Celestial Era: The Rise of the Full-Time Enhancer

Blood splattered everywhere as Vincent pressed Wesley's face to the stone platform using his right foot.

Vincent looked at the young man's back as cold sweat rolls down on his face.

Although he still has a last line of defense, he shivered at the thought of directly receiving that final soul attack. If it wasn't stopped by two of his +10 talismans, his Soul would surely be damaged.

If he was lucky, his rank as an Aura Knight might just drop, or in the worst case, he would've died.

'If it wasn't me who was at the receiving end, there was no way they would've survived that unscathed.'

Vincent thought as he knows that most of the participants don't have strong souls or talismans that could negate such an attack.

The soul attack was too vicious and there was no way the referee can stop that.

Only Aura Knights would have the chance of doing so if they do not have the right magic tool…

Vincent sighed as he sheathed his dagger.

As a matter of fact, the crowd may not have even noticed that Wesley just used a soul attack that is akin to a forbidden technique.

Since Wesley's attack was formless, it wouldn't be surprising if only Soul Cultivators knows about the danger he was in.

"Alright… That's enough, Vincent. I'll check his condition." The referee said as he walked forward and confirmed that Wesley is unconscious and unable to continue the battle.

"Winner of the 3rd Stage's duel, Vincent!"

After the announcement, the medical team including two of Wesley's subordinates came quickly. They were worried that Wesley's injuries were something that potions couldn't be easily healed.

That would be a disaster since he might not complete the duels he needed to pass the assessment.

His battle just now was a complete tragedy and there was no way he would pass the exam with that terrible performance.

Vincent felt several stares heading his way but he ignored all of them. Some of them were probably curious about his identity while the others hated his actions.

Nevertheless, many of the high-profile individuals present here had finally noticed Vincent.

They realized that it wasn't just Magnus who was blind in this competition!

A blind magician and a blind knight!

Some of them were already feeling quite excited to match them up.

Although they know that Magnus could win since they know the level of his Mana Arts, they still want some sort of entertainment so a battle between two blind warriors would be very interesting.

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"What a terrifying ability… Did you notice that Professor Turhan?" Levent asked with a steely voice.

She couldn't help but look at Wesley in disdain… After reaching a Grand Magus level, they were very sensitive to these kinds of attacks that are formless and deadly.

Wesley's attack was just too vicious and luckily Vincent was the one who received the attack. If not, someone would've died already.

'Is he wearing the Celestial Armor? Does it have a defensive effect against Soul Attacks?' Levent mused while Turhan was thinking about what just happened.

"It's vicious indeed… We really can't underestimate an Aura Knight family. Anyway, Vincent seems to have a special talisman that could protect him from this type of attack. It was very mysterious. It was unfortunate that they were already broken."

Turhan said with a hint of regret in his voice.

Magic tools that could protect against Soul Attacks were quite difficult to find after all.

'I wonder if he has more of them…' He mused.

He already knows that Vincent has several pieces of defensive magic equipment when they were still on the floating ship.

However, seeing how incredible they were, he couldn't help but recall what Ayla said to him…

'Does he really have a method to enhance an item like what Ayla deduced?' Turhan mused.

Anyway, he wasn't that invested in this topic and was only curious. He found this very interesting but knows that he has no talent in crafting as he focused more on biological magic or similar to Tier 4 Mana Arts.

Turhan and Levent then heard a loud bang as the first stage's duel has come to an end. Elena barely used her energy and simply used Tier 2 Mana Art called Mana Bullet.

This ability can be easily neutralized by a strong Mana Shield. Elemental defenses like Fire Shield and Water Mirror would do the trick as well.

In short, Mana Bullet is only useful against lower-level Mana Practitioners.

However, for some reason, Elena's Mana Bullet appears to be very strong.

It could pierce through Akses' defenses.

Not even his elemental defenses and magic artifacts could stop her rain of bullets.

In truth, Turhan and Levent had never seen anyone use this technique as skillfully as her. This is just a Tier 2 Mana Art after all.

Normally, after one reaches the level of an Adept, they would spend their time mastering their Tier 4 Mana Arts and not this low-tier technique!

"Is it already at an Advanced State? No, it's probably Perfected State at this point." Turhan muttered to himself.

Reaching Perfected State on a Tier 2 Mana Art doesn't seem to be worth the time.

For Vincent to master the Tier 1 Mana Arts at Perfected State was understandable since that's the limit that he could do but Elena was different…

"It's probably fusion art of some sort… There's no way a Mana Bullet could pierce through a stone wall defense like that." Levent commented.

Turhan nodded in agreement as he saw the fight at the second stage end as well.

Alireza won against the Master Magician who challenged him. The practitioner who fought him learned four elements but unfortunately, his mastery over these elements wasn't seamless yet so Alireza was able to get his first victory.

The duels continued for several more rounds. Luckily, after being challenged, they were allowed to rest for the next round before they could accept another one.

Of course, they could still issue a duel if they were not tired and didn't want to take a rest.

This is what Alexander did. After being challenged, he decided not to take any rest and accepted three more battles continuously occupying the second stage for a while.

Since he was told to accept 10 challenges like Elena and Magnus, it seems that he was thinking of completing it right now.

In his fifth round, however, someone he didn't expect challenged him…

"On the second stage… Vincent versus Alexander!"