There is a saying that goes "beat the dog behind closed doors."

However, to Gray's great shock, the dog was not the troublemaker in front of him, but them.

She had eight subordinates, and each of them was extremely powerful, but they fell at her feet in less than three moves. What kind of terrifying master is this?

Gray, who was at level 56, took small steps back consciously, trying to get away with it amid the commotion.

A fan suddenly pressed against his throat, emitting a faint blue light.

Cold sweat fell like heavy rain.

Gray took a hard breath, and finally moved his lips tremblingly and said a few words.

In the end, Xia Yao didn't take Gray's life. It wasn't because she didn't dare to do it, but there were already eight people lying on the ground, so one more wouldn't hurt.

Mainly because I suddenly thought of an old saying - leave a way out today, so that we can meet again tomorrow.

Gray's Inn is the most professional in the entire Royal City. She can't possibly block the players' future shipping channels, right?

It would be a bit troublesome to make enemies with the whole city by then~

So she lightly put away her fan, patted his trembling shoulders, and showed her big white teeth: "Run the shop properly, and don't do anything unnecessary in the future~"

Gray: Ugh...how can he have the guts!

Bang, bang, the patrolling soldiers appeared in front of the hotel as expected.

Xia Yao winked at Gray, revealing an expression that seemed calm but actually contained a hint of intimidation. Gray's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly apologized, "Gentlemen, I'm sorry to bother you. We were just doing a big cleanup, and the floor was a bit slippery. Everyone's falling down, hahaha~"

The patrol captain raised his eyebrows coldly, looked around the ground, and finally set his sights on Xia Yao, who had a calm expression on her face - the ID was as red as blood.

He was about to call out a name for questioning when Gray suddenly rushed up like the wind, and while smiling, he stuffed a purse into his hand: "Sir, this is a big customer of ours. I can't afford to offend him. Do you think you can..."

The words were made so clear that the patrol captain naturally understood. He snorted coldly, retracted his scrutinizing gaze, stuffed his purse into his chest, waved his hand, and all the patrolmen followed him out.

Well, it's good to have connections~ Relying on Gray's status in the royal city, the patrol captain turned a blind eye to her.

Xia Yao looked at Gray with satisfaction and approval, but the latter was shaking with fear as if he had been struck by lightning.

Xia Yao:?

Is she that scary?

Isn’t it just taking down eight NPCs?

Forget it, considering that Gray protected her once, she didn't mind giving him a small return gift.

He took out a number of bottles of potions from his backpack and placed them all on the front desk: "Heal your men with them."

After saying that, he disappeared like a whirlwind.

The address Gray just spit out was called "Ares City", the second largest city after the Imperial City of Perth. The entire city was only opened last week, and once it opened, it attracted countless players to walk around and complete tasks.

Xia Yao had no quests related to Ares City and had been busy with the orcs' side quests recently, so she had never been there to take a look. Today gave her a chance to visit.

In the prosperous city of Ares, players and NPCs come in an endless stream. Even during the day, the entire city is decorated with lights, as if the city lord is rich.

But these have nothing to do with Xia Yao. Her target is Rex and Eugene.

After going online, Sandao Fo received a baffling task - to find the lost little white snake.

It didn't say whether it was a main quest, a side quest, or a temporary mission, and there was no cause or effect. In short, it just lay strangely in his task bar.

Sandao Fo was completely confused, so he asked everyone in the guild. Luckily, it was the weekend and most people were online. When they saw his question, they all came up.

Wushan Leng: Little White Snake? Is it the White Snake from "The Legend of the White Snake"?

[Little Frog: This is a Western fantasy game, dear, not a Chinese style one!]

[Wushan Leng: Ouch, I split the fork~]

[Under the Imperial City: I know there are black-striped snakes in the Caterpillar Forest in the Novice Village, and skeleton snakes in the Bone-Erosion Forest, but I've never heard of them anywhere else.]

Sword Demon King: @Three Buddhas, do you have any pictures of the monster? It would be easier to find if you do.

[Sandaofo: TT, if I had any, I would have shared them earlier]

[Dual Blade Style: I recommend searching the official Monster Manual. You might find a map that spawns White Snakes.]

[Three Buddhas: That makes sense! Let’s go now.]

[Zhang Bu'er: Wait, you guys didn't even pass the reading comprehension test. The key to this task is "lost"! Lost white snakes aren't something you can just grab from a map.]

Ever since she had a complete falling out with math, physics and chemistry, Zhang Bu'pa changed her ID to a name that was more convenient for everyone to call her. It was said that it cost her a lot of gold coins, but she was determined to do so.

Now that everyone sees her changed name, they inexplicably find it more pleasing to the eye.

After she reminded them, everyone suddenly came to their senses.

[Sword Demon King:​​That makes sense. Judging from the quest description, there should be a master.]

Little Frog: Brother Fo, have you been in contact with any NPCs recently? Maybe the white snake is raised by one of them.

[Under the Imperial City: We'll keep an eye out for you recently]

[Three Buddhas: Thank you all my family~ (heart.jpg)]

After sending the message, Sandao Buddha still sighed secretly.

What a mess of a mission this is! Who the hell designed this? I'll smash his head when I get back!

Sandaofuo rubbed his hair impatiently. He didn't really take care of his hairstyle, and now he looked like a walking chicken coop.

Suddenly, the system announced to all servers: [The new gameplay [Ares City Colosseum] has been opened. Successfully challenge the arena to receive generous rewards. We hope all warriors will actively participate!]

Colosseum?

There must be non-humans in there!

A flash of inspiration passed before his eyes, and the three Buddhas clicked on the map, turned around and ran towards the city of Ares.

Standing in front of the Colosseum, Xia Yao sniffed the foul smell in the air and found that this place was not what she had imagined.

It does not have the scale of the ancient Roman Colosseum, nor the exquisite environmental settings, but only a depressing arena under a dark backdrop.

The entire place is built underground in the city of Ares and is called the Underground City.

Just like the city above ground, there are streets, shops, and residential areas here...

The difference is that the underground city and the above-ground city are simply the human versions of hell and heaven.

As prosperous and gorgeous as the above-ground city is, the underground city is as dirty and filthy. There are no rules and order here, and everything is based on violence.

Therefore, the so-called Colosseum is essentially a bloody contest of life and death between humans and animals.

But fortunately, this is a game, and players can be resurrected even if they die.

Thinking of this, many players had already paid the entrance fee before Xia Yao.

Xia Yao also paid 300 gold.

The thick curtains were drawn open, and I walked up the narrow and dim stairs. After reaching the second floor, a seductively dressed female NPC came out, swaying her waist.

"Sir, please follow me backstage to wait."

Xia Yao followed behind and heard a noisy shouting and cursing from afar.

"What the hell, you want me to play for nothing? I'm not playing anymore."

"Why are you stopping me? Let go! Or I'll take action!"

"ah--!"

With a shrill scream, the shouting and cursing stopped abruptly, and then the crying of a girl broke out.

"I don't want to play anymore, I'll give you money, I have money!"

"Please, don't let me go up, I will die..."

As the curtain backstage opened, Xia Yao walked in and saw the person crying bitterly - colorful bubbles.

The person lying at her feet and threatening to attack her was Zhan Shang.

The thick carpet was soaked with blood. Even though the system had considerately blurred the blood, one could still see that Zhan Shang had been instantly dismembered by some sharp object.

It was a miserable death.

Xia Yao shrugged and looked away lightly.

Unexpectedly, Bubble, who was crying just a second ago, suddenly rushed towards her screaming as if she had eaten dynamite: "Zhan Shang is your friend! How can you look at him so cold-blooded!!!"

If the player's decibels could be converted into output, Xia Yao thought this woman would definitely take first place.

Xia Yao covered her ears, unmoved.

Seeing that she was still staying out of the matter, the colorful bubbles pinched her with both hands: "I knew you were not a good person!"

Even though he knew that Zhan Shang had a girlfriend, he was still so close to Zhan Shang in the game, and after joining the guild, he made everyone uneasy.

What’s even more infuriating is that I don’t know what method this female poet used to make the extremely arrogant Yuan Qinglan speak for her!

This woman was not a good person from the beginning!

Then let her clean it up!

However, as soon as she finished speaking, a gust of cold wind blew down in front of her.

There were two thuds, and something seemed to fall to the ground.

The colorful bubbles lowered their heads, and their pupils suddenly opened!

“Ahhh my hand!!!”

In the dark and closed backstage, screams broke out again.

The previously charming female NPC was now licking her bloody gloves, and said with a ghostly smile: "Don't make noise, or I'll tear you off too~"

There were other players who had signed up in the background. At first, they all clamored to quit, until they saw the NPC transformed into a murderous demon, dismembering the male player on the spot, and then chopping off the hand of the female player in front of them. They were immediately scared to death and trembled like quails.

He's so scary!

Is this still a game!

This is hell on earth!!!

Hell? Well, that seems to be true. Before entering, the NPC at the door clearly told them with a smile that this is the world of hell and suggested that they be mentally prepared before entering. They thought it was just a scene, but who knew what he said was true!!!

Woohoo mom, they want to go home!

Once the entrance fee is paid, there is no going back.

Xia Yao understood the rules here, so she stopped making a fuss and obediently took off all her equipment and weapons as requested by the enchanting female NPC.

Then I got my own number - No. 18.

Since the challenger Zhan Shang is dead, all players' numbers automatically move forward one, which means she is now number 17.

The colorful bubbles blushed from crying.

Oh, actually, it’s hard to tell whether her face is red or not, because the light backstage is too dim. Xia Yao just guessed that the other party must have swollen from crying.

But what does it have to do with her?

The colored bubble was number 2, now it has become number 1.

She was forcibly stripped of her equipment by the NPC, and some potion was used on her hands to temporarily seal the wounds. Then she walked onto the stage trembling all over.

The ending was not surprising. The animal with her was a porcupine, which stabbed her to death in just a few strokes.

Her body was carried away by staff.

Xia Yao noticed that the colorful bubbles did not resurrect on the spot.

Because once resurrected, the corpse will automatically disappear.

Then more than ten players went up one after another. Each of them went up with shaking thighs, and was carried down lying down. Without exception, the bodies of all of them did not disappear.

Finally, it was No. 18's turn. Under the host's scarlet-eyed gaze, Xia Yao climbed the stairs step by step and walked into the simple arena surrounded by barbed wire that could discharge electricity.

The beast waiting for her was still the porcupine. Since it had always won and no player had defeated it, it stayed there until someone defeated it.

As the ring was completely closed, the porcupine howled and rushed towards Xia Yao!

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PS: This book is expected to be finished at around 350,000 words, and it is estimated to be finished at the end of this month or the beginning of next month~