【Huan Yue Huan Guild - Li Tang Jian Xue】 versus 【Monster League - A Man Who Plays Music Is Truly Charming】

【Prometheus Laboratory Company - eCmA】 versus 【Sword King Court - Mao Xia】

【Fenghuo Guild - This Child Will Obscure My Name】 versus 【Fenghuo Guild - This Child Is Terrifyingly So】

【Special Affairs Bureau - Long Xiang Bao Bian】 versus 【Syndicate - Amberley】

【Global Supernatural Alliance - raining】 versus 【Thunder Bluff Broken Hearts Alliance - Tauren Warrior Arrives Uninvited】

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Forty-nine arenas simultaneously lifted their restrictions, and the ninety-eight players who received the system notification entered the arena, heading to their respective areas.

With so many matches, even if the Keepers' Society wanted to commentate on all of them, they wouldn't be able to spare enough manpower. They simply chose not to commentate on any, allowing the audience to watch the matches they wanted to see.

Once they reached the upper levels of the Sky Arena, or there weren't as many participants, they would provide formal commentary.

"These are all experts above Lv20."

Li Ang muttered, looking at those oddly dressed individuals, "And they all have guild names in front of their names."

"Players who dare to sign up for the arena matches first must have confidence in their own combat power."

Mule next to him explained plainly, "Huan Yue Huan is a medium-sized guild, established by the daughter of a Dato' in Malaysia. They have a lot of influence in Southeast Asia.

That Dato' has also become prominent because of his daughter, and has been very active recently, wanting to go further.

The world's largest black market before had the shadow of Huan Yue Huan behind it.

This Li Tang Jian Xue should be the vice president of the Huan Yue Huan guild, recently promoted to Lv22, with considerable strength. She should be able to win.

eCmA is a senior executive of the Prometheus Company stationed in France, and their strength should be similar to Jian Wang Ting's Mao Xia. It is estimated that they will be locked in a protracted battle.

The Fenghuo Guild was established by Qi Mian Xuan Tian, one of the earliest players, and has a good relationship with the Special Affairs Bureau.

The two players on stage belong to the same guild, so they probably won't go all out. They'll just make a gesture and surrender, sending their teammate to the second floor..."

Li Ang listened carefully to Mule's explanation of the situation in the arena. These participants were all prominent figures in the real world, and their detailed information was not top secret.

However, it was still difficult for ordinary players to find them unless they deliberately searched.

Mule didn't think that telling Li Ang this information would be a loss—first of all, this information couldn't be sold for a high price, and secondly, building a good relationship with Li Risheng was far more important than a few hundred game coins.

Along with Mule's commentary, the players in the arena each stepped onto the stage.

The big screen randomly projected the scene of a certain arena, and the staff of the Keepers' Society quickly adjusted all the camera positions, preparing to record the battle scenes on each arena.

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"..."

On the fourth arena, a crew-cut strongman named 【Long Xiang Bao Bian】 twisted his neck, folded his arms in front of his chest,

and the simple black vest couldn't hide his sturdy muscles.

He was a mobile task force instructor at the Chang'an base of the Special Affairs Bureau, and like Xing Hechou, he came from the military.

The difference was that he became a player a month earlier than Xing Hechou, and his personal level was also higher than the latter, reaching Lv21.

"Hello, I am an agent of the Special Affairs Bureau. Judging from your arena nickname, you are a member of the Syndicate?"

Long Xiang Bao Bian looked at the red-haired woman in the gorgeous pirate costume in front of him, and said in a deep voice, "I wonder if you are willing to communicate with us..."

"Communication is unnecessary."

The tall female pirate named 【Blood Sea - Amberley】 stood lazily, her hand resting on the hilt of the long knife at her waist, and said lazily, "As before, we do not accept any communication, negotiation, transactions, or discussions."

"Is that so?"

Long Xiang Bao Bian frowned slightly, his gaze passing over Amberley, looking at the Special Affairs Bureau area in the six o'clock direction of the audience. There sat many fellow agents.

In fact, the Syndicate, a secret society that "commits crimes" all over the world, had attracted the attention of the Special Affairs Bureau a long time ago.

The latter had always wanted to obtain more information about the Syndicate, but the Syndicate's behavior was like a gazelle hanging its horns, leaving no trace.

Every time they participated in an event, whether it was the collapse of a dam somewhere in the United States, the bankruptcy of an energy company in Germany, or a fire in the Congo, there was no connection between them, and it was impossible to see any far-reaching impact.

The Special Affairs Bureau had tried various methods to contact and communicate with the Syndicate, but had never found their base in the real world.

Once, a mobile task force overseas accidentally captured a peripheral cadre of the Syndicate, but before they had time to transfer and interrogate him,

the peripheral cadre was rescued from a highly classified dungeon, and the entire mobile task force was knocked to the ground. There were no casualties, and they didn't even see the rescuer's face.

"Our Special Affairs Bureau always welcomes other societies and organizations to put down their guard and communicate equally,"

Long Xiang Bao Bian withdrew his gaze from the distance. He had received an order from his superiors not to hold back from the audience, "But now, let me collect the points for this match..."

Before he finished speaking, the countdown number above the arena had already reached zero, and Long Xiang Bao Bian's figure had disappeared from the spot,

leaving Amberley standing still, slightly surprised.

In the six o'clock direction of the audience, in the Special Affairs Bureau area.

Xing Hechou, wearing a neat suit, frowned and looked at the fourth arena.

"What's wrong, Lao Xing?"

Chu Yin, sitting next to Xing Hechou, took a sip of her drink and casually asked, "Why do you look so serious? Are you worried about your comrade?"

Long Xiang Bao Bian and Xing Hechou had served in the same unit at different times. Although they didn't know each other, they had a kind of camaraderie.

Xing Hechou slowly shook his head and said in a deep voice, "It's unlikely that there will be weaklings in the first round of the arena matches, especially since the opponent has the name of the Syndicate guild.

Long Xiang Bao Bian used one of his trump cards from the beginning, proving that he could clearly feel the energy fluctuations transmitted by the opponent..."

Trump card?

Xun Zi'an, the leader of the sixth team of the Yanshi Mobile Task Force, who was sitting next to him, frowned and folded his arms in front of his chest.

Because the Special Affairs Bureau needed to leave enough manpower to control abnormal phenomena in the real world, many Special Affairs Bureau agents who had reached Lv20 did not choose to sign up for the Doorway Competition.

Although Xing Hechou and Xun Zi'an did not participate in the competition, the former had a high enough security level and could know the information of the agents dispatched by other bases without participating in the competition.

So quickly, he used his trump card...

In the arena, Amberley raised her eyebrows and looked around.

The opponent's aura had disappeared.

The Sky Arena was regulated by the system. Using skills or items to leave the arena area would be directly detected by the system, adding 5 points to the opponent's takedown score. If they did not return to the arena for a long time, they would be directly judged as a loss.

At the moment, there were no words floating in the sky above the arena, proving that Long Xiang Bao Bian was still in the arena area.

So, where could he be...

Amberley squinted her eyes, and with a flash of her right hand, the slender and thin pirate scimitar instantly left its sheath, pointing diagonally at the ground in front of her.

Boom!

Three giant gaps suddenly appeared on the surface of the arena, radiating forward from the scimitar as the starting point.

A large amount of the arena's bricks and stones shattered, splashing into the air. Sitting in the audience, one could clearly see the gray stone underneath the bricks—the arena of the Sky Arena itself could be destroyed, but the deeper the stone, the stronger it was.

The Keepers' Society had also created a table for this, evaluating a player's output level based on how deep they could break the arena's surface.

Amberley's seemingly casual slash cut out three cracks nearly a meter deep in the arena.

This level of battle instantly attracted the attention of most of the audience.

In the sky full of stone debris, Amberley silently tightened her grip on the hilt, and waves faintly surged in her cold eyes.

Whoosh!

Without any warning, a cone-shaped, tumbling smoky shadow gushed out from a fist-sized piece of gravel in the air on Amberley's side.

A pearl-like white light curtain appeared around Amberley, blocking the cone-shaped shadow.

However, that group of shadows seemed to have a strange ability, like a maggot on a bone, continuously eroding the light curtain barrier, splitting out shadow filaments like silk threads, and penetrating into the interior of the barrier.

Propelling Amberley, her feet plowed the ground, constantly retreating towards the edge of the arena.

"Oh, oh."

In the nine o'clock direction of the audience, Lu Yu, an anime shirt-wearing, glasses-wearing otaku, brightened his eyes, took a sip of Coke, and said vaguely, "This Long Xiang Bao Bian is very powerful."

Powerful?

Shijiang turned his head and glanced at Lu Yu. After Professor told them the importance of the Doorway Competition, he logged off and left the square, telling Tai Hao to clean up the chairs in the bar before leaving.

Among the other disciples, Wang Hu suggested going to the Sky Arena to watch the first day of the competition.

Lizard Head Naeser said that he was going to conduct experiments in the real world, the pale-shirted youth LAn who looked a little kidney-deficient said that he still had to work overtime, and the witch and Meow Meow Head were going to seize the time to sell inferior potions to make money, each with their own reasons.

In the end, only Wang Hu, Lu Yu, and Shijiang, a new member who had just joined the ranks of disciples, came to observe the competition.

As a newcomer, Shijiang was still a little restrained. He hesitated for a moment, but still asked, "Then... Senior Sister Amberley, will she be okay?"

"Okay?"

Lu Yu grinned, "That crazy woman is probably one of the strongest in our group, besides Tai Hao and Shi Kong, in terms of explosive combat power.

Don't think that she seems to be suppressed. She's just observing and waiting."

Waiting for what?

The doubts in Shijiang's heart were quickly answered.

At the moment when the cone-shaped shadow breath was about to blast Amberley off the arena, her pirate boots heavily braced against the edge of the arena.

The pearl-like light barrier around her was completely shattered by the shadow breath, and the mighty smoky shadow surged over, but the female pirate smiled and said faintly, "So, it's a Shadow Dragon..."

The latter half of the sentence was swallowed by the shadow breath, Lu Yu in the nine o'clock direction of the audience looked relaxed, but Xing Hechou and others in the six o'clock direction looked solemn.

In the sky above the arena, no words representing a hit or takedown appeared.

Ding—

A sharp and long sound came from the cone-shaped shadow.

A crescent-shaped blade of light, shimmering like water waves, obliquely tore through the shadow, crushing all the gravel flying in the air,

and also revealed Amberley, who was unharmed and holding a knife pointing forward at the edge of the arena.

【Name: Tide Bringer】

【Type: Weapon】

【Quality: Perfect】

【Attack Power: High】

【Effect: Tide. Adds the power of the sea to the sword. Every 4 seconds, the next attack deals additional damage and causes a large-scale splitting attack damage to the cone-shaped area in front.】

【Consumption: 200 Spirit Power】

【Cooling Time: 4 seconds】

【Equipment Requirements: Sailing skill reaches Advanced, owning a large fleet with absolute loyalty】

【Note: The soul of the lost Iron Sail Navy is attached to the fleet commander's trusted sword - Tide Bringer, enhancing its destructive power against the demons of the flood】

This perfect-grade scimitar, shimmering with the light of the sea, allows the user to perform splitting attacks.

If there are a large number of low-level enemies in front, one slash can decapitate all of the enemy forces, making it a veritable crowd control weapon,

and even when facing opponents of the same level alone, Tide Bringer can also rely on slashing airborne gravel, leaves, and other target objects to launch splash attacks on the cone-shaped area in front, hitting the opponent regardless of distance.

After a slash, the smoke and dust flying in the air were all hit by the water light, and the surface of the arena was cleared.

Losing the gravel as cover, Long Xiang Bao Bian's figure was finally revealed.

It was a half-human, half-dragon creature,

His body was covered with fine, ink-like scales, his figure was thin and emaciated, with curved dragon horns growing on the top of his head, and a dragon tail drooping to the ground along his protruding spine. It was impossible to see Long Xiang Bao Bian's previous appearance at all.

Drip.

The dragon-man raised his slender forelimb and pressed it against his waist and abdomen—there was a long and deep wound across it, and blood was constantly dripping from between the dragon-man's fingers.

【Critical Hit!】

Words floated above the arena, representing that Amberley had dealt a perfect attack, gaining two points.

"So it's a Shadow Dragon..."

In the audience, Mule's gaze was solemn, and his voice was soft.

Seemingly noticing Laura's gaze, Mule turned his head and explained in a low voice, "I heard that the Chang'an base of the Special Affairs Bureau has a special power enhancement system, a half-dragon transformation.

Originally, this was a classic left by the Otherworld Society, allowing human cultivators to sign a contract with the Eastern Dragon and share power.

After modern modification, it seems to be able to take effect on Western dragons as well.

Long Xiang Bao Bian's ability should come from the fantasy creature Shadow Dragon, which can perfectly blend into the shadows, jump and travel in the shadows, and emit a cone-shaped shadow breath with arcane damage.

Just now, after the arena match started, Long Xiang Bao Bian dived into the ground as soon as possible, inducing Amberley to slash at the ground, raising rubble.

The shadows formed by countless gravel provided him with a jumping platform, allowing him to quickly approach his opponent and emit a shadow dragon breath, wanting to kill with one blow.

It's a pity that the opponent's defensive ability is very strong, not only was she not knocked down and retreated from the arena, she was not even injured.

Um... Shadow Dragons, as natural assassins who can hide in the shadows, are probably not good at facing enemies head-on,

What's more, that female pirate seems to be able to deal a wide range of energy and physical dual-attribute attacks. Even if Long Xiang Bao Bian wants to continue to lurk, he will be forced out by one slash after another."

Mule sighed and said, "The most suitable stage for the Shadow Dragon to perform should be a large space full of complex elements,

slowly consuming the opponent's energy by lurking, until the time is right, suddenly strike, killing with one blow.

The limited scope of the arena, with its single element, is too restrictive."

On the arena, Amberley waved her knife smartly, flicking off the blood stains on the Tide Bringer.

She tilted her head and said faintly, "The healing ability doesn't work, right?

I've applied a special poison to this knife, which can suppress the healing effect. It's the same even if you drink magic potions.

Your ability is not bad, but it just happens to be countered by me.

Just surrender in this arena match, keep some trump cards for the next match..."

The half-dragon-man Long Xiang Bao Bian didn't finish listening to what the other party was saying. He covered the wound with his right hand, flipped his left hand, took out several bottles of potions, and poured them down in one go.

However, just as the other party said, the wound on the half-dragon-man's waist and abdomen was still bleeding.

"It's no use, you..."

Amberley's words suddenly got stuck. She saw Long Xiang Bao Bian flipping out a fine needle and thread with a calm expression, driving them with brute force, piercing the dragon scales with the needle and thread, and roughly stitching the wound shut.

His stitching skills were not very good, and in addition to the temporary stitching, the barely stitched wound was crooked, and the sharp dragon scales folded inward, sticking into the flesh. A little movement would cause blood to splatter out, which was painful to watch.

"Alright."

Long Xiang Bao Bian put away the needle and thread, shook the blood off his hands, and looked at Amberley with little warmth in his eyes, "Let's continue fighting."

"..."

Amberley grinned, and the water light appeared on the scimitar in her hand again, "Just what I wanted."

The two lowered their bodies almost at the same time. In the next second, a storm of smoke and dust swept up under their feet, and the dragon claws covered with fine scales slammed head-on onto the sharp and unparalleled blade.