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nZhao Luo looked at the disciple with squinted eyes.

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"Haha, good. Fellow brother, you are very impressive.

"

nZhao Luo didn't mind how the disciple was acting boldly in front of him.

n'He handled the situation way better than me.'

nZhao Luo thought.

nZhao Luo had to admit that without the help of this guy, he would still be asking the 900th something disciple if they were willing to give Zhao Luo their turn.

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"Brother Zhao Luo still how can I compare to you?

"

nThat disciple modestly said to Zhao Luo.

nEven though he had sneakily tagged along with Zhao Luo to reach the front of the line, the things he said to the other disciples, there was nothing in the words he had said that he didn't believe in.

nZhao Luo smiled while looking at this disciple.

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"What is your name?

"

nZhao Luo asked the name of this helper who was smart as well as well behaved.

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"I am Mo Lee. Think of me as your number one fan.

"

nThe disciple introduced himself as Mo Lee.

n'My number one fan? Hah.'

nZhao Luo thought as the family name of this disciple sounded familiar but he didn't dwell on it any longer.

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"Since you already know me. Let's be friends from now on.

"

nZhao Luo said with a smile as he extended his hand, inviting a handshake from Mo Lee.

nMo Lee was shocked as to how can a person be so popular and yet so kind at the same time.

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"Indeed. My sister always said that I am a very lucky person. Guess she was right.

"

nMo Lee randomly mentioned her sister as he shook Zhao Luo's hand.

nZhao Luo and Mo Lee were having their moment just when the surrounding disciples started making noises.

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"Woah~

"

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"He reached 20th stage.

"

nOne trainee said as he pointed at one of the disciples on the ring who had just cleared the 19th stage.

nThis disciple was third according to the stages everyone had reached.

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"Look at Fu Zi, he is already at 35th stage.

"

nAnother disciple added while calling the name of a certain disciple who was on the ring.

nFu Zi who had started alongside the others had even exceeded the previous disciple who was on the 20th stage. Thus Fu Zi was 2nd among the 15 disciples on the ring.

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"They still can't compare with Ruo Qing's speed, she has already reached the 39th stage.

"

nA girl who was standing at the 8th pillar with her hand on the moonstone had a drop of sweat going down her face towards her neck.

nAll the disciples were around the ring were focused on her.

nShe was the first among the other disciples on the stage. There was also her aura which was very different than other disciples.

nHer shiny black hair that was dwindling around her back and her slim body with appropriate curves at the expected places were quite eye-catching.

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"Brother Zhao Luo, what do you think about the curves?

"

nMo Lee teasingly asked Zhao Luo as he noticed that Zhao Luo was staring at her quite intensely.

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"Yes, they look beautiful.

"

nZhao Luo unconsciously answered.

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"Haha, Brother I respect you even more.

"

nMo Lee said as he clasped his hands towards Zhao Luo.

nZhao Luo who was busy looking at the moonstones of the different pillars turned to look at Mo Lee.

nZhao Luo felt confused as he looked to notice that Mo Lee was bowing to him while Feng Mei and Yan were looking at Zhao Luo with fire in their eyes.

n'Did I do something wrong?'

nZhao Luo wondered.

nHe turned back to face the ring stage as he couldn't handle the pressure of the stare of these beautiful ladies.

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"Look Ruo Qing has opened her eyes.

"

nA disciple from the crowd exclaimed.

nThe pillar Ruo Qing was standing in front of was displaying number 41 that is she had cleared 40 stages and decided to quit at the 41st stage.

nThis was already a big accomplishment.

nThe moonstone shined and four black stars were imprinted on Ruo Qing's palm.

nShe then turned around and surrounded by everyone's awe she got jumped off the ring just to land next to Zhao Luo.

n'Hmm.'

nZhao Luo was baffled by Ruo Qing's action.

n'Why did she have to land here?'

nZhao Luo questioned as everyone was looking at them.

nRuo Qing gave a light bow to Zhao Luo as she smiled at him before walking away with a flushed face.

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"Brother.

"

nYan and Feng Mei looked at Zhao Luo in disbelief as if he had done something to the poor girl.

nZhao Luo smiled awkwardly as he hurriedly jumped on the ring.

nZhao Luo walked towards the vacant pillar.

n'Tap.'

nZhao Luo placed his hand on the dull moonstone which looked like it had lost its beautiful luster.

n'Fwoosh.'

nThe moonstone shined.

nZhao Luo felt a pulling force from the shining Moonstone as drowsiness took over him and his eyelids clapped, falling.

nWith the darkness covered by the light coming from the Zhao Luo felt calm and let his body be dragged wherever it was being taken by the pulling force.

nAfter a while, the pulling force had disappeared.

n'Ahhhh.'

nZhao Luo screamed in his mind while trying to open his eyes.

nZhao Luo had finally opened his eyes.

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"So this is the space inside the Moonstone.

"

nZhao Luo realized that he was in a big space.

nThe whole surrounding was metallic grey.

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"Am I inside a silver box?

"

nZhao Luo questioned as he looked around to see what the challenge was.

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"All Weapons are Allowed

"

nA sound was heard by Zhao Luo.

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"The challenge will start in 3.

"

nAnother announcement went into Zhao Luo's ears as the countdown started.

n'1'

n'2'

n'3'

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nAs the countdown ended, a bubble floated upwards that had the stage number.

nWhile Zhao Luo was looking at 'Stage 1', he felt a punch that was coming at him from the right.

n'Sh*t.'

nIt was so fast that Zhao Luo couldn't dodge it or block it.

nIt struck Zhao Luo in his right cheek. Instead of feeling hurt something surprising happened.

nThe punch did come in contact but to Zhao Luo, it felt as if a fly had landed on his face.

nUnfortunately for the person who had punched, Zhao Luo didn't even flinch.

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"Creak~

"

nThe thing that had punched Zhao Luo made a weird sound as it backed away.

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"A robot?

"

nZhao Luo questioned. There was a golden status floating over this robot.

n'LvL 1.'

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"Crea~~ak. Mee Puppet.

"

nThe puppet answered as it croaked its head.

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"Puppet. Hmm. Then you can die now.

"

nZhao Luo was angry that something like a puppet was successful in landing a punch on his handsome face.

n'Even though it doesn't hurt but what if that punch left a mark?'

nZhao Luo thought angrily.

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"Ifrit.

"

nZhao Luo called out as a crimson fiery sword appeared in his hand.

nZhao Luo rushed at the level 1 puppet.

n'Slash', and sliced it in two halves with a single swing of ifrit.

n'Intense Clapping.'

nZhao Luo could hear clapping sounds echoing around him like someone was spectating him as he cleared the first stage.

nOutside of the moonstone space, around the ring.

nIt had only been ten seconds since Zhao Luo had placed his hand on the moonstone and the number on top of the pillar was already 2.

nThat is Zhao Luo had cleared the 1st stage in less than 10 seconds.

n'Amazing.'

nSome disciples thought.

nThe other pillars were getting free too as the ones who were in their training were quitting thus others started taking their turns.

nFeng Mei and Yan were on the left and right of Zhao Luo as they also placed their hands on the moonstone to start the challenge.

nMo Lee was in front of the last pillar towards the right side.

nHe was also in the space inside the moonstone.

n'Moonstone space where Zhao Luo was in.'

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nZhao Luo started looking around before a puppet could land a sneak attack on him.

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"There you are....what...there are two this time?

"

nZhao Luo finally found the puppet. But to his surprise, there were two of them instead of one.

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"LVL 2.

"

nBoth puppets had 'level 2' floating above their heads.

nZhao Luo rushed at them as they jumped at Zhao Luo.

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"Cling, Slash

"

nZhao Luo's Ifrit clashed with both puppet's metallic bodies. But their defense wasn't high enough to stop Zhao Luo's sword as they both fell apart in two pieces after being sliced in two pieces.

n'Will the last stage have a hundred puppets?'

nZhao Luo looked at the two puppets which were lying around his foot.

n'Intense Clapping.'

nThe clapping returned as Zhao Luo had cleared another stage.

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"Creak, Creak, Creak.

"

nZhao Luo looked at the three puppets that were coming at him.

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"Swoosh.

"

nA punch passed his face as Zhao Luo dodged it by tilting his head.

nEven though the previous puppet's attacks didn't hurt him but how could he be sure that these puppet's attacks won't hurt him too.

nAlso, the levels above these puppets had changed.

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"LVL 3

"

nZhao Luo was now sure of two things.

nFirst. Every stage will have puppets equal to the number of stages.

nSecond. The level of the puppets will be the same as the number of the stage.

nWhile Zhao Luo was going over the information that he had gathered after clearing two stages, he was also dodging the attacks thrown at him by these level 3 puppets.

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