'Ding,
The host retrieved a smaller world core successfully. Please leave the world as soon as possible.
As the demon apostles were becoming more and more anxious with the destruction of their smaller demon worlds one by one, Ajax was having an ear to ear smile on his face as he received a system notification.
'Finally, it's over without any hindrance.'
This was the eleventh smaller demon world and the last world that Ajax could destroy for the next 15 days.
Moreover, for these 10 smaller demon worlds, other than a few extra demons and a few high-level demon kings, there were no demon apostles, making Ajax heave a sigh of relief.
Even though he hoped that he could open more portals, his devourer eagle kings could not use it for a month whereas Alder needed 15 more days.
'Anyway, let's go back and relax for some time.'
Although he didn't do anything in conquering the 11 smaller demon worlds, Ajax was tired after retrieving 15 smaller demon cores in a very short time.
So, he decided to go back and rest in the resting quarters.
'Ding,
Smaller world cores:- 16
Normal world cores:- 1
'Ding,
Do you want to convert 10 smaller world cores into a normal world core?
Just as he came out of the portal, Ajax received a couple of system notifications and he nodded his head casually as he needed normal world cores to increase his cultivation anyway.
'Ding,
10 smaller world cores are converted into a normal world core.
'Ding,
Smaller world cores:- 6
Normal world core:- 2
As usual, it didn't take much time for the smaller world cores to get converted into a normal world core.
'With these two normal world cores, I can increase my cultivation by two more levels.'
Ajax was satisfied by gaining 15 world cores as he was not expecting this and he nearly forgot about the devourer eagle kings' [Portal creation] ability if not for the exploration teams.
'I only need six more normal world cores and as long as I rely on the devourer eagle kings, it will take around four months if I focused only on the smaller demon worlds.'
'However, if I invade the normal demon worlds and retrieve their world cores, it will only take one month.'
Ajax thought how long it would take him to reach the level 10 elite general realm and as he continued, 'Also, I am very sure that I need a greater world core to break into the king realm.'
According to the pattern, Ajax guessed how he had to break through into the king realm and for it, the greater world core will be the key.
'Even though the system says that I can use the smaller or normal world core to increase my cultivation, it will not increase my battle prowess by much and when I have the chance to gain huge battle prowess with a little bit of time and hard work, why would I be satisfied with less battle prowess?'
Ajax didn't want to settle with just the cultivation realm; instead, he wanted the battle prowess much more than what the regular cultivators would gain after their breakthrough into the King realm.
'Even though I didn't know how much percentage of the demon army that my devourer eagle kings had killed, I hope it will affect their invasion of the Purplestone world.'
Ajax was hoping the demon emperors' plans to get distracted with the destruction of the 11 smaller demon worlds.
....
Time continued to pass and in a flash a day passed by just like that.
"Congrats on passing the first two rounds and reaching the third round."
The moment Ajax saw that his friends from the Zrochester province were entering the room, Ajax congratulated them with a bright smile on his face.
"How do you know that when you are not even present in the colosseum?"
Lewis asked with a curious look on his face.
"I am confident in you guys that you will endure the pressure from the king realm cultivator and also pass the second round even though I didn't know what it was."
Ajax rubbed the back of his head as he replied to Lewis and others.
That's right!
Even though Ajax didn't stay back at the colosseum to watch the first two rounds, Ajax knew that his friends would not have any trouble in passing the first two rounds of the contest.
"Haha…thank you."
Lewi and the rest of the youngsters revealed happy smiles as they thanked him for congratulating them earlier.
Their current resting quarter was given to the fifteen disciples of the vagrant cultivators along with Ajax, Keshe and Princess Daphne.
Of course, their guardians also needed to adjust in the same quarters along with the young participants.
"By the way, what is the second round of the contest?"
Since Ajax didn't stay back, he was a little curious about the second round.
"The first round was about enduring the 50 percent of the king realm cultivator's pressure for one hour. It eliminated more than half of the young participants."
Almost everyone in the room knew that Ajax was not in the colosseum. So, they first explained the first round before talking about the second round.
"As for the second round, it was enduring the full cultivation pressure of king realm cultivator for only two minutes."
"What? Only two minutes?"
Ajax was not surprised that the second round was still the same as the first rounds with some increased difficulty; however, the round time of two minutes made Ajax a little surprised.
"Let me guess, I think only less than 1000 young participants from the non-summoner category must have passed the second round, right?"
Ajax guessed the number of young participants who passed the second round.
"No"
However, Snowstorm shook her head.
"More than 1000 young participants were qualified?"
Ajax asked with a frown on his face.
"No…less than 500 hundred of the non-summoners were promoted to the third round."
With a proud look, Lewis replied to Ajax.
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A Bonus Chapter for every 100 Golden Tickets.