41 Arena

Lucien looked around himself, the World seemed wonderful from what he was seeing right now. Before he could only see the Darkness, but now there was Light, Wind, Wind, everything was intertwined together, the particles communicating and playing with each other.

So this is the highest layer of the world, all the elements being separate, but still connected to keep the world as it is.

I can see how observing this can speed up the comprehension , I can now see a bit of the road to a Middle level Path, my Soul is still too weak to be able to achieve it completely.

Lucien finally calmed down, it was not like himself losing his cool like that, but there were probably even more amazing geniuses than his brother, after all no matter how he thought about it a once in a 100 years genius was not much, especially when he has the bloodline of the Emperor, a Rank 4.

To a commoner a hundred years is a lifetime, but even Lucien could life to 200 as he was right now. He was sure he could beat his brother, but ha was facing the younger generation of all the royal families, it was the top geniuses in the world, a mishap could happen, there could be a monster among the youths of the other Empires. He had to be sure about everything, gambling with his life is not something he was fond of.

Lucien didn't do anything special over the other time, he actually really went to have breakfast with his mother, it helped him regain complete control over his emotions.

Not long after, all three princes were in the throne room facing their father, now even the eldest brother had a solemn face, he probably received a scolding from his mother about the severity of the situation.

"Ready or not, we have to go."

"I'll teleport you over, I don't have time to hear jokes about how you are puking because of me strolling around."

Darkness surrounded the whole room and in the next moment it was empty.

When they regained their senses, the three princes looked around and realized they were in the mountain ranges.

'Wait a second, the only real mountain on the continent is the Myriad Beast Mountain, are we in the middle of the beasts layer to have the elimination round.'

Henry noticed the look Lucien gave him and smiled.

"You are right, it's the exact center of the Myriad Beast Mountain, if you leave the premises of the Arena, not even bones would be left of you."

"The only way to get here is to have a Rank 5 with you."

"Welcome, to the Ancestral Arena, where countless geniuses have perished, and you might be the next one."

Looking forward, Lucien saw the 'entrance', it was a gigantic arc, beyond which was an Arena surrounded by a giant pit, the pit was at least 50 meters wide, and the Arena itself was about 100 meters in diameter, circular like the continent they were walking on.

The stands were divided in 3 areas, for each empire, it was surrounded by a wall which connected with the arc like entrance.

In each area of the stands there were just a few seats, with one being on a higher level than the others.

"The only ones who can attend this event are the Emperor and the Rank 5 who we normally call Ancestor, even if he is your grandfather or father. And if permitted by the Ancestor, some ministers or elders of the council in the Empire could attend, for the first round, it's just me and the Ancestor."

"He is already there, he attached some aura on me for protection from the beast before leaving earlier."

Looking at the stands, Lucien saw a middle aged man, which shocked him a bit, he was expecting an old man, wizened and with one leg in the grave.

'It seems I've been underestimating the potential of the people of this world, I wonder where they go after the current Emperor becomes Rank 5.

After reaching the stands, the princes bowed.

"Greetings, Ancestor."

The Rank 5 practitioner who was their grandfather didn't even open his eyes to look at them, before surviving at least a round or two, they were worth nothing.

The Emperor also greeted and then sat on the seat below his father.

"Prepare yourselves, we might be first to arrive, but that doesn't mean anything."

They didn't even get to sit down, it was obvious that their statuses as princes, were worth nothing here.

They didn't wait long before the second party arrived. They were from the Holy Empire.

The Rank 5 was traveling together with them and was really a wizened old man according to what Lucien was expecting earlier, but he was still pulsing with life, he even seemed amiable from first impression.

Both he and the Rank 4 were dressed in religious robes, the Ancestor of the Holy Empire was called Arch Bishop and the Rank 4 Emperor was called Bishop.

They had 2 young girls with them, completely different in attitudes.

One was pure and saint like, and the other was like a cube of ice.

'Let's see...'

'The pure one is completely surrounded by light particles, so Light Path.'

'The Holy Empire is the only one who had 2 manuals of the same level on the Light Path.'

'It could go in both direction, Soul was granted, but each of the others stats were possible depending on the manual, it could be Soul and Vitality manual, Soul and Agility Manual, they were not the best in close combat just like the Darkness Path, they either could pick a second Path or focus on Soul Attacks'

'And Miss Ice, hmm.'

'Why does it seem like a radical build.'

'Light and Lightning.'

'She either knows about the Judgement Middle Path, or really wants to exterminate evil.'

'So she will be using Light Soul Attacks along with Lightning which also has some Soul Attacks and Agility, if she picked Light that focuses on Agility and Soul and the Agility from Lightning, she could using two elements to temper one stat, that is really extreme, but it's a good strategy if you don't want to focus on balancing, it really depends on how far she is on the Paths, but as she seems like the elder sister, she is probably the one that is 25, so it might be troublesome.'

'That old fart didn't mention how many rounds we have to fight, if it's only one, I really hope I don't get her.'