Chapter 536 Tournament Start

After Lothur saw the statuses of his two women, they arrived at the competitors' area, where everyone was watching for them.

But although everyone was somewhat shocked at how hard Annaliese and Elke had come to this event, everyone was watching only Lothur on behalf of the Ritter Motor Company.

As expected, coming from his factory store, Lothur had driven his red SUV to the academy and parked it near the teachers' and students' carriage area.

Since it would still take days before people unrelated to him would get their cars, the envy of these students was high up there.

Amidst everyone watching him, Lothur saw Larissa approaching him beside her associates.

"Lothur, I'm waiting for my car, you know." That white-haired woman said while having a questioning look on her face.

Lothur remembered his agreement with this woman and commented. "Larissa, it's not quite like that. You know very well that our agreement would not give you the same conditions as the other associates... In any case, you can buy your vehicle at the store and get it in a few days."

"A few days? I went to the store earlier and heard that the cars will take a few weeks to be delivered!" She said, indignant. "Were you going to make me wait?"

"Yes, because I treat all my customers the same way." He was short and blunt.

"Anyway, congratulations on the creation of the cars, Lothur. They look fascinating." One of Larissa's associates in the family she would create after she graduates from the academy said this with a smile on his face.

"Hmm, we will have several models in the future, so you will see a lot more..."

"I wonder..."

"Good luck in the competition." The woman next to Larissa said. "I've heard that you've recently raised your position in the student rankings a lot and improved your faction's score...

I imagine you are very well-prepared."

Lothur was now among the 500 students with the most merit points in the Morning Star Academy's ranking. Because of how much he had recently improved, everyone was saying he would soon rise to the top of this ranking.

At the same time, the score gap between Viktoria and Larissa's factions had narrowed quite a bit recently, although Angelic Feathers was still in the first place.

Lothur smiled upon hearing that comment and said. "I want to take over first place in the academy rankings before you graduate... It would be no fun to achieve that after the strongest students leave the institution."

"Oh?" Larissa opened her mouth in surprise. "Then you'll have to work hard. Our names will be removed from the rankings in less than two weeks when the Secret Realm opens."

"Hmm, I know that." He said, looking into her white eyes.

Larissa clenched her fists but said no more. "Well, good luck in the competition. I didn't come here just to let you take that Soul Bone easily. So get ready to face me."

Lothur said nothing soon after seeing that beautiful white-haired woman leaving.

[Name: Larissa Carstensen]

[Soul Cultivation: level 14 -> 15]

[Body Cultivation: level 11]

[STR: 71.7 -> 73]

[CON: 75.9 -> 77.1]

[DEX: 73.5 -> 75.2]

[AGI: 74.2 -> 75.9]

[SOU: ???]

He looked at Larissa's level, noting that she should have significantly increased her soul power due to her cultivation advancement.

'She must have used some special resources to strengthen herself... I heard that recently she was traveling outside the province.' His eyes narrowed.

Thus, he turned to his women, soon leading them to the area where they would find out who they would fight first.

The tournament for the Secret Realm slots had a few matches predetermined by the academy management. But if someone wanted to challenge a student, even if he was from another sector, it was possible to do so.

But none of the three were interested in that and just got on with waiting for their predetermined matches.

"Good luck in your fights," Lothur said to those two, knowing that it shouldn't be hard for them to win their respective competitions.

Annaliese would compete in Sector 5, but she already had superior strength to that of students from Sector 6. As for Elke, she was going to compete in Sector 3 but with a strength similar to that of cultivators from Sector 6.

At first, they should win their matches easily!

They each went to their area, with Lothur going to the Sector 6 student seats with everyone watching him, feeling no one could beat him.

...

Sometime after the fights began, each sector had already featured several battles by the time Lothur took the combat stage.

By then, Annaliese and Elke had easily defeated their first opponents, with even Larissa having already fought and won.

But everyone was waiting for young Ritter's first fight, curious to see if he would demonstrate any new moves.

He was like a Transcendent among the students, so everyone wanted to see him fight!

Unfortunately, when Lothur stepped onto the fighting stage, his opponent didn't even offer to do so, giving up the match without trying.

Lothur accepted his opponent's withdrawal without insisting on fighting, which could happen in this competition.

The audience was disappointed with this result, but nothing could be done in this situation. Lothur was a monster who had defeated two Transcendents, so besides Larissa, no one else would have the courage to stand against him within the academy.

Lothur, on the other hand, kept the promises he had made recently and didn't go out to seek revenge against young descendants of families formerly his enemies.

He just kept waiting for his turn to fight, little by little having to take the stage and then receiving victory by his opponents giving up.

In later matches, something similar would happen to Larissa, Elke, and Annaliese. After seeing them fight, many would lose hope of defeating them.

...

Later that day...

When the last match of the day occurred, Lothur, his two women, and Larissa were still 'alive' in the competition when they left the academy to return home.

The matches would only occur during the afternoon of the three days of combat.

Thus the four of them went on to pursue their interests, with some of them already planning more exciting matches the next day.

That was the case for Elke and Larissa, who planned to improve things a bit for the spectators!

However, Lothur and the rest of the people would only find out about this the next day.

Anyway, Lothur would not stop training and having fun with his women this day, temporarily leaving the factory business aside.

For the moment, he wanted to focus on this competition and secure his place in the Secret Realm and the Soul Bone that Sector 6 would give to its winner!