Chapter 1901: Chapter Sixty-Nine: This Seems Like Courting Death

The demon organization's commentator was smirking, as if they had discovered something, their eyes full of anticipation.

Ge Wu actually lost in a stifling manner; as a close-combat fighter, his perception was not weak, yet after encountering Ignoring Bubu Wang, he only realized he had been ambushed when his wound began to sting, and what followed could be described as a brutal siege.

In Su Xiao's view, besieging enemies is the essence of the summoner's art.

【The Hunter has won this match; return to the lounge, or continue competing? If choosing to continue competing, the competition ranking will increase based on consecutive wins multiplied by combat evaluation.】

Su Xiao naturally chose to continue; although Benny took a blow, with the amateur healer Ignoring Bubu Wang present, her injuries would recover quickly.

"Then, let us await the second competitor, ha, hahaha……"

As the demon race's words fell, Su Xiao suddenly vanished.

"It seems we won't get to witness the next victim's ordeal; I truly hope they can break through the siege, then there would be a good show to watch."

The demon race was disappointed because Su Xiao's opponent chose a non-public nature competition, meaning no spectators, with random terrain.

Su Xiao, however, could accept any mode, as long as he could quickly match with an opponent.

When Su Xiao's vision restored, he found himself within a ruined city, seemingly having endured the baptism of war, buildings collapsed over large areas, all windows empty, the ground scorched black.

A woman in sportswear stood on the street, holding a chain watch in her hand.

With a click, the woman's chain watch opened, the minute hand stopped at 1, the hour hand at 4.

"Temporary luck at 14 points, not bad."

The woman flicked her arm, the chain watch closing; this is a contractor who fights using luck attributes.

The competition began, and the female contractor rushed toward Su Xiao at a moderate speed.

Five minutes later, Am rose from a pile of building debris, Bahamut's feathers above stained with blood.

"Cough, cough cough……"

The female contractor lay amidst rubble, bullet wounds on her body oozing blood trails, her body twitching from pain, appearing desperate and helpless.

"You… shameless……"

The female contractor trembled as she raised her middle finger; at her neck, there was a slash that had cut her throat halfway open.

Leaving those words, the female contractor was teleported away; even in defeat, she could not comprehend why a close-combat fighter stronger than her would have so many summoned beasts.

Su Xiao replaced the magazine for d·Assassination; contractors who fight with luck attributes are tough to deal with, this woman's luck attribute is at least above 25 points.

Ignoring Bubu Wang and Am sustained only minor injuries, and since death does not occur within the arena, the competition continued.

In one match after another, Su Xiao's consecutive win count quickly reached twenty; from this point, opponents became harder to handle, so Su Xiao switched to Annihilation.

Bang!

The bullet exited the barrel; due to the close range, the next moment it pierced a teenager's left shoulder, shattering his entire shoulder, flesh and bone exploding like fireworks.

Su Xiao's opponent this time was a handsome-looking teenager, who at this moment gazed at Su Xiao with eyes full of helplessness; he was a perception-type fighter, thus able to clearly sense that if engaged in close combat, he would certainly die first.

After enduring nearly three minutes of beating, the teenager concluded the enemy was a combination of summoner, sniper, and close-combat fighter; not charging forward would result in being besieged by the opponent's summoned beasts, occasionally taking a bullet, and as for creating distance, that would be worse, given the arena's size, making escape from the firing range impossible.

Two minutes later, the teenager collapsed beneath Am's magma great hammer.

After nearly twenty consecutive battles, Benny withdrew due to severe injuries, heading to the lounge to recover.

……

"Ahahaha, little sis, you're exposed. Be careful, there's a hammer above! Just kidding, it's on the right."

Bahamut circled in the sky, below a twin-tailed girl grappling with Am, Ignoring Bubu Wang occasionally harassing.

"Shut up, you flat-feathered beast!"

The twin-tailed girl slammed her fist into the ground, the stone slab floor cracking inch by inch; compared to her skin scorched by magma, the bird in the sky annoyed her even more.

"La la la, blue sky～"

Bahamut actually began singing, and in a tenor voice.

Bang!

Am swung his hammer, sending the twin-tailed girl flying.

"Little sis, why did you just collapse, then I could just……"

"I……"

The twin-tailed girl gritted her teeth; suddenly, a afterimage flashed behind her.

Pfft!

Sharp claws sank into her nape, a large amount of biological energy toxin injected into her body.

"My body can't……"

The twin-tailed girl's pupils trembled as she collapsed rigidly, Bahamut landing nearby.

"My venom is exhausted."

Bahamut raised his wings, tossing a torn cloth over the twin-tailed girl to prevent further exposure.

"Well, you go rest now."

Su Xiao revoked Bahamut's combat eligibility, raised his hand and fired several shots to settle the opponent; Bahamut's assassination ability is strong, but this guy excels more at mocking and harassing opponents, this twin-tailed girl being an example—initially, she ignored Bahamut entirely, but as the battle continued, her mindset gradually deteriorated.

Eight hours later, the exhausted Su Xiao returned to the lounge to check competition data.

【Competitor: Su Xiao.】

【Status: Fatigued.】

【Paradise Arena Ranking: 159th (Fifth Tier).】

【Consecutive Wins: 69 matches.】

【Top Ten Honor Reward: Not obtained.】

……

Su Xiao fought his way into the top two hundred; at this rank, although opponents were strong, he still had confidence to win a few more, yet his stamina could no longer keep up, nine consecutive hours of battle leaving him utterly exhausted.

Su Xiao exchanged 100,000 Paradise Coins each for Ignoring Bubu Wang, Am, Benny, and Bahamut as pocket money, then dragged his weary body back to his private room.

Bahha and Ignoring Bubu Wang teamed up to go out and have fun, while Am and Benny returned to their private rooms to rest.

Leaning back in the lounge chair, idle and bored, Su Xiao picked up two spheres, each only slightly smaller than an apple, with three golden pupils arranged in a triangle on each.

These were the unknown eyeballs Su Xiao obtained in the Nether Ghost World; to this day he still did not know their function, the only certainty being that they did not belong to the Nether Ghost World, nor were they produced by the Reincarnation Paradise, and could not be stored in storage space; on one occasion, Su Xiao even brought them to the real world by accident.

Su Xiao carefully examined the two unknown eyeballs in his hands, having tried various methods with no success.

"Could it be that the way to open them is wrong?"

Su Xiao hesitated for a moment, then gripped the eyeballs tightly with all his strength, choosing the most primitive method of opening them.

Crack...

With a crisp sound, one of the unknown eyeballs split open along a seam.

Crystal layers wrapped around Su Xiao's hands as he pried open the cracked eyeball; this object felt similar to stone in texture.

As Su Xiao pried open the eyeball, a symbol resembling ram's horns appeared, floating in midair.

With a bang, the energy symbol exploded, and Su Xiao felt a powerful pulling force; then his vision went dark and he lost consciousness.

After an unknown amount of time, Su Xiao felt a hard sensation on his face; he opened his eyes to find himself lying face down on a stone slab covered in twisted patterns.

"Welcome to the Celestial Seats, fortunate traveler; what would you like to trade with us? You only have one chance."

A somewhat hoarse voice came from afar; Su Xiao followed the sound and saw a figure of black smoke rising into a human shape, and near that smoky figure sat a man in tattered clothes.

"Really... an unexpected encounter."

Su Xiao drew the long sword at his waist; without needing to sense it, he knew the man in tattered clothes was the Blade Demon, for the aura of the same origin was intensely strong.

Su Xiao took a deep breath; today, he might very well die here.