72: Chapter 72 Setting Up a Challenge

"You want me to help you clear out your opponents?" Chen Moxuan raised an eyebrow slightly, his gaze shifting toward Ding Run.

The Custom Ring, a special item originating from the Secret Realm, revealed its effects to anyone within the Secret Realm who gazed upon it.

After reading the description of the ring's effects, Chen Moxuan instantly grasped Ding Run's intentions.

Ding Run gave a noncommittal chuckle:

"This thing is completely useless to me, but given your strength, Big Brother, it is undoubtedly an excellent Sharp Weapon for quickly raising your ranking right now."

This item was a double-edged sword.

If the user won the challenge, they could claim all of the opponent's points, but if they lost, their own points would be reset to zero, losing everything.

Previously, Ding Run's ranking in the Secret Realm was 190th, but now it had reached 188th.

Of the trio Chen Moxuan had previously eliminated, two of them had lost one-tenth of their points, causing Ding Run's ranking to rise by two places.

It was precisely because of this that Ding Run had come up with this idea.

At this time, the competition for the top 100 in the Secret Realm was mainly concentrated in the Strange Beast Forest area in the center.

According to Ding Run's assessment, there were likely many people ranked between 100 and 200 still here at Luanshi Slope.

These people knew they couldn't compete with those Prodigies in the Strange Beast Forest, so they were all hoping to fish in troubled waters here at Luanshi Slope to increase their points.

Ding Run had previously witnessed Chen Moxuan kill three Tiangang Realm First Stage Martial Artists in a single move.

This terrifying strength made him firmly believe that in the area around Luanshi Slope, Chen Moxuan would be nearly invincible.

As long as Chen Moxuan could take all of these people's points, Ding Run's ranking would naturally rise as well.

Chen Moxuan pondered for a moment before taking the miniature ring from Ding Run's hand.

"Big Brother, you need to put some thought into setting these rules." Ding Run said with a solemn expression, quickly reminding him,

"There is an unwritten rule in this Secret Realm: items brought in from the outside world that can restore True Qi cannot be used at all. If you want to rely on items to restore True Qi, only items obtained within the Secret Realm will work."

"The detailed rules of the Secret Realm don't mention this at all; you only realize it when you try to take medicine like Qi-Restoring Pills and find it has no effect."

"In this Secret Realm, no matter how strong your strength is, you cannot ignore the issue of maintaining your True Qi."

"So try to set the rules to be as favorable to yourself as possible; otherwise, even if you defeat your opponent, if your True Qi is running low, you risk being besieged by everyone after dismantling the ring."

However, if the rules were too biased toward the ring master, challengers wouldn't be fools and certainly wouldn't easily step up to challenge.

Therefore, when drafting the rules, one had to cleverly hide the parts that were favorable to the ring master, while carefully preparing bait to let the challengers willingly take the hook.

"What level of cultivation did those three people just now have in this Secret Realm?" Chen Moxuan asked.

"Those three had just entered the Tiangang Realm; they should be considered mid-to-lower tier in this Secret Realm..." Ding Run replied, a hint of embarrassment flashing across his face.

He felt quite ashamed to say this, as his own cultivation was not even as good as those three.

The reason he had his current ranking was, firstly, good luck—he had hunted a few Strange Beasts on the first day—and secondly, he had encountered some pre-set Opportunities in the Secret Realm.

Like this Custom Ring, which he had obtained during one of those Opportunities.

"That will do." Chen Moxuan smiled slightly.

If the Tiangang Realm was only considered mid-to-lower tier in this Secret Realm, then his own cultivation at the Qi Refining Realm Ninth Stage would undoubtedly be like a piece of fat waiting to be slaughtered in everyone's eyes.

As he pondered, he already had an idea of what rules to set for this ring.

He looked around and soon found a relatively flat open space.

Immediately, he waved his hand gently, and the small miniature ring in his hand flew out like an arrow from a bow, landing steadily in the center of the open space.

The miniature ring expanded rapidly, turning into a giant ring covering more than 100 square meters in the blink of an eye.

Around the ring, a circle of stone bricks arranged in steps formed a natural spectator stand.

Thanks to the special influence of the Secret Realm's rules, the originally uneven ground around the ring was automatically smoothed out, becoming flat and solid.

[Custom Ring has been generated]

[Initial rules cannot be changed]

[Initial rules are as follows: 1. The winner will obtain all points from the defeated party. 2. Falling outside the area of the ring is judged as a loss.]

[Please set additional rules for the ring. After the rules are set, the information regarding the ring and the rules of the ring will be announced in real-time to everyone in the Luanshi Slope area.]

These messages suddenly appeared before Chen Moxuan's eyes. After a moment of contemplation, he silently added the rules he had already thought of.

...

Somewhere in Luanshi Slope, the surrounding rocks were devastated, as if they had experienced a great battle.

On the ground lay two bloodied figures, their faces full of unwillingness, their bodies slowly turning into particles and dissipating.

The only one still standing was a young man named Wang Jianshan.

He let out a deep breath, his eyes like two cold stars, emitting a chilly light.

Wang Jianshan moved his lips slightly and muttered to himself: "That makes ten."

"There's no need to stay in this place any longer."

By relying on the one-tenth of the total points he had taken from these ten people, plus the points he had painstakingly accumulated before, his ranking in the Secret Realm had climbed to 103rd.

As long as he left Luanshi Slope and went to settle the accumulated kill count in his hand, let alone making it into the top 100, perhaps even breaking into the top 50 wouldn't be a difficult task.

He meditated in his heart, called up the Secret Realm map, and after roughly confirming the direction, he lifted his foot to leave.

A notification message originating from the Secret Realm suddenly appeared before his eyes without warning.

[Chen Moxuan has used the Custom Ring and is waiting for challengers. The location has been announced on the Secret Realm map of Luanshi Slope.]

[The ring rules are as follows:]

[1. The winner will obtain all points from the defeated party.]

[2. Falling outside the area of the ring is judged as a loss.]

[3. The ring master is only allowed to use Qi Refining Realm Ninth Stage cultivation to face the challenge.]

[4. With the mutual consent of the ring master and the challenger, temporary rules applicable only to that match can be added.]

[5. The challenger has the right to choose the type of Martial Skill to use, and the ring master must use the same type of Martial Skill to counter.]

[6. On the ring, there is no distinction between high and low; only life and death are decided.]

[7. This is not a rule; I just want to say that since the rules are so biased in your favor, can you cowards hurry up and come get yourselves killed?]

The moment he saw these messages, Wang Jianshan's footsteps, which had already taken a step forward, froze in place.

Thick veins, like angry earthworms, bulged violently from his temples.

Extremely arrogant!

He didn't expect there to be such an ignorant and arrogant fellow at Luanshi Slope.

He changed his mind; before leaving, he had to add one more to his kill count.