Chapter 231-4: Breaking Records, Special Opportunity (4) |
The battle ended. The Vital Qi on Phase Kill’s body dissipated in turn, and he plopped onto the ground with a grimace.
“Hurts like hell.”
He opened the livestream. It was as lively as the New Year.
The screen was full of gifts and cheers, old fans and new fans all spamming ‘new record.’
“Hahaha.” Scrolling the barrage, Phase Kill, who had successfully broken the record, laughed with delight. Then he nodded and said,
“Battle, hell yeah.”
At once the barrage echoed in unison: Battle, hell yeah.
The stream’s popularity spiked into the top three on the heat ranking. More and more players poured in, all wanting to see what had happened here.
“Seven wins.”
Phase Kill was teleported to the eighth level of the arena ladder.
During the reward phase, Phase Kill received two High Martial Soul Beads, worth a total of 70,000 plus sacrificial power.
And that was only part of the profit.
He glanced at the stream. Tips had already surpassed one hundred thousand sacrificial power. A massive haul.
He tossed the soul beads into his spatial satchel, opened the shop to buy a high-grade recovery potion, and gulped it down.
The difficulty of the 8th win challenge rose exponentially.
But he still decided to go all out and face it, even if he was no match at all.
Time passed. When his health bar was fully restored, Phase Kill took out a stamina potion and was just about to drink it.
At that moment, the voice of the Barbarian Thrall sounded in the room.
“Your performance is good. There is an opportunity for you. Do you want it?”
Phase Kill lowered his raised head, set down the stamina potion in his hand, and asked curiously.
“What do you mean?”
“In the Ancient God Arena, every fighter is a tool to please the ancient gods, but the value of different tools varies markedly. Those warriors who possess an extreme desire for battle can give the ancient gods the most pleasure. Every one of your fights burns with a desire for battle in your emotions. You are a good tool to please them, so you are given a chance to become stronger.”
Hearing this, Phase Kill was taken aback.
He had seen the perspective that the Barbarian Thrall mentioned on the forum.
A long time ago there was a post, published by a strategy player after consulting Guide.
It detailed the operating principles of the Ancient God Arena.
It said that once each fighter enters the Ancient God Arena, he becomes a mining rig that continuously produces the Rule Power of Battle Souls.
Every battle produces rule energy for the ancient gods.
As for how much is produced, apart from being affected by the strength of the duelists, it is also influenced by willpower, battle desire, and other emotional factors.
Therefore, what the ancient gods crave most are fighters who possess both combat power and extremely strong will and desire to fight.
What they despise most are fighters whose emotions carry fear during battle.
Thinking of this, every one of his fights in the ring flashed through his mind.
Those scenes flickered like a revolving lantern. Flesh-on-flesh collisions, evading by a hair’s breadth at the edge of life and death. In every battle, his emotions were like burning flames, blazing and pure.
This was clearly why he had been favored.
But what he was curious about was what exactly the opportunity in the Barbarian Thrall’s mouth was.
“Barbarian Thrall, tell me specifically what opportunity you mean.”
Saying this, Phase Kill downed the stamina potion in his hand in one swig.
“You have a chance to receive short-term training from the Champion Fighter. How much you grow depends on your comprehension, but in the end you will still return to the arena and continue round after round of duels. It can be said clearly that you will very likely still die in battle. The training is only so that you can perform better in the next few duels.”
The Barbarian Thrall’s answer made Phase Kill think of a video that once topped the heat ranking on the forum.
The domineering figure in the footage was branded in his mind to this day.
Every time he recalled it, his blood boiled.
That figure had a name, Champion Fighter: Skyfall.
A warrior with unparalleled physical strength.
He had once used pure flesh and blood to withstand the elemental torrent unleashed by twelve warriors of the Ascension race.
In the footage, every punch of the Champion Fighter carried the weight of mountains and rivers and the majesty of a deity. Wherever his fist wind swept, space itself split into fine cracks.
It let players see for the first time what high level combat looked like.
The physical strength displayed by the Champion Fighter in that battle shook players to their core.
His vitality surged like a raging tide throughout the fight, smashing the Ascension race’s elemental torrent by force. His style was overwhelmingly domineering, ignoring all elemental attacks and sweeping through everything with a mighty physique, showcasing the ultimate realm of breaking ten thousand arts with strength.
With his own power, the Champion Fighter conveyed a message to players: strength is truth, and an invincible body can crush all.
At the end of the video, the mighty Ascension race could only choose to retreat.
The Champion Fighter stood proudly above the battlefield, like an immovable mountain.
Before this footage appeared, among the various branches of the player legion, the close-combat branch had always had the fewest members.
But because of the Champion Fighter’s performance, it surged for a time.
He let players see the potential of the close-combat branch. They imagined that in the future they too could wield battle power like the Champion Fighter, crossing endless seas with a mighty body, climbing ultimate peaks, tearing the walls of space, and becoming true peak powerhouses.
The imagined future sent the close-combat branch’s popularity soaring.
Many players began replanning their star vein combinations. Some even abandoned spellcaster-type Inherited souls outright and chose to enhance their physical aptitude instead.
Many players who had wavered about switching star veins because of the tough early experience of the close-combat branch also became resolute.
It can be said that the power displayed by the Champion Fighter was not only a visual feast, it also delivered a spiritual shock to the players.
It opened a door to a new world for them, letting them see the infinite possibilities of physical strength.
It also briefly changed the developmental ecology of the player legion’s system, giving close-combat players a clear path for future ascent.
At the time, Phase Kill watched that video more than a dozen times.
It set his blood on fire and maxed out his sense of immersion.
It felt as if he himself was that invincible figure charging through the elemental torrent.
A seed was planted in his heart to become a Champion Fighter, or even surpass the Champion Fighter and challenge the ancient gods.
Hearing the Barbarian Thrall say he had a chance to receive the Champion Fighter’s training,
Phase Kill already had a definite answer in his heart.
He raised his head, looked at the ceiling of the room, and nodded with a smile.
“Barbarian Thrall, I accept.”