Swallowed Star: I Am Sett, The Uncrowned King
Chapter 41

The Wonderful Uses of the Killing Space

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Sett stepped into the arena and defeated his opponent with a single punch, securing the victory.

With an average of three to five matches per day, Sett had already achieved a one-hundred-match winning streak in just one month.

The vast majority of these hundred-plus duels were settled with a single punch, with only a small fraction requiring a few extra moves.

"Wuhu! The Boss! The Boss! The opponent is begging for mercy!"

"The Boss is so amazing!"

"The Boss, I want to have your babies!"

Cheers erupted from the audience; The Boss was becoming increasingly popular with the spectators.

"This feeling is actually not bad." Sett waved to the crowd before exiting the Duel Space.

"Hmm? A call." Sett noticed a call request on his virtual assistant. "I wonder who it is. Connecting to the Virtual Universe."

The scene shifted, and he arrived in the Virtual Universe.

Thanks to having 100 million Ganwu Coins, he had purchased a property in a residential area on Dark Star Island, so Sett would arrive directly inside his home whenever he connected to the Virtual Universe, rather than appearing on the street.

"It's a call from Sanying. I wonder what he wants." Sett quickly called him back.

On the screen, Sanying's massive figure appeared.

"What's up, Sanying?" Sett asked with a smile.

The giant replied, "Nothing much, just checking in to see how you're doing. I haven't heard how things are going for you at the Giant Axe Arena over the past month."

Time flew by, and a month had passed in the blink of an eye. With Sett leading the way, Sanying's progress had been significant; not only had he mastered the secret technique his master gave him, but he had also raised his domain to the fourth level, making him quite the genius.

"How else could it be? It's going great. I fight a few matches a day and have free time for everything else. Life is pretty fulfilling," Sett said.

"Hehe, as long as you're doing well. I feel like my strength is about to break through to the Star Level; I estimate I'll make it in a year or two," Sanying laughed.

"That's great. You only really have some strength once you reach the Star Level," Sett nodded and said.

Although it hadn't been long since Sett reached the ninth rank of the Planetary Level, the sheer volume of combat had accelerated his growth, to the point where he was on the verge of breaking through to the Star Level. However, he kept it suppressed, otherwise, he wouldn't be able to continue as a Planetary Level Giant Axe Warrior.

"Yeah, my teacher said that once I reach the Star Level, he'll let me go out and explore the universe on my own," Sanying continued.

Flowers in a greenhouse never grow strong. Generally, once one reaches the Star Level, they can be considered to have a bit of real strength.

On some planets, the strongest individuals are only at the Star Level, so naturally, they have some means of self-preservation in the universe.

"Haha, then we'll explore the universe together when the time comes. You and I, brothers, will surely make a name for ourselves in the universe sooner or later!" Sett laughed.

Sett possessed four Innate Secret Techniques and was even on the verge of grasping a sliver of the origin laws, leaving him feeling quite confident.

He believed that as long as he didn't fall, becoming an Immortal would be a simple matter.

Time flew like an arrow, and in the blink of an eye, another year passed.

Sett had already won 999 matches, and he was just one victory away from becoming a Giant Axe Warrior.

The further he progressed, the lower the frequency of duels arranged by the Giant Axe Arena became.

This was not only due to audience popularity but also because they had to select opponents who also had a high number of victories.

His final match was scheduled for three days later, and his opponent was also a duelist with 999 wins.

Both were only one victory away from becoming Giant Axe Warriors, but due to the arrangements of the Giant Axe Arena, only one of them could truly achieve that title.

Sett couldn't help but feel speechless, thinking that the Giant Axe Arena was truly ruthless for arranging a duel between two people who were both just one win away from the title.

No matter how strong they were, only one could survive.

The Giant Axe Arena had begun promoting the match long in advance, turning both of their dueling histories into short clips displayed on the homepage of the Ganwu branch of the Giant Axe Arena.

Although it sounded like just a Planetary Level Giant Axe Warrior winning a thousand matches, one dared not calculate how many duelists of the same level had to die to produce a single Giant Axe Warrior. It was terrifying.

Fortunately, there were enough Planetary Level fighters that those with good strength could become Giant Axe Warriors within a year.

For example, it would be much slower for the Star Level, but that was fine, as there were plenty of Star Level fighters as well.

As for Universe Level Giant Axe Warriors, they couldn't be produced within a single star sector; it took traveling through many sectors to produce one, and the process was long.

Not to mention Domain Lord or World Lord levels; duels of that caliber didn't happen in small places like medium-sized universe nations; they were uniformly arranged by high-level universe nations at the very least.

"It's the final few days. I need to study my opponent so I don't trip up," Sett thought.

He opened his virtual assistant to watch his opponent's combat footage.

His opponent was named Juenian, and he used a longsword.

He was thin, but his explosive power was immense, and his swordsmanship was nothing short of masterful.

"He's actually grasped a sliver of the water origin laws, and his domain has reached the seventh level. He seems quite formidable," Sett noted, watching Juenian kill his opponent with a single strike in just a few seconds.

"Although I've raised my Domain of Metal to the sixth level and my space domain to the third level through so many duels, I still can't grasp any origin laws. I'm just missing that little bit, but I don't know what it is," Sett thought to himself.

Trying to grasp origin laws at the Planetary Level was incredibly difficult.

Even at the Star Level, those who could grasp origin laws were considered geniuses, let alone at the Planetary Level.

Only at the Universe Level did the majority of fighters begin to grasp a sliver of the origin laws.

Comprehending the laws at the Planetary Level is difficult, difficult, difficult.

"No, Juenian can do it, and Allen can do it too. I shouldn't be worse than them; I have four Innate Secret Techniques, after all." Sett was naturally proud.

"Forget it, this kind of thing can't be rushed. Getting anxious makes it easy to get stuck in a rut, making it even harder to comprehend. I should just be missing a catalyst." Sett suppressed his restless heart.

Being too anxious in cultivation is not good. In this universe, time is worthless; some powerhouses might spend ten million years in a single seclusion.

"Right, the Killing Field. I've been staying in the Duel Space of the Killing Field all this time, but I've never actually trained in the Killing Field itself." Sett realized he had been wasting such a good place as the Killing Field.

The Killing Field has two great uses. One is the Duel Space within it, where one can naturally duel with powerhouses of the same level to verify one's own combat experience and so on.

The other, naturally, is the function of the Killing Field itself: it can simulate any opponent you want to train with.

This point is truly incredible. For example, you can simulate yourself—an opponent with the exact same strength as you—to conduct a duel.

Because the opponents simulated by the Killing Field all share one characteristic: they are rich in combat experience. By fighting against them, one can discover one's own shortcomings.

Of course, you can also simulate other opponents. There is nothing you can't think of that the Killing Field cannot do.

"Simulate me!" Sett issued the command to his intelligent assistant in the Killing Space.

By paying a certain amount of money, one can be assigned such a Killing Space to conduct duels against desired opponents.

Sett saw another Sett standing opposite him, with the same appearance, the same height, and like Sett, carrying no weapons.

"Move!" Sett initiated the attack first, wanting to prove whose combat experience was superior.

After all, only by fighting oneself can one know one's own shortcomings, and strength improves faster this way.

"This is impossible. I've trained with Zhenlian King for over two years and have two major Innate Secret Techniques; how can I not win?" Sett frowned after being punched to death by "himself."

Although he hadn't expected to win easily, he hadn't expected to lose so quickly. After only a few moves, he was killed by a single punch.

"Where exactly am I lacking?" Sett pondered secretly, intending to find his own deficiencies.

Whether it was the Duel Space of the Killing Field or the Giant Axe Arena in reality, Sett had never lost so thoroughly, or perhaps, had never really lost at all.

The first time dueling himself, the result being like this left Sett feeling incredibly depressed.

"Whew, it's a good thing there are still three days left. It's better to lose early. After all, this is the Virtual Universe; you can lose once, or you can lose a thousand or ten thousand times. But in reality, you can't afford to lose even once. Again!" Sett didn't dwell on it; after all, losing early is better than losing late.

In such life-and-death duels, only by improving his strength early would his chances of winning the upcoming decisive battle be greater.

Sett simulated himself again, learning as he fought, and his combat techniques were improving rapidly.

"So that's how it is!" Sett realized.

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