Chapter 692: Difficulty of Status Advancement
Lyra nodded, her expression turning serious. "You know about the Battle Realm, right?"
Max gave a short nod. "Yeah. It exists in the Lower Domain as well."
"That’s it, then," she said with a knowing smile. "In the Battle Realm, rankings don’t lie. If you want to become a 2-star genius, all you have to do is win ten battles against current 2-star geniuses. If you can defeat them fair and square, your status will be updated automatically. No politics, no favoritism—just strength."
"It’s that easy?" Max asked curiously, his brows slightly raised as he walked beside Lyra through the dim stone tunnel leading them out of the cave. The walls were damp, the air still buzzing faintly with leftover mana, but his attention was now entirely on her words.
Lyra chuckled lightly, glancing at him with a look that was half amusement, half seriousness. "It’s easy for you, but not for everyone," she said plainly. "You have to understand, most so-called geniuses take months—some even years—to win just ten battles against 2-star geniuses. That’s because the opponents aren’t just from their own faction or empire. The Battle Realm pulls contenders from all the forces of the Middle Domain... including the Four God Nations."
Max’s eyes narrowed slightly. "Oh, so it’s like that," he muttered, the picture forming clearly in his mind now.
It wasn’t a closed test or limited trial—it was a gauntlet that required standing tall against a continent’s worth of elite geniuses. He nodded to himself as the implication sunk in. To be classified as a 2-star genius, you had to prove you weren’t just strong—you had to be dominant across borders. A true peak among peaks.
And what made it more terrifying was the general standard of 2-star geniuses themselves. From what he knew, a 2-star genius was someone who could fight and win against opponents two small levels above them.
In simple terms, a level 2 Champion Rank 2-star genius could defeat an average level 4 Champion Rank genius. That level of strength wasn’t something any ordinary genius could handle.