Ch. 1686..1690: The Secretly Rich Man Chapter 1686-1690
Chapter 1686
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1686
Zelig immediately shone his sword to shield himself.
“Cascading petals!” Lev yelled.
This was the name of Lev’s move, and the sword’s shadows cascaded everywhere from the sky like flower petals, rendering Zelig unable to determine which one was the real sword.
After a few seconds, Zelig’s shirt was already torn and ripped up with marks from the sword everywhere, and he seemed to be extremely battered and confused.
At this moment, it was already known who had won and lost—it was obvious that Lev had won this round.
“Alright, both of you can stop now. We already have a winner!”
Master Ykink instantly yelled and announced the result of the battle.
“Lev Bayfield from the elite class won the second round!”
Although Zelig was unsettled and unwilling to admit defeat, his ability was indeed not as good as Lev’s, so he could only accept the result.
“Hmph. Zelig Lear, I’m telling you, you’re going to lose to me forever, so, from now on, you’d better scram whenever you see me around the academy. Otherwise, I’ll beat you up every time I see you!”
Lev warned Zelig coldly as he pointed his finger at him before everyone else at the scene.
His words caused a surge amongst the crowd again. Who would have expected that Lev would be so reckless to announce such ruthless words in front of everyone, not to mention the headmaster and
great masters were there as well.
However, these were all normal happenings. Dean Sumeru and the other great masters wouldn’t care that much as the competition was really strong here. After all, students from the elite class indeed had higher statuses than those from the beginner class.
Still, Gerald didn’t think the same way as them. He felt that Lev was too arrogant and ruthless for his own good, and this made Gerald a bit enraged.
Zelig was his friend, and Lev was obviously insulting his friend. Naturally, this made Gerald feel unsettled, and he decided to avenge Zelig’s dignity and justice.
“Okay, for the third round, it will be the elite class versus the dean’s selected student—Gerald Crawford. I would like the elite class to select someone among yourselves to fight, and for Gerald to wait patiently in the center of the square!”
The battle was continued with master Karsten’s announcement of the third battle.
Gerald knew his chance was here, and he stood up instantly, leaping right toward the center of the square swiftly, becoming the center of everyone’s attention.
Everyone wanted to see how incredible Gerald’s ability was.
Now, the students in the elite class were all chattering and having a commotion. A lot of them wanted to fight against Gerald as they were all tempted by the reward.
“Dean and fellow grand masters, I have a request!”
At that moment, Gerald yelled as he stared right at the headmaster and the four grand masters.
“Gerald, please let us know!”
Dean Sumeru asked instantly.
“Can I choose someone from the elite class for the battle!” Gerald made a request.
His words immediately made students from the elite class unsatisfied, and they felt as though Gerald was too arrogant. This simply meant that he didn’t really value any of their abilities at all.
“Okay, then. Tell me, who do you wish to choose?”
After all, he was still the dean’s own selected student, so of course he would treat him slightly more special. He then swiftly asked Gerald.
“Him! Lev Bayfield! He’s the one I wish to choose!”
Right after Sumeru’s sentence had ended, Gerald immediately announced a name as he pointed right at Lev, who had just sat down.
Right at that instant, everyone’s eyes were on Lev. None of them had expected that Gerald would actually choose Lev as his opponent, and this made them astounded.
Lev, on the other hand, was excited and felt as if his chance was finally here. After all, if he beat Gerald, he would be the dean’s selected student himself.
Chapter 1687
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1687
Under everyone’s gaze, Lev stood up slowly.
Lev walked right toward Gerald in front of everyone.
“Who would have thought that you would choose me. Looks like the position as the dean’s selected student will be mine for sure!”
Lev ridiculed Gerald with utmost confidence.
They hadn’t even started the battle, and Lev was already acting so arrogantly.
Gerald, on the other hand, wasn’t really bothered by it. In his eyes, Lev was just a buffoon, so he didn’t really have to care about his arrogance.
The strong ones always held a low profile instead of showing off in a high-key way. If not, that would be stupid, and that referred to none other than Lev himself.
“Both sides, please get ready!”
Master Ykink spoke up and signalled at Gerald and Lev.
Hearing Master Ykink’s instructions, Lev immediately entered a fighting stance, waiting to attack anytime. Once the start was announced, he would immediately attack Gerald.
Gerald was as calm and composed as he had ever been with his eyes closed while standing at the same place, without even a slight change in his expression.
Seeing Gerald’s action, everyone around them wondered whether this meant that it was a sign that Gerald was surrendering?
“The battle starts now!”
After a few seconds, Master Ykink announced.
As soon as those words fell, Lev took action instantly as he shoved his sword out and jetted right toward Gerald.
Gerald, on the other hand, was still standing at the same place calmly without moving at all. It was almost as if he was waiting for Lev to stab him.
Just as everyone thought that Gerald was going to lose for sure, Gerald opened his eyes suddenly and extended two fingers as he held Lev’s sword in between them almost instantly.
The sharp head of the sword was just a few millimetres from Gerald’s eyes! What a move right at that juncture!
“What?!”
Lev was extremely astounded.
He wanted to take back his sword but suddenly realized that he couldn’t take it back at all. It was as though the sword was frozen in mid-air.
Immediately after, Gerald bent and snapped Lev’s sword with his fingers.
Without waiting for Lev to react, Gerald smacked Lev’s chest with his other palm.
Lev flew backward immediately in an arc across the sky before crashing onto the ground, blood leaking from his lips.
Gerald didn’t intend to take Lev’s life with his palm. After all, this was a battle test and it should be light, not life-and-death in any way. Therefore, Gerald held back, otherwise, Lev would be an ice-cold corpse
by now.
“Gerald has won!”
Master Ykink announced loudly.
Right at this moment, Dean Suneru had a satisfied smile on his face as he started clapping.
Seeing how the dean was clapping his hands, the four grand masters and other students started to clap as well. Instantly, thunderous applause could be heard from the scene.
Gerald had won without a teeny hint of suspense.
Now, everyone knew that Gerald truly had strong abilities, and it was not just a rumor. He was indeed worthy enough to be the dean’s selected student.
“I’m not satisfied. I want to compete against him!”
Right at that moment, a deep voice was heard from the elite class.
“It’s Master Ray!”
“Master Ray is going to fight, looks like there’ll be a good battle to watch!”
“Yeah! Master Ray is incredible, of course he won’t accept this willingly!”
Chapter 1688
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1688
After discovering the owner of the voice, an uproar appeared amongst the crowd again.
The man who was being discussed by everyone was Ray Leighton, the best student in the elite class. His ability had reached the Seventh-soul-rank in the Sage Realm.
Ray got up and walked out of the circle coldly toward the center of the square to stand before Gerald, and he pointed at Gerald icily as he said, “I, Ray Leighton, want to challenge you. If you win, I will willingly listen and follow you. If I win, you have to scram from this position of yours and be my underling!”
Ray’s words were extremely arrogant with a dominant vibe.
After listening to him, Gerald wasn’t angry at all. On the contrary, he thought that Ray was very interesting.
Someone like Ray was direct and straightforward, and he would express his dissatisfaction outright instead of doing something dirty behind one’s back. This deserved other’s respect.
“Okay, I accept!”
Gerald didn’t reject him and accepted it immediately.
Without waiting for Master Ykink to announce the start of the battle, Ray charged right toward Gerald like a ferocious tiger with a crushing force like a tornado.
Ray had a buffy physique and muscular body, and he crashed his fist right toward Gerald heavily.
Ray, who had reached the Seventh-soul-rank in the Sage Realm, already had strong power. If one really got hit by his fist, his bones would be crushed into pieces for sure.
However, Gerald liked fighting against opponents like this. This was because he could test his body’s strength at the same time.
The next moment, Gerald thrust his fist out as well.
Gerald matched his fist with Ray.
Right in that instant, the sand around the square flew everywhere, and heatwaves were created, surrounding the two in between.
The ground beneath both of them was already cracked and collapsed, numerous rocks flying up into the air. It could be already be seen how powerful the aftereffect of them clashing against each other was.
After that, dust and the sand dissipated.
Everyone saw Gerald and Ray both standing in the same spot, but Ray seemed to be a bit sick.
If they were nearer, it could be seen how Ray’s purlicue was already torn with blood streaming out of the wound endlessly, dripping onto the cracked ground.
With just one move, the winner and loser could already be determined.
The two stood still for a few seconds facing each other before Ray finally retracted his fist slowly.
“I’ve lost!”
His words made everyone turn silent.
Everyone was still in surprise and disbelief.
Ray had actually surrendered?!
This result wasn’t something that could be expected by anyone. One should know that Ray was the strongest man in Leicom Academy, and now, he had actually lost to Gerald, which he had admitted himself willingly. What astonishing news!
“You’re really powerful! You have my respect!”
Ray smiled and told Gerald.
“You’re not bad yourself. I hope we can be friends!”
Gerald smiled back politely as he replied to Ray, stretching out his hand.
“Of course. It would be my honor to be friends with you!” Ray stretched his hand out for a handshake with Gerald without thinking twice.
At that moment, the two were like the strong ones sympathizing with each other. The truly strong ones were always respected by everyone.
Gerald felt that Ray would be a worthy friend. There were not many people as magnanimous as Ray anymore.
Chapter 1689
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1689
“Okay, that’s the end of our battle test today. Tomorrow will be the practice test in Heaven Tower, I hope everyone can get a good rest tonight!”
After the end of the day, the sky had begun to turn dark by the time Master Ykink made this announcement.
Then, everyone left the scene.
Heaven Tower was the most powerful challenge in Leicom Academy, and there were twenty levels.
Up until now, no one had been able to reach the top successfully. Even Dean Sumeru had been halted at the eighteenth level while the four grand masters had stopped at the seventeenth.
Every floor had different challenges for different people, so no one knew exactly what kind of challenge would be given by Heaven Tower. Hence, no one knew how to even cheat.
That night, Gerald was called to Sumeru’s bedroom.
“Dean, you wanted to see me?”
Gerald entered the room respectfully as he asked Sumeru, who was meditating on the meditation deck.
Sumeru opened his eyes slowly and looked at Gerald with a smile on his face.
“Gerald, you did well this afternoon. I’m very satisfied as your teacher, but are you prepared for the challenge tomorrow at Heaven Tower?”
After praising Gerald, the dean asked Gerald with concern.
“Dean, I’ve listened to Master Ykink introduce Heaven Tower in a simple way, but I’m curious, what kind of challenges are there inside? Please teach me about this, teacher!”
Gerald instantly asked Dean Sumeru curiously.
“Hoho!” Sumeru chuckled lightly.
“Heaven Tower was created by the ancient god of Astral Traveler in Leicom Academy. After the god of Astral Traveler stepped into the human world, Heaven Tower became the most symbolic feature of the Leicom Academy. Every scholar who enters Leicom Academy has to pass the challenge of Heaven Tower. Only then can they be deemed as students of Leicom Academy!”
“About the challenges inside, I can’t tell you anything. Heaven Tower is fascinating, and the challenges it offers vary from person to person. You’ll only know when you go inside yourself!”
Sumeru didn’t answer Gerald’s question and instead told him the general information about Heaven Tower.
“Dean, I heard from Master Ykink that you stopped at the eighteenth floor, right?”
Gerald asked Sumeru carefully.
“That’s right. It gets harder as you proceed further up Heaven Tower. It was tens of years ago when I reached the eighteenth level. From then onward, I never went into Heaven Tower anymore!” Dean Sumeru nodded and answered.
Sumeru’s words made Gerald more and more curious as he told himself that he would surpass the old in the future as a new generation.
Now that even Sumeru could only stop at the eighteenth level of Heaven Tower, he himself had to surpass Sumeru and reach the top of Heaven Tower to prove himself.
If the older generation couldn’t make it, it didn’t necessarily mean that the new generation couldn’t do it as well. After all, times were always changing.
Subsequently, Sumeru took out a sachet from his sleeve and passed it to Gerald.
“Dean, what’s this?”
Gerald asked curiously.
“This is a sachet I got from Heaven Tower back then, but I have never opened it before. Now, I want to give this to you. Maybe this can help you when you enter Heaven Tower, but you can only open and use it at the most critical and urgent moment. You must remember my words!” Sumeru reminded Gerald seriously.
“Yes. I’ll keep that in mind, Dean!”
Gerald nodded automatically and promised him.
After their chat, Gerald left Sumeru’s room.
After Gerald had left the room for a while, Sumeru waved his arm, and a starry sky map appeared right in front of his eyes instantly.
The starlight shone brightly on the map, but one couldn’t see anything beneath those starlights.
“Messy starry map and diminishing starlight—looks like the catastrophe of Leicom Continent is bound to arrive soon!”
Sighing after throwing a last look at the map, Sumeru’s expression turned complicated and sad.
But right at that moment, a bright white starlight appeared out of the blue in the starry map, shining brightly and eye-catchingly.
Chapter 1690
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1690
“Could it be that Gerald will be the saint who will save our Leicom Continent?!”
Upon seeing the starlight, Sumeru couldn’t help but become astonished.
Not long after, Gerald returned to the South Pavilion.
“Brother Gerald!”
Just as he reached the door, a familiar voice was heard from behind him.
The owner of that voice was none other than Ray Leighton, the man who had fought him this afternoon.
“Brother Ray, anything you need at this late hour?”
When he saw that it was Ray, Gerald became puzzled as he asked, not expecting Ray to come to find him.
“Hoho! Brother Gerald, I’m here to have a casual chat. Would you like to have a drink?”
Ray chuckled lightly as he shook the beer bottle in his hand.
Gerald smiled understandingly and nodded. “Sure. Come in, then!”
After that, Gerald led Ray inside the pavilion.
When they entered the pavilion, Nori and the two others were sitting inside.
“Gerald, you’re back!”
Seeing Gerald arrive, Nori stood up and greeted him.
“Hmm? Isn’t this Senior Ray?”
When they saw Ray, they all became surprised.
“Good day to you all!”
Ray greeted Nori and the two politely.
Then, the few people sat down as they drank and chatted.
Beer was, after all, something to bond people together and make friends without much effort. Gerald and the three were soon good friends with Ray, and the five were happy to meet each other as they talked while laughing, making it seem as if they had known each other for a long time already.
It was only until late at night before they finally fell asleep in the pavilion.
The next morning, with a ray of sunshine shining into the pavilion, Gerald and the four woke up.
Today was the day of Heaven Tower’s practice test, and all newbies of Leicom Academy had to participate in the practice test.
Of course, Gerald was the one to bear the brunt.
As the dean’s selected student, of course Gerald had to be the one kickstarting this.
At 9.15 am, all the trainees had gathered below Heaven Tower.
Heaven Tower stood tall amongst the clouds, striking and elegant.
“Today is the day where the new trainees will enter Heaven Tower for the practice test. Every newbie has to enter and accept the training. Regardless of the result, only those who accepted the training of Heaven Tower will be worthy enough to be students of our Leicom Academy!”
Master Ykink walked out and announced to the crowd beneath.
“The dean’s selected student, Gerald Crawford, will be the first to enter Heaven Tower for the practice training!”
After receiving the instruction, Gerald stood up and walked toward the door of Heaven Tower to wait.
At that instant, the door of Heaven Tower opened, followed by a loud noise, the pitch-black environment inside displayed to everyone. No one could see what it looked like inside.
Gerald didn’t say another word as he took a step to enter Heaven Tower.
Following Gerald’s entrance, the tower door was shut instantly.