War God Arena
The boundary river is the boundary between universes.
Because we exist between two universes, the conflicts in cultural forms and various perceptions often allow people to see things that are not visible in their own universe.
And this is especially true for the Great Boundary River.
There are only about three thousand rivers in the entire human Universe Sea that can be called Great Boundary River. Each one is the boundary between the Five Star Universe Country and the Universe Sea, and each Great Boundary River has an entrance leading to the Universe Sea. However, there are conditions for entering the entrance.
The first condition is that one's cultivation level must be at least One-Star Low-rank God).
The second condition supplements the first: those whose cultivation level is below the god level must participate in the War God Arena's assessment. Only those who pass the assessment are allowed to enter.
As for those whose cultivation level is insufficient and who fail the assessment, they can only enter the Universe Sea through the miniature channels of other boundary rivers.
This restriction isn't actually a bad thing, because the battles in the Universe Sea are extremely fierce, and teams lacking sufficient strength have a very high chance of perishing. The restriction on cultivation level also prevents some very talented young people from dying prematurely after entering the Universe Sea.
War God Arena is a separate section within the Virtual Arena.
Gu Ding had heard of it before, but that was all he knew. He'd heard it was Gathering Place for powerful people, but he didn't know anything more.
The Sea Emperor quickly gave everyone, including Gu Ding, a lesson on the War God Arena.
"The War God Arena is a product of this era; it didn't exist before. This special arena was established to select those who would enter the Universe Sea."
"Many people think that the War God Arena is just an enhanced version of the Virtual Arena, with the same virtual combat mode. But in reality, the War God Arena consists of two parts: virtual and real. The virtual part is a large-scale open selection, which is open to everyone without any threshold. Only by meeting certain conditions can one obtain the qualification to participate in the real arena. Only by passing the real War God Arena test can one be qualified to obtain the ticket to the Universe Sea."
"What conditions must be met to enter the real-world arena?" Gu Ding was particularly concerned about this question.
"Those who reach the 300th floor of the War God Arena are considered to have passed the preliminary selection and are qualified to enter the real arena. Those who reach the 800th floor can skip the on-site competition step and obtain direct access to the Universe Sea."
"As for the scoring rules, you'll have to see them for yourselves once you enter the arena. I won't go into detail. If there's anything you don't understand, just ask me."
After the Sea Emperor finished speaking, he connected Gu Ding to the War God Arena's network, and everyone else followed suit.
Upon entering the War God Arena, Gu Ding looked up at the towering, strangely shaped building before him. It was vaguely recognizable as a massive tower, its base resembling an enormous cake, but stacked irregularly layered upon layer, each layer roughly the same size.
Liliath and the others soon appeared beside Gu Ding.
"Wow, it's so high!" Elsa couldn't help but exclaim.
"This looks like a lot of fun! Let's check out the rules!" Gu Ding thought about this game-like format. The idea of progressing through each level seemed very interesting.
Once inside the tower, the tower's Local Area Network finally connected to the Smart Watch on everyone's wrists.
Gu Ding checked the points rules and the hierarchy of the Tower of Giants.
The points system is actually quite simple:
Win: 1 point
[A one-hit kill doubles the points, awarding 2 points.]
Draw: 0 points
Accumulating ten draws earns an extra point.
Negative: -1 point
[If you are instantly defeated by your opponent, the points deducted will be doubled to -2 points.]
Additional rules:
[1. Winning streaks of ten, twenty, thirty, or more consecutive matches will double your accumulated points.]
[2. For a losing streak of five to ten games, the points deduction will be doubled. For a losing streak of more than ten games, the points deduction will be tripled.]
[3. If a winning or losing streak ends in a draw, the winning or losing streak is terminated. The remaining game count is then reset.]
The tower's layer division is simpler:
Those with less than 10 points will compete on the First Level.
10-20 points. Second Level.
20-30 minutes, Third Level
2990~3000 points, the 300th floor
7990~8000 points, 800th floor
In other words, to pass the preliminary round, you need to accumulate at least 3,000 points, and to directly enter the Universe Sea, you need to accumulate more than 8,000 points.
"You only get 1 point for winning a game. To accumulate 3,000 points, you would have to play at least a thousand games?" Gu Ding couldn't help but sigh.
"That applies to ordinary people," Sea Emperor countered. "If you have a winning streak, ten games would give you a total of 20 points. A twenty-game winning streak would be an additional 60 points on top of the ten-game streak, not 40. A thirtieth-game winning streak would give you 140 points. If you accumulate points like this, a ninety-game winning streak would give you more than 10,000 points."
"Looking at it this way, it seems much easier. If we add the ability to instantly defeat the opponent, the number of games needed will be even less. However, this requires maintaining a winning streak, and even if there is a draw in the middle, the remaining games will have to be recalculated." Gu Ding also knew that the Sea Emperor's assumption was actually an ideal situation.
"This time, everyone except Tagore and Robert must participate in this arena competition to obtain a pass." The Sea Emperor's voice reached the ears of Liliath and her group.
Gu Ding wasn't worried about the others, since every member of the team was already quite capable.
"This War God Arena is somewhat different from the Virtual Arena," the Sea Emperor continued.
"The first difference is the real-name system. In the Virtual Arena, you can use any title you want. But here, everyone uses their real name because the War God Arena directly reads the chip data inside each person's smartwatch and binds the data. Because real names are used, it's not difficult for everyone to get information about their opponents from the SkyNet."
"The second difference is that all the data in the War God Arena is exactly the same as that of each person's original self. All abilities and even weapons have been preserved. So, there is no need to worry about not being able to use some special abilities."
"Now everyone can go to the front desk to activate the entry and competition function. Only after activating this function can you enter and participate in the competition," Sea Emperor continued to remind everyone.
Gu Ding and his group rushed to the front desk and quickly completed the function activation.
After activating the function, Gu Ding discovered that a new feature had appeared on the watch screen projection – Challenge.
Gu Ding pressed the button directly, and then the system began pairing automatically.
It is said that SkyNet's pairings are random, especially in the first instance when there are no reference points. Even the all-powerful SkyNet does not know the true strength of each person.
Besides Gu Ding, Bigge and Elsa also pressed the challenge button immediately.
Liliath decided to observe the skill level of the people here first, while Dokter looked down to check if the throwing knife in his sleeve was still there.
Gu Ding's pairing results came out quickly; his number was 9527, and his opponent was number 9528.
After the pairing results came out, Gu Ding was immediately teleported to a ring, and soon his opponent finally appeared.
The other party was a tall, muscular man. Gu Ding was able to easily view the other party's information.
[Name: Rennie]
[Gene Level: Tier 13]
[God of War Points: -23]
Number of battles: 257
Win rate: 46%
The other party also saw Gu Ding's data.
Name: Gu Ding
[Gene Level: Tier 13]
[God of War Points: 0]
Number of battles: 0
Win rate: 0%
"Looks like I'm in luck today. It's a rookie making his first appearance. And he's so skinny, he probably won't last long against me." Rennie's judgment based on appearance was clearly a ridiculous mistake; he had no idea what a formidable opponent he was facing.
A thought flashed through Rennie's mind, and he launched an attack on Gu Ding. In this arena, there was no room for morality. Since his opponent had come up on stage, he was already prepared to be eliminated. Therefore, Rennie didn't see himself as bullying the weak.
He moved swiftly, appearing before Gu Ding. Gu Ding remained motionless, leading Rennie to believe he was paralyzed with fear. He threw a punch, slamming Gu Ding down with explosive force. He anticipated this punch would be enough to shatter his opponent's chest and eliminate him from the game.
But what Rennie didn't expect was that it was only then that Gu Ding finally moved. He clenched his fist and threw a seemingly ordinary punch from his waist, without even generating any energy.
It was a simple punch, delivered with lightning speed, that struck Rennie's chest. Almost instantly, Rennie's body on the ring began to disintegrate rapidly from his chest outwards.
Information about himself automatically popped up in front of Gu Ding.
Name: Gu Ding
[Gene Level: Tier 13]
[God of War Points: 2]
[Number of battles: 1]
Win rate: 100%
[Note: Due to completing a flash sale, the War God Points are doubled.]
Almost at the same time that Gu Ding finished his match, Bigge and Elsa also easily secured their wins in seconds, thus winning the first match.
Seeing how easy the competition was, Liliath finally couldn't resist clicking the challenge button.
"It looks pretty simple," Dokter had already finished counting the throwing knives in his sleeve, and after Liliath disappeared, he also pressed the challenge button.
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[Some readers might have questions about the calculation method for winning streaks, so let me explain. A ten-game winning streak is 10 x 2 = 20, which is self-explanatory. A twenty-game winning streak is (20 + 10) x 2 = 60, and a thirty-game winning streak is (60 + 10) x 2 = 140. Essentially, it's a cumulative calculation of the previous points.] (To be continued...)