Arthur had always been able to fight Fae Masters, or at least, prevent himself from being killed while battling Fae Masters of a higher Rank, but with the introduction of his pseudo Attribute Control Skill, he could even try and think about killing someone of a higher cultivation than him!
Even if his cultivation was lower than others, meaning that the amount of time that he could fight for was lower, if he could defeat his opponent in just two or three moves, would such a thing even matter?
No-one knew that Arthur's origin essence sea had reached a point higher than everyone else in the Village. At the same Rank, his origin essence regeneration was higher than anyone who didn't have a Sovereign Boundary Physique.
Perhaps only those beloved children of Fae Immortals would get the chance to use a Rank 4 or a Rank 4 Vein Limit Fae, but other than that, in terms of both origin essence sea size, and origin essence regeneration, Arthur was unparalleled.
Many knew that his talent was "second-tier" and that his origin essence sea was only 201%. He wouldn't be able to fight as long, but so long as he reserved himself and defeated his opponents in a single attack then the different wouldn't even matter....
Arthur didn't even so much as glance back towards Borik as he walked off the stage and back towards the participants seating area.
He could feel the gazes of countless men, women and children on his body, but ignored them all, before sitting down and letting the waves of noise brush right past him.
"Holy shit!".
"He defeated Borik in a single move!".
"Arthur's talent for cultivation isn't as good as the others, but his knowledge of Fae probably exceeds everyone participating in the Tournament!".
"I want to change my bet! I'll put everything on Arthur winning the Tournament!".
Numerous shouts and screams came from stands, countless audience members shouted out Arthur's name, adoring, and admiring this handsome young adult.
Alina and Ratimir sent a glance to one another, knowing that neither of them could block that strike of his. Ratimir hadn't worked on his defense nearly as much as Borik did, mainly focusing on his speed and strength more than anything else.
Alina on the other hand, had gone for a much more all-rounded approach, not being weak in anything in particular, with the exception of control type Fae. He strength, speed and endurance were strengthened thanks to her armour type fae, but even she wouldn't claim to have a better defense than Borik.
If they got hit by that, then they knew they would go down instantly.....
Both of them bit their bottom lips, knowing that the first and second places probably belonged to both Randolf and Arthur again.
They gritted their teeth and clenched their fists.
'Even after an entire year, we still can't do anything!', they thought.
If they could both just reach Rank 2, then everything would be fine they thought.
But for the time being, neither one of them, including Borik, would be able to fight against Arthur or Randolf.
Randolf's eyes widened a fraction of an inch as he saw Arthur sit down beside him, before raising an eyebrow at the slightly older young man.
"Is that supposed to scare me or something?".
Randolf's tone was slightly sarcastic, but he couldn't control his heartbeat as he watched Arthur's smile turn polite.
He shook his head from side to side, not once turning to look at him.
"If you got scared from that little display, then you'll definitely not like what I have in store for you later....".
His own tone was slightly arrogant, but the underlying meaning behind his words causing Randolf to suppress his change in expression and curtly nod before turning back towards the main stage.
Borik had been karted off to the medical tent, along with Zoya, so the pair would receive some healing before being allowed to return to the seats.
Just like last year, the two who had taken first and second place were also considered the two participants with the highest chances of winning again this time.
Arthur had made use of his martial arts advantage over most of the participants last time, and knew that wouldn't work against those who had trained for a year.
Even if they didn't understand Arthur's advice, just from training and repetition alone he would be able to reach a point which could beat even mortal martial artists.
Arthur naturally didn't plan on using martial arts to win again, and would instead use Fae to show others the distance between them and him.
They didn't know that what he had just used was an pseudo Attribute Control Skill, which would probably cause those who did know what it was to pass out.
A pseudo Attribute Control Skill was the most common type of Attribute Control Skill. A Fae Master didn't need comprehensions, or any sort of attainment in a particular Law in order to understand it.
Elder Vova's Wood Attribute Control Skill: Untainted Flower Petals, was formed using his pseudo-Rank 1 Wood Law attainment. If one wanted to make full use of such a skill, he would need to have a matching attainment.
If Dominic tried to replicate it, he wouldn't even be able to show half of its true power.
The same could be said for Niklos, and his Transformation Attribute Control Skill.
At most he could use his Rank 4 Fae Master cultivation to forcibly show the power of a Rank 4 Umbral Shadow Wolf, but without even attaining Rank 1 Shadow Laws, he would be forever destined to use his life force in order to power the Skill.
At the very least, pseudo Attribute Control Skills were the lowest level of Fae Skills.
For a former Fae Immortal, creating such a thing, was as easy as taking a sip of water.
If Arthur wanted to create a proper Attribute Control Skill, he would need to use some of the power of the Boundless Forest Yearning. Forest Attribute Control Skill or Emotion Attribute Control Skill.
His attainment in both was currently non-existent, but so long as Arthur was diligent in his cultivation, that would change soon enough.
There had been.... research into Attribute Control Skills that use the Secondary Origin Fae of Sovereign Boundary Physiques in 700 years, since it was possible for anyone to steal one and cultivate it on their own.
Quite a number of large powers had spent a lot of resources pushing their Chosen towards higher Law attainments, sometimes even at the cost of their own lives.
Arthur wasn't privy to a lot of this information, but he did know of quite a few Fae Masters whom had created Secondary Origin Fae Attribute Control Skills in the past.
Such Fae Masters and Fae Immortals left behind their legacies, but only for those who possessed the same Physique as them.
For the Boundless Forest Yearning.... Arthur knew of two such places.
He let out deep breath of air.
'Once I reach Rank 2, I can start comprehending Laws. My cultivation, and my comprehension of Laws take top priority. Cultivating some "seeds" in order to do my bidding is also important too, but so long as they work hard, and diligently, will I be able to use them effectively....'.
Arthur glanced sideways at Randolf, his eyes scanning his body slightly.
'I also want that foreign treasure too. I don't care if I have to leave Winter Rain Mountain two or three years early, or even if I have to burn this Village to the ground, I'll take that foreign treasure for myself'.