Thomas walked over and said, “Tomorrow is the day Sky assembles martial artists from all over the world. Every martial artist is heading toward Mount Ludis right now. If I’m guessing correctly, Sky wants to be the Great Grandmaster of the entire martial community. He’s quite powerful and has reached the peak of the Skyward Stairway’s Ninth Stair. Now, only you can stop him.”

Thea looked at Thomas with a slightly troubled expression on her face. She said, “But I haven’t reached the Ninth Stair yet. I’m only at the Seventh Stair. There’s still a large gap between myself and Sky in terms of power.”

“You’re only at the Skyward Stairway’s Seventh Stair?” Thomas furrowed his brow.

Shortly after, he sighed and said, “There's not enough time. If you were given another two weeks, the power you’ll gain from the Four Holy Beasts’ blood would certainly get you to the Skyward Stairway’s Ninth Stair. However, we’re running out of time. You’ll have to go regardless. Given that Sky was the one who