and then the fight begins.
Chu yunhe raises his hands and veins emerge from the ground and shoot at Xiao ru
Xiao ru dodges easily and then draws her sword and lunges at chu yunhe cutting the viens that stand in her way then she disappears.
"Wait where did sister Xiao go?"
She appears behind chu yunhe and slits his throat.
"What?!"
The collaciam erupted for the 100th time.
"Did she just teleport?"
"She didn't have this ability before!"
"I thought she has a swordsman ability!"
"We all did!"
"So she can teleport!"
'So she kept a low profile huh?'
I think.
"Xiao ru wins!"
The referee announces.
"Now, next match, Jiang chu and Aziruth!"
'Finally a good match not like the other weaklings, I hope'
I stand up and just like before I appear on the stage.
Jiang chu stand in front of me.
"Who do you think is gonna win?"
"Although brother Aziruth is strong but Jiang chu is strong!"
"I agree"
"Go brother Jiang!"
We cup our hands and then wait for the signal...
"Begin!"
The referee Speaks.
Before her finishes the word Jiang summons ice spikes immediately from underneath me and I jump ,dodging.
"Serious from the start huh?"
"I can't underestimate you am I right?"
"Yeah you are"
I summon fire and melt his ice then surround him with fire but he puts it down.
"We are opposite to each other"
"Yup fire and ice"
"And water"
"What?"
I summon ice and shoot it at him
He makes ice walls to prevent the water.
"Are you not an fire mage!?"
"Who knows?"
I melt his ice and vaporize my water and grab his throat.
"Goodbye"
"W-wait"
I snap his throat
'Tsk, I didn't even use half of my strength and abilities he is too weak'
The Coleciam falls silent before erupting in cheers.
I return to my seat and fall asleep again.
Zzzzz.
...
..
.
At the old man he cracks the chair he is sitting on from his strong grip and he has a big wide smile while he watches me fighting.
"What a monster!"
He exclaims
"Grandfather, can I beat him?"
Xiao ru asks the old man.
From up close, she is beautiful with red eyes and black dark hair wearing a casual outfit.
"I don't want to disappoint you but that boy didn't even show his true strength he is a monster"
"I understand"
She nods.
The matches continue and we are in the finals the final match that will decide the number one prodigy of the year starts.
I am standing into the collaciam in front of Xiao ru.
"Begin!"
The referee gives permission.
Almost immediately Xiao ru disappears and appears behind me with her sword raised but with my agility, speed, dexterity and perception I am invincible in this test.
I dodge to the side and throw a punch at her face.
She is a woman? F*ck you! This is a fight!
But before my punch reaches her face she teleports to a safe distance.
Actually I could have punched her if I activated wind resistance alone but this is gonna be fun.
"You are a first rank right?"
"Yes I am"
'I knew it!'
I summon my darkness spear.
Although I can't unleash it's full potential in the light I can still use shadow steps, besides, the 50 damage alone is enough.
"You had a weapon?"
"Yeah"
She attacks again but this time her attacks are more ferocious and her teleportation is quicker.
'She is a 1st rank middle stage?'
I am surprised, I know I am a peak 2nd rank but I have the system and she doesn't. What a terrifying talent.
But still not enough.
'50%!'
I slash at an empty space making a beem of fire and in the next second she appears there and takes the hit immediately vaporizing.
The attack continues and the collociam is split into two.
"Done"
"Uh... This..."
The referee is stunned and the collociam is dead silent before long.
"Aziruth won! A crushing win!"
"Woooooooh"
The collociam follows behind and cheers in disbelief and shock.
Xiao ru respawns again beside her grandfather with wide eyes.
"I.. I lost? How did I die?"
"Told you he is still hiding his strength"
Xiao ru nods. She isn't angry or frustrated
She is just disappointed of her own strength and talent.
"Well done everyone! The Exam tournament is concluded! For the ones who failed don't worry there are still a lot of chances next year!"
The referee remarks before he snaps his fingers and we are teleported to a grey room with 4 spatial gateways.
And soon a robotic voice speaks.
"𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐲 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 , 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐲"
I look around at the other students noticing that some are either picking a gateway or staring at me with caution.
I look at signs over the gateways.
Normal
Hard
Insane
Hell
Those are the four levels I immediately look at the last spatial gateway and stand in front of it.
"Is he gonna choose the hell difficulty?"
"That's insane! No one has ever choose it in hundreds of years!"
I hear the whispers around me but..
Step.
I enter though.
Xiao ru looks at me from afar and sighs.
'I hope he knows what he is doing'
After I entered the gate I found myself in a dense forest.
"𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟑𝟓𝟔,
𝐓𝐚𝐬𝐤:𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝟏𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬"
I listen to the robotic voice and look around.
"Tsk, I wish I had a detection ability"
Step.
I run around the forest looking for monsters but strangely there isn't any.
"Shouldn't monsters be everywhere?"
I keep searching confused by the lack of living creatures.
"Since I came here only trees were..." I bend my back dodging a tree branch attack.
"Got you!" I take out my spear from the system storage and cut the tree in half.
"You aren't that strong how dare they call this a hell difficulty?"
Hiss.
I feel countless eyes locking onto me and I look behind me and see the scene,
All the previously your normal garden trees had eyes and their branches had claws.
"Oh shoot..." I immediately start slashing around destroying tree after tree while trying to get out of the forest.
Although I know they are no match for me but I am still human killing a thousand monster isn't as simple as it seems those trees have crazy regeneration.