As expected, according to system records: the population of Inferno City only just reached 100,000 at 6 AM this morning.
This proved that Lin Mo's decision not to stay up last night was wise.
Otherwise, he would've waited all night for nothing.
And the news of the Super God Arena opening made Lin Mo, who had just logged in, feel his blood start to boil.
The third job advancement quest he received three days ago still hadn't been completed.
His level had been stuck at 50 this whole time, unable to break through.
He also couldn't enter the Hall of Yama map to obtain the SS-grade magic scroll, Incubated Clone.
"After waiting three whole days, the day is finally here."
So without another word, Lin Mo and Ning Xi immediately headed to the Super God Arena located at the core area of Inferno City.
As expected, when the two arrived at the arena, it was already packed with people.
After all, in a second-tier main city, if you don't prioritize the arena to raise your rank, you'll find it hard to move forward.
So for players arriving at the second-tier main city, the very first thing they do is fight in the Super God Arena.
"Wow, there are so many people," Seeing so many real players, Ning Xi's little face was full of excitement.
That's right, excitement.
Because after spending three whole days alone with Lin Mo in Inferno City, she had almost thought no one else was playing this game except the two of them.
Lin Mo, on the other hand, said, "Just a hundred thousand people. This is nothing."
"The maximum capacity of a second-tier main city is ten million players. Wait a couple more days, then you'll really see a crowd."
At this moment, the arena was filled with shouting voices everywhere, giving off the feeling of a bustling marketplace.
Player A: "Looking for a girl to duo rank up! I've got a C-grade talent, former rank 985 assassin on the Dark City leaderboard of the Beast Race's level-three main city! You can check my record."
Player B: "Anyone got a fixed team to play full 5v5 matches daily? I've got healing talent plus Physician class, top-tier healer."
Player C: "Brothers and sisters, my ID is [I Don't Eat Cilantro], please go easy on me if we get matched together, okay? Thank you!"
Player D: "My dad's a factory owner! My family has millions in assets! If you match against me later, throw me a win, 200 yuan per match!"
Player E: "Any handsome guys want to carry me? We can even develop something offline!"
It was clear, in order to win matches and gain arena experience to rank up, players were pulling out all the stops.
After all, if your rank doesn't go up, you can't even complete your job advancement quest. Leaving the city becomes impossible, you can't go anywhere.
On the other hand, the higher your rank, the more resources you can access.
Everyone who had made it to the second-tier main city understood this.
At this moment, white lights kept flashing down among the crowd.
These were players completing matchmaking and being teleported by the system to virtual arenas.
At the same time, announcements echoed across the Super God Arena, stirring excitement—
[Ding~ Player War Flames has achieved three consecutive victories in solo competition, unstoppable!]
[Ding~ Players If We Cherish, If We Depend have achieved five consecutive victories in duo couple matches, unbeatable!]
[Ding~ Player War God Xing Tian's pet Blood-Drinking Bat has achieved ten consecutive victories in pet competition, unrivaled!]
There were indeed many strong players in the second-tier main city.
'Mingyue Xin and the Divine Nation Guild will be arriving in Inferno City soon.'
'I need to hurry and raise my rank to Bronze I, clear Hall of Yama as soon as possible, and get the Incubated Clone scroll.'
With that in mind, Lin Mo immediately took out a solo competition ticket from his bag and crushed it.
[Ding~ The system is matching an opponent based on your rank (Black Iron I). Please wait patiently!]
Not long after—
Whoosh!
A beam of white light descended, and Lin Mo disappeared from the crowd.
His vision shifted.
Lin Mo was teleported onto a 100×100 rectangular virtual arena.
[Ding~ Please note: Your opponent this time is Black Iron I Lv50 Second Job Thief · War Flames. The match will begin in 5 seconds. Please prepare!]
At the same time, a white light appeared on the opposite side of the arena.
A thin young man, his entire set of equipment glowing with purple light, appeared in sight.
Having just achieved three consecutive wins and relying on his top-tier purple gear, War Flames immediately felt full of confidence when he saw that his opponent was an archer who didn't even dare reveal the color of his equipment and looked completely unremarkable!
"Haha? Another archer?"
"I love this kind of fragile class with no mobility!"
"Haha! Looks like four wins in a row is guaranteed. Let's push for five and grab that streak reward."
As soon as War Flames finished speaking, a system prompt sounded in his ears—
[Ding~ Please note: Your opponent this time is Black Iron I Lv50 Second Job Soul Archer · Rulebound. The match will begin in 5 seconds. Please prepare!]
Buzz!
Hearing the opponent's ID, the smile on War Flames' face froze instantly.
His heartbeat sped up.
He panicked like crazy.
"Ru… Rulebound?"
"No way… this can't be that Rulebound who went viral last night and was used by the official Divine Oracle as promotion after getting ten thousand wins, right?"
"No, no! I must be remembering wrong! What are the odds? There are over a hundred thousand people in Inferno City, and I just happened to run into him?"
Just as War Flames was doubting himself, the 5-second countdown ended.
The match began.
Whoosh!
As a rogue, an advanced class of assassin, War Flames activated Shadow Sprint (greatly increases movement speed for a short time) and rushed toward Lin Mo with his dagger.
Unlike assassins, rogues don't have such high burst damage.
War Flames' plan was the same as in his previous three matches: get close to Lin Mo, unleash a poisoned combo, and slowly poison him to death, ending the fight easily.
However, before he could even get close.
The moment he entered the opponent's attack range, Lin Mo suddenly raised his bow and released an arrow in one smooth motion.
It was so fast that War Flames didn't even see when he made his move.
Pfft!
The temperature of the entire battlefield dropped to freezing.
A frost-covered arrow pierced straight through War Flames' body with perfect accuracy.
SSS-grade Ice · Extreme Frost Grip!
-98358 (Critical)!
[Ding~ You have been attacked by player Rulebound and lost 98,358 HP. You have died!]
[Ding~ This solo competition match is lost. Arena EXP -1!]
"Holy crap!"
"It really is him!"
With a shocked shout, War Flames turned into white light and disappeared from the arena.
[Announcement: "Ding~ Player Rulebound has ended player War Flames' three-win streak!"]
As soon as this announcement came out, the entire Super God Arena, with its hundreds of thousands of players currently competing, instantly erupted into an uproar.
"Holy crap! Boss Rulebound is here!"
"He ended a three-win streak the moment he showed up? As expected of a boss, that's insane."
"That's a guy with ten thousand consecutive wins! How could some clown with just three wins dare act up in front of him?"
"Damn, ten thousand wins! I couldn't even kill ten thousand ants if you made me! What kind of monster is this guy?"
"Crap! I'll trade my bro's ten years of singlehood, just don't let me get matched against Rulebound."
At the same time, on Lin Mo's side, after finishing the match, he received a system prompt:
[Ding~ Congratulations! You defeated your opponent and won this solo competition match. Rewards: Arena EXP +2, Arena Points +1!]
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