The Battle of the World was a tournament held between all kingdoms, where only the best of the best could participate. Normally, there were 100 people per kingdom. The only main rule was that only people over 20 could participate.
Kayden, at the time, was 18 years old and therefore did not expect the invitation, because if it was just strength, he would have already participated before. The event took place at the end of the year, more specifically there were 3 days for a mysterious test and another three for battles in which they could be singles, pairs, or trios. Every year was revealed only on the day of the battle.
"What are the rewards?" Kayden wouldn’t fight for anything, he never sought glory or fame and it wouldn’t be any different now.
"Some varied treasures, but that’s the least of it, the top ten have the right to touch a divine stone, it allows you to immediately advance from the peak of the ninth level and that’s not even the most impressive thing, it allows you to understand your main weak point."
Kayden was quiet after receiving this information, it was too surreal to be true, as the main weakness was not something small, it meant a lot to any mage. When he thought it was over, the dean continued.
" And we also have the lightning test, the truth is that the real battle of the world only accepts people in the second realm, those who are from the first and participate are only to gain experience, as long as you are under 25 years old you can participate regardless of your rank." The dean got lost in the explanation and it was the first time Kayden had heard the man talk so much. "Returning to the lightning test, the kingdom that obtains the most receives the right to a legendary technique."
Kayden didn’t react very well to the last line, he had no idea how strong a legendary technique was, for him, techniques were always just techniques, their strength lay in their use and their advantages.
"Explain what a legendary technique is," Azir told the dean.
"A legendary technique is something of a high level that comes from outside..." the dean coughed because of the pressure of Azir’s mana, then resumed speaking as if nothing had happened. "In short, it is a technique capable of making someone jump several levels, you can see Locke fighting wizards with one path and triumphing, this is because of the technique we received when Apollo won."
"Where do so many high-level techniques come from? Are they new every year?" Kayden asked a few questions.
"A kingdom can only receive it if it manages to achieve five rays, which is a very rare feat, normally only one person can achieve this for decades, what we want is for you to enter the competition and make five rays when you move on to the second Kingdom." Kayden thought about this a little, he already had a lot of concepts, maybe if he could get one or two more in six months he would be properly ready.
"I need treasures to learn two concepts, furthermore, I want to have access to the technique I gain." His requests were loud, but they still matched reality, the first request was something he would need and the other was just a whim that he threw into the wind.
"Okay, you no longer need to participate in the monthly championship, the seed will be delivered to your home every month, I hope you can reach the peak of the ninth level in a few months."
Azir’s speech ended the situation and Kayden could finally return to his home, this time he left the concepts aside and decided to focus on cultivating like crazy, even his classes were left aside.
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"Just circle," Kayden repeated to himself for the umpteenth time, he was in the process of advancing to the ninth level, the conversation with Azir and the dean was just a day ago, and only a few hours later did he realize that Apollo was already in the ninth level. second realm and had also achieved five lightning bolts.
To advance, Kayden used one of the seeds he won in the monthly championships, it was more than enough to give him mana to break the last shackle that held him to the eighth level.
He continued circling as the feeling of euphoria took over his entire body, he knew what it was, it was the impulse, Kayden had to take the opportunity to think about the only heart.
As he focused only on cultivating, he ended up leaving it aside, and would probably only return to this subject after the world championship, once again he improved his veins and his heart.
Additionally, he made some small changes to his secondary hearts so they had a stronger boost, Kayden prepared his veins to have mana circulating at high speed, he needed this to be able to overload his circulation when necessary.
Other than that, there was practically nothing else for him to do and he just had to let nature take care of the process while he thought about having just one heart, slowly insights that he would never have had on his own began to appear to him.
To only have one heart, the other would have to disappear and for that, he would have to pump his blood and perform all the functions of his heart with the new one. Kayden would also have to regulate the flow so as not to damage his body.
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For him to imprint the new functions on his mana heart it would be necessary for him to have a ridiculously high knowledge of his current one, ridiculous to the point where he would know the strength of each beat and replicate them. It would have to be identical to his current one in operation, which meant it couldn’t be done in just a few months, it would take years for him to memorize every movement and action of his heart.
This realization was like a bucket of cold water on Kayden, but he didn’t lose heart and tried to continue thinking, unfortunately, he no longer had access to the impulse, the world had finally finished improving his entire body. His bones, muscles, and every part of his body were improved, and a large amount of impurities were on the ground around Kayden, within seconds he burned all the black substances and using an air spell to gather all the dirt into a ball threw it out the window.
As soon as he finished doing that, Kayden went back to cultivating, as his foundation was ridiculously well crafted, he didn’t even need to stabilize himself from the advancement and just kept progressing, he estimated that it would only take him a month to reach the peak of the ninth level.
And Kayden was right, a month later he finally managed to max out the first realm, he reached a wall similar to the apprentice realm, he felt like he could break through at any time, he just had to wish for it. As soon as he reached the peak, Kayden put that aside and started thinking about the concepts he should learn, he still had three months left until the end of the year, and his goal was a little further than previously, he wanted to advance with ten concepts, at the moment I had seven and would need to learn another three.
The number of concepts only increased his general strength, having dozens of concepts would not make him capable of facing more lightning, but when he subdued them he had a gain for each concept, even if minimal.
He could learn more concepts before advancing to the second realm, but a legendary technique was something too good for him to pass up, moreover, he felt that he would soon reach a concept limit and he couldn’t explain why. His next two concepts would be to support his path, he was his best chance to advance, his concepts would be omnipotence and humility, the two concepts were very abstract and Kayden didn’t find any books about them, but just some testimonials and how to achieve them.
His other concept for his electrical concept tree was called electrical impulse, it was very similar to everything he had already learned, an electrical impulse was nothing more than a rapid electrical discharge capable of crossing the medium. For example, our nerve signals are carried out through small electrical impulses through all our nerves, this concept was detailed as important for the bolt technique, as it would help him to better understand the flow of electrical movements in other people’s bodies.
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It only took Kayden three weeks to understand the concept of omnipotence, using a small seaweed that the dean gave to him, the ease of this concept came because he had had some incredible experiences in his two lives. Reincarnation showed him that anything is possible, and then he faced the golden eyes, this was the experience that most helped him understand the concept of omnipotence, the eyes floated in space as if they were gods.
In fact, gods would not be the correct word but god, because he was above everything and everyone, there were no equals to him, Kayden knew he had never beaten him, he didn’t even come close, he was closer to the power to create life and change the laws of the universe than face that creature, what happened was that he was recognized, that’s all.