Lucy calmly stepped onto the martial stage. Everyone turned their attention to her. Along with Lucius, she was considered one of the weakest in the qualifiers, having only a single ring. Anyone at that level usually wouldn't even survive one exchange against the others. It wasn't just about being two rings behind — everyone here was a top-tier talent, treated like geniuses by their clans.
But at the same time — though it was a secret — the three biggest clans in the empire were well-informed. They all knew the twins had gone through an Ancestral Awakening.
Everyone who went through that kind of awakening… either died young in tragic ways… or became major figures. On Earth, all six Emperors who ruled the empires came from that kind of awakening.
