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Chapter 164 The struggle for the heir apparent is always like this (Seeking monthly votes)
When Caesar first asked Cosimo to play an exhibition match, Yagubaru was actually a little apprehensive.

It thought to itself, "You corrupted elementary school student, what are you doing, you little kid!"

But then the little shark felt relieved.

First, Li Qingping is still alive; he wouldn't just stand by and watch Caesar get beaten. Second, this is just an exhibition match; even if the second prince had murderous intent, he wouldn't dare to do it in front of the queen and the entire nation.

In conclusion, this exhibition match will only affect the reputation of the two princes.

If this reclusive third prince were to make his first public appearance in several years and defeat the second prince in a highly anticipated exhibition match, it would undoubtedly cause an unexpected sensation, and the second prince would likely be ridiculed for a long time.

It doesn't matter if they lose, since no one has ever had any expectations for the Third Prince anyway.

"In a situation where we already have the upper hand in public opinion, it's fine to let Caesar act out a bit. It's better than seeing him be a spineless coward who doesn't dare to resist," Yagubaru thought.

However, there was another reason why it didn't advise Caesar: deep down, Agubaru actually had a lot of faith in Caesar.

However, the source of this confidence is somewhat subtle:

—It and Caesar belong to the same ethnic group.

Of course, this does not refer to conspiracy theories such as Caesar being a "descendant of sharks," nor does it mean that Agubaru is a shark aristocrat (although it believes that shark aristocrats are no more lowly than the aristocrats of the Little Garden).

Rather, it refers to...

Both are "darkened elementary school students".

The potential of the corrupted elementary school students is self-evident: Ji Minghuan himself is a unique restricted-level superhuman in the world, while Sun Changkong is the holder of a mythical-level fragment of a legend.

This is enough to prove that the potential of the "blackened elementary school students" race is unparalleled, standing at the top of the world.

This matter is also recorded in the Salvation Society's interview log.

Ji Minghuan: "Mentor, mentor, which superhuman race is the most powerful in the world?"

Mentor: "A corrupted elementary school student."

Moreover, the corrupted elementary school students in this world seem to have the "Killer Family" buff: Elementary School Student No. 1's brutal beating of the Refrigerator Demon is still fresh in everyone's memory; Elementary School Student No. 2, in a fit of rage, killed his adoptive father and adoptive mother with a single blow.

With multiple buffs visible to the naked eye, Ji Minghuan believes that even if Caesar suddenly unleashes his full potential on the field, it wouldn't be surprising if he defeated the Second Prince.

"Caesar, don't embarrass our Blackology clan," Agubaru thought to himself, flicking his tail inside the crystal ball. "Give us some racial buffs, okay?"

At this very moment, in the royal stands.

Prince Cosimo sat silently on the stone chair, gazing at Caesar for a moment.

The former immediately snorted coldly and looked away.

“Let’s go.” With that, Cosimo rose from the stone chair and took out two copies of “Moving Stairs” and “Pigeon Messenger” from the Book of Wonders.

"I hope you won't go easy on me, brother," Caesar said calmly.

Cosimo's face twitched slightly as he forcefully crushed the two cards.

A colorless light pattern flashed by, and then a nearly transparent floating staircase slowly extended from the edge of the royal stands; a white dove carrying a mailbox appeared on the back of his hand.

At the same time, a letter suddenly appeared in Cosimo's hands.

He made a flick of his finger, and fluorescent words appeared on the page, transforming into a line of simple black characters. Then he placed the letter inside the mailbox on the back of the white dove. The dove flapped its wings and flew towards the host.

Inside the arena, the crowd was still captivated by the fleeting performance of the seven members of the Royal Court team, and discussions were rife among them.

Just then, the host was looking at the script, about to deliver his closing remarks through the "floating megaphone," when he was suddenly caught by a pigeon messenger flying towards him.

"What a hassle. Can't you people of the Little Garden just introduce cell phones?" Yagubaru thought to himself, lying on his side in the crystal ball. "No wonder you got eaten by the sharks because you don't know how to be prepared for the future and keep up with the times."

The host was examining the mailbox on the pigeon's back with surprise, trying to find the delivered letter. He opened the envelope, glanced at the contents, and then, with exaggerated widening of his eyes and a trembling voice, exclaimed:
"This...this...just now, I received some amazing news: the Third Prince Caesar and the Second Prince Cosimo will be having an exhibition match in the Colosseum!"

Using the "floating megaphone" from the fragments of strange tales, the host's voice resounded throughout the entire arena.

Upon hearing this, the entire venue fell silent, followed by an unprecedented burst of cheers.

Li Qingping paused slightly, then slowly stopped in his tracks. He turned around, raised his head, and looked at the white-haired, blue-eyed youth in the royal viewing platform.

"Your Highness Caesar..."

He murmured silently.

From the royal stands, Kalilena instructed, "Caesar, Cosimo, you two be careful and know your limits."

“I know, Mother,” Cosimo said in a low voice, his face expressionless. “I will not bully my third brother.”

“I understand, Mother,” Caesar smiled slightly and said softly, “I will not accidentally kill my brother.”

Lorenzo paused slightly upon hearing this, and the smile on his face faded somewhat.

Cosimo turned his head and looked coldly at Caesar: "What did you say?"

“I said I’m different from my brothers… I would never lay a hand on my family.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Caesar turned around and stepped onto the floating staircase without looking back, leaving behind a calm silhouette.

He descended step by step from the royal stands into the interior of the arena, and all eyes in the audience were focused on this white-haired, blue-eyed boy.

Cosimo and Lorenzo exchanged a silent glance, and then Cosimo also climbed the floating staircase and followed Caesar.

Lorenzo raised the corners of his lips slightly, slowly turned his head, and looked at the crystal ball left on Caesar's seat.

Inside the crystal ball, the round, chubby Norber shark seemed to sense his gaze. It slowly turned its head, glanced at him, and then flicked its tail and wiggled its rear end, making a "plop plop" sound in the water, mimicking the sound of farting.

Lorenzo was stunned for a moment, and when he came to his senses, the Norbert Shark had already regained its calm expression and was quietly looking down at the Colosseum from the crystal ball.

Soon after, Cosimo slowly descended into the Colosseum from what seemed like an infinitely extending floating staircase.

He and Caesar stood facing each other, a hundred meters apart.

The whole house cheered.

"This is the first time I've seen the Third Prince in all these years."

"He looks so strange, unlike the other princes."

"I heard that the third prince is frail and sickly and has been staying in the castle all the time."

"Isn't it said that the Third Prince has autism and is afraid to come out of his room? His illness is just an excuse."

Shh...don't let them hear.

Whispers rose and fell, as if no one had expected this scene. The last time such a scene had occurred was at the celebration five years ago, when, after the previous royal court's performance, the king suggested that the eldest and second princes come up on stage to make a fool of themselves.

Years later, this scene unfolded once again in the Colosseum. In the sunlight, Cosimo's eyes were as blue as the sea, and his long golden hair shone brightly.

He was very confident in his younger brother's abilities.

Fragments of Strange Tales are divided into four levels: "Mythical," "Generational," "Popular," and "Universal," with decreasing strength in that order. Every Strange Tales Envoy can freely use the lowest level, "Universal Strange Tales."

However, the situation is different for higher-level fragments of strange tales. Strange tale envoys must "bind" the fragments before they can use them.

Different types of Mysterious Envoys can bind different numbers of high-level fragments. Based on this, Mysterious Envoys are roughly divided into the following five levels:

D级奇闻使（最多绑定1枚“通俗级”往上的奇闻碎片）、C级奇闻使（2枚）、B级奇闻使（3枚），A级奇闻使（5枚），S级奇闻使（6枚）。

The Messengers can only bind to fragments that resonate with them. Once the binding threshold is reached, they can only unbind the previously bound fragments if they want to bind a new one.

The second prince, Cosimo, is a C-level Oddity Envoy, a level that allows him to bind two Common-level fragments.

His younger brother, Caesar, is a low-ranking D-level Oddity Envoy, which means he can only bind to a fragment of common or higher rank.

This fragment is, of course, a once-in-a-generation wonder—a "Christmas sleigh."

Cosimo had seen Caesar summon his Christmas sleigh many times and ride it through the sky.

In their eyes, the Christmas sleigh should be a pure "vehicle-type wonder fragment"—a fragment comparable to an "architectural wonder fragment" like the ancient Roman Colosseum, without any combat capabilities.

With only this one fragment of the Strange Tale, Caesar was naturally no match for him.

Amidst a deafening roar of cheers, Caesar and Cosimo summoned the Book of Wonders and retrieved cards from it.

The two cards Cosimo was holding on his index and middle fingers were the common-level oddity "Cerberus" and the oddity "Octave Prism".

"Octagon Prism" is the most versatile fragment among popular tales: it can be used for both offense and defense.

Even members of the Royal Court team are each bound to an "Octagon Prism". On that day at the Mirror Auction House, Li Qingping used the "Octagon Prism" to protect the Second Prince. Otherwise, he would have died on the spot in the Qi Yuanli poker explosion.

Shortly after that, upon returning to the Whale Garden, Cosimo immediately asked someone to find him an "Octave Prism." Despite his ordinary talent, it took him a long time to resonate with the fragments and make it his protective weapon.

He was confident that he could win this "exhibition match" with just this one octagonal prism.

The next second, the two of them simultaneously crushed the cards.

A gust of wind and snow swept in, suddenly blowing Caesar's snow-white hair high in the air. Orange light patterns flashed in mid-air, and two deer broke through the void and arrived.

They roamed amidst the sea, sky, wind, and snow, the sleds they towed behind them resembling a blood-red curtain.

Meanwhile, Cosimo unleashed Cerberus.

A canine with three heads, its body bathed in molten lava, rose from the ground and roared as it charged forward.

At the same time, Cosimo crushed the "Octagon Prism," and eight prism-shaped pieces followed the three-headed dog's head, flying towards Caesar's body.

In that instant, Caesar suddenly leaped up and landed right on the Christmas sleigh that had just landed on the ground.

The two deer stopped and paced in place, their hooves rubbing the ground like a herd of cattle poised to pounce.

Every time their hooves tread the ground, it causes the earth to tremble and stirs up a swirling blizzard. Over time, the layer of snow covering the reindeer and sleds grows thicker and deeper, as if it wants to swallow the whole world.

"It's... gathering power?" In the stands, Crown Prince Lorenzo frowned slightly.

“What…” Cosimo was stunned. He could feel the commotion coming from the other side of the arena growing more and more intense. At first, it was just like the rising tide, but in the end it turned into something like an impending tsunami. The sky and earth darkened, and dust within a radius of tens of meters was swept into the wind and snow!

The relentless wind and snow quickly transformed the sled and reindeer into a fiery white serpent.

At that moment, the giant snake moved.

It crawled forward at an unprecedented speed, and the entire Colosseum trembled as if an earthquake had struck.

The three-headed dog that rushed towards them and the octagonal prism that sped towards them were simultaneously swallowed by the giant snake, instantly losing all movement, like a mountain climber falling into a bottomless valley, without a single echo.

His eyes reflected the massive serpent hurtling towards him like an avalanche; his pupils contracted to the size of malt buds, and his blond hair and robes billowed in the wind. His body trembled as he retreated, but no matter how far he went, he couldn't stop the colossal creature from approaching.

“Impossible…this is impossible…” Cosimo murmured hoarsely.

He stumbled and fell onto the yellow sand, trying to stand up by bracing his elbows against the sand, but he couldn't... The enormous snow serpent drew closer and closer, casting a shadow that blotted out the sky in the arena, engulfing Cosimo's figure.

Cosimo's terrified scream was drowned out by the howling wind and snow. He buried his head in his hands and closed his eyes.

The next instant, a towering, dark golden tower suddenly appeared directly in front of the snow serpent; it was none other than Louis's legendary "Tower of Babylon".

The sled, transformed into a raging serpent, roared as it crashed into the giant tower. At that moment, it was as if thousands of bronze bells were ringing in unison. The tower's body trembled violently amidst the roar, and a huge crater gradually formed on its surface.

Seconds later, the snow that had covered the reindeer and sleds slowly receded, and the giant shadow of the Tower of Babel disappeared from the Colosseum.

Louis breathed a sigh of relief, scratched his long brown hair with a wry smile, and murmured with a shifty look in his eyes, "This third prince is really something else."

Li Qingping was stunned: "Your Highness Caesar, you almost breached the defenses of the Tower of Babel?"

The rest of Wang Ting's team also looked surprised.

As the shadows that had blocked out the sky faded, Caesar's figure was revealed to everyone.

He fell off the sled and his feet landed on the yellow sand.

In the utter silence, he walked expressionlessly toward Cosimo, who was kneeling on the ground, his lowered bangs obscuring his expression.

A moment later, Caesar slowly stopped in front of Cosimo, looking down at him with an almost pitying gaze, and then extended his hand to him:

"Brother...you lost."

Cosimo followed the slender hand and stared up in disbelief. The white-haired boy was backlit, his face indifferent in the shadows, his blue eyes gleaming. Those eyes were so cold they seemed to pierce the soul, like a wild beast ready to devour its prey.

The silence was broken by a burst of applause, followed by cheers from the audience.

Cosimo gradually came to his senses, reached out and took Caesar's right hand, and slowly stood up.

Caesar suddenly smiled at him, just like that gentle boy he always was, "I was just joking, why are you so scared, brother..."

He paused. "Ikar should have been even more terrified when you chopped off his head."

He withdrew his right hand, boarded the approaching Christmas sleigh, and spurred the reindeer toward the royal grandstand.

In the twilight, he raised his blue eyes and silently gazed at Lorenzo sitting in the stands.

Under the blood-red sky, the two looked into each other's eyes, and applause and cheers almost drowned out the whole world.

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