Lord of the Sky City

Powerful Peter, along with the triplets, were Rocky's most notable opponents in the preliminary competition, as for the others, according to Liliya's investigation, they didn't pose much of a problem, being merely small-time characters not worth mentioning.

After observing the triplets, Liliya had planned to turn back, but then she inadvertently noticed another group of people.

As mentioned before, there were only sixty competitors in the preliminary competition, but the resting lounge housed over a hundred people, many of whom weren't competitors but rather the competitors' "support groups".

For instance, Rocky, who was accompanied by Liliya and Monte, and the group Liliya noticed now was no exception, even more exaggerated than Rocky's!

Following her gaze, one could see a young master surrounded by a crowd; this young master looked only a year or two older than Rocky, but he was surrounded by more than a dozen people, both men and women, giving off the feeling of a large family on vacation.

Being pampered by the crowd, the young master was undoubtedly comfortable, with people bringing him tea and water, a beauty massaging his back, and two muscular men guarding him nearby, roughly pushing away other competitors who tried to approach or merely pass by, creating a perimeter of several meters around the group where no one else was present.

Clearly, this young master was no ordinary person; being able to show such grandeur in the resting lounge of the Arena, if he were outside, wouldn't he be transported in a palanquin?

Interestingly, just as Liliya noticed this young master, he also happened to see her, and the moment he saw Liliya, his eyes lit up!

His eyes gleaming with a sharp light towards Liliya, the young master immediately shrugged off the beauty who had been massaging his shoulders, stood up, and headed straight towards Liliya!

As he moved, the dozen or so attendants around him also moved, with the two muscular men clearing the way ahead, pushing away small groups of competitors along the path.

In no time at all, the young master, along with his entourage, came to the corner where Rocky was.

Upon reaching Rocky and the others, he first glanced at Liliya, then turned towards Rocky.

"Brother, is she your guard?"

Having sized up Rocky, the young master started speaking cheerfully, and while talking, glanced at Liliya again.

"Yes."

Sitting on a long bench, Rocky looked at him but did not stand up or show much emotion, simply answering with a single word.

"Our young master is speaking to you, stand up!"

"Disrespectful fool! Stand up when you speak!"

Rocky's refusal to stand up immediately aroused dissatisfaction among the group of servants, including the young master who frowned. However, he soon gestured with his hand, stopping the loud shouts of the servants.

"Brother, this guard of yours is really not bad, let me have her, let's be friends."

After this, the young master straightforwardly asked Rocky for Liliya!

He had come over because he was attracted to Liliya from the first moment he saw her.

This was normal, as Liliya was beautiful, but not just a pretty face—unapproachable and delicate—her beauty was the kind with an enticing charm beneath the surface.

Her battlefield experiences gave her an air of valiant elegance, a trait rare among ordinary women, so much so that almost everyone who saw her couldn't help but take a second look, including the other competitors in the resting lounge who couldn't resist stealing a few glances.

The young master in front of her was also captivated by Liliya, but his intentions were not just to steal glances; he wanted to possess Liliya directly!

The moment he finished speaking, Rocky, who was sitting on the bench, just gave him a look.
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"Leave."

After a brief glance at the young master, Rocky responded concisely with one word!

His response immediately changed the young master's expression; clearly, he hadn't expected Rocky to treat him that way.

As his expression changed, the people behind immediately understood, and one of the butler-looking men signaled to the two muscular men; upon receiving the signal, they stepped towards Rocky.

The two muscular men, one headed toward Rocky, the other toward Liliya—it was clear they intended to teach Rocky a lesson while directly seizing Liliya!

Unfortunately for the man headed towards Rocky, he hadn't even got close when a hand much larger than his head clasped his neck, and then the man suddenly found himself lifted off the ground!

"What are you doing so close?"

With one hand, Monte lifted the burly man and roared in a deep voice, then flung his hand, and the man he had lifted was thrown towards a group of young masters like he was just a sack.

The other contestants were stupefied by this scene. Good lord, was he using a person as a sandbag?

Meanwhile, just as everyone was still reeling from Monte's action, a scream erupted. Hearing the scream, everyone hurriedly turned their heads only to see the man who had tried to grab Liliya kneeling in a pool of blood, howling continuously while reaching for the ground.

Reaching for what?

For his hand that Liliya had chopped off!

When this man had tried to grab Liliya, he had barely reached out his hand when a flash of cold light streaked by, and Liliya had chopped off his outstretched hand with one swing of her sword!

"You guys!"

This outcome was obviously beyond everyone's expectations. The already grim-faced young master looked even more displeased after seeing Monte and Liliya's actions, and then glared fiercely at Rocky.

"Brother, for a woman, you don't even care about your own life. Is it worth it?"

Staring intently at Rocky, the young master said coldly.

Rocky, however, remained as steady as Mount Tai, sitting on the bench. After a while, he turned his head to look at the other man and slightly smiled, "Worth it."

"Good!"

Hearing this, instead of getting angry, the young master laughed out of frustration, but the laughter was filled with ferocity, "Very well! Since that's the case, I'll see you in the ring!"

After saying this, the young master didn't bother with the two burly men on the ground and turned to leave, and once he left, the crowd behind him didn't dare to stay and followed suit.

From there, the lounge regained its calm, truly calm this time. After the sequence of events, the remaining contestants in the hall seemed to have been frightened, with noticeably fewer chatting and talking, nobody daring to speak loud. All eyes were fixed on Rocky and the young master.

"Hey, who is that guy in the corner daring to provoke Xia Nai?"

"Xia Nai? Who is Xia Nai?"

Although no one dared to be loud in the hall anymore, whispers had noticeably increased, and naturally, they were all about Rocky and the young master.

"Xia Nai is that young master, the son of the Marquis of the Kafka Empire."

"Oh... no wonder..."

Hearing this, many contestants looked over at Xia Nai, their expressions revealing sudden realization. No wonder the young master was so ostentatious and domineering, he was the son of the Kafka Empire's Marquis.

In today's world, nobles are not rare, but the vast majority are just titular nobles, meaning they have titles without real power. However, the nobles of the Kafka Empire are different.

The Kafka Empire is not only one of the three major forces in the sky but also the only state among them. In this state, all the nobles have real power and territories.

In the sky, what is a territory?

It's naturally Sky City!

Therefore, the nobles of the Kafka Empire, each one possessing real power over a Sky City, which explains why the young master like Xia Nai had such a behavior and the performance earlier since his father is indeed the lord of a city.

"I didn't expect this guy to have such a background, the other guy might be in trouble."

After glancing at Xia Nai, the contestants turned their gazes towards Rocky, with many of them shaking their heads. They could see that Rocky's status must be extraordinary, but they felt that even if his status was high, it couldn't compare to Xia Nai, whose father was the lord of a city!

"Attention everyone! The morning matches are about to begin. Those participating in the first, second, and third preliminary matches, proceed immediately to the preparation rooms of Arena one, three, and five to get ready!"

As everyone was discussing the conflict between Rocky and Xia Nai, an Arena staff member appeared and announced that the morning matches were about to start!