Arjun's opponent was a toned boy, somewhat taller than Arjun. He chose a spear as his weapon, many chose a spear because the spear can attack from a distance and be safe. Hardly, not even a hundred children here would have been trained with weapons or exercised until now.
The boy came dashing towards Arjun and tried to attack him with a spear. Arjun waited for a minute until the boy came near him. The boy was grinning from ear to ear thinking that Arjun was a weak boy and was afraid of attacking him.
But then Arjun moved sidewards, dodging the spear and then he slashed the spear at its midpoint with his sword. The spear was cut into two parts. The boy was surprised because the wooden weapons could only cause some scratches on the body. He didn't know that Arjun practised with his sword every day for two years and exercised
While the boy was confused Arjun swiftly pointed his sword towards the opponent's throat. The referee observed this and said "The participant on the right side wins".
Pavita, Gopal, Ahalya, and Leela erupted in cheers. Arjun came out of the arena and then went to meet up with his friends and after that, he again went to draw lots. This time he got arena no. 23.
Arjun waited for an hour and he once again entered the arena. The disciple working as the referee once again announced the rules. Arjun's opponent was a short boy who was a bit chubby, he chose a sword as his weapon. Arjun defeated him easily just like the last time.
After another three rounds. Around 1 pm, the elders gave a lunch break and for today the sect will provide them with their lunch. Gopal and Leela were defeated in the 4th round and Ahalya was defeated in the fifth round. Only Arjun and Pavitra made it to the top 512.
Arjun was satisfied with the results of his friends because Gopal and Leela never exercised or practised with any weapons but still made it into the top 2048, while Ahalya made it into the top 1028, this was because she had better stamina compared to most of these kids.
Arjun and Pavitra made it into the top 512, and there were only more than 40 girls, who made it into the top 512.
After lunch, they gave an hour break, during which Arjun and Pavitra rested. At 2 pm the match started again but this time the arenas were reduced to 64.
Arjun and Pavitra went to draw lots, this time Arjun got the 1st arena while Pavitra got the 51st arena. This time Arjun's opponent was a girl, she was also wielding a sword. She was fair and as tall as Arjun, she had long brown hair and green eyes.
This girl wasn't like Arjun's previous opponents she didn't just randomly dash and attack but approached Arjun slowly and then aimed straightly at Arjun's throat, Arjun evaded the attack by moving right and then went behind her and tried to aim at her throat but she jumped away rolling and then stood fastly.
Arjun didn't wait for her attack but instead charged forward and then slashed her sword against her sword, trying to cut it. The girl also did the same and then evaded Arjun's attack. The girl then straightly dashed towards Arjun but Arjun stood still and then when the girl was just two metres away he aimed his sword towards the throat of the girl and dashed.
"The participant on the left wins" The senior disciple announced. Just as Arjun was about to get down the girl came to him and introduced herself.
"Fellow Daoist, my name is Siri Herbs, I am from the Clever Empire's Hong Kingdom's Herbs family, foundation building stage family, can I know to which cultivation family fellow Daoist belongs"
"Hello Ms Herbs, I am Arjun, I am from the Brave empire's Silver kingdom. As for the question you asked I do not belong to any cultivation family, I am just an orphan" Arjun replied politely.
Orphans generally don't have family names, only those who have a family have surnames. Clever Empire is one of the five empires located in the southern part of the Nexus continent.
Siri was surprised after hearing from him because, an orphan defeated her, and it didn't make her look down upon him but she developed a great respect towards Arjun. This was because she was trained by her mother in swordsmanship from when she was six years old.
After that Arjun took an hour's rest. Siri and Arjun became friends within this hour. Arjun got her parents dead helping the family control the beat tide within their family's territory. She joined the sect instead of being in her family because she was not that close with the other family members. Each foundation-building family contains at least 100 cultivators.
Pavitra also passed this round, her opponent was a chubby boy, using a spear as his weapon.
In his next round Arjun didn't face a strong opponent like Siri but he was also not a weak opponent. Arjun passed this round and made it to the top 128 while Pavitra couldn't win and stopped at the top 256.
After two rounds. Arjun made it into the top 32, and it was exactly 5 pm. They once again got to take a snack break and by the time they got back, there were only 4 arenas.
Arjun was paired up with a scholarly-looking boy, there were no girls after the 8th round. The boy chose a sword as his weapon. The boy first dashed straight towards Arjun, Arjun evaded it but the boy also changed his attacking direction and tried to aim at Arjun's throat but Arjun quickly bent and rolled to get on the backside of his opponent and then pointed his sword at the boy's throat securing another victory.
Arjun now entered the top 16. After this round, Arjun didn't get time to take a break but had a match right after this one. This time Arjun didn't wait for his opponent to move, Arjun didn't want to give his opponent a chance because all the participants after the top 128 were powerful. Arjun won this match within 3 minutes.
After another two rounds, Arjun made it to the finals. Arjun was tired right now, it was 7 pm currently, and he had been battling with others since the morning. Arjun was very tired right now but his opponent was in an even worse state. His opponent was none other than Varun, one of the boys who caused a commotion at the spirit-testing ceremony.
'He is similar to the protagonists in my past life novels, anyways I will have to defeat him' Arjun was comparing Varun with the protagonist from the novels he read in his past life.
The match started and Arjun didn't wait for Varun to attack and dashed forward, Varun blocked his attack using his sword. Arjun didn't wait and once again attacked, Arjun once again stopped it, five minutes had passed and Arjun was very tired but then Arjun concentrated every inch of his strength into his hands and feet, and then jumped up and tried to attack Varun.
Varun wanted to stop this attack like the previous ones but this Arjun broke Vrun's sword and then aimed his sword at Varun's throat. The referee declared Arjun as the winner, and then both Arjun and Varun collapsed onto the ground at the same time due to their tiredness. Arjun was very tired but still managed to get 1st place.