Hitman with a Badass System

"That's your brother Peter?" Ethan raised his brows, he was surprised. After engaging Alicia to Noah, the Winston family had met everyone in the Stone family except Alicia's mysterious elder brother. None of the Winston's met Peter except Noah until now.

Standing 6' 1" tall, Peter had smooth fair skin. If Alex was calm, Peter radiated an aura of confidence around him. A particularly notable feature was his perfect jawline. Coupled with his hazel eyes, sharp eyebrows, and clean-shaven look, he looked stunning. His medium-length golden hair danced in the wind, raising many young girls' heartbeats.

"I never thought you would come here Peter" Unlike the people in the arena, Alex knew who he was. In fact, Peter was one of the few youngsters Alex respected and looked forward to battle.

"What can I say, boredom always gets the better of me" Peter shrugged,

"Pretty good spear you have, is that an Epic weapon?"

Upon hearing these words, many of them gasped in shock. They already knew that weapons, armors, and spells were divided into five categories,

Common, Uncommon, Rare, Epic, and Legendary. Alex's armor belonged to the Rare class while Peter's spear belonged to the Epic class. Even the three big sects had only a few Epic class weapons. Alex heard rumors but seeing a rogue cultivator like Peter having an Epic class weapon surprised him.

"Your brother has an Epic weapon" Ethan bitterly laughed in his heart.

He couldn't help thinking about Ghost. He doubted his son had ever gotten a chance to touch an Epic weapon. Although he supported Andrews, deep down Ethan wanted his son to win the tournament. What they did to Ghost was unforgivable yet Ethan would do anything to win back Ghost's love. Since Noah was born, Ethan provided Noah the best while his other son grew up enduring hardships a child like him shouldn't have. Before Diana dropped the news about his other son on him, Ethan used to sleep. Nowadays, the nightmares kept him awake. Therefore, he was cultivating with full focus to get stronger. He lost his son once because of Skyhall but he would never let that happen again.

"We both know the class of the weapon doesn't matter" Peter calmly said.

"It's the wielder of the weapon who does"

Just as Peter's words faded, yet another soft chuckle slowly sounded out from the horizon. Soon after a flash of bright green light swept over from the horizon. In a blink of an eye, a trail of green light streaked across the sky.

When the green light filled the skies, the crowd swiftly cast their gazes over, only to find a majestic eagle which was dozens of meters large, it flapped its wings as it floated in the skies. An extremely formidable aura swept forth from within the eagle.

A youngster wearing leather armor unlike Alex and Peter lightly smiled as he stood atop the eagle. His face was bewitchingly handsome, such that in terms of looks, even Peter was inferior. He held a deep blue fan in his hand, as he slowly fanned himself while giving off a graceful aura of nobility.

"Who is he?"

"The third son of Oswen Family"

After hearing Alicia's words, Ethan once again silently nodded his head.

According to the rumors, House Kane and House Fisher were trying to forge an alliance with House Oswen through marriage. Ethan's sources were saying House Fisher is closer to sealing the deal by marrying one of the heirs of Oswen to Alex. If the alliance went through, House FIsher would become the strongest family in Royal land. Coupled with Celina's family, House Fisher was on the path of domination.

"That's a yellow beak King eagle" James Hall was stunned to see such a majestic creature. Not only him, but most of the people were also. Yellow Beak Eagles were almost as rare as dragons.

"Andrews's chance of winning getting less and less"

Alicia rolled her eyes, after seeing what Lailah could do, she really doubted anyone had the chance to defeat Andrews, not her brother, not anyone.

Every single spell in Andrews's arsenal was enhanced by Lailai's Angel's veena which meant Andrews had the attack power of a Fusion Stage cultivator. Alicia could feel Lailah is somewhere in the arena, she didn't know where but she could feel her presence.

"Paul, to think that a busy guy like you would also join in the fun here, heh, you've even bought your Oswen's pride, the yellow beak king eagle," Alex as he shot a glance at Paul.

"I can spare a day or two. I'm pretty sure the marriage works won't come to a halt without me" Paul waved the deep blue fan in his hand and smiled slightly.

Alex had a sly grin while Peter seemed to care less about the marriage between the two families. While these three were floating in the air, many Core Formation participants made their way towards the stage.

"Let's get this over with," Peter said, looking down on the stage to see the stage was getting crowded.

"You go ahead, I still need to wait for one more person." Alex casually smiled and said.

"Ah your girlfriend? Where is she?"

"Sorry I'm late"

As Paul's voice faded, a gentle voice suddenly sounded out across the skies. That voice had a certain charm to it. Immediately, an intoxicated look appeared in the eyes of several people below.

"Such a beautiful girl!"

Many youths' minds were likewise momentarily dazed when the spirited voice sounded out, however, they quickly regained their senses, as amazement filled their eyes. Hastily lifting his head, Ethan saw a golden light sweep across the skies from a distance away before finally transforming into swirling chakra

Atop the golden chakra, was a wonderfully curved figure. Her brown hair glimmered reflecting the sunlight as the red cap she wore fluted in the wind. She wore armor that made her look both formidable and sexy at the same time. Although her armor wasn't revealing, there were still some places such as the neck, a small portion of her shoulders left out by the armor, showing her smooth silky skin.

She slowly floated towards Alex standing atop the chakra before landing a gentle kiss on his cheek. Many became envious of Alex, they wanted to be him at this moment. He had everything many people yearned for, money, talent, a perfect angelic beauty as his girlfriend. Even those who hate Alex couldn't help being jealous of his life. With his arm wrapped around Celina's slim waist, he moved towards the stage.

"It's gonna be worth the wait to see these monstrous youngsters fight to prove who is the best among them" James Hall laughed with excitement.

"Just like before, follow the instructions given by the coordinators and you're good to go" Darius informed the Core Formation stage youngsters.

Anyone of the participants could have touched the mirror while Alex's group descended to the stage yet they waited for the four of them.

"Ladies first" Alex gestured at Celina to touch the mirror standing a meter in front of the mirror. Every pair of eyes in the arena stared at them without blinking. Even the commenters went silent as they found no words to speak due to the excitement building in their heart.

With a graceful move, Celina placed her hand on the mirror. The moment her hand touched the mirror, the mirror trembled more than it ever trembled before. Half of the pillar lit up like a Christmas tree, the green glow the pillar radiated lit up half the stage. It was so much brighter than Victoria's or even Sabrina's.

"Core Formation stage level 5, amazing" Ishihara let out a squeal of amazement before even the coordinators could confirm Celina's cultivation level.

"Reaching level 5 of the Core Formation stage at the age of 26 is nothing but a world wowing achievement" James Hall announced as the crowd was thrown into chaos. Several gasping sounds could be heard in the arena as they stared at Celina with widened eyes.

While they were in a state of shock, Alex placed his palm on the mirror, immediately lighting up the pillar up to 7th stone. Even Alicia was stunned by Alex's cultivation level and the bright glow the stones radiated.

"Core Formation stage level 7, this is freaking me out guys" James Hall connected,

"It seems like we have prodigies that could go to head to head with prodigies of Awor" Darius sounded proud,

"Truth to be told guys, I've never seen anyone reach the level there two youngsters reach until they were way past 30," Ishihara said,

"That's why I said this tournament is something special. Let's see what this youngster could do" James Hall talked looking at Peter walking towards the mirror.

Alicia leaned forward to witness her brother's cultivation level. She was pretty, he's at the level of Alex despite her brother always liked to keep everything to himself. More than anything, he loved the privacy. Because of his habit, he even avoided attending her engagement.

The moment Peter's hand touched the mirror, the pillar lit up to the 6th stone, and never seen before, half of the 7th stone glowed dimly. Up to the 6th stone though, the pillar shone just as brighter as when Alex touched the mirror.

"Whoa Alicia, your brother is a prodigy too?" Emelda's brows arched up,

Everyone kinda expected Alex to amaze them but they never even heard about Peter before. Hence when Peter showed his cultivation power through the pillar, it stirred more commotion than before.

Alex knew although Peter fell one level lower than him, the armor and the spear in Peter's hand would make up for the difference.

After Celina, Alex and Peter, the other participants waited for Paul. Like the others before Paul too stunned the audience with his Core Formation stage level 6 cultivation level.

"Do you see him anywhere?" Ethan started to lose his patience as he asked, whispering in Diana's ear.

"No but he will come, just be patient for a little longer" Diana began to fear something might have happened to him. The threat of reapers was still lingering above Ghost's head like a dark cloud after all.

One by one the Core Formation participants prove their cultivation level to the people. None of the participants touched the mirror after the initial four impressed the crowd as the first four did.

"Is this gonna demotivate the other participants? I mean after the first four, no one has crossed Core Formation level 4. Can it affect the mindset of the participants in any way?"

"Well, it shouldn't. The tournament is designed to give all participants at the Body Strengthening stage and Core Formation stage a fair chance despite the level differences"

"Another Core Formation level 3" Ishihara announced as Darius continued,

"The first two rounds test someone's combat skills, the participants are prohibited to use Arch energy. So even if you are a level 10 warrior, if you solely depend on your spells and not on your combat skills, you will be eliminated"

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Merry Christmas Everyone!!!

Christmas is a season of enjoying the simple things that make life beautiful. May you have great memories that will permanently touch your heart. I wish you so much joy during this season and all through to the New Year

Michael will make his appearance in the . These chapters are longer than what I usually write because I didnt want you to spend your time and coins reading chapters with no MC. But it will be worth the wait trust me