After adjusting himself to his new skills, Ajax decided to take a break before actually trying to fight in the arena. He set up a few rules, like not using his [Void manipulation]. Otherwise, he might kill someone.
When the caretaker saw what happened to his room, her face paled because 1/4 of the room was gone, and her manager was going to scold her again. Meanwhile, Ajax was walking towards the arena with confidence; he saw multiple stages inside the massive dome and a lot of walkers fighting or watching from the side.
Ajax chose a stage and waited for anyone to come in and fight him; it didn't take long before someone got inside the stage. The challenger was someone he knew and fought with, Stellar Reese. Before this fight, Ajax chose to hide his identity by wearing a gas mask; after all, his abilities were very eye-catching. Soon, multiple people gathered before the fight, and the countdown began.
Ajax and Stella circled each other before Stella casted her halo and charged at Ajax with great speed; however, Ajax wasn't like before; he was faster and much stronger, and Stella's moves appeared slow to him, so he dodged every attack she threw at him.
The bystanders were caught off guard as they saw how Ajax danced on the battlefield, dodging all the attacks of the young prodigy. Some bystanders were even legacies who came to scout out Stella's powers.
Ajax quickly coated his arms in [Void Armament] and caught Stella's halo in midair, the corrosion of the skill disentegrated the halo at a medium speed. Stella's eyes widened, not because her halo had been captured, but because, after witnessing the enemy's ability, she only knew one person who possessed such a power.
"So it's you, so you survived that place as well?" Stella spoke. Ajax looked at her and said, "I wouldn't be here if I didn't survive, right?"
Stella snorted before charging again; this time she tripled her halo, maximizing her firepower and speed. Ajax used his armor on his legs, boosting his speed by a large margin; some walkers even found it hard to spot him due to his speed.
Stella was shocked to see how much Ajax got stronger, so she summoned her newly obtained ability, Retribution. Retribution allowed her to wield divine flames. Stella used the divine flames and made them expand on the stage, forcing Ajax to back up to the side. Stella used this chance and charged at Ajax while being covered in divine flames.
Ajax knew he was trapped, so he had no choice but to use his ability [Void wave], and he immediately cast six void waves towards Stella. Stella saw this and immediately formed a halo shield; however, the void wave didn't stop but rather sliced open her halo in multiple pieces. Stella felt the danger of those waves, so she had no choice but to dodge using her halo as momentum.
The Void wave didn't stop its advance, and it hit the stage, slicing it into pieces before finally disintegrating. Everyone was shocked because the stage was specifically built to handle Walker spells.
Ajax was satisfied, so he left the place as quickly as possible before trouble got to him. On the other side of the arena, a few guild leaders who are part of the 10 strongest people on earth saw what happened, and they all had the same thoughts (that kid is a prodigy!).
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Ajax's fight became a hot trend; people were curious about his identity and his unique ability; they had never seen any other fighter destroy the arena stage. Some people recorded the fight, and some hackers tried to break it down; however, none of them succeeded in finding out his identity or heritage.
After Ajax left the place, he went to his room to check his system; surely it should've had some upgrades after his insane heritage jump.
He arrived at his room and locked the doors. He then immediately sat on his bed and checked the system notifications.
[System V2 has been successfully updated into System V3. New functions have been opened.]
'As expected, the system improves with each heritage rank up.'Ajax thought. He quickly checked out the new functions.
[Unlocked (Spatial Bag)]
[Unlocked (Skill Fusion)]
'A spatial bag and skill combination! a fantastic addition to my collection; with this new functional spatial bag, I can store valuable abomination parts, and with skill fusion, I can improve my skills!'Ajax thought. He was very happy and pleased with these new additions.
Since he had nothing else to do, he decided to rest and store up strength because tomorrow he was going to travel the outlands again.
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Ajax woke up and prepared himself for the upcoming exploration. After eating and bathing, he decided to check the marketplace and buy some gear before challenging the outlands; luckily, he earned quite a bit of income from his reports.
The marketplace was a busy and crowded place. Many walkers go here to buy things ranging from skill books to potions. His target was to buy a variety of potions, like healing potions or stamina potions.
It took him some time to look up shops and bargain for lower prices; potions were not cheap! Some potions sold for a few hundred or a few million gold coins! Of course, this only applies to high-grade ones.
In the end, he managed to buy 16 mid-grade health potions, 15 mid-grade stamina potions, and a few low-grade astral gems. Almost every walker used astral gems because astral gems contained astral energy that could be absorbed upon breaking them.
Ajax was satisfied with his shopping and decided to go back to the teleportation center. Upon arriving, it was time to pick a portal, while every portal was random, they were still separated by their energy grade. Some portals were dyed red, which meant that they were mostly unexplored lands and the mortality rate was high. Ajax decided to pick an orange portal when a few walkers bumped and pushed him into the red portal.
Ajax's eyes were wide, and he thought, 'Well fuck.'