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nFive days later, in the hidden underground chamber, Maximus looked at the ongoing rune inscribing process.

nInitial Virtual Colosseum complete (Tier 0-5)

nBattle Ground Map Calibrating…

nBattle of the Ancients Initializing…

nThe Aethercore, after eight days, finally stopped vibrating, and Maximus had consumed 13 top magic crystals just to inscribe this unfinished Virtual Colosseum.

nPlease insert name…

nAfter some thinking, he named it the Battle Colosseum.

nThere are two modes of Battle Colosseum.

nThe Battle Ground, where players battle against each other either in 1v1 or 5v5 matches.

nAnd the Battle of the Ancients, where you battle against the AI program.

nThis is where he consumed most of the top-grade magic crystals, as inscribing this AI powerhouse required purer and more mana.

nWhat was finished now was the battle AI for Tier 0 to 5.

nAs for higher tiers, it was still ongoing, but he estimated that it would take at least a month to finish the battle AI for Tier 6.

nTier 6 is on a different level, as it is the threshold between mages and knights, making them equal.

nThis special realm is achieved by combining the body and soul, making that mages and knights are on equal in strength and lifespan.

nAfter he finished naming it, he inputted the rewards.

nAfter all, without rewards, it would only be a game.

nWith rewards, it would be a way of life, the dream that you want to achieve in your life.

nThe first reward he thought of was all kinds of rare resources for mage and knight cultivation.

nBy setting this, it would provide invisible benefits for talented individuals, making them stronger than others.

nThe second reward was titles and land.

nAfter he came to rule the entire Sunburn Plateau, all noble titles were abolished, leaving the powerless nobles frustrated.

nThese titles and land rewards held no real power.

nThe land was spiritual land for farming and building houses.

nYou know, spiritual land is usually rented monthly, and the houses people live in can’t be arbitrarily changed, and they still need to pay a yearly fee.

nOf course, it is affordable and cheap; otherwise, people wouldn’t have the means to live in it.

nBut with these rewards, they would fully own the land and be able to do whatever they liked.

nAs for the titles, they would provide special privileges, such as tax discounts and other special benefits that would surely flatter these former nobles.

nAfter setting these rewards, he set the price for these rewards, which were the battle points players would receive when they won a battle.𝔬𝐕𝗅xt.𝗇t

nIn the Battle of the Ancients, opponents were divided into tiers 0 to 5, with varying difficulties: easy, medium, hard, and nightmare.

nFor tiers 0 to 5, players would receive battle points in increments of 10.

nFor example, Tier 0 would earn 1 BP, Tier 1 would earn 10 BP, and Tier 2 would earn 100 BP.

nRegarding difficulty levels, easy would earn 1X the BP, medium would earn 2X the BP, hard would earn 3X the BP, and nightmare would earn 10X the BP.

nAfter setting all the parameters and configurations, he decided to import the Battle Colosseum to the Aethercore.

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nIn the tavern, in broad daylight, Silver Atom was still drinking.

nFor Silver Atom, whether it was day or night made no difference.

nThe only thing that could stop him from drinking was being knocked out of sleep, which, for him, was the best feeling.

nWhile he was drinking, his personal token vibrated.

nNew Update…

nSeeing that there was another new update, Silver Atom became intrigued.

nPersonal Information

nMoonlight Forum

nMoonlight Library

nMoonlight Bank

nBattle Colosseum (New)

nAs he clicked on the Battle Colosseum, a pop-up appeared.

nDo you want to upload your consciousness?

nRead Instruction Manual…

n“Upload consciousness? Interesting,” Silver Atom smiled.

nYou see, consciousness-based functions on personal tokens are only available in the Origin Domain and some rich domains in the Arcane Continent.

nThat’s because this kind of function consumes an enormous amount of mana.

nFor example in Moonlight Kingdom, with a multitude of Tier 0 to 3 mages and knights using the Battle Colosseum, it would cost one top magic crystal per year just to keep it running.

nOne can’t even fathom how much mana it would cost in the Origin Domain, where there live billions of trillions of people with the most powerful and talented individuals in the entire domain.

nFortunately, the rich mana in the Origin Domain offsets the cost of running this kind of virtual world.

n“This brat’s teacher is quite interesting,” Silver Atom murmured.

nThinking that Maximus’ teacher is the one who made or instructed the making of this virtual function.

nWithout further ado, he uploaded his consciousness.

nAs for reading the instruction manual, who in their right mind would read an instruction manual?

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nAlister, who was having breakfast with his sister Amara before heading to a Tier 1 forest to earn money and train, was interrupted by an update on his personal token.

nAfter reading the instruction manual, a battle intent shone through Alister’s eyes.

n“Battle? Battle Points? Rewards?” Alister questioned himself.

n“Isn’t this made for me?” Alister murmured excitedly, which startled Amara who was sitting next to him.

n“What’s going on, Brother? You’ve been on your token for a while now,” Amara asked.

n“Don’t you know about the update?”

n“No, my token is in my room.”

n“Then go get your token. I’ll quickly earn our resources,” Alister excitedly said without explaining anything, and he headed towards his room.

nAs the instruction manual said, you would be immobile when you uploaded your consciousness.

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nMaximus stood in front of a Tier 1 Official Mage with Nightmare difficulty, watching as the opponent disintegrated.

n“I nearly lost,” Maximus said to himself, patting his chest.

nIn his first battle, the Tier 0 apprentice knight with Nightmare difficulty was easily defeated by him, thanks to his transcendent Tier 0 soul spell mastery.

nBut in the second battle with the Official Mage opponent just now, he had almost failed.

nIf it weren’t for his consciousness, which was already Tier 3 Nascent Mage, he wouldn’t even have time to react.

nIn this virtual world, the mana and spells you use are the same.

nThe only difference is consciousness, as it can’t be suppressed, with the current state Battle Colosseum.

nIn fact, winning a battle with a Nightmare opponent would make you practically invincible in the same tier and could easily fight across tiers.

nSo, he should be contented, that at least his strength is not made of water and he can still be invisible at the same level albeit lower.

nBut for him, a transmigrator with such an overpowered cheat, the fact that he nearly lost was embarrassing.

nBy the looks of things, he could only defeat Tier 2 opponents of high difficulty next.

nTo avoid losing, he upgraded his previous spells one by one to Transcendent mastery, which cost him more than ten thousand life points.

nReady for the next battle, he clicked on “Next.”

nMaximus found himself in a forest environment, facing off against a Tier 2 Great Knight.

nWhen he fought the tier 0 apprentice knight earlier, his assumption that knights were weaklings was quickly overridden.

nHe realized there was no essential difference in strength between knights and mages.

nHis preconceived notion was a result of encountering mostly weak opponents, leading him to underestimate the knight’s profession.

nFurthermore, there are 10 times more knights than mages so it is more likely to encounter weak knights than trash mages.

nBefore the countdown of the battle is finished, Maximus cast a Tier 2 barrier spell on himself.

n“3… 2… 1… 0… Fight!”

nThe battle commenced.

nSuddenly, the knight opposite him vanished from sight.

n“So it’s an assassin-type knight?” Maximus grinned with excitement.

nSlash…

nA slash appeared behind Maximus, nearly shattering his barrier.

nFortunately, his transcendent mastery of the barrier spell held strong against the opponent’s perfect mastery.

nMaximus retaliated with an indiscriminate fire bombardment, but the assassin knight immediately retreated after delivering a strike, avoiding the fiery onslaught.

nDetermined to gain the upper hand, Maximus focused his concentration and unleashed a detection spell.

nWith newfound awareness, he cast a wooden vine-binding spell, attempting to trap the elusive assassin knight.

nHowever, the knight proved to be as slippery as a fish, teleporting behind Maximus once again.

nThe assassin knight swiftly moved around him, slashing three times in quick succession.

nThe barrier broke under the pressure of the first strike.

nFortunately, he managed to hold against the second strike, thanks to his quick supplementation.

nHowever, on the third strike, unable to react in time, he could only instinctively dodge, narrowly avoiding but losing an arm in exchange.

n“Fuck!” Maximus screamed in pain.

nThough it was a virtual battle, the sensations were all too real, evoking his combat instincts.

nHe cast a healing spell to mend his wounded arm, swiftly restoring it to its previous state.

nNow fueled by anger, Maximus conjured a raging fire that continually enveloped him, forming an impassable barrier.

n“Let’s see how you can get near me now,” Maximus taunted, his arrogance evident.

nWith the raging fire surrounding him, the knight assassin struggled to approach, rendered passive by the inferno.

nHe can do this indiscriminate bombing of spells because transcendent mastery only consumed a thousandth of mana required than normal.

nAfter some time, employing a combination of indiscriminate bombardments, fort-like spell frequency, and his transcendent mastery.

nMaximus managed to exhaust the knight assassin, ultimately delivering the fatal blow.

n“Hahaha! Easy!” Maximus laughed and boasted, reveling in his victory.

nAlthough he acknowledged his shortcomings in combat, he couldn’t accept defeat.

nFurthermore, until now, he hadn’t used his more than 20X mana amplitude keeping it sealed.

nHad he used his mana amplitude, his opponent wouldn’t have stood a chance and brake his mana barrier, regardless if he stood still during the duration of the battle.

n“Should I increase the difficulty?” Maximus pondered, questioning himself.

nEven with Nightmare’s difficulty he can’t help but still cheat, preventing him from truly enhancing his battle consciousness.

nHe contemplated creating next-level difficulty, one that would incorporate transcendent mastery and mana amplitude based on the opponent.

nThis way, he would be forced to train himself, leaving him with no other choice but to rely on his skills and cheat less.

nReflecting on it, he decided to call it the “Invincible” difficulty since no matter how high one’s battle IQ, it would be useless without transcendent mastery and the corresponding mana amplitude.

nSatisfied with his victory over the Tier 2 nightmare difficulty opponent, Maximus clicked “Next”…

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