Chapter 114 Ancient God Arena
Chapter 114 Ancient God Arena
puff!
After coming out of the water, Gu Chen spit out all the sea water in his mouth.
As he gasped for breath, he felt like a fool for trying to suffocate himself.
This is different from being killed by a monster or dying from some other external force.
The 10% pain feedback in the game can make death caused by these external forces not as unbearable as imagined.
Even though I was afraid at the time, for some reason I felt happy every time I was resurrected, and when I think back on it, I don't feel any discomfort or depression.
But the feeling of suffocation is not pain, and 90% of the feedback cannot be blocked. Even though he knows that this is just a game, the process of trying to suffocate will make him have a strong desire to survive.
I couldn't help but surface and gasp for breath.
After trying several times, he completely gave up on this stupid way of dying.
"Guide, is there any other way?" Gu Chen looked up at the guide floating beside him, trying to seek help.
[Yes, starving to death! ]
"It's no harder to bear than drowning."
This time the guide didn't answer, but looked at him as if he was a fool.
Realizing that the guidance could not provide any help, Gu Chen decided to dive down and continue looking for the ferocious fish, hoping for death.
Dive into the sea and continue diving downwards.
There were a lot of corals growing nearby, but most of the fish wandering around were low-level fish. When they saw him approaching, they immediately flicked their tails and fled, not giving him a chance to get close.
After searching for a while, Gu Chen, who couldn't find the target, surfaced again and took a deep breath.
At this moment, he discovered that a strange aircraft shaped like a motorboat was floating in the sky above his head.
It is estimated to be about 30 meters long and more than 10 meters wide. The entire structure is covered with strange mechanical structures and carvings of unknown symbols. The outer shell is not made of metal, but a translucent material with a faint blue light. It seems to capture the weak light around it and convert it into energy, giving people an illusion of being both light and heavy.
At the tail of the aircraft, there are two irregularly shaped propellers, which rotate rapidly in an almost silent manner, providing forward propulsion for this behemoth. Every time the propellers pass through the air, they leave a faint blue trail. On the belly of the aircraft is a tightly closed door, on which is inlaid a crystal-like object that sparkles with strange light. Like a firefly, it flickers on and off as the airship moves.
The analysis function was turned on, and a large amount of information suddenly flooded into Gu Chen's mind.
【Hunter Flying Vehicle】:
Target introduction: The flying vehicle used by the Ancient Gods to capture competitive fighters, controlled by the Ancient Gods' slaves.
……
At this moment, a gap appeared under the aircraft, and an energy rope shot towards him at an extremely fast speed.
As a conditioned reflex, Gu Chen wanted to dodge, but he had no time to dodge.
After the rope wrapped around his body several times, it suddenly tightened and straightened, pulling him towards the gap.
Entering the gap, the vision was shrouded in darkness, and the only sound was the meshing of gears, followed by the sound of heavy metal falling.
The energy ropes on his body also dissipated at this time.
Gu Chen felt around and found himself imprisoned in a small metal container, unable even to squat down.
"Fuck, it's even worse!" Gu Chen said, looking at the guiding water ball still floating beside him:
"Guide, will this be a hidden mission?"
[Not sure, maybe.]
"Don't you have any inside information?"
[I am just a guide for beginners, not omniscient. Why don’t you ask me whether your wife is pregnant with a boy or a girl? 】
"Hey, how did you know my wife is pregnant?"
【Guess.】
Unable to get help from the guidance, Gu Chen fell into deep thought.
Now he has two options: to free himself through self-harm, or to wait for the subsequent plot to unfold.
Thinking of his good fortune today and successfully catching an original monster while sea fishing, he immediately gave up his first idea.
The dark environment was a bit depressing, so he called out the guild chat channel to discuss his current situation with his friends and family.
When they heard that he might have triggered a hidden quest, their friends and family became a little hysterical, crying over how come he was the only one to get all this good luck.
Afterwards, his relatives and friends asked him to turn on the live broadcast function so that they could follow the subsequent development of the plot.
In this regard, Gu Chen did not refuse and decisively started the live broadcast mode.
In addition to the group of friends and family, there were also bored players who entered the live broadcast room, and then quickly slid away after seeing everything was dark.
This process was extremely long, and Gu Chen passed the time by chatting with his relatives and friends. During this time, he could also hear the collision and fighting sounds made by his relatives and friends as they fought fiercely with the insect swarm.
Three hours later, a sudden and intense feeling of weightlessness came over me.
Gu Chen immediately realized that the plot had advanced.
I could feel the metal box holding me being transported to a certain area, jolting along the way.
Soon after, the metal box was opened, and the dazzling light made him squint subconsciously.
Click!
There was a metallic biting sound, and Gu Chen felt a pain in his right forearm. He looked down and found a black bracelet on his wrist.
He had seen this thing in the live broadcast room of the Brick Moving Group. It was a special device that could suppress strength.
What followed was a strong feeling of weakness, very similar to the feeling of quitting a game.
"come out!"
His eyes quickly adjusted to the bright light and he could see the face of the person speaking.
It is nearly three meters tall, and its body is made up of metal fragments, broken rocks, and flesh and blood. Every inch of its skin reveals a sense of brutal power. When it breathes, the metal and rock on its surface wriggle along with its flesh and blood. Its body is like a running machine, making a low roar, like the breathing of an ancient behemoth, shaking the surrounding space. On its head is a pair of horns, one of which is broken in half.
At this moment, he was holding a bone spur chain in his hand and looking at him coldly, which gave Gu Chen a strong visual impact.
It's not easy to mess with at first glance.
After complaining in his mind, he still walked out of the metal box obediently.
Looking around, it was a field overgrown with weeds, with dried blood on the ground and a faint smell of blood in the air.
At this time, figures walked out of other metal boxes one after another. They were all intelligent beings from different races, and their expressions looked extremely terrified.
Gu Chen's gaze finally returned to the burly monster, and his analytical ability was activated:
[Barbarian Slave]:
Hunting Level: 139
Target introduction: Ancient Gods slave, responsible for supervising the operation of the Death Arena.
……
Just as Gu Chen was surprised at the barbarian slave's terrifying hunting level, the barbarian slave raised his foot and chopped the ground.
Suddenly a flash of blood swept across their bodies, and Gu Chen felt a sharp pain in his right forearm. He looked down and saw a complex symbol appearing on it.
In the parsed information, this symbol represents the number: 0.
Mannu glanced at everyone with a cold look and said in a deep voice:
"Listen carefully, I will now give you a detailed introduction to the situation here and the rules you need to follow."
"First of all, this place is called the Death Arena, and it is one of the three arenas created by the Ancient Gods. You are all death fighters who were captured here. The meaning of your existence is to please the Supreme Ancient God through bloody fights. In return, the Ancient God will grant each winner a gift, or even the supreme power of immortality, but the prerequisite is to prove your strength in the arena."
"The blood marks on your arms represent the victories you have won. Every time you kill an opponent in the arena, the number will increase by 1, and you will win the competition. In the next round, you will fight against an opponent with the same number of wins as 1."
As he spoke, Mannu pointed to the stairs made of energy in the distant sky:
"There are 15 arenas on the ladder. Every time you advance to a higher level, you will get a period of rest and generous rewards from the ancient gods. The death fighters who reach the top will receive the blessings of the ancient gods and go to the higher-level dark arena to be promoted to glory fighters."
After listening to Mannu's introduction, Gu Chen began to wonder:
"Guide, how many opponents do I need to eliminate to achieve 15 wins?"
In response to the question, the guide said with a bored expression:
[Of course, you have to eliminate 15 opponents, but if you count the opponents eliminated by the opponents you defeated, you have to eliminate a total of 15 opponents to achieve 32767 wins. That is, when you kill the opponent in the 15th competition, 32767 fighters have died in the battle, becoming the stepping stone for you to achieve 15 wins.]
"Fuck, so many!" Gu Chen was immediately shocked.
When listening to Mannu's introduction, he felt that 15 wins did not seem like a lot, but the answer given by the guide shocked him.
This number will obviously be more exaggerated in the future.
He subconsciously asked again:
"Guide, how many fighters will die if we reach 10 wins?"
【1023】
"How many fighters would have to die to achieve 30 wins?"
【10 billion 7374】
"Hiss, this is too much!"
Through the guidance of the answer, Gu Chen has realized how terrifying this ancient god clan that captures death fighters everywhere is.
The birth of every 15-win fighter is paved with the blood of more than fighters.
The intensity of fighting in the arena will increase exponentially, so you can imagine how difficult it will be to advance to each level in the later stages.
"Follow me next. You will be sent to the first floor arena to participate in the first fighting duel."
Having said that, the blood slave turned and walked towards the ladder.
Seeing this, Gu Chen followed decisively.
...At this time, Qi Sheng, who was behind the scenes, was also observing the situation in the arena.
Seeing Gu Chen following the barbarian slaves towards the first competition platform, he turned his head to look at the guidance floating beside him:
"Do you know the Ancient God Clan?"
[I don't know them, but I'm sure they are a force that came later. They are hunting down fighters everywhere, which should be related to the world rules that this group controls.]
Upon hearing this, Qi Sheng glanced towards the arena.
"Are you saying that this race, like the Mechanical Overlord, has mastered a kind of world rules?"
[That's right, the entire Death Arena should be covered in a layer of regular characteristic energy. Let me analyze it.]
After a brief silence, the information obtained from the guidance analysis flooded into Qi Sheng's mind.
[World Rules·Fighting Spirit]:
Rule characteristics: The rule characteristics come from the blood soul world. Any duel that occurs within the coverage area can give rise to the power of fighting spirit. Each ray of fighting spirit power carries with it powerful destructive energy (the more determined the will of the duelists and the higher their life strength, the more fighting spirit power they will generate).
This piece of analysis information made Qi Sheng understand what the ancient gods mentioned by the barbarian slaves were doing.
The barbarian slaves said that the battles between competitive fighters were to please the ancient gods, but in fact the ancient gods obtained the energy of rules through life-and-death duels between fighters.
The three major arenas were built to allow countless fighters to profit from duels and fights.
As for why we don't keep a group of fighters in captivity for repeated use, the analysis has already explained it in detail. The stronger the willpower of the two duelists, the more fighting spirit power they will generate.
What the ancient gods want is for competitive fighters to fight with the determination to die.
Qi Sheng's vision switched to the player's perspective at this time.
……
Follow the barbarian slave to the ground-level arena.
The first-floor arena is shaped like a giant coiled snake with its head held high and its tail hidden. The core area is a huge circular arena with its surface covered with strange runes. The floor is made of crystal clear spiritual stones, emitting a soft glow.
Following Man Nu's request, Gu Chen walked into a separate room embedded in the wall and began to wait.
During this process, the scene on the ring can be seen through the window of the room.
At this moment, two alien warriors were fighting on it. They were obviously 0-win death fighters who had just been captured like him.
Looking at the live broadcast room in the upper right corner of my sight, it was already in an uproar.
Everyone was discussing the origins of the ancient gods behind the arena, who were actually capturing people everywhere to participate in the duel.
Some players also said that in order to please the ancient god, they should just commit suicide on the spot and go back to the small dark room.
But more players said that they wanted to see how the story unfolds.
After turning off the live broadcast, Gu Chen was also very curious about how the next plot would unfold.
Especially what is the victory reward mentioned by the barbarian slave.
While waiting, the room suddenly shook and spatial spiritual patterns appeared on the ground.
After a strong feeling of weightlessness, he found himself standing on the ring.
"Layered space?"
The two death fighters in his sight were still fighting, and then he was teleported to an empty arena, which made him realize that the arena seemed to have multiple spaces like the test tower.
At this moment, a white light flashed in front and the opponent's figure emerged.
The Death Fighter that appeared had a humanoid body, covered in light armor woven from animal skins and metal sheets, and wore a helmet that looked like it was made of goat horns, revealing only his tightly pursed lips and slightly panicked eyes.
Gu Chen could even clearly hear its gradually increasing breathing.
The analytical ability was activated, and the other party's information flooded into the mind.
【Iron Helmet】:
Hunting Level: 26
Target information: Blue Star Sea Wormhole Island, a young warrior of the Beast Skin Tribe.
……
Seeing the other party's hunting level, Gu Chen immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
The levels of his Brute Axe and Crushing Knife have both reached level 25, so it is obviously not difficult for him to win the battle.
【Start your fight, it ends when one of you dies. 】
At this moment, the voice of the barbarian slave resounded through the sky, and the black bracelets worn on their right wrists disappeared automatically.
Before Gu Chen could make a move, the warrior wearing a sheep-horned helmet took the lead and attacked him, smashing his head hard with his clenched right fist.
Facing the attack, Gu Chen decisively summoned the powerful Axe to meet it.
But the opponent's reaction was incredibly fast. Tiekui quickly squatted down to avoid his attack on his neck, and then his right fist, which had been built up with strength, suddenly hit his abdomen. When he subconsciously bent down, a fierce knee strike followed.
Bang!
This knee strike caused Gu Chen's nose to bleed and stars to appear in his eyes.
Before he could react, Tiekui approached again, grabbed his right hand and tried to disarm him.
In response, Gu Chen did not stop him and allowed him to take the Powerful Axe away.
Just as Tiekui was about to chop his head with his savage axe, a ferocious smile appeared on Gu Chen's face:
"You hit me so hard it hurts, tell me you're sorry!"
As soon as the voice fell, the powerful axe in Tiekui's hand disappeared, and a light golden powerful axe condensed in Gu Chen's hand again, and chopped it fiercely on Tiekui's neck.
Blood splattered everywhere.
Tiekui took several steps back, his eyes beneath the helmet unable to hide his fear.
Seeing that Gu Chen had the upper hand, cheers rang out in the live broadcast room, especially from the friends and family, who frantically posted comments to celebrate.
This time it was Gu Chen's turn to take the initiative and attack, wanting to win with one axe.
But Iron Helmet, who had an injured neck, was much more difficult to deal with than he had imagined. He dragged his remaining bloody body and continued to punch him, crushing him with his skills.
Five minutes later, Gu Chen, whose arm was broken, was about to dodge Tiekui's heavy punch, but found that the fist did not fall.
Turning his head, he saw Tiekui's body slowly leaning forward and then falling to the ground with a loud bang.
"Fuck, I finally won."
[Shame on you, two level 2 souls can't beat a hunting level 25 opponent. ]
"It's different. The insect swarm and the black swarm have no intelligence. This guy is obviously a martial artist. His skills are too strong."
[You are just an ordinary warrior, but you have strong skills. It is because your skills are too weak. ]
Just as Gu Chen wanted to retort, the voice of the barbarian slave sounded in the sky:
"The battle is over, one win."
As soon as he finished speaking, a formation appeared under Gu Chen's feet again. When he opened his eyes, he found that he had returned to the room.
Compared with before, the area of the room has been significantly expanded, and there is an extra wooden bed. Looking out the window, what I saw was not the scene of an arena on the first floor, but a completely different arena. The appearance of this arena is like a giant sword, and the arena is right in front of the giant sword.
This made him realize that he was teleported to the second-level arena space.
"Blessed by the Ancient God, one Low Martial Spirit Orb is awarded for each victory, and there are 69 hours and 39 minutes of rest time left (translation time is hours)."
The voice of the barbarian slave sounded again, and after the formation on the ground flashed, a red spirit bead rose up.
Gu Chen was curious and immediately turned on his analysis ability to check.
[Low Martial Soul Orb]:
Item Introduction: A special item made from the soul of a living being. After taking it, it can stimulate the body's potential, enhance physical fitness, and quickly repair physical injuries. It can be sacrificed to the Emperor's Omen in exchange for 2134 points of sacrifice power reward.
……
Seeing the value of the soul bead, Gu Chen's eyes widened.
According to Mannu's introduction, the rewards in the arena will increase with the number of wins, but I didn't expect that the first victory would give 2000 points of sacrifice power reward.
"Guide, how much body-building experience can this thing give me after eating it?"
[About 1342 points, with the additional function of quickly repairing injuries. ]
"Only fools would eat this. You might as well give it to my brother Di Zhao."
Gu Chen immediately picked up the suspended low-level martial arts soul bead with his left hand and put it into the space bag.
Then he took out a bottle of healing potion and drank it in big gulps.
Just as Gu Chen was happily thinking about the extra income, the spectators in the live broadcast room who saw this scene suddenly became uneasy:
"Fuck, can there be any benefit from dueling in this place? I want to go, and I need a way to get in."
"If I win three times, I will be rich. The reward may be enough to upgrade my body forging level, or even more. I want to go too."
"I'm curious about how good the reward for 15 wins will be. I dare not think about it. Please give me a coordinate. If they don't want to catch me, I will deliver it to you."
"I burst into tears. I just entered the live broadcast room to have fun. How come I see others getting rich? I am the only one who is poor. You all are rich."
"I don't care about the duel or anything like that. The main thing is that I want to please the Ancient God. Please him to death."
……
Gu Chen's experience and the live broadcast of the video quickly spread on the forum.
Upon learning that there was such a place where one could get rewards by defeating an opponent, all the players became jealous and expressed their desire to go to the arena to please the ancient gods and fight to the death.
Ten thousand words, finished~
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