Earth's Greatest Magus

[Jai Strider - Rank 7]

The young man currently standing in the arena was covered in light metal armor on his chest, legs and arms. He also donned some metal devices on his eyes, a spectacle and one oversized bracelet.

"We know about each other's existence, but have never properly introduced ourselves. Let me formally introduce myself. My name is Jai Strider, you can call me Jai or many called me the metal puppeteers" said the young man, speaking with poise.

Emery found this particular opponent of his seemed to be much of a chatter. However, just as the other party had said – that they basically knew nothing about each other, he decided to partake in the conversation to glean more from direct observation.

After all, even though Emery was confident in his own abilities, everyone in the top 10 of the leaderboard possessed some unique and miraculous skills that if he were not careful, could easily defeat him.

"All right, Emery. Now that we've introduced ourselves, let's get into the matter at hand." A smile on his face, Jai continued, "Do you have anything for your recovery or should I give you some extra time?"

Emery would naturally not underestimate the guy , so he took out a [Spirit Regeneration Pill] and ate it to help replenish the depleted spirit energy from the previous fight. 

He spent the ten minutes of rest he had to recover as much of his condition as possible. In the meantime, he also conversed with his upcoming opponent who seemed to have an interest in many diverse things.

Then, all of a sudden, the young man flashed a confident smile and said, "I like you, mister savage acolyte. Even though you scored 5th rank in the test, you were not in a rush and instead decided to fight Taylor and me first. That's confidence indeed."

Emery decided to not reply and listen as Jai continued with his speech.

"I just want to say that though Taylor is fast, he could never go further from where he is now. He lost to me five times already, after all." Turning to Emery, he gestured with his hand nonchalantly. "Actually, if I am you, I will immediately challenge that Cross brat, instead of fighting me or the guy after me. That's a better chance in my eyes."

Such a statement naturally piqued Emery's interest. With raised eyebrows, he asked, "Why do you think so?"

Again, in a nonchalant manner, Jai said, "Well, the guy after me is basically unkillable, while me…" A smile crept onto his face, as he said, "You have the opportunity to see it yourself now, aren't you?"

As the ten minute mark was about to reach its end, Jai took out eight palm-sized metal balls from his spatial ring. However, they didn't land on the ground as expected, instead the eight metal balls hovered in the air, expanding in size and gradually forming into a metallic humanoid figure.

Apparently, the man was a metal element acolyte; and from the looks of it, his fighting style seemed to depend on using summoned creatures. He then said something that made Emery raise his eyebrows again.

"I know that you have your earth summons. How about we face them against each other? I propose a change of location to make this interesting."

Emery was intrigued by the other party's words and couldn't help but look towards the referee to see what they thought of the proposal. However, Jai didn't seem to want to wait any longer and interrupted.

"I am sure you don't care much about the rank, so let's go! Follow me!"

As soon as he said those words, he flew into the air leaving the arena. Only after seeing that there was no response from the referee did Emery follow suit.

Led by Jai, the two of them arrived at an open clearing just a few miles away from the arena. Hundreds of people who were present in the arena followed after, as they certainly did not want to miss such a fight.

"Alright, now we're here," Jai said as his feet landed on the ground. He then turned to Emery who had just landed and said "I've shown you, my metal boys. Let me see yours."

Hearing that, Emery cast his [Mineralized Warrior] spell and summoned ten Type 1 soldier that looked similar to him. He then quickly ordered them to stand opposite the metallic humanoid Jai conjured. It was as if two armies were preparing to clash.

Seeing them, Jai smiled and said, "Hooo… looks like you underestimated me."

He glanced at one of his metal summons and immediately it charged alone towards one of the Mineralized Warriors. With just one punch, it broke through the warrior's defense and destroyed it into pieces.

Jai metal summon was definitely on a much higher level than his.

The metal soldier dashed back and Jai said with a smile, "Feel free to summon more.. We don't mind more challenges."

Emery knew that he might be manipulated to play on his opponent's hand, but honestly, he really didn't care about winning or losing right now. He considered fighting as an opportunity to practice, an experience to improve himself better.

Hence he did as requested and cast [Mineralized Warrior], summoning 100 Type one Mineralized Warriors at once. The sudden appearance of an army of summons sparked various reactions from the spectators.

On the other hand, a smile appeared on Jai's face as he saw the army saying, "That's better."

"Let's Fight!"

At the orders of their respective summoners, the two armies consisting of different summons marched forward and clashed with each other. 8 metal humanoids against 100 Mineralized Warriors; it was a conflict on the scale of a skirmish in a war.

It was a ten-against-one situation, putting the advantage of numbers on Emery's complete favor. On top of that, each and every Mineralized Warrior fought wielding a sword. At first glance, it seemed like there was no hope for the other party to win.

Clank! Clank! Clank!

The loud distinctive sound of metal clashing against a hard surface echoed through the air as the Mineralized Warriors attacked Jai's summons. However, despite their superiority in weapons, the warriors were only able to make scratches on the metallic humanoid bodies, dealing less damage needed to destroy them.

On the other hand, Jai's summons only needed to land one hit; a punch or a kick to destroy them into pieces. The stark difference in strength between the two sides was obvious.

Realizing that his warriors were not strong enough, Emery tried to surmount the issue by summoning more summons. This time, he summoned the Type two Mineralized Warrior that took the form of wolves. Twenty of them swiftly rushed forward to help their brethren.

Working together, the pack of Mineralized Wolves managed to overwhelm one of the metallic humanoids, tackling it down with sheer numbers before chewing its head off. With that, there were only seven Jai's summons remaining.

However, instead of being annoyed, Jai was happy to see his summons lose. To be precise, he was excited.

"Hahahah! Very good, impressive."

Afterward, he took out and threw three more metal balls, this time however it didn't turn into the form of the previous metal fighter, in fact, two metal balls grew four times bigger creating a pair of four meters tall gigantic humanoids with enormous limbs. 

Meanwhile, the other one turned into a humanoid figure just like the other eight, but with a slender physique.

The gigantic summon swiftly charged towards the army of Mineralized Warriors, the eight humanoids stood close to it as if covering behind a wall. On the other hand, the slender humanoid went to the broken humanoid and began to repair its headless state.

It was a full-function squad of metal humanoids.