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After the Arena System was improved, players who achieved winning streaks could receive generous rewards once their number of consecutive victories reached a certain threshold. These rewards included not only All Attribute Points and various equipment items, but also a chance to randomly raise the grade of a National Weapon. This would undoubtedly greatly increase a player's strength, especially since most players who had completed the Hell Trial were now equipped with High-Grade National Weapons—meaning that if they obtained a reward that randomly upgraded one National Weapon, they would gain a Nation Suppressing National Weapon.
Nation Suppressing National Weapons were far more powerful than High-Grade National Weapons and could greatly raise the upper limit of a player's strength. This reward alone would draw a large number of experts into the arena.
Furthermore, winning PK matches in the arena awarded points, which could be exchanged for various equipment and items, including Invincible Stones and National Weapons. These could also improve the overall strength of a player or even an entire server, causing even more players to flood into the arena.
Dongfang Shitian and his group had mostly completed the tenth stage of the Hell Trial, and most of their National Weapons had been upgraded to the high grade. This meant that remaining in hell to kill monsters would hardly improve their strength any further; at most, they could obtain some equipment and items for their respective guilds and servers. While that was important, it still could not compare to continuing to improve their own strength.
Indeed, only by further increasing their strength could Dongfang Shitian and his group narrow the gap with Ye Luo and perhaps even surpass him. This was crucial to both the Dongfang Family and other Guild Alliances and the Major Servers, especially with the national war