Over a million people had gathered in the Star Colosseum, all waiting for the start of the tournament.
Building the Star Colosseum had been beyond expensive, but it had been worth it. The cheapest tickets cost one Grade Five Mana Crystal, and they had sold over a million.
Star City had made one Grade Seven Mana Crystal with just one event.
The audience was waiting with bated breath, and a couple of hours later, it finally started.
A man with long silver hair appeared on a flying platform above the colosseum. Behind him stood ten more people with luxurious robes.
"Welcome, everyone!" the man with silver hair shouted, his voice echoing throughout the entire colosseum.
This was the City Lord of Star City, Lord Starsky. His real name was different, but every City Lord of Star City would take up the title of Lord Starsky. This had been a tradition for over a hundred thousand years.
When Lord Starsky announced the beginning, the colosseum fell quiet. Everyone present here had some form of status or power. After all, the entrance fee was one Grade Five Mana Crystal. They wouldn't cheer like some mortals.
"Today, everyone has been gathered for the greatest warrior tournament in history!" Lord Starsky announced.
"We will all witness the birth of the strongest warrior in the world!"
"Let the games begin!"
After that, the ten people behind Lord Starsky jumped down from the flying platform and positioned themselves around the colosseum, with three of them hovering above the middle.
All ten of these people were Ancestral Mages, and it was their job to officiate the entire thing.
"Contestant 1 and contestant 12, step into the arena," the head judge ordered.
Contestant 1 was the favorite to win the tournament, while contestant 12 was judged to be in the middle.
Contestant 1 was the only Peak Diamond Body Stage warrior in the entire world. He had invented an entirely new method to absorb the powers of a beast, allowing him to strengthen his body a bit more and faster as well.
Contestant 1 entered the arena. He was a slim man with green hair. He was a bit on the shorter side and wore an elegant green uniform. On his hips were two long and thin swords.
Surprisingly, he wasn't the youngest anymore.
He looked to be in his sixties for mortal standards, but he still radiated a certain level of power.
Contestant 1 calmly walked to the middle of the arena and stopped. There was a peaceful and kind smile on his face, making him appear like a gentle old teacher.
Then, contestant 12 stepped forward.
He had black hair, and he also seemed to be on the older side. He wore imposing black armor, and he carried a long black spear on his back.
In comparison to contestant 1's kind expression, contestant 12 seemed far more serious. He had a constant frown on his face, making him seem like a fearsome commander.
wasn't at the Mid Diamond Body Stage but at
Fifth Stage, not
was an important
wasn't in
met in the middle of the arena and looked at
fight contestant 32 in the first round, the publicly acknowledged weakest participant in the
had wished to fight each other in the first round, and the
reason was the
Body Stage, and he
many True Path Stage warriors had already died
create this Stage and make it powerful enough to support a breakthrough to the fifth
True Path Stage to step forward, but they just
1 created the Diamond
Body, one needed to convert their marrow into a concentrated storage of Mana. Usually, the sheer amount of
Body was about 20% more powerful than
but the pressure of so much Mana was impossible to contain with normal Mana
of that, contestant 1 had to use his
it wasn't very hard to condense a Diamond Body. One only needed a lot of time and a lot of
had created the Diamond Body
reach the
was a 20% stronger body after entering the Fifth Stage, the power of the warriors had fallen in comparison to
then, there was contestant
contestant 1's example and condensing a
was a better way to reach the Fifth Stage, and he
kept trying different things and
had already been 450 years old, he
had been the Long Spear Path, but over the next centuries, he had also comprehended the
with all four of the Paths at the same time, contestant 12 had found
could connect, and they seemed to resonate with
he finally found a way to combine
out his
SHING!
three more
bow hovered above contestant
hovered diagonally
shield hovered to the left
spear was inside
to connect the different weapons
was a bit like Impose, but
felt powerful, strong,
force felt versatile, agile,
the Stage contestant
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