Wizard, I have a game board.

Chapter 298 Impressive
"What's wrong?" Lor asked, puzzled, when Francis suddenly looked at him as if he were something strange.

"You've also broken through the seventh ring threshold in witchcraft?" Francis asked, his voice hoarse.

As soon as he said this, all the speakers and Lor's relatives and friends present stopped their discussions and turned their attention to Lor.

Their eyes were filled with a variety of emotions, including surprise, shock, admiration, and respect.

“That threshold is indeed difficult to cross. I only managed to reach the required level of defense by some accident,” Lor laughed.

"Fine, fine, you got lucky again, didn't you?" Francis was somewhat speechless.

How many times has this guy gotten away with it?
Why couldn't he just take a chance this once?

“Wait, Speaker Lor, did you just say ‘defense’ is up to standard? Not ‘movement evasion’?” Vincenta emphasized the word ‘defense’, his face full of confusion.

They all knew about this person's journey on the dual-system path of time and space during the Fifth Ring Road era.

They can understand that once they reach the sixth ring, they will eventually be able to push the two aspects of attack, defense, and movement to the threshold of the seventh tier.

But didn't this person say before that his primary goal after breaking through to the sixth ring was to strengthen his spatial jump magic in preparation for dimensional group teleportation?
How did it suddenly turn into a defensive stance?

“This is the unexpected thing I was talking about.” Lor nodded, glanced at the starfish beside him, and then continued, “Now is not the time to talk about this. If you want to know the reason, wait until Speaker Sanchez finishes his duel before you go out and tell him.”

"Ah."

"it is good."

"What a surprise!!"

"You haven't discovered another new path, have you?"

Many speakers were itching to participate, and suddenly Sanchez's gladiatorial games didn't seem so appealing anymore.

After hearing their conversation, the starfish nearby all turned to stone.

Thanks to the Second World's automatic translation, they could easily understand what Lor and the others were saying.

However, while understanding what is said is easy, truly comprehending it is extremely difficult.

What does it mean to be "almost at the threshold of the Seventh Ring Road"?
What does it mean that energy attacks are inferior to physical attacks?

What do you mean you've also broken through to the seventh ring in witchcraft?

Is the "seventh ring" these guys are talking about the same as the "seventh order" in their understanding?

Judging from the performance of that flesh-and-blood type powerhouse in the arena, it seems... probably so.

But how is that possible?
Reaching the threshold of the seventh rank means having the opportunity to become a sixth-rank, eight-star being.

Leaving aside the one in the arena who is a sixth-tier, eight-star being, there's another one outside the arena?!

Are sixth-tier, eighth-star beings, which are extremely rare even in top-tier large civilizations, now as common as cabbages?

They just randomly encountered two?
Zebu is really unlucky to encounter a sixth-tier, eight-star powerhouse making its debut. The odds of that happening are incredibly low!
Just as the atmosphere in the arena was becoming increasingly strange, a verdant light screen suddenly appeared in front of all the spectators.

[The duel has ended; spectator access has been revoked.]

The next moment, everyone was repelled back into their own space.

Second World, Francis's personal space, in the top hall of the Water and Soil Two-Color Wizard Tower.

Francis did not rush back into the arena to watch the fight. Instead, he opened the civilization information exchange list and posted a message.

The title of this post is: [A Tier 6, 8-Star Flesh-type Creature Starts from Scratch and Conquers the Arena – Come Watch!]

Sanchez had asked him for this favor before the gladiatorial match.

Since there were no actual results from the first battle in the arena, the arena could not provide evidence, so even posting about it didn't attract many viewers.

Now that a fight has taken place and the arena has provided a preliminary assessment, it's time to attract more spectators.

As soon as the post was published, nearly a hundred comments appeared below, such as "Thanks for letting me know".

A few seconds later, the number of comments began to drop rapidly to a frequency of forty or fifty comments per second.

Compared to when the ray first exposed Lor Gladiator, this post didn't get as much attention, let alone the second time it was exposed.

That's understandable, though. When Lor was first revealed, although he only had the potential to reach the sixth rank and eight stars, the Space faction was obviously much more eye-catching than the Flesh faction.

As for the second time, Sanchez was no match for him, because that was a sixth-tier nine-star potential that only a handful of people in a vast territory could achieve!
Unfortunately, he only had the potential of a sixth-tier, nine-star character. If Lor had already been a sixth-tier, nine-star character at that time and was still participating in star-level challenges, the number of spectators would have increased by at least a hundred times or even a thousand times.

"I'm afraid this time it won't cause any big commotion." After posting this, Francis glanced at the few thousand comments below the post, shook his head slightly, and went back into the arena to watch the battle.

Although the list of civilized information exchanges does not care about the authenticity or quantity of the information posted, only one similar post can sink directly from the top to the bottom in a short period of time.

Other posts with largely the same content will appear further down, and because fewer people are watching the comments, they will sink to the bottom even faster.

Therefore, unless it is intended to confuse those searching for content, repeated posting is not very meaningful.

For the time being, Sanchez can only attract so many viewers.

Inside the arena.

"Only this many?" Sanchez turned his head and glanced at the nearly one thousand additional figures outside the arena.

After waiting a while longer, seeing fewer and fewer new spectators entering, I felt a little disappointed, but I was prepared and immediately started the second gladiator match.

With his strength, it wouldn't be difficult for him to accumulate Dream Points in other games where they can be earned, but the Arena is an exception.

Because this is a winner-takes-all 'game'.

While sixth-tier, eighth-star individuals are rare, around ten can emerge in a single region facing the sea in an era, and over ten thousand can emerge in a single region where a ruler governs a territory.

Looking across the entire crystal domain, it's quite common for tens of millions of people to emerge in an era.

At the same time, since it's not a scarce road like the Space Road, it's indeed quite difficult to attract too many viewers to spend Dream Points to watch it.

If it were a sixth-tier nine-star fighter, even if it were just a gladiator with the potential to be a sixth-tier nine-star fighter, it would achieve a completely different effect, just like Lor.

Of course, the fact that there are fewer viewers now does not mean that there will be fewer viewers during Star Challenge.

Nobody watches when someone beats a weak player, but a lot of people watch when strong players clash.

Outside the arena.

“There are more and more spectators. If they find out we’re from Sanchez’s clan, we’ll probably run into trouble.” Francis glanced at the spectators entering the arena one after another and said, “I’ll exchange for a transparent barrier.”

A transparent barrier can block the view of other creatures, making it an essential item for creatures that dislike being disturbed when watching gladiatorial combat.

Of course, this thing isn't free either.

Each time a transparent barrier covers a living being, it costs an additional ticket; for example, a mid-level arena requires one hundred Dream Points.

Francis wasn't short of Dream Points, so he brought up the spectator panel and renewed the transparent barrier for 20 more periods, which could cover hundreds of creatures.

A semi-transparent light screen suddenly appeared around the members of the Wizard Alliance, making them disappear from the sight of other living beings.

However, they could see other creatures who hadn't exchanged for the transparent barrier and hear them talking, making it extremely practical. "Huh, the arena has this kind of thing?" Lor looked around in surprise; he really didn't know it could be used like this before.

“Haha, I only discovered it by accident when I was observing some sixth-tier, nine-star beings fighting.” Francis chuckled. “You’ve been so focused on your experiments that you haven’t paid much attention to these things, so it’s normal that you don’t know about them.”

“Having this thing does make things more convenient.” Lor nodded, then turned his attention to the arena ahead.

Inside the arena, Sanchez won one battle after another.

Two consecutive wins.
Five-game winning streak.
Soon, unsurprisingly, Sanchez achieved a ten-game winning streak.

The next nine battles were similar to the first one, with the release of abyssal rays causing the opponents to explode instantly, without any hesitation.

The star-level challenge is just getting on track; there's no point in dragging it out now.

Outside the arena.

Before they knew it, more than 10,000 spectators had gathered. After witnessing their tenth opponent also being crushed by Sanchez, they felt a pang of heartache, but also a sense of exhilaration.

It's a hundred Dream Points, which disappear in a few seconds, and it's still quite a luxury for most creatures.

"This sixth-tier, eighth-star member of the Flesh and Blood faction is really decisive, not beating around the bush at all. I'm even a little heartbroken about my Dream Points."

"Hey, this is the style of all flesh and blood-themed works, you'll get used to it."

"The Star Challenge is about to begin, I can't wait."

"I think the previous star challenges were probably no different from this one. He doesn't even need to show his true strength to crush them."

"By the way, do you know which top-tier civilization has recently produced such a genius? He seems a bit unfamiliar!"

"do not know."

"I do not know either."

"I feel like I've seen him somewhere before, but I can't remember where."

The many spectators were discussing the match, some talking about Sanchez's fighting style, and others about his identity.

In a corner of the arena, behind a transparent barrier.

"Good heavens, has Sanchez changed his ways?" Gerald, the sixth-ring water council chairman, looked past the transparent barrier and stared in surprise at Sanchez, who had just defeated his enemy in the arena. "I thought he would fight for a full hour in every match, but he has already finished ten regular gladiatorial matches."

He had originally been looking forward to a great show today, but judging from the current trend, it seems Sanchez will be done in no time.

This is wrong, very wrong.

He felt that Sanchez Fejamba had secured an opportunity to enter the arena in parliament, and he couldn't let it go to waste.

"I guess there aren't enough viewers right now, so he's not interested," Lor guessed with a smile. "If there are more viewers later, he might do something different."

"Correct."

Francis nodded in agreement, "Sanchez has been projecting his image across the entire Wizarding World for years, so it's normal that he doesn't care about the current audience."

"However, compared to Sanchez, I think Speaker Lor's past has been almost completely exposed."

There are already creatures outside that look familiar to Sanchez.

Apart from Sanchez, only Lor from the entire Wizarding Alliance ever visited the arena.

He figured that once there were a lot of viewers, Lor would most likely be exposed.

“Good thing.” Lor glanced at Sanchez in the arena and said slowly, “Isn’t this exactly what that guy wanted?”

"I'm not so sure," said Kod, a sixth-circle fire-elemental wizard, with a meaningful tone.

"Ha~"

"Pfft~"

"Haha."

Those who knew Sanchez's character couldn't help but laugh.

If things develop as they expect, it's likely that all the spectators watching Sanchez's gladiatorial combat will shift their focus away from Sanchez himself.

After all, a mysterious sixth-tier nine-star potential holder is much more attractive than a sixth-tier eight-star holder.

I wonder what Sanchez's reaction will be when he learns about this after his gladiatorial combat ends.

As the crowd chatted, the notification that the gladiatorial combat had ended popped up again, and all the spectators were once again cleared out.

Soon, all the viewers returned as Sanchez chose to start the Star Challenge.

No.

Compared to the mere 10,000 spectators just now, the number of creatures outside the arena has roughly doubled, reaching over 20,000, making the scene even more lively.

"The Star Challenge has finally begun."

"I wonder if he can reach the sixth rank, eighth star in one go."

"It depends on luck. If he encounters an eight-star creature that excels at attacking in the eight-star challenge, he might directly reach the sixth tier eight-star. But if he encounters an eight-star creature that is equally good at defense or survival, his chances are probably slim."

"Tsk, the flaws of the flesh and blood system are still too big. If it were the space system, as long as the strength reaches the threshold of the seventh level, it would be a sure thing in one go."

"Wait, I think I know which civilization he comes from." Just then, a being about three meters tall, whose entire body was made of blue crystal, suddenly interrupted everyone's discussion.

"where?"

"What top-tier, large-scale civilization?"

Is it related to space?

All living beings standing beside this blue crystal focused their gaze on it and asked a series of questions.

"No, not a top-tier large civilization."

Blue Crystal shook its head slightly. "I remember a great eighth-order being once concluded that their civilization might be a large civilization, or it might be a small civilization that is still lacking Dream Points, but it could never be a top-tier large civilization."

"Later, that fifth-order space genius with nine-star potential gave up the Star Challenge, which also meant that he gave up tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of Dream Points."

"Therefore, the hypothesis that this civilization lacked Dream Points was rejected, and this civilization was ultimately confirmed as a large civilization."

At this point, its voice was full of emotion: "It's truly remarkable that a large civilization not only produced a fifth-order space prodigy with nine-star potential in the same era, but also this sixth-order eight-star genius."

"If all goes well, we may even witness the rise of a top-tier large civilization."

"By the way, you can search for a post called '[Shocking! A genius from an unknown top-tier large-scale civilization's super space system challenges the arena at the fifth rank.]' for the details. There are some discussions about it there."

He spoke his entire understanding of the matter as if pouring beans from a bamboo tube, without the slightest hesitation.

The impression left on it by that nine-star potential prodigy of the Space faction was quite profound. Otherwise, it would not have been able to think of that person as soon as it heard the word 'space'.

(End of this chapter)