37: Chapter 37 The Rules of the Arena of Gods Updated, Something's Wrong with This Woman!

"Has he left..."

A soft female voice sounded, and Hoshimi Sakura walked out of the guest room with a faint blush on her face.

Seeing her, Mishima hurriedly knelt on the ground. "Miss Hoshimi, he has left. I have conveyed your words to Furukawa, and I believe he will make the right choice... Oh, right, before leaving, he wanted to ask how many points you've accumulated, but I didn't tell him."

"Mhm."

Hoshimi Sakura nodded. Her fair, slender toes lifted slightly, and she used her big toe to nudge the chin of the kneeling Mishima. "Mishima... my toes are dirty, help me clean them."

"Yes!"

An expression of intense excitement and flush suddenly appeared on Mishima's face.

...

One week later!

[Gods Arena Patch 12.13 Rule Update Announcement!]

[1. Kassadin's skill values have been reduced! Stackable damage nerfed from 35/50/80 to: 30/45/70! Skill shield nerfed from 300/335/370 to: 260/285/310!]

[2. Gods Arena's 'Double' and 'Super Multiplier' now have usage limits. Changed from unconditional use to a daily limit of 1 use! Both share this single usage limit!]

[3. The item shop's 'match locking card' price has been increased from 5 points to 8 points.]

As soon as the announcement was released...

The global audience was in an uproar, and some countries that had been beaten half to death by Kassadin had tears in their eyes!

"Finally nerfed! Oh my god! Do you know how I've survived this past half month?! I even dream about Kassadin now!"

"I'm sick of it! Out of 8 players in a match, 7 were playing Kassadin, and the last one wasn't because they didn't want to, but because they were too unlucky to get him!"

"Strongly suggest nerfing Shen Mo. With the Dragon Country being so strong, how are we supposed to play?"

Kimchi Country: "Support the Gods Arena! Kassadin is a cancer on the arena. Strongly suggest nerfing Shen Mo. It's best to limit him to only one match a day, and give him an electric shock if he picks Kassadin!"

India: "We are so miserable..."

Eagle Country: "Shen Mo's era is finally over... Next, it's my turn to take the stage!"

USA: "He got nerfed into the ground! I feel like I can do it again!"

Kimchi Country: "The match card price is too low! Suggest raising it to 10 points each!"

Persia flips a table: "Suggest your ancestors!"

India: "We are so miserable..."

Kimchi Country: "Strongly suggest..."

India: "We are so miserable..."

Kimchi Country was furious: "Can you idiot shut up?! Strongly suggest that the Gods Arena disqualify India. This guy is just here to disgust people. Every time I speak, he plays the victim, seriously disrupting my train of thought!"

India: "We are so miserable..."

Kimchi Country: "...I f*cking @#￥@"

...

"It's only been a month, and this kid has already caused such a huge stir," Old Man Li said with a chuckle, holding his favorite tea mug, before spitting a tea leaf back into the mug with a 'ptui'.

"He's a young man, after all. The Dragon Country currently needs this kind of energetic atmosphere."

Zhang Zhiwei's old face wrinkled into a smile like a blooming chrysanthemum: "Old Li, haven't you noticed? The atmosphere in the Dragon Country has improved a lot lately. Before, everyone was in despair and filled with negativity, but since Shen Mo arrived, that sentiment has vanished."

"How are people online talking about Shen Mo? They call him Emperor Kasa! Hahaha... these young people."

"But our Emperor Kasa is about to fall~"

Another person entered the office. Fang Xu spoke with a smile: "Two Chiefs, Chief No. 1 is calling you both over. He says there's an important meeting to be held regarding this Gods Arena update."

Old Man Li set down his tea mug and asked in confusion, "A meeting at this hour? Shen Mo's match isn't over yet, is it?"

Fang Xu smiled awkwardly: "Chief No. 1 said that Shen Mo doesn't like attending these kinds of meetings. Once we're done, we can just let him know the outcome..."

Hearing this...

Old Man Li and Zhang Zhiwei exchanged a look.

Both saw the strangeness in each other's eyes... What kind of love potion did Shen Mo feed Chief No. 1 to make him look after a junior so much?

Zhang Zhiwei chuckled and shook his head.

"Alright, if he's not coming, so be it. Let's start the meeting!"

...

Meanwhile, on the Gods Arena.

The moment the news was announced, Shen Mo received the update simultaneously.

Karin said sympathetically, "Kassadin has been nerfed. The lineup you researched probably won't be usable anymore..."

"It doesn't matter."

Shen Mo shrugged indifferently. Kassadin's nerf was actually within his expectations. From what he had gathered over the past month, although the Gods Arena of this world was broken and incomplete...

...the deity standing above them did not seem to be a mere machine.

They were more like existences from a higher dimension. They could be communicated with, but most of the time, they adhered to the principle of absolute fairness.

Since that was the case...

...nerfing Kassadin was not something hard to understand.

After all, taking the early stage of S12 as an example, the Kassadin card was indeed too overpowered, severely affecting the balance of the game.

"Lineups are entering the arena," Karin reminded him.

"I know."

Shen Mo casually threw Fiora onto the arena and continued, "However, with the price of the 'match locking card' going up, there will probably be a limit on how many times I can carry you each day. At most once, otherwise the returns will drop straight to freezing point."

"It doesn't matter! One match is already very good!" Karin didn't mind at all, still feeling satisfied.

When Shen Mo carried her, under the effect of a Super Multiplier, a second-place finish would net her 32 national fortune points.

Subtracting the base cost of 8 points for the match card, Karin could still get 24 points, which was already a very high score.

"That's fine then."

Shen Mo breathed a sigh of relief. Carrying a girl was also very tiring, okay?

He was currently shouldering the responsibility of the Dragon Country and had been ordered by the top leader to carry a girl. Under the circumstances of multitasking, it would be a lie to say he wasn't mentally exhausted.

However, Karin had already been trained up by now. Most of the time, she didn't need much of his attention; he only needed to occasionally guide her on transition play, and she could basically secure a top-four finish.

Stage 5-5!

The timer bar ticked down to zero.

The match lineups refreshed.

Shen Mo casually glanced at his opponent's lineup and was suddenly stunned!

3-Star... Ryze!

The opponent actually had a 3-Star Ryze!

8 Portal... 3-Star Ryze! How did she pull that off?

Shen Mo's eyes narrowed slightly as he quickly scanned his bench. In the corner, a 1-Star Ryze was standing quietly!

Switching to Karin's perspective, similarly, a 1-Star Ryze was standing on her bench!

His memory couldn't be wrong!

There were only 10 copies of each 4-cost card in S12. With both he and Karin holding a Ryze, the opponent shouldn't have been able to complete a 3-Star Ryze at all... And there was no Hextech on the Gods Arena... Could it be buying Charms?

It was possible!

But this was already the second match!

Shen Mo's expression suddenly became somewhat serious. Something was not right!

In the previous match, he had run into this opponent. In the end, the opponent's 8 Portal 3-Star Ryze completely crushed him and Karin, leaving them with only second and third place.

Shen Mo had thought the other party was just lucky and didn't pay too much attention to it.

As for 8 Portal... Old Man Li had told him about the Second District, so Shen Mo understood that the opponent must have researched it. He wasn't too surprised that they could pull off such a lineup. Since it was now the mid-to-late stage of the competition, various powerful figures were indeed bound to emerge.

"But getting a 3-Star Ryze in two consecutive matches is a bit too suspicious!"

Having learned his lesson from the previous match, Shen Mo had instructed Karin to hold a Ryze this time to block the opponent.

Holding two Ryzes was precisely to prevent this situation, but... the opponent still got him to 3-Star!

"This woman... there's something strange about her!"

Shen Mo's gaze instantly turned dangerous!