Scarlet

Gu Ding glanced at his watch; it seemed there was still plenty of time. After watching Bigge and his team's matches, he was indeed itching to join in. He immediately brought up the War Page and pressed the challenge button.

In the next instant, Gu Ding was teleported to the Second Arena.

The Number One Arena is reserved for large-scale competitions. By teleporting Gu Ding to the second Number One Arena Second Arena, the system has clearly been very accommodating.

Everyone rushed towards the Second Arena, eager to witness the competition.

Gu Ding's match was his seventy-second one, and he couldn't be challenged until he achieved a three-game winning streak. Therefore, the system assigned him to a random opponent on the same floor.

In fact, many people believe that given Gu Ding's strength, Gu Ding's unlikely to lose to anyone randomly drawn below floor 900. The truly exciting matches will begin after the seventy-seventh game. Because by the seventy-seventh game, any strong opponent below floor 1000 can be challenged at will.

Gu Ding's opponent was a young man of about twenty years old. When he appeared on the stage, his gaze inadvertently swept over the sea of people below, which startled him. He then looked up at his opponent, a thought flashing through his mind, "This kid looks familiar... wait, he looks like Gu Ding."

"Uh... excuse me, are you Gu Ding?" The young man asked somewhat blankly, forgetting to even turn on the detection function.

"I am Gu Ding." Gu Ding nodded.

"Um... can I get an autograph?" The young man looked at Gu Ding with some anticipation. He had watched every single match of Gu Ding Team members, and today's four matches with Eighty Consecutive Wins had made him even more excited. Unexpectedly, right after Bigge's match ended, he was assigned to compete against Gu Ding.

"An autograph?" Gu Ding was taken aback. He had encountered fans before in the Long Teng Universe Country, but this was the first time he had ever met someone asking for an autograph on the stage. "After today's match, leave me your email address, and I'll send it to you electronically."

"If it's convenient, it would be best if everyone on your team could sign it," the young man suggested.

"Okay." Gu Ding nodded. "Can we begin the competition now?"

"I concede!" the young man shouted at the referee, raising his hand.

The referee was taken aback at first, then nodded, "Gu Ding wins!"

In the second match, Gu Ding's opponent was a young woman who readily conceded defeat upon seeing that her opponent was Gu Ding.

With his previous victory, Gu Ding is now on a 73-game winning streak. This means the challenge has begun. Gu Ding is currently on 509th Floor. Anyone within 100 floors of his current level can participate in the challenge. This means everyone below 609th Floor can take on the challenge.

Strangely, three minutes passed, and still no opponent was teleported onto the arena.

In fact, most people in the War God Arena have seen the previous performances of the Gu Ding Team members. Four Eighty Consecutive Wins are enough to demonstrate the team's strength. As the team leader, Gu Ding, even if not the strongest, is definitely not weak. Many people are aware of this. Perhaps those above level 900 have a fighting chance against Gu Ding, but for those below level 609, actively challenging Gu Ding is simply suicidal. Therefore, no one actively challenges Gu Ding.

However, the system's rules stipulate that after the 73rd winning streak ended, all subsequent matches were challenge matches, not randomly assigned ones. Since no one is challenging him now, it's equivalent to Gu Ding and being automatically declared a winner by the system.

However, since each person can participate in three matches per day, the bye meant that Gu Ding's third match of the day did not take place, causing the system to continue matching players later.

Match 74, Gu Ding wins!

Match 75, Gu Ding wins!

Match 76, Gu Ding wins!

Six consecutive wins mean that anyone below floor 710 can participate in the blocking challenge. However, no one still actively challenges Gu Ding, and Gu Ding continues to have a bye in his matches.

Match 77, Gu Ding wins!

Match 78, Gu Ding wins!

Match 79, Gu Ding wins!

This was something no one had expected. Gu Ding had made up for the past three days' worth of arena progress in less than ten minutes. Even Gu Ding himself hadn't anticipated things would turn out this way; he had thought it would take him at least a few days to catch up with everyone else.

"That's some luck..." Liliath muttered to herself from below the ring.

"I guess everyone feels that challenging Gu Ding is pointless, because they'll lose no matter what, and they might lose badly." Bigge had a pretty good idea of why no one was challenging him. His four had performed too impressively before, and Gu Ding was the leader of the team, so his strength was definitely not weak. Challenging him would only make them a laughing stock.

"In the final match, someone will definitely try to stop him." Elsa looked up at the top of the ring, secretly looking forward to seeing Gu Ding's match.

Liliath was also looking forward to this match because she had noticed the changes in Gu Ding after his seclusion. She knew that Gu Ding had become stronger, but she wanted to see for herself just how strong he had become.

Bigge knew that Gu Ding had grasped the Martial Dao Intent after his seclusion. He was well aware that with Gu Ding's strength, he could not possibly lose this match no matter what kind of opponent he faced. He just didn't know how Gu Ding would win this match.

Suddenly, a series of urgent bell tolls rang out in the sky, attracting everyone's attention, followed by the sweet female voice.

"Given the multiple byes experienced by participants, and for the sake of fairness, the competition rules have been slightly adjusted, with the final blocking challenge becoming more difficult. The blocking challenge originally scheduled for the last round below floor 1000 has been changed to include a challenge from floor 1000. Strong participants on floor 1000 who wish to take on the challenge, please press the challenge button within three minutes. Failure to press the challenge button within the time limit will be considered a forfeiture of the challenge qualification. After three minutes, the system will automatically assign an opponent to each participant from among the challengers."

The system's announcement stunned everyone. This had never happened before; it was unprecedented. Amidst the crowd, murmurs of discussion filled the air.

"It's a challenge from the 1000th floor! Is this special treatment for Gu Ding?" someone couldn't help but ask.

"It seems the arena is determined not to let Gu Ding achieve Eighty Consecutive Wins, after all, their team had already broken the arena's record with four consecutive Eighty Consecutive Wins."

"This time, it seems the Federal Government couldn't resist taking action. If the entire team achieves Eighty Consecutive Wins and enters the Universe Sea at level 1000, the news will definitely spread throughout the entire Universe Sea. If such a winning streak were achieved by a space mercenary group or Interstellar Hunter team, the Federal Government probably wouldn't care much. The key is that Gu Ding and his group are Interstellar Pirate, and the Federal Government certainly doesn't want an Interstellar Pirate group to attract this kind of attention." The person who said this was clearly a member of another faction who knew the Federal Government quite well.

"The matches above the 1000th floor have never been open to the public before, but this time we can finally see them." Some people expressed their relief, because in the War God Arena, only the matches below the 1000th floor are public. The area above the 1000th floor is a mystery to everyone. The War God Arena has existed for too long, almost half an era, and no one knows what kind of powerful individuals exist above the 1000th floor, or how powerful they are. They only know that many powerful individuals are eliminated after entering. And those who are eliminated keep silent about their fate.

The announcement echoed throughout the entire War God Arena. Many powerful figures above the 1000th floor heard it and were somewhat surprised. In recent days, they had frequently heard news about the Gu Ding Team. Especially today, with four members achieving Eighty Consecutive Wins and advancing to the 1000th floor. Many had also watched the Gu Ding Team's matches, and couldn't help but feel curious about their leader, Gu Ding.

Some impulsive individuals pressed the challenge button immediately. Others, more cautious, assessed their own abilities and the current performance of the Gu Ding Team members before pressing the challenge button.

The reactions of these powerful individuals on the 1000th floor are naturally unknown to outsiders.

Below the arena, Liliath appeared somewhat worried. She and Dokter had struggled to reach the 1000th floor. This made her realize that the strong individuals on the 1000th floor were not to be underestimated. Although she knew that Gu Ding was very strong, she couldn't help but feel some concern.

Elsa stared at Gu Ding on the ring, looking eager to try. Judging from her expression, if Gu Ding weren't a member of her team, she probably would have jumped up and challenged him long ago.

Bigge stared blankly at the ring, his expression unreadable, his gaze devoid of joy or sorrow.

Gu Ding stood on the arena, waiting patiently. He didn't find anything wrong with the system's arrangement. He had watched Bigge and the others' previous matches, and the only one he was really concerned about was Karrot, whom Liliath had encountered. He wasn't too worried about the two guys from the 999th and 998th floors.

Three minutes passed quickly. On the arena, not far from Gu Ding, a white light finally shone, and Gu Ding's opponent was finally teleported up.

Everyone stared intently at the figure that had just appeared above the arena.

He was a young man, very young, looking no more than twenty, perhaps only eighteen or nineteen. But that wasn't the most striking thing; what was most striking was the young man's appearance. As a man, his looks were simply too handsome. Gu Ding had seen quite a few beautiful women, but the only one who could rival his beauty was Elizabeth.

But his appearance was very simple. He had long, dark brown hair, which was casually tied up with a thin white rope, and his clothes were just an ordinary blue shirt. What caught the attention of Gu Ding the stage and Bigge below the stage was not his appearance, but the Sheathless Black Sword at his waist and the sharp sword intent that vaguely seeped out from his body.

"It's actually Scarlet..." Many powerful individuals on the thousandth floor who were watching the live video broadcast showed a look of fear in their eyes the moment they saw the man appear.

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[Hmm, if nothing unexpected happens, Scarlet should be the most handsome man in this book in terms of appearance~~] (To be continued...)