Duel Arena (2)

[Ding dong, you have won this match. Current rank: Black Iron, Tier 2 (10 Victory Points).]

“Continue!”

Chen Ming chose to continue.

With his current strength, he was virtually invincible among those of the same tier.

“Trash! Cheating trash! Can't win, so you cheat.”

Suddenly, Chen Ming received a message; it was from his previous opponent.

Chen Ming raised an eyebrow: “If you suck, practice more, you trash.”

He replied casually and immediately blocked the other party.

In Eternal, the number of players is measured in trillions, and Chen Ming quickly matched with a new opponent.

It was still the same gladiatorial ring, but this time there were more spectators, about a dozen people.

The opponent seemed to be the guild leader of a small guild.

A Level 35 Assassin.

“Brother, a Level 25 Ranger meeting a Level 35 Assassin—you're pretty unlucky.”

“I'll try to finish quickly later so you suffer less.”

Although players can resurrect infinitely in the Duel Arena, the pain of death is not lessened in the slightest.

Some perverted players specifically torture and kill their opponents during battle.

Of course, there are even more perverted players who bring items (special gadgets) specifically to be tortured.

The number of players in Eternal is simply too vast; it's not surprising to see any kind of perversion.

When the ten-second countdown ended, the Assassin opposite instantly entered stealth and rushed toward Chen Ming, hoping to end the fight in the shortest time possible.

If it were an ordinary Ranger class, facing a stealthy Assassin charging forward, they would likely be scared into retreating frantically and becoming flustered.

But Chen Ming's combat experience was incredibly rich; he raised his hand and shot an arrow.

“Pfft!”

The sound of an arrow piercing flesh rang out.

The Assassin was instantly killed while in stealth.

Before dying, a trace of confusion remained in his eyes.

Who am I? Where am I? How did I die?

[You have won. Victory Points +10. Current rank: Black Iron, Tier 3.]

[You have received a message from your opponent. View immediately?]

“Brother, are you interested in joining my guild? I'll give you the Guild Leader position directly... Please let me cling to your leg (crying emoji).”

Chen Ming ignored it and continued matching.

His figure appeared in the Duel Arena. This time, the opponent was still an Assassin.

As soon as the battle began, Chen Ming finished off the opponent with a single arrow.

In the Duel Arena, unless a challenge is deliberately issued, one will only encounter players of the same tier.

Given Chen Ming's strength, facing players of the same tier was completely a Dimensionality Reduction Strike.

Anyone who could survive his arrow was already considered a top-tier player.

Three consecutive wins... four consecutive wins... five consecutive wins... six consecutive wins... In just half an hour, Chen Ming secured twenty-seven consecutive victories.

His rank also reached Gold, Tier 6 (consecutive wins grant extra Victory Points). He only needed three more tiers to complete the Hunter's Class Awakening Quest.

[Ding dong, match successful. Due to the player's twenty-seven consecutive wins, the Arena will match the player with a Tier 1 opponent ranked within the top one million.]

With trillions of players in Eternal, anyone ranked within the top one million in the Duel Arena is definitely considered a master player, possessing top-tier attributes and combat skills.

[Match successful!]

As the prompt sounded, Chen Ming appeared in the familiar gladiatorial ring.

This time, the opponent was a Level 40 Healer. She was just over 1.5 meters tall, wearing combat leather armor, holding a staff, with a chest that was surging—clearly indicating... ample 'milk' supply. Her face was that of a standard Loli, with twin pigtails.

Furthermore, the opponent's popularity was ridiculously high.

In the spectator stands, there were tens of thousands of audience members, all of whom had come specifically for her.

“Heavenly King covers Earth Tiger, Sister Healer is one-point-five.”

“Milk Baby, let him see the power of a Battle Healer.”

“That guy across the way, if you dare harm Sister Healer even slightly, I will make you pay the price.”

“If you touch my Sister Healer, I will destroy your paradise.”

Noisy chatter echoed above the gladiatorial ring, and some spectators had even raised banners.

“Sister Healer is invincible, capable of fighting and tanking!”

Chen Ming felt like he wasn't in the Duel Arena but at a celebrity concert, where a group of crazy fans were raging at him.

“Kid, you've never seen a Battle Healer, have you?”

Before the ten-second countdown was over, Sister Healer across the way teased Chen Ming.

Chen Ming looked at her calmly, not speaking.

Naturally, he knew about Battle Healers.

Ordinary Healers—support teammates, have no combat power, and are pure trash without teammates.

Battle Healers—all healing goes to themselves, all buffs go to themselves, they always charge into the front line of battle, and they swing their staffs faster than a Warrior swings a sword.

However, very few people follow the Battle Healer path.

After all, pursuing the Battle Healer path requires massive support from skills and equipment.

Simply put, the poor are unworthy of following the Battle Healer path.

“Hmph!” Seeing that Chen Ming had no intention of speaking, Sister Healer snorted coldly: “You rude kid, just wait until I smash your head with my staff.”

After speaking, she forcefully swung the staff in her hand, seemingly threatening Chen Ming.

As the countdown ended, unlike other opponents, Sister Healer didn't immediately press forward just because she saw Chen Ming was a squishy Ranger. Instead, she quickly retreated, opened up distance, and continuously swung her staff.

“Divine Aegis!”

“Wind Chant!”

“Weapon Blessing.”

“Life Radiance!”

“Surging Strength!”

“Mana Burst.”

“War Frenzy,”

...In just a moment, Sister Healer had applied over a dozen buffs to herself.

Furthermore, her movements hadn't stopped.

As her staff swung, numerous buffs with enhancement effects were applied to her.

Chen Ming watched her silently.

“Waiting specifically for me to finish buffing?” After applying all the buffs, Sister Healer's muscles swelled up, and her height increased to nearly two meters. Her appearance was somewhat similar to Nezha from Ten Cold.

“Underestimating me will cost you.”

Sister Healer sneered and fiercely charged toward Chen Ming. The terrifying force caused a deep pit to collapse in the ground beneath her feet.

But in the next moment... “Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!!”

A dense barrage of arrows flew over like a downpour.

The speed was so fast that Sister Healer didn't even have time to react.

And then... there was no 'then'.

Before Sister Healer could even react, her entire body turned into a white light and vanished from the gladiatorial ring.

“It's over just like that!!”

“Sister Healer... was instantly killed.”

“Didn't even last a second!”

The entire spectator stand fell into a brief silence.

It took a moment before a wave of discussion erupted like a mountain roar and a sea surge... “He must be cheating!”

In the private lounge, Sister Healer, who had just recovered her senses, looked completely stunned.

“You hateful bastard, I refuse to accept this...”

She subconsciously looked at the combat damage notification.

[You received Poison Damage: 7,521 points] x25

[You received True Damage: 3,000 points] x25

[You received True Damage: 350 points.] x25

...“What kind of ridiculous damage is this!!”

Sister Healer was defeated.

In one second, nearly 300,000 damage, and all of it True Damage!

Is this really damage that a Tier 1 player can inflict?

Is he really cheating?