The Medallion

At this moment, the final sixteen candidates drew lots in order to determine their opponents in the first round of battle. When it was Rocky's turn, it seemed that he actually picked one of the ten high-grade Spiritual Emperors, whose strength was ranked in the top three of the Sky-suppressing Mansion. It was none other than Jude.

"Seriously? Do I already have to face such a strong opponent off the bat? It seems that I will be forced to show some of my real strength to defeat this one. I'm afraid I don't have the luxury to keep a low-profile in this match." Rocky let out a frown, but later on, he also thought that the result was just reasonable. After all, ten of the sixteen candidates were all high-grade Spiritual Emperors. Hence, the probability of encountering a strong opponent from the start was really high. So, whether his first opponent was strong or not, it did not matter. Eventually, he would have to face all of them.

Of course, ideally, Rocky did not want to expose his real strength so soon. Thus, he decided that he would do his best to defeat his opponents by only using his trump cards at the most crucial moments.

Besides, no matter how powerful Jude was, he was just a high-grade Spiritual Emperor. At Rocky's current strength, it was absolutely easy for him to win this match.

In fact, what he was worried about was that he might hit his opponent too hard. If that happened, the other candidates might become too wary of him, thinking that he had been hiding his real strength. This was something that he wanted to prevent, at least for the time being.

However, in the eyes of the audience, they were already confident that Jude would actually bag the victory in his first match. Since Rocky just participated in the challenge competition before as Basil, most of the spectators today did not know this Basil guy's true strength. At the back of their minds, Basil was just a middle-grade Spiritual Emperor, so there was no way that he could defeat Jude.

But of course, they were yet to see something that would instantly change their minds.

After everyone had already finished drawing lots, the sixteen candidates went to eight different sites, where their first battle would happen.

All eight battles were going to be held at the same time, so it was impossible for the spectators to watch all battles at the same time. They could only choose one battle at a time. Logically, they would choose a battle between powerful high-grade Spiritual Emperors, thinking that it should be the most exciting one, or perhaps a battle between the most beautiful participants.

It also meant that not many people went to see Rocky's first battle.

At this time, Rocky and Jude already stood at the center of the battlefield.

Both of them exchanged looks and had completely different expressions on their faces. Jude was wearing a serious one, while Rocky was just calm and indifferent.

Rocky in person, he had already heard about him before. Jude's eyes were full of disdain, and he didn't expect that he would meet someone like Rocky

expect that you already heard about me," Rocky replied with a

Why don't you make your life simple? You can admit defeat right now so that you can preserve your strength for your next battle. After all, your efforts and injuries will be in vain since you'll

concern. Unfortunately, this is my first battle, so I cannot do that. After all, I will look very disappointing in front of all these people. Why not just fight me if you're so confident that you will beat me? Consider this as a warm-up.

won't get badly hurt. Try to defend with all your might because you're in for a beating!" Jude exclaimed

After all, if you lose, others might think that you just deliberately let me win," Rocky retorted in a subtle way of

Jude knew exactly what Rocky meant. Then, the next moment, he released a powerful aura that shook the space around him.

high-grade Spiritual Emperors of the Sky-suppressing Mansion. His aura alone

the other hand, that Basil's aura is too weak! I thought he is strong enough that he was given an exemption to participate in this final round? It seems like Jude can knock him down in

might have become afraid after seeing

even before the match began. All sorts of discussions and predictions could be heard around

between Rocky and Jude was already on the verge of

Jude's hand, a snow-white spiritual sword suddenly shot

Snow Sword! I bet

one of the most famous swords existing in the Ethereal Region, and it

the sword suddenly shook and let out a loud buzzing sound as it pierced through the air towards Rocky at an incredible speed. The rapid sword strike was accompanied by a surging sword aura that made it more daunting. In an instant, it reached in front of Rocky and transformed into three sword shadows that

It is a skill at

With that powerful sword skill, I don't think his opponent can resist

Basil will

among the crowd continued as they witnessed Jude's flashy sword skill.

avoiding them. However, the moment the three sword shadows approached, Rocky's figure suddenly became