Chapter 519: Taking Spots
Jack, Brock, and Starhair stood before a peak A-Grade space monster. It was a Double Devil, just like Jack and Starhair, dressed in black ceremonial robes which fluttered behind it. Its gaze was strict. This was a man who lived and breathed battle.
Grand Elder Sanzuki.
“Welcome to the Great Silver faction,” he finished, having recited a war poem in a language Jack didn’t recognize.
“Thank you, Grand Elder!” the three of them replied at the same time. The crowd surrounding them did not clap, expressing their disapproval—the silence was almost deafening.
Each faction was only allowed to bring nine B-Grade disciples into the Dark Canal. The competition for those spots was heated, and it grew even more so by the fact that most spots were taken by older and stronger disciples who’d visited the Canal before. The ones who’d never come here before—and so would receive the greatest benefits—had to struggle for just a handful of spots.
At present, only five of the Great Silver disciples were first-timers. They’d struggled valiantly to reach this moment, and now three of them were in danger of losing their spot just a day before the delve. It was obvious why the crowd remained silent. Even Jack was feeling a bit like an asshole.
Unfortunately, he carried too much on his shoulders. He couldn’t afford to waste opportunities, even if that meant taking them away from someone else. In the end, this was the cultivation world. The losers could only blame their own weakness.
“Prepare yourselves. We reconvene in two minutes for the end of the tournament,” the Grand Elder announced, much to the dismay of the B-Grades present. They walked away grumpily.
One moved towards Jack’s group. “First you take away my manual, then you steal the spots of my little brothers and sisters,” she said, green eyes shining in the darkness under her straw hat. “You are despicable, Jack Monstrous.”