“I’ll see you at the promotion ceremony,” said Kang Hyun-Woon irritably before handing over the shattered spear to a disciple and leaving the sparring ground. 0

Sung-Ha sighed deeply once all of the other disciples had left as well.0

“Phew…”0

The overnight training combined with the recoil from creating seven rings using the unfamiliar technique for domain sparring had caused a lot of fatigue. However, he also felt a sense of relief from having successfully created seven rings.0

With a tired expression on his face, he took his time catching his breath; he hadn’t felt the sense of total exhaustion in a long time.0

“You’ve made an utter mess,” said Se-Hoon after climbing to the sparring ground.0

He looked around at the floor.0

“Didn’t you tell me to break his spear?” Sung-Ha asked.0

“You should have broken it more gracefully. Do you know how expensive Dragon Firestone is?”1

There were hardly any fragments of the spear left; most of them had been pulverized into powder with no trace left. Se-Hoon continued grumbling while picking up a few remaining fragments. Sung-Ha looked on curiously.0

“How did you know?”0

“Know what?”0

“That there was a problem with Kang Hyun-Woon’s spear.”0

Sung-Ha was able to win this domain spar partly due to the specialized properties of the Black Flame Wheel for this particular type of sparring and partly because Kang Hyun-Woon’s skill was at a lower level than the other mentors.0

However, he was only able to have such an overwhelming victory because he heard about the spear’s flaw from Se-Hoon.0

 “As soon as our flame rings clashed, I could tell that with a little pressure, the weapon...0