Chapter 86

As soon as the fight had started, the ten people closest to Ray dashed towards him. Ray had a feeling that the other participants were watching him and he was right. They had planned to attack him together from the very beginning knowing Ray was too strong to defeat on their own. As the first man swung at Ray with a sword. Ray instinctively put his arm up to block the strike. But as soon as the sword touched Ray's arm, his bracelets number display changed. Although the strike didn't Hurt Ray at all, the system had counted the strike as a clean hit since the wooden sword made direct contact with his skin. Ray was currently using Ki to reinforce the strength of his skin but the first round was about skill, not strength. Ray finally understood the words of Rose and thought that this would be difficult. It wouldn't be hard for Ray if he only needed to beat all the contestants but to do so without getting hit would be troublesome. The man who attacked Ray was speechless. When his sword touched Ray's skin, it felt like he was hitting against a solid bar of steel. Ray quickly grabbed the man wrist and twisted it causing him to drop his sword. The other men all rushed in ready to strike Ray at once hoping to get rid of him quickly. Ray saw this and grabbed the other man's wrist. The man tried to struggle away but Ray's strength was too monstrous. As the others came closer to attack, he lifted the man's body using him as a human shield. Each strike hit the man all over. His bracelet pinged constantly and started to display numerous notifications. -10HP -10HP …. Until the number had eventually reached 0. The men stopped attacking so Ray threw his meat shield to one side. "And we have the first contestant to be eliminated." The announcer shouted. The crowd started to boo. They thought Ray's tactic of using another person as a human shield was dirty. As the score on the man's bracelet reached 0, a bright white light started to shine around his whole body and teleported him away. The bracelet was engraved with teleportation magic. It was set to teleport the students to a medical site near the arena once their points reached 0. Ray was trying to figure out why these men had grouped up and aimed for him. Where they from pureblood? Or did they agree beforehand to group up together? Ray then took a closer look at the men that were facing him. He recognised their faces well. It had been a while but he had promised himself that he would never forget their faces. One of the men who stood at the centre and in front of the rest was one of the first ones to throw an object at Ray. The men currently attacking Ray were one of the groups that had put a lot of money on the fight between Gary and Monk. When Ray had stopped the fight, the group had promised they would get their revenge one day but after seeing the fight between Ray and Sebastian, they knew they were not strong enough on their own. They had been waiting for this opportunity to strike Ray together. They couldn't do this in the academy as they only allowed one on one battles, so this was their chance. What they didn't count on was how much stronger Ray had gotten in that time. Ray had been planning to hold back in the tournament, not wanting to draw any attention to himself, but their actions had brought back painful memories. After the attack by Pureblood, Ray wasn't going to let anyone off easy.

Another man charged forward. Ray struck at his legs before he could even attack. The man stood still for a while and then completely collapsed screaming in pain. His legs had been broken so badly that the bone was sticking out. Ray charged at the other eight men taking them down in one blow. It was so fast they didn't even have time to strike back. Ray made sure the strike them with just enough strength to do damage but not to kill them. A few broken bones the academy would be able to heal but a death they wouldn't easily forgive. Nine men currently laid on the floor rolling around scream in pain. The audience was greatly confused, why hadn't they been teleported away like the man earlier? As they looked on the display they could see why. The men currently on the floor only had -20HP taken away from them. The battle system and counted each strike as a Ki strike from Ray, causing only 20 points of damage. What the academy didn't expect was someone who was able to completely overpower the other students to the point where they could defeat them with one blow. The crowd started to become rowdy. "That child is a devil. How could he hurt people like that?" "He should have never been allowed in the competition in the first place." "He's fighting dirty! What kind of parents raised him?" As the man in the crowd said these words, Ray turned around and stared directly at him. His eyes were fierce. The man started to sweat; fear started to grow in his heart. There was a good distance of around 100 meters between Ray and him. How could Ray have possibly heard him and knew exactly where he was the man thought. Although it seemed impossible, there was no doubt in the man's mind that Ray was staring directly at him. "He's a monster!" The man stood up and pointed. The six elders were currently sitting up in a separate seating compartment to the rest of the audience, discussing the events that were happening. "Should we do something about the boy?" One of the elders proposed. "The people call him dirty, yet they see nothing wrong with ten people ganging up on one." The old man countered. "What if he is to kill a student?" An elder asked. "You have my word that my student will not go that far." The old man promised. The old man had felt close to Ray. So much so that he treated Ray like his own son. He thought he knew Ray well and even though he said those words, he didn't believe in them himself. The anger he was currently sensing from Ray frightened him. Author note: As you can tell this chapter was written in the third person rather than the first person. In the tournament, there are a lot of viewpoints and rules that need to be explained which would be extremely difficult in the first person. In the past, I have switched between first and third person but this tournament arc is simply too long. I wanted to get audience feedback. If you don't mind the third person writing I can stick with this for now and revert back at a later time. Or stick to the third person for the rest of the novel. Please let me know what you think.