Chapter 623: Idleness Is The Devil's Advocate.

The Competition continued as the days went by. People fought and died. Some performed well and some didn't. Those that performed well rose steadily in power as the months went by reaching rank 9 too. They all avoided the mountain at the center of the Arena like a plague. They know that Soverick has defeated the rank 10 on it and is officially Rank 10 now.

The monsters of the arena gradually increased in power without Soverick's presence to cause an unnatural spike so the competitors gradually became stronger with time. Their fear of the mountain didn't change when some of them achieved rank 9. Soverick defeated the only rank 10 monster that will ever appear in the arena and has become a rank 10 himself. They also have not forgotten that Soverick defeated the rank 10 monster as a rank 9. They determined it to be a bad idea to cross him.