4: Chapter 004 The dilapidated Arena of Gods, contestants from various countries with no visible bonds!

A Staff appeared!

But... "What the hell is this!" Shen Mo's eyes widened. On the far right of the purchase shop, a Staff with a blood-red background had appeared, but the original description page for the Staff was... completely blank!

Shen Mo was stunned!

What does this mean?

No description for the Staff? Does this thing rely entirely on guessing?

This is the ultimate gambling move, right!

Fortunately, this crappy Gods Arena wasn't too excessive; at least it marked the purchase price of the Staff... 0 gold coins. That's finally somewhat useful... yeah, right! Dammit! This Staff is basically 0 gold coins in the early game anyway!

Shen Mo nearly spat out a mouthful of blood.

Confirmed.

This Gods Arena is definitely messed up!

...

In the livestream chat.

Many netizens had already noticed Shen Mo's unusual behavior and were scratching their heads, guessing.

"Huh, Shen Mo seems to have been staring at the Staff for a long time. Does he want to buy it? What kind of tactic is this?"

"Tactic my ass! I think he's just stupid. People have already bought the Staff and tried it; it's useless."

"Some Staffs give one gold coin, some give a free refresh, and others give nothing at all!"

"I heard that some poor guy from India bought a Staff and bought himself into an early death... hilarious!"

"Buying a Staff can kill you?"

"Who knows, maybe he bought a fake one..."

...

Dragon Country secret base.

Zhang Zhiwei sighed and slowly shook his head: "The Staff is useless... We previously formulated a strategy targeting the Staff, but it seems the economy it provides is very limited and doesn't help much with victory. Little Shen has fallen into a misunderstanding!"

"Could it be a price issue? After all, the higher the price, the better the item might be?"

Someone raised a question.

Zhang Zhiwei still shook his head: "The previous contestant bought a 12 gold coin Staff in the late game, which summoned a giant dragon. What did we think at the time? Weren't we overjoyed?"

"But reality slapped us in the face!"

"That giant dragon only lasted for one round! Then it disappeared!"

Mentioning this, everyone fell silent.

Indeed.

Based on current research, the Staff is indeed useless, at most providing a tiny economic advantage.

And it's extremely limited!

They had heard about the case where the contestant from India bought a Staff and met an early end. Because of this, countries had become wary of the Staff, fearing that instead of getting a bargain, they would buy themselves into an early grave!

...

"So ka! Tiny Dragon Country, laughable, they couldn't even beat Xiongya Country!"

"Already seventh place? Expected!"

"Oh? The piece he picked up actually formed a hidden item! Ah... it's the 'Crown'! We in the great Sakura Country have researched this item; its effect isn't as good as imagined. The Dragon Country is truly foolish!"

...

Arena Stage 2-7!

Shen Mo leveled up, increasing his maximum number of units on the board to 5.

His current units on the board were... [Faerie - Lillia], [Faerie - Tristana], [Faerie - Seraphine], [Faerie - Katarina], [Honeymancy - Nunu]!

[4 Faerie + 2 Bastion]!

"This is fine. This Synergy can easily beat Malphite. It's just that the quality this game isn't high. Up until now, all the Faeries are one-star; I can't even get a free two-star..."

Seventh place... hmm, no big deal!

Shen Mo looked at the situation on the field casually, not paying much attention. At this moment, he... had completely calmed down! Big heart!

That's just how Shen Mo was. On the surface, he might seem happy-go-lucky and cynical, but when real trouble hit, he would immediately become calm and analyze the situation on the field.

This was a battle involving national destiny!

Although everything was so bizarre, Shen Mo forced himself to accept this setting. He didn't want to ask why, but rather analyze as much as possible how to use these advantages to win!

Shen Mo's thoughts raced like lightning.

"There's a huge problem with this Gods Arena!"

"This is definitely S12! The Synergy of the pieces on the field confirms this, but first! The setting where you get free units at the start is gone; you have to buy them manually. Of course, that's not a big problem..."

"The bigger problem is the Staff... and the items!"

"Component items are fine, but after I combined them, I found that the items have no data prompts, and even the descriptions have disappeared. If other contestants are in the same situation, does that mean..."

"They can only judge what an item does by its icon!"

"If that's really the case, then this is my advantage!"

Not to mention the Staff; based on the current situation, even Shen Mo couldn't determine the specific use of each Staff, and other contestants could only blindly guess.

"The item carousel is still there, but Hextech is missing. Without Hextech's buffs, high Synergies have to rely on the golden spatula, which invisibly increases the difficulty of achieving high Synergies."

"Right! And the portals! The portals are gone too!"

Shen Mo was shocked, realizing only then that there hadn't been a portal selection at the beginning!

You have to know, this is S12!

Logically, the portal mechanism should still be there!

"If these things are still within the scope of what I can understand, then my next discovery will probably change this battle... no, not just this battle, but the win rate of this Gods Arena!"

"But... this guess is too outrageous, so outrageous that even I dare not confirm it!"

Shen Mo suddenly felt his scalp tingle!

It was like winning a 5 million lottery but being afraid to check the numbers.

Shen Mo's fingers lifted slightly, his body trembling with excitement, his strong heart pounding wildly.

"Just confirm it..."

"Just once..."

Above the blue, illusory screen, the avatars of the other seven people were lined up on the right.

[First Place: Sakura Country, Kamigawa! HP: 100!]

[Composition: Twitch + Yorick + Cassiopeia + Nunu + Shyvana + Swain]

"3 Frost 2 Shapeshifter... Cassiopeia was given an Infinity Edge to act as the main carry, with Swain as the front-line tank, but this Sterak's Gage on Swain... alright, it barely counts as a front-line item."

[Second Place: Kawa Country, Longtai! HP: 85!]

[Composition: Jinx + Veigar + Neeko + Kassadin + Ahri + Cassiopeia]

"...What is this, 2... 2 Witchcraft?"

Shen Mo's mouth twitched slightly. The opponent could rank second with this composition only because the two-star Jinx was carrying with Statikk Shiv, otherwise, they would have exploded long ago. Nice, nice, Statikk Shiv Jinx, huh!

[Third Place: Xiongya Country, Modebite! HP: 72!]

[Composition: Rumble + Shyvana + Syndra + Tristana + Zilean + Gwen]

"Very good, 2 Sugarcraft 2 Blaster... awesome, awesome... Gwen coming this early, it's really a waste of luck on you."

Shen Mo was speechless.

After looking at several compositions in a row, the crazy guess in his heart grew stronger.

Especially when he watched Kamigawa from Sakura Country, after frantically rolling, find 'Hwei' and 'Zilean' to finally form 5 Frost, the expression of crazy joy on his face... it looked just like a secret weapon finally being revealed!

Somehow, an almost completely impossible thought could no longer be held back!

Shen Mo lowered his head slightly, his shoulders shaking.

His expression was hidden in the shadows, exceptionally strange—amused, helpless, pleasantly surprised, relaxed...

His voice was low.

So low that only he could hear it clearly.

He muttered to himself, clearly saying... "So that's it, you guys... can't see the unit Synergies."