The four families' candidates started fighting and after every match the candidates has to go back to recover, at least the candidates who won every battle went back to recover as soon as possible, because, they are all aiming for the Future-heir position.
Sanjay was appointed as the future-heir when he was just a Novice. Since then, they have been competing, but they weren't able to go anywhere near winning.
The place was just so close yet so far out of reach. Sanjay is like a huge abyss they have to cross, if they want to fulfil their desire, but they are just not capable enough to do so.
But no one gave up. They tried to compete for any chance they got. Of course, there are only so many occasions where they can compete for that and the family meeting is one of them.
So, every grand realm cultivator in core disciples who are of same age as Sanjay are trying their best to recover.
As for Sanjay himself, he is looking into the crowd in search of Sam. He wanted to find any possible signs of him. He is completely nonchalant about the competition for his position. He didn't put any of these elite core disciples in his eyes.
His lack of interest only fuelled the flames of determination in the core disciples.
By afternoon, the four- family competition has come to an end.
The final phase of the family meeting, the competition for the future heir has begun. All the injured candidates who are injured earlier are now in top shape again. They consumed pills and potions, which are highly valuable and potent. Generally, they are saved for most life-threatening situations, but now, they didn't hold back and consumed them.
Sanjay also came onto the centre of the battle ground along with nine other candidates.
The Faction-head stood up and announced.
"Now, it is time for the final-phase of the family meeting is about to begin, the competition for the position of the future heir.
The Battle Royale. The last man standing out all ten will be the future heir of the beast faction."
The competition for the Future-heir position is pretty simple and straight forward. All of them have to battle and the winner will take the position.
All the candidates took a deep breath, they were just waiting for this moment for very long. They couldn't wait to jump into the battle.
But they were surprised by the Faction-head's next words.
"The title and rewards for the winner will be given by the Ancestor himself. So, try your best."
All the audience was stunned. They didn't expect that there would be such a thing.
The Ancestor of the Beast faction is the grand father of the current Faction-head. He is the former faction head and is one of the best in their generation. He went into seclusion after the current faction-head took the position.
He is a legendary existence in the whole sect and every chance to meet the ancestor is taken as a blessing as his teachings are considered invaluable.
There are many people who wanted to be his disciple and considered that chance to be more valuable than the position of the future-heir. Because, the position of the future heir doesn't give any guarantee of taking the position of the next head.
Because, it can be challenged and competed for. But they believed that once they became the disciple of the ancestor, they would definitely be able to surpass the future-heir and take over that position in one way or another. And that position would be only be one of the benefits.
As the candidates are running various scenarios and speculations on what it would the reward be, the fight has already started.
The one who made the first move is Sanjay himself.
*Whish*
The chain sickle, cut through the air as the blade revolved all over the field tried to hit the nearest candidate to him.
But the candidates became vigilant as soon as they heard the whistling sound of the wind.
The attack was defended and everyone looked at Sanjay vigilantly. Sanjay is still wearing his usual with his face covered in the Black cloth with only his eyes being visible.
All of them exchanged glances and made Sanjay their common target with a tacit understanding.
They all knew he is the strongest of them all and there is a little chance fighting against him and winning one-on-one. So, they decided to eliminate him first by ganging up on him.
Sanjay didn't seem surprised about this he is wielding the chain sickle as he kept all the ten candidates at bay. He might be the one who is surrounded, but he was the one who is controlling them with the single weapon as he set the perimeter. But he is not standing in a single position. He is continuously dodging against all the ranged attacks.
Unknown to the candidates, they are all moving according to his rhythm. Sanjay is like the centre of the circle formed by all other nine candidates and he is moving the circle bit by bit as he controlled their relative positions.
Suddenly, one of the candidates felt his back against the wall. It is literally his back against the wall because he reached the end of the battle ground before he knew it.
The chain sickle came swirling as it made a huge slash on his chest as he was unable to react to the sudden entrapment. He wasn't able to move sideways as quickly as the sickle.
The sickle impaled itself into his chest and stayed there. Sanjay pulled the chain and the man came along with it like a fish that stuck to the hook.
He laid unconscious in no time.
In just few minutes, one out of the nine opponents were down.
They all felt chills, they didn't expect that one hit is all it takes, they do know that they don't have much chance against Sanjay, but now they truly felt the gap.
Six guys took out their beast pouches all of a sudden.
They don't want to hold back anymore, they felt like they should go all out on Sanjay, if they want to have any chance at winning.
Sanjay swung his chain, throwing out the candidate who was unconscious.
He looked at the six beasts, there is a fox type beast, a wolf type one, a tiger, a large snake, a lion, an ape.
All of them started roaring and hissing as they came out, they are all looking at Sanjay with hostility. In this situation, even Sanjay has to back off a little. He could take these opponents without using his beast, but that would take a lot of his energy and might injure him, but he has some other plans.
He called back his chain sickle and took out his beast pouch as well.
Suddenly, the atmosphere turned chilly and they felt freezing cold. They saw a long figure come out of nowhere.
The fog has blurred everyone's vision and all the candidates could see is the silhouette of a being with long body.
The higher-ups all frowned and looked with confusion, while the candidates are extremely nervous, the disciples in the audience are extremely excited, because this is the first time Sanjay is using his beast.
He has never used neither his beast nor his element in a battle, there are only few instances where he used his element in battle, as for the beast, he never used it.
Only the closed confidants know about his beast.
Soon, the fog cleared up and a majestic flood dragon appeared, its long body with the claws all covered up with icy blue scales.
It looked at the rest of the beasts which are extremely vigilant and cautious due to the bloodline suppression and roared.
*ROAR*
There was a freezing cold air and a faint layer of frost was formed on the backs of the beasts and the sweat on the candidates was also frozen.
This is the Frost Flood dragon which lives in the Glaciers of the north pole.
Sam looked at the flood dragon and couldn't help but feel surprised, he never expected that he would meet a dragon type beast here.
Although, the true dragons don't like to associate with the flood dragons and Wyrens, they do have some faint traces of dragon blood in them.
The remaining nine beasts quivered in their spots and instantly their presence turned out to be more of a hindrance than an assistance in their battle.
Sanjay started swing his chain sickle as the blade of the sickle was covered with frosty blue ice. He made a move when the candidates are still stunned.
The sickle bypassed the beast and struck a candidate on his shoulder and instantly the shoulder was frozen on the spot.
The candidates lost their will to fight when they saw the flood dragon. All of them are extremely afraid and the battle became a walk in the park for Sanjay.
"The Future-Heir is still Sanjay." The Faction-head announced the victory after a few minutes.
