70: First place in the arena

Shi Yan quickly scrolled through his thoughts, habitually checking various information on the forum.

The content inside was still the same; posts were rapidly scrolled through, and various strange names entered Shi Yan's eyes.

Suddenly, Shi Yan stopped scrolling; he noticed a post.

[Come team up, I have an invitation for a special dungeon!]

Having browsed the forum for so long, Shi Yan had a good understanding of some terms. A special dungeon was exactly what it sounded like: the difficulty within the dungeon was usually very high, but the rewards after completing each dungeon would also be higher than those of ordinary dungeons.

He clicked on the post; the poster was a level 52 player named Lone Boat.

"Those interested, come to the Slaughter Plaza Team-Up Hall for a detailed discussion."

Directly below the post, there was also a deep red ticket with gilded patterns. All players could see its specific introduction. Shi Yan selected it with his mind.

[Divine Realm Invitation]

[Limited number of people: 10]

[Minimum level: 50]

[Current participants: 3]

Shi Yan narrowed his eyes looking at this invitation. This dungeon was actually called Divine Realm, and it required players to be at least level 50. It seemed the difficulty was not small.

He didn't look further; he couldn't participate in such a dungeon anyway.

He exited the forum and then casually opened the Slaughter Market. He had gained over 30,000 slaughter points from the last dungeon, so he could try to buy some random items.

However, after browsing for a long time, he didn't see any good items. When he opened the auction house, everything inside was ridiculously expensive.

Just at this moment, a duel invitation came from the arena.

After seeing the duel invitation, Shi Yan accepted it without any hesitation. Only the top two could fight him, and as long as he won, he would get rewards. He still really wanted the rewards from the arena.

Shi Yan's vision flashed, and he reappeared in the arena, which was composed of a stretch of yellow earth.

Standing opposite Shi Yan was a man with green skin all over his body. His level was 20.

"I've heard about you; you're very good. You're qualified to join my team."

The green-skinned man looked at Shi Yan with a face full of admiration.

Shi Yan looked at the green-skinned man with an indifferent expression.

"I forgot to introduce myself; I am the first place in Tier 1, Treant."

The green-skinned man noticed Shi Yan's expression and smiled as he spoke his name.

Shi Yan's drooping right hand moved slightly, and several one-meter-long ice spikes instantly condensed around him. The ice spikes were deep blue all over, emitting wisps of cold air, with sharp, cold light shimmering at their tips.

Whoosh!

The ice spikes instantly disappeared from their original spot, tearing through the air, and shot towards Treant.

"Let me show you the gap between us."

Treant didn't get angry when he saw Shi Yan directly attacking. He shook his head and smiled.

Beams of dark green lasers shot out from in front of him, precisely exploding each ice spike.

A few dark green rays also shot towards Shi Yan, who stood still as if he were scared stiff.

The light rays disappeared when they reached Shi Yan, as if something had swallowed them.

"Hmm?"

The smile on Treant's face slowly disappeared, and his brows furrowed slightly. He clearly saw that his skill mysteriously vanished a few centimeters before reaching Shi Yan.

"You..." Treant had just spoken when he saw a cold smile suddenly appear on Shi Yan's indifferent face.

Swish!!

His figure instantly disappeared from his original spot, and a dark shadow rapidly approached him. Treant's expression changed, and a dark green light shield covered his entire body.

In an instant, an indescribably immense force, accompanied by a violent whooshing sound, heavily struck the center of his abdomen.

Crack!

A sound like shattering glass rang out. Cracks appeared on the dark green light shield on Treant's abdomen, barely resisting Shi Yan's punch.

Treant's pupils constricted, and his hands quickly formed seals. Green light rays instantly gathered on his hands, and a dazzling green orb gradually formed, flying at high speed towards Shi Yan's head.

The green orb was incredibly fast, instantly hitting Shi Yan, but it still mysteriously disappeared as before.

What's going on? Where's my ultimate skill: Emerald Aurora?!

As a hint of shock just appeared in Treant's eyes, a fist with blood-red patterns then occupied his entire vision.

Pfft!

The dark green light shield on Treant's head shattered like a piece of paper, offering no resistance for even a moment. His head followed suit, splitting into pieces.

The headless corpse slowly fell.

[You are victorious]

[Your ranking: 1]

[Winning streak: 17]

Shi Yan retracted his fist, which had specks of green blood on it. This Treant still had some tricks; at least he blocked one of his punches, even though Shi Yan didn't use much force on the first punch.

The reason Treant's skills disappeared earlier was because of Shi Yan's [Energy Absorption Field] skill.

Although it was extremely powerful, there was an upper limit to the energy it could absorb in a short period. With the intensity of Treant's second attack just now, the Energy Absorption Field could absorb at most three or four more times.

As for how to increase the absorption limit, Shi Yan had also researched it. He guessed that the absorption limit of this skill should be related to his mana value, but all of this was just speculation.

Shi Yan collected his thoughts and looked at the arena.

[Tier 1 Arena]

[Your ranking: First place]

[Winning streak: 17]

[Tier 1 Leaderboard]

[First place: Cold Moon]

[Second place: Treant]

[Third place: Su]

Shi Yan took over the first-place position.

Many players noticed that the name in first place had changed.

"Holy cow, that Treant, who was hailed as invincible in Tier 1, was defeated!"

A middle-aged man with a full beard in the arena hall exclaimed in shock.

"This Cold Moon is... I remember now, I saw his match before! And he kicked me!"

A curvaceous woman raised her hand to cover her mouth.

"The key is that this Cold Moon is only level 16!"

A man said with a strange expression.

When he said that, other players also noticed this point, and for a moment, the entire arena hall was silent.

Since he had already taken first place, there was no need to stay in the arena. Shi Yan collected the first-place reward and then left the arena.

Shi Yan sat on the sofa in the settlement space and began to calculate his gains from this trip.