A few among the crowd agreed with what the warrior from the Hestia Continent said.

A warrior from the Chaos Continent sneered as he said, "The warriors from the Golden Continent sure love their double standards. Only they're allowed to have prodigies and not other worlds. Only they're allowed to be cruel, and no other worlds can. Fane did exactly what they did, but they see it as some heinous crime. It's like Fane's a demon straight out of hell. What a joke!"

A verbal riot broke out in the area near the Red Sun Monument as they jeered at the Golden Continent. Even wandering warriors from Hestia raised their voices and cursed at the Golden Continent's warriors, calling them shameless and despicable, to which those from the Golden Continent heard it all.

The warriors from the Golden Continent were forced to lower their heads and accept everything. After all, they would just get laughed at if they tried to be stubborn at that moment.

Fane did not care about the arguments that were happening below at all. He only had one thought in mind at that moment, which was to climb the Red Sun Monument and get the golden badge.

He already had the black iron badge and the bronze badge. If he got the golden badge, he would have gathered all three. Even though the rules did not say what he would achieve if he managed to get all three badges, he had a feeling it would be something noteworthy. Fane would even manage to get other valuable items in each area he crossed.

...

After half an hour, he arrived at the 420-meter mark when he suddenly felt the ground beneath him heating up before a ray of light shot up in front of him.

Fane looked down and noticed that five million spirit crystals had suddenly appeared in front of him. He let out a smile.

Warriors who arrived at the 420-meter mark would receive five million spirit crystals. If he continued for another 30 meters, the Red Sun Monument would award him with five million spirit crystals and an eighth-grade pill.

Fane took a deep breath and placed the spirit crystals into Mustard Seed. He had accumulated quite a bit of wealth as he had about 40 million spirit crystals in total. Even chosen disciples of ninth-grade clans did not have as much as him!

However, it was still far from enough. If he wanted ninth-grade crystals, he would need even more.

He sighed as he continued upward.

Back at the foot of the monument, the discussions about Fane's skills slowly dwindled. They started to talk about how far Fane would be able to climb. To regain a fraction of their dignity, the Golden Continent's warriors started to demean and belittle him.

"I admit he's very strong. He's

probably able to place in the top ten of a holy-grade clan. Even so, he'll only be able to get to four hundred and eighty meters at most, no higher. After so long, only three people have managed to climb to the peak and obtain the golden badge.

"No matter how strong Fane is, he'll never be able to face someone at the top three of a holy-grade clan. It's not like I'm trying to insult him, but he came from a meager place. He's a warrior from Hestia, and all of us know what Hestia's overall strength is like. They're at the bottom of third-grade worlds. Fane being able to have those skills is already a miracle..."

These opinions were agreed on by all the warriors from the Golden Continent. They started to add oil to the flames and said that Fane would never

be able to reach the peak. Even being able to reach the 480-meter mark would be a huge accomplishment.

A warrior from the Azure Clan said loudly, "Don't think that we're trying to insult Fane. We're just saying things as it is. Just look at the four-hundred- and-twenty-meter area. Only ten people from the Hestia Continent have managed to reach there.

"Two hundred people from White

Marsh Continent managed it, and three hundred and twenty-five from Chaos Continent got in. The Golden Continent already has over six hundred,

so the overall stroden

of

each continent is obvious here. That's why we say that Fane has a limit to how strong he can be. There's no way he's stronger than every warrior in the Golden Continent!" Content is property of .