Chapter 266: The battle begins Ethan watched them vanishing into the air. It was a teleportation that was sure, but it was much more sophisticated than his own skill. "It’s time to enter the battlefield ourselves too," Ethan thought. "Battle System, I want to enter the battlefield." He felt a pull from space, and he also vanished from his room. When he opened his eyes, he was in a white space. A little fairy appeared in front of him. "Hello, welcome to the Tier 3 Battlefield. You have a lucky draw as a pre-battle reward. Would you like to draw it?" Ethan was amused. What could a lucky draw give him, as his power was way above the scale? But he wanted to see. "Sure." A roulette appeared in front of him, and he could see 10 options. Grade 1 to Grade 10. But the content of the gifts was not particular, so he could get any type of gift from the grade he would get. "Begin." The roulette started spinning. After 20 seconds, it stopped. As expected of him, he scored the Grade 10 directly. [Congratulations on getting a Grade 10 gift. Your gift is manifesting. 5...4...3...2...1 You have gotten a Special Physique — "The Supreme One."] He got a special physique? He didn’t have any special physique so far. He had seen some but wasn’t much interested in them, as he could do everything by himself that those physiques could offer him. But this time, it was a gift from the Battle System. This system had an unknown origin. It was not generated in the 3rd dimension, that much was confirmed by his own system. So he saw the description of the special physique. [The Supreme One — If you activate this physique, your power will get a 1000 times amplification, and the duration of the activation time depends on your energy limit.] A simple description, yet terrifying. A thousand times amplification? And the only downside was that it consumed an immense amount of energy when activated. But someone like him, who had an infinite source of energy, could make this a passive boost. An always 1000 times amplification. Not bad at all. This Battle System was indeed extraordinary. So he instantly activated the physique to see its power. As soon as he activated the physique, a royal crow made of energy appeared above his head. His eyes started glowing, then his entire body began radiating intense light. His power increased to 1.75 billion Chaos Verse instantly. Though it was not as much as Tier 19, which was 100 billion Chaos Verse, it wasn’t far off. He would need some more time to become that powerful. But this physique was a little too flashy, so always keeping it in active form was a no for him. But he liked the reward very much. After he came back to his normal form, he appeared in a barren battlefield. He immediately spread his mental domain, which was as vast as 1.75 million Chaos Verse, but he couldn’t reach the end of the battlefield. It felt endless. He also got a status panel. Now he had two status panels. [Name: Ethan Hunt (Human) Level: 40 Exp: 0/100M] It was a very little panel, even smaller than his main panel. He was a peak Tier 3 life form, so he was at Level 40. Once he leveled up to 41, he would be able to break through to Tier 4. Damn, it was his time to level up quickly, because there would be an infinite amount of dark creatures. No one knew how long the Dark Dimension would keep sending their troops, but it was a treasure trove for him. The battle hadn’t started yet. It would start in 12 hours. Ethan saw many other species too. They were from different galaxies. He saw a young man with two horns on his head. He had a very proud look on his face. He used appraisal on him. A dragon in humanoid form. There were some others from that same species behind that young man. "Prince has got a Grade 8 reward. I don’t think anyone else has got anything higher than this." Another one chimed in. "Yes, I am also sure. There were only 9 grades of rewards. Prince has got the second highest grade. I am really proud that I follow the 1st Prince and not the 3rd Prince." They were buttering up the young man, and Ethan could tell it was actually working. The man had a proud and smug look on him. He was enjoying this. But what felt odd to him was that the man said there were only 9 grades of rewards, but he had clearly got a Grade 10 reward. Was this different for different species? Then he saw a beautiful young woman manifest. She had just entered. She was wearing a crimson red dress. There were also some young women behind her. "A phoenix, huh!" The young girl looked at the Dragon Prince and said coldly, "I didn’t think you would have the guts to enter the battlefield willingly, oh 1st Prince of the Dragon Kingdom." But the Dragon Prince didn’t seem too angry with this. "I see you missed me so much, that’s why you couldn’t help but enter the battlefield in such a hurry, oh 1st Princess of the Phoenix Kingdom." "That dragon is not a fool, I see. He can keep his calm," Ethan was enjoying the bantering. There were thousands of races and millions of players. The number was increasing every passing second. Soon, it surpassed billions. Everyone waited until now to enter. They probably prepared up to their teeth before entering here. Ethan created a grand throne for himself and sat down there. Then he took out some food from his storage ring and started enjoying them. This caught the attention of many people. "Who is this? He actually created a throne to sit in front of us. He seems so relaxed. Probably has no idea how terrifying those dark creatures will be." They were commenting about him. Ethan wanted to reply, "How do you know they are terrifying? Maybe they are some cute-looking black pandas? Who knows?" But he didn’t reply; that would be childish. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮 Time was ticking. 10 hours passed. Trillions of players had appeared in the battlefield. There was a barrier in the far distance; probably it would open and monsters would come out from there. Ethan had sent some Tier 0 shadows with his parents. He was observing them too. The players in that battlefield were hundreds of thousands of times more than this battlefield. The four of them were standing together. He could see Anna was shaking a bit, but Erina was very confident. She was grabbing the hilt of her sword, always ready to sheath it out whenever needed. The higher the battlefield, the lower the number of players. Soon, 2 hours passed. [Attention! The barrier is about to open. Be prepared.] This notification sounded 3 times in every battlefield. And the barrier opened like a door. Dark, ugly creatures started gushing out from there. Ethan scanned their numbers — they were 10,000 times more than the number of players and still increasing.