Cohan knew that he was lost thoroughly. He looked at Bruce. After all, Bruce was his captain. Even though, in this tournament he wasn't his captain, in the Raven Sect, Bruce was his captain.
If it wasn't for the Heavenly Raven Sect's condition for Bruce to participate in the competition with no teammates and emerge champion, they would still have been participating in the competition as a team where Bruce would still had led them.
So Cohan looked at Bruce. He would do whatever Bruce asked him to do.
Bruce sighed. He knew that a shadow has been formed in Cohan's heart. Only when he killed Rick with his own strength, this shadow will break.
Bruce wasn't heartless. If he asked Cohan to continue, then it will be akin to sending him to his death. So he nodded his head indirectly asking him to give all his Passes to Rick.
Cohan hated this moment. But he respected Bruce. He admired him. So out of respect towards his captain, Cohan decisively gave all his Passes to Rick.
As soon as the Passes fell in his hands, the bracelet within all the members of the Star Moon Team gave a gentle sound. When they looked at their bracelets, they all smiled.
Previously they were ranked fifth. But Cohan was ranked third previously. And now after his defeat and after handling over his passes to Rick, Cohan no longer had any passes.
As soon as Rick received all the passes from Cohan, their previously ranked fifth spot was replaced with another higher position. They were now ranked second!
As per the person who was ranked first, It was not any suspense. Everyone knew that the person who was ranked first in the competition so far was none other than Bruce himself. He was undoubtedly the number one in the ranking so far.
Even though Bruce publicly didn't admit it, even though they weren't told by anyone, if the first spot was not occupied by Bruce, then no one has the qualifications to occupy the leading spot.
As soon as he saw that his team was now ranked second, Rick felt some peace within his heart and mind. It was as if a shackle which was binding him for a long time has been broken.
A mysterious feeling surged through his heart. If felt as if he was achieving peace of his lifetime. He was in some kind of mysterious state.
BOOM!
A small and gentle explosion took place with in his body. Everyone once again remained speech days after hearing this more and gentle explosion. They were very familiar with this explosion sound. This kind of sound will only come from a person's body if that person is about to make a major breakthrough.
"As I said, you were about to reap your benefits now." ,Arjun smiled and said.
You looked at others and said, "Let us give him some time. He is about to reach a new realm."
Everyone waited. About after half an hour, another gentle explosion took place within Rick's body. His Astral Qi exploded with even greater momentum.
Rick opened his eyes. The essence of gathering system finally displayed a notification in his sight which confirmed his newly attained cultivation level.
[Congratulations for the post to make a major breakthrough]
[Host made a major breakthrough which resulted in advancement from Immortal Origin Stage to the Immortal Body Origin Stage]
[First successfully broke through from Immortal Origin Stage to the Immortal Body Origin Stage]
[Host's cultivation base is now at 1st Level of Immortal Body Origin Stage]
Ricks mind after hearing their notification. It took him no time to reach the 12th Level of Immortal Origin Stage through the essence gathering system.
But the requirement for breaking through to the Immortal Body Origin Stage was massively high. He required 25,000,000 XP to reach Immortal Body Origin Stage.
But one single intense fight on the brink of death gave him new insight which covered this requirement. A single intense fight on the brink of death was equalled to 25,000,000 experience points!
Rick found it completely insane. But everyone knows that only during the life and death crisis one would break their bottleneck. And today Rick experienced it for himself.
He now certainly understood why Arjun placed those harsh conditions for him. If it wasn't for the intense fight on the brink of death, there is no way he would have taken this fight quite seriously and made this breakthrough.
"Thank you, boss!" ,Rick said from the bottom of his heart. He really meant it. If it wasn't for Arjun who put such a harsh condition in front of him during that fight, there is no way he would have gained 25,000,000 XP in such a short time. He was truly thankful for Arjun.
"Was it necessary?" ,Arjun smiled and said, "We are friends. We are family. There is no need for any Thanksgiving among ourselves. As a partner, it is my responsibility to make you strong as quickly as possible and as efficiently as possible. All I was doing is performing my duty. So there is no need for you to thank me. Just enjoy your breakthrough."
"Sure!" ,Rick smiled and replied with heart full of happiness.
BOOM!
At that time, on another part of the battlefield, another explosion took place. A person flew a little high in the air and fell on the ground. His head was separated from his body has fallen on the ground dead!
"Young Lord Peter!"
The person nearest to the head recognised the owner of the head and shouted in horror. The owner of the head was actually Peter!
Everyone were focusing on the fight between Rick and Cohan so much to the point where most of the people did not even bother to watch the fight between Peter and Logan.
Peter's separated head was full of disbelief and horror. It was as if we had seen something really order. No one knew what did he see as everyone were watching the fight between Rick and Cohan.
Logan came forward and said, "Damn it! This bastard is not only weak but also had very little amount of passes with him. It's not enough at all."
People remained speechless after hearing this comment. Even though Peter was not that ridiculously as strong as Bruce, he was still the person not to he underestimated.
And yet, Logan managed to kill him. But most importantly, he called Peter weak! Even if he was stronger than Peter, there was no need to call him weak right?
This comment was not equal to just looking down on Peter. But it is also equal to looking down on the entire Raven Sect.
Killing Peter itself an inescapable crime in the eyes of the Raven Sect. And now he was insulting the Raven Sect as well.
Don't these people fear the response from the Raven Sect?