Although the gong was struck, none of them moved, not even a muscle.
All that happened was the young boys staring at each other in dead silence, apparently analyzing each other.
This went on for a full minute and everyone thought something was wrong with all of them.
Suddenly, the three boys vanished and they appeared in an instant, exchanging blows.
Everyone suddenly got pumped up by the speed of the fight and even Dante got impressed as he investigated their abilities.
"Incredible!! None of them are using their Mana in any form, yet their raw speed and strength is tremendously higher than any other candidate before, and slightly matched us higher-ups!!"
But he suddenly had a troubled look on his face as he realized a new issue.
"Jason seems to have the strength advantage; Damian with speed and Vincent seemingly both."
"Despite this , they've each mastered a way to match with the other. This will be an interesting battle!!"
Esmeralda watched on and seemed to have her eyes focused on Damian.
"For some apparent reason, I sense a dark aura from that kid. We better be careful of him," she thought to herself.
The fight was so tensed and so evenly matched, it nearly took a full hour and no one seemed exhausted, with each individual fighting another while watching out for the other.
Jason facing against Vincent seemed to be the dominant duel, with Damian alternating between them and making things even more difficult.
"Damn!! This guy is good!! I can't beat him at this rate!! I might have to use my ability soon!!," he thought to himself as he exchanged blows with Damian, feeling the strength he has in his own punch.
Damian then backed up and pointed towards Jason, saying, "You're the one I want to fight the most!! And it seems you're really worth my attention."
He then turned towards Vincent, smirked and said out loud, "Enough playing games!! The two of you would take me on while going all out!!," while releasing his flames around his body and manifesting a huge flame coat around his body.
Vincent then smirked -with Jason walking and standing behind Damian- and released his aura around him with his fangs elongated saying, "Well then, be prepared!! Because you're about to see a Sanguinarian at work here!!"
Jason then also released his aura and replied, "Finally, I don't need to hold back against you!!"