Wow! The item-dropping rate is really high!

"They didn't let you go on?" Yue Ying softly asked beside Bai E's ear.

Since the competition began, she had unobtrusively made her way to Bai E's side.

Except for Bai E, no one else nearby had noticed the presence of this elf lady.

"I don't know," Bai E shrugged indifferently, "The guard currently on stage is said to be the Guard Commander close to our lord, with exceptional martial skills. His strength is probably no less than mine."

The so-called warrior competition focuses on pure martial skills since this is the first communicative competition between the two races that came about from the need to understand each other. It's more about the clash of techniques than a straightforward contest of victory or defeat.

The Elf Race is a rather pure breed.

Their study of various skills is at its peak, and when discussing a skill, they instinctively exclude any unrelated influencing factors.

In the contests between the two races, the Elves' "purity" is naturally followed as well.

The exhibition of martial skills using only the physical attributes is the focus of the competition, directly using Spiritual Energy to cast magic is heresy. Of course, certain abilities that can use both Spiritual Energy and the body's action force reserves are still considered part of martial skills.

After all, the contestants only wore magic-restraining bracelets and had no equipment that forbade the use of action force reserves.

"Oh," Yue Ying's eyes flickered lightly, "then he should be careful, as Zoro is also one of our race's warriors, no less powerful than me."

"No less than you?" Bai E glanced at his side with a somewhat peculiar look.

As for the actual strength of this elf lady beside him, Bai E had never had a clear understanding.

The most explosive display of her power he knew of was that earth-shattering sword she unleashed when rescuing the Mech Pilots of the Mechanical Court on the battlefield against the Bug Race.

A single strike divided yin and yang, parting heaven and earth.

Of course, achieving such a feat would certainly require using Spiritual Energy; without utilizing Spiritual Energy, it was uncertain what her standard combat strength was.

Perhaps, through the strength of the elf warrior who entered the fray, a glimpse into Yue Ying's true power could be seen.

The two contestants on the field stared heavily at their opponents in front of them.

The competition may have started as a simple exchange of skills, but both knew that it involved the first cooperation between the two races.

Which side could seize the initiative in the battle negotiation likely lay in the outcome of their contest, and Zoro had been through such trials more than once.

And every powerful human he encountered fell without exception at his hands.

'I really want to witness this so-called "War God" among humans...' Zoro's gaze flashed with a sharp light, his tall and slender body suddenly burst forth, charging like a sharp battle knife, cutting straight in.

Guard Commander Nolan, who seemed burly, turned out to be extremely capable to serve as the personal guard to the lord, naturally making him a formidable force within all of Blackwater City.

Facing the elf's initial aggression, the muscular Nolan displayed a speed that starkly contradicted his build.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

In just a blink of an eye, the air was filled with several sounds of collisions between fists and feet.

Dull and fierce, they caused a tremor in one's heart.

Both were aware that their opponent was certainly one of the best among their respective races; they wouldn't take the fight lightly, beginning with the most basic of physical attributes and simple combat techniques.

The most basic, yet also the most crucial.

Bai E activated his Spiritual Energy, adding a layer of hazy spiritual light to his eyes.

If he were in the midst of the fight, relying on his body's instinctual response to combat, he could effortlessly fend off attacks launched by both sides without needing any time to think.

But as an onlooker, the ongoing battle seemed to lack sufficient clarity.

The enhancement from Spiritual Energy allowed him to observe the movements of both sides more clearly and helped him study their combat habits to a certain extent.

The elf's physique was vastly different from a human's. Just a glance made Bai E feel uncomfortable.

Projecting himself into the fight, he felt that many of the elf's movements defied the natural limits of the body, with a slim frame possessing unimaginable muscle strength and skeletal capacity.

A structure that looked similar to a human's, yet with a level of physical capability beyond human reach.

Against the elf warrior he encountered for the first time, Guard Commander Nolan, who hadn't had prior experience, seemed uncomfortable.

However, having undergone three rounds of gene optimization, his gene optimization rate had reached 5.7%, with his attributes' upper limit reaching an astonishing 30 points!

Developing his physical attributes to the extreme made him stand out in all of Blackwater City. Given more time to fully master his current body, he was confident about taking the next gene optimization injection, which would once again significantly boost his attributes.

But even at his current level without the upgrade, such attributes allowed him to perform miracles with brute force.

The occasional heavy punch he managed to land forced the elf to sidestep its edge.

It seemed like the male elf was making a mockery with his more agile form, but he was, in fact, in a precarious situation.