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Facing such a confident opponent, Lin Tianwei also grew excited.

Although he could calmly face any combat environment, as a true land beast, he still preferred this kind of grounded battle.

This wide-open terrain, free of any obstacles, meant that Lin Tianwei was about to engage in a thoroughly satisfying close-quarters combat.

A close-quarters combat without any flashy tricks.

With an unobstructed view, Lin Tianwei clearly saw his opponent's form at the first moment.

This was a Cosmic Beast covered in thick Carapace and ferocious barbs, looking almost exactly like a sea urchin if not for its angular shape.

Without obvious visual organs, Lin Tianwei felt that the opponent might possess the ability to detect its surroundings through Mental Power or other means, just like himself.

Evidently, the opponent was also of the compact and agile type, similar in size to Lin Tianwei.

While Lin Tianwei observed Vance, Vance was also observing Lin Tianwei.

After clearly seeing Lin Tianwei's appearance, Vance thought to himself that this was indeed a trickster.

A basic body template, or a body template similar to a basic body template.

Just looking at the Berserk Giant Bear's silly appearance, it didn't seem like an opponent that could contend with him.

A truly fierce Cosmic Beast should possess hard Carapace and sharp spikes like his own.

Only a Cosmic Beast as strong as himself could instantly kill an opponent and achieve a very high rating in the Law Arena.

The waiting time was fleeting, and soon the Law Arena lifted its restrictions, signaling the official start of the Arena.

Although covered in hard Carapace and densely grown with sharp spikes, Vance's movements were completely unaffected.

The moment the waiting time ended, Vance exerted his body and shot towards Lin Tianwei like a cannonball.

Gravity!

The moment the Arena began, before Lin Tianwei could even make a move, he felt a tremendous force pressing down on him.

As a Cosmic Beast whose ranking was barely considered relatively high, Vance was rich in combat experience and naturally wouldn't charge in like an idiot.

This gravity, attempting to crush Lin Tianwei's body, was Vance's trump card, ensuring his attacks would hit and his enemy wouldn't escape.

Bring it on!

Although he could easily break free from this not-so-powerful gravitational restraint, facing a Cosmic Beast like Vance, who had the courage to challenge him proactively, Lin Tianwei still showed him sufficient respect.

Choosing not to dodge, Lin Tianwei stood still, waiting to engage Vance in a thoroughly satisfying close-quarters combat.

However, this 'stunned' reaction was seen by Vance as Lin Tianwei being completely bound by his gravity Talent, becoming a helpless little beast to be slaughtered at his mercy, and his eyes gradually grew excited.

It was not easy to encounter such a weak opponent; he couldn't waste this heaven-sent opportunity.

He had to instantly kill the opponent before he could react, aiming for an SSS-rank offensive rating.

Thinking of the painful days he had recently endured, Vance was on the verge of tears.

He didn't know when it started, but Vance felt as if the Law Arena was targeting him; the opponents he was matched with were ridiculously strong.

Not to mention high-difficulty Arena, even in normal-difficulty Arena, Vance would stumble, and opportunities to get high Arena scores were nonexistent.

This led to Vance, despite his hard work, being unable to gain many points in the Law Arena, constantly struggling and running around.

This was the effect of the cheater's mark, which could invisibly increase the Arena difficulty for cheaters and mess with their mentality.

It made them unable to gain many points in the Law Arena, even with their useful cheats.

The most pitiful thing was that they didn't even know the cheater's mark existed, so they could only blame themselves, thinking it was just bad luck.

But they didn't know.

They would only continue to have bad luck in the Law Arena for the rest of their lives.

That's why Vance was so excited when he saw Lin Tianwei.

He thought his bad luck had finally come to an end, and it was time for things to turn around, ushering in a path full of hope.

He never imagined that encountering Lin Tianwei was his greatest misfortune.

He could only walk a path of darkness under the oppression of the cheater's mark, unable to see any glimmer of hope.

Unless he could possess terrifying strength like Lin Tianwei, capable of breaking through all obstacles and defeating all impossible opponents.

To achieve an exceptionally high Arena rating in this Arena, Vance had truly gone all out.

A faint glow flashed, and the spikes covering his entire body seemed to be enchanted, becoming even sharper.

This was Vance's special ability, allowing him to use unspeakable power to enchant the spikes on his body.

While enhancing the sharpness and making the spikes indestructible, it also imbued them with the attribute of 'destruction'.

Once injured by Vance's spikes, self-healing and recovery would be extremely difficult.

If left untreated, the injuries could even worsen to a fatal degree.

It was strange to say, Vance did not have a similar Talent, nor had he loaded a similar Talent template.

But he just happened to acquire this special ability after a certain day.

No wonder he was judged as a cheater by the Law Arena; this special ability, which was completely outside the data range, was indeed a bit too unbalancing.

If Vance were matched with opponents based on his original combat power, his win rate would increase by at least 50% due to the special ability, allowing him to gain points completely disproportionate to his strength.

This was also why the Law Arena would sanction cheaters.

If Vance knew the truth, he would surely be on the verge of tears.

If he had known the cost of cheating was so severe, he would have honestly competed based on his own abilities.

With the enhancement of his special ability, Vance's eyes were filled with confidence, and he unleashed his full power to launch a fatal blow at Lin Tianwei.

He seemed to have already seen himself winning, seen himself gaining a large number of points, and his face was filled with hope.

No sooner said than done.

The speed of both beasts was already extremely fast, and the collision naturally occurred in an instant.

A single touch and they separated!

One figure flew backward at an even faster speed than he came, and the victor was already clear.

"Ding, congratulations on successfully killing your opponent and winning this Arena."

"The offensive rating for this Arena is: SSS. This Arena concluded with lightning speed."

"The defensive rating for this Arena is: A. Holy crap, hedgehog in the palm."

"Ding, because the opponent's strength exceeds yours by a major stage, the overall rating for this Arena will increase by one level."

"Ding, your final overall Arena rating is: SSS, enjoying a 2000% point bonus."

"Ding, after calculation, you have won a total of 9 million points in this Arena (base points 5000 * SSS-rank evaluation bonus 3000% * Purgatory difficulty bonus 5000% * self-excellent evaluation bonus * 120%)."

Instant kill, it was an instant kill.

The figure that flew backward was naturally Vance.

The moment he made contact with Lin Tianwei, he felt a terrifying surge of power from the bear's paw.

This power was incredibly strong, an attack his fragile body simply couldn't withstand.

His hard Carapace, along with all his sharp spikes, made a 'crack' sound, instantly bursting apart and shattering into pieces.

Under Lin Tianwei's terrifying strength, Vance was directly blown apart by a single punch, turning into scattered flesh on the ground.

His excited expression hadn't even had time to change before it completely froze—he was already dead, with no chance to change his expression again.

"Ding, congratulations to the host for killing a new target."

"Ding, Talent extraction successful. The host has obtained the Talent: Core Code (Transcendent) (Incomplete) (5/10000)."

"Note: This Talent is incomplete and can only exert a slight effect."

Lin Tianwei looked at his bear paw in a daze, with some of Vance's spikes still embedded in it.

He couldn't understand how the battle ended so unexpectedly before he had even started to exert himself.

He had promised himself a thoroughly satisfying battle, yet it ended so hastily; he hadn't even had time to display his true strength.

Not a single trump card was used; he had simply relied on physical strength to instantly kill Vance.

Recalling his earlier seriousness, Lin Tianwei instantly felt a sense of anticlimax; this feeling of using a cannon to kill a mosquito almost caused him internal injuries.

He had overestimated Vance before, thinking that an opponent who didn't restrict the terrain was a truly powerful Cosmic Beast, but who knew Vance was just a fancy but useless ornament, incapable of heavy tasks.

Of course.

Although Lin Tianwei won this battle, judging from the defensive rating, Lin Tianwei was not only far from being unharmed, but could even be considered quite heavily injured.

Thinking of this, Lin Tianwei subconsciously looked at his bear paw, which was now riddled with countless holes from the spikes.

Lin Tianwei's injury wasn't because Vance was particularly formidable, but simply because he had used too much force.

After all, force is reciprocal; when Lin Tianwei attacked Vance, he would inevitably be subjected to a reaction force.

The only thing that surprised Lin Tianwei was that these spikes also didn't seem to be ordinary spikes; each one glowed with an eerie, faint light.

Although non-toxic, they carried a strange power and were incredibly destructive.

Even with Lin Tianwei's transcendent physique, under the influence of this peculiar power, the areas pricked by the spikes showed no signs of self-healing for a long time.

If this continued, under the constant effect of the strange spikes, Lin Tianwei might indeed get injured.

Thinking of this, Lin Tianwei subconsciously used the Flames of Destruction.

The black flames instantly rose, carrying the power to destroy all things, and incinerated the spikes in an instant.

It seems that although these spikes had strange abilities, they themselves were incredibly fragile.

As long as one understood the characteristics of the spikes and defended against them specifically, these spikes simply couldn't harm a slightly more powerful Cosmic Beast.

The only thing that made Lin Tianwei a bit strange was that this time, while he gained a massive amount of Arena points, he also extracted a Talent.

Excluding the Trial Beast, Vance was the third Cosmic Beast he had killed in the Law Arena.

It seemed that there was some characteristic about Vance that attracted the attention of the Talent Extraction System.

Talent: Core Code (Transcendent)?

5 / 10000?

The familiar Talent description stirred Lin Tianwei's memories, and a conjecture arose.

However, he needed to try a few more times to know if his guess was correct.

Thinking of this, Lin Tianwei no longer hesitated and directly exited the Arena, returning to the waiting room.

He needed another Arena to confirm his conjecture... Just as Lin Tianwei patiently waited for a match, Vance, who had been instantly killed, fell into a state of doubting his existence.

Looking at the familiar waiting room, his heart was full of confusion.

Who am I, where am I, what just happened, wasn't I supposed to be participating in the Arena? How did I get back to the waiting room?

If it weren't for the clearly displayed failed battle report and deducted points, Vance would have almost thought his memory was confused and that he hadn't participated in an Arena at all.

He was actually instantly killed?

Instantly killed by an opponent ranked less than three million?

This situation was truly difficult for Vance to accept.

A trickster?

Recalling his ridiculous thought from before, Vance's face flushed, and he realized with a start that the trickster seemed to be himself.

This kind of behavior, being weak yet still charging forward, was no different from being a trickster.

The opponent might even be confused, confused about how he died so quickly.

A feeling of frustration, unable to be expressed, made Vance extremely agitated, and he subconsciously opened the forum, intending to share his unpleasant experience.

This shameless beast named 'Lin' was clearly playing weak to prey on the strong; he had to expose his true colors and prevent his conspiracy from succeeding.

Sacrificing one beast to save countless others from disaster would also be a good deed for the universe.

Thinking of this, Vance's thoughts began to pour out wildly, a lengthy article about his persecution by Lin Tianwei.

Between the lines, he became the most innocent victim.

And Lin Tianwei transformed into a super demon king, deceiving his emotions, waiting for him to enter the opponent's hunting range, and then devouring him whole.

However, just as Vance was about to send out this message, an idea suddenly came to him.

Since there were so many victims in this world, why should he be the only one?

It's better to be miserable together than miserable alone.

It doesn't matter if I'm miserable, what's important is that everyone else is miserable too.

Thinking of this, Vance immediately modified his wording, describing Lin Tianwei's appearance as very harmless.

Lin Tianwei did indeed look very harmless on the surface, so his description was perfectly fine.

With an evil smile, Vance continued to use the most harmless words to unleash the greatest malice, saying:

"This is a Cosmic Beast that doesn't look strong at all; once you encounter him, an Arena rating of S or higher is guaranteed to be born."

After revising it, Vance finally sent the message with satisfaction.

He didn't say a single word of truth, but he used the art of language to make the viewers subconsciously think that 'Lin' was weak and that the Cosmic Beast about to get an S-rank Arena rating was themselves.

But they didn't know.

While they considered Lin Tianwei a delicious fat sheep, they themselves were the true prey of this Arena. (End of Chapter)