Inside the Arena's lounge, Su Xiao closed the Arena information panel. His ranking had slipped from 9,573rd to 9,576th. That was the downside of his winning streak; once it was interrupted, his ranking would not drop too far.
After winning 98 matches in a row, Su Xiao's opponents were basically all within the top 9,000, so their difficulty could be imagined. Even with sufficient Mana, given his current strength, it would be extremely difficult for him to break into the top 8,000 of the fourth-tier Arena.
Su Xiao was not in a hurry. He had only just advanced to the fourth tier. He still had a long way to go before challenging the top five.
After leaving the Arena, Su Xiao began browsing the Trading Market. Since he had stocked up on a large amount of recovery supplies and ammunition before entering the One Piece World, he did not need to buy any more ammunition or recovery supplies. He only needed to replenish a few emergency items, such as diving equipment and protective clothing with radiation and poison-gas resistance.
Su Xiao had originally had 70,000 Paradise Coins left. The blue pendant he had previously had Reid appraise had been given to Xia, serving as compensation for the dozen or so times Su Xiao had forgotten to pay. As for the pendant Reid had disdained to appraise, Su Xiao sold it to a first-tier contractor for 3,000 Paradise Coins.
Su Xiao estimated that the item was very likely Green Quality, though its attributes were unknown. Including the appraisal fee, unless that first-tier contractor was exceptionally unlucky, he would not lose money. He might even make a small profit.
After shopping in the Trading Market, Su Xiao had only 20,000 Paradise Coins left. These were reserved for emergencies. Several worlds ago, Su