At the same time, somewhere far away inside the Solaris Insight Guild space, Chloe, the rising streamer in the Solaris Kingdom, opened her Arena tab.

A specific name instantly caught her eye: Player 555.

"The entire kingdom is actively hunting him down after he made waves across the kingdom, and he is just leisurely bullying newbies in the arena?" Chloe chuckled. "What a strange man."

She entered the spectator mode. It was a public lobby, so she could easily watch Player 555 one-shotting everyone in his path.

She immediately went live. Within seconds, 20,000 viewers flooded the stream.

[Viewer_99: A stream just before the domain opens? What are you up to, Chloe?]

[ProGamerX: I was going through the news of Players when I saw this. Everyone is talking about him. The man reached Silver level combat score in 15 days. Every guild wants him.]

[DoomScroller88: Even the Central Plains and the Holy Church are making moves to invite him.]

[TankEnthusiast: He is also a genius engineer! He was spam-selling mythical Solitaire Cards with storage functions!]

"Hello everyone. Look who I found casually climbing the ranks," Chloe said, shifting her screen to show Caelus standing in the arena.

Soon, a new opponent spawned in, only to get instantly obliterated by Caelus.

[Slayer_V: Holy shit. It’s actually him.]

People began reposting Chloe’s stream link. Within minutes, the viewership skyrocketed well over a million. Not just that, the actual physical spectator area around the arena was filling up fast.

"???"

Caelus looked up at the spectator stands in pure bafflement. There were at least 3,000 people physically cheering in the stands.

"Damn. I didn’t expect this," Caelus muttered.

He decided to completely ignore the massive crowd and checked his rank.

Ding!

[Current Rank: 493]

"I reached the Top 500 with just three matches."

Because he was overwhelmingly crushing his opponents, his matchmaking rating was soaring.

He initiated another match. This time, the opponent was in the Top 100.

However, before the timer even started, the girl bounced excitedly. "Player 555! I’m a big fan! Can I take a selfie? I will forfeit right after!"

"Sure," Caelus replied speechlessly.

The girl ran up, took a quick selfie, and vanished.

’Tsk. If they forfeit, I cannot extract from them,’ Caelus thought, his expression darkening.

He initiated the next match. Top 25.

"Greetings, Player 555! I am Dickenson from the Holy Church. Almost everyone in the Top 30 came online just to fight you. Our church would actually like to have a word with you. I can arrange—"

LIGHTNING STRIKE!

BOOM!

A blinding flash of lightning reduced Dickenson to ash before he could even finish his sentence.

"Not interested," Caelus clicked his tongue.

He knew exactly what they wanted. To join them and there was no way he was joining their ranks.

Then, he extracted.

Ding!

[Extraction Successful.]

[You have obtained the item: Skill Evolution Card (Mythical, 2-Star)]

’Not bad,’ Caelus smiled.

Soon, his next opponent materialized.

Ding!

[Opponent Rank: 1]

"Greetings, Player 555."

The opponent was a girl with pink hair and a haughty expression. She lazily fanned herself, looking down at him. "Not bad. You are as powerful as rumors say. I thought your Silver rank combat score was just a temporary buff."

"However, I am not like the others that you can just defeat in one move." the girl sneered. "I am Princess Bubblegum."

[Stream Chat: It’s her! Princess Bubblegum!]

[Stream Chat: She is from the Aurelius Kingdom in the Central Plains. An absolute monster who awakened two talents!]

"Good. I do not like holding back either," Caelus smiled.

He checked her stats. Her Combat Score was actually Silver I! The Azure Origin Planet truly hid crouching tigers and hidden dragons.

The countdown hit zero.

Princess Bubblegum’s Combat Score spiked instantly. A faint divine halo lit up behind her back as she rushed forward.

Caelus was slightly taken aback by the halo, but he wasn’t afraid.

Bubblegum waved her fan. A lethal blade of highly pressurized water erupted toward him.

PROJECTION FRAME!

Caelus shattered into fragments, effortlessly dodging the lethal water blade.

CHAOS PERCEPTION EYES!

MYRIAD MOVES OF THE HEAVENLY SWORD!

He stunned her with his gaze and instantly charged in, his sword primed to deal massive damage.

But just as he swung...

Ding!

[Debuff Cleared. The opponent used Temporal Reset.]

’She has Temporal Reset?!’ Caelus was genuinely stunned.

The very next moment, the sharp tip of her fan blurred and plunged directly into his chest.

Highly pressurized water shot straight through his torso, blasting a bloody hole out his back.

Ding!

[-50 HP]

[Your body is damaged. You will continuously take 1 Bleed Damage.]

Caelus gritted his teeth through the agonizing pain. She was much stronger than he thought. He absolutely could not afford to lose here.

MYRIAD MOVES OF THE HEAVENLY SWORD!

He charged in again, his Chaos Fractal Wings flaring.

At the same time, Caelus made a reckless gamble. He forcefully tapped into his Chaos Dragon Body. Even though it was on cooldown, he forcibly ignited the latent energy resting in his cells. He could do that any time to train daily.

For a brief, volatile second, his Combat Score violently fluctuated, spiking upward by a massive 10 points.

BOOM!

His aura doubled in an instant. The sheer pressure cracked the arena floor.

Bubblegum’s haughty expression shattered into pure shock.

FWOOSH!

The wind screamed as Caelus’s speed exceeded terrifying limits. Bubblegum could not even track his movement. Before she could blink, a blinding blade rested flush against her throat.

SLASH!

His sword sheared cleanly through her figure, erasing her avatar from the arena.

Ding!

[You are the Winner.]

[You have achieved 1st Place in the Arena.]

[You are the King of the Arena.]

[Reward: You will receive 20 Reputation Points per week as long as you maintain Rank 1.]

The entire stream and the physical spectator area erupted into deafening cheers.

While the crowd went wild, Caelus walked over to where she vanished.

EXTRACTION!

Ding!

[Extraction Successful.]

[You have obtained the Skill: Water Dragon Soaring The Heaven (Mythical, 2-Star)]

[Water Dragon Soaring The Heaven (Mythical, 2-Star)]

[Details: When the water dragon soars, it gains a combat buff based on altitude. 10m = +1 Damage. 20m = +2 Damage, 30m = +3 Damage, 40m = +4 Damage, Max 50m = +5 Damage.]

[Mythical Effect: Once it reaches the apex and crashes down, it gains Invulnerability. No attack can stop it. Afterward, the surrounding area turns into a Zone of Ocean’s Wrath, randomly spawning tsunamis and typhoons that target the opponent.]

’Is this skill from one of her talents?’ Caelus thought, looking at the screen.

She had totally looked down on him. She hadn’t even bothered using her ultimate Water Dragon skill. But at the same time, he hadn’t given her the chance. Once his Chaos body kicked in, he completely overpowered her.

Speaking of which, he didn’t feel any weakness after igniting his dragon body for a few seconds but he did feel mentally tired. He had decided, after this, he will train it rigorously and make it permanently stay on.

It had to be done to achieve true Dragonification.

Without lingering, Caelus left the Arena.

When he returned to reality, Sylvia was already awake.

At the exact same time, his daily dungeon simulator results triggered.

Ding!

[Day Three Results are available.]

[You have extracted 4,000 Units of Mana.]

[Evaluation: Mythical Grade]

[You have eliminated 600 Bronze I players from your four dungeons.]

[Evaluation: Mythical Grade]

[Only six monsters died in all your four dungeons combined.]

[Evaluation: Mythical Grade]

[The respawners are still at 100% integrity. No one has destroyed them yet.]

[Evaluation: Mythical Grade]

[Overall Assessment: Mythical Grade.]

[Dungeon report is available to view.]

[Issuing rewards!]

[You have obtained the following:]

[1. +100 Reputation Points]

[2. +1 Level]

[You received 2x the EXP for reaching Mythical Grade.]

[Dungeon report is available to view.]

[Dungeon Master Rank: Tier 2 (Bronze I) -> Tier 2 (Bronze II) (Capped)]

[Storing the rest of the EXP.]

[Reputation: 160 -> 260]

[Level: 7 -> 8 (0/1,800)]

[Combat Score: 1.45 -> 1.45]

Caelus’s lips twitched. No Change in CS again.

Speaking of which, the actual rewards were kind of lackluster for a Mythical Grade clear. But it was all RNG. Sometimes you hit the jackpot, and sometimes you just got basic materials in abundance.

Sylvia, on the other hand, got gacha pulls and 50 Reputation Points. After her trial and these dungeon rewards, she now sat at a healthy 325 Reputation Points.

Ding!

[The Domain is now open!]