As Michael took the field again, the spectators wondered, "What extraordinary event are we going to witness this time?

"The 13th fight..." All those who fought until the last fight. It was the peak of the peak. The participants were happier. Most of the top 16 were very strong. They were happy to see the weaker ones. so they could have a chance to make it to the quarter-finals.

"The 16th fight. It's the last fight of the top 32. The first 16 fights after this fight. It will take place a week later." While the spectators were upset, there were even those who wondered how they would wait for a week later.

Of course, it's only for the 1st class. For the higher classes, fights at this level were nothing but nonsense. These were power levels that ordinary people could reach. There were people who came to watch the tournament just to see if they could recognise people with potential and try to befriend them.

Some communities within the Academy also formed a union by uniting geniuses in this way.

"The 16th fight, Raiya VS Tsukaba," Michael said. Among the participants, there were only the winners and the laggards. They wanted to see how their new opponent fought and prepare for him.

"Fight with Justice." With Michael's words, both sides attacked each other, Tsukaba's eyes instantly became clear, revealing that he was half a foot of blue lightning. Raiya did not show his eyes.

Toma was still lying unconscious when Kai came to his side.

"You've been unconscious too long. They'll start to worry." No one saw them as Kai put his hand on Toma's head. Everyone was focused on the fight. Kai had chosen such a moment so they wouldn't suspect Kai of being a mind thief.

As Kai's pupil glowed with red light, a feeling of excitement reached his pupil from the top right.

As Kai entered Toma's mind, a sudden shock woke him up. Since the difference between them was so great, his mind-stealing abilities were quite adequate. His months of training with Auron had not been in vain.

"Ah!"

Toma woke up suddenly. Gasping for breath, she began to look around. She held her head. She was moving her hand around, looking for his spear.

"What? Where am I?"

"The match ended and you were unconscious. That's why I left your spear on the pitch." Toma looked at the others and saw that they were all focused on the other match.

"So..... I lost?" Kai shook his head, genuinely feeling sorry for her. The girl's strength was actually good enough to compete with half-steps. But that was an insignificant level of power in front of Kai. Would it have made a difference even if she had taken a half-step into the green lightning instead of the blue lightning?

"This is the last match of the top 32. You can choose to stay in the arena if you want to watch." As Toma stood up, he felt like falling for a moment. At that moment, Kai immediately grabbed his arm.

"That's better for now."

The two of them walked over to Zachery. Zachery just glanced at him and returned his gaze to the pitch.

"How's it going Zachery?" Zachery looked at him. He waved his hand in the air nonchalantly.

"You can call me Zack. My parents always called me Zack. It feels weird saying my full name."

Then Zack pointed to the pitch. There was a charismatic boy with red hair and an ordinary-looking tall boy with black hair named Tsukaba.

"He's making fun of him."

Raiya still hadn't shown his eyes. But Tsukaba was half a step. If he could humiliate her like that, Raiya was at least half a step.

Raiya looked over to where the participants were and saw Kai.

Instantly grabbing Tsukaba by the neck and slamming him to the ground, this match was over. Raiya looked at Kai with his green coloured glowing eyes.

As Raiya's eyes completed the yellow lightning, everyone thought it was over. When the blue base emerged from under the yellow lightning, people were not surprised this time. Of all the geniuses, Tsukaba was probably a great genius. In fact, he certainly was. He was a half-step. But there were monsters that could defeat even geniuses.

Boyd was the only one surprised. As Raiya looked at Kai'a, everyone knew what it meant. The strong challenging each other. It was normal. But Kai was someone who wasn't sure if he was in the blue lightning or not. At that moment, after people saw how easily he defeated Toma, it was hard not to think that he was at least blue lightning.

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"The winner of the last fight is Raiya. The final 16 are as follows;

Kai - Milah - Elena - Melony - Zachery - John - Summer - Jack - Kevin - Sarah - Boyd - Kronos - Luka - Jamie - Nora - Raiya"

Kai turned round and saw Quentin. He was leaving. Emma watched as he followed close behind, was it too late to regret it? She didn't want it to end like this. She felt something conflict inside her. Something was driving her towards Kai. Yet she had no desire to talk to him after all that had happened. Why was this happening?

It was raining. While the darkness of the night covered everything, the rain was helping him. The tournament, which had started early in the morning, had only reached this stage in the evening.

"Hey!" Kai called out to Quentin as Quentin turned round and looked at him. He remembered that he was quite strong.

He didn't say anything. He looked at Kai's face. Kai walked towards him and stopped a metre away from him.

"Have you really reached that level of peace?" Quentin looked at him, completely uncaring.

"Yes, I have, haven't you already reached it? Why do you wonder?" Kai looked at him and smiled. This person could do well in the world tournament. That was marvellous.

"How about we make a deal? I can make you stronger faster. I can help you increase your potential, but in return you will tell me how you reached this level of peace of mind."

Quentin could be called handsome. His black hair fell to his shoulders. He had blue eyes and a nose that fit his head perfectly. Kai had never seen him smile. He was very serious during the tournament. He was just like the others, but Kai knew from the way Quentin spoke that this man came from a disciplined family. His fighting style was definitely not that of an amateur.

"You don't have to give anything for this. I'll tell you anyway. The mountain beyond the school. That's where I went from a sense of peace to this level. I don't know why." Kai smiled broadly as he looked at her.

"Lie down on the grass, don't think about anything. Just relax, you don't need to think. You don't have to try. It's actually the easiest feeling to develop, Quentin. "As Kai turned and walked away, Quentin's face showed surprise for the first time. But then he hit his head. He had really thought about it before. After all, the feeling of peace, like any other emotion, should have developed as he felt it. He just hadn't had time for it until now. Because of training and training.

Quentin felt stupid. There was a much easier way from the beginning.

The top 16 fight was a week away. So after Raiya's fight, everyone went home. Kai went to the bazaar. where he had his robes dyed red. He knew that black didn't represent him. In fact, even red didn't represent him. He liked light colours. His eyes were light blue and his hair was light blonde. She had presented a bright impression all her life.

It was raining on the way home. Kai didn't care. He knew someone was waiting for him. He believed it.

Kai walked on until he saw who was waiting for him. His steps ended a short distance from home.

Emma was drenched in the rain. Her eyes were red. She might have been crying. She might not have. Her hair stuck to her face. Kai could hardly see her in the heavy rain.

"I don't know what to do! It's not enough to say I regret it, and I have no right to stand in front of you so brazenly... But I couldn't stop myself! Everything is so easy and life is so different until I see you! Why does everything change when it comes to you!?"

Kai looked at him. He didn't even want to look at her face. He was disappointed. Emma was disappointed in him. She loved him. Kai loved her. She didn't know why or how, but in her heart she had unstoppable feelings for him.

Still, she couldn't do it. She couldn't love someone like that.

"You did this to yourself. I didn't recognise you. I wish I'd never met you. Then everything would have been easier."

Kai left her and went into the house. He went into his room and fell asleep once more. Emma cried in the rain. Her tears mixed with the rain. She didn't even realise anything until Lena came and took her away.

Meanwhile, Jack, Kevin, Melony and Jace were talking in the living room. They had heard about Jace's terrific success at the tournament. No one had even had a chance to see his limitations.

"So you won. I guess our tournament will be the last to end," Jack said. He was admiring Jace. He could tell in his heart that Jace was more impressive than he was.

"It's going by class rankings. I've watched your fights too." They all bowed their heads. They all knew their mistakes. They had only sought fame when they should have worked for it. Meanwhile, the others had become too strong. They felt weak. The gap between them and the others had widened.

"Emma lost. She's been crying all morning." said Melony. Jace shook his head from side to side.

"She's not crying for him. She realised her mistake. She was crying because she walked away from Kai. Even if you don't realise it, I do."

"Do you know what level Kai is at?" Kevin asked. Jace shook his head from side to side.

"I don't know, I wouldn't tell you if I did, but I think he's going to win the tournament." Melony shook her head from side to side.

"It's tough. There are 3 Blue Lightning ones. He can't beat them," Melony said. Jace just smiled. Melony didn't know enough about Kai. She didn't understand well enough what the Kingslayers stood for in the world of the Evolvers.

"We'll see." As Jace went off to bed, the remaining 3 started working on getting themselves into the blue lightning. If they didn't reach that level, they wouldn't stand a chance in this tournament.

In Another House

"So you switched to blue lightning. Why didn't you tell me?" Boyd said. Raiya smiled.

"It happened a day before the tournament. I wanted it to be a surprise."

"What about Kai as an opponent? You could easily beat him."

"What if you put Kai as an opponent. You could easily beat him." Raiya shook her head.

"I'm sure there's more to him. It's not that I'm not scared. Besides us four, others could make a breakthrough this week. Like that John kid. Or Zachery. We don't even know Kai's level. What about blue lightning? It's getting harder. We've got a lot of work to do this week. "

Boyd shook his head. Actually, he was worried too. There really wasn't much difference between them and their opponents. It was only made more dangerous by the week.

"Hilan's reached the top of the middle. " said Raiya.

Boyd was shocked by this unexpected news as he looked at Raiya in surprise. Had Hilan really made 2 breakthroughs in 3 months. This..... That was really too much for her power level.

"He was only able to make 2 breakthroughs because his foundation was low. If his foundation was strong. he could have made 3 or even 4 breakthroughs. He's exhausting himself. He works like a beast. It's really scary." Boyd left the room with astonishment on his face. Even Hilan had made such a breakthrough at that level. He should have been able to achieve much better results in a week.

"More improvement is needed."