Chapter 2611: First Fight: Kendrick vs. Gloria

A few days after returning to headquarters, Minos had established a new routine in the guild's capital city.

Besides his regular duties of keeping order in the guild as the head of the Law Enforcement Hall and the leader of the expansionist group, he had returned to cultivating and living a normal life with his four wives.

In addition, a few times a week since his return, Generals and other high-level cultivators of the 11th stage would come to him for help with cultivation. He would also help his family and faction members in the same way, dedicating part of his days to helping the guild become stronger as a whole.

After only a month of this, Minos had achieved such stability between his duties that he felt he could finally begin the family tournament he had planned to pass on the Hydras' Amulet!

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In one arena in the guild's headquarters city, Minos and his family stood on the edge of the small stage surrounded by bleachers, ready for the first of six fights that would determine the heir to the Hydras' Amulet.

Everyone would face everyone else, so the only draw that took place was the one that determined the order of the fights. For the first match, Kendrick and Gloria would show off their skills and show their families, friends, and faction members who had the best chance of inheriting Minos' amulet.

Gloria, who had reached level 108 with Minos' help, and Kendrick, who was at the same level as his stepmother, stood in different corners of the arena's square platform.

In the bleachers of the area, Lily, Hollie, Abby, Ruth, Minos, and Segiel sat in the VIP seats, while several of their faction mates, men from the Law Enforcement Hall and the Expansion Hall, sat in the general seats of the bleachers.

The place, which could hold a few thousand spectators at a time, was not full, but there were at least 200 people scattered on the area to watch today's fight.

But none of Minos' superiors were there to watch the fight. From what little he knew, the First Elder was on the verge of sacrificing his Flashdrain parasite and raising the level of the war a few notches before the guild stifled the confrontation.

The guild's Elders, Supreme Leader, and Commander were all focused on this crucial moment, and most of the strongest Generals were around the enemy territories or standing guard at the headquarters.

Aside from Minos and his faction members, hardly anyone in the guild was in the mood to engage in such internal competition.

But for a family and a faction that couldn't leave the headquarters, for the most part, this was not an event to waste their time on.

Not only were matches like the one Gloria and Kendrick would fight in a few moments not long, but after this match, it would be a month before the second one, which would be between Lily and Hollie, would take place.

But the two sisters were looking forward to their match in a month's time, as they had both improved their levels with the help of Minos, who had already used up all the guinea pigs he had brought back from the Monastery of Chaos weeks ago.

Fortunately, the guild's Generals and Senior Officers brought new guinea pigs for Minos to use his skills on. He was already using them to transform his faction members into stronger versions of themselves.

When he finally saw that his son and wife were ready, Minos stood up and said, "This battle has no rules. Whoever stays conscious or forces their opponent to surrender wins. Ruth will heal your wounds, and I will also analyze the fight to avoid problems. Fight without reservation, but respect each other.

I will limit your cultivation to the same level, and neither of you will be able to use external artifacts or even absorbable weapons in this fight. Anyway, the battle will begin when this incense is gone."

With Minos' words, an incense stick appeared in the platform's corner and quickly began to disintegrate, while the redheaded woman and the brown-haired young man felt seals entering their bodies.

Kendrick looked at Gloria respectfully and said, "I'm sorry, Auntie, but this victory is mine."

"Don't be so sure. This is not a dispute that can be won in a single battle. A war comprises many battles, Kendrick." She said as liquid silver molecules formed in the air, her innate skill with mercury showing through.

Kendrick said nothing as he prepared himself, stimulating his ability to influence Gloria's cultivation with the same innate skill as his father.

Minos watched his son with narrowed eyes, not wanting to limit his ability, even though it would give Kendrick an advantage against Gloria.

'You can use it very well against Gloria and Lily, but what about Hollie? She has the same power as us. If you can't beat her on equal terms, maybe you won't inherit my amulet.' Minos thought curiously about the battle between the two who most resembled him.

As for Lily and Gloria, he could only mourn for them. Maybe they would show incredible fighting skills, but fighting on the same level as Hollie and Kendrick would be difficult for them.

The conditions he had set were already the fairest of all, so he could only let them fight in their own way to stop the cultivation-stealing ability that Kendrick and Hollie had.

If they couldn't stop it, the outcome of this family dispute would be left to Kendrick and Hollie's future confrontation!

Finally, as the incense Minos had lit burned out, silver arrows flew at Kendrick while Gloria felt something powerful steal some of her essence.

Bypassing Gloria's attempts to prevent him from using his innate ability against her, Kendrick overcame his father's seal, his aura reaching level 109, and Gloria's aura reaching level 107.

With a wave of his hand, Kendrick sliced through space and opened a portal behind his stepmother's body, attacking to end the battle in his first moves.

Gloria used her divine ability, Mercury World, to form a sphere of mercury around them, something extremely dense and difficult to overcome even for those stronger than her.

Meanwhile, Kendrick felt his hands and legs getting wet, with something extremely heavy on them, preventing him from moving as fast as he would have liked.