Xiao Yu clenched her fists worriedly. "But we don't know anyone here. How can we get in?"

"Don't worry, there will be an opportunity in ten days."

Ma Dongmei took out a Xuanhemen cigarette and held it between her fingers. She glanced at Lu Sheng and saw that he only had a palm-sized cigarette left in his pocket.

He grabbed the pig, squeezed out a small flame to light a cigarette, and casually squeezed and rubbed the pig in his hand a few times. "I don't know what got into Chen Dongsheng, wanting to hold a Qinhuai Heroes' Gathering in his own fortress."

Lu Sheng and the others: "..."

So corny, so awkward, so cringeworthy.

"It is said that Chen Dongsheng built two arenas that can accommodate thousands of people on the commercial street in order to recruit strong people and expand his power."

"The tournament will be a series of rounds, starting at 10 a.m. and continuing until 4 p.m. Every day at 4 p.m., the last person remaining in the arena will receive a ticket to the Qinhuai Heroes' Gathering."

Han Rui counted on her fingers, "2 x 10, that's a total of 20 tickets?"

"Yes, each ticket allows one team to enter, with a limit of five people per team."

"Who knows what tricks they'll pull at the Heroes' Gathering? But rumors are that if you win the Heroes' Gathering, you can get a job at the Dongsheng Group and secure a prestigious, stable position in Qinhuai City."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Xiaojuan was already itching to get started. "Brothers, it doesn't matter, I'll take care of it myself."

"You will embarrass yourself."

Han Rui chuckled and glanced at the bruises on Zhang Xiaojuan's neck.

"How did you find out about this?" Lu Sheng raised an eyebrow.

They spent so much effort but still couldn't infiltrate the enemy's ranks, yet the K3 group practically found out where Chen Dongsheng's toilet was in just one night.

As soon as she finished speaking, someone in the K3 base awkwardly lowered their head and started counting on their fingers.

"It's all thanks to our little Meng." Ma Dongmei glared at the bespectacled young man hiding next to Lü Song. "He was clamoring for a drink to relax as soon as he entered Qinhuai City."

"As a result, we got drunk and broke the medicinal wine on their liquor cabinet. All the crystal cores we had combined weren't even enough to pay for the wine."

Lin Xiaobao rubbed his shoulders and replied with a helpless expression, "There's nothing we can do. We can only leave two of us to work at the bar to pay off our debts. They heard all this news at the bar."

“A bottle of Louis XIII only costs ten crystal cores these days, how come you can’t afford to pay for it?” Zhang Xiaojuan scratched her head in confusion. “You weren’t scammed, were you?”

"He broke a bottle of a level four mutated tiger-shaped tonic wine, which is highly tonifying for kidneys and enhancing male virility. It costs several hundred crystal cores. We didn't bring much with us on this mission, so how could we possibly gather that many crystal cores?"

Ma Dongmei took a drag and exhaled a string of smoke rings, one large ring containing another small ring.

The bespectacled guy awkwardly kept scratching his ears.

Lu Sheng and the others: "..."

If they had known it would be so easy to sneak in, they wouldn't have bothered all day yesterday.

"Take these crystal cores and return them to the bar. Get some rest tonight."

Lu Sheng took out several hundred crystal cores and handed them to Ma Dongmei.

These were all windfalls won through gambling, and Lu Sheng felt a little uneasy about them, wishing he could spend them all as soon as possible.

“How could we possibly spend your money?” Lu Song’s face stiffened.

"If you want interest, I won't lend it to you for free."

Lu Sheng's lips curled up slightly. "We need at least three tickets to bring everyone in. We'll provide two, and you can arrange the last one yourselves."

After a brief discussion, the two teams returned to their respective accommodations to prepare.

...

At 9:30 a.m. the next day, the entrance to the arena was already crowded with people with various superpowers, all vying for tickets.

Dongsheng Group built two arenas in the center of Qinhuai Island, each with a thousand seats, and panoramic live TV screens were hung outside for passersby to watch.

To be on the safe side, Lu Sheng will register for the competition on the first day, and the rest will see how things go in the following days.

"Sign up."

Lu Sheng followed the signs to the registration desk and handed over his clearance pass.

The person at the registration desk was a burly man nearly two meters tall. He glanced at the slender fingers extended towards the table, then impatiently looked up. "Go away, don't cause trouble."

"I'd like to register, please register me."

With people coming and going around him, Lu Sheng temporarily suppressed his anger.

The burly man picked up Lu Sheng's pass and glanced at it, then looked Lu Sheng up and down with his eyes.

"All bitches are idiots. Open your eyes and look around! This is a martial arts arena, not a bar hiring prostitutes. Get out of here!"

In Qinhuai City, apart from a few well-known women, almost all the other women are low-level superhumans or ordinary people who make a living by selling their bodies.

In order to infiltrate the Dongsheng Group and secure a stable job, these low-level superhumans participated in every recruitment event, hoping to find a job that would at least provide enough food to eat and stop them from selling their bodies.

In addition, the city lord Chen Dongsheng himself treated women like livestock.

Therefore, in Qinhuai City, these people were not even as good as guard dogs, and anyone could bully and trample on them.

The big man saw that Lu Sheng was young and had fair and delicate skin, so he assumed that she was that kind of woman.

The next second, the big man felt a weight on his neck.

Lu Sheng grabbed his hair and pressed his upper body firmly against the table. The scabbard felt like a thousand-pound boulder pressing down on the back of his neck.

Do you call your mom a bitch at home too?

The sharp blade was drawn, slicing a thin line of blood through the fleshy folds on the back of the burly man's neck.

"Or did you not have a mother, and were you born from a female dog's belly?"

The big man himself was also a fourth-tier strength-type ability user, which is why he dared to speak so aggressively.

But the murderous intent emanating from the slender girl in front of him made his legs tremble involuntarily.

He tried to shout, but no sound came out; only muffled, trembling breaths escaped his throat.

It took him a full minute to finally find his voice.

"Little...little sister, I was just kidding. I'll register you right now."

He couldn't even believe that the fawning, high-pitched voice came from his mouth.

As more and more people gathered around, Lu Sheng calmly released the burly man.

She'll clean it up when she has some free time.

The big man immediately and hurriedly registered Lu Sheng's information.

Upon entering the arena, the rules of the arena were posted.

The entire fighting arena is a no-rules combat system; once you step into the ring, you can win by any means necessary.

Whether it's superpowers or weapons, any means or tool can be used as long as it leads to victory.

"This isn't a martial arts competition, it's a fight to the death!" Zhang Xiaojuan couldn't help but complain.

No-rules combat is an extremely dangerous activity, and since the participants are all high-level superhumans, stepping onto the stage basically means being prepared to risk your life.

"Never mind, Lu Sheng, I'll do it myself."

Xiao Yu snatched the registration form from Lu Sheng's hand.