"Watch Sett's match replay. Check it out." Besides training hard, Sanying was also worried about his good friend, so he paid to watch Sett's duel replay at the Giant Axe Arena.
Sett was only at Planetary Level, after all, and this was his first match, so the price wasn't very high.
"Wow, this has so many views. The title is 'A Life-and-Death Battle Between a Planetary-Level Genius Who Has Comprehended the Laws and Two Domains!' Damn, there are that many freaks at the Giant Axe Arena? Every one of them has comprehended the laws?" Sanying was startled when he saw the title. He hadn't expected Sett's first opponent to be so impressive.
Sanying knew Sett had two domains, of course, but he hadn't expected his opponent to have comprehended even a tiny bit of the laws.
"Quick, click it." Sanying hurriedly started the replay and watched the two Planetary Level geniuses fight.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Sett's fists and Allen's blade were both incredibly powerful. The winner was decided after just a few exchanges, but even Sett, despite his formidable strength, had faced some perilous moments.
"What are you watching? Why are you slacking off instead of training?" Sanying's master's booming voice rang out.
A rumbling like thunder sounded as a five-meter-tall giant strode toward Sanying.
"Master... Look, this is Sett, the friend I told you about. This is footage of his duel at the Giant Axe Arena," Sanying said to the giant approaching him.
Sanying himself was a three-meter-tall giant, but his master stood five meters tall. Beside him, Sanying looked like a child.
"Hm?" The five-meter giant looked at the screen.
"Your friend has a real gift. He's at Planetary Level and has comprehended two different domains. And look at his opponent—tch, tch. I didn't expect two young Planetary Level fighters to have such talent. What a pity. With a talent for comprehending the laws at Planetary Level, he'd have been all but guaranteed to become a World Lord with proper cultivation." The giant nodded.
"Enough. Now that you've watched it, get back to training. Look at him, then look at yourself. You've only reached the second level of a domain..." The giant bellowed at Sanying.
The shout startled Sanying, and he hurried outside to train.
My talent's pretty good, but I'm still nowhere near as good as Sett, Sanying thought.
Whew. If I want to become a powerful expert, killing is unavoidable. It's not my fault. We both signed a life-and-death contract. Sett tried not to let it weigh on his mind as he waited for his second duel.
While he waited, he watched other people's duels.
To make the duels more exciting, the Giant Axe Arena tried to match fighters with similar levels of strength.
For example, the match playing now was between two Controllers.
Two ninth-level Star Level Controllers manipulated their respective psychokinesis weapons and fought in midair.
The camera naturally focused on the weapons, which moved with startling agility, almost as if they had minds of their own.
One attacked while the other defended. The clash of psychokinesis weapons had the audience cheering in excitement.
Pfft!
After a while, one fighter's psychokinesis seemed to weaken slightly. His weapon slowed for a moment, and his opponent seized the opening to kill him instantly.
In a life-and-death battle, the outcome could be decided in an instant.
So this is a Controller's duel, Sett thought.
Unlike Martial Artists, who charged into battle with weapons in hand, Controllers fought from a distance by manipulating weapons with their psychokinesis.
Controllers generally trained their psychokinesis at the expense of their close-combat skills. However, they could attack from extreme range, making them extremely dangerous to ordinary Martial Artists.
Luo Feng is a Controller, too. I wonder how things are going on Earth now, Sett thought of Luo Feng back on Earth.
On Earth, Controllers were called Spirit Readers, and they were rare among the planet's Martial Artists.
Spirit Readers were also extremely fast and safe when it came to killing monsters.
Most importantly, they could fly without reaching Planetary Level. By imbuing a shield or their combat suit with psychokinesis, they could take flight—and even escape by flying if they couldn't win.
"Up next is the Controller, Feng Ying!"
Amid the booming announcement and the crowd's enthusiastic cheers, a handsome young man entered the Duel Space.
He wore a smile and looked confident.
Feng Ying had won more than six hundred matches in a row. He was incredibly powerful, with a third-level Wind Domain and a formidable psychokinesis weapon.
"Now, please welcome The Boss!"
"THE BOSS! THE BOSS! THE BOSS!"
Sett hadn't expected to be so popular after just one match. Hundreds of millions of spectators shouted his name.
He had only fought once, but his unique fighting style had already drawn a lot of attention.
As spectators at the Giant Axe Arena, they naturally enjoyed exciting fights, and Sett's bare-knuckle style made for a spectacular show.
On top of that, he had displayed immense strength in his first match, so it was only natural that the audience liked him.
"What? It's The Boss, that freak! This is bad." Feng Ying's smile vanished when he heard Sett was his opponent.
Sett found it amusing to see Feng Ying, who had been smiling moments earlier, turn completely poker-faced as he entered the arena.
"Are you practicing Sichuan opera-style face-changing here?" Sett couldn't help teasing him.
A minute passed quickly, and the two began their fight!
Wary of Sett, Feng Ying controlled his combat suit and used the magnetic field generated by the nine stars inside his body to retreat at high speed.
At the same time, he sent his scimitar-like psychokinesis weapon flying toward Sett.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Sett's fists collided with Feng Ying's psychokinesis weapon. Every punch sent the fast-moving weapon flying far away, only for Feng Ying to control it and send it right back at him.
"How annoying!" Sett frowned. The weapon couldn't hurt him, but constantly having to defend against it was still irritating.
Then he seized an opening.
Haymaker!
A gigantic golden fist shot toward Feng Ying, trailing fire and lightning and radiating tremendous power.
"Ah—what? It's so fast! Dodge!" Feng Ying's eyes narrowed as he saw the huge golden fist bearing down on him.
He stopped controlling his psychokinesis weapon and focused all his psychokinesis on his combat suit, propelling himself quickly out of the way of Sett's massive punch.
"That was close. I almost got hit." Feng Ying barely dodged the blow, the fist passing within inches of him.
"Now!" Sett shouted. He grabbed the psychokinesis weapon floating in the air. Feng Ying hadn't used much psychokinesis to control it, so Sett caught it easily with his right hand.
Pfft!
The scimitar-like psychokinesis weapon plunged straight into Feng Ying's head.
Even in death, Feng Ying couldn't have imagined he would be killed by his own psychokinesis weapon.
Reality had played a cruel joke on him. His death was almost farcical.
"Art needs logic, but reality doesn't!" Sett dusted off his hands, ending the duel.
He had now won two matches in a row.
The second fight had been much easier. A Controller was a bit of a nuisance, but once Sett got close, he could kill him with ease.
"The Boss is my lucky star. I bet on him again and made a killing."
"Haha, I bet on The Boss too. Enough to cover my living expenses."
"The Boss is my hero!"
After killing for the second time, The Boss felt much better. He waited in the lounge again, preparing for his third match.
Soon, his third match arrived, and The Boss's opponent was a giant with a five-hundred-match winning streak.
The giant had four arms, each wielding a greatsword. He looked imposing.
"So you're The Boss. Today, I'll show you what a domain is!" The giant released his Domain of Earth.
Yellow light surrounded the giant, suppressing Sett from a distance.
"Not bad. A fourth-level Domain of Earth. But aren't you a little overconfident? You think a fourth-level domain is enough to teach me about domains?" Sett roared and released his two domains.
His golden Domain of Metal and Domain of Space appeared, dispelling the pressure. The giant, instead, was suppressed.
"What? Even my fourth-level domain is being suppressed?" The giant was secretly shocked.
"Take this!" The giant swung all four arms at Sett at once.
But Sett's golden-lit fist sent him flying with a single punch, killing him on the spot.
"Hmph. Four greatswords—flashy, but no match for my one-punch Pummel!" Sett claimed victory in an instant.
The audience naturally roared their approval, shouting The Boss's name.
Sett seemed to be enjoying the feeling, too.
This feels pretty good, Sett thought.
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