Contestant 1 and contestant 12 looked at Lei with narrowed eyes.
They had heard of these strange warriors that didn't follow either of the two established paths, but they hadn't seen one of them yet.
"What authority do you have to call me a Barbarian?" contestant 1 asked.
"What else are you?" Lei said. "We can all agree that True Path Stage warriors are warriors, but that is where the lineage of warriors has ended in the Lightning Manor's territory."
Nearly everyone's eyes shone in understanding and recognition.
In the Lightning Manor's territory?
Now, they knew where these warriors were coming from and why they were making trouble.
This was a rivalry between Empires.
"The person that has created the True Path Stage was a pioneer for warriorkind, but the people that invented the Diamond Body Stage and Weapon Variance Stage were not."
