It seemed that Yusri, too, didn't want to acknowledge the fact that Felix had reached the Soul Overlord Realm.

"Yes, the second elevation of the soul is immensely difficult and has posed an obstacle for so many people," he said. "I don't think a young martial artist like Felix, who doesn't have a strong foundation, could do it.

"There must have been some mishap causing the cobra to be killed. How fortunate that brat is," he concluded.

After the idea that Felix had reached the Soul Overlord realm was negated, Scopulus got up to leave. "We have no way to interfere now, but it should be fine," he said. "He'll come across Lachlan in the end, and he won't be able to escape from his fated death."

…

Felix figured he'd been inside the forest for a month. He'd killed quite a lot of demonic beasts, but the Starmark remained inert. He hadn't encountered any real danger, which meant that many other contestants had gotten themselves killed.

He wondered how many out of the 2,000 contestant