The high-altitude wind howling through the volcanic stone pillars of the grand colosseum had turned incredibly cold, carrying the heavy scent of upcoming thunder.
Tony Clark walked along the narrow stone corridor leading straight to the central arena platform, his boots making a slow, steady clicking sound against the dark marble.
The heavy, dark-gold jade box that Selena Faith had gifted him was gone, and the magnificent Void Dragon’s Shadow Bow was now strapped securely across his back, its sleek dragon-bone frame faintly shimmering with a violet-and-silver magical aura under his cloak.
Before his feet could even touch the base of the arena stairs, a sharp rustle of fine silk cut through the mountain wind.
A tall, graceful figure stepped directly out from the shadow of an ancient stone archway, completely blocking his path. It was Lady Julie Faith. Her beautiful features were completely distorted into a mask of pure, desperate panic, and her breath was ragged as she stared at Tony’s lazy, unbothered posture. The previous absolute shock of watching him vaporize Gideon’s granite armor had completely shattered her royal pride, leaving her with no choice but to intercept him before the semi-final match could begin.
"Stop right there, Tony Clark!" Julie demanded, her silky voice shaking violently as she tried to force a layer of her past supreme condescension into the cold air. She stepped closer, her violet eyes flashing with a frantic, lethal intensity as she lowered her voice to a conspiratorial whisper.
"Do not think that achieving a peak Elder Disciple rank means you can continue to trample over my family’s royal reputation in this academy. Your little streak of luck ends right here. I am giving you one final, absolute command: step onto that platform, publicly announce your total submission, and give up on the semi-final match this very instant!"
Tony slowly halted his steps, a slow, highly amused grin curling the corners of his lips as he casually leaned his shoulder against the volcanic rock wall. He didn’t say a single word, his dark eyes locking onto hers with a mocking, lazy gaze that instantly made her teeth grit in pure frustration.
Julie’s fists clenched so hard that her nails dug into her palms, her tone turning incredibly venomous as she pushed her face closer to his flank.
"If you submit your loss right now and hand over my grandfather’s original marriage token, I will personally speak to the high elders of the inner peaks and consider leaving you alive in this city! But if you dare to step onto that stage and continue this ridiculous show, the Faith Family will immediately declare a total, merciless blood war against your entire lineage! My father’s hidden wizards will hunt you down until your soul is ground into absolute dust! Choose wisely, you talentless piece of trash!"
Tony let out a low, cold chuckle that echoed hauntingly off the stone walls of the corridor, his lazy demeanor completely vanishing for a split second as his Truth Eye easily perceived the chaotic, trembling flow of her internal energy. He stood up straight, his tall frame instantly casting a massive, intimidating shadow over her rigid body as he took a slow step forward, his voice dripping with pure, villainous pride.
"You family of clowns truly never learn how to read the grand chessboard, do you, Julie?" Tony sneered coldly, his tone full of absolute, unyielding defiance. He casually reached behind his back, his fingers lightly brushing against the sleek bone of his new dragon bow, making the wind and shadow runes violently flash under his cloak. "You think you can still threaten my life with your pathetic, short-sighted family shadow? Let me make something perfectly clear to your arrogant mind:
I do not care about your blood war, and I certainly do not care about your fake mercy. Your little script has already been torn into absolute pieces. Get the hell out of my way and go back to your seat, because I am about to turn your entire tournament into a permanent graveyard."
Without giving her a single microsecond to reply, Tony scoffed ruthlessly and stepped past her trembling form, his dark hunting cloak billowing in the wind as he strode straight out of the corridor and stepped directly onto the massive, rock-carved arena platform of Ring Number One.
The moment Tony’s heavy leather boots touched the center of the platform, the entire colosseum fell into a dead, suffocating silence. Thousands of spectators, grand elders, and young nobles in the stands held their breath, their eyes widening to the size of saucers as Tony casually reached behind his shoulder and pulled out the Void Dragon’s Shadow Bow.
The magnificent weapon was fully exposed to the world for the very first time, its hardened celestial dragon-bone frame radiating a blinding, pearlescent glow that completely dimmed the bright morning sun. The dense wind and shadow runes wrapped around the handle hummed beautifully, creating a dense, violet magical aura that turned the surrounding air impossibly heavy.
"What... what kind of absolute monster weapon is that?!" a senior disciple shrieked from the high stands, his voice cracking with pure, unadulterated terror as his spiritual perception scanner violently cracked down the middle.
Tony didn’t waste a single moment on empty talk. His semi-final opponent was a top-tier, 10th Class Grand Disciple who had mastered the dangerous Gale Mastery art, but Tony didn’t even allow the boy to form a basic verbal introduction. Tony reached behind his back, pulled a standard iron-tipped arrow from his quiver, and notched it against the pure, ethereal void-spider silk string of his new weapon.
With a smooth, fluid motion, Tony manually drew the bowstring back until it was completely taut, channeling the full, explosive depth of his peak Elder Disciple magus energy into the ancient celestial frame.
The moment his energy synchronized with the wind and shadow runes, a terrifying, reality-shattering phenomenon erupted across the entire stadium.
An ancient, thunderous Mighty Dragon Cry violently boomed from the body of the bow, echoing through the souls of everyone present with the absolute weight of a primordial beast. The sound was so immensely heavy and full of pure, world-suppressing authority that hundreds of weak-hearted young nobles in the lower stands instantly let out screams of biological fear, their faces turning completely pale as they dropped to their knees, their hands covering their ears in absolute panic.
The dense, sound-wave shockwave violently cracked the marble floor of the arena, creating an absolute wave of awe and terror that completely paralyzed the entire audience.
Tony’s eyes narrowed into a razor-sharp, predatory focus as he executed the 33% proficient Phantom Arrow Technique through the dragon bone frame. The shadow-attribute laws completely swallowed the arrow, making it a literal ghost in the air before he released the string without a single fraction of delay.
THWACK!
The bowstring snapped with a crisp, resonant boom, and the invisible shadow arrow shot forward like an absolute comet of dark energy. The projectile sliced straight through the opponent’s frantic, high-tier gale shields with zero wind resistance, piercing the exact center of his defensive array with an absolute, thunderous POP.
The massive kinetic force of the dragon bow violently lifted the 10th Class Grand Disciple off his feet, sending him flying across the entire length of the stadium like a broken ragdoll before he crashed heavily onto the hard ground outside the ring, completely unconscious, disqualified, and defeated in a single, absolute shot.
The entire colosseum fell into a state of shocked, paralyzed stillness so intense that nobody could even find the words to cheer.
Down in the absolute front row, Selena Faith smiled brightly, her paintbrush rapidly moving across her wooden sketchboard to capture the brilliant, bloody masterpiece Tony had just displayed on the grand stage.
Tony casually slung his magnificent Void Dragon bow back over his shoulder.
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