Lee had a very proud smile on his face, as he walked out of the arena, he received several glares but he wasn't concerned, no matter how they felt he didn't care, he already won so their pains could not change anything.
He didn't need to be told before he walked towards the reserved area set aside for those who won each battle royale, he sat on a cultivation mat in a lotus position, he immediately brought out a mystical core from his storage ring and began to absorb the energy in it.
Lee's action didn't seem to amaze the crowd as even the other cultivators who had won the first two battle royale, did the same thing as him;cultivating with a mystical core, one should know that anyone who is able to reach the top sixteen is definitely not someone with an ordinary background.
Lee engrossed himself with absorbing the energy in the core, he needs to be at his peak as the tough battles that would truly test him was about to begin.
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The top sixteen battles were done in a different manner, after several hours the sixteen best from each section were finally chosen.
Rather than make the battles of the best sixteen of each cultivation level happen at the same time, they were done one by one starting from those in the first spiritual stage.
It was done this way cause this kind of battles were very exciting to watch and,also so they could place bets easily.
In a matter of time winners had emerged from the first, second and third spiritual stage, it was time for the cultivators in the fourth stage.
"You have witnessed thrilling scenes from the previous battles, and winners have emerged, now it's time to experience more terrifying show of power from the best of the best in the fourth spiritual stage!!"The usual loud voice uttered making the crowd to scream in excitement.
"You know them all, you have seen them fight, so make sure you place your bets on who you think would win"
"The first match is between!"
"Blue and Bone arrows!"
Lee who had his eyes shut all the time, was shocked when he heard his name called, he wasn't expecting to be in the first match, but still he was excited.
He rose up from the cultivation mat he sat, in the same breath a cultivator who should not be much older than him also stood up from his cultivation mat, just like Lee he also had a mask on, Lee glanced at him, it was at this moment that the lad known as Bone arrows directed his gaze towards Lee, this only occurred for split seconds before they both walked towards the large platform, this time it was not separated into sections, since they were the only ones battling, they were given a more larger space, almost twice the normal section.
As soon as both of them stood on the platform, a referee waved his hands and a barrier surrounded them.
Lee stared at Bone arrows and immediately began to draw out ways to deal with the latter, he had seen him fight, he won the first battle royale, the speed of his arrows were unimaginable and the latter also had great speed and footwork.
"I'm a close combat fighter, while he his a long-ranged fighter, he would try all means to create space between us" Lee thought.
"He is quite fast, but he can't be as fast as my arrows" Bone arrows muttered under his breath as he chuckled, to him the battle was a done deal, if Lee couldn't get close to him, then he has automatically won the battle, as Lee would eventually get exhausted from dodging.
Lee and Bone arrows bowed slightly as the usual voice yelled.
"Let the battle begin!"
As soon as his voice cleared a golden bow shaped like a pretty strange bird appeared on Bone arrows hand, he without no hesitation pulled the string of the bow and abruptly a golden arrow appeared, he released the string and
"Swish!"
The golden arrow tore through the air like a golden streak of light has it sped towards Lee.
Lee immediately flicked his sleeves and Blueflame appeared lightning-quick on his hands.
Lee slashed Blueflame in air and like a flash of blue light it clashed with the golden arrow.
Blueflame tore through the arrow and immediately it dispersed, Lee was shocked, so the arrows weren't solid or maybe forged, it was formed from some sort of energy.
Bone arrow was obviously not from Vine city as there was no clan who practiced archery this good, it wasn't unusual to see outsiders participate in the Arena of heroes.
"You shocked, as long as I have spiritual energy I can shoot arrows as much as I want"Bone arrows chuckled as a golden light suddenly covered the bow, he was amplifying the bow, he wasn't expecting the arrow to do any harm to Lee, if it had done he would be disappointed.
Lee didn't waste time in amplifying Blueflame, though he wasn't scared of the latter as he possessed mental energy, so no matter how fast it was as long it was an attack from someone in the fourth stage, he would find a way to react to it, but all the same he still needed to be cautious.
Bone arrows pulled the string of his essence bow, and shockingly several arrows clustered together appeared, rather than the previous one, he released the string and like rain the arrows poured towards Lee.
"Swish" "Swish" "Swish"
The arrows sounded as they tore through the air.
Lee snorted as he stared at the rains of arrow pouring towards him, Wateredge cultivated speed of the sword and he was going to unleash it.
Lee jerked his arms, and Blueflame began to dance in the air like a fish in water, flashes of blue light filled the air as Lee countered the arrows.
"Is this lad from Wateredge!"
"Only Wateredge warriors can achieve this insane sword speed!"
"But we have never heard of any crazy young generation like this lad in Wateredge, the only monster is that Young master Lee even though he is giving all the mystical core in Vine city he should still be in second or third stage as he just started cultivating a month ago"
Speculations and conversations began to fly about, wondering who the lad behind the mask was.