Soon, Moore appeared in front of everyone, garnering the most attention above anyone else in the
newcomer contest. He was clad in a blue robe, his hair loosely worn on his shoulder. Those female
masters and disciples on the spot instantly were captivated by his handsome face.
And Moore's pleasing features weren't his only merit. For the past few years, the Sky-suppressing
Mansion had considered Moore as their most outstanding spirit warrior, placing great value on him. If
he won first place in the competition, he would surely earn the Sky-suppressing Mansion a reputation
and lay a very important foundation for his future.
Everyone knew that the Sky-suppressing Mansion had established the Sky-suppressing School, and
they shed a lot of manpower and material sources every year to train exceptional spirit warriors. Those
spirit warriors who could stand out among their peers would then receive the attention of the Sky-
suppressing Mansion, regardless if they were spirit warriors from the mansion or not.
"If Moore won first place in this newcomer competition, he would get a chance to enter the Spiritual
Sea Region."
"Well, even if Moore doesn't take part in the contest this time, I'm sure that the Sky-suppressing
Mansion's leader would still give him permission to enter the Spiritual Sea Region."
"That's true, but Moore is one of their top spirit warriors, so he should set an example for his peers.
Otherwise, the others are going to gossip about him and think the worst. But it doesn't matter either
way because, with his strength, he can surely win first prize in this competition!"
At that moment, several elders of the school, including Felton, were sharing their thoughts on Moore.
"I'm not so sure about that..." Felton muttered hesitantly, his eyes narrowed in thought.
The other elders of the school all looked at him in confusion when they heard his words.
"Elder Felton, why did you say that? Do you know something that we don't?" The vice president of the
school couldn't help but raise his doubts.
"No, no. I'm just saying that Moore's opponent isn't as weak as he seems." Felton didn't share their
opinion because he had been in charge of the second round earlier, and so many unexpected things
happened during that round. He had been utterly confused! The most crucial thing that he noticed was
that three disciples at the medium stage of the Spiritual Infant, including Hayden, were eliminated at the
same time thanks to Rocky's interference, which was quite unusual. Therefore, Felton thought there
was a chance that Moore would lose to Rocky in the final battle.
The vice president and the elders exchanged astonished looks, as none of them could understand why
Felton was saying those cryptic things.
A moment later, Rocky walked out of the crowd inconspicuously. He moved sedately across the place
with no trace of anxiety in his movements, even though he was about to fight Moore, who had already
reached the peak level of the Spiritual Infant's medium stage and was only one step away from the
advanced stage.
He stopped about ten meters away from Moore, meeting his opponent's eyes with his own serene orbs.
"The final round of the contest will commence in—three! Two! One! Start!" With that announcement, the
final battle finally began.
To the audience's surprise, both Rocky and Moore stood still, like predators waiting for each other to
attack first. It seemed that they were thinking of the same thing. They both intended to end the battle in
one move.
The stalemate lasted for about half an hour. Even the spectators started to grow a little impatient, but
Rocky and Moore didn't move an inch.
One hour had passed, but neither of them had budged!
Before long, an hour and a half had gone by.
"What the hell are they doing? Why aren't they attacking each other? This is so boring!"
"Hey! We've been waiting for so long!"
"Are they even going to fight?"
At that time, the majority of the people around them had grown restless and began to feel annoyed.
Even the vice president, several elders of the school, and the big shots that were invited from various
forces were exchanging confused glances. With Moore's strength, he could surely take advantage by
attacking first, but he oddly refused to move. And the most puzzling thing was that Rocky, who was a
lot weaker than Moore, was also waiting for Moore to engage first. It was peculiar because he could
take advantage of Moore by charging him first, but he was doing nothing instead.
Of course, none of the spectators knew that Moore had no choice in the matter. He wasn't attacking
first because Rocky had released a spiritual aura that was like a solid fortress without a flaw, and it put
a lot of pressure on Moore and restrained his movements. He was afraid that if he launched an attack,
his flaws would be exposed.
On the other hand, Rocky hadn't moved either, as he was currently condensing his spiritual power. He
fully intended to defeat Moore in one move. While he was cultivating in seclusion earlier inside the
Scarlet Heaven Jade, he had comprehended a new unique skill—the Spiritual Power Intensifying Skill.
It could be used to gather and intensify the spiritual power and enhance his strength to a higher level.
In other words, once he used the Spiritual Power Intensifying Skill, he would instantly break through to
the advanced stage of the Spiritual Infant.
However, it would take some time for him to strengthen his spiritual power and perform the skill, so he
chose not to make a move if possible.
Moore soon began to feel restless as if an exceedingly long time had passed, so he couldn't help but
take action. He made use of the Sky-suppressing Mansion's high-level spiritual skill— the Furious
Nine-punch Attack!
In an instant, Moore's whole body turned into a sharp lightning shadow and rushed straight toward
Rocky. Nine fist shadows immediately charged him one after another.
Thus, Rocky also had to make a move. He didn't use any of his special skills and simply pulled out the
Mystical Dragon Sword from behind him, resisting Moore's attack head-on.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The nine fist shadows charged forward in succession, instantly exploding into streaks of light shadows
that covered a range of hundreds of meters around.
"Even a spirit warrior at the medium stage of the Spiritual Infant would not be able to resist such an all-
out blow!" The crowd grew silent, looking forward to Moore's attack. Obviously, they had all noticed that
Moore had put all his strength behind the blow.
But unexpectedly, just as the light shadows exploded into a blinding light, a sword shadow broke
through the light and slashed at Moore without warning.
Naturally, Moore didn't expect that Rocky could break through his prized unique skill. His expression
froze in shock, but he couldn't afford to be careless at the time. He released all his spiritual power to
protect himself, intending to resist the sword shadow falling from the sky.
Unfortunately, when the sword shadow fell with great momentum, it cut off his spiritual power. The
fierce sword aura instantly flooded the entire area with Moore in the center.
Bang! A muffled sound suddenly rang out.
Under the sword aura's forceful impact, Moore flew dozens of meters away and slammed against the
ground, suffering bloody wounds all over his body. It could be seen how overwhelming the sword attack
was just now!
All the people present were utterly dumbfounded. No one had expected Rocky's attack to contain such
power. Even Moore couldn't resist it, and a single move had actually managed to strike him down!
On the other hand, Rocky had already taken back his Mystical Dragon Sword. He was standing in the
center of the arena, still as a marble statue, as he waited for the competition that had just began to be
declared over.
"That's impossible! How could he defeat Moore in one move? Is he hiding his strength?" At that
moment, even Eunice had an astonished expression on her face.
Carla, who was also watching the battle, couldn't help but gasp in shock.
The vice president and the elders of the Sky-suppressing School, including Felton, were also stunned
speechless.
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