After that, Rocky left Timothy's study.
Hannah, who was looking for her father, happened to see Rocky just as he was leaving. 'Why did he
come out of my father's study?' she wondered.
After hesitating for a while, she entered the study.
"Here you are! Basil just left," Timothy mentioned casually, guessing that his daughter would have seen
Rocky leaving the room.
"What did you two talk about?" asked Hannah.
"Nothing serious. I just wanted to know how much progress he has made in imparting the Mysterious
Beast Transformation Skill to Tessa," Timothy replied calmly.
"Oh, I see," Hannah responded, but there was a hint of suspicion in her eyes. After all, it didn't make
sense for her father and Rocky to discuss such a small matter in private.
"Have you figured out the arrangement of the martial arts competition?" Timothy asked.
"Yes. I have made it clear to Ramon, and he will try his best." Hannah nodded.
"That's good. From now on, we have no way but to leave it up to luck," Timothy said with a small smile.
The next day, the news that the daughter of the Sword Spirit Sect's leader would wed the man who won
a competition in martial arts spread throughout the Ethereal Region like wildfire. All the major clans and
sects were itching to have a try. Now that the Sword Spirit Sect was also a big sect in the Ethereal
Region, many of the weaker sects wanted to seize the opportunity to build a close relationship with
them and in turn achieve great success.
However, the basic requirements that the Sword Spirit Sect had announced for participating in the
competition disappointed many of the sects and clans. A limit had been set on the number of
candidates who would participate in the competition. Only one member of each clan or sect within the
Sovereign Sect could take part. Moreover, the candidates had to be at or under the age of thirty.
Needless to say, most of the spirit warriors' hopes were dashed.
There were about twenty clans and sects in the Sovereign Sect, which meant that only about twenty
spirit warriors could take part in the competition. As such, the scale of the competition was not large,
but the spirit warriors who did take part in the competition would be the elite talents of the younger
generation in the Ethereal Region, so everyone paid a lot of attention to the competition.
Since there was still half a month left, all the major clans and sects in the Sovereign Sect took their
time to carefully select their representatives, intending to win the competition and unite themselves with
the Sword Spirit Sect through marriage.
Accompanied by Rocky, Ramon, who had been selected to represent the Sword Spirit Sect, went to the
Black-devouring Swamp for training again. He didn't return to the Sword Spirit City until the day before
the competition.
After Rocky parted ways with Ramon, the man in white who was sent by Timothy appeared in front of
him again.
"Master Basil, Master Timothy has asked you to go to the contestant Lounge No. 23 tomorrow," the
man said immediately.
"Okay." Rocky nodded.
With that, the man disappeared.
Time flew in the blink of an eye, and the day of the competition arrived.
Early in the morning, the Sword God Square of the Sword Spirit Sect was brimming with people. In
addition to the cheering squads from the major clans and sects whose members would participate in
the competition, there were also many strong warriors at the King Realm who had come to watch the
competition. At least a thousand people were present, and the scene was quite spectacular to behold.
One by one, the representatives of the major clans and sects that were going to participate in the
competition appeared, including Ramon. Those representatives, who obtained a Spiritual Infant at the
primary stage, were all famous young warriors at the King Realm in the Ethereal Region, with
extraordinary talent.
As expected, the representative of the Grand Sky Sect was not the son of the sect leader, but another
master at the King Realm who had risen to fame in recent years. His name was Knox. At just thirty
years of age, he had cultivated a Spiritual Infant at the middle stage.
As for the Sovereign Pavilion, they had also sent an outstanding young man, Edgar Su, who was the
youngest master at the King Realm in the history of the Sovereign Pavilion. He was highly talented,
and was also the key training object of the Sovereign Pavilion.
With such candidates, everyone was sure that the competition would be extremely intense.
After a short speech by Timothy, the competition began.
The twenty or so warriors who were participating in the competition all went to their respective lounges
to prepare. The various rounds of the competition would test their abilities, and they would have to pass
a lot of tests to win. Therefore, the lounges had been specially arranged by the Sword Spirit Sect to
give the participants a place where they could concentrate on preparing for their battles.
At the moment, in Ramon's lounge, a figure appeared silently. It was none other than Rocky.
"Here you are." Ramon was not surprised to see Rocky.
"How is everything going?" Rocky asked.
"What do you think? I don't even need to prepare. With my current strength, I can easily win the
competition." Ramon looked quite confident.
Rocky nodded. "Just do whatever you want. I will help you."
"Have you come up with a way?" Ramon asked curiously, raising an eyebrow.
"Sort of. But you have to hold on till the end." Rocky knew that if Ramon was defeated at any point in
the competition, he would have to step in and triumph over the others to be the champion.
"I will. I can't let Miss Hannah down," Ramon said firmly, clenching his fists.
With a smile playing at the corners of his mouth, Rocky left Ramon's lounge. As soon as he was gone,
Hannah pushed the door open and walked inside.
"Miss Hannah..." Ramon bowed and looked at her with respect.
"You don't have to be so courteous. Are you ready?" asked Hannah.
"Yes, and I won't let you down."
"Here are all the contents of the test. You can have a look so that you can be mentally prepared."
Hannah immediately took out a few pieces of paper and held them out to Ramon.
"I don't think it's appropriate for me to see the contents of the test in advance." Ramon hesitated,
because he felt that it wouldn't be fair to the other participants.
"This competition is of great importance. I'm sure you know what's at stake here. No matter what
means you use, you must win." Hannah's eyes turned serious.
"Don't worry. I believe in my own strength," Ramon said firmly.
"Fine. Anyway, I'll leave these here. Whether you take a look or not is up to you. But if you lose, I won't
spare you." Hannah knew what kind of person Ramon was, so she put the pieces of paper on the table
and left.
Ramon watched Hannah walked out of the room, and then turned his gaze to the pieces of paper. For a
while, he was deeply conflicted, but in the end, he picked them up. Although it was against his
principles, he decided to take a look at the contents of the test for Hannah's sake.
Meanwhile, Rocky arrived at Lounge No. 23 and sneaked into it without being noticed.
The man in the lounge stared at Rocky without the slightest trace of surprise on his face.
"Sir, you are..." Rocky cupped his hands.
"It doesn't matter who I am. The most important thing is that you have to pretend to be me today. These
are my clothes. From now on, consider yourself the representative of the Heaven Shadow Pavilion,"
the man said seriously.
"I see. Thank you!" Rocky responded, cupping his hands again.
Then, the man opened the door and disappeared without a trace.
Rocky put on the man's clothes as fast as he could. At last, he put on a mask that covered half his
face. By this way, he would pretend to be the representative of the Shadowy Sky Pavilion.
Soon, there was a knock at the door, followed by a voice.
"Representative of the Heaven Shadow Pavilion, the competition is about to begin."
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