The wails on the ground and the quiet within the formation.
They left Xiao Ming, standing atop the stone pillar, struggling to react.
The person defending the formation was actually quite strong.
The people wearing him down outside were fairly capable too, and their movement methods were good.
By rights, even if they were no match for him, they could certainly have harassed him.
Yet now, those two had only just lost, and the defender had swiftly fallen as well.
He had even suffered severe injuries.
That speed involuntarily reminded Xiao Ming of the first-place students in the small courtyard.
Their strength was astonishing, their spell arts formidable.
But such people were exceedingly rare. Either they had no need to undergo selection at all, or they were competing elsewhere.
This Secret Realm usually grouped people of similar strength together.
Could this person have come all the way from somewhere far off to bully people? Xiao Ming wondered.
Otherwise, it should not have been so quick.
He thought it entirely possible.
After suffering a setback elsewhere, he had traveled for several days to seize the upper grade Origin Condensation Method here.
Xiao Ming instinctively took a step back.
He had no intention whatsoever of approaching.
Much less challenging him.
Faced with the invitation, Xiao Ming said quietly, "Who tells other people when they're weakened?"
Jiang Man looked at him and said earnestly, "Sometimes, you have to try seizing an opportunity. How will you know whether you're right if you don't try?
"If you succeed, you get an upper grade Origin Condensation Method. If you fail, it's only a thousand Spirit Sources."
Xiao Ming was about to speak, but before he could say anything more,
someone suddenly appeared beside them and leaped up.
He headed straight for the formation.
"He really is