It was the next day and alex was curently standing outside of a two story buildings at the edge of the city with a wooden plate above the door that said 'purple dawn sect' in basic runic.
There where a couple hundred other candidates around him, ranging from normal people trying their luck, to the various young masters of noble houses.
There was an unspoken rule that people with more talent and power would stand closer to the front, while the rest would stand behind them. And as alex didn't plan to do any of the 'lay low and be discreet' stuff now that he wasen't being watched by his dad, he was obviously standing at the very front. A few young masters had tried to stop him while calling him 'a filthy commoner' and 'untalented', but three with broken bones and one almost eaten by nuwa after calling her a 'common beast' where enough to shut them up. Why they all seemed to think he was a commoner and untalented with no prior interactions, he had no fucking clue.
when midday came around, three people walked out of the front gate of the sect. A elderly man with long Gray hair who was hunched over and walked with a cane. A middle aged man who was shirtless and had a constant smile and several scars across his body. And young woman in a long dress that covered most of her body, including gloves and a mask.
'Old guy is strong, probably above foundation building stage 3, middle aged guy seems friendly and is about foundation stage 1, and I can't get a read on the girl.'
Once they where standing in front of the group the middle aged man began to speak, his voice as loud as you would expect from someone of his aperance. "Welcome potential students! I am Adrian! The geezer to my right is Sebastian! And the lady to my left calles herself lily! Today you will begin the first test to see if you are worthy of entering the great purple dawn sect! Now! Follow us!"
They then turned around and walked back through the door, it was then Alex realized that he coulden't see through the doors, their was a thick mist blocking his view. Walking through the mist door Alex though 'if I hear boss music i swear to god im spending all my points on stats.'
Once past the mist Alex was sure that this definitely wasen't the inside of that two story building, for starters, that sky was diffrent, their was also several mountains, forests, and lakes that wern't their before. Curently they where in the middle of 10 raised platforms.
While there were lots of people going 'What happend' and 'where are we' in the background, Alex was sure there must have been some space fuckary going on with that gate.
A loud laugh in front of them brought them back to reality. "Alright! Time for the first test! All of you will stand outside the platforms! Then we will call out 10 pairs of people at once as well as a platform number, those pairs of people will battle each other on one of the platforms! The winner will be decided once one of you surrender, are unable to fight, or die! We will do this untill their are 64 people remaining! Then the next stage will begin! Now move!"
Alex and the others walked out of the arena and in the seats, the trio then began to float, flying above the stadium before calling out 20 names. The only ones that mattered to alex though, where his name, and his opponents.
Walking out onto the platform with his number, his opponent was already waiting for him with their sword drawn. Alex had noticed that the Adrian hadn't mentioned any rules so he assumed anything went. As soon as he steped foot onto the arena, his opponent, who was a man who looked about 20, rushed at him while yelling.
Alex side stepped the man's downward slash, before punching him in the side knocking him to the ground, before raising his foot to stomp them. "I surrender!" Hearing this Alex lowerd his foot, before walking out of the arena to watch the other fights.
Up above the trio was watching with interest, Sebastian, the old man, said "the boy in black with the snake is interesting. I can't seem to see through him, and his pet gives me a odd feeling. The other one in black is doing good as well. Apparently their brothers?"
Looking over Adrian pointed to alexes sisters and said "yes, those two in black the those three girls are the children of the fighting duke. And as for that boys snake, I'm also getting an off feeling from it, like it's dangerous even though I know it's not." The girl, lily, remaind silent.
Once the first round was over they called another 10 pairs of people, and continued this cycle untill their where 66 people left. During this time alex had 3 more fights, the first one was just as disappointing as the opening match, the second one was a bit more fun, but the third went right back to disappointment. Luckily he haden't faced any of his other siblings. Speaking of them, the second youngest, Lucy, and the third youngest, jade, had lost in earlier battles.
Only 2 pairs of people where called up this time, one had his older brother, davin against a young man wearing a blue cloak who weilded a staff, and the other arena was him against a girl in a white cultivation uniform who used a silk ribbon as her weapon.
In the first arena, the man in the blue cloak rushed at davin, who had his sword drawn. as the man swung his staff down, davin dodged to the side, swinging horizontally with his sword. So the man in the blue cloak ducked under the blade, thrusting fowerd with his staff. Davin jumped back, before charging at his opponent again, swinging his sword down.
The man in the blue cloak didn't have time to dodge so he raised his staff to block, but the force of the blow was more them he expected. Useing the time that his opponent was stuned, davin kicked him , before knocking his staff away and putting the tip of his blade at his opponents neck "I surrender." The fight took 20 seconds in total.
Smiling davin said "that was a good fight, I wish you luck in the future." He then looked over to his brothers arena. in which Alex was long gone. his opponent unconscious, brought out of the arena by someone else. He had defeated her by the time davin made his first attack, 4 second in.
Meanwhile alex was enjoying petting nuwa while waiting for the next fight. After a couple minutes the Adrian spoke from above them again. "Congratulations to the winners! The first test was a test of might! To separate the wheet from the chaf! We do not intend raze greenhouse flowers here! You will be given 30 minutes to rest, after wich you will be brought to the next test! Good luck!"
With that they flew away. Alex just shrugged and continued to pet nuwa, who was enjoying the sun. Meanwhile the trio met with two others. A tall man dressed in all white with a sword on his back, and a muscular woman dressed in all black who had no visible weapons. Once the trio met them they bowed and said "we great the inner elders. We have come to report on the first test."
The man in white told them to continue. Hearing this elderly man walked forward and began to speak "the top five potential seed of this round are the two sons of the fighting duke, the child of the witch of the woods, a unknown child, and the twin daughters of the city leader. Of note is the youngest child of the fighting duke, who calls him 'his little monster', and their pet. He had shown fighting capabilties, intelligence, and calmness. His pet snake is also rather interesting as it has shown high intelligence despite being a lesser beast."
The man in white quietly listened before speaking "continue to monitor them. I'm curious how they will do in the later tests."
The trio simply acknowledged this and returned to the group of potential students.