Nonetheless, the soul crystal's outer shell was tough beyond comparison, so much so that it showed no signs of breaking even after Buck Tooth assailed it with his ax. Even Francis had put in so much work to obtain his soul crystal, but at least he showed progress.
Buck Tooth's skills were no match for Francis, alas. Even after toiling for so long, nothing happened at all!
After frantically doing all he could, Buck Tooth's true energy was completely exhausted.
He had no way of continuing. All he could do was stop before he collapsed on the ground and panted heavily. His head was completely wet in sweat.
Buck Tooth's eyes were bloodshot; he seemed to have suffered a tremendous impact. He could not say anything for a long time, but everyone around him did not seem to pay much attention. All of them merely shook their heads silently and lamented Buck Tooth's stubbornness.
He had made an empty trip this time and everyone had advised him to not aim too greatly in case he ended up with nothing, yet Buck Tooth had thought that he would be able to compete with Francis and chose a crystal about the size of Francis'.
Other than Alex, everyone sympathized with Buck
Tooth. No one tried to mock him or agitate him, seeing how devastated he was. It was as if he had completely failed at everything in life.
Alex, however, was not so kind.
Alex had no way to vent his anger at that moment and merely grunted when he saw Buck Tooth. After that, he amusedly remarked, "I told you that you wouldn't be able to shatter the soul crystal, but you refused to believe me. Now, it slaps you right in the face. If you don't have the skill, then you don't have the skill.
Aren't you too fragile if you can't even accept that?"
Buck Tooth's face soured at those words. Fane even felt like Buck Tooth could even die at that moment.
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