Capítulo 79: Hunter 79: Arena
[You have entered the arena. Please select a mode.]
[Competition Mode / Spectator Mode]
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[Spectator Mode: You can watch other contractors compete. It costs 2 Paradise Coins per hour. You can choose which matches to watch.]
[Current ongoing matches: 17,354]
[To watch the top 100 ranked arena matches costs 10 Paradise Coins per hour.]
[To watch the top 10 ranked arena matches costs 50 Paradise Coins per hour.]
[To watch the top 3 ranked arena matches costs 100 Paradise Coins per hour...]
[Competition Mode: In this mode, the Hunter participates in competitions. Reincarnation Paradise will rank Hunters based on whether they have participated in competitions before.]
[Competition Mode is divided into [Individual Battles] and [Team Battles].]
[Individual Battles are 1v1 mode, Team Battles are 10v10 mode. The two ranking systems are calculated separately.]
"Competition Mode, Individual Battle."
[Beep... Checking if the Hunter has participated in competitions. Check complete. The Hunter has never participated in any form of competition.]
[Assigning rank to the Hunter. Current rank: 165,749 (Tier 1 ranking). (This ranking is unrelated to Hunter's actual strength, but based on the number of times participated and win/loss record.)]
[Please actively participate in arena competitions. Special rewards will be given to the top 10 ranked in the arena.]
"165,749th place... What place did Su Xiao start again... Whatever, let's just do this! Go for it!"
Lin Jiu couldn't remember clearly as he transferred into the rest capsule.
The rest capsule had seats, beds, etc. On the wall in front was a large display screen showing his ranking, nearby ranked contractors, and various match information.
Occupying the largest part of the screen were ten avatars arranged in a row from top to bottom - these were the top 10 ranked in the arena. The avatars were all sorts of strange and fantastical, likely disguised.
The rest capsule was not only for resting. If there were other needs, you could call the arena staff.
[Matching opponent for the Hunter... Match complete.]
[As this is your first battle, please select your appearance.]
To avoid exposing his true strength, Lin Jiu naturally wouldn't use his face. He didn't just put on a mask but adjusted his features. Only about 20% similarity remained around the brows - it was Daxius's appearance.
"Ole! Third Uncle!"
Lin Jiu appeared in a place similar to a certain ancestral mountain. Before he could see anyone, that familiar line reached his ears.
The opponent was wearing a Den-O suit, striking a pose. One corner of the audience burst into enthusiastic applause, clearly some tokusatsu fan friends.
If he hadn't guessed wrong, this should be Kamin Rider Den-O.
"Surrender!"
Den-O raised the gun in his hand and attacked Lin Jiu.
Unfortunately, although wearing the Den-O suit, the gun in his hand used metal bullets rather than the energy gun of Kamen Riders.
The speed of these bullets looked soft and weak in Lin Jiu's eyes, with no force at all. When he fixed [Flame Sun], he'd let others see what real firearms were like.
Easily avoiding the bullets, with no obstacles in the 100-meter distance, it only took a few seconds. Lin Jiu slashed off Den-O's head with one sword strike.
[Individual battle ended. Victory!]
[Hunter's ranking has increased from 165,749 to 154,734 (Tier 1).]
...
He quickly achieved a 17-win streak. After that, he would be matched with opponents ranked within the top 10,000. Lin Jiu was much stronger than his opponents, so battles didn't exceed 10 seconds. Most of the time was spent waiting for matches.
[Match successful. Due to the Hunter's 17-win streak, the arena has matched the Hunter with an opponent ranked within the top 10,000.]
There were over a thousand people in the surrounding audience seats, with an exceptionally lively atmosphere. Opposite Lin Jiu was a handsome man waving to his female fans in the spectator seats.
Looking at that exquisitely beautiful armor, the shield and sword in hand, it was probably a class like Holy Warrior. This reminded Lin Jiu of those three foolish brothers with energy hammers.
What broke those fangirls' hearts was that their Holy Warrior brother chose to surrender after not even lasting two sword strikes. The Shadow of Law's Blue Steel Shadow energy would cause true damage when devouring other energies, along with intense pain.
Compared to Blue Steel Shadow energy, Soul energy was much gentler, but it allowed Lin Jiu's sword to directly attack the soul. How many contractors at this stage could endure the pain of their souls being slashed?
[Matching opponent for the Hunter... Match complete. Due to the Hunter's 18-win streak, the arena has matched the Hunter with an opponent ranked within the top 6,000.]
The number of spectators in the audience seats for this battle was not as many as for the previous showy man. This was the normal situation for audience seats for those ranked in the thousands in the arena. There were quite a few celebrity influencer-type competitive contractors, but they weren't matched randomly.
"Come on! You with the knife over there!"
This time the opponent was a woman wielding dual swords, with delicate features and light armor.
"This is a sword!"
Lin Jiu said as he charged toward the lightly armored woman, his speed causing panic to appear on her face.
"Whirlwind Slash!"
Steadying herself, a green light appeared around the lightly armored woman as she spun her body, slashing toward the approaching Lin Jiu with her dual swords.
Having experienced all kinds of sword techniques from the Nine Hashira and various Blood Demon Arts from the Twelve Moons, this kind of skill was child's play in Lin Jiu's eyes. He leapt up from the ground, and flipped in midair, avoiding the sword edge while kicking the opponent's temple.
[Individual battle ended. 18 consecutive wins!]
[Hunter's ranking has increased from 9,749 to 6,734 (Tier 1).]
Lin Jiu wanted to continue fighting, his spirits were high, but his time in Reincarnation Paradise was almost up. He couldn't continue.
This return awakened his class template, and creating Daxius as an avatar took quite a bit of time. Otherwise, he had planned to push to the top 5,000 in one go.
As for the top 100, forget the top 100, even the top 1,000 would encounter opponents of equal strength. Lin Jiu's strength had indeed increased tremendously after officially experiencing a derivative world, but he was still far from being first in Tier 1.
There were two hours left before he would be sent back to the real world. These two hours weren't used for arena battles because Lin Jiu returned to the trading plaza. He needed to buy some defensive equipment. The Hunter's leather armor, even after being enhanced, was still too fragile for his battles.
"From now on, this place will be called Lu Lai Plaza!"
"If heaven hadn't given birth to me, Lu Lai, the way of commerce would be in eternal darkness!"
"Don't listen to his nonsense, everyone! To buy things you still have to come to my awesome place! Do you know how awesome the things here are? They can make people eat corpses..."
The commercial war stirred up by two vendors with social confidence syndrome attracted a crowd of onlookers. However, with a quick smack, they were soon disciplined by Reincarnation Paradise and obediently went back to selling their wares.
"Big bro, check out my awesome goods, they're not ordinary!"
Lin Jiu had no interest in watching the drama, but as he passed by, the persistent awesome guy called out to him.
Taking a look, this guy's stall did indeed have protective gear, so Lin Jiu walked over to check it out.
"Bro, see anything you like..."
"Can I just take whatever?"
Lin Jiu's retort made the corner of the awesome guy's mouth twitch. But after all, he was a sufferer of social confidence syndrome. The guy opened his mouth the next second and said, "Not quite, but I can give you a 2% discount!"
"Will you sell this belt for 8,000?"
Lin Jiu hadn't found suitable upper body armor, but he did spot a belt he liked.
[Hamster's Treasure]
Origin: Ah Qing's Shop No. 3
Quality: Green
Category: Belt
Durability: 20/20
Equipment Requirement: 10 Agility points
Equipment Effect: Hoarding. After storing a recovery item in the belt, the instant recovery effect is enhanced by 10%; long-term recovery items stored in advance become instant recovery items.
Note: After the stored recovery item is used, it takes 24 hours before a new recovery item can be stored.
Rating: 26
Description: Ah Qing's desserts are great!
Price: 3,000 Paradise Coins
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"Bro, your price cut is too much! Non-negotiable price 15,000 Paradise Coins."
"10,000 at most!"
Lin Jiu frowned and said with difficulty.
Seeing that Lin Jiu was genuinely tight on money, the awesome guy agreed to this price.
"You're lucky you ran into me, bro!"
Lin Jiu happily transferred the money and left with the belt. The [Hamster's Treasure] belt he acquired didn't have any strange patterns, it was just a silver-gray belt with a silver fox hamster icon printed on the left side.
The effect of enhancing instant recovery items by 10% wasn't very useful. The main benefit was the ability to convert pre-prepared long-term recovery items into instant recovery items.
For example, although Golden Fried Rice could restore a full 40% of health, it required a relatively long time to slowly recover. If placed in the belt in advance for some time, it could restore 40% of health in one go.
However, it was impossible to store recovery items like Golden Fried Rice. Although the effect became instant recovery, it still had to be used up. Who would take out a bowl of fried rice to eat during battle? That would be suicidal!
It was best to store subcutaneous injection-type recovery items, or at least capsules or potions.
Afterward, on the awesome guy's recommendation, he spent 20,000 Paradise Coins to buy Detection equipment.
[Black Scout]
Origin: Reincarnation Paradise - Gear House
Quality: Green
Category: Detection Equipment
Durability: 30/30
Equipment Requirement: 7 Intelligence points, 8 Agility points
Equipment Effect: Night Vision (Active): Can detect and obtain the target's information. The completeness of information depends on the Intelligence and Agility attributes of both parties.
Note: Each use of Night Vision (Active) consumes 25 mana.
Note: Night Vision (Active) has a cooldown time of 1 hour.
Rating: 25
Description: I am the eye! I watch the enemy in the darkness!
Price: 2,500 Paradise Coins
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