Ascent of Hero on the Dragon Throne

Hayden, from his seat in the audience, smiled sinisterly. In exchange for killing Rocky, he gave the disciple in yellow a magical pill made by the Summer Palace. This pill was meant to increase his strength and speed, which was why the disciple took it without hesitation. What he didn't know was that its potential side effects were to make the taker go berserk and lose control like a beast.

Of course, when Hayden had given him the pill, he didn't tell the disciple about its side effects.

Just as Hayden had planned, the disciple in yellow began to show symptoms of the side effects.

If Rocky was killed by this out-of-control disciple, it would be attributed to his bad luck. No one would look into it. Hayden would get away with murdering Rocky easily.

Rocky, who could see the craziness in the disciple's eyes, dared not let his guard down. The disciple tried to pounce on him like a mad dog, ca

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over his chest.

Eyeing him warily, Eunice then turned around and left.

Rocky didn't loiter any longer and soon left as well.

The other three matches ended just after noon. The two other winners aside from Carla had Spiritual Infant at the primary stage, so they weren't too strong.

Soon, matches for the second round were announced. Rocky and Carla would fight against the other two disciples with primary stage Spiritual Infant.

Two hours later, the second round began.

"I can't just quit," Rocky muttered to himself when he saw how much weak his opponent was compared to him. Winning would be too easy. Thus, he decided not to quit until he faced Carla.

It wasn't hard to imagine the result of the second round.

Because he easily won two rounds of the competition in a row, Rocky garnered a lot of attention. It was unsurprising he was now regarded the dark horse among the newcomers.