''...Who knew [Orb of Apyrhan] would actually come in handy at a time like this?''

    Looking at his opponent, whose current appearance made him look like a two-legged piece of coal, Valyr gave the man a slightly apologetic smile as he thought about the progression of events that led to the current outcome.

    ''Since targeting him or the dark entities with a fireball didn''t work, I decided to take it one step further by making use of [Orb of Apyrhan],'' thought Valyr to himself as the arbiter made sure that his opponent wasn''t badly injured by his attack.

    ''After all, no better way to win a match than to use overwhelming power against my opponent, right?''

    At those words, the smile on his face slightly widened, recalling how he activated [Partial Sky] to give his strongest spell a bit more oomph.

    Yet, from how the man''s defense immediately crumpled against the sun-like fireball he threw at him, it seemed that he might have just given the attack a bit too much oomph there.

    "...137 has admitted defeat. 1,139 moves onto the third round!"

    By the time the young man was done looking back at the final attack he sent towards his opponent, the arbiter finally announced his victory, which was immediately met with a great number of cheers and applause from the part of the crowd closest to his stage.

    Though, as he immersed himself in the feeling, Valyr noticed that there were now eyes lingering on him unlike the first round.

    ''The crowd has finally started to take notice of me,'' said the young man to himself after that, giving Thomas and the others a brief wave before heading back to the area he was waiting in earlier.

    Fortunately, the waiting area for those who passed the second round remained the same, allowing the young man to feel more ease as he replenished the energy he lost with a couple of elixirs from the trays.

    Being the first batch of people to move onto the second round, it was no surprise that Valyr passed the time by watching the battles that were unfolding, keeping an eye on the ones that seemed to be on a similar level of strength as him.

    "To think there''s still six more rounds to go..." murmured Valyr to himself as he took a bite from the slice of cake he grabbed from the trays.

    In the end, the second round took an hour and a half to conclude, which prompted the announcer to give both the crowd and the participants a 10 minute break before continuing on with the third round.

    "With the number of participants now a quarter of what it was at the start, the third round shall have us watch 30 battles happen at the same time per batch." Once the 10 minute break was over, Clive''s enthusiastic voice echoed throughout the coliseum once more.

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    "Fight!"

    Whoosh!

    "Time for you to admit defeat!" Charging towards Valyr without hesitation, the woman wildly brandished his scimitar as a faint blue aura coated the blade.

    In response, Valyr conjured a few shields to block the woman''s attacks as he activated the skill he''d been saving for quite some time.

    "[Arcane Authority: First Sky]."

    Swoosh!

    Feeling the mana in his body contain more power while also being more controllable than before, the young man felt a slight smile creep up on his face as he conjured a barrier around his opponent, stopping her in her tracks.

    Unsurprisingly, the woman began to throw out a bombardment of profanities and curses at him, ranging from childlike insults to insults one would only get from expert keyboard warriors.

    Nevertheless, Valyr ignored all of that as the barrier around her meant that he could finally move onto the next step of putting her in her place which involved...

    "[Orb of Apyrhan]."

    Not one...

    "[Orb of Apyrhan]."

    Not two...

    "..."

    "..."

    "...[Orb of Apyrhan]."

    But five blazing suns.