FVN Chapter 8 Outer Sect Disciple Entrance Exam
Chapter 8 Outer Sect Disciple Entrance Exam
Everywhere I went, I made enemies by just trying to live my life and defend myself and my property. Normally I would assume that I was the problem since it happened so much, but I just couldn't see anything I was actually doing wrong.
I was actually very lucky to have made a friend or at least an ally in Victoria. That said, even she had wanted to do me harm originally. Well, that's what I assumed when she extracted some of my life essence. It's possible that was all she wanted.
Before my thoughts went any further down a rabbit hole, someone let me out of the jail cell and led me to a large arena in the middle of a courtyard. The arena was massive. It must have had at least a 100 meter radius, making it 200 meters wide.
There were already hundreds of combatants in the arena. The person who was guiding me threw me into the ring. I rolled onto my feet and looked around. With hundreds of other combatants, if they ganged up on me, I would be doomed.
"Ladies and gentlemen, we are gathered here today to witness this month's Outer Sect Disciple entrance exam. The competition is a free-for-all battle among the contestants. Only the top 20 finishers will become outer sect disciples. The last person standing in the ring will receive an extra special boon," an announcer on a platform said. "Now begin!"
Everyone started fighting each other at once. While I liked stealing life essence and getting stronger, I was in no hurry to fight multiple people at the same time. I stood in place and waited for someone to come up to me.
My first opponent was a short blonde girl. She threw a lightning fast kick at my head that I was only able to dodge because adrenaline kicked in and time slowed down for me. Even with time slowed down, it was difficult to dodge.
I poked my finger into her calf and started draining her life essence.
[Life essence extracted. You have broken through to level 5 of the Experienced Vampire Journeyman Realm!]
[Life essence extracted. You have broken through to level 6 of the Experienced Vampire Journeyman Realm!]
[Life essence extracted. You have broken through to level 7 of the Experienced Vampire Journeyman Realm!]
[... Life essence extracted. You have broken through to level 1 of the Budding Vampire Expert Realm!]
I did the same to two more and two more and two more. I broke through the Specialist and Versatile Vampire Expert realms, and then to the Accomplished Vampire realm, and then to the Junior and Senior Vampire Elite realms.
Ok, now I was really starting to make progress. I didn't know what realm the strongest vampire here was, but if I kept this up, I was sure to be the strongest soon.
The smaller vampires eventually turned on me, but with a few well placed punches, kicks, and throws, I knocked them all out of the arena. Then I grabbed the burly one by the foot and hurled him out of the ring too.
By now, there were only about a hundred vampires left in the ring. With our enhanced speed and strength, the fight had gone faster than I expected. I scanned the remaining vampires until I found what I was looking for.
The strongest vampire here. He had his hands behind his back and was kicking his opponents out of the ring one by one. He was surrounded by vampires, all trying to knock him out or outright kill him. I couldn't tell.
His long, light brown hair flowed gracefully as he moved. His charming eyes and smile were magnetic. I could just stare into his eyes for hours.
[You are succumbing to a vampire charm technique. Snap out of it]
I shook my head. Oh shit! Yeah, that was dangerous. Now that I looked more closely, I realized he wasn't moving that fast, his opponents were just moving slowly, as if in a daze.
I decided the only way to keep from getting charmed here would be to close my eyes. I probably wouldn't be able to fight well with my eyes closed, so maybe I would just look at his feet instead. It seemed like the charm effect started when I looked at his face.
I sat down to wait until he had finished off his opponents and he and I were the only contestants left. I closed my eyes and began meditating to form more layers of my lifeblood crystal and protect the realms I had recently gained.
Now that I had a decent amount of practice, layers went on faster, but it still took about 5 minutes per realm. Luckily, the fight between the charming man and his hundred opponents was taking a while.