Chapter 2900: Excitement

Another twelve years old young boy entered the arena with him, looking surprised. "Hey, it is you already, Rean?"
Excitement.
"Hey Foster! Don't hold back on me. Friends should give their best, no hard feelings!" Rean spoke with excitement. Weeks of talking with the village people got Rean quite some new friends of the same age.
"Obviously!" Foster nodded and assumed a fighting stance. "No hard feelings when I win."
"Hahaha!" Rean laughed and assumed a stance as well. There were no weapons, so there wasn't really a need for a judge. The only rule was that you should stop when your adversary hits the ground. It was that simple.
Foster ran forward and punched out... easily hitting Rean's face and forcing him back a few steps. However, he didn't fall.
Foster laughed and tried again, although Rean dodged this time and delivered a kick on his belly... just barely.
"Go, Foster, go!"
"Rean, don't give up!"
Rean was quite surprised. He was definitely holding back, but even without any cultivator, Foster was much stronger than the kids back in the Varen Tribe, where Rean and Roan were born. Twelve-year-old kids back then would already be in the second or third stage of the Body Transformation Realm. Yet, Foster was stronger without any cultivation, and it wasn't just a little.
'Can you see it?' Rean spoke while he pretended to have a hard fight with Foster.
Roan obviously nodded. 'He doesn't have cultivation, but he should be as strong as an Initial Stage Energy Gathering Realm expert back in our Varen Tribe. And this is just a forgotten village in the middle of nowhere in a mortal world. Quite impressive.'
After a minute of fight, Rean finally delivered a blow that knocked Foster to the ground. He pretended to gasp for air and extended his hand forward. "Ni-Nice fight, Foster. You- You are strong."
Foster coughed and accepted Rean's help to get up. "Man... can't believe I lost to you, but I almost got you too."
In the next fight, Rean changed his approach. He was the one to charge forward. The kid tried to hit Rean when they got close to each other. Yet, Rean parried the fist with one hand while he punched with the other, delivering a heavy blow to the kid's belly and forcing him to kneel. Another victory and it only took two seconds. 'I feel like a Roa- I mean, a bully...'
'Hmph!' Roan snorted but didn't say anything. That was indeed his method, and he didn't regret it.
In the end, Rean reached the final, but the other kid only trembled in fear. Everyone saw Rean fighting so far, so how could they not be afraid?
"Rean, you are too strong..." Larson, his opponent in the final, complained.
"Sorry. But hey, I will teach you guys later. How about that?" Rean asked back with a smile. "Really?!" Larson's mood immediately improved. "You promised!"
Rean faintly smiled and quickly ended the battle again. Larson was also not a match for him.
By now, there wasn't a single eye that didn't focus on Rean and his fighting prowess. Yet, at this moment, the green crystal finally showed a reaction. It began to shine with such intensity that it couldn't stay hidden from everyone's eyes anymore.
Following that, the same energy came out of it and entered Rean's body. The amount of it was much higher than it was for any kid so far.
Roan glanced at Didi, who couldn't even pretend anymore. The excitement on Didi's face was obvious to anyone to see. It's just that everyone was still confused about what that light was.
*Pin!*
[Werdlem connection detected.]
[New parameters have been provided.]
[Waiting for Werdlem Stone acquisition.]
'Well, seems like we didn't need to impress Didi in the end,' Rean spoke through their
connection.