Blood Battle Stage

Roy did not go far. He lined up with the people who had signed up to challenge, waiting for his turn.

At that moment, a fire-element High-level God and a water-element High-level God were fighting on the arena of Lotus Rock Island.

Firelight and icy air exploded across the arena.

With Roy's eyesight, he could tell at a glance that the fire-element High-level God was likely a Five-star Devil who had fused Fire Element and Explosion Profound Mysteries. His opponent had fused the two Profound Mysteries of Laws, Ice Sharpness and Water Waves.

Fire Element was a basic profound mystery, while Explosion Profound Mysteries was an advanced profound mystery. Ice Sharpness and Water Waves were both intermediate profound mysteries. On average, the two were not far apart in their comprehension of the Profound Mysteries of Laws.

What widened the gap was the amplification their ultimate moves provided to the Profound Mysteries of Laws.

In that regard, the water-element High-level God was somewhat stronger.

There was not much difference in strength between the two. If they became locked in a prolonged battle, they might have fought for days.

But clearly, those who came to fight on the Blood Battle Stage were all battle maniacs. Although the fire-element High-level God was slightly weaker than the water-element High-level God, he did not retreat in the slightest, meeting every move head-on and yielding with neither sword strike.

After holding on for half an hour, the fire-element High-level God's disadvantage grew increasingly apparent, and he was ultimately defeated by the water-element High-level God.

"Mr. Water Willow wins. Congratulations to Mr. Water Willow on achieving two consecutive victories."

Seeing that the victor had been decided, the arena manager immediately stepped forward.

"Mr. Water Willow, would you like to continue challenging, or rest for a while?"

"I'll rest for now."

Having just defeated a powerful opponent, the High-level God codenamed "Water Willow" had expended no small amount of energy. If he continued fighting, the chances of defeat would be high.

"Then let us invite the next two challengers, Blazing Flame and Mr. Mad Lion, onto the stage."

After "Water Willow" stepped down, two High-level Gods emerged from the line around Roy. Judging from their auras, the one codenamed "Blazing Flame" was a fire-element High-level God, while "Mad Lion" was a lightning-element High-level God.

Boom!

This battle ended very quickly.

Almost as soon as it began, "Blazing Flame" was instantly killed by a bolt of lightning casually unleashed by "Mad Lion."

"Oh? This guy is a Six-star Devil who has fused three Profound Mysteries of Laws?"

The lightning bolt Mad Lion had just unleashed was not only fast, but also carried an oppressive might.

Clearly, that bolt had fused Lightning Element, Lightning Speed, and Judgment, three Profound Mysteries of Laws.

Roy was not the only one who saw it.

Many people outside the arena had recognized it as well.

In the Nine Nether Region, your strength could be lacking, but your eyesight absolutely could not be.

The Blood Battle Stage held dozens or even hundreds of bloody battles every day. Even a pig, if it lacked strength but watched battles for hundreds of thousands of years, would develop eyes capable of roughly discerning the power of an attack.

"Six-star Devil!"

"Woohoo..."

Amid the audience's enthusiastic cheers, the middle-aged man called "Mad Lion" casually tossed the heavily injured "Blazing Flame" aside. Then he said to the manager who approached, "Sir Manager, I want to challenge for twenty consecutive victories. Please arrange it."

"Oh?"

Hearing Mad Lion's words, the arena manager glanced at him and confirmed, "Mr. Mad Lion, once a consecutive battle challenge begins, there will be no rest until you either complete twenty consecutive battles or are defeated. Are you sure you wish to challenge for twenty consecutive victories?"

Six-star Devils could be considered the backbone of the Blood Battle Stage.

When Seven-star Demons did not take action, quite a few Six-star Devils could achieve ten or twenty consecutive victories.

However, going any higher was far more difficult.

There were only two ways to become a Hundred Battle Expert in the Nine Nether Region.

First, endure through time.

After achieving ten consecutive victories, one could continue fighting other experts with ten consecutive victories. The winner could add the other's winning streak to their own, while the loser's winning streak would be reset to zero.

Likewise, only when an expert with twenty consecutive victories fought another expert with twenty consecutive victories could the winner accumulate a streak beyond twenty victories.

However, because experts with winning streaks were extremely rare, after reaching ninety consecutive victories, one might only appear once every thousand years. Thus, battles involving experts with ninety consecutive victories were sights rarely seen even once in a millennium.

The second method was consecutive battles!

This was also the method many powerful experts chose to quickly accumulate consecutive victories.

Experts confident in themselves could declare, upon stepping onto the arena, that they wished to challenge for "ten consecutive battles," "twenty consecutive battles," or "fifty consecutive battles." Upon succeeding, they would become a "Ten Consecutive Victories Expert," "Twenty Consecutive Victories Expert," or "Fifty Consecutive Victories Expert."

If they failed, then everything was over.

Mad Lion had chosen the second method.

"Yes, I'm sure."

After receiving Mad Lion's confirmation, the manager's voice rang throughout the Blood Battle Stage. "Everyone, Mr. Mad Lion will be challenging twenty consecutive battles. The fee to watch the following battles will be raised to twenty Ink Stones."

"Also, challengers participating in the upcoming bloody battles may withdraw if they are not confident."

In truth, after seeing the High-level God codenamed "Blazing Flame" instantly killed by Mad Lion, some of the registered challengers had already begun to hesitate.

Their strength was about the same as Water Willow's. They were all Five-star Devils who had fused two Profound Mysteries of Laws—well, in the Underworld, they should be called Five-star Demons.

A Five-star Demon against a Six-star Devil had no chance of winning at all.

If they went up, they might be lucky enough to suffer serious injuries and recover after a few thousand years. If they were unlucky, they could be reduced to ashes on the spot.

Fortunately, Mad Lion was challenging twenty consecutive victories, giving them a chance to withdraw.

With that, only three people remained ahead of Roy in the line.

Clearly, none of those who dared remain were simple figures.

"Mr. Mad Lion's twenty consecutive battle challenge, second battle, begin!"

"Please welcome Mr. Blood Hand!"

Blood Hand was a High-level God who cultivated the Destruction Rule. With every move he made, blood-red light filled the sky, and crimson mist shrouded the entire Blood Battle Stage.

Lightning flashed and thunder roared within it.

Ordinary High-level Gods could not see through the battle in the blood mist at all.

But to Roy, the battle between these two was no different from children playing.

Boom boom boom boom boom!

Blood-red sword shadows collided with a lightning greatsword, erupting in deafening explosions.

If not for the Blood Battle Stage's barrier, some of those watching their battle would likely have been injured by the aftershocks.

The High-level God Blood Hand, who cultivated the Destruction Rule, was quite strong, but he was ultimately defeated by Mad Lion.

"Mad Lion's twenty consecutive battle challenge, third battle victory!"

"Next, please welcome Mr. Giant Rock."

This one was even weaker than Blood Hand and was defeated by Mad Lion in less than three minutes.

"Mad Lion's twenty consecutive battle challenge, fourth battle victory!"

"Next, please welcome Mr. Star!"

Hearing the manager call his name, Roy did not hesitate and flew directly onto the Blood Battle Stage.