Amidst the roaring crowd and the host's announcement of the most exciting victory of the day, Austin's eyes settled on the lone figure standing under all the spotlight. With a sigh, he draped an arm over the shoulder of the young man seated next to him.
"Do you think you can beat him?"
Max frowned. He had witnessed Skyler's scythe skills during his duel with a fellow classmate. He had also seen him defeat Austin with his Cosmic Collapse skill. And now this silver lightning and ice skill? Just how many skills did Skyler possess?
What's more, all of his elemental crystals appeared to be at 10-star—a very rare feat. Advancing even a single elemental crystal to that level required enormous resources and great effort. For Skyler to advance all five of his elemental crystals to 10-star at the same time, and in such a short span of time, this kind of growth was beyond extraordinary.
It was unnatural—almost abnormal.
Max clasped his hands, lost in thought.
