Chapter 61: Level Nine Outer Sect Task

Born without a bloodline, yet favored by the heavens. Fortune clung to him like a cloak. His cultivation soared at an absurd pace, and even Maxton Showyer, the academy's Grand Elder, had taken a liking to him and accepted him as a nominal disciple. Each piece of news piled onto the next until Leanna Seywell could not help growing curious about Archie Cutmore. Two months earlier, when Archie had openly challenged Alex Yare, she had told him plainly: if he could defeat Alex, he would be qualified...