The First Store System

The next moment, Aakesh's opponent for the day appeared. His eyes immediately lit up when he saw what creature it was.

A few hundred meters away from Aakesh stood a humanoid creature with two pairs of hands and a similar number of eyes.

All four of its hands had a sharp tip attached to them like a sickle. Its eyes had vertical pupils, like those of a predator who hunts only one creature at a time.

Aakesh knew the creature's race. It was Sicklotod, a race now extinct from the Primal Dimension.

A race in the Primal dimension shouldn't have warranted so much enthusiasm in Aakesh, but the story of the race was such that he became excited about the upcoming battle.

Sicklotods weren't an antique race but were born long after the Dimensional War. They were born due to a mutation in another race, and these creatures were born cruel right from their birth.

On top of that, their fighting talent was also exemplary. When two things were added, it became a top predatory race in the dimension. Read latest chapters at My Virtual Library Empire

They battled and massacred numerous weaker races to extinction, but they finally touched a beehive, causing the Void Beasts to focus on them.

No matter how strong they were in front of the unprecedented power of the Void Beasts, they were just some bugs and were crushed to extinction.

Aakesh's opponent in the arena also had a cruel expression in its eyes and couldn't wait to tear Aakesh apart.

Ring!

The bell finally rang, announcing the start of the first round. The opponent pounced, but before it could, it suddenly crashed to the ground.

The next moment, small square pieces of its body spread across the ground like a statue that had burst after the fall.

Immediately after that, a blue light washed over the arena, and the screen popped once again before Aakesh.

He chose to go to the second round, and the same scene repeated itself after the bell rang.

The same situation continued for the first two hundred rounds. It was as if Aakesh was toying with the opponent.

But the Sicklotod didn't feel fear and instead became angrier with Aakesh. It was waiting for the round when its strength would reach the sufficient level to tear Aakesh apart.

Time flew by, and finally, it was the five-hundredth battle.

Aakesh charged forward and slashed his sword vertically at the same time. The next moment, an energy charge appeared and rushed toward the opponent.

The Sicklotod sneered and did a cross-slash using two of its hands. Aakesh's strike was destroyed instantly, while the remaining energy of the cross slash rushed at him.

Aakesh dodged it and kept his charge. The sword edges had begun to glow red, and when he reached his opponent, the entire sword was burning red hot.

Slash!

Even the space was burnt to a crisp as he slashed the sword. The air melted, the arena melted, and even the opponent wasn't left in good condition after the attack.

Three of its four hands had melted, but its recovery rate was unprecedented, so immediately they began to recover.

Aakesh had had enough of that round of battle, so he decided to end it there. Once he made that decision, the sword in his hand let out an excited whistle.

The sword was too powerful for Aakesh to unleash its full capabilities, so whenever Aakesh would use strong named attacks, it would feel excited.

"As the world starts from ash, I command you to return to ash!"

A chant rang in the area as Aakesh pushed the sword.

The creature felt an instinctive fear in its heart and wanted to back away, but the sword was quicker than its escaping speed.

Like a hot knife cleaved through butter, the sword cleaved through the creature. When Aakesh pulled the sword back, there was a large hole in the center of the opponent's upper body.

A flame suddenly erupted out of nowhere from the injury hole and engulfed the opponent in no time. In less than a thousandth of a second, only the creature's ashes remained as proof of its existence.

A slow wind blew and took the ashes away, but suddenly, a blue light washed over the arena, and the time was frozen.

Aakesh could see particles of ashes frozen in the air. He ignored them and focused on the screen in front of him.

He tapped on the button to start the 501st round, and everything disappeared. The arena returned to as new as ever, while his opponent stared at him with the same cruel, threatening glare.

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The silence in the selection area was suddenly broken as a large space crack appeared out of nowhere. It disappeared as quickly as it had appeared, but it left only after dropping Aakesh there.

Aakesh looked ahead and didn't see Lily and Khaval there, so he asked the system for their chairs and sat on his respective chair.

Not long after, Lily and Khaval also returned from their training. The three then began their traditional daily conversation.

Lily had something extremely exciting to share with Aakesh, and now that it was finally time, she immediately took the lead.

"I have completed the challenge!"

Lily pridefully announced. For the past several Panagea years, Lily had been stuck in a challenge, which had greatly caused her frustration.

Aakesh patted Lily's head gently in response to that, and Khaval also congratulated his elder sister.

"How did you do it?"

Khaval couldn't help but ask since yesterday, when they met, Lily was still as frustrated as ever. She didn't want to take Aakesh or his help to complete the challenge, so they could only listen to her frustrating groans, which frustrated him as well.

Now that Lily had completed the challenge, he wouldn't have to listen to her ramblings anymore. He couldn't help but tear up when he thought of that.

Aakesh couldn't help but burst into laughter when he saw Khaval's reaction. How could he not understand what was going on in Khaval's mind?

"You smelly fish!"

Lily glared at Khaval since she also understood what was happening.

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