Chapter 43 Nascimento Heli

When Gune flew over, many of the transcendents in the lounge were visibly astonished.

"He won."

"That guy actually won."

"And he won fairly easily."

"That black mechanical angel had a stable one-star, even close to two-star strength. Gune beat him, so he probably has around two-star strength too!"

"No need to say—killing an expert close to two-star means he's solidly two-star."

"Even though he won, he's successfully offended that gladiator broker's faction!"

"Still better than dying in there!"

"True, winning is what matters most."

When Gune entered the preparation lounge,

many eyes immediately gathered on him.

Being able to defeat the transcendents selected by those gladiator brokers proved Gune's strength.

Among those many gazes, the transcendents wearing black mechanical angel armor all looked very hostile.

"Staring won't kill me." Gune ignored their looks and flew to a corner to sit down.

After the fight, he could have left.

But Gune needed to watch others' battles.

Life-and-death fights—watching more, learning more about these transcendents from various races: their fighting styles, methods, divine talents, and bizarre abilities.

This would certainly help Gune in his future battles.

Seeing more leads to knowing more.

Once Gune sat down, the gazes of those black angel armor transcendents gradually withdrew.

…

In the spectator seats.

The gladiator broker "Nascimento Heli," one of fifteen this time, closed his eyes and savored the fight just past.

"Interesting." After a moment, Nascimento Heli opened his eyes and smiled lightly.

Nascimento Heli was a powerhouse at the fourth level of Divine Envoy, only a step away from the fifth level, the demigod realm.

The three paths after Transcendent Master:

Divine Envoy, Ancestral Spirit, and Saint Seat.

Different paths, but the same levels, each with one to five tiers.

When one reaches the fifth tier, they become a demigod.

That is, the demigod realm is the fifth tier of Divine Envoy, Ancestral Spirit, or Saint Seat.

Although demigods can use divine power, they are still essentially at the Divine Envoy, Ancestral Spirit, or Saint Seat level.

Nascimento Heli had extraordinary talent and ability in insight, which made his judgment of people extremely sharp and ruthless.

A powerhouse without sharp insight could hardly become a "gladiator broker" in the arena.

"This transcendent named Gune Lawrence clearly has strength not just at two-star, but probably three-star, even close to four-star."

"He's a gladiator worth cultivating. I'll contact him later."

…

In the preparation lounge,

Gune calmed his mind and watched the battles of the transcendents one after another.

When all 148 people, 74 matches, were finished, four hours had passed.

"Today's battles are over. All personnel leave."

As the battles ended, the cold voice of the Divine Envoy-level staff in the arena sounded.

Everyone then got up and left.

While walking out, Gune summarized his observations.

"Those who enter the arena are transcendents confident in their strength."

"At least two-pattern soul cores, even three-pattern soul cores are common. Everyone has comprehended some runic truths and practiced truth scriptures."

"Soul, source power, speed, truth scriptures—all aspects are solid."

"Outside, among the seventh rank, these are all experts, no doubt."

"But when all experts gather, the stronger ones survive the slaughter."

"Coming to this Divine Kingdom Arena was the right choice. It truly is a gathering place for many geniuses."

As he thought, Gune smiled lightly.

"Once I become one-star, two-star, even three-star, I can fight more geniuses and experts."

As Gune walked, a voice suddenly sounded behind him.

"Lord Gune."

Gune paused, then turned around.

Before him was the "gladiator broker" of the black mechanical angel team.

"Senior!" Gune slightly bowed in greeting.

"Your strength is quite good, with great potential." Nascimento Heli said lightly.

"But in this arena, you should know that if you queue randomly, you may encounter many hidden experts, even those who counter you."

"If a broker helps you, you'll basically avoid those peculiar transcendent professions that counter you, and can easily advance to three-star, even four-star gladiator."

"And you should know that even three-star and four-star gladiators have popularity among themselves."

"Those with high popularity can have 'special matches' and earn a large share from ticket sales."

"Those without popularity can only do ordinary death matches."

"So? Interested?" Nascimento Heli squinted at Gune.

"If it were a demigod or a god, I might consider it, but... a Divine Envoy-level? Forget it." Gune muttered inwardly.

Even if he wanted a gladiator broker, Gune needed to pick a strong one.

"Senior, I just want to train freely in the arena. I won't trouble you." Gune said.

Nascimento Heli squinted, then nodded slightly.

"That's fine. I won't disturb you."

Then he turned and left.

As a fourth-level Divine Envoy, he wouldn't bother or trouble a mere seventh-rank transcendent.

After all, in his eyes, this Gune Lawrence was only slightly impressive.

And such experts were a dime a dozen in the arena.

After dismissing Nascimento Heli, Gune breathed a little easier.

"Second match, continue."

Using his gladiator wristband to register, Gune moved toward the three-star and four-star areas.

For these many seventh-rank transcendent experts who might become his opponents,

Gune needed to understand their strength levels.

…

A few hours later,

after watching several fights between three-star seventh-rank experts, Gune left the Divine Kingdom Arena.

He also purchased a large number of recent battle projection recordings of three-star, four-star, and even five-star experts to study later.

Overall, those few three-star expert duels were quite exciting.

Among them were many unusual transcendent professions.

Gune estimated that even if he went up, he would need to use some real strength to defeat those opponents.

However, three-star experts were still plentiful in the Divine Kingdom Arena.

Four-star was the true threshold for peak experts, where strong fought strong.

And reaching four-star level would cause an explosive increase in audience attention.

In the following period,

Gune continuously familiarized himself with the entire Divine Kingdom Arena, watching many high-star experts' battles.

At the same time, he steadily fought in gladiator matches, advancing toward one-star gladiator.

Unconsciously, over half a month had passed.