Without further ado, since Fang Zheng had learned from Argo that there was a member with sufficient strength, he immediately stood up and asked Argo to take him to find the other party.

“This person is easier to find.”

Argo said as he led Fang Zheng towards the Town of Origin.

"Not only is he very strong, but his level is also very high. To be honest, many guilds have tried to recruit him. But the requirements are also very strict. The other party requires that you must defeat them in a duel before you can join."

"Oh? It's a high level? How high?"

"It's slightly lower than you, level nineteen."

"nineteen……"

Hearing Argo's answer, Fang Zheng was stunned for a moment, then frowned. In Fang Zheng's opinion, this leveling speed was somewhat unexpected. Although most of the girls led by Fang Zheng had reached this level, they did so mainly through almost non-stop leveling.

However, according to Argo, this person would take three hours every day to duel in the central square, which meant that he was not a hardcore maniac who leveled up by killing monsters. In this case, he was still able to reach level 19. If it was not a system bug, then there was only one possibility.

Fight monsters above your level.

Really interesting.

Fang Zheng could also simply kill monsters of higher levels, but he didn't intend to do so, because it was meaningless to just raise his own level. Moreover, the highest level of the first layer was limited to level 25. In fact, by now, Fang Zheng had gained less and less experience, and the benefits of killing monsters in the wild were basically zero.

If it was just a simple fight against monsters of higher levels, Fang Zheng would still suspect whether the other party was seeking death - just like Asuna before, who looked powerful and fierce, but in fact had given up everything, just like a flame trying to keep burning until it was completely burned out.

But the opponent not only fought monsters of higher levels, but also started a duel challenge in the central square, which was quite interesting. This showed that this person was not simply seeking death, but had a clear purpose.

As they were talking, the two had already arrived at the central square. Looking around, they could see groups of people gathered everywhere. From time to time, they could hear the flashing of swords, the sounds of skills being activated, and the cheers of the audience. It was obvious that many people were dueling here.

"It looks like things are going well."

Looking at the scene in front of him, Fang Zheng nodded in satisfaction. He had carefully studied the duel procedure. After starting a duel in the safe area, both parties could fight each other. The person whose HP dropped to 1 first would be defeated and the duel would end. After the duel, the HP would be restored to full, so there was no need to worry about someone actually dying in the duel.

Fang Zheng also once wrote in the "Survival Manual" that if you want to practice your skills, you can train and familiarize yourself with your combat skills and style through duels. Now it seems that many players are doing this.

But whether that player was one of them... Fang Zheng didn't know.

"Ah, it's over there."

Argo glanced at the square, then pointed to a certain place. Fang Zheng looked in the direction of Argo's finger and saw a group of people gathered there, cheering and cheering from time to time. And the number of people gathered there was much larger than in other places.

"Many guilds want to gain her help, so every day you can see many guild leaders and the like coming here to challenge her, but so far no one has succeeded."

As he spoke, Argo patted Fang Zheng's shoulder.

"I hope you can succeed."

Hearing Argo's encouragement, Fang Zheng shrugged his shoulders and walked into the crowd. When he arrived in the middle of the crowd, the duel here had just ended.

“I lost.”

A black-haired girl wearing a black light swordsman's uniform and holding a sharp blade in her hand stood there. She stood there, looking at the sword in her hand, then smiled bitterly and shook her head.

"I never thought you were even more powerful than the rumors said."

"Hahaha, don't say that. Actually, you are already very impressive, big sister."

Hearing the black-haired girl's words, a girl with long purple hair standing opposite her said with a smile, while making a V-sign of victory.

"But I'm still stronger!"

"yes……"

In response to the purple-haired girl's words, the black-haired girl nodded.

"But I won't give up. I will challenge again next time."

"I'm at your service anytime, big sister!"

The purple-haired girl waved to the black-haired girl, who smiled and left the battlefield. Seeing this scene, the surrounding onlookers immediately started talking about it.

"Even Her Royal Highness the Princess is no match for her..."

"No way, she won't even go to a big guild like Dark Nebula?"

"This is really troublesome. Who else can beat her?"

"Hey, do you want to go up and try it?"

"You must be joking. I don't have the ability to do that. How about you go up there? Didn't you tell me before that participation is the most important thing?"

"That being said, it's really embarrassing to be defeated..."

It's no wonder that the onlookers around are so embarrassed. After all, judging from her appearance, this girl is only twelve or thirteen years old, but she has defeated so many top players in a row and her strength is so strong. If she goes up to fight and loses in front of everyone, she will most likely be embarrassed. Even if she wins... there doesn't seem to be any benefit.

"Anyone else want to try it?"

The girl's voice was tender and cute, and sounded innocent. However, after the previous duel, the others didn't seem to intend to come forward and suffer.

But this does not mean that Fang Zheng will do the same.

"I want to give it a try."

As he spoke, Fang Zheng strode in. Seeing him appear, the purple-haired girl was stunned for a moment, then looked at Fang Zheng in front of her curiously.

"Big brother, you want to challenge me?"

"That's right."

"Are you also the president of a guild or something?"

"That's about right."

Fang Zheng spread his hands and shrugged.

"In fact, I was planning to form a guild, but I just don't have enough people. I'm now looking for companions with enough strength. I heard about your story, so I decided to give it a try. What do you think? Are you willing to accept this invitation?"

"certainly."

Faced with Fang Zheng's answer, the purple-haired girl showed a trace of surprise, but soon she smiled happily and raised the sword in her hand.

"I've already said that as long as Big Brother can beat me, then I will join."

"very good."

Fang Zheng nodded, then took out the big sword from behind.

"Well, let's get started."

"...Great sword..."

Looking at the big sword in Fang Zheng's hand, the purple-haired girl was stunned for a moment, then smiled excitedly.

"It's really interesting, big brother. This is the first time I've met an opponent with a big sword. I hope you won't let me down!"

As she spoke, the purple-haired girl opened the system and skillfully sent out an invitation.

Soon, a system prompt appeared in front of Fang Zheng.

[Yuki invites you to a duel]

Yuuki... is that the child's name?

Looking at the prompt in front of him, Fang Zheng reached out and clicked the confirmation button. Then, a countdown appeared in front of him.

【5, 4, 3, 2, 1……】

【The duel begins! 】