Chapter 194: Competition (Fourth update, Monthly Ticket bonus)

【The Hunter has chosen to participate in Arena Mode: Individual Battle. You will be teleported to the rest pod in three seconds.】

After a blur before his eyes, Su Xiao appeared in a rest pod. The rest pod contained a seat, a bed, and other amenities. On the wall in front of him was a large display screen showing his ranking, the rankings of contractors near him, and various ongoing match situations.

Occupying the largest space on the screen were ten avatars. These avatars were strange and varied; they were likely disguised avatars, arranged in a row from top to bottom. This was the top 10 of the Arena.

The rest pod wasn't just for resting; if there were other needs, one could call the staff in the Arena.

【Matching an opponent for the Hunter..., matching complete.】

【Due to this being your first battle, please select your appearance and attire.】

A large number of appearances appeared. Su Xiao even saw the shell decoration of a Predator, as well as some paid attire. Among them, he was shocked to see a full Ultraman set~.

General contractors would change their facial features, either adjusting them to be ridiculously handsome or terrifyingly ugly.

Su Xiao decided to cover his face. The Arena had spectators; if he didn't cover his face, his combat style would easily be exposed to enemies.

Su Xiao chose a metal mask that could cover the lower half of his face. The metal mask was overall crimson red, and it didn't feel stuffy while covering his mouth and nose.

【The Hunter has selected attire. Teleportation starting.】

After a blur before his eyes, Su Xiao's vision recovered. He observed the situation around him.

He was in a circular arena. The terrain of the arena was not small, about three to four hundred meters. Under his feet was a sturdy and non-slip metal floor, and the edge of the arena was filled with energy shields.

Around the arena were tiered spectator seats. The overall shape of the arena was like a water pit, with the flat, circular arena floor in the middle and the surrounding spectator seats high up.

This made it easier to enjoy the competition, and the cheering of the spectators would also encourage the combatants' fighting spirit.

With Su Xiao's current 【165,743rd ranking】, there were only a few spectators in the large spectator seats.

"Peach Brother, go for it!"

A young girl with a delicate appearance stood up in the spectator seats and shouted.

"Peach, kill him!"

"If you win, Big Brother will treat you to a drink."

There were no other spectators; the few people present were his opponent's cheerleading squad.

Su Xiao's opponent was a seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy. The boy was dressed in anime character attire and held a Colt M1911 pistol. He should be the one called Peach.

【Three, two, one, battle start.】

"Matched pretty quickly, huh? Already won two in a row. If I win three in a row, my ranking will improve a lot."

Peach fiddled with his pistol, his eyes full of confidence.

"You guy with the sword, just surrender. This is a 370-meter arena; you can't get close to me."

After speaking, Peach struck a standard shooting pose, but he didn't fire. It was the show-off nature of a young boy.

Su Xiao stood still, wearing the metal mask and looking at his opponent with confusion.

It wasn't that the opponent was too strong, but that the opponent was truly too weak.

With this level of opponent, the other party probably couldn't even beat an A-rank Ghoul. How could he be matched with such a weak contractor?

"Let's end this early so I can go celebrate."

Peach held the gun with both hands, bang, bang, bang, firing three shots.

"Peach, destroy him!"

Peach's cheerleading squad in the spectator seats began to cheer for him.

Su Xiao sensed the three bullets flying toward him; he didn't even want to dodge.

Ding, ding, ding.

The three bullets were slashed away. This scene caused the voices in the spectator seats to come to an abrupt halt.

"Are you kidding me!"

The few people in the spectator seats were dumbfounded, their mouths slightly agape, frozen in place.

They were only lv. 1 to lv. 2 contractors; slashing bullets with a cold weapon was too dreamlike.

Peach looked at Su Xiao in surprise, subconsciously wanting to fire a few more shots.

Whoosh.

A black shadow flashed in Peach's vision. His dynamic vision couldn't keep up with Su Xiao's movement speed.

A bright blade light appeared in Peach's vision. When Peach regained consciousness, he was already in the rest pod.

"I lost?"

Peach sat on the ground with a confused expression, his eyes full of disbelief.

Su Xiao slashed Peach into a sky full of light particles with one strike. His first Arena match ended.

"How exactly is this matching done?"

Su Xiao sat in the rest pod, puzzled.

His ability to fight contractors was very strong; this Arena was simply his paradise.

It wasn't apparent yet, but when he encountered powerful contractors, Su Xiao could quickly improve his combat skills by fighting them. This was perhaps the significance of the Arena's existence.

Allowing contractors to hone their combat skills without life-threatening danger.

【Individual Battle has ended, Victory!】

【The Hunter's ranking has improved, from 165,743rd to 154,703rd (First Tier).】

【Received a message from this match's opponent. View/Don't view?】

Su Xiao was stunned; there was actually a message from his opponent. He opened it to view.

"You must be cheating, you cheating piece of trash."

Raising an eyebrow, this opponent was a bit of a weirdo. He chose to continue matching opponents.

Because his ranking was low, the matching speed was very fast. In less than ten seconds, he was matched with the next opponent.

It was still the same arena as before, but this time there were more spectators, about a dozen or so. After all, his ranking had improved.

【Three, two, one, battle start.】

Su Xiao's opponent this time was a tank holding a shield.

"Go for it, brother with the sword! I bet 50 Paradise Coins on you."

Hearing the shout from the spectator seats, Su Xiao was quite surprised; one could actually place bets.

After inquiring with Reincarnation Paradise, Su Xiao was a bit disappointed. It was indeed possible to bet on participants, but the participant themselves could not bet on their own competition, nor could they collude with companions to bet. If such behavior occurred, the consequences would be very serious, and one might even be forcibly executed.

This was to prevent 'match-fixing' in the Arena, and the number of contractors executed for this was not small.

After the battle started, the tank in front of Su Xiao chose to 'shrink into a turtle shell', wanting to slowly grind his opponent to death with defensive counterattacks.

Su Xiao's strength was very mismatched with his ranking; the contractors he was matched with now were all novices.

It was the same old tactic. He rushed forward at a speed that left the other party dumbfounded and slashed down with his sword in one hand.

One slash broke the shield + killed the enemy. The other party turned into light particles and exploded.

【Two consecutive wins!】

A line of golden characters appeared above Su Xiao's head, and the people in the spectator seats were stunned.

"That's it... won?"

The contractor who bet on Su Xiao's victory twitched the corner of his mouth. Su Xiao's body gradually faded, returning to the rest pod.

Su Xiao felt that this situation would continue for a while.

【Individual Battle has ended, Victory, two consecutive wins!】

【The Hunter's ranking has improved, from 154,703rd to 123,703rd (First Tier).】

【Received a message from this match's opponent. View/Don't view?】

Opening the message, this one was more normal.

"Do you want to join our adventure group? The benefits are generous..."

This message was an attempt to recruit him. Looking at the ranking, two consecutive wins had improved his ranking by about 30,000.

Su Xiao chose to continue. Ten seconds later, he appeared on the arena stage. He roughly scanned the spectators on the stage; there were about a hundred of them.

He suspected that most of these spectators were staff members, and contractors should be in the minority.

This time, the opponent was a novice mage who ran to the distance as soon as the match started, his short legs running very happily.

Su Xiao calmly took out the Broken Elf and fired several shots, and the mage fell to the ground in response.

【Three consecutive wins!】

Su Xiao was teleported back to the rest pod.

In the following ten minutes, Su Xiao encountered melee fighters and rushed over to slash them, and for ranged fighters, he fired a few shots. If they didn't die, he went over to finish them with a slash.

【Four consecutive wins!】

【Five consecutive wins!】

【Six consecutive wins!】

【Seventeen consecutive wins!!】

Sitting in the rest pod, Su Xiao checked his current ranking: 13,400th!

Seventeen consecutive wins had changed his ranking from six digits to five digits, but Su Xiao still felt nothing about opponents of this rank.

He was much stronger than his opponents, so the battles basically didn't exceed ten seconds, and most of the time was spent waiting for matching.

【Matching successful. Due to the Hunter's seventeen consecutive wins, the Arena has matched the Hunter with an opponent within the top 10,000.】

Su Xiao appeared on the arena stage.

"Here it comes, here it comes. The red side is a melee fighter, and the blue side is a combat healer. This melee fighter is going to be in trouble."

"Guys within the top 10,000 aren't weak. I feel this match will be very exciting."

"Start quickly, I can't wait."

There were thousands of people in the surrounding spectator seats, and the atmosphere was exceptionally enthusiastic.

Su Xiao's opponent was a sexy healer wearing a red dress. The slit of the dress was very high, and her fair thighs were faintly visible. Unlike other weak healers, this was a poison healer; her healing wasn't great, but her attack ability was very strong.

"Little brother over there, if you lose, don't say I'm shameless. You might not be able to accept the style of a combat healer for a while."

"Likewise."

Su Xiao kicked off the ground and rushed over.

PS: (Four updates, asking for monthly tickets, this is possible, right?)

Meow~~~??! ===== CHAPTER 195 =====