The rest of the fights were not as interesting as the previous ones. They received only minor injuries such as severed limbs, with no deaths.
Xie Qing, meanwhile, was reading a book with dark purple-rimmed glasses. He pondered.
"Considering Melissa's words and the notes in the books, it takes a tremendous amount of energy to break through after S level..."
Xie Qing planted one foot on the other and propped his chin up.
"It can be accumulated with the Soul Star in about a hundred years, but the problem is that I don't have it..."
"Besides, it's not enough to have energy alone, you also have to learn the Holy Law..."
And therein lies the main problem.
Holy laws are very different from ordinary laws in that a limited number of people have them.
If you get the holy law, the other holders of that law will know it too. And they will try to kill you no matter what.
Why? The whole point is that the more people who possess, for example, the Holy Law of Life, the weaker the increase in the power of the holder of that law.
The only way to increase the amount of power coming in is to kill other holders of it. And that, by the way, is very hard.
The Holy Laws are the main power enhancement for practitioners of the Kingdom of the Saints. Therefore, the competition is great.
There are also "forbidden laws" among the Supernatural world.
Reaching this part, Xie Qing frowned deeply.
"Devouring..."
This Holy Law was forbidden by the ruling family on the pretext that it was too evil an ability.
Those who try to learn it are attacked by the ruling family. However, the fact is that Xie Qing's main ability is Devouring.
But this begs the question, "Will Xie Qing abandon this law so as not to antagonize the ruling family?"
Sigh...
Well.
"Ruling family or whatever, I don't care. It's only a matter of time to kill them."
"If I worry about everything and worry about every street dog's opinion, what kind of life will that make?
Xie Qing smiled broadly and closed the book. He clearly didn't care how the ruling family would react.
You will say, "This is risky and dangerous! Total recklessness!"
But...
It's the risks that make life richer. And it's not for nothing they say: what doesn't kill us makes stronger.
...
All right, the semifinals. Only four contestants: Xie Qing, Lloyd, Half-Human and Vampire.
Let's talk about the last two: the Half-human was of the lion race, he was 256cm tall and his hair was red.
The half-human's body looked strong, and the energy fluctuations gave away the SS- level practice in him.
Vampire... He had a beautiful appearance, black short hair and red eyes. Of course, according to the classics of the genre, he had pale skin.
He looked frail, but he was the strongest of all the contestants; SSS- level.
The contestants looked at each other and then at the referee. He smiled brightly in response, nodding.
"Let the semifinals begin!"
Yaaaaaah!
Noisy cheers from the audience swept through the city. Xie Qing smiled, expecting a good fight.
He asked Valentina to make sure that Xie Qing and Lloyd would meet in the finals. So they would not be opponents in the semifinals.
But of course, if Lloyd lost in the semifinals, he wouldn't make it to the finals.
The first round of the semifinals is Lloyd and the vampire. Xie Qing had a hunch that Valentina had put the vampire opponent on purpose.
Perhaps it was so that Lloyd would think a hundred times before using this ability.
"But, if he uses it, then..." Xie Qing grinned widely, but covered his mouth in time to hide the smirk. "War! Yeah, baby! It's going to be fun at last!"
At the same time, on the platform, Valentina rolled her eyes when she saw Xie Qing's smirk. She understood very well what he was up to.
But didn't sense any malicious intent from him, she chose to ignore him. Valentina smiled, drawing the audience's attention to herself.
"Today is one of the important stages, when you and I will see a battle of the strongest."
"The first round of the semifinals is Lloyd, of the Werewolf race, and Klaus, of the Vampire race."
Valentina smiled and nodded to the referee, allowing him to continue.
"As Her Majesty said, we hope for a good fight! Lloyd and Klaus, welcome to the stage!"
The announced men stepped forward and climbed onto the platform, scrutinizing each other.
They waited for the start without saying anything. A few minutes later, the referee announced the start of the fight.
Whoo!
The vampire disappeared, turning into mist. Lloyd recoiled from his illusion, but soon came to his senses.
However, it was enough for Klaus to strike.
Boom!
Lloyd's body bent into a U-shape as a fist landed on his stomach from above.
"Gha!"
Lloyd felt the air disappear from his lungs and his rib cage crack slightly.
He gritted his teeth and tried to howl into the sky to activate his werewolf form, but Klaus wouldn't let him.
Klaus swung and Lloyd's face headed for the stake at high speed, but at the last second the werewolf let out a low growl.
A silver aura covered his body, and Lloyd transformed into his werewolf form in an instant.
Xie Qing smiled, closely watching the battle with the Eyes of the Abyss.
After activation, Xie Qing saw the world in black and white, and the other creatures looked like character outlines in drawings.
In this "drawing" a long white thread was clearly visible inside the bodies of the "characters. For example, Lloyd had a white thread and an area that glowed near his heart.
And the vampire, Klaus, had this area on his neck. Xie Qing somehow discovered this feature and decided to test it on monsters.
Despite the chaotic distribution of thread in these creatures, Xie Qing was still able to see the area that glowed.
Each of the monsters is naturally unique. So the area could be different, but often it was near the heart or on the belly.
By piercing this area, Xie Qing killed the monsters with ease. Trying the same thing on ordinary human race practitioners, Xie Qing got a slightly different result.
This time, although the human practitioner did not die, his development was permanently lost and he himself would become disabled.
But in combat, of course, this would have a tremendous impact. Therefore, Xie Qing was satisfied.
"AHHHH!!!"
Hearing the scream, Xie Qing narrowed his eyes. Lloyd...
Starts losing the fight.
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20 power stones - 1 additional chapter.
40 power stones - 2 additional chapters.
60 power stones - 3 additional chapters.
At the end of the week, if we get that many chapters, the promised number of chapters will be released on the same day.
Good luck to you all.