My Soul card is a Reaper

After a while, in one of the private chambers of the Arena;

"Your Majesty, you cannot just take away our girl. She is still a minor and the decision of her future still lies with the clan. We don't accept it. Please revoke the results," The Night clan leader was quick to act, in the break time. He was against the girl to become Azzy's disciple, for her potential has now increased enough to become a pillar of the clan.

"I understand what you are trying to say, but it is a fact that you allowed the spar in front of thousands of eyes, and my son has already accepted her as his disciple. If I don't honor the results, then, it would be considered as an abuse of power," replied Vesyrn; his tone was firm as if he was implying that he won't interfere at any cost.

Then, the Grand Elder of the Night clan opinioned as she took a sip, "Young master isn't participating in the tournament. So, that only leaves us to put forth a formal challenge."

"Fine, if you think you could defeat him, I will arrange that challenge whenever you want," Vesyrn folded his hands to the chest, leaning to the back. His words showed confidence in his son's strength.

Grand Elder, Sasha Night, placed the cup on the table with a smile, "can we put anyone to represent our clan?"

"As long as they belonged to the Night clan," replied the clan head, Vesyrn. Of course, since this is the problem of the Night clan, only their descendants should have the right to fight for their rights. Seeking outside help is the same as stating that they are weak.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. It is going to be the member of our clan," Sasha Night got up right away as if the deal was made. "The challenge will happen three days from now. Please do inform Young Master about it." The leader of the Night clan followed her to exit the room together.

Once they left his sight, Vesyrn let out a deep sigh, "The best candidate for this match was Avia, who has been in her closed-door cultivation for the past few months. Based on her confidence, she probably made a miraculous breakthrough. Even then, there is no way she would be able to defeat Azzy."

Meanwhile, in the corridor, as Night Clan's grand elder was walking in steady steps, the clan leader caught up to her and asked, "Aunt, it is too risky to offend Azrael over such an issue. Moreover, people think we are too petty and overbearing. Let's abandon this challenge."

Sasha Night halted her footsteps and turned around to look at him, developing a smirk on her face, "Do you really think I would want to offend the Garcia family just for that girl? For hundreds of generations, we stayed loyal to the throne and we will do the same for the next hundreds of generations too."

"Then why?"

"She was merely a reason for us to prove our domination within the clan. You should also prepare to hand over the throne to the rightful heir, very soon."

As she left, the interim clan leader momentarily stared at his aunt and muttered, "Did Avia accept the position, finally? I wonder…"

Back in the Arena, the participants for the Beginner tournament are gathered in the waiting hall.

Unlike with other tournaments, the intra-clan tournament here is slightly different. The participants aren't divided by their ages but by their soul realms.

For the Beginner division, everyone with a 4-star or below realm can participate. One can say it is a tournament to spot geniuses, although one could expect veterans too because of the promised rewards. All the Pavilion masters pay their attention to this division to scout these talents.

Of course, as the Red Pavilion master, Azzy doesn't need to pay much attention to its growth as the Red Pavilion is available to all the villagers.

Anyways, coming to the Intermediate Division, 4-star, 5-star, and 6-star realm experts could participate. Unless there is a heavenly genius with extraordinary potential, most of the participants in this division have already solidified their foundation and don't need any teachings. They merely need mentoring from Pavilion masters.

Lastly, for the Advanced division, 6-star, 7-star, and 8-star realm experts are allowed to participate.

Hence, those in the 4-star realm and 6-star realm have a choice of picking up their opponents.

Alastor Blood, the future Patriarch of the Blood clan whose potential increased to peak rank 9 during his second awakening two years ago, was rumored to have reached rank 4 but he doesn't seem participating in the beginner division, which actually brought to the majority of the participants. Well, except for one.

There was a hooded teenager in the corner, biting his lips and swearing under his breath as the entrance doors were closed. "Damn it… Damn it… Damn it… I thought that bast*rd would participate in the beginner division. He dares to sign up for the intermediate with his 4-star soul realm, even after I purposely provoked him to fight me in this division? What should I do now?

Nigel will kill me if I don't accomplish the task."

His thoughts were interrupted by the appearance of Azzy, who entered the room through the exit and addressed the participants who went silent as soon as they saw him, "I'm going to announce your groups. Listen carefully." He started reading out the list of participants one after another.

"Group 1: Damon Silver, Isla Smoke, Orion Crescent, and Thalia Ash

Group 2: Zara Smoke, Theron Crescent, Esme Ash, Quinn Night

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Group 15: Arwen Crescent, Kian Smoke, Eira Ash, and Mira Silver

Group 16: Riven Blood, Lyra Night, and Ivy Ash."

Maintaining an emotionless facial expression as he was expected to behave as a pavilion master, he took a glance to the left and right, watching everyone's reaction to the allotment, and continued, "All groups will be participating in a battle royale format as you were all informed earlier, in the announcement. The winners will proceed to the top 16.

Also, as the host of the competition, I must remind you all that this is a competition that is conducted in order to pick skilled candidates to represent our clan. The better you show your value to the clan, the better support you will get from the palace. So, everyone expects you all to give your best.

However, that doesn't mean you will be spared from punishment if you try to break the rules by any means.

Those who think they can break the rules as they have the support of the elders of their clan, drop those thoughts right away. Because the dignity of the clan is at stake here and not even your clan leaders can give you such pardon. With that said, there are no unwritten rules in the competition.

Just go through the rules once again, written on the announcement board there." He pointed his finger to the board on the wall, with a paper pinned to it.

Once he was done reminding the things to the kids, Azzy turned around to walk through the exit to get back to the field and address the audience.

Meanwhile, in the room, Azzy's reminder/warning brought various reactions from the children. Some thought that he was too overbearing, some defended it as he had the strength to do so and took his words seriously, and some thought he was just bluffing to scare them as they believed that the clans now had greater status than before.

After all, among the villagers, Vesyrn was often touted as one of the weakest clan heads in history as there hasn't been a legendary realm expert sitting on that throne for thousands of years. While some focused more on their opponents, some decided to form alliances.

On the other hand, Riven Blood hugged his body which was shivering in fear, "F**k. He is so scary. Could Nigel really save me if I do this? I can't even contact him right now. This seal prevents me from contacting anyone through a message card. Fu… Take a breath and calm down.

Earlier, Young Master said that we cannot only ignore the official rules. Let's see…"

His scarlet eyes glowed as he took a glance at the board. With a simple glance, he read everything in a jiffy and muttered under his breath, "Found the way. But, I need to be careful if I have to do this. Luckily for me, my group is the last. So, I guess I have enough time for the breakthrough."