“What?” Ricky gasped when he witnessed Zephyr strike down one of his men in one easy swipe. That man was an Agile of level one, everyone was baffled as to how he could have been beaten so easily. “It’s over for him!” Aiden gasped as his body shook. His tone implied thoughts knowing that that man was a goner. Even an Agile of level five had trouble when they encountered Zephyr, much less an Agile of level one. Were Ricky to initiate an attack to come into blows with Zephyr, Aiden would greatly doubt Ricky’s success in it.“You’re not too shabby!” Ricky was startled, though not too pestered. He coldly looked at Zephyr as he displayed a sense of pride all the while. “Is this your doing?” Zephyr asked angrily. “Indeed, I sent him. Who knew someone with a Strength of level nine such as yourself could harbor such power,” Ricky said. He stared at Zephyr for a moment before continuing on, “You ain’t too bad, if you were, that’ll be boring…”Before Ricky could finish speaking, a blast of soun
The three who arrived were Academy apprentices, and they exuded terrible auras. They were at least Agiles of level four. Their presence intimidated everyone. Zephyr could feel something off about one of them. Although he was an Agile of level four, his powers were equal to that of Shaun Lee. If apprentices in this Academy could potentially contend with fighters like Shaun Lee, Zephyr wondered how truly powerful the Academy’s strongest were.“Since you’ve all gotten your things, it's best to prepare for the final trial now! This trial will determine where you are placed in the Academy!” said the apprentice that Zephyr focused on, calmly. Perhaps he felt Zephyr’s attention, as he spoke, his expression changed somewhat, akin to shock, though he made no comment on it. The peak they went to was tall. Under the guidance of the three, everyone soon found themselves at the peak of the mountain. To everyone’s surprise, a metal suspension bridge hung from the mountain peak. Zephyr and Yang sa
’She’s not with us?’ Zephyr wondered curiously. “All you have to do is muster your energies on the field, and the trial will end shortly after!” The Academy apprentice explained the situation clearly. On the field, there stood about a hundred or so Academy apprentices. Each was strong in their own right, and all were taken seriously. They were no mere apprentices, they were initiates! The group was made up of initiates! Zephyr was familiar with their strength, each of them were as strong, if not stronger than Shaun Lee. ‘That’s the Academy for you!’ Zephyr thought, wondrously.…As Zephyr continued on with his observation, a beautiful figure stood atop a peak, a mile away. She was dressed in white robes, signifying her purity. Although she was only seventeen or eighteen, her luscious body and attractive features were enough to put any man into a frenzied hungry state. However, the aura she emanated was intimidating, and it scared most away.“Sister!” a voice rang out, disturbing the
“It’s your turn now!” the initiate said to another group.“Oh my, she’s beautiful!”“She’s not wearing any shoes though! Really makes me want to touch her feet!”“She looks like a fairy!”Chatter amongst one another came as the next batch went on ahead.A girl with blue hair had made her way onto the field. She had attractive features which easily attracted every male’s attention. Even some initiates could not help but side eye her features.“I will once again remind you all, the lights dictate how powerful you are, how powerful you will be, and how powerful you can be. If you’re too weak, even if you’re an Agile of level nine, you would still be disqualified!” an initiate said. “However, if you manage to conjure three streams of light, you will qualify for an apprenticeship. If you have eight, you can be an initiate! The most we’ve recorded is twelve!” he continued. “Good luck!” he finished.As everyone sat down, the lights came about once more. Soon, more screams came as more
“What luck Erik!”“Damn it!”“You’re lucky!”The Elders clamored once more, annoyed at this development. It would seem that the Elder in question was Erik Chavez, head of the Beast Peak! The Beast Peak was a strength-oriented path. Their initiates were strong and destructively powerful. The man on the field was obviously strength-attuned. No one had any reason to steal him away from Erik. Seeing the Beast Peak and Oriental Peak be able to recruit such great initiates had made the other Peak heads become more frantic. They would not let them continue on like this.As the trial ended, the blue-haired girl was called over by Elder Lucia, while the man from Brass was heckled by Erik. Many stared at them with envy, even the initiates. There was a good chance they would become disciples, faring better than initiates.The trials continued as usual. After a few rounds, only two had made nine rays of light. Not many were accepted as an initiate. Apart from the Oriental Peak and Beast Peak,
Zephyr frantically defended himself against the seemingly-endless attack. His stamina kept depleting while most of the other fighters in the square had already completed their talent test. Both Yang and Ricky had already caught the elders’ attention.Zephyr felt like he was at his limit, when suddenly, the resistive power of the scales and Electrical powers finally lessened. He grabbed hold of this opportunity to absorb the light energy around him. In a blink of an eye, he absorbed a vast amount of light before he was once again suppressed by the Electrical powers. He had only managed to condense the light energy around him into two light beams. If it was not for the fact that Zephyr had experienced it himself, he would have thought he was dreaming. This was because he knew it was impossible for him to only create two light beams after he had absorbed so much light energy!“What? Only two?” The elders were surprised when he absorbed so much light, but it quickly turned into disappo
An Academy initiate took out a book and spoke, “Reporting to all elders, the results from the talent test have been all recorded here. One hundred and nine fighters have been promoted to an Academy initiate. Out of them all, one had eleven light beams, twelve had ten light beams... and one had two light beams.” Everyone turned to look at Zephyr at the mention of two light beams. Even the elders on the scene were shocked. Vert Murray was in the hall as well. He stood behind an elder and looked at Zephyr with a piercing stare. Compared to the other elders present, he had a better understanding of what Zephyr was capable of. A talent of two light beams was undeniably useless. Yet, there was also no denying Zephyr had won in a fight against Shaun. The final blow — Lightning Spear — was especially powerful. So how was it possible for Zephyr to have a talent of only two light beams?Zephyr’s current circumstance felt very awkward, to say the least. Under general conditions, based on hi
“Fine by me,” Lucia spoke with a smile.“Me too!” said Erik with a nod.“Yes, Yang should be assigned to Maxim,” said the Skydragon Peak’s elder. “Then, he should take Zephyr as well!” Ethan countered this suggestion with an icy tone. “How could you say something like this, Ethan? Maxim wouldn’t have ended up like this if it wasn’t for that accident.” Ethan’s words caused displeasure amongst the elders. Some of them even looked at him with murderous eyes. “It’s only fair he should take Zephyr since he got Yang! Although Zephyr has the worst talent, he’s still the first place winner in the Inter-city Tournament. Are you suggesting we revoke his Academy initiate status? Besides, it would be more than fitting for you to take him in since it was your initiate who brought him here,” Ethan explained with a smile while he looked at Vert for he was the initiate that was mentioned.The other elders agreed with what Ethan had said even though it was really uncalled for. They clearly und