Treasure Hunting

Chapter 51 He Is Not A Wreck

"Really? It sounds easy. Let me try..." Zachary put the Holy Bone Bracer on his right wrist, and then tried to infuse martial energy into it. He soon discovered that the Holy Bone Bracer was like a vampire as it devoured his martial energy endlessly.

It was not long when he discovered that all of his martial energy had been completely drained off and yet the Holy Bone Bracer did not seem to be full yet.

"Master Anne, are you sure that I can use this OH weapon?" Zachary asked, feeling that he was tricked.

"Oh, by the way, the Holy Bone Bracer has another ability. It can absorb the martial energy of creatures in addition to your own and make use of it. If you are in combat, you don't need to pour your own martial energy into the bracer. Instead, you can use it to absorb the opponent's martial energy. The stronger the opponent is, the more martial energy you can absorb and release. Besides, if the Holy Bone Bracer absorbs the opponent's martial energy, it will make their martial arts less powerful. This is like a defensive effect in a way. But you can only release the power of the Holy Bone Bracer once a day with your current strength. If you overuse it, it can cause a huge damage to your body. Keep that in mind!" Anne explained.

"Is that true?" Zachary asked amazedly.

"I believe that this Holy Bone Bracer will soon be of great use," Anne said. She seemed to know what would happen soon. "Well, I'm going to rest. You can leave now! If you can't enter the Celestial College, you'd better not come here again." After that, she turned and left.

"Anne, are you encouraging me in a disguised way?" Zachary shook his head, smiling, and then left the Living-dead Tomb.

Apart from Zachary, there were three other disciples entering the second round of the runoff. Two of them were at the premium stage of Earth Level and the rest one was at the medium stage of Earth Level. Almost everyone expected Chandler to win.

In their eyes, it was impossible for Zachary to win in the next round regardless of whoever his opponent was.

But when Zachary defeated Benjamin during the first round of the runoff using only one strike, some felt impressed with him.

The second round of the runoff was held as scheduled after two days.

The final four participants drew lots, and the match ups were announced. Zachary was lucky to be matched with a disciple at the medium stage of Earth Level. His match was Gary Qian, the personal disciple of Albert.

The other fight was between the two disciples that were both at the premium stage of Earth Level.

One of them, Chandler, was the disciple of Gray. The other one was the most promising disciple of the Barton, Benjamin's master.

"Albert, Gary is definitely in luck to fight against Zachary! My disciple is not as lucky as him; his opponent is the disciple of Gray," Barton said. He was extremely unhappy because his disciple had to fight Chandler in this round. Property belongs to Nôvel(D)r/ama.Org.

Among the disciples of Barton, Benjamin and the one now in the best four were the most qualified and talented. He was confident with their aptitude. However, since Benjamin became disabled, the only disciple he could count on now was the other one. Barton hoped that this disciple of him would be qualified for entering the Celestial College. Barton hoped that his disciple would be matched against Zachary or Gary Qian, so that he could easily complete the round with minimal injuries. But nothing

always went according to plan, and his disciple had to battle against Chandler, who was superior in strength. It was going to be a tough fight. Barton was very unhappy with the match up. It was really bad luck for Barton! Benjamin, one of his disciples, had been defeated by Zachary in the first round of the runoff, and another of his disciples became Chandler's opponent in the second round.

"Don't say something like that! Although Zachary is just slightly better than a good-for-nothing disciple, he passed the trial of the Burial Forest and even defeated Benjamin, one of your talented disciples. That means he is quite powerful. Even Gary cannot be careless!" Albert was overjoyed in his heart, because his disciple would go against Zachary and the result of the match was easy to predict.

"Master Lewis, Zachary has been seriously injured, yet he passed the preliminary contest and the intermediary contest, and then defeat Benjamin in the first round of the runoff. This is really weird!" Herman could not help but look at Lewis, who was sitting in the center with a straight face.

"There must be something wrong about him," Barton said angrily. Benjamin, one of his most proud disciples, was defeated by Zachary and became hysterical and crazed because of this. How could Barton not hate Zachary?

"Although Zachary has been seriously injured, he is gifted and has gone through a lot of hard training. So it is reasonable for him to achieve these results. But it would be over soon," Lewis said, shaking his head regretfully. After all, now that Zachary made it to the runoff using the current strength, he would have been a blockbuster if he hadn't been injured. Although he was unlikely to win a place in the Celestial College, it was still enough for him to make a splash in the selection test.

After hearing what Lewis had said, the stewards knew that Lewis expected much from Zachary, especially after he passed the formal disciple selection and became a formal disciple of Welkin Sect. Moreover, after Lewis found out that Zachary possessed double martial speed, he became even more appreciative of him. But what no one expected was that Zachary suddenly became a wreck.

The stewards, on the other hand, never thought highly of Zachary. Zachary was always a loser in their eyes, even after he became a formal disciple. Now he even became a wreck. It was hard for the stewards to change their opinions about him.

Sara, in the meantime, paid Zachary much attention. She stared thoughtfully at him, who stood in the battle ring. Her glassy eyes sparkled with wisdom, as if she was reminded of something important as she watched him with full attention.

The sound of a gong rung through the training field that signaled the start of the second round of the runoff.

There was intense cheering around the battle ring of Zachary and Gary Qian. Of course, the disciples cheered for Gary Qian, though, not Zachary.

Gary Qian was at the six-grade of Earth Level, while Zachary was only at the third-grade of Mortal Level. Even though he defeated Benjamin in the first round, he was still very weak in the eyes of the disciples of the Welkin Sect.

Zachary sneered in his heart as his eyes swept the disciples that cheered for Gary Qian. He knew well that they would shut up soon.

Seeing that Zachary stood still even after the signal of the battle's start and didn't even prepare himself for the battle, Gary Qian decided not to give Zachary any chance. He heard how Zachary won in a strange manner when he was in preliminary contest and intermediary contest, even in the first round of the runoff, so he knew that he must defeat Zachary as soon as possible.

Gary Qian immediately assumed the martial posture for punching. His left foot dug deep into the ground as his body moved towards Zachary rapidly and fiercely. His martial energy turned into a dragon shadow and rushed towards Zachary. The attack was so powerful that it seemed as if there was a real dragon that materialized inside the battle ring.