In this secret realm, the land masses are piled on top of each other to make a many-floored building with each floor the size of a large continent.
There are spaces between the layers of land. People come and go within the spaces between the layers. This is why there is a layer of land far above his head and why there is a layer of space beneath the land that he is standing on.
This arrangement makes full use of the space within the secret realm. One layer of land is bigger than Aries. With seven such layers piled up in the secret realm, one can confidently say that the total land area in the secret realm is at least seven times larger than the total land surface of Aries.
It is at least seven times bigger because the landmass in the middle layer of the spherical secret realm is more than two times larger than Aries.
If the two landmasses that are adjacent to the middle one are one and a half times larger than Aries, and the second to the last ones are 1.2 times larger than Aries, while the last two at the edges are about the same size as Aries, then by a conservative estimate, this secret realm is 9.4 times larger than Aries.
In fact, he won't be surprised if the secret realm has an area of land that is ten times as large as Aries. Especially if the space within the tower is also accounted for.
There is a large tower at the center of the secret realm that links all seven layers of land. It serves as the core of activities and the main foundation of the secret realm. If the tower is to collapse, it won't be unexpected for the layers of land to collapse downward.
The tower itself is a large behemoth of a structure. It was constructed as a pillar for holding up all the layers of land. But it is hollow and contains a space that is also larger than Aries.
Every time Sword Flash lays his eyes on the tower, he always says in awe, "And this is just one of the many outposts of the League of World Eaters. I can't imagine how many worlds had to be sacrificed to make all of these possible."
Far more than the imposing structure of the tower, what impressed the most was the presence of the great being in the tower. He can't see this great being, but he knows that there are within the tower and somewhere high in the tower.
His perception of the position of this great being might be a misconception because the presence of the great being is pressing down on him from above. But he is sure that there is a powerful being nearby capable of destroying worlds here.
He entered the tower and made his way to one of the many terminals arranged on the walls. The terminals are round crystal balls. They serve as the input and output ports of the spirit of the tower.
He interacted with the terminal with his spiritual sense. From the terminal, he stated his business. The artificial intelligence system that serves as the spirit of the tower received his request and replied.
The spirit of the tower said, "The outcome of your venture to Aries has been reported. Your leadership assessment has been considered passed. The status of the Blood Skull sect has been updated as leaders in the league. Congratulations."
"As a reward for your effort, your sect has been given 100 primordial stones. I wish you good hunting."
The reply made him smile in satisfaction. But he didn't stop there. He input the spatial coordinates of the homeworld of the gem people into the terminal and asked for permission to invade it.
He had to pay some money for his request to be reviewed this time around. This is because it will take a lot of work to determine if the world he wants to invade is safe or not.
The amount he had to pay was 10 primordial stones. This is a lot of money to pay for anything, as one primordial stone is worth 100 top-grade energy stones. But considering that he was just rewarded with 100 primordial stones, and what he is paying for is something that will earn him even more primordial stones, he didn't feel resistant about paying this sum of money.
The spirit of the tower began working on the spatial coordinates immediately after he paid the fees. Using some means, it was able to locate the world at the coordinates and scan it for information about its size and other parameters.
The information that was acquired was sent to Sword Flash through the terminal. After all, he had paid for it.
Name of World: ????
Size of World: Small
Power limit of World: 100C
Free Energy Level of World: None
What Sword Flash saw made him frown. These four stats didn't look like the stats of a large and powerful world at all.
After thinking about what could have gone wrong for a while, he realized that he had been tricked by the gem people. This made his expression ease up.
He even chuckled and said, "Nicely done."
From the information that the spirit of the tower acquired, he can see that the spatial coordinates of the world he got were for a small and energy-barren world similar in size to Aries.
He already knows from the memories of the defeated gem people that the homeworld of the gem people doesn't have free energy like mana available for the inhabitants of the world. But the power limit and size of their homeworld should not be so low.
The power limit of the homeworld of the gem people should be at least a thousand times higher than 100C. So the information that the spirit of the tower gave to him can't be for the homeworld of the gem people.