[Level 4 Archer: Ice Heaven Monarch—Ice Heaven Snow Realm: 1v1 Duel—Seeking a beatdown, 14-win streak. Loser calls me daddy.]

That Archer’s 15-win streak had changed to a 14-win streak...

’What the hell?’

’So you lose one win from your streak for every loss, huh? And I just beat him, but he didn’t seem to call me daddy.’

’Whatever... It’s not like I have some weird thing for making people call me daddy anyway.’

Following that, Lu Cang fought a total of nine Level 4 Athletes to warm up.

He took his time sizing them up and felt their strength was comparable to a Level 4 Lord Level Demon.

Given the difference in intelligence between humans and Demons, they could probably even kill a Lord Level Demon one-on-one.

’Then again, it’s also possible that the people I’ve been fighting just aren’t weak.’

’Anyone who opens a room to accept challenges must have a few tricks up their sleeve. It’s not like they’d be pathetically weak and still go looking for a beatdown.’

’Ah, the itch is killing me.’

’I’m dying to try out my Warrior’s Combat Skills. Having the Profession but not using it makes me feel like I have ants in my pants.’

Lu Cang stopped fighting and instead entered the Gate of the Spectator.

He picked a paid arena that looked interesting and took a seat.

These pay-to-watch arenas usually featured stronger, high-level fighters.

As he sat in the spectator stands, Lu Cang also took the opportunity to decipher the documents the Life Church had given him.

’*On the Whereabouts of the Spring of Life.*’

’*The Death Church’s Centennial Report...*’

’*Heart Skin Nine Continuation?*’

’*Life Reshaping Technique.*’

’Not all of these Secrets are related to the Death Church, then.’

’It seems the Life Church has had this stuff piled up for a long time, struggling to find someone who could decipher it. Now that I’ve shown up, I can finally help them solve these mysteries.’

’The Decryption Scholar Profession must be one in a hundred million.’

’And reaching a high rank requires High Spirituality.’

’Low Spirituality means weaker cognitive abilities.’

’A Decryption Scholar with weak cognitive abilities... It’s hard to imagine one ever reaching a high rank.’

Lu Cang could see himself maintaining a long-term partnership with the Life Church.

’The Decryption Scholar Profession really is in high demand.’

’Then again, knowledge-based Professions are probably in high demand in general.’

The match in the arena below began.

Lu Cang had specifically chosen a match between a Mage and an Archer.

This time, Lu Cang split his focus.

He deciphered the documents while watching the battle below.

Archers’ Body Techniques are generally extremely agile.

They need to quickly create distance to deal damage more safely.

Archers have the longest attack range of all the mainstream Battle Professions.

This means that in any fight, there’s a certain range gap—a distance where the Archer can hit their opponent, but the opponent can’t hit them back.

If an Archer can maintain that distance, victory is almost guaranteed.

In this battle, however, the Archer was clearly at a disadvantage.

Tornado.

Descent of Fire Rain.

Small Meteorite Skill.

Devouring Pit.

Molten Rock Technique.

Centripetal Force.

...

’Oh...’

’This Mage knows quite a variety of Magic...’

He used gravity to pull the two of them toward each other.

Pulling and drawing them together.

Then, using slowing and movement-restricting Magic, he trapped the Archer, attacking along their likely escape paths.

The Archer tried to create distance, but the ground behind him was covered in molten rock and pits, while a Tornado blocked his path to the side.

You can fly at Level 4.

But the gravity pinned him down, making flight difficult. If he tried to fly away, he would only move at a snail’s pace.

That would just make him a sitting duck in mid-air.

’A very good strategy.’

The Archer was pinned to a small area, forced to rely on his own agility to dodge the incoming Magic. However, setting up the battlefield like that also meant the Mage had little time to cast direct-damage Magic.

A volley of Arrows shot toward the Mage like streaks of light!

But the Mage just waved his hand, and a fierce wind swept across the field!

It distorted the path of the Archer’s Arrows.

[No Chanting·Blowing Wind Skill (Tier Two)]

’So this Mage has also mastered No Chanting for a type of Magic.’

As Lu Cang watched the battle, part of his mind was still focused on the Fire-Written Paper...

’Oh... I’ve deciphered it.’

’*Centennial Report.*’

’Strongholds once used by the Death Church... a list of recorded names of people with extremely High Spirituality...’

’And... infants...’

A wave of disgust washed over Lu Cang as he read the deciphered report.

’So they really are a Church that extracts Spirituality from infants for Sacrifice.’

For a hundred years, they had been transporting living people...

It seemed they were constantly attempting some kind of sacrificial Ritual.

[16th Sacrifice Result—No Response]

[22nd Sacrifice Result—No Response]

[43rd Sacrifice Result—No Response]

...

Many of the Sacrifices resulted in "no response."

The battle below ended. The Mage had been pierced by several Arrows, but he still won.

Once the battle concluded, the Mage’s injuries healed.

He then rested for a moment to restore his Magic Power.

During this time, Lu Cang also finished deciphering the other documents: *Heart Skin Nine Continuation*, the *Life Reshaping Technique*, the location of the *Spring of Life*, and an internal roster of the Death Church.

Having deciphered everything, Lu Cang got up to leave.

’I mainly came here to find a place to sit. Now that I’ve solved these puzzles, I should return the documents.’

Just then, from the corner of his eye, Lu Cang saw a golden-haired girl with slightly pointed ears, a proud chest, and skin as smooth as snow, shimmering in the light.

She appeared in the center of the arena as a challenger.

Her eyes were cold and sharp.

Her appearance sent a clamor through the spectator stands.