Even though the crown prince and the Sect Master dismissed their powers, Envoy Renon left a portion of his manifested powers active.
The liquid pouring from the container flowed down towards Horo before slowly entering the opening on his forehead.
No one could see that it was an eye, but this eye kept sucking in the greenish blue liquid.
Everyone looked at Envoy Renon expecting an explanation yet they only saw a small smile on his face.
Meanwhile he was thinking, "Since I have my eyes on poaching you, I might as well give you a helping hand."
He eventually retrieved his container by some magical means after allowing Horo to absorb enough. He could now feel Horo had miraculously gained an affinity within the span of a few minutes.
Only if he knew Horo was predestined to gain an affinity with a temporal related concept since he was born with one, before it was absorbed by an outside phenomena, which eventually became part of him again due to him making it a trait with the inverted bathing technique.
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"You have gained affinity with [ Distorted Time ]"
"[Alternating Eye] Partially awakened"
Horo didn't understand, "So this skill had to be awakened as well? Is that why I couldn't use it?"
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Everyone noticed that Hendrix was no where to be found, not his course, or even his blood.
His entirety had been devoured by those from Horo's ability [Realm of the Dark Ones].
That ability used to be a part of his trait, the lightless eyes, but all of his trait's abilities had become separate skills in this world. The same went for his other trait the dark skeletal which now become something entirely different due to becoming a part of this worlds power system.
Horo looked around to see everyone staring at him, he only smaller and left the stage without a word. He was unaware of everything that transpired, he didn't even know where he absorbed the concept from, nor did he know it would later be used against him in a negotiation.
Before he left the stage completely he was teleported away but an ability of the stage, like every one else was before his battle.
He found himself sitting in the seating area of the Pure Cloud Palace participants. All of the participants in the tournament sat around the stage on the same level as it, instead of in the spectators seating area with the rest of their organizations.
His peers from the palace congratulated him in different ways, before they all saw the next participants get teleported to the stage.
But before anything else could be transpire Empyrean Lord Zhen said one last thing, the last thing that he would speak for the entire tournament.
"Since that little brat was so vicious, my sect shall make the entire tournament so, as long as we have participants."
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"Alright guys, I present to you our next two contestants.
We have a disciple of the four seasons, one of their high brass disciples at the Ruler stage, national guard Storm.
On the other side we have another one of the more powerful contestants, A Ruler from the Valley, Okan.
To think we have Rulers battling so soon, especially after that quick death match, this tournament is already very exciting.
Do you two wish to make this a death match as well?" Said Crown Prince Ezekiel.
The contestant named Storm was the first one to speak.
"Of course not, we are all fellow members of the same kingdom, and share the same goal of bringing rewards and glory to our kingdom."
Next was Okan, "There's no enmity between us."
People could discern a lot about someone's personality through words alone, as showed in just those two sentences.
Storm clearly had the personality of a national guard because his words showed her prioritized the kingdom.
Okan on the other hand seemed he wouldn't mind a death match if there was reason.
The Crown Prince laughed loudly before saying, "Nice response Storm, I particularly fancy young lads like you who takes honor in being part of this kingdom of ours, but that's expected knowing the organization your representing."
Storm had a soft smile present on his face after hearing The prince's words.
Okan had a stiff face as he rolled his eyes and said, "Can we begin already?"
The Prince shook his head then said, "Alright, Alright. Begin!"