The rules of the ninth arena are completely different from the previous ones. From the venue and set design to the number of opponents, everything needs to be determined by drawing lots.
Fight three matches, lose one, and you'll be demoted one level. For example, if you lose two out of three matches, the seventh floor will welcome you back and arrange at least ten consecutive matches for the demoted fighter. If you continue to lose, you'll drop down level by level, and the number of matches required will increase.
If you're unlucky and lose all three matches on the ninth floor, but manage to survive, you'll be sent directly to the even more brutal survival challenge zone.
It is said that the environment in the survival challenge zone is extremely harsh, with no rules, where humans eat beasts and beasts eat humans, and all wildness and cruelty are brought out in the face of survival.
Only fighters who can survive in the survival challenge zone for a month can escape their predicament, return to the first level, and participate in a hundred matches. Those who win all the matches can continue to climb higher.
Often, no one or monster can survive the survival challenge zone. Even those who are lucky enough to be severely injured and relegated to the first level will be powerless to fight back in the intense battles due to their severe injuries.
Like the man Cheng Shuang encountered on the first floor who attempted suicide, he and his teammates never even reached the ninth floor. Because of the "die or die" warning, they specifically brought a girl with healing skills, commonly known as a healer. As a result, the three of them split up during the first five floors, and the girl lacked combat power. She barely managed to get through by herself, but unfortunately, in the group battle on the fifth floor, she encountered thirty enemies at once and was seriously injured again. However, she had used up all her healing skills to protect her companions, and when it was her turn, the skills were on cooldown.
Her companions didn't have time to get away and feed her the white pills before the girl died with her eyes wide open at dawn.
Not every rest stop offers the opportunity to obtain martial arts and unlock martial skills, nor can all secret manuals be used as attributes to directly integrate with oneself and increase martial power.
Like Liao Yuewei, who naturally possesses intermediate-level martial arts skills, but she is a virgin, and the secret manuals are more of an inheritance passed down from her ancestors, passed down orally to her generation.
She tried to write down her martial arts routines from memory, so that the convenience store staff could see and learn them, but they couldn't use the points to increase their martial arts level. Her family's martial arts could only make up for some of the staff's skill deficiencies.
It must be said that the Nine-Story Building is indeed very suitable for Liao Yuewei and Du Lanshan, who possess considerable martial arts skills and abilities, including Xiong Baobao's immense strength, plus Cheng Shuang, a little girl with innate healing abilities. If they still suffer a crushing defeat, it would be a waste of their abilities.
Moreover, the fact that the three of them were able to reach the ninth floor so quickly was due to the unspoken, albeit small, help from the staff on floors one through eight.
If you can't do other things, you can still cleverly arrange weaker opponents after the fifth level.
This wasn't an abuse of power by the staff. Even though they might have a soft spot for children, it didn't mean they had the ability to pull strings. They chose to report up the chain of command, allowing the lord, who had gradually lost interest in the arena below the fifth floor, to 'accidentally' learn that a seemingly weak human child had successfully passed the first and second floors and even skipped to the fifth.
The men's interest was piqued, and one by one they left messages, eagerly anticipating the young girl's entry into the ninth floor so they could witness her spectacular performance in the arena.
Therefore, the mindless beasts they deployed were acting entirely on orders.
Even though the ninth floor is also fraught with danger, at least the first eight floors are not so difficult that the young girl would run out of supplies.
Cheng Shuang naturally had no idea that the truth would be like this, nor would she have had the opportunity to verify it.
She didn't even have time to think deeply about what would happen below the eighth floor before the first battle had already begun.
The receptionist came specifically to inform them of the draw for the competition venue and environment.
Du Lanshan solemnly washed his hands. Despite his rough appearance, he was the second luckiest player in the game, after Du Jun.
The scene he drew was in the wilderness, in an abandoned house, and the number of enemies was ten (?).
As for why there was a question mark at the end, the receptionist refused to explain further, and led them through the gate leading to the wilderness with a forced smile.
The door opened, and all that was visible was darkness.
As the three stepped inside, their vision suddenly brightened.
The dome, which was as high as the sky, was so bright that it hurt the eyes. Cheng Shuang subconsciously put on her sunglasses and took a look. In just one glance, her eyes sparkled.
She didn't say anything, but lowered her head and handed the sunglasses to Liao Yuewei.
Liao Yuewei put it on, looked up at the sky, and her beautiful, fair face immediately became solemn.
Upon seeing this, Du Lanshan naturally knew that they had seen something strange. Just as he was about to ask, the receptionist's urging voice rang out, "Please do not linger at the door. Friendly reminder: the shorter the duel, the more likely you are to be favored by the master."
The three exchanged a glance and walked forward. As the sound of the gate closing behind them rang out, the scene in front of them became clearer.
A dilapidated Chinese-style abandoned house appeared directly ahead of the road. The house was surrounded by weeds and dead trees. The trees were so dense that they blocked all retreat, leaving no way out but to stride forward.
The seemingly long and narrow forest alley is actually quite short. After only a few steps, you reach the gate of the abandoned house. The bamboo fence outside the house has collapsed, and the gate is half open. The occasional cawing of crows adds to the desolation of the entire house.
As Du Lanshan reached out to push the door, the rickety door collapsed. He braced his arms against the doorframe, gently leaning to the side to avoid making a sound and alerting any enemies who might be hiding inside the abandoned house.
Upon entering the courtyard, the first thing you see is a dry well. The bottom of the well is not yet completely dry and has a damp, muddy, fishy smell. There are no buckets for drawing water next to the well.
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