Endless Extraction in a Game-Like World

Caelus’s eyes lit up in excitement seeing this. He couldn’t contain his happiness.

An A-Rank Talent!

And the powers it gave were even better.

Generate frost with no mana cost.

Wouldn’t he be able to shoot out icicles, chill his can of LocoCola juice, and even manipulate the temperature of his bathwater?

This was good. Very good.

The summer season of the Western continent would soon be here. He had to prepare.

Pushing down the urge to manifest ice in the room, he calmly walked out.

By now, everyone, including Rachel, was looking at him with a stunned expression.

One move. He defeated her in one move.

They both had the exact same powers, too!

"You... how did you ignore my Frost Monarch Awakening’s shield?" Rachel was bewildered.

"True Damage," Caelus replied.

"True Damage..." Chairman Welt, Rachel, and Mr. Brown looked at each other with bewildered expressions.

"I won by luck, Miss Rachel," Caelus let out a small chuckle. "If the battle had dragged out, the victor might not be certain."

He had taken advantage of Rachel’s lack of knowledge about his Chaos Perception Eyes and utilized three Plasma Nukes to stack the damage and empty out her HP. The 40% True Damage from the Plasma Nuke was no joke.

When HP was equal, it was best to play by the calculator rather than with brute force, like he did in the domain. You could cut off someone’s legs, but it wouldn’t necessarily drop their HP to 0, and as long as it wasn’t 0, the person would just spam their skills on you.

After that, it was Sylvia’s turn. Much to everyone’s surprise, Sylvia also easily defeated Rachel, who looked to be in extreme discomfort.

She lost to two newbies!

Her expression was dark. If this were to get out, she would become a laughingstock.

Soon, they received their Iron II licenses. Starting now, they just needed to scan their domain systems showing their rank, and the license would automatically update.

Everything on the Azure Origin Planet was highly digitized.

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A few moments later, in the training room, Mr. Brown, Sylvia, Rachel, Welt, and Caelus stood side by side as they practiced the Aura Manifestation art.

Chairman Welt had already given him and Sylvia the Mod Calibrator Scroll. He decided to use it after they were done with the Aura Manifestation practice.

Since they were there, Chairman Welt suggested everyone perform the Aura Manifestation art.

Sylvia and Rachel, along with Mr. Brown, had already entered Tier 1.

Amidst them, Caelus was thoroughly focused on the Aura of Origin rotating in his body.

He could feel it making his body stronger.

Eventually, he felt a shudder within him as a sense of elevation formed.

[+3 Aura Exp]

[+3 Aura Exp]

[+3 Aura Exp]

[Aura Rank: Tier 1 -> 2 (0/100)]

[Combat Score: 25.32 -> 25.47]

He was correct. It did increase his strength.

But at the same time, he also wanted to test out another theory of his about the practice.

Currently, the gravity was at level 2. It was the same as the time in the park when he first met the chairman. He wanted to increase it.

"Can you increase the gravity, old man Welt? I want to test something out," Caelus spoke.

"Sure." Old man Welt beckoned to Mr. Brown, who silently did as he was told.

Immediately, the gravity became crushing. Both Sylvia and Caelus had a change of expression as they gritted their teeth.

"Perfect." Caelus smiled amidst the pain as he began practicing.

The pressure this time was several times higher.

[+9 Aura Exp]

Caelus’s grin widened seeing this.

He knew it.

The more pressure, the better the EXP!

He swiftly told the others about this.

"There is such a thing?" Welt and the others were surprised.

Welt, Rachel, and Mr. Brown immediately adjusted their training to test it out.

"It works." Welt’s voice came from the other side.

So, pushing your body to the limit actually made progress faster!

Caelus smiled at this as he turned to Sylvia, who was also diligently practicing.

"What about you? How much EXP are you getting with the current gravity?"

Sylvia wore a half-smile, half-pained expression as she spoke. "I am getting 3 EXP right now."

"Hm." Caelus nodded.

Everyone, no matter who, had a white aura.

He was the sole exception, having the Aura of Origin. He didn’t know what this entailed, but he definitely received more EXP than the others.

With that said, he didn’t waste time; he wanted to at least make the most of it.

[+9 Aura Exp]

[+9 Aura Exp]

[+9 Aura Exp]

[+9 Aura Exp]

[+9 Aura Exp]

[+9 Aura Exp]...

Just like that, eight hours passed.

[Aura Rank: Tier 2 -> 5 (0/100)]

[Aura: 15/25 -> 30/30]

Boom!

Caelus’s aura significantly expanded as he reached Tier 5.

[Combat Score: 25.77 -> 26.50]

His combat score increased exponentially.

"I’m energized again." Caelus chuckled.

Each time his rank increased, he went back to full stamina. At the same time, he realized that even after continuously performing the art for eight hours straight, it only took 10 Aura points from him. His Aura was directly tied to his stamina, and the fact that it could last that long meant a lot.

This meant he could run for eight hours straight and still be full of energy.

No wonder... this aura was extremely useful.

This was the effect he desired.

And the max Aura increased by 5 too.

With each five tiers, it would keep increasing.

Then, by his side, he felt a small aura fluctuation. He turned and saw Sylvia. She had reached Tier 2.

"Congrats, Miss Sylvia, on reaching Tier 2."

"It took so long~ I’m tired, Caelus. Pick me up." Sylvia sat on the floor with her arms raised.

"..." Caelus was speechless. "Just stand up yourself."

"..." Sylvia blinked and stood up with no sense of tiredness in her movement.

"My blood-bond doesn’t care about me~" The following instant, an exaggerated sad look appeared on her face. "Am I not worth anything in his eyes anymore?"

However, just then, notifications rang.

[Ding!]

[The Space League is open.]

[The network will randomly choose players from each rank to participate in the Space League.]

[Choosing...]

[Complete.]

[Ding!]

[You’ve been chosen to participate in the Space League.]

[Participating in the league will lead to exclusive rewards.]

[You will be teleported to the Space League in five seconds.]

[5...]

[4...]

[3...]

[2...]

[1...]

[Initiating Jump]

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