Chapter 2518 Research Results
Karsten, the heir to the Divine Extraction Technique, arrived in North Hampton as he worked his way up the list.
However, he was told that Kirin and the others were all in solitary training.
“They can continue with their training after accepting my challenge,” Karsten replied with a smile.
“Are you worried that they would become stronger after their solitary training and defeat you? Is that why you insist on challenging them first?” Wynona, who was keeping watch, sneered.
“Fine. Forget it. I’ll come back to challenge them once they have completed their solitary training. I’ll skip them for the time being,” Karsten laughed before leaving.
In truth, there wasn’t much point in challenging them other than to absorb their powers.
Hence, if he insisted on extracting their powers, something untoward might happen and draw unnecessary attention to him.
Given that it wasn’t worth the risk, Karsten only dared to absorb the powers of those whom he challenged.
If he randomly extracted the powers of someone else, The Cardinal Hall and other similar organizations would notice easily.
Consequently, Zoey and her comrades managed to dodge a bullet.
Or else, they would have been killed during Karsten’s challenge.
As for Wynona and the others, none of them expected someone so ordinary-looking to be on the cusp of shocking the world.
Meanwhile, Karsten’s next step was to continue challenging the warriors on the Provisional Leaderboard.
Naturally, he too was challenged every so often by other warriors. With his good results and consistent wins, Karsten was soon one of the top fighters on the Provisional Leaderboard.
Furthermore, all his opponents met the same fate.
They too had their lives sucked out of them.
Cognizant that he would be exposed sooner or later, Karsten knew that he had to make hay while the sun still shone.
He had to build a solid foundation before his secret was revealed.
At the same time, Lab of Gods was providing him with support in the shadows.
They had sent hundreds of warriors to challenge those on the Divine and Provisional Leaderboard, wreaking havoc everywhere.
In truth, their main purpose was to provide cover for Karsten’s actions.
That way, everyone’s attention would be diverted away from him. It then allowed him to stay under the radar.
Hence, Levi was the only one who could possibly notice him.
Unfortunately, Levi was too preoccupied with saving Kirin and the others that he didn’t have the time.
Furthermore, it wasn’t like Lab of Gods had made their move. Hence, he wasn’t bothered about getting involved.
After all, he had no interest in the change in ranks of the Divine Leaderboard.
No matter how much turmoil there was on the leaderboard, his alter egos still occupied the top three places.
And that wasn’t going to change.
No matter how strong the opponents are, there’s no way they can be stronger than the Gods of Restricted Area 76. If one punch isn’t enough, I’ll send a second one.
Levi, who was the only person to potentially notice the problem, wasn’t even bothered with it.
Consequently, Karsten had a lot of time and space to let his strength mature properly.
Meanwhile, the Dark Web was likely aware of what was going on. However, given their neutrality, they wouldn’t reveal the extent of Karsten’s true power.
Furthermore, the change in ranks was determined by the challenges and not based on their true strength.
In other words, the Dark Web had only collated the names of all the elite fighters.
However, the changes in actual ranks were being determined by the large organizations instead.
After every challenge, there would be a reshuffling of names.
Ten days later, Karsten had defeated everyone listed on the ninety-ninth step. Thus, he was only one step away from being promoted to the Divine Leaderboard.
Fifteen days later, Karsten’s name was officially added to the bottom of the Divine Leaderboard.
From that moment on, he couldn’t avoid being noticed no matter how hard he tried to keep away from the public eye.
Nevertheless, he still hadn’t caught the entire world’s attention yet.
Therefore, he still had time to continue growing stronger and elevating his skills.
Also, Lab of Gods had sent men to help him divert the public’s attention, allowing him to continue with his plan.
They had expected him to only begin attracting attention once he reached the top hundred of the Divine Leaderboard.
However, that wasn’t Karsten’s goal.
He wished to only be noticed when he was in the top ten of the Divine Leaderboard.
The reason was that he wanted to absorb more energy from his opponents first.
Consequently, he needed Lab of Gods to help him buy more time while he went around doing that.
In fact, he could absorb all sorts of energy from his opponents, not just their powers.
While Karsten was working hard toward his goal, Kirin and his comrades were also doing the same.
In fact, they were about to reach the peak of their powers.
Meanwhile, Azure Dragon had spent half a month on his research and finally had the results.
