Chapter 115: Law Destroyer and Mage
Seeing this series of prompts, Su Xiao raised an eyebrow. The total amount wagered in the current arena match he was participating in was around 100,000 Paradise Coins, meaning he could gain about 500 Paradise Coins from it.
500 per match, ten matches would be 5,000, and a hundred matches would be 50,000. This was a fairly considerable income, at least enough to repair his equipment.
In the past, when fighting in the arena, Su Xiao always lost money repairing his gear. Now, while he still couldn't make a huge profit, a small profit was definitely guaranteed.
Moreover, this was only the arena around the 10,000th rank for the third rank. If he fought his way into the top 100, the betting amounts would increase somewhat, but not to an exaggerated degree.
The contractors fighting in the top 100 were definitely all experts, but the audience weren't necessarily all wealthy. The cost to watch top 100 matches was only about 100 Paradise Coins per hour. If lucky, one could watch 5 to 7 matches in an hour.
[Three, two...]
The countdown for the match had already begun. Betting would close once the match started; this was the betting system provided by the arena.
[Match, Start!]
Four blood-red large characters appeared above. Su Xiao drew the longsword from his waist, his gaze fixed on the opponent several dozen meters away.
This was a young man with a ponytail. The man had a golden ponytail, and judging by his skin color, he was Caucasian.
"S|hit!"
The blond man, named Eugene, was a third-rank contractor of mid-tier strength. He had won six consecutive matches. But when he was matched with his seventh opponent, Eugene knew the situation was bad. The difference in their rankings was too great.
Such a large ranking gap immediately told Eugene that his opponent's winning streak had likely reached a somewhat terrifying level.
Although Eugene knew his chances of winning this fight were low, surrendering outright was clearly not an option. He was a third-rank contractor, and naturally had his own pride and persistence.
A staff suddenly appeared in Eugene's hand, and a golden element materialized around him.
The moment these elements appeared, Su Xiao had already identified their type. This was the product of a violent combination of light element and water element. Of course, it had nothing to do with true elemental fusion. Elemental fusion involved two elements merging without repulsion, whereas this golden element was created by violently compressing two elements together.
This type of element was sometimes called Holy Power. Its attribute leaned towards light, had some recovery ability, and belonged to the theological side.
Of course, in the eyes of those in the know, this was called Pseudo-Holy Power. True Holy Power could deal holy damage, a high-level judgment below the rank of true damage.
"Holy Angel."
Eugene raised his staff high, and golden light radiated from it.
The moment Su Xiao saw Eugene, he judged him to be a mage. Based on the opponent's elemental fluctuations, Su Xiao sensed that he was a skill-type mage, not an academic-type mage lord.
Su Xiao was very familiar with fighting mages. After a long period of developing the Shadow of Law Destruction profession, Su Xiao had discovered that the abilities of the Shadow of Law Destruction didn't completely counter mages.
The reason the Shadow of Law Destruction terrified mages was entirely due to their hunting of mages, not an innate, absolute counter.
Mage's Natural Enemy—this was the title outsiders gave to the Shadows of Law Destruction. This title wasn't innate, unlike bloodline powers like the Sharingan or the Senju Clan. The Mage's Natural Enemy title was earned by the Shadows of Law Destruction through killing! Earned one slash at a time.
Counter? There was no such thing as a complete counter in the world. Mages had hundreds of main classifications and over a hundred thousand sub-classifications.
The gap at the same rank that allowed for massacres led outsiders to mistakenly believe that the Shadow of Law Destruction had some ability that countered mages. In reality, this wasn't the case.
The powerful beings in the Void all knew that the Shadow of Law Destruction was not only strong against mages but also equally powerful against other types of enemies.
Of course, the long period of hunting had led the Shadows of Law Destruction to develop some methods specifically targeting mages, such as the Absolute Magic Resistance constitution ability, or the Azure Steel Shadow's ability to erode a mage's brain. These were all techniques developed later by the Shadows of Law Destruction.
Golden light shone on Su Xiao's face, and his exposed skin stung faintly.
Su Xiao lowered his body, his gaze fixed on the enemy several dozen meters away.
Noticing Su Xiao's gaze, Eugene, several dozen meters away, twitched at the corner of his eye.
Boom!
Like a bomb exploding on the arena platform, Su Xiao vanished from his spot in an instant.
Clang.
A brilliant blade aura shot out. This blade aura was about five meters in diameter, a translucent light blue. Although it was energy, it appeared crystal clear.
The blade aura flew at an incredible speed. By the time Eugene activated his protective energy shield, the blade aura had already arrived.
With a crackling sound, the eggshell-shaped shield around Eugene shattered. The blade aura's momentum didn't diminish, continuing its slash towards Eugene's chest.
Whoosh!
A piercing sound of air being rent came from in front of Eugene. His pupils constricted to the limit. Ignoring the blade aura slashing towards him, he pointed his staff at Su Xiao.
"Divine Will."
Eugene was prepared to go all out. He directly activated his ultimate move. After all, he wouldn't die inside the arena.
Boom!
A golden pillar of light grazed past Su Xiao's side. Against an opponent of Eugene's level, he didn't need to use the Dragon Shadow Flash ability.
At the same time the pillar of light shot out, the blade aura struck Eugene's chest. After raising his Blade Master skill to level 40, the lethality of the blade aura had greatly increased. Furthermore, the blade aura was also boosted by the weapon's attack power.
As a mage, Eugene's offensive ability was strong, but he was also very fragile. After taking a hit from the blade aura, his chest was completely split open, and his health points dropped directly from 100% to 20%.
Just as Eugene's body began to lean back, the longsword in Su Xiao's hand was already slashing towards the opponent's throat.
The blade light flashed, and the battle ended. It took a total of 13 seconds, 7 of which Su Xiao spent thinking about matters related to the Shadow of Law Destruction.
The entire battle process was: Su Xiao charged at Eugene, unleashed a blade aura mid-charge to break the shield, the blade aura struck Eugene's chest, and by the time Su Xiao had closed the distance to Eugene, he was already in front of him, decapitating him with one slash.
A mage's long-range ability was indeed strong, but if it came to mid-range combat, Su Xiao could beat a mage like a drum. As for close combat, that went without saying.
The blade aura had no cooldown. Without interference, Su Xiao could unleash 5 to 30 blade auras in one second, and the consumption wasn't high either. If Su Xiao fought a mage at mid-range, the blade aura would absolutely overwhelm spell-type skills that had cooldowns.
Several hundred extremely fast blade auras flying towards you—one could only ask about the psychological shadow area of the mages. Of course, academic-type mage lords were an exception; their spells also had basically no cooldown, provided their bodies could withstand it.
The audience stands were dead silent, then buzzed with murmurs.
Su Xiao collected 483 Paradise Coins and then exited the arena. His arena ranking had improved from 9989th to 9510th.
As soon as he returned to the rest room, Su Xiao began matching for his next opponent. He was now completely relaxed. After finishing these three days of arena matches, he would return to the Real World to relax his mind.
Furthermore, Su Xiao was very curious about which derivative world would be next.