Chapter 38 - One VS 3

" Why did Master forced me to participate in such a pointless tournament? They are weak , pretentious and have practically zero battle experience! " Raven sat inside his room while openly complaining to Long who sat beside him .

Hearing this Elder Long chuckled because he knew that Raven had all the right to complain.

" You see the level of our elites ? It's our shame that we have to call them elites . They practice diligently but use pills and treasures to break through realms . They have less life and death experiences so the sect holds this gathering every six months to let them find their weakness. Sadly only a few realise their mistakes and start honig their skills through real battles. " Long lamented quietly but had high expectations of Raven .

" Let's go , it's time for the semi finals of the tournament among mid Core Realm disciples." Long advanced slowly towards the door but stopped after hearing the proposal from Raven .

" Elder Long , why dont you let the three come at me at once ? This way maybe they will have the chance to realise their current limits more clearly ! "

Long smiled because the idea was good and he had full confidence that Raven would still win even if there were ten of them much less only three . " Sure ! " Long dissapeared while Raven decided to wait because he can enjoy a few more fruits .

After advancing to Core Formation realm , cultivators do not need to eat food as they can survive purely on energy . The palace had nothing much to eat because Germa did not drink and was busy to care for food . Thus Raven wanted to enjoy the fruits some more.

Soon he was called so Raven jumped on top of the white platform . He really found 3 boys looking at him with hostile expressions as though they were going to slaughter a pig.

" Kekeke.. to think that we can get some good pills from Elder Long just by beating up this youngster trash... "

" Right Right hehe.. "

" Shut up you idiots ! It's a private deal so do not talk so loudly ! "

One of them was actually sensible but Raven had clearly heard everything. He was angered because these 3 were youths of more than twenty five years not some pretty ladies . He decided to teach them a lesson so that they regret having such thoughts in future .

" One VS three match ! " Long looked at Raven because its was necessary to confirm from the one who was being challenged. Raven just nodded casually and " Begin ! "

The three of them had some speed as they advanced till this round . They surrounded Raven and took out their weapons .

Raven never viewed them as a worthy challenge but he still took this a little seriously

. So he ran his mind at full speed to quickly find openings in their formation.

The three of them were not going to give Raven chances so they moved simultaneously but sadly for them Raven spotted an opening .

' Such a lousy formation . Even beasts have better battle senses than them ' Raven thought as he used full speed to arrive before the youth in the middle in one step .

The round faced youth was trembling because he could not see through Raven's speed . He just decided to swing his battle axe down with full force . Raven smiled and just dodged casually to the right side while sending a Flame Claw at his torso .

" Meng !! " The youth called Meng was already out because he was blasted off the platform in just one attack .

Raven had not stopped moving though as he just changed sides by maneuvering his foot while maintaining his full speed . Raven was using a complicated footwork called Dragon Steps . This movement skill allowed user to constantly move at full speed but the strain on legs was also too much . Raven chose to implement this skill because he was confident in finishing the battle fast before he could feel the strain .

Raven once again arrived infront of Jade in one step and stopped his sword midair with one hand . Raven instantly used Flame Claw with another hand to send Jade flying out of the platform .

while using the Claw, Raven also simultaneously threw Jade's sword at his back where the last guy was trying to ambush Raven .

The sword instantly pierced through Viper's shoulder and before he could start screaming from pain , Raven's back kick landed and he was too thrown off the platform .

The entire battle lasted only four seconds which earned gasps from the crowd. Raven had displayed too much skill and the crowd who complained before that Raven was not trying hard , were now too ashamed to even speak a word .

Germa had a proud grin on his face while he eyed the astonished Grand Elders sitting near him .

" Winner Raven Flame ! " With Long's announcement, Raven leisurely stepped down from the platform and took the small ring from Long.

The ring was the cheapest space ring and it contained a Level 3 spear inside which was the prize for first place in the mid level Core Tournament. Raven decided to quickly head towards the waiting room because he wanted to drink some wine . Germa would not be free for another hour or so because the last tournament where the Late stage Core formation disciples were going to battle it out.

Raven planned to stuff himself in that period of time !