Althea

Not even a single minute later Lucians next opponent appeared before him seemingly in perfect condition. 

"Round 6 Lucian Vs. Althea, the contestants have 15minute to recover before the match begins." the automated voice sounded causing Lucian to sigh in relief with the opportunity to recover.

Because Lucian had given up his ability to cultivate, he only had to wait for his energy to recover naturally. 15 minutes was enough time for him to recover about 25% of his energy but considering how much he had exerted himself in this tournament 25% of his energy was probably more energy than he had when he had begun the tournament.

'Things like this are truly amazing to help me grow my strength.' Lucian thought to himself as he relished in his growth so far.

Althea was a female with fair skin, she had light blue hair tied in a single braid that went down to her waist and contrasted perfectly against the yellow jumpsuit she wore giving her the appearance of an extremely unorthodox ninja. 

While Lucian was standing and relishing in his newly gained power Althea spoke, "Whats with that goofy look on your face?" her voice was smooth almost heavenly as though her words were a tune threatening to lull anyone who heard her speak into sleep.

Upon noticing this Lucians face became serious as he locked eyes with Althea, "Now that's one hell of an ability... But if you need to know i was just thinking How much stronger you might be than my last opponent and if I should surrender or not." Lucian said carefully observing Althea's reaction.

To Lucian's suprise she gave little to no reaction she only responded, "You expect me to believe that after what happened in the forest?" she asked again her words melodious as if she was singing a beautiful tune that made Lucians eyelids heavy as he blinked a few times to refresh his mind.

Hearing this Lucian didnt respond immediately he began to search his memories for her face, but to no avail. He had never seen her before this was his first time. "That took every bit of energy i had just to finish in the top four." Lucian said after he thought for a moment.

"Top 5" Althea corrected causing a look of confusion to spread across Lucians face as he clearly remembered a voice saying he placed fourth.

Seeing Lucians confusion the girl spoke again with her melodious voice, "System what was my placement in the first event?" the girl asked further confusing Lucian.

"Contestant Althea placed First in the first event, once all contestants had eliminated one another contestant Althea revealed her presence causing positions placed before hers to be recalculated before she faced off in one on one combat with Jaden to take the first place position." The automated voice sounded causing Lucian's eyes to widen.

Seeing this the girl smiled mockingly without saying anything before she sat down in a lotus position and closed her eyes.

Seeing her actions and hearing the automated voice Lucian was in shock, it looked like without him realizing it he had spoke the truth his current opponent would be leagues ahead of his opponent, the fact that the formation surrounding the forest rumble couldn't detect her EXISTENCE until she revealed herself spoke volumes to how talented she was.

The Light family wasn't your run of the mill noble family if you hadn't noticed by now. The Light family was a hegemon, and ancient family that had existed since the ancient war that wrought destruction across multiple universes, even destroying entire universes unlucky enough to be caught in the worst of the turmoil.

The Light family had access to the most advanced and powerful technology, formations, combat or cultivation techniques if you could get it they were sure to have the highest grade of whatever it was, so for this girl to have eluded a formation to the extent that it didnt notice her EXISTENCE was beyond Lucians comprehension.

As Lucian wracked his mind 15 minutes flew by and the automated voice returned, "The 15 minute recovery period is over, the match between Lucian and Althea may now commence."

*beep*

An alarm sounded signifying the start of the match, as soon as the match began Althea faded into obscurity as she disappeared completely from Lucian's field of view and senses. It was as though she was a phantom and was no longer in the arena at all or as if he had imagined her there in the first place as he began to forget who he was even fighting.

'I am in the light family tournament... fighting.. a, girl?' Lucian questioned himself before he felt a violent pain as if he had been kicked in the ribs sending him sliding towards the west side of the arena.

He began coughing violently while he grabbed his side where he could feel fractured ribs, "Althea" Lucian said as he reigned in some of his senses in the pain.

If anyone was able to see her right now they would see Althea had raised an eyebrow and looked at Lucian with a spark of curiosity in her eyes. 'Could he be who I am looking for' She mused to herself before unleashing an onslaught on Lucian.

Lucian received the first few blows completely unguarded before he closed his eyes unexpectedly by everyone. Once he closed his eyes he continued to receive blows unguarded but he had reinforced his body with his dark light causing the amused look on Altheas invisible face to grow wider, her last opponent wasn't even able to regain their senses enough to raise their defenses yet Lucian had done so and even looked calm while in a state of confusion and suffering an onslaught of attacks.

"Good Lets pick things up" Althea said her voice as if she had spoken directly into Lucian's ear as the attacks seemed to double in strength making Lucian's situation even more dire While her words lulled Lucian towards the depths of sleep and her blows pushed him to the brink of collapse.