The dark red curtain of the Beast Arena Domain rose again.
This time, Qin Chuan didn't need to give an order. The Apex Guild members charged in, howling.
Water God led the way with his Deep Blue Staff over his shoulder. Night Cherry Tangle spread his Dark Gold Wings and swooped in from above.
Season Star didn't even leave her mech. Piloting the massive Truth Judgment, she raised its mechanical arm and blasted a Plasma Cannon shot into the crowd.
The dozen or so Mid-Rank Gods from the Pantheon who had been thrown into the arena were already half-dead. Their restraints had barely been released, and they hadn't even raised their shields before the ravenous players were upon them.
A Storm Priest had just summoned a whirlwind when Night Cherry Tangle's Sword Light struck. The Dark Gold sword energy, carrying True Damage, severed the whirlwind's Law Core and sliced the priest in half at the waist.
Evergreen stood at the edge of the arena and leisurely opened the Sacred Codex of Reincarnation.
Several gray-black strands of the Law of Aging struck the Berserkers who tried to fight back. Their bulging muscles shriveled, their movements slowed to a crawl, and Water God smashed their heads one by one with balls of Heavy Water.
It was a one-sided slaughter.
In less than half an hour, all the Mid-Rank God captives were dead.
The Beast Arena Domain's unique rule, "Loser Eats Dust," activated. Dense dark red energy tendrils surged from the ground, forcibly stripped the corpses of their remaining divine power, Law Origin, and attributes honed through years of training, then compressed them into a dozen pure Dark Gold orbs.
Night Cherry Tangle absorbed the orb of a Thunder Priest. Purple lightning crackled along his Dark Gold Longsword.
Evergreen absorbed the essence of