"Just look at how strong you''ve gotten, you''re almost as strong as your old man!"


    As he spoke, Patriarch Nn reached forward and embraced Curtis in a tight hug.


    After A few minutes of some Father-son bonding, Nn and Curtis separated and now that the excitement of meeting Elder Mahan and Curtis had worn off, Nn asked a question that had been bothering him for a while.


    "Brother Mahan, why don''t we just exterminate the Kinsman n right now?"


    "It''s clear that they don''t have a single Martial adept level cultivator, we could easily get rid of them if we attacked them as it''s clear that they have nobody who could even resist your strength!"


    "Brother Nn" replied Elder Mahan


    "Don''t be too hasty!"


    "The only reason the Kinsman n is even still here is because of the fact that they still have their uses" continued Elder Mahan


    "What uses could the Kinsman n even have?" Asked Patriarch Nn puzzled


    "Of course they have their uses!" eximed Elder Mahan


    "Your son, my disciple, was greatly humiliated by the members of the Kinsman n in this exact same tournament in the past."


    "This humiliating defeat has left an impact In Curtis''s mind and if this is not fixed it could seriously affect his ability to progress in his cultivation, especially at higher levels where just talent is not enough.A stable and firm state of mind is needed to achieve such high levels of cultivation, if h doesn''t have even one of these then he will never be able to progress" Exined Elder Mahan


    "Well if you put it like that, then it does make sense to leave the kinsman n alone for now" Replied Patriarch Nn, slightly disappointed that he missed the chance to deal with his long time enemy


    Elder Mahan seemed to sense Patriarch Nn''s sadness and could resist the urge to chuckle


    "hahaha Don''t worry brother Nn.once the Kinsman n has done its job in helping Curtis deal with his heart demon they will be done for!" As Elder Mahan spoke, a cruel smile appeared on his face.


    …


    Seeing that thest of the contestants had arrived at thepetition, Patriarch Randall of the Pierce n went to the centre of the arena, standing before the crowd of spectators.


    "Now that thest of the contestants had arrived,Let the Inter-npetition finally begin!"


    hearing this announcement, the crowd of hundreds of spectators burst out into a loud cheer.


    A few minutester,the crowd of spectators managed to calm down and the number and times of each contestant''s matches were handed out to eachpeting member.


    From the time and number Dante was handed, his first fight would beter in the day and after most people had finished fighting. This was quite good for Dante as it meant that he had enough time to watch a few matches before his first match even began.


    Soon, the matches had started as all sorts of fights between each of the three ns were taking ce on numerous tforms.


    Dante was focusing on the Martial Novice realm fights, after all, the only people he would be fighting would be in the Martial Novice realm in the first ce. so it made sense that he would watch the fights so as to get a solid grip on thepetitors he would have to face against.


    Dante was sat with Patriarch Gavin and Winton and was currently watching a fight between two Martial Novice Realm cultivators, one from the Pierce n and one from the Kinsman n. The fight between them was starting to heat up as both parties exchanged many fierce blows between them.


    "ARRRGH!"


    Suddenly a horrific scream rang out through the arena, even going so far as to reach the spectators on the opposite sides of the stands.


    surprised by such a scream, all eyes gradually turned to the origin of such a traumatic screech confused as to what could possibly be going on.


    As they looked at the origin of the sound, they found out that it hade from one of the Battle tforms meant for Bodyrefining realm cultivators.


    These fighters were by far the weakest contestants in thepetition as they hadn''t even awakened their Martial Spirits and still had to rely on only other physical strength to fight andcked any real sort of energy maniption.


    On the tform was two young Bodyrefining Realm cultivators, one from the ter n and one from the Kinsman n. As you could expect from two rival ns, the fighting was fierce.


    It seemed like the ter n fighter had managed to shatter all the bones in the hand of his opponent from theKinsman n.


    "I...I surren-"


    "Boom!"


    The Kinsman n Disciple tried to surrender, but before he even could finish speaking, the ter n fighter punched him right in the gut, sending him rolling across the tform.


    Slowly, the ter n Disciple walked up to the Kinsman n Disciple. when he got next to the writhing Kinsman n disciple, he sent a quick look towards Patriarch Nn. The two exchanged quick eye contact between them and after receiving a nod of approval, the ter n Disciple slowly raised his foot into the air.


    "Bang!"


    "Crac!"


    The ter n Disciple then brought his foot back down with tremendous force, breaking the Kinsman n disciples arm!


    "Arrgh!"


    The Kinsman n Disciple let out a horrific scream of pain as he felt his arm shatter


    "I surren-"


    Again the Kinsman n Disciple tried to surrender but before he could even finish speaking a kick was sent to his mouth forcing him to shut up.


    Seeing this brutal sight, Patriarch Gavin burst into a mad rage!


    If the first time when the Kinsman n Disciple''s surrender was interrupted it could be possibly considered an ident. A second time could only mean one thing, this ter n Disciple wants to torture a Kinsman n Disciple right in front of him!