Treasure-hunting: Into the Unknown

The crowd in attendance seemed taken by surprise. Everything happened so fast for them to think and process, and they felt it was undesirable. Zachary set off in an unfavorable position earlier, but his spiritual energy quickly surged out and changed the situation in an instant. He did not inflict any harm on the female warrior, but compelled her to admit defeat out of her own free will.

A win is a win. Zachary had won the sixth battle despite an unfavorable start. He held the leading position in the fifth group with his successive wins.

After the sixth round, one-third of the warriors who made a clean sweep of all the first five rounds lost because they chanced upon rivals who were just as strong as them, or even tougher. Seven warriors had won seven consecutive battles, four of whom with the most points would get chosen later.

Those who had lost just one fight still had a chance to catch up, and the remaining two rounds of battle, as expected, became crucial.

After the seventh round started, to seize the final opportunity, the warriors went all out, trying their best to build up their strength. Although most of them only had a slight chance, they still didn't want their opponents to succeed without difficulty.

Four hours later, most of the seventh round battles had taken place by that time. Two warriors kept on winning with ease, including Saul. If nothing would go amiss, both of them could have an excellent opportunity to be one of the four who could take part in the second phase.

But not long after, the female warrior, whom Zachary had defeated during the sixth round, and another warrior with remarkable strength, won their matches. Each subdued another contender who had a six-round winning streak earlier by a narrow margin, making the situation gripping while building up suspense.

In the seventh round, the last two slated to meet included Zachary. Before he could show up on stage, apart from him and his opponent, two other warriors came out on top of all the battles, one of whom was Saul. Since either Zachary or his rival could win the seventh battle, there would only be three who had won all seven battles before the eighth round began. Therefore, the result of any fights in the eighth round might regulate the final ranking.

Since it was the last battle of the seventh round, it attracted the attention of everybody, notably because of Zachary. After conquering the female warrior in the earlier battle, they regarded him as one of the most promising warriors who could win all eight battles.

However, Zachary's opponent in the seventh round was not a trifle. He was Vinson, a warrior at the fifth grade of Imperial Level, and more known as a wizard in the Devil Kingdom. Though only in his early thirties, his clan trained him very well. Along with his outstanding skills, he was considered as one of their most promising future

Everyone watching got startled when they saw that Zachary also showed his spiritual soul.

"Your spiritual soul is a woman! Allow me to serve her well," Vinson said with a wicked smile, and Ghost straight away pounced on Gisele.

"Stun it!" Zachary ordered, frowning.

Suddenly, Gisele breathed out a powerful aura. Her white spiritual frame turned crimson red in an instant. An astonishing soul aura of Sage Level spread around at once. The approaching Ghost gave off a fearful outcry and retreated without hesitation.

The incident also shocked everyone. They did not expect that Zachary's spiritual soul could release an aura of Sage Level.

"How could it be possible?" Vinson mumbled, trembling in shock. But he would never accept that Zachary's spiritual soul was more powerful than his. So he soon advanced toward Zachary and manifested his martial arts.

Zachary condensed an ice blade with one hand. He mounted an attack with the Lady Swordsmanship at once. In an instant, he fought his way through the martial arts Vinson was performing.

"What kind of swordsmanship is this?" Vinson froze for a moment, but soon came back to his senses and plotted to reproduce the swordsmanship. However, he discovered that he could not copy Zachary's skill in sword fighting.

"My unique swordplay is something that ordinary people can't pick up easily. If you could learn it, I would have let Master Anne down," Zachary said, a smile forming at the corners of his mouth. In an instant, the ice blade in his hand changed into ice flowers and floated away, forming a flower chain that surrounded Vinson. The next moment, the ice flowers altered in color.

Puff!

Almost at the same moment, a sword radiance mirrored sharply around Vinson, shifting into a fierce sword aura that saturated an area within a few dozen meters around. Vinson didn't have a chance to fight back. He just cried out loud, piercing screams.