7 PM.
The northern part of Starlight City, the Duel Arena, was bustling with people.
Regardless of whether they were level 30 or level 50;
Regardless of age or gender;
Regardless of whether they came from Maritime, Linhai, or Cloud State;
Countless pyers were eagerly participating in competitive matches to earn points, improve their rank, and climb the professional dder!
Because reaching the top 1,000 in the rankings came with a badge.
And this badge was not just a status symbol.
For professional pyers, its value was equivalent to a professional qualification certificate!
Many teams and studios in the market offered additional sary bonuses to members with a badge.
A normal sary might be five thousand, but if you had a city badge ranked 900+, you could earn an extra thousand a month!
City rank 800+, that's 1,200!
City rank 700+, 1,400!
And so on.
Undoubtedly, provincial and national badges were even more valuable!
Thus, the enthusiasm among participating pyers was high.
"I won seventeen matches today, been pying for a month, finally made it into the top 3,000 of the Yunzou City warrior rankings! Haha, awesome! Just a bit more effort and I'll have a city badge soon!"
"Damn it, what bad luck! I lost 29 matches in a row today, what the hell!"
"Rookies, I've got a five-win streak! Come at me!"
At this moment, a powerful presence entered the Duel Arena, causing countless pyers to shiver with excitement!
Don't panic.
It was just Lu Ming!
He originally pnned to deal with the ghost general first, then slowly grind the Arena.
But since Li Wan-ning happened to need this, Lu Ming took the opportunity to prioritize the Arena.
He could also earn some points and exchange them for attributes, increasing his chances against the ghost general.
At the Arena Master Hern's pce, he registered for the competition and collected the energy needed to participate.
[Ding~ You have registered for the competition. Congratutions on receiving 30 energy points. Good luck in your match!]
Lu Ming opened the Arena panel to take a look.
[ID: Nether] (Level 36, Fourth Transition Trickster)
[Rank: Bck Iron Stage 1 (0/100)]
[Ranking: 52,585th Trickster in Linhai City]
[Points: 0]
[Match History: 0 wins, 0 losses]
[Win Rate: 0%]
...
"Seems like there really aren't many people pying Trickster!"
Lu Ming murmured, "With a total popution of over 9 million in Linhai City, and 61% being Sky Abyss pyers, it means out of 5.5 million pyers, only 1% chose the Trickster profession..."
But the fewer the people, the less competition in this track.
For Lu Ming, that's a good thing!
So, without further ado, while Lin Youwei and Li Wan-ning were still registering, Lu Ming directly entered match mode.
[Ding~ Your first match has begun. Based on your rank, position, and level, you are being matched with Bck Iron rank pyers from Linhai City, levels 30-39. Match expected to succeed in ten seconds!]
[Ding~ Match successful. This match will consume 1 energy point. Your opponent is "Wild Emperor" (Level 38, Fourth Transition Archer, Bck Iron Stage 2). The match is about to begin, please prepare!]
With the system prompt, Lu Ming and a male archer pyer in dark chain armor appeared at opposite ends of a virtual arena.
Simultaneously, a puppet appeared in front of Lu Ming.
Due to the special nature of the Trickster profession, which cks any damage skills, Trickster pyers are equipped with a puppet of the same level and banced attributes by the system during matches.
The puppet accepts the Trickster's formations and fights in their stead.
Seeing that his opponent was not only 2 levels lower but also a support css Trickster, Wild Emperor couldn't help but ugh.
"Haha! Free points!"
"Fing hell! After losing 29 matches today, the system finally lets me win one!!"
As he spoke, Wild Emperor looked at Lu Ming across the arena with a mocking grin, "Brother, safe travels!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the countdown hit zero.
[Ding~ Match start, countdown 60s!]
With the system prompt, before Wild Emperor could draw his bow.
Swish!
In the instant Lu Ming drew his sword, a sword shadow pierced through Wild Emperor's body.
-1,181,036!
[Ding~ Match over, pyer "Nether" wins!]
From start to finish, the match sted less than a second.
Lu Ming's puppet didn't even have a chance to act.
Hearing this prompt, Wild Emperor was dumbfounded.
Before he could react, he was already transported back to the Duel Arena.
"What the hell..."
"What just happened?"
"How did I lose?!"
On the other side.
[Ding~ Congratutions, you have earned 1 point! Duel experience +1 (can be used to improve rank, no points awarded for losing, and 1 duel experience will be deducted)]
When Lu Ming returned to the Duel Arena, Li Wan-ning and Lin Youwei had just finished registering.
Turning around to see Lu Ming, Li Wan-ning was startled.
"Oh my..."
"Weren't you in a match?"
"It's over." As he spoke, Lu Ming clicked to start the second match.
The next second, the match was successful, and Lu Ming disappeared again.
Li Wan-ning was completely stunned.
[Ding~ Match successful. This match will consume 1 energy point. Your opponent is "Xiao Wu" (Level 35, Fourth Transition Mage, Bck Iron Stage 1). The match is about to begin, please prepare!]
This time, the opponent was a young girl.
Compared to Wild Emperor, Xiao Wu was clearly more cautious.
"Big brother, can you let me win?"
Facing Xiao Wu's coquettish plea, Lu Ming remained expressionless, "No."
As soon as he finished speaking, the system countdown ended.
Swish!
-1,181,036!
[Ding~ Match over, pyer "Nether" wins!]
[Ding~ Congratutions, you have earned 1 point! Duel experience +1!]
[Ding~ Matching opponent...]
...
[Ding~ Match over, pyer "Nether" wins!]
[Ding~ Match over, pyer "Nether" wins!]
[Ding~ Match over, pyer "Nether" wins!]
...
With his Sword Draw, Lu Ming dominated the Arena, unmatched!
Every pyer matched with Lu Ming was left questioning their existence.
System reward prompts echoed continuously.
[Ding~ Congratutions, you have earned 1 point! Duel experience +1!]
[Ding~ Congratutions, you have earned 1 point! Duel experience +1!]
[Ding~ Congratutions, you have achieved 5 consecutive wins today, earning an additional 3 points!]
[Ding~ Congratutions, you have achieved 10 consecutive wins today, earning an additional 5 points and duel experience!]
[Ding~ Congratutions, you have achieved 20 consecutive wins today, earning an additional 7 points and duel experience!]
[Ding~ Congratutions, you have achieved 30 consecutive wins today, earning an additional 10 points and duel experience!]
Thirty consecutive wins, effortlessly!
At this moment, Li Wan-ning was utterly shocked.
Looking at Lu Ming, Li Wan-ning's eyes were filled with complexity, shock, joy, admiration, and awe!
"My god! You... thirty consecutive wins?"
"That's incredible!!!"
Seeing Li Wan-ning awed by his strength, Lu Ming knew it was time to implement his next pn!
So, he decided to use Li Wan-ning's own tactics, feigning worry, "Sigh! Unfortunately, each pyer only gets 30 energy points a day. If I had more energy, more matches, I could earn more points and get the city badge faster, for your sake."
Li Wan-ning took the bait, "No worries! I'll buy you energy potions!"
Pyers can receive 30 energy points for free daily.
Additionally, they can restore energy by purchasing energy potions.
But from the Arena Master, each energy potion costs 1 gold coin, equivalent to twenty thousand yuan per bottle!
Ordinary pyers can't afford it.
Even wealthy pyers have to consider their purchases carefully.
Li Wan-ning, however, didn't hesitate, instructing her Glorious bodyguard to buy 100 energy potions from Arena Master Hern!
The daily limit for using energy potions is 100 bottles.
A total of 100 gold coins, worth two million yuan!
Li Wan-ning handed the potions to Lu Ming without batting an eye, smiling brightly, "Nether brother, go for it, I believe in you!"
If Lu Ming had to buy the energy potions himself, even with his current financial situation, he wouldn't have been willing.
But with two million essentially gifted to him, Lu Ming accepted without hesitation!
He downed all 100 energy potions in one go, boosting his energy to 100 points!
With the energy replenished from Li Wan-ning, Lu Ming continued to battle.
And Lu Ming's subsequent performance left Li Wan-ning unable to contain her excitement...
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