A few days had passed. Everyone thought about the opponents they would fight in these last few days and prepared for it. To end all hatreds and regrets... That was the purpose of the Red Lightning Duels. In the World Tournament, Michael didn't want big hatreds to arise for small reasons. It was best to eliminate all grudges now.

This time the fights would not be in the arena. It was to take place in a large, open, sun-drenched field. A few bleachers would be filled with students and teachers.

All the meantime, Kai had been telling Little Tiger what to do and pondering how to fight without a sword. But it was a short period of pondering. Kai thought he could fight well without a sword. He wasn't weak at all. Others might have attributed his strength to Sirius, but he had only come here by practising. Now he wanted to show it to everyone.

The field opened. It was a large and spacious arena. It looked like a football field. Everyone who had prepared for a long time entered the arena. Over a hundred thousand people entered the arena. Even the 5th graders were here. Even teachers came to fight. Of course, very few. There were 2nd grade teachers and their fight could have destroyed the field. So Michael didn't let them join the fight.

Kai didn't enter the area. He just watched from a distance. He didn't want to draw attention to himself in the first fight. Halfway through the fights he would blend into the stands without attracting attention.

As everyone entered the arena, silence fell. Michael was watching from a distance, but there were no announcers in this fight. Someone had to go out there and challenge someone else, and no one wanted to be first.

There were 10 pitches. That was too few for a hundred thousand students, but it was the best they could do. Still, Michael thought it would all be over in a few days. What was the most people could exaggerate?

Finally, someone came on the field. Alvar laughed a little when he saw this, but immediately shut up. The person who came on the field was the coward. Even though he was trembling in front of Alvar, he had agreed to be the first person to go on the arena in front of 100 thousands of people.

While everyone was looking at the cowardly boy, he was nervous. Everyone was wondering who he was going to challenge. The cowardly boy looked around for a while and his eyes widened as he saw his target. But some arrogant powerful people in that direction frowned when they saw the cowardly boy looking in their direction.

The cowardly boy felt nervous because of the way the 3rd, 4th and 5th graders were looking at him. Even though the 2nd graders also looked at him badly, the aura emitted by them didn't affect the cowardly boy much. After all, it was just an aura. Although he would lose the fight against many 2nd years, he was not weak enough to be affected by their aura.

"Hui, I challenge you," said the cowardly boy. There was a sly look in his eyes as a young man stepped forward from among the developmentalists.

"I accept your challenge, let it be a fun and instructive fight," Hui said and stepped onto the field. After the start of their fight, other people started to participate in the fights, but they were not well-known names. In the 1st, 2nd and 3rd classes, people who were not very strong stood out. The 3rd class standouts were only from the 1st region and the first kata of the 3rd class.

Grades 3, 4 and 5 had a method to separate the ages. Kata! 1st kata and the 2nd year in the same class was the 2nd kata. And so on. But the year difference was not insurmountable for geniuses.

The 4th and 5th years were made up entirely of geniuses. That's why they were all famous. It was natural that they didn't want to be the first to start. They were all arrogant people.

Emma looked around for a while but couldn't see Kai. As she lowered her head sadly, she remembered what happened that night very well.

' What Emma? Come on, tell me! What am I to you? Am I your lover? Your flatmate? Your favourite boy? Your comrade in arms? Your enemy? Am I your flirt? What am I to you, Emma?!'

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"That's what I thought.

Emma was angry with herself as she remembered that day. Why hadn't she realised what was in his heart? Why didn't she say you are the man I love? This wound in her heart was the thing that caused her the most pain. No matter what happened, no matter how much she suffered. He wanted to make up for this mistake he had made today.

"You'll definitely have an opportunity for that, Emma. Kai would never miss an event like this," Melony said. Emma had told Melony and Lena what had happened. They both admitted that Emma had made a mistake.

And that was surprising. After all, close girlfriends usually acted in their friend's defence even when she was wrong.

"All right, then. I'm going out on the field." said a voice. When everyone turned to this voice, they were filled with surprise. The person speaking was someone who was not expected to have a grudge against anyone.

As Fury walked out onto the field, people were glad to finally see him fight a proper fight. Fury was considered a genius, but few people had ever seen him in his full power. There were those who thought his skills were just lip service.

As Fury took the field, the betting tables were starting to open up. People were trying to make money betting on who would win.

Fury looked around the arena for a while. Everybody knew he wasn't going to challenge anybody simple. This person was either a genius from District 2 or a genius from District 1.

"Elena, what do you say? You up for a good fight?" said Fury. In Ariel's training, everyone recognised each other. And since they were in the same year, most of them were friends even if they weren't in the same house. Fury knew Elena well enough to call her by name.

Elena looked at Fury with her beautiful smile and jumped onto the field. An aura of purity radiated from her body. The boys couldn't stop their mouths from watering as they looked at her. The girls sat in their seats with jealousy and anger. Her beauty was seductive for everyone.

Elena placed her spear on her back and looked at Fury.

"I accept your challenge, Fury."

Meanwhile, elsewhere, another famous figure took the field. This person was none other than Melony, who seduced men with her light blonde hair and made Kevin fall in love with her.

After Melony took the field, people started to look at her with curiosity. The fear that Melony had caused to the people in the first zone had passed. Because neither Melony nor the others messed with anyone and didn't care about them. They were completely forgotten and forgotten. Since everyone had become stronger, they did not care about Melony's power. Many of them were now quite sure that they could defeat her. Melony might have been stronger than she was before, but she must not have been very strong to them now. Of course, if you think according to her old strength and cultivation speed, this was the result.

But Melony had grown stronger. Kevin knew it, even if no one else did. He had worked with her so much...

Melony raised her eyes and looked directly at the first year's area. It was as if her eyes had already seen her target.

"Milah, how would you like to have a friendly fight with me?" said Melony. Milah was sort of Jack's girlfriend. Melony knew a few things. So I thought the most appropriate thing was to challenge Milah. They had both met and had a nice chat. She wanted it to be a challenge between friends, not a hostile challenge.

Milah was surprised at first when she heard this offer, but then she thought that the fight of two mind thieves should look at the fun of the fight and took the field. The fighting spirit in her eyes did not escape Melony's attention.

"I accept your challenge, let's begin," Milah said. As they both took their positions, the fight began.

Kronos was looking at Summer. Summer was looking at Boyd. Boyd was looking to see if Raiya was here. He's been gone for 2 months. Of course, as his friend, he was worried about him and told Michael. Michael had looked for him, but he couldn't find him. If even Michael couldn't find him, there was nothing to do. Several search teams were formed and they were searching the area around the mountains for clues. But it was just absurd to think that these people could find a clue that Michael could not find. Boyd would wait for Raiya to come to the World Tournament.

Finally, when one of the 5th graders took the field, all eyes turned to him. This person was someone who stood out even among the 5th years. The genius of geniuses, the monster of monsters was Bartra.

Bartra was one of the eight 5th graders who had reached the 20th floor. His strength was evident from the fact that he survived to the 20th floor. He was definitely not simple and couldn't challenge a simple person. He was one of the only students who had passed through the purple lightning.

Bartra was a cold-looking man with short black hair and an army appearance. Even his 20-year-old appearance was no worse than a general who had spent years in battle.

The academy students were different from other cultivators raised in the normal world. Especially the Red Lightning Academy. When Michael first arrived, there were 4800 people on the 20th floor. Since there were 10,000 people even in District 1 of the 1st Classes, that might seem low, but it wasn't low at all. Although their strength was only one step away from purple lightning, it wasn't good enough. They couldn't defeat people stronger than them. They were not much different from normal army soldiers. Michael took a risk. He prepared a test for those who passed to the 10th floor of the 5th class. Those who passed would have reached the tenth kata. Those who didn't pass no longer had a place in this Academy.

Those who passed, he sent to the army. The army put them into battles. They went through difficult training and harsh conditions.

Many of them died. They died in battles, ambushes. They were shot by hunters. They suffered all kinds of torture. Especially in the 20th layer, the number of people decreased rapidly from 4800. 3000 in the first week. 2000 in the second week. 300 in the third week and 20 after a month.

20 people were the strongest. There appeared strong people that nobody paid attention to. They didn't give up after they'd lasted this long. But in an ambush, almost all of them were killed. Only two escaped. 1 person, only 1 person survived when he was seen as the biggest loser, when no one pitied him. He survived just to show that he was stubborn. To show that he was not a loser. He survived and single-handedly killed 20 people who were on the same level as him and escaped by saving a seriously injured friend. From that day on, people called him by a different nickname.

Sword Lord Dera