As Ning lifted the veil around his core that he had been doing ever since he returned, the people around the arena finally saw just what level his strength had reached.
"Am I sensing it right?" the prince couldn't help but ask himself. He looked around in confusion, but the others seemed just as confused as he was.
The princess turned around and looked at her brother. "You are sensing this too right?" she asked.
"He did it," the headmaster said softly. "That young man actually reached the Essence Soul realm in the middle of the competition. No, he did it while he was injured."
"How did he do it?" Tenn couldn't help but ask. "Wasn't he wounded with little Essence in his body just a few hours ago?"
"Forget that," Kaleb spoke. "This bastard was only at the Essence Sense realm when he joined the academy half a year ago. Are you telling me he went from that to this in just half a year?"