Before everyone's gaze, Abel remained still, as if he had not moved, before coming down from the stage again, for the villagers, Abel remained still for a few minutes before coming down from the sand.
This caused a deathly silence in the air, before they again erupted into a heated discussion.
"But what the hell was that! He did absolutely nothing! Is he playing with us?"
"He didn't even move a damn step! If he didn't understand the technique either, he better has retired with the others!"
"That damn kid is playing with us! They should disqualify him once!"
Abel did not even look at them as he placed himself back in his place, he knew that in this round they had already disqualified the necessary ones, this test was simply to demonstrate the talent in understanding ability, so, ignoring the screams of fury from the crowd, he sat cross-legged and closed his eyes.
"*Sigh*, what were those people waiting for? It's a damn movement technique, if they wanted a show, then they should have chosen an attack technique..., on the other hand, this movement technique in particular is quite interesting, I just demonstrated the level up front, but that was enough for the villagers to believe that I didn't move at all."
Actually, Abel had moved, the "Abel" that the villagers observed was nothing more than an afterimage, Abel had moved so fast that a cultivator in the ordinary body refinement stage could not even distinguish his movements, only those at the martial disciple stage managed to observe small shadows flickering around the arena.
The village chief had obviously seen this, so his expression darkened, but he was also astonished, he never expected Abel's talent for understanding to be so absurd, they had only had 15 minutes, but the boy had already achieved Capture the entry level, bringing out just over 40% of the technique.
Not only the head of the village, the envoys were also stupefied, for them, Drake and Lyan's performance was already amazing, they never expected that in this village there would be someone with such a terrifying talent.
"What do you guys think, how much of the technique do you think he managed to bring out?"
At Fred's question, Clark thought for a moment, while out of the corner of his eye he saw the boy who was extremely calm, as if his performance had not been a big deal, before answering:
"From how he drifted around the stage, and his precision to return just as the afterimage of him was about to fade, I'm afraid the boy brought out 50% of the technique."
Hearing this, Fred also nodded, it seems that he also agreed with Clark's estimate, on the other hand, the lady did not respond, she seemed deep in thought.
"Interesting, that brat held back, he did not express all understanding of the martial technique, most likely he has even reached the initial level of success, furthermore considering the previous incident, this brat is not simple."
Thinking of this, the lady turned to the village chief and asked:
"What is the background of that brat? From his expression, I assume that he was also unaware of his talent, right?"
Hearing this, the village chief was shocked, his expression turned unsightly, he hesitated for a moment before finally sighing and replying:
"In response to the estimated sent, that child is called Abel, he arrived a few weeks ago in the village through an acquaintance of my father, regarding his background, I am afraid that only my father should know, since it was he who told me to find a place for the boy in the village."
Hearing this, the other two envoys were astonished, they had thought that the boy was from the village, they never expected that the boy was just a newcomer.
On the other hand, the lady frowned but said no more, if she wanted answers, she would have to ask the village chief's father directly or just approach the boy, so she decided to wait and see.
The other two envoys didn't say anything else either, but each of them had their own thoughts.
"If he has just arrived in the village, I doubt that boy knows my lightning sword sect, so I will have to think of a way for him to join us by his will, my sect needs a genius like this."
On the other hand, Fred was also thinking about this topic.
"Although it will be a bit more difficult to convince him to join our sect, I'm sure that after he sees that even the son of the village chief chose us, he will choose us, hahahaha, sorry Clark, but it seems like just you can take Lyan from your side. "
Meanwhile, the village chief motioned for the servant to give the results of this competition, a servant who quickly placed himself on the sand and announced the results to the furious crowd.
"The evaluation is over, then the names of the top 10 will be mentioned, from the bottom to the first place."
Hearing this, the crowd calmed down and concentrated on hearing the long-awaited results.
"Tenth place: Luis, comprehension ability: 3% of martial technique"
"Ninth place: Chris, comprehension ability: 5% of martial technique"
Thus, one by one of the positions were filled, until reaching the first 3 places.
"Third place: Drake, comprehension ability: 30% of martial technique."
Hearing this, people were once again alarmed, after all, if Drake who had taken out 30% of the martial technique was only in 3rd place, then who surpassed him?
Not caring about the crowd's reaction, the servant continued reading the names.
"Second place: Lyan, comprehension ability: 38% of martial technique."
By the time he finished saying this, people became more alarmed, even thinking that they had skipped a spot before them as they should be second and first place respectively.
But the servant did not end there, before everyone's watchful eyes, he announced the name of the first place.
"First place: Abel, comprehension ability: 42% of martial technique."
For a moment, it seemed that a bomb exploded through the crowd, demanding answers, for them, Abel had not even managed to understand 1% of the technique, staying still the entire time.
At that moment, a sweet voice came out from the crowd, silencing them for a moment.
"Why are they making such a fuss? If the envoys have not protested or said anything against it, it means that that was the correct result, also think about it, it is a movement technique, not an attack technique, if we did not see anything, it means that Abel moved so fast that we couldn't even see him in the first place."
Hearing this, many people attained enlightenment, before speaking and commenting among themselves.
"Yes that must be it! We were blind all this time! As expected of Miss Lucy, your perception is higher than some old men like us."
"Hahahaha, now I'm ashamed of myself, I screamed all this pointless time, hell, if it weren't for Miss Lucy, I'd still be making myself a shame."
Hearing these comments, Lucy, the daughter of the manager of the exchange house, just smiled softly as she said:
"Please don't give me all the credit, I'm sure you guys would have noticed it at some point too, but please calm down, after all, the long-awaited third test is about to begin."
Lucy spoke calmly to the crowd of villagers as she smiled softly, but out of the corner of her eye, she glanced in the direction of Abel, who didn't even open his eyes upon hearing the result.
"I never thought that boy had such a high talent, he even surpassed Drake, but it is a pity, with the third test of strength, his outstanding performance will end here."
Sighing at this thought, Lucy continued talking to the villagers, who by then had calmed down and anxiously awaited the start of the third trial.
The village chief had seen all of this, he sighed thanking Lucy internally for her early participation before getting up and heading towards the arena, ready to announce the start of the third trial.
"Now we will start the test that you were most waiting for, the martial competition, as there are 10 of you left, a draw will be made and your partners will be selected, the winner will fight against the other winner, thus, although technically all of you have already been classified. Do not trust yourself, the first places will have a better treatment in the sect they choose."
Hearing this, the crowd erupted in cheers, even the children looked more excited and in great fighting spirit, it seemed like they had been waiting for this round from the start.
Abel could even feel malicious glances from some children, but he could only laugh to himself as he remained with his eyes closed, it seemed that his amazing results brought the envy and hatred of some other children.
"Well, I was expecting something like this to happen, now I wonder, how much of my strength should I show to ensure my entry into the Burning Blood sect?"
As Abel reflected on it, the first draw had already taken place, causing two children to face off on the sand.