"Mysterious man? I have no idea who you're talking about," Elvis replied, pretending to be clueless
about the individual in question.
"I don't think your memory is so horrible that you'd forget him," Jason countered with a cold gaze once
he saw Elvis pretend to know nothing.
"But first, let's get down to business!" Elder Duke said to Jason with a knowing smile.
"Who's first?" Jason asked the five masters of the Supernal Stage that stood beside him.
A master of the seventh grade of the Supernal Stage volunteered immediately. He stretched before
appearing on the stage in an instant.
There was no doubting about his strength, so the outcome seemed obvious. In the end, the royal family
represented by Elder Duke chose two royal spirit manipulators of the Supernal Stage's premium grade
and the two defeated the powerful warriors of the same grade and stage from various great clans. After
that, no spirit manipulators dared to step foot on the stage.
Everyone present locked eyes with each other and agreed that the ending of this battle seemed
obvious.
Elder Duke and Jason exchanged a cheeky grin. They felt that they definitely won this competition.
"Why hasn't he come? Is something wrong?" Sabina began to feel slightly nervous.
Suddenly, a towering beast leaped from behind the crowd and leaped onto the stage with a loud thud.
Its speed astounded the whole audience.
They were even more startled upon seeing the beast's figure.
The tall beast stood on its two hind legs like a human. At three meters tall and with a body akin to a
fitness fighter's, it exuded an aura similar to one of the fifth grade of the five-star level. Its long, snow-
white hair draped over it like a fur coat and caught everyone's attention as it shimmered under the sun.
Its presence on the stage caused quite a stir because it appeared to have no master.
Additionally, some witnesses felt that the beast looked familiar.
"Is that beast…" Leonard, the chief of the Xiong Clan, began to utter as if he recognized the creature.
He had just been defeated earlier by a royal spirit manipulator.
Sabina sighed with relief upon seeing the beast. It was Robin!
While everyone remained gobsmacked at Robin's appearance, it transformed quickly into a shadow
and rushed with astonishing speed towards the master of the seventh grade of the Supernal Stage.
The latter clutched onto the ball-flower.
Before the master could react, Robin already appeared before him. It quickly raised its two huge ice
claws above its head, and the shadow it cast easily enveloped the master.
Although momentarily dismayed, the master managed to think quickly and used his spiritual martial arts
to defend himself.
Boom! Boom!
As the two ice claws came pounding down on the master's defense, an explosion caused the ice force
to spread in all directions and cascaded into the surrounding crowd. Those closest to the stage were
terrified as their skin stung from the sharp ice.
Once he successfully counteracted Robin's attack, the master swiftly summoned his spirit-manipulated
beast at the fourth grade of the five-star level to try and fend off Robin.
Surprisingly, the beast the master summoned whimpered in fear upon seeing Robin. Once Robin
roared, the beast was so terrified that it turned around and ran off the stage.
The crowd was baffled. They'd never seen a spirit-manipulated beast of such a high grade and level be
scared off stage without fighting before.
The terrified beast's master was just as shocked. His expression turned to one of uncertainty. As he
tried to keep the ball-flower at a safe distance, a giant shadow suddenly came over him. Robin stared
at him aggressively. Its aura ascended and filled with aggression.
The master's legs suddenly gave way as he half knelt to the ground out of fear.
The crowd was further stunned at the scene before them. No one had thought it possible for a master
of the seventh grade of the Supernal Stage to be brought to his knees by a spirit-manipulated beast. Of
course, no one understood the intense fear that Robin's power brought out in the master at that
moment.
Robin reached out and pinched the ball-flower the master cradled with its two sharp claws. It then gave
the master a disdainful gaze before turning around to leave.
This caused an uproar in the audience. They wondered exactly what kind of beast Robin was that it
could grab the ball-flower easily from such a high-ranking master.
As a bewildered Elder Duke and Jason looked on, the former quickly gestured to a master of the eighth
grade of the Supernal Stage.
He swiftly jumped forward onto the stage to block Robin before summoning a beast of the fifth grade of
the five-star level. This beast possessed an ebony face, long fangs, and a body akin to an elephant's. It
towered over Robin and appeared to be stronger than the spirit-manipulated beast previously
summoned by the other master.
Despite this, Robin showed no fear at all.
Then, the master and his spirit-manipulated beast began to attack Robin. The powerful attack dazzled
the spectators' eyes. But it wasn't enough. Robin fully played into its advantage by making use of its
speed and agility. It cleverly protected the ball-flower in its claws from the eighth-grade spirit
manipulator of the Supernal Stage with ease.
Seven minutes soon passed. If the master failed to retrieve the flower ball from Robin, he would lose.
However, the master had another trick up his sleeve. Suddenly, his beast rushed towards Robin. The
former's body swelled up as a cluster of razor sharp thorns emerged from its flesh and shot towards the
latter.
Robin quickly dodged the thorns left and right with all its strength. However, the master of the eighth
grade of the Supernal Stage immediately seized the opportunity to approach Robin and attack. Out of
nowhere, a strong spiritual wave struck Robin.
It fell to the ground with a loud thud.
Everyone watching suspected that it would be impossible for Robin to recover from such a violent blow.
Then, the deafening howl of a wolf suddenly echoed all around. Once the smoke dissipated, Robin's
snow-white fur turned into armor made of ice. It opened its terrifying wolf-like eyes and emanated a
strong power. The limbs which once stood now crawled on the ground. It now dominated with an
authoritative aura that was as powerful as that of a six-star level spirit-manipulated beast.
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