My Avatar is Becoming the Ultimate BOSS-Chapter 253 - 163: The Struggle for the Heir, As It Has Always Been

He descended step by step from the royal stand to the interior of the Beast Fighting Arena, with every eye in the audience focused on the white-haired, blue-eyed youth.

Cosimo and Lorenzo exchanged a silent glance, and then Cosimo also ascended the Floating Stairs, following Cezar.

Lorenzo slightly curled his lips into a smile, slowly turning his head to look at the Crystal Ball left on Cezar’s seat. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

Inside the Crystal Ball, the round Nobel Shark seemed to sense his gaze, slowly turned its head, glanced at him twice, and then flicked its tail at him, shaking its buttocks, simulating the sound of farting in the water with a puff-puff sound.

Lorenzo was momentarily stunned, and when he came to, the Nobel Shark had already returned to its serene demeanor, quietly overlooking the Beast Fighting Arena from within the Crystal Ball.

Soon after, on the seemingly endlessly extending Floating Stairs, Cosimo slowly descended into the Beast Fighting Arena.

He stood facing Cezar at a distance of a hundred meters.

The crowd roared with applause.

"After all these years, it’s my first time seeing the Third Prince."

"He looks so strange, different from the other princes."

"I’ve heard the Third Prince is frail and sickly, always staying in the castle."

"Isn’t it said that the Third Prince has autism and doesn’t dare to leave his room? Being sickly is just an excuse."

"Shh... don’t let them hear you."

Whispers and murmurs arose one after another, seemingly no one could have anticipated this scene. The last time such a situation occurred was five years ago at the celebration, after the performance of the previous generation Royal Court Team, when the King suggested the First and Second Princes take the stage and embarrass themselves.

After many years, this scene now reoccurs in the Beast Fighting Arena.

In the sunlight, Cosimo’s eyes were as blue as the sea, and his long golden hair shone brilliantly.

He felt confident about his brother’s abilities.

Anecdote Fragments are divided into four realms: "Myth," "Generational," "Popular," and "Universal," with their strength decreasing sequentially. Each Anecdote Envoy can freely use the lowest level "Universal-grade Anecdotes."

But the higher-level Anecdote Fragments are different. Anecdote Envoys must "bind" the fragments before they can use them.

And for different Anecdote Envoys, the number of high-level fragments they can bind is also different. Based on this, Anecdote Envoys are roughly divided into the following five levels:

D-level Anecdote Envoy (can bind at most 1 "Popular-grade" and above Anecdote Fragment), C-level Anecdote Envoy (2 pieces), B-level Anecdote Envoy (3 pieces), A-level Anecdote Envoy (5 pieces), S-level Anecdote Envoy (6 pieces).

Anecdote Envoys can only bind fragments that resonate with them, and once the binding threshold is reached, to bind a new fragment they must unbind the originally bound one.

And the Second Prince Cosimo is a C-level Anecdote Envoy, which allows him to bind 2 Popular-grade fragments.

His brother Cezar, on the other hand, is a lowly D-level Anecdote Envoy, meaning he can only bind one Popular-grade or higher fragment.

This fragment is naturally the Generational-grade Anecdote—"Christmas Sled."

Cosimo had seen Cezar summon the Christmas Sled multiple times, riding it proudly in the sky.

In their eyes, the Christmas Sled should be a purely "vehicle-type Anecdote Fragment"—a fragment comparable to ancient Roman coliseums, which doesn’t possess any combat capability.

With only this one Anecdote Fragment, it’s naturally impossible for Cezar to be his opponent.

Amidst thunderous cheers that were like a tsunami, Cezar and Cosimo summoned the Anecdote Atlas, drawing cards from it.

Between Cosimo’s forefinger and middle finger were two cards—Popular-grade Anecdote "Cerberus," and the Anecdote "Octave Prism."

"Octave Prism" is the most versatile of the Popular-grade Anecdotes: it can attack and defend equally well.

Even members of the Royal Court Team each have a bound "Octave Prism," and at the Mirror Auction, Li Qingping used an "Octave Prism" to protect the Second Prince, otherwise he would have died in Urushibara Osamu’s card explosion on the spot.

Shortly thereafter, upon returning to the Whale Terrarium, the first thing Cosimo did was ask someone to find him an "Octave Prism." He had ordinary talent and spent a lot of time resonating with the fragment, making it his protective weapon.

He was confident that even with just this one Octave Prism, he could win this "exhibition match."

The next second, both simultaneously crushed their cards.

A fierce blizzard blew in, and Cezar’s snow-white hair was suddenly lifted high. Orange light patterns flashed in the air, and two reindeer broke through the void.

They roamed in the sea of wind and snow, dragging the sled behind them like a blood-red curtain.

Meanwhile, Cosimo released the "Cerberus."

A dog with three heads, bathed in magma, rose from the ground, roaring and charging forward.

Simultaneously, Cosimo crushed the "Octave Prism," and eight prismatic mirrors followed the Cerberus overhead, flying toward Cezar’s body.

At that moment, Cezar suddenly leapt up, landing precisely on the Christmas Sled that had just touched the ground.

The two reindeer stopped, treading the ground as if poised to charge like a herd of bulls.

Each time their hooves stepped on the ground, it caused the earth to tremble, stirring up a wild dance of wind and snow, growing thicker and deeper on the deer and sled as if to swallow the entire world.

"Is it... gathering strength?" On the stand, the First Prince Lorenzo slightly frowned.