"Medical team! Hurry!" Leikas was stunned and shouted loudly.

The medical team rushed up to Stuart, then helped him to stop the bleeding and gave him some medication.

"Rest a.s.sured, he will not die," Steve said calmly.

As he had taken the last jab with his sword, Steve had deliberately restrained his strength. Otherwise, the jab would have been enough to chop Stuart in half.

Leikas glared at Steve and said, "If he dies, you would not get the number one spot. Instead, you would be expelled from the army!"

After a while, the team leader, Kaki, was relieved and said, "The injury has been temporarily stabilized, but he needs to be moved to the first aid cabin for recovery. He will not be able to move for quite some time. Had the sword gone any deeper, his heart would have been lacerated."

This was indeed serious, as once a heart was lacerated, even the most advanced technology would not be able to salvage it.

"Can he take part in the next battle?" asked Leikas.

Kaki shook his head and said, "Whether he will even wake up today is still unknown."

He can only blame his bad luck for his not to be able to continue. Carry him away," Leikas said. The medical team then carried Stuart away.

The recruits at the scene looked at Stuart in disbelief. Many recruits had yet to recover from the shocking scene that they had just witnessed.

"Now, I declare that the number one spot goes to Steve. Stuart is too injured to carry on in the battle, and Sofia won the second place, while the third place went to Stuart," Leikas announced. "The award ceremony will be held tomorrow."

At this point, the audience was cheering. Looking at Steve in the ring, they felt as if they were watching the birth of a new king.

"Steve won!"

"How did he do it? He beat Stuart with his sword, and in just one move!"

"Steve!"

"Steve!"

The cheers were thunderous, like cras.h.i.+ng waves. Although the results were unexpected, Steve's strength was recognized by everyone.

In their eyes, Stuart was already an invincible powerhouse. But, he had now been defeated by Steve in just one move!

Although they could not figure out the reason behind the win, everyone witnessed that Steve had defeated Stuart with his own ability. At this point, Steve became a legend among the recruits.

He had dramatically risen from the bottom of the rankings to the first spot! The results of the top three were also unexpected. Stuart was third, because he was too injured to compete, which left Sofia in the second spot.

Steve sighed in relief. In other people's opinions, he had defeated Stuart easily. Only he knew that, during the decisive battle just now, with his continuous use of Claw Storm Attack, combined with his other skills, the battle had taken a serious toll on his strength.

Now, he did not even have the strength to move his fingers. If Stuart had lasted any longer in the battle, Steve would not have had the strength to carry on.

Steve picked up a bottle of recovery serum to drink. This was helpful in restoring a little of his strength.

In this ranking battle, Steve hda acc.u.mulated a rich amount of fighting experience. Even his Dark Shadow stunt had a breakthrough, enabling it to divide into two shadows.

At the moment, Steve had something else on his mind. All he could think of was Lucy.

After Lucy had lost , she left the ring. He was worried about Lucy, but hadn't had the time to look for her yet, as he was busy battling.

After Sofia battled Steve, she left to search for Lucy. Sofia was worried that Lucy would do something silly. Unfortunately, after searching for more than an hour, she was still unable to find her.

At this point, she suddenly received a call from Leikas. She accepted the call and immediately saw Leikas' three-dimensional projection appear in front of her.

"Instructor, give me a little more time. I will hurry back to the compet.i.tion." Sofia said immediately, before even allowing him to say a word.

She thought that Leikas was rus.h.i.+ng her to go back to the compet.i.tion. Sofia was ready to battle it out with Stuart, as they never got the chance to fight each other one on one.

"You don't need to come back to battle. I'm calling to tell you that you have taken the second spot," said Leikas calmly.

"Second? I haven't even fought against Stuart yet. How did I get the second spot?" Sofia was confused.

"Stuart lost his fighting capacity and is being treated in the first-aid cabin. Steve almost killed him in the battle just now. So, you are automatically being promoted to second place," said Leikas.

"Wait! Wait a minute! What are you saying? Steve almost killed Stewart? So, he won first place and I won second place, because Stewart couldn't fight?" Sofia repeated it back, still finding it difficult to believe what she had just heard. She had only been away for a little over an hour, yet so many changes had taken place!

"Correct. Steve won first place, you second, Stuart third. I don't want to repeat myself again." Leikas hung up his end of the call, refusing to explain yet again.

He had to admit that he understood why Sofia was so shocked. Even he had found it hard to accept the results at first.

Steve won... That sc.u.mbag defeated Stuart, and almost killed him?

Sofia hurriedly looked through the battle record, trying to confirm that she had not misheard the results of the battle. To prevent new recruits from cheating, every battle was recorded by electronic video recorders.

Sofia sat down to watch the recording of the battle between Steve and Stuart...

"The sharp claws! He used that technique before." Sofia recognized the Claw Storm Attack and was shocked. "This is so powerful!"

The whole battle process lasted less than thirty seconds. But, even in that short duration, Sofia saw the real strength of Steve. She also saw that Stuart truly had tried his best. Unfortunately, Stuart had underestimated Steve's strength.

"He is actually that strong... He probably held back his full strength when he battled me earlier." Upon realizing this, Sofia found it hard to calm down.

In fact, she had still not reconciled the fact that she had lost the battle to Steve. She felt that, if Steve had not used indecent tricks on her, she would not have lost.

But, after watching the video, she realized that Steve had not used his full strength to fight her in their battle. Had Steve used the Claw Storm Attack and other consecutive stunts on her, she would probably have lost the battle even sooner than she did.

"Have I been thinking too little of him, or… do I really have a prejudice against him…?" Sophia frowned and began to reflect on her actions.

However, she was unwilling to admit that Steve was stronger than her. But, there was no denying that, should she and Steve face-off again, she would most likely not win.

Thinking of such things made Sofia begin to feel a great sense of unrest in her heart. She started to immediately reflect on her actions, questioning whether they had been right or wrong.

Meanwhile, Steve had been searching for Lucy for a long time. Yet, she seemed nowhere to be found!

Looks like I can only see her at the awards ceremony tomorrow…

Discouraged, Steve sighed helplessly.