Sett needed only one punch to defeat his opponent and claim victory.
He fought an average of three to five matches a day. In less than a month, Sett had already won a hundred matches in a row.
In more than a hundred duels, he had ended most of them with a single punch, using only a few extra moves in a small number of fights.
"Woohoo! The Boss, The Boss—the opponent's begging for mercy!"
"The Boss is amazing!"
"The Boss, I want to have your babies!"
Cheers rang out from the stands. The Boss was growing more and more popular with the audience.
This feels pretty great, Sett thought. He waved to the crowd, then left the Duel Space.
"Hm? A call." Sett saw a call request on his assistant. "I wonder who it is. Connect to the Virtual Universe."
The scene shifted, and he appeared in the Virtual Universe.
With a hundred million Ganwu Coins, he had bought a house in a residential district on Dark Star Island. Now, whenever he connected to the Virtual Universe, he appeared in his home instead of in the middle of the street.
"It's Sanying calling. I wonder what he wants." Sett quickly called him back.
Sanying's huge figure appeared on the screen.
"What's up, Sanying?" Sett asked with a smile.
The giant replied, "Nothing much. Just wanted to see how you're doing. It's been a month, and I don't know how things are going for you at the Giant Axe Arena."
Time flew by. A month had passed in the blink of an eye, and with Sett leading the way, Sanying had made remarkable progress. He had not only learned the secret technique his master had given him, but had also advanced his Domain to the fourth level. He could now be considered a genius.
"How else? Things are pretty good. I fight a few matches each day, and the rest of my time is mine to do with as I please. It's a pretty fulfilling life," Sett said.
"Heh, glad to hear it. I feel like I'm close to breaking through to Star Level. I figure I'll get there in a year or two," Sanying said with a laugh.
"That's great. You'll have some real strength once you reach Star Level." Sett nodded.
Sett hadn't been at Planetary Level 9 for long, but his many battles had made him grow rapidly. He was already on the verge of breaking through to Star Level, though he had kept his level suppressed. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to become a Planetary Level Giant Axe Warrior.
"Yeah. My master said that once I reach Star Level, he'll let me venture out into the universe on my own," Sanying continued.
Flowers raised in a greenhouse never grew strong. Reaching Star Level meant having at least a little strength.
On some planets, the strongest beings were only at Star Level. That level of strength was naturally enough to offer some protection in the wider universe.
"Haha, then we'll venture out together. The two of us will make a name for ourselves across the universe sooner or later!" Sett laughed.
After all, Sett possessed four Innate Secret Techniques and had even begun to sense a trace of the Origin Law. He was confident in himself.
As long as he didn't die, he believed becoming an Immortal Level warrior would be a sure thing.
Time flew, and a year passed in the blink of an eye.
Sett had already won 999 matches. He was just one victory away from becoming a Giant Axe Warrior.
The further he advanced, the less frequently the Giant Axe Arena scheduled his duels.
That was not only because of the audience's popularity, but also because they wanted to match fighters with similar win records against each other.
His final match was scheduled for three days later, and his opponent was another duelist with 999 victories.
They were both just one win away from becoming Giant Axe Warriors. But because of the Giant Axe Arena's arrangements, only one of them could truly earn the title.
Sett could only shake his head at the absurdity. The Giant Axe Arena really had some nerve, arranging a duel between two fighters who were each one victory away from becoming Giant Axe Warriors.
No matter how skilled they were, only one of them would walk away alive.
The Giant Axe Arena had started promoting the match well in advance. They had made short videos about both fighters' dueling careers and posted them on the homepage of the Ganwu Branch.
It might sound like nothing more than a Planetary Level fighter winning a thousand matches to become a Giant Axe Warrior.
But just how many duelists of the same level had to die for a single Giant Axe Warrior to emerge? The number was too frightening to even calculate.
Fortunately, there were plenty of Planetary Level fighters. Those with enough skill could become Giant Axe Warriors within a year.
Star Level fighters took longer, but not by too much. There were plenty of them as well.
As for Giant Axe Warriors at Universe Level, a single star region could not produce one. They had to travel through many star regions before a Universe Level Giant Axe Warrior could emerge, which took a long time.
And Domain Lord and World Lord Level fighters took even longer. Duels at those levels did not take place in a small region like a medium-level Universe Country. They were coordinated across a High-level Universe Country at the very least.
Only a few days left. I'd better study my opponent. I can't afford to lose, Sett thought.
He opened his virtual assistant and watched videos of his opponent's fights.
His opponent was named Juenian and wielded a long sword.
He was thin, but his explosive strength was immense, and his skill with the sword was extraordinary.
"He's actually sensed a trace of the water Origin Law, and his Domain has reached the seventh level. He seems pretty formidable." Sett watched Juenian kill an opponent with a single sword strike in just a few seconds.
I've raised my Domain of Metal to the sixth level through all those duels, and my Domain of Space has reached the third. But I still can't sense the Origin Law. I'm so close, but I don't know what I'm missing, Sett thought to himself.
For someone at Planetary Level to comprehend the Origin Law was incredibly difficult.
Even a Star Level warrior who could sense the Origin Law would count as a genius, let alone someone at Planetary Level.
Only at Universe Level did most people manage to sense a trace of the Origin Law.
Comprehending the law at Planetary Level was hard, hard, hard.
"No. If Juenian can do it, and Allen can do it too, then I shouldn't be any worse than them. I have four Innate Secret Techniques, after all." Sett was proud, too.
"Forget it. I can't rush this kind of thing. If I get anxious, I'll only get stuck in a rut and make it even harder to understand. I'm probably just missing the right opportunity." Sett suppressed his restlessness.
It wasn't good to rush cultivation. In this universe, time was practically worthless. Some powerful warriors spent tens of millions of years in a single retreat.
"Right, the Killing Field. I've been staying in the Duel Space, but I've never actually trained in the Killing Field." Sett realized he had been wasting such a great resource.
The Killing Field had two major uses. One was its Duel Space, where he could fight powerful opponents of the same level and test his combat experience.
The other was its training function: the Killing Field could simulate any opponent he wanted and let him train against them.
This was incredibly useful. For example, he could simulate an opponent with exactly the same strength as himself and fight that opponent.
Every opponent simulated by the Killing Field had one thing in common: they were highly experienced in combat. Fighting them would help him find his weaknesses.
Of course, he could simulate other opponents as well. There was nothing the Killing Field couldn't do, as long as he could think of it.
"Simulate me!" Sett ordered his virtual assistant in the Killing Space.
By paying a certain amount of money, he could be assigned a Killing Space and choose any opponent he wanted to fight.
A second Sett appeared across from him. They had the same face and height, and neither of them carried a weapon.
"Let's go!" Sett charged first, wanting to prove which of them had better combat experience.
After all, fighting himself was the best way to discover his weaknesses and improve faster.
"This is impossible! I trained with King Zhenlian for over two years, and I have two Innate Secret Techniques. How could I lose?" Sett frowned after his other self killed him with a single punch.
He hadn't expected to win easily, but he hadn't expected to lose so quickly, either. After only a few moves, he had been killed with one punch.
Where exactly am I falling short? Sett wondered, trying to pinpoint his weakness.
Whether in the Duel Space of the Killing Field or in real fights at the Giant Axe Arena, Sett had never lost so completely—or, for that matter, lost at all.
His first duel against himself had ended like this, and it left him deeply frustrated.
"Phew. At least I still have three days. Better to lose early. This is the Virtual Universe, after all. I can lose once, or a thousand times, or ten thousand times. But I can't afford to lose even once in the real fight. Again!" Sett didn't dwell on it. Better to lose sooner than later.
In a life-or-death duel like this, improving his strength as early as possible would give him a better chance of winning the upcoming match.
Sett simulated himself again and kept fighting and learning. His combat skills were improving rapidly.
"So that's how it is!" Sett realized.
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