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nAncient Battlefield, Iron Rank Division:

nOpponent Match…

n60 seconds before the fight

n“A stone dune…” Maximus scanned the place already formulating possible scenarios.

n“I wonder if I can see the stats of the opponent,” Maxius muttered, looking at his opponent on the opposite side.

nSuddenly a virtual screen pops up.

nBen Goh: Rank 3 Iron

nBattles: 1,232,573

nWins: 314,124

nLosses: 729,937

nTies: 188,512

nBattle Power: 8,329

n“A veteran…”

nSeeing that his opponent had over a million battles to his name, he became serious.

nAs the seconds ticked by before the battle began, his opponent, Ben Goh, stepped forward.

n“A rookie, huh? It’s kind of impressive that you got here in your first fight.”

n“You must be from some powerful family, right?”

n“Hehe, it would be my honor to teach you a lesson,” Ben Goh said, talking endlessly as if his mouth were a machine gun.

n“Did you get your wins by drowning your opponents in your nonsense?” Maximus said, picking up a sword.

nIn the preparation round, you can choose all kinds of weapons.

nThere are also armors, robots, mechanical weapons—anything you can think of.

nHowever, it’s all limited to the same tier as the match.

n“Tsk, such a sharp mouth for a newbie.”

nSeeing that he couldn’t provoke Maximus, Ben Goh didn’t waste any more of his saliva.

nFight Begins!

nBen Goh didn’t speak any nonsense; he immediately attacked Maximus with a magic spell.

nSeeing that Maximus chose a sword as a weapon, Ben Goh hoped to kite Maximus.

n“Hmm, about an 800 mana amplitude,” Maximus murmured as he calmly dodged the spell.

nThere was only about a 200 mana amplitude difference between them, so he wasn’t in a hurry.

n…

nA few minutes passed by.

nAs Maximus continued to dodge all around the place, Ben Goh became impatient.

n“What’s wrong, newbie? Is that all you can do?”

nMaximus didn’t reply but continued dodging.

nWhat Ben Goh didn’t know was that all over the place were concealed delay spells.

nHe had already learned this during a previous match.

nSometimes, the difference in mana amplitude is like heaven and hell.

nWithout sufficient firepower, all kinds of strategies are useless.

nLooking at the impatient Ben Goh, Maximus smiled.

n“What’s wrong? I can still do this for a few hours.”

n“Don’t tell me you’re already done,” Maximus teased.

n“That won’t work, newbie,” Ben Goh sneered.

nIn over a million battles, what kind of opponent hadn’t he faced?

nA few more minutes…

n“Looks like your Soul Will isn’t that strong,” Maximus said mysteriously.

n“What do you mean?” Ben Goh shuddered as he felt like he was about to die.

n“Goodbye~”

nBoom!

nThe concealed delay spell formed an array, attacking the unprepared Ben Goh.

nIf Ben Goh had a little more soul will, he would have detected the delayed spell long ago.

nMoreover, Ben Goh had underestimated him too much.

nBen Goh had let him run around the place for a few minutes without becoming suspicious.

n“I guess that’s why his winning rate is less than half,” Maximus thought.

nVictory!

n…

nAncient Battlefield:

n“Easy~” Maximus bragged, looking at Tintin’s disappointed face.

n“Tsk, what a weakling,” Tintin complained.

n“Hahaha, it should be beginner’s luck.”

nMaximus Shadowcrest: Rank 3 Iron

nBattles: 1

nWins: 1

nLosses: 0

nTies: 0

nBattle Power: 8,330

nReward: 1-day energy equivalent

n“What does this mean?” Maximus asked, looking at his reward.

n“It literally means that the world origin will give you energy according to your one-day training,” Tintin explained.

n“How about the resources and environment? Does it affect anything?”

n“No, this kind of energy is on par with the top elemental pool.”

n“So the only restriction is your aptitude.”

n“So smart?” Maximus was amazed at such a convenient thing.

nYou know it only took a few minutes to earn this thing.

nTwenty-nine more fights, and he can master another elemental soul path.

n“Don’t be so excited, host.”

n“After you lose, you will get a cooldown before you can fight again.”

n“Oh, fair enough. But how long?”

n“It depends on what rank you lose at.”

n“For rank 3, there is a cooldown of one day.”

n“That’s enough…”

nAlthough he was not sure he would win every fight, he was still confident in his winning rate.

n“Then another fight…”

n…

n12 hours later.

nMaximus Shadowcrest: Rank 3 Iron

nBattles: 345

nWins: 344

nLosses: 1

nTies: 0

nBattle Power: 8,673

nReward: 344-day energy equivalent

n“Tsk, a pity…” Looking at his winning streak, he sighed.

nEach match he won added points to his battle power stat, which meant that each match was stronger.

n“But this is equivalent to over eleven months or 11 elemental soul paths,” Maximus suddenly got excited.

nMaximus thought that he would get stuck in the tier 4 elemental mage for at least a hundred years.

nBut with plucking the wool of the world’s origin, it’s much easier.

n“Let’s convert the energy first, then wait for the cooldown.”

n…

nMaximus’ Manor:

nMaximus slowly opened his eyes.

nSpreading his consciousness, he saw his wives and children still busy with their tokens.

n“It looks like the virtual world is a little addicting.”

nThinking about it, if he hadn’t lost, he would still be fighting right now.

nShaking his head, his thought came back to absorbing the energy reward.

n“First, upgrade affinity…”

nThe energy reward is equivalent to individual training, so if he had low talent, it would be useless.

nPotential Points: 20,572,171

n“A little less.”

nUpgrading affinity from legendary to transcendent required at least 11 million.

n“Just upgrade to Divine,” Maximus compromised.

nMetal Affinity: Rank 4 Legendary (0

/100k)

n1.1 million PP

nMetal Affinity: Rank 6 Divine (0

/10 m)

nAfter he upgraded his affinity to metal, he proceeded to use the reward.

nSoon, otherworldly energy descended into him.

nThe energy was very pure and neutral, making it suitable for any element.

nMaximus began to manipulate this energy as he constructed the Metal element soul path.

n1 day of energy…

n10 days of energy…

n30 days of energy…

n50 days of energy…

n100 days of energy…

n“Huh!” Maximus opened his eyes, looking at the newly constructed soul path. 𝞸𝗏𝑳xt.𝗰𝗈𝑚

n“It took a hundred days.”

n“A pity.”

nMaximus thought that he could master 11 new elemental soul paths today.

nBut without enough potential points, he could only use a hundred days’ worth of energy for one instead of 30.

n“Next element…”

nWind Affinity: Rank 4 Legendary (0

/100k)

n1.1 million PP

nWind Affinity: Rank 6 Divine (0

/10 m)

nUsing the 100 days’ worth of energy, he was able to construct the wind elemental soul path.

n…

nIce Affinity: Rank 4 Legendary (0

/150k)

n1.65 million PP

nIce Affinity: Rank 6 Divine (0

/15 m)

n1 day of energy…

n10 days of energy…

n70 days of energy…

n“Huh, only 70?” Maximus muttered, feeling the ice elemental being constructed using only 70 days’ worth of energy.

n“It should be because I already have the water element.”

n“Then can I master another element?” Maximus thought as he still had 74 days’ worth of energy.

n…

nMaximus already had the Fire and Earth elements.

nSo he wanted to try how much it would take to master the Lava element.

nLava Affinity: Rank 4 Legendary (0

/200k)

n2.2 million PP

nLava Affinity: Rank 6 Divine (0

/20 m)

nSoon, 60 days’ worth of energy was consumed as he constructed the Lava elemental soul path.

n“Nice, another element,” Maximus smiled.

nNow he only needed to fight a few more times to accumulate energy reward.

n“But it seems to be short in potential points again.”

nMaximus couldn’t help but sigh at this problem.

nIt’s always short, halting his progress.

n“Just fight more,” Maximus got determined.

nAlthough he can’t do anything about the potential points, he can accumulate more energy through grinding.

n“It’s just that I’m too weak…”

nMaximus Shadowcrest:

nSoul Tier 4: Elemental Mage – lvl 1

nBody Tier 4: Sky Knight – lvl 9

nSoul Amplitude: 605

nSoul Will: 281

nLife points: 16,517,110

nPotential Points: 14,522,171

nMagic Crystal Points: 3,125,934,234

n“I’m about to become a Tier 5 Lunar Knight.”

n“But it’s still useless.”

nIn the ancient battlefield, your tier will be forcefully tiered down to match the rank division.

n“To upgrade soul aptitude, I need to study…”

n“But what to learn?”

n“I should go back to my plan earlier.”

nIn the beginning, Maximus was full of ambition, hoping to fully master and be able to create all elements.

nHowever, due to the lack of Life points, he shelved that idea.

nNow he didn’t have much use for the Life points and needed to upgrade his soul amplitude.

n“Just right…”

n1118 types of Tier 0 spells: Initial (5 million

/112 million)

n“It seems that the other spells I mastered didn’t add up,” Maximus wondered.

nMaximus manipulated the system to see what happened.

nAfter a while, he found the answer.

n“I see.”

nThe previously mastered spell did add up, but it added in each individual mastery.

n“By the way, the Arcana Library seems to boost my comprehension when I add points.”

nHe remembered that when he added Life points to his cultivation manual.

nThe points he got were double than normal.

n“Just right, I also need to get the complete Gaia’s Primal Genesis manual.”

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