Chapter 21: The Extreme Challenge Arena

  The Yu Shui Castle Extreme Challenge Arena is located near the huge central square of Yu Shui Castle. This arena has three levels: upper, middle and lower, exceptionally grand. The black building gives people an inexplicable sense of heaviness. Just standing in front of this massive building, one can feel a sense of oppression rising from the bottom of their heart.

  There were many cultivators coming in and out of the arena, of course, these cultivators were not here to challenge the champion, but to bet on the outcome. For every public challenge, cultivators could place bets, according to the odds, and pay out themselves. As for winning or losing, it all depended on one's own judgment.

  When Xia Yan arrived at the venue, the sun had just reached the top of the trees, and there were not many people inside. The Extreme Challenge venue is usually most lively around dusk every day.

  Upon entering the venue, the first thing that caught my eye was a spacious large hall. Inside the hall, there were ten counters in total. Behind each counter stood two or three tall and slender women with faces as beautiful as peaches. These women were the personnel responsible for supervising each challenge at the Extreme Challenge venue.

  And after the ten counters, there was a completely transparent luxurious room. Xia Yan glanced at it slightly and walked straight into this room. Although the outer hall was bustling with people coming and going, the area around this room seemed unusually quiet.

  In the room sat a woman of about twenty years old, dressed in black formal attire. When Xia Yan entered, her slender fingers were fiddling with a red doll in her hand.

  "This woman is too seductive!" As soon as Xia Yan saw this woman, he had such a feeling. This woman looked like a fairy and didn't seem to be human at all.

  A simple gesture can have a powerful lethal effect on men. A soft waist slightly twisted, and countless charms are born. Compared to the rare beauty like Xia Zixin, the woman in front of her is basically nothing. Of course, if it's a few more years, when Xia Zixin is fully matured, it's not impossible to compare.

  "Welcome to the Extreme Challenge Arena! I'm Yafen, sir, are you here to sign up for the extreme challenge?" The woman's eyes widened slightly as she saw Xia Yan, then quickly returned to normal and smiled.

  The voice is sweet beyond description!

  Xia Yan nodded and said: "I came here for the first time, I don't understand the rules very well."

  Xia Yan's face was covered with a gray mask, he didn't want to be recognized in this place. If he hadn't worn the mask, Xia Yan could be certain that within a day, news of his challenge to the arena master at the Extreme Challenge Arena would spread throughout Yushui City.

  "Hehe, don't worry at all, I can explain the rules of our challenge in detail. The arena for our extreme challenge is divided into three levels, and you must start from the primary level. The primary level has ten arenas, numbered one to ten, and you can choose any one of them to challenge. Once you've decided, we'll arrange a time for your challenge." Yafen chuckled and stood up from her seat, walking elegantly to Xiaoyan's side.

  Xia Yan smelled a fragrance that intoxicated her heart and spleen!

  "When you successfully challenge, you become the master of the arena! The master needs to defend the arena and can choose to accept one to five challenges within a day. Successfully defending the first match, the master can get a reward of ten gold coins. If two consecutive defenses are successful, the master can get twenty gold coins. Three consecutive defenses will give the master forty gold coins. Four matches will yield eighty gold coins, with the highest being five matches for one hundred and sixty gold coins. After winning five matches, the master can choose to challenge the intermediate arena or start a new challenge in the primary arena. Of course, the master can also choose to give up at any time."

  "What the master needs to know is that before the challenge, you must sign a life-and-death agreement with us. That is, if you are accidentally injured or killed by your opponent during the challenge, our arena will not take any responsibility. Also, if you win the first round of the challenge but lose the second round, you will not receive any reward."

  Yafen said slowly, her eyes occasionally drifting over the mask on Xia Yan's face, as if trying to see what he really looked like. In this gathering, it was rare for someone to wear a mask. So when Yafen first saw Xia Yan, she couldn't help but be taken aback.

  These words not only didn't have any murderous intent, but instead would make people's imagination run wild. This woman named Yafen was too enchanting.

  "I understand!" Xia Yan remained unmoved, saying succinctly, "Now can you help me arrange the challenge?"

  Yafen was slightly startled, she didn't expect this masked guy to be so decisive in challenging. In a challenge, there is a great possibility of losing one's life, and people who come to challenge the champion usually think thrice before doing so.

  Moreover, judging from his voice, this guy wearing a mask should be quite young.

  A faint look of surprise flashed across her face, and Yafen smiled sweetly: "Of course, may I ask what your name is, sir?"

  Xia Yan furrowed her brow, hesitated for a moment, what name should I use? Obviously, she couldn't tell her that her name was Xia Yan, so what name should she use?

  It seemed as if Yafen had seen through Xia Yan's thoughts, and she tucked a strand of her jet-black hair behind her ear, smiling: "Hehe, sir can use an alias, many challengers in our arena use aliases."

  "Then I'll call myself Ling Luo!"

  "Ling Luo?" Yafen smiled slyly, "Alright, in that case, you can now sign the agreement with us!"

  As she spoke, Yafen picked up a piece of paper from the purple table and handed it to Xia Yan. Xia Yan took it and looked at it, and the content was that in the challenge, life and death were determined by heaven, and the consequences were borne by oneself, with no responsibility to the Extreme Challenge Arena.

  Xia Yan picked up his pen and wrote two words "Ling Luo" with a few quick strokes.

  He came here to challenge the arena, in order to earn gold coins. Currently, Xia Yan is eager to get enough gold coins to buy medicine, so he naturally hopes to start the challenge as soon as possible. So everything was simplified, after understanding the rules, he didn't ask anything else.

  Yafen's efficiency was also very fast, after Xia Yan signed his name, she called two people from outside, whispered a few words, and the two nodded in response, glanced at Xia Yan, and quickly left.

  Yafen once again looked at Xia Yan with a smile on her face, but in her heart, she was thinking about what kind of expression was hidden beneath this mask. Yafen could feel that when Xia Yan saw her just now, he almost didn't show any loss of composure. Although she couldn't see Xia Yan's facial expression, from his body posture, it was clear.

  Yafen has been in the Extreme Challenge arena for many years, having seen countless people, and naturally can observe some subtle changes. Almost all men who come to the Extreme Challenge arena will have a brief loss of consciousness when they first see her. But this person didn't!

  Moreover, this person is obviously a first-timer at the Extreme Challenge Arena, yet he's so quick to prepare for a challenge against the champion. I wonder if he can succeed in the challenge? Maybe he's just a desperate soul...

  Xia Yan stood still, unaware of what Yafen was thinking in her heart. His gaze remained fixed on the outside hall. The scene outside could be clearly seen from inside the room.

  "Ling Luo, so which number challenger will you choose?" Yafen Mi asked with a smile in her eyes.

  Xia Yan's eyebrows furrowed slightly under his mask, and he hesitated for a moment before saying, "Let's challenge number one!"

  "No. 1 Challenger, haha, this No. 1 Challenger has already won four consecutive matches, with very strong strength, and his martial skills have been unleashed to the power of 40 degrees in the four challenges! Mr. Ling Luo, do you need to understand his information? And also the information of each challenger who challenged him."

  The power of a martial skill is measured in degrees, and being able to exert forty degrees of martial power, this arena master's strength is indeed not bad.

  Challengers have the right to know the information of the host. Of course, the information provided by the challenge venue is also very limited. For example, for someone like Xia Yan, the challenge venue doesn't even understand Xia Yan's information, let alone his strengths and weaknesses. Only after the challenge can it be roughly analyzed by some professional personnel hired within the venue.