“It’s all right. Let Kayden defend the arena!” Jared didn’t want to do it because he didn’t know much about the Eight Major Secret Realms. Therefore, he wanted to watch the duels on the sidelines to figure out the true strengths and capabilities of the secret realms.
Since Jared had already spoken, Chester obliged and let Kayden defend their arena. Soon, challengers started appearing in the arenas. Sigwin, the person who ranked first in the Supreme Honor Rankings, was left alone in the arena because no one would be foolish enough to take him on.
At that moment, Sigwin was sitting in his arena smugly. He felt as though he had regained the dignity he lost during the incident concerning the Dragon Bell. No one dares to challenge me because everyone is scared of me!
Right then, Sigwin caught Jared sweeping at glance at him, so the former waved at Jared and asked, “Jared, you could summon nine golden dragons just now, so you must be strong, right? Are you up for a challenge?”
Sigwin was eager to fight Jared because if he could defeat Jared, he could regain the limelight that Jared had stolen from him. “Oh, no, I’m no match for you…” Jared uttered without hesitation and waved his hand in refusal.
Sigwin was baffled. Cultivators train to fight and make a name for themselves! No cultivator would concede before putting up a fight! Why did Jared admit he was no match for me? What’s going on?
Jared then ignored Sigwin and wandered from one arena to another to watch the battles between different secret realms and figure out the contestants’ strengths. “Mr. Chance, are you not fighting?” Zain asked.
“We’ll see. I want to observe the battles first.” Jared shook his head. Zain knew Jared was waiting to spot weaker opponents to increase his chances of winning.
“Mr. Chance, you’ll have three chances, though.. As long as you don’t lose three battles, you can keep challenging the others, Zain suggested.
Jared merely flashed a faint smile in response. I’m not challenging anyone yet. I need to observe before I decide what to do. “Since you’re not challenging anyone, Mr. Chance, I’ll go first!”
With that, Zain leaped into the air and landed in an arena to challenge a weak-looking man. Jared spared Zain a glance before shaking hist head and turning around to leave. Evangeline saw the look on Jared’s face, so she asked, “Mr. Chance, do you think Zain will lose?”
“He’s outmatched. At most, Monkey can only withstand one move from his opponent,” Jared replied. “One move?” Evangeline was in disbelief. “Zain isn’t strong, but-”
Before Evangeline could finish her sentence, a thud rang out. Zain was sent flying out of the arena and crashing heavily to the ground. Evangeline was rendered speechless when she saw what had happened to Zain. Moments later, Zain stood up and uttered embarrassingly, “I was too careless…”
Jared smiled and didn’t say anything in response. Right then, the shout of a female caught Jared’s attention. Jared turned around and saw Hailey in one of the arenas, fighting a man in white.
Hailey was brandishing a long sword and swung it around in the air as she attacked her opponent. The sword resembled a vicious viper, ruthlessly attacking its prey.
With a smile on his face, the man in white was dodging Hailey’s attacks calmly. It was apparent that the man in white was going easy on Hailey and not in a rush to defeat her.
“Why did Ms. Hargreaves choose to fight with that man? She’s clearly no match for her opponent!” Zain was puzzled.
