The Medallion novel Chapter 38

"Surely, if you succeed in lifting the bronze tripod, it means your physical qualities including your strength and power are good enough to qualify as a spirit manipulator. In other words, you no longer need to participate in the early stage of your training," Mia glanced at Rocky and nodded as she announced.

"I'll give it a try," Rocky smiled. If he could lift the bronze tripod, he would be exempted from training for a month. This would give him time to dig into the Beast Evaluation Skill. With this in mind, he walked through the crowd towards the bronze tripod.

"Humph. Even I couldn't lift it. I don't believe that piece of shit can do it. He just wants to show everyone that his power is at the second grade of the Mortal Stage. What a narrow vision. If he didn't fuse with the Holy Dragon Bead with his sheer dumb luck, he would've been just a nobody," Bear yelled deliberately to embarrass Rocky in public.

All of a sudden, the other young men kicked up a fuss and laughed at the idea of Rocky seeking the limelight.

"What if I could lift it?" Rocky sneered as he gave Bear a cold stare.

"If you do, I'll call you grandfather. But if you fail in lifting the bronze tripod, you have to run ten laps around the dragon field while barking like a dog." Obviously, Bear was still holding a grudge against Rocky, so he immediately seized the opportunity to provoke him. Although Mia could hear them, the bet was within reason.

And sure enough, she turned a blind eye on Bear's behavior.

"Remember what you said. Stay right here and prepare to call me grandfather," Rocky growled as he pointed at Bear.

In an instant, everyone burst into laughter.

Bear's face turned blue but soon he regained his composure when he imagined Rocky running ten laps around the dragon field while barking like a dog.

"Are you sure you can lift the bronze tripod? I told you that a man at least at the fifth grade of the Mortal Stage can lift it and currently, you are only at the second grade of the Mortal Stage. The gap might be too big to ignore. I don't think you should be overestimating your strength. You might be disgraced!" Mia urged with the best of intentions.

Upon hearing that, Rocky was reminded of the bet they had. Now that he was at the third grade of the Mortal Stage, he could now ask her to a date if he wanted to. The moment Rocky remembered this, he instantly lit up with joy. He believed Mia's expression would be very interesting by then.

Feeling Rocky's weird eyes, Mia had a sense of foreboding. She felt herself like a prey that fell into the hunter's trap as Rocky's eyes were glued to her.

"Hurry up. Your training is about to start," Mia reminded seriously. Anyway, she held on to her belief that Rocky wouldn't be able to lift the bronze tripod.

Rocky smiled at Mia as the Dragon Spirit Mark on his left arm appeared. However, in order to hide the truth that he was at the third grade of the Mortal Stage, he had to lower his spiritual power on purpose. Moreover, his dragon spiritual power was so special that no one was capable of sensing its strength unless he released it.

He channeled his dragon spiritual power up to the second grade of the Mortal Stage and instead of lifting the bronze tripod directly, Rocky took two steps back and jumped to kick the bronze tripod. At that moment, he gathered all his dragon spiritual power to his legs. Bang! The leg full of the dragon spiritual power hit the edge beneath the bronze tripod. Making use of the dragon spiritual power, Rocky threw the bronze tripod seven to eight hundred pounds to make it roll in the air. Though not very high, the height of about two meters was fairly enough.

Immediately, Rocky jumped forward and transferred the dragon spiritual power that he had in his legs to his arms as he prepared to bear the weight of the bronze tripod. Within a second, the rolling bronze tripod fell exactly on his arms. Rocky lowered his body's center of gravity to hold it better as the air billowed around his feet to blow the dust and form a thick cloud.

Upon witnessing what just happened, all the people's hearts rocked as none of them expected Rocky to be able to withstand the weight of the bronze tripod.

While at this point, the dragon spiritual power had run all over Rocky's body and had adjusted his body to its maximum. Only a few moments later, the bronze tripod was steadily resting on top of him.

As for those present, they all stared in silence as they were completely amazed by the image of Rocky holding the bronze tripod up.

"How could this be possible?" Mia was astonished. Though Rocky made use of the force he created with a kick, it was definitely more difficult to catch the bronze tripod in the air than lift it directly from the ground. Because sending it into the air doubled its speed while falling and made the force of its impact upon dropping a lot stronger. However, beyond everyone's expectations, Rocky's arms had such amazing endurance and displayed strength they would never expect from how it looked like, very thin and weak.

Mia didn't know that Rocky had actually carried out precise calculations before he decided to lift the bronze tripod. Otherwise, he wouldn't have done it with such confidence. However, he didn't let his arms bear the whole weight of the bronze tripod. He had figured out two pivot points of the bronze tripod that helped him in balancing it. Though it looked as if the bronze tripod was resting on his arms, it was actually his whole body that sustained its weight. Furthermore, he made rational use of his dragon spiritual power.

Of course, most people wouldn't be able to execute this. Rocky was an exception because he was a geneticist which meant he knew a lot about the inner structures and genes of the human body. Namely, he could reach his body's full potential that was beyond the understanding of the current technology found in the world. Undoubtedly, the genetic beast he was studying would surprise the whole world one day.

"Damn it. How in the world did he lift it?" Bear gnashed his teeth. He wasn't aware of the fact that Rocky had everything under control and that he was completely sure of himself after his precise calculations. Therefore, Bear naturally fell into the trap.

Bang! Rocky put the bronze tripod down. If it wasn't for the deafening noise, maybe most people would have doubted the truth of it and refused to believe what they just saw with their very own eyes. How could Rocky who was weaker than them and was just at the second grade of the Mortal Stage lift such a heavy bronze tripod?

All the young men discussed animatedly in surprise. Bear's face turned ghastly pale.

In this case, Rocky had broken the record set by Shirley. With his power merely at the second grade of the Mortal Stage, he passed the challenging test with such ease. It was truly a rare sight for any new royal spirit manipulator.

That was just as it should be. All the people considered it a miracle. However, for Rocky, it was only a piece of cake with the help of his wisdom and talents.

"Master Mia, am I now exempted from training for the next month?" Rocky looked back at Mia.

She looked a bit odd as she glanced at Rocky. She then grudgingly nodded to affirm. The other young men shot an envious glance at Rocky. What a fortunate thing for Rocky that he didn't need to attend training for a whole month.

"Well, I'm leaving now." Rocky laughed and walked away under the watchful eyes of the young men.