In the training grounds of the Garden of Eden in the Koi Mountain, a handsome young man with blond hair was swinging his sword non-stop. He was so sweaty that a puddle of sweat had formed under his feet. The 4 elements around him seemed to become one with his body as the 4 elements moved in sequence. He was not particularly focussed on them. He was focussed on the sword. Despite this, he could use the elements easily.
Kai had been working for a long time. It was not easy for him to prepare the poison. After studying it for a long time, thanks to the Diary of the Poison Ancestor, he had finally found the important points and was able to prepare the poison. Now he was waiting for the components of the poison to be completed and prepared. Then he would leave his sword here to merge with the poison and return to the academy.
Although Kai had prepared this poison, Kai knew that this was not the truth. There were very few people who had dabbled in alchemy in their past lives. But one of them was undoubtedly Uranus himself. Without Uranus and the Diary of the Poison Ancestor, Kai would never have been able to produce a poison of this level.
As Kai continued to swing his sword, a light flashed behind him. The handsome man in white was flying as he looked at him. Of course, since he was a spirit, it wasn't strange for him to fly. Never mind that he could travel at a speed infinitely close to the speed of light even without a soul.
As Uranus stood behind Kai looking at Kai, Kai turned round and looked at Uranus. Uranus was part of him. Of course, he could feel it when it was behind him or somewhere else. But Uranus in its true power, and without the soul bond, would never have been able to do such a thing. Uranus could have killed him by emitting a small part of his aura. No, Kai probably wouldn't have survived where he was.
"The poison is ready, Kai. Put the sword in it and let's go to the academy. Who knows what's happened by now," Uranus said. Since he could see Kai's memories, he could act accordingly. He was able to identify the geniuses at the academy. What he saw was enough to astonish him. Was it the reincarnation of a powerful spirit? Or a legendary genius whose memories are in disarray? Or the child who had begun to control the Hell Sword of the 7 Dimensions!
Kai took a deep breath and took off his top and bottom. He put on new clothes. He dipped his sword into the poison water normally and left the cave. He left his sword in the water. After the sword was integrated with the poison, a light would shine and let him know. Until then, he had to find out what was going on at the academy and do some testing. He had been in this cave for a long time. Of course he was bored.
Even though Kai wasn't at the academy, his reputation still existed. Now the whole academy knew him. He had single-handedly defeated the first class of the second class of the second district. 3rd years and even 4th years were interested in him. They knew he was strong.
When Kai left, he took the little tiger with him this time. The little tiger was very used to him. Kai, of course, was also very used to him. He came with Kai both because the little tiger wouldn't leave and because Kai wanted to bring him with him.
The little tiger had grown very strong since Kai had found him. Although there was no change in its size and sweetness, its strength had increased. He alone had the power of an orange lightning bolt, and it had only been a month and a half since he had taken him out of the capsule. It also had its lineage abilities, but the Little Tiger's abilities were a little different.
When Little Tiger jumped 2 lightning bolts, it would be able to use a bloodline ability or something like that. Now he had 2 bloodline abilities. Kai was very surprised when he saw these. Then he decided to let Little Tiger fight and take him to the world tournament. Maybe he could take him along as an assistant.
He knew this would limit Little Tiger's development. After all, Little Tiger seemed to be able to step into the second step in a short time. Nevertheless, Kai decided to be selfish and keep him with him.
Kai took Little Tiger in his arms and carried him away. When the two of them walked out together, Uranus had returned inside Kai and Kai had regained all his strength. He couldn't help his excitement as he entered the academy with slow steps. He was naturally a very curious person and was very curious about how much his friends had developed. He did not want to make guesses within himself. That would spoil all the excitement.
What Kai had in mind was an open duel day. Actually, he had decided to do it himself, but after a while he thought of spreading it all over the school so that everyone could learn each other's strength. So he went straight to Michael. It was a selfish goal, but it was not clear that Michael was likely to comply with this goal.
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"Do you think it's okay?" asked Kai. Michael was lying on the couch reading a book. Even though it looked like he was reading a simple novel, the book in his hand was at least 2000 years old and Michael was changing pages in less than 10 seconds. Who knows how many books he had finished this way. When Kai asked him about the duel, he slowly threw back his brown hair that fell in front of him and looked at Kai with a smile.
"It's actually acceptable. Only the injuries might be a bit dangerous, but there is no one in the academy who would carry out such a dangerous attack before the world tournament. At the very least, there are many developers who can guard against such an event. Well, I accept it then. It should be ready in a few days. What do you plan to do in the meantime?" said Michael. All his mannerisms and behaviour were so natural that the teenage Kai could not find anything strange in his words.
But if you looked carefully you could see the illogic in Michael's words.
Kai smiled and looked at the little tiger.
"Little Tiger and I are going for a walk. But without being seen by anyone. Please don't say that I had a hand in the duels. I don't think that would draw attention in a good way," Kai said and left the room. He didn't need to make any silly gestures of respect towards Michael. It was just a waste of time and Michael thought so too. He didn't like pretentious behaviour. After Kai left, he put the thick book aside and took out a magazine from his drawer and started reading it.
***
The Red Lightning duels have been announced. Everyone was excited to hear this. This was their chance to show off their powers and put on a show. Of course, they were not going to show all their powers. But he knew that the reason they did such a thing was to make a ranking among people. It was so that there would be no confusion in the World Tournament about who was strong and who was weak. For authorisation.
After all, this was a tournament between academies. And one of them would be the leader.
Even Kai thought about it. He loved himself and believed he was strong, but he knew he lacked the strength and maturity to be a leader.
At that time, there were six people in house 520 who heard this news. All of them were in a thoughtful mood. Emma was the first to speak.
"This... Kai can join this time." she said excitedly. She seemed to have turned into a little fan girl. Actually, they were all supposed to be excited, but none of them were excited except Emma. Kai was already very talented. In 3 months he had reached the peak of green lightning. About two months had passed. Everyone in the room knew that Kai had reached orange lightning, but that wasn't what they were really afraid of. Emma, Melony, Jack and Kevin had trained on the device Kai had organised. The device was in the orange lightning. What they were afraid of was that Kai had reached orange lightning when the device was set up. That possibility scared them. If that was the result, he would probably have reached the peak of the orange lightning by now, or even a half step into the red lightning!
Jace had left the red lightning behind. Although he couldn't reach purple lightning, he wasn't a simple red lightning developer. With the power he had, he could fight normal half-step purple lightning. If he used the art... Things would get more serious.
Jace's art was powerful enough that even purple lightning experts should take it seriously.
Jace's art was no simple art. Michael gave it to him. It definitely suited Jace the best. The Assassination Art of the 9 Scourges. This art was inspired by the nine scourges. At level 9, the user could assassinate the heavens. Even the 9 scourges couldn't see him. Although Jace was now at the 1st scourge, this was enough to increase his power to incredible levels.
The power ranking of the arts was based on their levels. The fewer levels an art had, the more powerful it was. Most arts were between 15-20 levels.
The Assassination Art of 9 Scourges and the Red Lightning Art were among the single-digit arts with 9 levels. That's why Jace's strength was unbelievable. Although Kai would one day surpass Jace, it didn't seem like it would happen anytime soon.
Lena had just switched to red lightning and had just chosen a new art. Unfortunately, Lena wasn't much of a fighter. Still, she needed strength. That's why she had chosen a rare art that had both attack, defence and healing abilities. But she was not very skilled in this art. So she was thinking of choosing another art, but time was running out and there were not many arts suitable for Lena. Even though Lena was strong, everyone thought that Kai could defeat Lena.
However, considering that Lena would reach the peak of the red lightning in a flash, it could be seen that Kai still needed time to overtake Lena.
No one spoke when Emma spoke. Because they were all in the process of preparing their minds for their duels and the fights they would watch.
***
Of course, they were not the only ones impatient. There were those who wanted revenge, those who wanted to show their strength and show who was the strongest. Some were looking out of the window and thinking about what they would see tomorrow, others were impatient for revenge. Some just wanted to save their honour and pay back their defeat in the District 1 Tournament. Others were just participating for fun. There was no shortage of people waiting to face their enemies in this duel. Kai was looking at the horizon from the mountain, but how many others were looking at the horizon like him? They just wanted to prepare for what would happen in a few days. There was one thing that everyone knew in this fight where enemies came face to face.
This fight would end all hostilities. And then, they would go to the World Tournament as an academy to win.