The other spell, called Infinite Life, consisted of a delicate process of cellular change gradually induced by mana, allowing cells to live longer and develop a special organelle capable of prolonging a person’s life. This resulted in about a 25% increase in life expectancy in people up to the third kingdom.
Above that level, it had not yet been tested. Furthermore, the user would be immune to diseases related to cellular health, such as cancer, which even in high-realm mages could still manifest. It wasn’t a spell that required advanced knowledge; the only requirements were tolerance to pain and the discipline to dedicate five hours a week to its development, a minimum amount of time compared to the benefit the person would receive.
Kayden smiled as he tested his new strength and came to the ridiculous conclusion that he had increased by nine levels. He was sure that he could face someone at the peak of the second realm immediately, with a 50% chance of winning. His stats were multiplied several times over, and the constant headache he had felt for the past few years completely disappeared, giving way to a feeling of lightness in his mind that he didn’t even remember feeling before.
"Tomorrow will be unforgettable," Kayden smiled and lay down to sleep for the first time in years.
The previous day’s stadium was completely remodeled, now with dozens of different environments, and its size was expanded to 50 kilometers. At this time, wizards below the fourth realm had to watch the match through cameras and drones.
When all the kingdoms gathered, the same voice from the first day reappeared. "On this day, we will gather only the best of the best. You entered in five hundred and left in a hundred. You do not need to attack your kingdom, but if you form any kind of team, you will be killed and your kingdoms banished for ten years."
The sentence was heavy and made it clear that not even slight involvement, such as not attacking at an opportune moment, would be tolerated. Kayden wasn’t too worried about it. His goal was to finish the test as quickly as possible. To do so, he would just hunt down all opponents at high speed, relying on Apollo’s support to make this task easier.
"Good luck everyone," Kayden’s vision went dark and he found himself floating above a lake along with Apollo. It was so fast that he didn’t even notice the movement.
"Shall we begin the hunt?" Apollo asked, and Kayden nodded. Through his spiritual sense, he was already sensing at least two dozen people and...
"Twenty gone," Kayden said calmly to himself as he launched aura slashes at his opponents. The attack was so fast that they were unaware. Some still managed to avoid the first one but were disqualified by the next ones.
As soon as this happened, the people watching got up from their seats, doubting the reality. In less than three seconds, twenty participants were eliminated in the blink of an eye, without even having time to react.
For the next few minutes, Kayden continued doing this everywhere he saw someone. Only those in the second realm could hold back their attacks, and only a few had this ability.
Out of respect for the other kingdoms, Kayden did not eliminate anyone from the second kingdom of the championship, but his cuts were still directed at them as a warning not to get close.
"I’m feeling kind of useless," Apollo commented as the two flew off. What should have been a challenging and time-consuming test was being completed in minutes.
"Don’t worry, in the next stage you will have more chances to excel", the two continued talking and, in less than 20 minutes, their visions flashed and they were back in the stands.
"Congratulations everyone, this was a great battle. We hope the next day is as impressive as today," the speech was brief, and each of the top hundred won a fourth kingdom seed, a considerable prize.
Kayden’s duo simply eliminated... 300 people in just 20 minutes without receiving a single scratch. Furthermore, Kayden eliminated several people and only gave a warning to Heimer and Sarah, as soon as he found them on the edge of his spiritual sense, he quickly retreated.
Speaking of which, he still hadn’t talked to any of his friends since he advanced. He didn’t give it any opportunity, staying in his closed room, sleeping.
Kayden allowed himself this little pleasure for a reason: he was frustrated on a massive level by only getting six lightning bolts and had absolutely nothing to do in just a few hours. He didn’t know which concept to follow and was still getting used to the new strength, he didn’t want to cultivate.
"Kayden!" Heimer shouted at him. His jealousy developed to an unhealthy level, but he masked his emotions perfectly.
"Congratulations on your advancement, I didn’t expect you to develop so much." Along with him were Locke and Sarah. Locke just shook hands and said a simple congratulations, while Sarah approached and, in front of hundreds of people, gave Kayden a passionate kiss.
The boy knew exactly why she was doing this and responded with the same intensity. It didn’t hurt to keep his partner happy.
At the end of the night, Kayden had to put up with dozens of people fawning over him just to gain his sympathy. It was extremely boring, but he made some contacts and met some of the greatest geniuses in the world. Furthermore, many contract and partnership offers with their companies were presented.
Kayden just asked them to forward the orders to Yan. A few hours later, he returned to his room and Kayden decided to start cultivating. His base was already consolidated in his mind and he would not have any strength gains that would interfere with that at this moment.
The next day, everyone was once again gathered in the gigantic stands. Of today’s 100 competitors, only 30 were first realm mages and they only came to train. There was no chance of them being able to win. "Hello everyone, today we will finish with only the top ten of the young generation.
Those in the first realm can only fight against each other and will not get past rank 70. The prize for anyone above the top 10 is a technique from their element." The same voice from the other days resounded everywhere and then explained that the battles would be two against two.
There would be a few battles at a time so that everyone could observe as best as possible. For some reason, Kayden wasn’t among the people who fought at the beginning and had to watch the battles. He had to admit that there were humanity’s greatest geniuses. Even though in terms of brute strength they weren’t something that surprising, in terms of technique and general strength they were impressive, and probably any of them could jump several levels against ordinary people.
Kayden only had two techniques he could use correctly in the second realm: the aura slash he developed on his own through trial and error and his mana-driven lightning bolts. A few hours later, it was finally time for Kayden to fight. Sarah and her partner, who was another girl Kayden didn’t know, had been disqualified when facing the five-rayed genius from the enlightened realm.
He fought in two ways, using stone golems that had high speed and good resistance to spells, and in a melee way using the earth as armor. Kayden saw him defend himself from a point-blank attack from Sarah just using his armor. Kayden and Apolo were alone on the huge floating stage. All other fights were interrupted, almost as a form of respect to see the greatest geniuses of the Sun Kingdom live. Your opponents...
"Is this serious?" Apollo expressed as he saw a boy in the second kingdom and another in the first kingdom appearing on the stage. They waited so long and got a free game like that.
"Kayden, I’m lazy, I’ll leave this here with you", the prince simply jumped out of the arena as soon as the match started by the judge’s voice. Everyone in the water kingdom was furious at this disrespect and that was the prince’s intention. Like it or not, they were at war and respect was the last thing he would show.
Kayden didn’t even wait for them to say anything or perform any mana manipulation, using his path at its maximum he simply used all the mana in the environment to press them both to the ground.
"Kneel." The force the two were facing was nine levels above them and a ridiculously strong path backed by 3 kilometers of mana. There was no way they could resist and their knees hit the ground just as Kayden threw some aura attacks.
A few more hours passed and they were able to fight again. This time it was against the kingdom of the enlightened and Apollo paid due respect, even though the match had ended in the same way as the previous one without the prince having to do anything.
Author’s note: I know that someone signed privilege two and is up to date on the chapters, tomorrow I will release a bonus as a thank you