Next, the mage who had stolen a wife and killed a man chose to continue matching for challenges.
Yes, to attract people, this arena used a matchmaking system. In other words, you would only be matched against opponents roughly equal to yourself.
The odds of victory for both sides were about fifty-fifty.
You would not be matched against someone who could crush you outright. Otherwise, hardly anyone would dare come here.
Of course, if you insisted on choosing an opponent and that opponent agreed, then it did not matter. Do whatever you wanted.
But upon seeing this, Wenren Sheng felt that the mage really was a little insane.
Did he not know that even with fifty-fifty odds, the more times he fought, the faster his chances of dying would rise?
Anyone who knew a little probability theory would understand that by the second match, his chance of surviving was only 25%.
The mage's best strategy should have been to withdraw.
The challenge began again. This time, the mage won again and killed his opponent. He really was insane enough.
Then came the third time, the fourth time...
Wenren Sheng could say without question that the other man had gone completely mad. After winning once, anyone else would surely fully absorb their power before returning. But this man kept fighting one battle after another. He was courting death! Sure enough, during the fifth match, the mage finally died at the hands of a stronger man.
"Hmph, you really were difficult to deal with! Though our power was the same, I was more skilled. Otherwise, you really might have killed me!" The stronger man muttered, his face still full of lingering fear.
"Hmph, that lunatic is finally dead. Zhong Yunxian has finally avenged himself." Lu Kuan Dog let out a sigh of