Chapter 1284

The blood kill's first match after entering the Master tier is about to begin.

Do you want to watch? If so, I'll send you his arena number.

The woman spoke again.

"Of course."

Mi De nodded without hesitation.

After obtaining the arena number, he immediately put on the virtual helmet and entered the Abyss Arena of the virtual universe.

"Mi De, you're here too."

As soon as he arrived, a young man's voice sounded from beside him.

"Steve."

Mi De greeted him, sweeping his gaze around.

Besides Steve, the top-ranked fighter of the Star Torch Sanctuary's Starlight Rank had also arrived.

Around the spectator seats, nearly a hundred people were seated, many of them familiar faces from the Star Torch Sanctuary.

"Looks like everyone's curious."

Mi De glanced around and said.

"Obviously—someone who reached the Law at Starlight Nine? Who wouldn't be curious?"

A woman rolled her eyes.

She was the fourth-ranked fighter of the Star Torch Sanctuary's Starlight Rank, slightly weaker than Mi De.

"He's truly strong—I wonder which star system he's from."

Mi De wasn't offended; he turned his gaze to the arena.

Swish—

Soon, a tall young man appeared on the massive arena.

"Huh? There are spectators in the stands this time?"

Xu Jingming was surprised as he scanned the spectator seats.

In all his previous matches, the stands had been completely empty.

"Because you're too strong at S-rank."

Eva's voice immediately echoed in his mind, giggling:

"You're now in the Master tier! Remember, the entire Star Torch Empire has only recorded five Master-tier fighters.

As a newly promoted Master, and with your appearance masked, they don't know who you are.

And you've mastered the Lightning Law—of course they're paying attention."

Xu Jingming suddenly understood.

The Abyss Arena labels each fighter's originating high-level civilization universe.

His home, the low-level civilization universe of the Noah Empire, is governed by the mid-level civilization universe of the Noah Empire.

And the Noah Empire is itself governed by the high-level civilization universe of the Star Torch Empire.

Thus, in the Abyss Arena, he always appears as originating from the Star Torch Empire.

"But this is fine—if it showed Noah Empire, they'd quickly uncover my identity."

Xu Jingming felt greatly relieved.

The virtual universe's confidentiality regulations were extremely strict; his identity information could never leak.

What he hadn't expected was that the entire Star Torch Empire had only five Master-tier fighters.

"What about Kings? How many Abyss Kings does the Star Torch Empire have?" Xu Jingming asked curiously.

"What about the Sovereigns? How many Abyssal Sovereigns are there in the Star Torch Empire?" Xu Jingming asked, curious.

"Oh? Not even one?"

"Of course not! Do you think Abyss Kings are easy to produce?"

Eva huffed, "There are only two hundred Abyss Kings at Starlight Nine across the entire Abyss Arena.

But the entire universe's human population has five hundred high-level civilization universes!

On average, one Abyss King emerges every five hundred high-level civilization universes!

For the Star Torch Empire to have no Kings at all is perfectly normal.

That's why they say you're a prodigy, S-rank.

With your current strength, you're absolutely ready to challenge the King tier."

With your current strength, you are more than capable of challenging the Sovereign rank.

Xu Jingming's eyes gleamed.

The power boost from investing points into the Lightning Domain to unlock the Lightning Law was greater than he'd imagined.

"Congratulations, Blood Kill, you've successfully advanced to the Master tier!

Your first match as a Master is against the 'Black Bear' fighter from the Glory Empire!"

A majestic voice rang from the sky; Xu Jingming's opponent now appeared at the opposite end of the arena.

He was a giant of nearly three meters tall, his muscles bulging and knotted.

His skin had an unnatural bluish-gray hue, and above his head floated the Master badge.

'1564 wins, 1035 losses.'

This was the information Xu Jingming read from the opponent's Master badge.

The Black Bear, upon reading Xu Jingming's record, twitched an eyelid.

The black bear across from him, having also read Xu Jingming's battle record, twitched an eyelid.

204 wins, 1 loss!

At the Master rank, players typically have over two thousand matches.

This was lifted purely by accumulating a large number of matches and victories.

His win rate is already extremely exaggerated for the Master rank.

The average win rate for Master rank players is only 50%.

But Xu Jingming's win rate is wildly exaggerated—it has reached 99%!

And his total matches are only a little over two hundred.

This means the opponent's strength is certainly not merely Master rank.

"Could I have been matched against a King candidate?"

Black Bear's forehead broke out in fine sweat.

"Both competitors, prepare! The match... begins!"

A majestic voice rang out, and the match officially commenced.

"I want to see just how strong you really are!"

Black Bear roared and immediately activated his Law Manifestation.

The radiant fields of Fire and Earth illuminated each other.

Under the enhancement of his Law Manifestation, he shot toward Xu Jingming like a cannonball.

With every step he took, the arena's ground trembled violently, as if unable to bear that terrifying power.

Facing Black Bear's assault, Xu Jingming stood motionless, merely raising his right hand slightly.

Crack—!

Brilliant golden lightning exploded suddenly!

The lightning carried a heart-stopping aura of Law, instantly illuminating the entire arena as bright as daylight.

The audience instinctively squinted; some even raised their hands to shield their eyes.

At the moment the lightning met the fist, time seemed to freeze for a second.

Then, a terrifying wave of energy swept across the entire arena!

"Ahh—!"

Black Bear let out a piercing scream—his body, said to withstand Star-Class attacks.

Crumbled piece by piece like paper before the golden lightning, starting from his fist!

In barely a breath, this powerful figure who had lingered in the Master rank for decades.

Dissolved into countless specks of light within the arena, leaving behind only a fading echo:

"Damn ranking system! Why did I get matched against someone who has mastered Law?!"

"Match over! Winner of this match—Bloodkill!"

The majestic voice rang out; the arena fell silent for an instant, then erupted into murmurs.

"One-shot kill! Still a one-shot kill even at Master rank!"

"Lightning Law—it really is Lightning Law!"

"Who is this Bloodkill? His strength is surely enough to challenge the King rank!"

"A King candidate? Our Star Torch Empire has produced a King candidate?!"

"......"

Mi De and the other prodigies from Star Torch Sacred Land were both excited and bewildered.

When did our Star Torch Empire produce such a powerhouse?

"Bloodkill! Your performance was astonishing. Would you like to start the next match?"

The voice from the sky asked, while at the same time, Eva's voice echoed in his mind:

"S-class, we're nearly reaching Noah Sacred Land."

"Alright, then I won't fight."

Xu Jingming nodded slightly and exited the virtual universe.