157 Chapter 157

“Greetings, Space Monarch!”

Not a single person from the crowd tried to disrespect a mage that could literally erase an entire country. All of them bowed their heads in respect as they greeted him

“Hmm” the Space Monarch nodded his head and with a wave of his hand, the space moved according to his will

The contestants that ‘survived’ were separated from the rest of the crowd and the old man smiled at them

Out of the thousands of contestants that came here for the tournament, less than a thousand of them remains

The Space Monarch’s arrival itself is already a test to cut the weeds from the flowers

More than half of the contestants were disqualified. After all, it’s not like the Space Monarch could have them fight each other one by one and slowly eliminate them. That would take a really long time

The final part of the tournament itself is a one-on-one battle between the contestants but there is a need to trim down their numbers first

“All of you are the future of our Eastern Country and I have high hopes for all of you”

“I know that no one wants to listen to a long speech from an old man so we’ll not do that just like in the previous times”

The Space Monarch chuckled while speaking. Out of all the 7th rank mages, he was the most amiable

Others would disdain to look at the mortals but not him. That’s why out of all the 7th rank mages of the country, Space Monarch was the most well-known and liked. Of course, another reason was his Tournament that offered great prizes to the winner

Rezen that was among the crowd stared at the Space Monarch while clenching his fist. He was once again reminded of just how unbelievably strong 7th rank mages are but not only does he have to reach that rank, he also has to exceed it!

Even the mages from various big forces were unable to do anything as the Space Monarch attacked the contestants. They are simply just on a whole new level!

“This year, the first round would be this”

With a click of the Space Monarch’s fingers, almost a thousand strange balls appeared

These balls’ materials were unknown but what they have inside was different. Some seem to hold an entire ocean, some seem to have at least a thousand volcano, some has thick clouds with lightning flashing regularly and many more

It was as if these balls held a world of their own

“Aside from great reflex and the ability to protect oneself without any prior notice, a mage also needed luck, great luck”

“Luck might be intangible but it could make a big difference. What we have here are small spaces that I captured over time”

“Each space has different geography. Some are easier than the others while some are harder”

“What you have to do is to survive inside the space while taking these gold coins”

The Space Monarch raised his hand and a gold coin appeared. The gold coin has the symbol of a four-leaf clover on it

“Only the top hundred contestants could proceed. As such, you have to take as many gold coins as you could. And oh, while each dimension is separated after all the gold coins inside a dimension were collected, it would be connected to another dimension with another contestant! Good luck!”

With that, the contestants found themselves entering the small balls whether they like it or not

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Inside one of the small dimensions, countless small floating land masses could be seen

These land masses range from the size of a single square meter to four square meters. If that wasn’t enough, this space was even covered with fog that is thin in some areas and thick in the others

The space in the small dimension suddenly twisted and from it, a human figure came out. This human figure belonged to none other than Rezen

As soon as he appeared, the first thing he does was to summon all of his Mystic Gems and activate his Mystic Tattoos

His eyes scanned his surroundings for any danger before a frown formed on his face

As he is still a 4th fusion rank mage and a 5th rank Tattoo Warrior, fighting in the air would be disadvantageous to him

While he could fight an aerial battle, it was still easier to fight on land. He is still not at the 6th rank that can freely fly in the air

If Rezen encounters an enemy with great flying skill in this dimension, he might find it hard to fight

However, since he cannot change the dimension he would land on, he could only move fast to obtain as many gold coins as possible

“[Spirit Wind Helper!]”

Rezen uses his wind-type mystic gem as he created ten small spirit-like entities. These spirits are of great help to Rezen’s farm work and since they also have limited intelligence, if it’s something as simple as finding gold coins they definitely could do it

The spirits went in different directions to search and take back the gold coins. Rezen himself also moved from one ‘floating island’ to another

This is just the dimension that he was sent into and Space Monarch clearly said that after collecting all the gold coins, the dimension would be connected to another dimension

Only a hundred contestants with the most gold coins could proceed. Rezen has to move fast and connect to another dimension to obtain more gold coins

With Rezen’s physique, it was not a problem for him to move from one island to another. Not all islands contain a gold coin or gold coins on them but every time that Rezen found one, he would immediately take it until…

Hiss! Hiss!

Rezen looked at his side to see a Flaming Wing Centipede, a magic beast. The Flaming Wind Centipede has a long purplish body covered in a hard carapace. It has pincer-like things in front of its mouth and a pair of wings entirely created entirely from fire

This Flaming Wing Centipede is only at the 4th rank and Rezen stared at it coldly

“[Sun Stream!]”

Rezen sent a simple stream spell of the sun element. Since he is already a 5th rank Tattoo Warrior thanks to the resources from Kacy that he consumed, even his spells have the power of a 5th-grade spell thanks to the blessing of [Link]

Not to mention, even amongst spells in the 5th grade, the spells of Rezen were better than most

A Tattoo Warrior in terms of raw power is greater than a Mage!

The stream of sunlight landed on the centipede’s body, easily poking a large hole in its body

Rezen ignored the centipede after killing it as he continued on his way to gather more gold coins

However, in just a short period of time, he encountered more Flame Wing Centipedes, this time, there were two of them at once

Thinking that they were a nuisance, Rezen simply waved his hand and sent beams of elemental energies toward the centipedes, killing both of them

Once again, Rezen continued moving from one floating island to another. The spirits also returned and gave him the gold coins that they got before they flew away to search for more gold coins

However, shortly after killing two centipedes, Rezen encountered more. This time, there were four of them

This situation causes Rezen to raise his eyebrows. He thought of something as he disposed of these four centipedes

With his current power, even if there were tens of magic beasts at the 4th rank, he could dispose of them easily. What more if there were only four of them?

For the nth time, Rezen continued searching for more gold coins but the thoughts he had earlier were immediately confirmed

At first, Rezen killed one centipede and after that, two centipedes appeared. After he killed two centipedes, four centipedes appeared. And now, after killing four centipedes, eight centipedes appeared

It seems like the more centipedes Rezen killed, the more of them would appear. Their numbers would be doubled

At the earlier stage, it was easy to defeat these centipedes but if their numbers continue to increase…

Rezen’s eyes flashed as he stretched his hand out and a black magic circle formed in front of his palm

“[Ghost Hands!]”

From the magic circle that Rezen created, multiple black hands came out and held the centipedes, stopping them from reaching him

After that, Rezen decided not to kill the centipedes but to just move to other islands to collect more gold coins

Since killing the centipedes would cause them to double in number, Rezen decided to just seal them temporarily

He hopes that this tactic would work but after some time, the centipedes’ bodies were suddenly attracted to each other and they fused into one centipede

However, this centipede is not at the 4th rank anymore. It is now a magic beast that has the power of a 5th rank beast