"Gou Zhan, you’ve gone too far, we agreed to go to Colorful Mist Coast for a vacation, look at what you’ve done behind our backs? You must be using a sack to collect money, hurry up and send another red packet on the guild channel, I’m about to die from anger."
After drinking five Healing Potions in a row, the injuries on his body healed at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Then he took out a Physical Recovery Potion and drank it in one gulp, immediately feeling his heart rate slow down and the soreness in his muscles gradually dissipate.
After leveling up, Gu Chen found that the number of Healing Potions needed to repair his injuries was increasing.
This was related to the growth of his health bar, as Healing Potions restore a fixed amount of Life.
At this rate, Basic Healing Potions would no longer be enough to meet his healing needs in the future. He would need to buy more expensive Intermediate or High-level Healing Potions from the store.
However, this round of victory had brought him a huge profit, so naturally, he wouldn’t mind the loss of potions.
Glancing at the live stream room still filled with laments, Gu Chen cracked a smile, then switched to the guild chat channel and sent out a red packet containing 888 sacrificial power:
"Stop swearing, would I ever leave you guys out of my good fortune?"
Instantly, the curses in the guild voice channel turned into blessings; the brothers were all pretty straightforward.
Standing up, Gu Chen approached the Space Transmission Array and spoke:
"Hey hey, can you hear me? Can I apply to start the third round of combat early?"
When he didn’t hear any response from the Barbarian Slave, he stamped his feet on the Transmission Array a couple of times.
To him, the three days of rest felt unbearably long, being locked in a room was incredibly dull - he could only kill time by browsing forums and voice chatting, but now fully recovered, he wanted to start the next round of combat early.
The intensity of the battles in the subsequent rounds would increase significantly, and he felt it would be very difficult to continue with his own strength.
It would be better to face it sooner. He didn’t need any psychological preparation - just do it and it’s done.
After repeatedly calling out and continuously tapping the Space Spirit Pattern on the ground, the voice of the Barbarian Slave finally rang out:
"Do you want to start the third round of the competition early?"
Following the emotionless response of the Barbarian Slave, the ground’s spiritual patterns lit up.
After a strong sense of weightlessness, Gu Chen appeared on the flaming battleground.
Looking up, he saw that his opponent had already arrived.
Standing nearly two meters tall with a muscular and imposing figure, his bare upper body was etched with complex Spiritual Patterns and totems; on his left arm was a vicious monster totem with its head raised in a Roar, on his right was a Six-Winged Bird totem, his presence alone was domineering.
He was now sizing up Gu Chen with his dark green eyes, then opened his mouth to reveal a row of pitch-black teeth, and gently snapped them together in a slightly mocking manner.
"Guidance, what does this mean, can you translate for me?" Gu Chen was instantly confused.
[All incomprehensible provocative behavior can be understood as being called an idiot.]
"That makes sense, watch me beat him to a pulp."
As soon as the words fell, the Power Barbarian Axe appeared floating in the air, and his Analysis Ability kicked in, with the opponent’s information flowing into his mind.
Target Introduction: Member of the "Sea Evil Clan" from the Divine Wood Sea Domain, has extremely rich terrestrial and sea combat experience.
Seeing that the opponent’s Hunting Level had reached 41 and possessed such extensive combat experience.
The arrogance on Gu Chen’s face vanished in an instant.
This is a high-end match!
Though he was bolstered by the Double Life Soul Attribute, he knew that his victories in the first two matches relied on overpowering attributes.
Facing an opponent with higher attributes and a complete domination in combat skills, there was no chance of victory for him.
Just as Gu Chen had predicted, he was completely suppressed from the start of the fight; a single encounter broke several of his ribs, and it ended in a crushing defeat, his soul returning to Imperial Tomb Village.
Numerous players watching the livestream celebrated the scene with danmaku messages, welcoming him home.
Meanwhile, Qi Sheng at the Primordial Altar was also watching Gu Chen’s performance in the arena.
Seeing Gu Chen being killed, an idea surfaced in his mind.
Why not help players enter the arena to take advantage of the rewards distributed by the Ancient God Race?
This method seemed entirely feasible.
In fact, he had previously considered introducing an arena-related feature.
The intent was to create a virtual space with a moba game setting where players could hone their combat skills and fighting awareness by matching up against each other.
But upon deeper contemplation of this concept, he felt it was not feasible.
After all, Monster World was not a real game; creating a virtual arena for competitive ladder play would significantly reduce the time players spent hunting monsters and slow down the pace of players’ growth.
Enhancing combat skills was clearly less important than increasing strength.
Players could dominate their enemies with rapid growth even without skills.
No matter how strong the combat skills, they are insignificant in the face of absolute strength.
After weighing the pros and cons of creating a virtual arena, he discarded the idea.
However, with the appearance of the Ancient God Arena, his thoughts changed.
In his view, this was an arena tailored for players.
Players could not only improve their skills there but also receive the sacrificial power necessary for growth from the Ancient God Race, gaining double benefits without spending a single coin.
It was a natural gift.
Sending batches of players to the arena in the future, there was no loss if they lost, while winning could shear wool from the Ancient God Race.