Chapter 617 Eve of the Dimensional Competition
A few years later…
After countless trials, his family still hadn't defeated a single opponent in the middle bracket of the pyramid.
"This is too difficult, Father. We don't have any chance of winning," Max complained.
Against such a perfect opponent who didn't make any mistakes, even with overwhelming power, he couldn't win.
"Can you make it easier, Father? Just a little~" Asha asked cutely.
The Ocean of Knowledge was still incapable of simulating the full abilities of an entity of law.
Otherwise, with the power of destiny, Asha could suppress even a perfect opponent.
"Your father must have intentions for the trial," Skye persuaded.
As parents, although they were also fatigued, they didn't say a word of complaint.
No matter how tired they were, they still smiled and cheered on their children.
"That's right! We haven't even given up—how could you? Now stand up, let me see your fighting spirit!" Isabella cheered.
"Okay~" They nodded reluctantly.
"Can Father give us a clue?" Lily asked.
With transcendent fighting skills, the instructors invited by their father couldn't give them much advice.
Among the instructors, only Malgron and their father could guide them.
Seeing they were starting to struggle, Maximus finally stepped in.
"Your fighting abilities are still too rough…"
"From your physique, profession, ultimate treasure, your path of law, the use of the origin manual—all of it is too rough."
"You need to use them in conjunction, not individually."
"Using all your abilities to the fullest and in combination, you should be able to reach the quasi-ultimate fighting skill!"
To prepare for danger, Maximus felt that his family's transcendent fighting skills were not enough.
They at least had to have quasi-ultimate mastery of fighting skills.
Otherwise, if they faced a stronger opponent, they wouldn't stand a chance.
"Quasi-ultimate Fighting Skill? Using all our abilities to the fullest?"
Hearing Maximus' advice, they couldn't help but fall into contemplation.
They were indeed using their skills without much thought.
To integrate their abilities, unify their thoughts, and link everything into one.
Feeling enlightened, they once again stepped into the simulated projection.
However, this time, instead of thoughtless and meaningless struggles, they began to fight with a goal.
Meanwhile, hearing Maximus' words, the instructors also fell into silence.
As masters of fighting who were bordering on ultimate mastery, they thought more about Maximus' words.
The unity of one's skills seemed simple, but practicing it in reality was almost impossible.
If transcendent mastery is to know yourself and your enemy, then the ultimate fighting skill is to know and internalize everything while keeping all possibilities and impossibilities in mind.
Suddenly, looking at the simulated trials, they seemed to have thought of a shortcut to reach the ultimate mastery of fighting.
"Can this trial train one's mastery to the ultimate level?"
"It cannot. The Ocean of Knowledge doesn't have the ability to make one an ultimate master of fighting," Maximus said, clearing their misunderstanding.
"How could Ultimate Mastery be simple?" Malgron rolled his eyes, seeing their eagerness.
Ultimate is the pinnacle of everything.
Ultimate physique, ultimate manual, ultimate treasure, ultimate mastery… It's the pinnacle one could achieve.
Among all of these, the hardest to achieve was ultimate mastery.Nôv(el)B\\jnn
If all the others could be acquired, ultimate mastery could only be learned.
In the entire Aeon Plane, the number of those who achieved ultimate mastery in fighting might not even reach ten.
Besides the six overlord powers, the only ones Malgron knew who had Ultimate Fighting Mastery were him, his master, and Paragon.
If a mere Ocean of Knowledge could assure one of reaching an ultimate mastery, then mass-producing an overlord was not far off.
Hearing this, they couldn't help but blush.
Indeed, mass-producing an ultimate master of fighting was too good to be true.
Seeing their disappointment, Maximus didn't care.
"Maybe in the future…" Maximus thought to himself.
His path of law was only at the Ocean level.
Once he reached the absolute of knowledge, or even higher, Ultimate Mastery would be a mere level, not a peak.
Whether it's ultimate fighting skill, ultimate profession, ultimate manuals, etc., everything could be mass-produced.
Turning to his family, he saw they were finally progressing.
Although they were still being defeated, they were becoming more skillful.
"Not bad…"
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Thousands of years later…
One of his wives, Skye, finally broke through.
Entering the stillness and perfection of power, she used all her abilities to their limit.
Combining them into one, no matter how her opponent moved, she could hit them.
Finally, after whittling it down, Skye killed her opponent in one hit.
Thud~
With a dull sound of the void, the head of her opponent fell.
Clap~ Clap~ Clap~
"Beautifully done!"
"Awesome! Someone defeated such an opponent?"
"Is this the wife of Instructor Maximus? Strong!"
"As expected of the Shadowcrest family, someone entered quasi-ultimate mastery in just thousands of years."
Watching Skye's thrilling fight, they couldn't help but applaud.
Her enemy didn't make a mistake whatsoever, yet watching the fight, it was as if Skye was merely playing with them.
Suppressing her opponent to the limit, then delivering a killing blow—it was like a masterpiece building to a crescendo!
"Congratulations, you've already touched the gate of Ultimate!" Maximus said, hugging Skye happily.
Although Ultimate Mastery wasn't required to advance to the Overlord realm, one couldn't be without it.
If they couldn't even achieve Ultimate Mastery over something, how could they reach the peak of the Aeon Plane?
Seeing Skye successfully touch the gate toward such a mastery, with his help, reaching the Overlord realm was only a matter of time.
"It's thanks to Husband's teaching," Skye smiled.
"No, it's thanks to your hard work and persistence!" Maximus quickly refuted.
Skye's fighting ability didn't have elegance but was full of brutality.
Fighting her opponent earlier, Skye had died at least a million times before winning.
If Skye hadn't been persistent, no matter how many lives she had, she could never have won.
"Then I'll continue to work hard." Hearing Maximus' insistence, Skye was no longer reserved and made a blooming smile
Breaking away from her husband's hug, she proceeded with the next opponent.
There were over 30 middle-bracket opponents; she still had 29 to go.
Soon, Skye fought the next opponent.
Becoming a Quasi-Ultimate fighter, Skye won another flawless round.
Then, one after another, without pause, Skye began to ascend ranks, leaving all the others behind.
A few years passed, and Skye defeated all 30 opponents.
"The last four… I wonder how I will fare with my abilities."
"Zar, Nyx, Sira, and Paragon…"
With no particular ranking, it was up to her to choose who to fight first.
"It's you!"
Finally, after a bit of deliberation, Skye chose Paragon.
Entering the virtual simulation, Skye began to fight Paragon.
From days to months to years, her infinite resurrection skill began to lag, disintegrate, and soon, after a long and thrilling fight, Skye lost with a blank stare.
"How could this be?"
Even after reaching quasi-ultimate mastery, the process of her fight was still the same.
No matter what she did or how much she improved, she seemed to be a puppet on strings, destined to die.
Perhaps the only change was that she lasted a few more years.
Not giving up, she tried to fight the other three.
Unfortunately, she was still beaten without a chance.
Walking in a daze, Skye bumped into Maximus lifelessly.
All her hard work and persistence seemed to be nothing in front of such monsters.
They seemed to exist in a wholly higher realm that she couldn't hope to reach.
"How could I defeat them?" Skye asked in, dazed.
"I don't know," Maximus shook his head, not knowing the answer.
Even Maximus didn't know how far their power could reach.
The Ocean of Law, which could even simulate a master of the Ocean of Law, seemed to malfunction when it came to them.
Whenever Maximus thought he had deduced their full potential and power, he would be proven wrong as another deduction revealed new things.
They seemed to grow endlessly, so much so that the deductions of the Ocean of Law couldn't keep up.
"Then who is stronger, you or them?"
"Of course I am! No one has yet to be born that can defeat me," Maximus said confidently.
Even if the Ocean of Law couldn't fully simulate the four, Maximus still had unprecedented confidence in himself.
As long as they were on the same tier, Maximus didn't think he would lose to anyone.
"That's great! Then we'll rely on you, Husband…" Skye's eyes lit up, seeing the pillar that would never break down.
With her husband, so what if she couldn't defeat an enemy?
Skye believed that even if the Aeon Plane were to collapse today, they would still be safe and sound.
Comforted, Skye no longer thought about anything and sat beside her husband, waiting for the others to break through and finish the trial.
Since it was impossible to defeat the top four in the pyramid, then why bother?
Soon, the years began to pass as Maximus' wives, children, and grandchildren entered quasi-ultimate mastery one after another.
With solid foundations and Maximus' teaching, they didn't face any bottlenecks in becoming quasi-ultimate fighting masters.
Finally, with a few hundred years remaining, all of them finished their training, defeating all the opponents except the last four.
Seeing this, Maximus officially ended the joint training.
"There are only a few hundred years remaining; you should take this time to rest and meditate to be in your best condition."
Hearing Maximus' advice, all the talented prodigies in the trial nodded in understanding.
Although they didn't enter quasi-ultimate mastery or defeat any of the middle-bracket opponents, they didn't have any dissatisfaction.
After all, those were the primordial candidates and the secret prodigies.
If they could defeat even one of them, they wouldn't be mere saints and saintesses of their organizations.
"On the name of the Shadowcrest Family, I would like to thank you all for attending this joint training."
"No, it's we who should thank His Majesty for giving us this opportunity. I hope there will be more such events in the future."
"That's right. It's our honor to attend such events."
"Nonetheless, you still have my gratitude."
"Finally, I wish us all success and victory. I hope every one of us achieves what we desire in the coming Dimensional Competition."
"For the Dimensional Alliance~"
"For the Dimensional Alliance!"