Just as Yin had predicted, their small rented room welcomed all sorts of guests in the following days.

His words were a test, to see if they were still willing to join the arena's affiliated forces and serve them.

Fortunately, they were prepared. Chen Jin dodged the question with a few words, but they also revealed that if the benefits were enough to entice them, it wouldn't be a bad idea.

They neither explicitly refused nor agreed, but gave them a glimmer of hope.

On that day, during the last preliminary match, the staff inside the venue were extremely busy arranging security and cleaning.

As usual, Lin Xi and the others stood on the top glass railing with Qian Tangjiang to watch the free game, but on this day, staff members came to drive them away.

"Non-participants, please leave immediately."

Brother Qian asked curiously, "What does this mean?"

"Excuse me, since you are not a participant, you can either go to the ticket office to buy a ticket or leave for the time being."

Brother Qian leaned closer and asked, "Brother, what happened today?"

The staff member grabbed his wrist, but just smiled and said, "This is the curator's order. We're just ordinary workers, how would we know?"

After saying this, the staff member grabbed him and dragged him to the security guard.

After turning back, he led the group to the waiting room.

Why is everything so formal today?

“When leaders visited our school before, it was just like this: a frantic cleaning spree, doing all sorts of meaningless formalities,” Chen Jin shrugged. “I guess some important person is coming here today too.”

"What about news from Yin's side?"

He told us to relax and finish the game.

Hearing Lin Xi's words, everyone knew that the matter was almost settled.

"It's a pity, you hardly encounter any strong opponents in the beginner's arena." Jiang Chuan stared ahead.

A new batch of contestants arrived one after another in the waiting room. They were all different in height, weight and build, but they all had one thing in common: they were all sizing up Lin Xi and her two companions.

After the previous nine matches, everyone knew just how terrifying the three people sitting with them were, and no one wanted to be in the same match as them.

After receiving their respective numbers, there is a rather long waiting period.

Several people looked visibly unwell, while the others silently mourned for them.

After Lin Xi finished typing, she felt several burning gazes staring at her from behind, and she subconsciously turned around.

I noticed that a small section of the audience seats had been cleared out, with four middle-aged men sitting in the middle, and a row of people dressed in different but eye-catching outfits behind them. The remaining seats were all occupied by bodyguards.

Senior management?

After the match ended, she had no reason to linger there. When she returned to the waiting room, she casually mentioned it to the other two.

Chen Jin nodded. "I noticed that too. I haven't seen them before. I wonder what their purpose is in coming out this time?"

"What's going on?" a uniformed staff member suddenly exclaimed.

Everyone looked over at the same time.

"One person is missing!" The staff were visibly panicked. "Where did number 20 go?"

"He just said he was going to the bathroom," said one of the contestants who was in the know.

Upon hearing this, the other staff members immediately ran to the restroom to look for someone.

"Could they have run away? This is the last round. They didn't run away before, but now they're running away at this crucial moment." The other contestants discussed in hushed tones.

"Yeah, he came to the competition without thinking it through, and then ran away after the competition. He's not a real man."

After hearing the number, Lin Xi subconsciously glanced at Chen Jin and Jiang Chuan's numbers.

Jiang Chuan casually placed her number 19 card in her pocket, with most of it sticking out. Instantly, she understood why that person had run away.

Besides him, others naturally saw it too, and the discussion grew quieter until it disappeared completely.

Not long after, one of the staff members who had rushed out in a panic came in and whispered to another. He walked over with a smile and said, "Mr. Jiang Chuan, your opponent forfeited, so you have advanced directly to the next round. Please go to the settlement office later. After the settlement, you can go home."

Jiang Chuan nodded, picked up the longsword, and slung it over his shoulder.

Since Chen Jin and Lin Xi had already finished fighting, they could leave directly.

The group first reported to Yun that the last match had been completed. If Yin's side had been completely dealt with, the arena should send someone over.

However, what they didn't know was that the four managers sitting in the arena's stands frowned as Jiang Chuan failed to appear.

They came here specifically for these three people, but now they've only seen two.

The staff immediately came over to explain to them.

The ordinary audience members in the stands also learned of this news and began to complain one after another, "I came here specifically to see Jiang Chuan, but he advanced directly, what's the point of me watching!"

...

"Old Yang, what do you say?" The man with glasses looked at the man with completely white hair next to him.

"Old Li, this level of field is too low. Let alone Jiang Chuan, I couldn't even figure out the tricks of the two in front of him."

Old Zhao, who was standing nearby, spoke up, "We don't just let people in here; we have to see if they have the ability."

The other three nodded in unison, "That makes sense."

"Alright, there's nothing to see today anyway, so let's go back early." The last old man spoke up. "Jiang Wen, Liu Yao, you two go and try them out tomorrow."

"Yes, Elder Liu!" The two young men behind him stood up together, their posture extremely respectful.

Old Zhao shook his head. "There are too few people. There should be at least three. Lin Huan, you should come too."

The woman whose name was called stood up and nodded, "Okay, Mr. Zhao."

The people in the back row all gasped in surprise.

This lineup is too ruthless. Jiang Wen has already reached level six. With a level six and a level five, the three of them should already be struggling to cope. Now, Old Zhao says he wants to bring Lin Huan along as well.

Lin Huan was notorious among them. Not only was her superpower level high, but she was also extremely ruthless. In addition to guarding against her level six fire-type superpower, they also had to guard against the hidden weapons she carried in her hands, waist, legs, and even hair.

The three newcomers didn't know her at all, let alone take precautions beforehand.

How pathetic.

However, with four important figures in front of them, even if their desire to gossip and discuss the matter was practically bursting at the seams, they had to sit obediently and not whisper among themselves or show any sign of anything unusual.

However, a few people couldn't help but swallow hard.

Thinking to myself, if this is just a test, I might as well just participate in the intermediate level competition!