Eternal Thief

"Silence!"

His frightening heavy voice reverberate in the entire vicinity and everyone stopped doing whatever they were doing and looked toward the White Fire.

White Fire continued, "Foremost, I will congratulate every one of you for surviving and making it here alive. You all deserved this!"

Everyone's eyes shimmered with pride, but the White Fire was still not done.

"I know most of you are still resentful about the sudden interference of the mist domain, and about us not taking any action and blocking the exit. I will only say this much about it, 'In this world, nothing is fair or unfair, if you're capable, make it fair and if you're not, then you can either survive or just died under the feet of those who decided what fair or unfair'!"

His voice was full of disdain as he scornfully looked at those demons clinching their fist in anger, but didn't dare to rebuke him because of his power and status.

He knows he said nothing wrong, and everyone got the point as well. He was simply saying, 'if you're unhappy, do something about it, I'm right here…'

White Fire coldly smiled, seeing everyone remain silent, "Heh, since no one is complaining, then let's move on to the next point.

"According to the first phase, which was 'Hunting', everyone was given five months to hunt down the demonic beasts and collect kill points according to your assignments.

"As for the results, I have to say, I'm very disappointed and so does his majesty. You all should be ashamed of yourself for calling yourself demons. You all are nothing but a bunch of tyrants in your own house, nothing special. It would be a disgrace to word geniuses if I call you all geniuses!"

The atmosphere suddenly turned extremely grim as many young demons stare daggers at White Fire, but they didn't reprimand him because they knew he can easily kill them without being worried about consequences.

White Fire coolly said, "What? Not agree with me? Let me tell you, there were a total of 31,500,222 participants who registered and enter the shadow mountain range five months ago.

"Do you know how many of you came back alive? 20, 238,154, which means over 11 million demons died in this first phase. Now tell me, if you all are not worthless, then what are you?"

Everyone was shocked to hear that number because it was just too huge, and they felt ashamed, not proud anymore.

Although most of them still blame mist domain interference for this astronomical death rate, deep down they knew it was all because they live in peaceful environments for too long and in face of real danger they were nothing.

They were all known as geniuses of the mighty blade province, but they were only geniuses in r own comfort zone, and now they face the ugly truth in the cruelest way possible.

Moreover, it was just the training program, not even the real demon gate trail, where geniuses from all over the eight provinces will battle.

This was an awakening call for them!

White Fire also wanted to achieve this same result and said, "It's not too late to realizer your own shortcomings and improve, you all still have over a year to improve yourselves and prove me wrong… no, prove everyone wrong that you're not just bunch of house flowers but demons who aren't afraid of challenges!"

All those four envoys smiled, seeing the resolved expressions of all those young demons. They knew White Fire was just motivating them in his own way, and he had achieved it. They expect nothing less from White Fire, the fourth-strongest expert, and the knight commander of the mighty blade province.

"Now, back to business." White Fire's solemn voice sounded again, "Those who achieve their target please move to the right side, and those who didn't achieve the sufficient amount of kill points move to the life."

Thereupon, demons started to move quickly and some demons with sly expressions try to move to the winning side despite being unqualified.

White Fire seemed to sense their thoughts and coldly sneered, "Oh, and don't try to play any tricks. We can easily check your wristbands for verification, and if we found you waste our time, the consequences will be dire."

Those cunning demons perspired and quickly changed their directions without hesitation.

After half an hour, the enormous crowd of demons split into two sides, one large, one small.

White Fire looked at the large crowd and coolly said, "There are over 15.8 million demons who failed the first phase. But it doesn't mean you can't enter the demon gate trial. It is just that you all won't be able to go there with the blade domain group anymore, neither you can take part in the second or third phase of training. You all are on your own.

"However, to show appreciation toward your efforts, His Majesty Demon King has decided to give each one of you 200 Reward Points. Now, you all follow the Dark Blade Envoy and go to the Tanning Guild and exchange your reward point with anything on the reward list after showing your wristbands. Dismissed!"

All demons sighed bitterly and followed the masked Dark Blade Envoy toward the outer domain with dejected expressions. They knew it was over for them, and now they can only depend on their tribes again.

Everyone knows from the start that the competition will be fierce and those who couldn't keep up will be left behind just like now.

After the losers left, only winners remain with excited expressions on their faces.

White Fire smirked and announced, "There are 4,193,871 demons who passed the first phase, and you are all eligible to enter the inner domain. You will all get 1000 Reward Points and may exchange them for rewards in the training guild of the inner region.

"Now, those with glowing wristbands can stay and others will follow Ocean Blade Envoy toward the inner domain. You all have seven days of rest before the second phase will start. Dismissed."

"Everyone except the glowing marked participants, follow behind me." Ocean Blade Envoy smiled warmly before he shot an ambiguous glimpse in a particular direction and left with the eligible contestants.

Those who left had a powerful murderous aura around them, and they could all feel they were probably the strongest among all the blade domain participants.

Ace was naturally among those who stayed, staring in the direction where the ocean blade envoy left before glancing at them.

'Don't tell me that the old demon wanted vengeance on Feng?' Ace mused grimly.

He couldn't help but felt somewhat apprehended because the old ocean duke was a peak Qi diamond soul cultivator and if he decided to make things difficult for him or try to assassinate him, it would be terrible for his identity.

"Haha, brother Feng, I finally found you!"

Ace was snapped out of his daze by a familiar, joyous voice and looked at the tan skin demon with a skinny constitution coming in his way with a big smile on his face.

However, the name 'Feng' also draw everyone's attention to him and all the remaining demons gawked at him with hostility, envy, resentment, shock, and adoration. There was a myriad of emotions in their eyes.

They all know who Feng Demon Sword was, an absolute genius!

Ace smiled wryly, seeing everyone's attention on him, but he completely ignored them. If he was afraid of attention, he would never stand out in this competition.

He looked at Thomas, who was already a few feet away from him, and said in annoyance, "I was feeling much better in that cramp crowd, sigh…"

Thomas's skinny face has even further withered, and his aura was also somewhat unstable. But his eyes were still bright and couldn't help but scoffed at Feng's joke, "You'll never find a wife with that attitude of yours."

Ace's expression grimaced slightly when he felt Thomas's aura and looked at him seriously, "So, who was it and when will you going to ask my help?"

Although he knew the answer, he still wanted to hear it from Thomas.

Thomas couldn't help but smile bitterly. He knew it was now meaningless to hide from Feng anymore after almost dying, and he also knew he needed helpers. Furthermore, he knew Feng was already marked by his second brother, so hiding it from him will only put him in more danger.

He sighed and said, "Let's talk about it after we returned."

Ace nodded and didn't pursue any further, and at this moment White Fire's voice rang again.

"Now, let me tell you why were you kept here. First, I must congratulate you all for entering the top ten thousand in 31 million, and you all are the most powerful ten thousand youths of our blade domain.

"Not only you'll get 1000 reward points from before, you'll all get an extra 5000 Reward Points and an audience with His Majesty, the Blade Demon King!"