The Magic Tower wasn't the only planning on increasing their power to compete in the auction.
In the Knightly Court, just beside the Duchess' palace, Squires and Knights were in deep training to prepare for the eventual fight in the auction.
Their territory had two concentric circle architectures.
The bigger circle was made for the Squires and the Knights in training. The whole area of the circle was equally divided into ten parts, which was equivalent to the 10 Ways that a Knight could take in their cultivation.
Although every Way in the Knightly Court was supposed to be equal, this specific Court in Metropolis couldn't help but have one Way stronger than the other.
And that was none other than the Way of the Axe. They had the superior number and power than the rest of the ways here in their branch in Metropolis.
This was due to one single person.
Kruger.