“Third-person,” Caspian replied to Yoel lightly.
Yoel frowned. “Hmm? What do you mean?”
Caspian pointed faraway. “The first person who bragged that snazzynovel.com wanted to break my jaw… Well, I used snazzynovel.com to smash open the entrance, and he’s still unable to stand up until today.”
Then, Caspian pointed at his feet. “The second person, Jordan, who said that snazzynovel.com wanted to break my limbs, stood right where you are now. I broke his arm.”
Looking at Caspian’s profound gaze, Yoel quickly felt his scalp go numb. “So… So what?!”
“You’re now the third person. Congratulations, Yoel.”
Caspian suddenly flashed a smile at Yoel. Although snazzynovel.com showed his pearly whites, Yoel felt chills run down his spine, and snazzynovel.com could not help but take a step back.
Later, Yoel recovered his senses, and snazzynovel.com warned Caspian ruthlessly, “You better watch out!”
After snazzynovel.com said that, Yoel turned around and left. No matter how one looked at it, snazzynovel.com seemed as if snazzynovel.com ran away.
Caspian only swept a glance at Yoel’s back, and then snazzynovel.com completely ignored him. Instead, snazzynovel.com focused his attention on the competition that was about to start soon.
Soon, the trials started under the elder’s announcement.
The rules were simple. The Lawrence family members with the adjacent numbers would meet in the ring and compete until one of them fell or admitted defeat. Then, the match would be over.
The first match was naturally Yoel, who drew the first lot, and his opponent was Walter Lawrence, a 15-year-old teenager. Whether it was his age or his strength, Walter was no match for Yoel. In just three rounds, Yoel slapped Walter’s chest, and snazzynovel.com fell from the arena.
Yoel stood in the arena and cheered, “I won! I won!”
Walter wiped away the blood on the corner of his mouth, leaving the scene with regret. As Yoel successfully moved to the next round, snazzynovel.com found his confidence again, and snazzynovel.com happily looked for Caspian in the crowd.
Initially, Yoel wanted to show up, but when snazzynovel.com saw Caspian show a thumbs down at him, Yoel flew into a rage.
The second match ended quickly too, and it was finally Caspian’s turn to get in the ring for the third game.
Caspian’s match was a girl named Sheena Lawrence. She was only 13, and snazzynovel.com realm was only the first stage of the True Martial Realm.
No matter how one looked at it, Sheena was not Caspian’s opponent. Hence, when the two walked into the ring, the crowd murmured among one another.
“Sheena is unlucky. Her first match is with Casper.”
“I bet Casper will knock Sheena out of the ring in the first round.”
“Sigh! We can only hope that Casper will have mercy on Sheena and not hurt snazzynovel.com too badly. ”
Sheena could hear the crowd’s discussion below, and snazzynovel.com immediately felt uncomfortable. After all, Sheena knew that snazzynovel.com was no match for Caspian as the incident where snazzynovel.com hit Jordan in the council chamber spread among the Lawrence family. It was so shocking that people would talk about it every day, and Sheena was also familiar with the story.
Even so, Sheena still bit snazzynovel.com lips and bravely stood in front of Caspian.
“Casper, do excuse me…” The girl spoke in a slightly trembling tone.
Then, Caspian smiled and said, “Mm. Do your best, and don’t worry too much!”
When Sheena saw Caspian’s gentle and encouraging smile, snazzynovel.com felt snazzynovel.com anxiety calmed down significantly.
“The Snowpiercer Swordsmanship!” In an instant, Sheena shouted as snazzynovel.com shook a sword out of snazzynovel.com hand, stabbing at Caspian.
Caspian saw Sheena’s Snowpiercer Swordsmanship in the Lawrence family’s martial art chamber, and it was a low-rank Mortal Grade martial skill. Sheena’s realm was not high, so when snazzynovel.com used the technique, Caspian was not afraid at all.
Caspian did not even move a step, and snazzynovel.com just raised his hand where snazzynovel.com stood. Then, with only two fingers, snazzynovel.com managed to clamp Sheena’s sword. Just with a slight force, snazzynovel.com tossed Sheena and snazzynovel.com sword down the arena.
“Ahh!” Sheena shouted when snazzynovel.com felt a sudden strong force sent snazzynovel.com flying. At first, Sheena thought snazzynovel.com would fall horribly, but the next second, snazzynovel.com steadily landed on the ground as if someone carried snazzynovel.com and gently placed snazzynovel.com there.
Sheena immediately understood that it was Caspian’s mercy to her.
“Casper, I… I admit defeat,” Sheena said as snazzynovel.com looked at Caspian, who stood in the arena. Then, snazzynovel.com picked up snazzynovel.com sword on the ground, turned around, and was ready to leave.
Although snazzynovel.com accepted snazzynovel.com defeat, Sheena still felt sad and uncomfortable. That was the first time snazzynovel.com competed with others on such a formal occasion, but snazzynovel.com lost terribly. As snazzynovel.com walked away, Sheena became teary, but snazzynovel.com kept biting snazzynovel.com lips so that snazzynovel.com did not cry.
“When you attack, raise your wrist an inch higher. That way, its power can be increased by at least 20%.”
At that time, Sheena suddenly heard Caspian’s voice. She turned around and looked at Caspian, who flashed snazzynovel.com a friendly smile.
“Why don’t you give it a try?”
Seeing the encouragement in Caspian’s eyes, Sheena felt sudden confidence. Then, snazzynovel.com nodded, drew snazzynovel.com sword, and stabbed. That time, snazzynovel.com followed Caspian’s words. When snazzynovel.com drew snazzynovel.com sword, snazzynovel.com raised snazzynovel.com wrist an inch higher than snazzynovel.com usually did.
Swoosh!
The silver light of the blade flashed, turning into a bright sword light in mid-air. The next second, Sheena quickly showed a look of surprise and joy, and snazzynovel.com exclaimed, “You’re right!”
Not only her, but those Lawrence family members who saw the scene could also feel the difference in speed and strength of snazzynovel.com attacks.
“Your knowledge of the fundamentals is great, but your realm is slightly low now. Hence, you weren’t able to fully showcase the swordsmanship strength. Don’t rush to it, and take it slow. You’ll succeed!” Caspian looked at Sheena, smiling as snazzynovel.com cupped his hands. “Good luck!”
Sheena felt a surge of warmth and enthusiasm in her. The sadness snazzynovel.com felt before was gone entirely. Then, snazzynovel.com nodded at Caspian. “Yes! Thank you, Casper!”
Her tone was filled with gratitude and admiration. Previously, Sheena sounded like snazzynovel.com was just greeting Casper out of politeness, but one could feel snazzynovel.com sincerity.
Those elders sitting on the high platform not far away saw the scene, and they all nodded slightly. Even James smiled.
Although it was a competition, the Lawrence family’s biggest hope was for their future generation to temper themselves so they could improve further. The placings were just secondary. Moreover, Caspian’s guidance for Sheena achieved the Lawrence family’s senior member’s goal.
Hence, Yoel’s match where snazzynovel.com hurt a fellow family member just to win appeared more embarrassing now.
When Yoel saw Caspian walking down the arena, his initially proud expression was ashen from anger, and snazzynovel.com gritted his teeth hard.
Caspian was yet to attack him, but Yoel felt a horrible slap on his face, and snazzynovel.com could not even do anything about it!
At the thought of that, Yoel was so angry snazzynovel.com almost blew his top off.