Rui was almost confused. The initial wave bounced back from him like a beach ball against a steel wall.
It couldn't be helped, he was twenty-four now, and his brain had almost finished the entirety of the growth to adulthood. The fortitude of his mind truly spiked past ordinary limits, every parameter of his mind was far beyond what someone his age could have possibly been capable of.
In fact, when he looked around, he had noticed that there were only grade-ten Martial Squires left, that too the older and more experienced ones.
He was by far the youngest one there, the youngest after him seemed to be a woman in her late twenties or early thirties.
Soon enough, the initial wave eliminated the weakest of Martial Squires. It became clear to them and everybody else that they were not of the same caliber of Martial Squires as those standing, and were promptly removed from the battle arena.
