"This trip is worth it!" Elias couldn't contain his excitement. A wild grin lit up his face as he stood up, the newfound power coursing through him. He clenched his fists and felt the change—he was stronger, faster, sharper. More importantly, he had just broken through a bottleneck that would've taken him years otherwise.
He knew what this meant for someone like him. Elias was a one-star genius, and even worse, he wasn't a peak one-star genius. He was at the bottom—barely considered worth investing resources in.
The peak one-star geniuses… they were already standing proudly at the Legend Rank—a realm of power that most could only dream of reaching in a lifetime.
Almost all the top geniuses from the Middle Domain had already stepped into that level, proving themselves as the true prodigies of their generation. In comparison, remaining in the Master Rank as a one-star genius was nothing short of humiliation.
