389: White sand everywhere

“Ding, the Arena battle has ended. Your rating and ranking have been updated. Please check them via the Arena panel.”

Rating: Excellent (Enjoy a 50% integral bonus after winning an Arena battle).

Ranking: 500,000+.

Points: 9.9 million+.

Lin Tianwei was quite satisfied looking at his rapidly rising ranking and rating, as well as the surging balance of his points.

This feeling of getting a ton of rewards for just one win truly made him incredibly fulfilled.

Of course.

There was also something about the Beast Arena that he was very dissatisfied with, and that was the matching speed.

Just like now.

Lin Tianwei had waited for an entire day, but still no suitable opponent had been matched for him.

“Ding, Arena matching wait time is too long. Please adjust matching conditions and restart matching.”

Lin Tianwei: ...He felt as if the Law Arena was telling him that he was already invincible and couldn't find a suitable opponent.

Adjust matching conditions?

Lin Tianwei felt that he had nothing to adjust, as his only matching condition was the Arena difficulty.

Lower the Arena difficulty?

This might be a way to increase the success rate of Arena matching, but it would greatly reduce Lin Tianwei's Arena point earnings.

Moreover, he had no interest in bullying weaker opponents at low difficulty, so he naturally could only continue to choose Hell difficulty for matching.

If Legendary difficulty hadn't been locked yet, Lin Tianwei would have even considered trying Legendary difficulty to see what terrifying rewards it would bring him.

Thinking of this, Lin Tianwei unhesitatingly chose to continue matching with the same conditions.

“Ding, since you have once again chosen the same matching conditions, the Law Arena can proceed with forced matching for you.”

“Once forced matching is initiated, you may be matched with a more difficult opponent. Please choose carefully.”

Forced matching? Lin Tianwei is not afraid.

“Forced matching.”

Lin Tianwei unhesitatingly chose forced matching. He just wondered what kind of powerful opponent he would be matched with this time, under the triple difficulty buffs of the cheater mark, Hell difficulty, and forced matching.

“Ding, congratulations on successful forced matching. Your opponent is Luosha.”

“Name: Luosha.

Ranking: 30,000+.

Rating: Top-tier (Enjoy a 100% challenge point bonus after winning).”

“Please confirm whether to enter the Arena.”

Under forced matching, Lin Tianwei quickly found an opponent named Luosha.

Judging by his rating and ranking, the opponent's strength should be very outstanding, at least much stronger than Lin Tianwei appeared.

Without hesitation, Lin Tianwei directly clicked to confirm matching.

He was already looking forward to the Arena battle, so he naturally wouldn't back down after a successful match.

On the other side, Luosha, looking at the matching result he had finally waited for, fell into a state of confusion.

How could such a powerful Cosmic Beast like him be matched with a Cosmic Beast whose ranking and rating were so poor?

Was it a deliberate provocation or did he truly have strength?

Luosha felt he needed to check the Law Arena forum first to calm his nerves.

After a simple search, Luosha quickly found information about “Lin,” which came from Vance.

However, Luosha certainly wouldn't have guessed that this was a specially processed piece of information. It wasn't untrustworthy, but the real information was hidden very deeply.

Soon, Luosha was attracted by keywords like 'deliberate provocation' (Vance's provocation), 'S-rank Arena rating' (Lin Tianwei obtained), and 'opponent is weak' (seemingly), completely losing his rationality and unhesitatingly clicking to confirm matching.

He didn't know that what awaited him was a deep, bottomless pit.

Both sides had successfully confirmed, and the Arena battle officially began.

This time, Lin Tianwei encountered not a blank terrain, but a very special desert terrain.

As far as the eye could see, there was only white sand, covering the sky and obscuring the sun.

Moreover, this white sand was not ordinary white sand, but special white sand, possessing the effect of blocking perception.

Not only sight, but even Mental Power could be obscured.

However, white sand was white sand after all. Although it covered the sky, there were still some gaps.

With the aid of sound waves and his powerful perception, Lin Tianwei still clearly saw his opponent's appearance.

A mass of white sand.

That's right, it was a mass of white sand.

His Arena opponent, Luosha, didn't seem to be a conventional flesh-and-blood Cosmic Beast, but rather a Cosmic Beast similar to an energy creature, somewhat like the Awakened Plant he had encountered before.

However, Luosha's body was not composed of energy or Awakened Plants, but rather the endless raging sand.

As soon as he appeared, even before the Arena battle officially began, Luosha's body began to melt like flowing water.

He gradually merged into the white sand beneath him until he finally disappeared.

It was even more like a tide, gradually dispersing into every grain of sand beneath Lin Tianwei, as if Luosha had transformed into the entire desert.

This situation made Lin Tianwei uncontrollably excited.

To be an enemy of an entire desert? To be an enemy of this desert, which was tens of thousands of times larger than himself?

Just thinking about it was something that made him excited.

Like Lin Tianwei, Luosha, who had transformed into white sand, also became excited.

But it wasn't the excitement of meeting a worthy opponent, but rather the excitement of encountering a delicious prey.

He had originally thought that Vance's information would contain some traps, but he didn't expect the opponent to be as clumsy as Vance described.

This clumsy Berserk Giant Bear simply couldn't contend with him, who possessed a body of raging sand.

What's more, under the blessing of the special terrain, his body of raging sand had evolved, gaining even more terrifying abilities.

Not only could it block the opponent's perception, but it also possessed terrifying corrosive abilities, like digestive fluid, completely devouring the enemy.

An S-rank rating was within reach, and he could even look forward to an SS-rank rating.

Luosha decided to thank Vance properly after his great victory.

If it weren't for his intelligence, he might have chosen to give up matching when facing such a bizarre opponent.

Having strength in the Law Arena was important, but a clever mind was equally important.

So, when an opponent was too bizarre, many Cosmic Beasts who lacked confidence in themselves would choose to retreat instead.

Just as Luosha completely merged into the white sand like a tide, the waiting time had also quietly ended.

Next was the moment of direct confrontation.

Before Lin Tianwei could launch an attack, Luosha's attack had already quietly arrived.

The white sand beneath Lin Tianwei's feet began to slide, like quicksand, causing the already very heavy Lin Tianwei to sink directly, falling deeper and deeper into the white sand.

Once captured by the white sand, Lin Tianwei would be like prey fallen into a trap, at Luosha's mercy.

However, as a true terrestrial creature, Lin Tianwei also had no wings, so how could he escape the white sand's restraint?

Talent Template: Mental Power (King)!

Terrifying Mental Power surged out, covering Lin Tianwei's entire body, lifting him directly in a very crude manner, giving him an ability similar to flight, temporarily escaping the fate of being swallowed by the white sand.

However, this was not a long-term solution.

To support the heavy Lin Tianwei in flight, the Mental Power he consumed every moment was considerable.

If this continued, even if Luosha didn't attack him, Lin Tianwei would fall into a passive state due to exhaustion.

Conservatively estimated, it would only take ten years for Lin Tianwei to be unable to continue flying due to exhaustion.

Clearly, Luosha did not intend to wait until Lin Tianwei's stamina was depleted.

The time it took to kill an opponent was related to the Arena rating, so Luosha naturally wouldn't allow Lin Tianwei to fly in the sky and waste time.

Luosha, who held the terrain advantage, went all out from the start.

The entire desert seemed to come alive, beginning to tremble wildly and move.

In an instant, under the influence of Luosha's power, the entire desert suddenly rose, launching its most ferocious attack on Lin Tianwei.

It instantly covered the sky and obscured the sun, submerging the entire space.

Facing such a large-scale, comprehensive strike, even with Lin Tianwei's exceptional strength, he had nowhere to hide. He could only watch helplessly as his body was submerged by the white sand.

The moment the white sand touched Lin Tianwei's body, it clung to him like sticky candy, adhering to his surface and unable to be easily shaken off.

Even if Lin Tianwei fortunately broke free from the white sand's restraint, more white sand covered him.

For a time, affected by the white sand, Lin Tianwei also turned into a sandman, forming a heavy armor on his body.

And as time passed, with the continuous accumulation of white sand, the weight of this armor continued to increase.

Eventually, little by little, Lin Tianwei's Mental Power could no longer bear it, and he could only allow his body to fall from high altitude, plummeting into the boundless sea of sand.

Although not as sharp as Vance's spikes, these white sands were like the softest knives, constantly grinding Lin Tianwei's body.

Furthermore, a terrifying Power of Devouring emanated from the white sand, slowly gnawing at Lin Tianwei's body, continuously absorbing energy from him.

It attempted to completely drain Lin Tianwei's body, turning him into a hardened mummy.

Luosha couldn't even imagine how he could lose.

Because, strictly speaking, the enemy Lin Tianwei faced wasn't him, but rather this terrifying vast desert.

However, how could Lin Tianwei allow Luosha's plan to proceed smoothly, allowing the opponent to easily kill him?

Your white sand is very powerful? My Flames of Destruction are not without their advantages!

Whoosh!

The terrifying Flames of Destruction began to burn wildly, fueled by Lin Tianwei's body and spirit.

With terrifying high temperatures and dreadful Power of Destruction, the white sand was simply no match for the Flames of Destruction.

The moment the Flames of Destruction ignited, they cleared a vacuum zone around Lin Tianwei, burning the white sand that had originally covered his body into magma.

Not only that, the Flames of Destruction showed a tendency to burn larger and larger.

White sand was the best fuel.

Like trying to put out a fire with firewood, the seemingly boundless white sand before him was nothing but nourishment for the Flames of Destruction.

Not only could it not stop the Flames of Destruction from burning, but it would even make them burn larger and larger, until they completely devoured the entire desert.

At this moment, Luosha, who was hidden in the white sand, also realized that something was wrong. He found that the black flames surrounding Lin Tianwei were incredibly terrifying, actually able to easily deal with the white sand he relied on for survival.

The originally terrifying white sand, the moment it encountered the Flames of Destruction, was like meeting its nemesis. All its divine abilities couldn't be displayed, instead becoming ridiculous fuel.

Advance or retreat? Luosha faced a dilemma.

He couldn't have imagined that the opponent he initially thought was a prized possession would be so difficult to deal with. Although he posed no threat to him, he also wasn't someone he could easily harm.

Looking at the Flames of Destruction surrounding Lin Tianwei, Luosha gritted his teeth and still chose to attack head-on.

If he didn't break through these terrifying Flames of Destruction, the white sand that made up his own body simply couldn't harm Lin Tianwei.

Since they were destined to collide, why shouldn't he proactively control the rhythm and launch an attack, instead of giving Lin Tianwei the chance to slowly erode him?

Thinking of this, Luosha no longer hesitated. With a thought, he began to mobilize the white sand of the entire field, launching a fatal blow at Lin Tianwei.

White sand transformed into a fist!

Compared to condensing into Claws, a fist's power was stronger at this moment.

After all, white sand was inherently loose, and breaking through Lin Tianwei's defense was simply unrealistic.

In this case, it was better to condense the entire desert into a fist and completely crush Lin Tianwei.

With a plan in mind, Luosha no longer hesitated. With a thought, he moved, causing the entire desert to converge, finally condensing into a giant fist that grasped Lin Tianwei in its palm.

Not only that, Luosha continuously exerted his power, attempting to crush Lin Tianwei into dust with countless grains of sand.

Countless grains of sand were burned into magma by the high temperature of the Flames of Destruction, but even more grains of sand instantly replenished them.

Even the magma formed from the white sand continuously attacked Lin Tianwei.

Lin Tianwei could be immune to the damage from the Flames of Destruction, but he simply couldn't be immune to the high temperature brought by the magma.

Although his physique attribute was extremely high, and coupled with his flame control ability, his fire resistance could also be considered extremely high, he still couldn't completely immune the damage brought by the magma.

Using the Flames of Destruction for a violent breakthrough didn't seem to be the right choice?

The moment this thought appeared in Lin Tianwei's mind, he immediately rejected it.

Violent breakthroughs were indeed time-consuming and laborious in many situations, not the best choice.

But if it was just being an enemy of a desert, he wouldn't be afraid in the slightest—he would burn the entire desert!

As for the issue of being harmed by magma? This was no problem for Lin Tianwei at all.

Output MAX, Flames of Destruction MAX!

As Lin Tianwei continuously increased his output, the Flames of Destruction also changed, gradually turning transparent from pitch black.

The white sand that came into contact with it didn't even get a chance to turn into magma before being completely burned into nothingness by the stronger Flames of Destruction.

If you want to fight, I will fight. The terrifying Flames of Destruction that rose with him was Lin Tianwei's attitude towards Luosha.

He would use MAX Flames of Destruction to burn the entire desert... For Luosha, who could transform into white sand, every grain of sand was part of his body, an organ of his perception.

So he wouldn't naively think that Lin Tianwei had been completely crushed by him.

Those never-extinguishing Flames of Destruction were Lin Tianwei's fighting spirit.

Facing such a desperate situation, the opponent chose not to give up resistance, nor to engage in evasive tactics, but instead chose the simplest and most brutal method of fighting violence with violence?

Facing the entire desert, his plan was actually to waste energy and increase output?

Although Luosha admired Lin Tianwei's fighting will, he fundamentally disagreed with his foolish idea.

After all, “Lin” was not fighting him, but fighting the entire desert.

The outcome of this battle was already decided when the opponent gave up choosing the terrain.

The endless white sand would completely devour him! (End of this chapter)