Chapter 3: The Top Ten in the Paradise Arena Will Receive Exclusive Rewards. Hunters Must Strive for a Higher Ranking.
[Tip: The hunter has qualified for the Strongest Warrior Battle.]
[Strongest Warrior Battle Start Time: 30 to 127 natural days later (Apocalypse Paradise and Holy Light Paradise have activated clause permissions, causing a delay in the start time).]
[Paradises participating in this 'Strongest Warrior Battle': Reincarnation Paradise, Apocalypse Paradise, Sanctuary Paradise, Death Paradise, Holy Light Paradise, Watchful Paradise...]
[Void races participating in this 'Strongest Warrior Battle': Feather Race, Demon Race, Arcane Eternal Star, Devil Race, Star Clan...]
[Transcendent Primordial World representatives participating in this 'Strongest Warrior Battle': None (all Transcendent Primordial Worlds have refused to participate in this Strongest Warrior Battle).]
[Arbitrator for this 'Strongest Warrior Battle': Void Tree.]
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[Detected that the hunter has been promoted to Sixth Rank. Arena ranking has been refreshed.]
[Due to the independence of the Sixth Rank Paradise Arena, the hunter's 'Fifth Rank Arena Record' will not provide any ranking bonus.]
[Resetting hunter's arena data...]
[Competitor: Su Xiao.]
[Status: Good.]
[Paradise Arena Ranking: Outside the top 1,000,000 (Sixth Rank).]
[Consecutive Wins: 0.]
[Top Ten Honor Rewards: Not obtained.]
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Su Xiao closed the arena data. From his ranking, he could see how many competitors there were in the Sixth Rank. The Sixth Rank contractors from various paradises, plus the strong from the Void, made this number unsurprising. Especially in the Void, Sixth Rank combatants were as numerous as fish crossing a river, making it hard to count.
Even so, Su Xiao could feel that the highest tier was no longer out of reach. Once, he didn't even have the qualifications to touch the Void.
Within Reincarnation Paradise, as long as one didn't die, becoming stronger was never a problem. Compared to the cultivation speed of Void races, getting stronger in Reincarnation Paradise was far faster, though the risks endured were dozens, even hundreds of times higher.
[Matching...]
[Successfully matched opponent. Opponent's competitive number nature: Void.]
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Su Xiao's first opponent was a Sixth Rank powerhouse from the Void. This piqued his interest, as the Void strong he had encountered were never easy to deal with. Sha, Lilim, and others needed no introduction; even someone like Alice was once a boss-level threat, of course, in the past.
A spatial fluctuation surged. When Su Xiao's vision recovered, he arrived at a circular yellow sand arena.
The yellow sand arena was the same as in the Fifth Rank, surrounded by a ring-shaped spectator stand and a towering commentary booth. However, this time, there was no Devil Race commentator on the booth, and the spectator stands were empty, very desolate.
Across the yellow sand arena, a man with a single horn on his head and deep blue skin all over was staring at Su Xiao.
Su Xiao didn't recognize this race, but he was certain the other party had some human bloodline. There were too many races in the Void, and intermarriage between them could lead to hybrids.
Su Xiao drew the longsword at his waist. The horned man, dozens of meters away, lowered his body, pointing his sharp horn at Su Xiao.
Bang!
Yellow sand splattered, and the sound of air tearing wailed. The horned man vanished instantly, his horn piercing the air, emitting a chilling howl.
In just an instant, the horned man attacked in front of Su Xiao. Su Xiao's face showed a clear expression of surprise. The opponent... was a bit slow.
Clang!
Blood splattered. The horned man brushed past Su Xiao, his sharpest horn missing its target.
Mid-air, the horned man was stunned. In that instant, he hadn't seen how his enemy dodged his fatal strike.
With a thud, the horned man fell face-first onto the ground. Just as he was about to leap up, he immediately sensed something was wrong. He could no longer feel his lower body.
The horned man looked down at his legs. Blood stained the yellow sand. His two legs were gone.
"You..."
Boom!
Su Xiao smashed down from above, his longsword stabbing into the back of the horned man's head, blocked by a layer of golden light barrier.
"Ranking too low, huh. Looks like I can save some energy."
Before the horned man was teleported away, he vaguely heard Su Xiao's words. This made him feel stifled. Just after leaving his tribe to travel, the horned man felt he could make a name for himself in the Void. After all, his elders called him a genius.
Not long after traveling, the horned man realized his tribe was insignificant compared to the entire Void, like a speck of dust in the desert. By some coincidence, he entered the Paradise Arena.
The reward mechanism for Void races participating in the Paradise Arena was vastly different from that of contractors. Whether contractors, hunters, or Battle Angels, they received no rewards until they broke into the top ten, only accumulating combat experience.
Void races were different. Every match they fought required paying an 'entry fee.' The space teleportation, arena, and protection mechanisms all incurred costs. Contractors could enjoy these for free, but for the Paradise Arena, Void races were outsiders, so they had to pay an entry fee.
Of course, Void races wouldn't always lose money fighting in the arena. For matches outside the top 1,000,000, if they won, the entry fee was doubled and refunded.
For matches between 500,000th and 1,000,000th place, Void races who won received a refund of entry fee × 3.
Within the top 500,000, Void races who won received a refund of entry fee × 4.
Within the top 100,000, Void races who won received a refund of entry fee × 5.
The higher the ranking, the higher the reward multiplier after winning. However, they couldn't repeatedly gain rewards by dropping ranks.
Moreover, even if Void races made it into the top ten, they couldn't obtain the top ten rewards. Those were exclusive to contractors, hunters, Battle Angels, and the like.
For this reason, Void races were very dissatisfied. When the batch with real strength broke into the top fifty, they were shocked to find that the top ten were truly impossible to fight. Those ten guys were utterly insane; combat was their daily routine.
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