Inside the Arena's lounge, Su Xiao drank a cup of chilled lemonade. Its tart flavor left him feeling refreshed.
Su Xiao had just finished lunch. He had come to the Arena intending to test Blue Shadow King through actual combat, but after being matched twice in a row without finding an opponent, he discovered that Nameless Saint and Xiu Ge were both unwilling to fight him.
Nameless Saint and Xiu Ge occupied first and second place in the Arena, which made perfect sense. Their strength was obvious to all: the former represented Apocalypse Paradise in the Strongest Contest, while the latter represented Arcane Eternal Star.
Besides those two, there were other familiar faces in the top ten. Voldi of the Demon Clan ranked sixth, Ya Mu of Sanctuary Paradise ranked ninth, and as for the iron-headed Mond, Su Xiao hadn't seen him among the top ten.
Su Xiao guessed that Mond's failure to enter the top ten was probably because the Demon Clan and the Feather Clan were at war, leaving Mond with little time to fight in the Arena.
The problem now was that after Su Xiao reached first place, he could no longer be matched with an opponent. That was only natural. Since the second- and third-place contestants had both blocked him, it would have been strange if he could still find an opponent.
Seeing this, Su Xiao left the Arena with Bubu Wang and Baja. Before long, Bubu and Baja ran off somewhere to have fun.
After returning to the Exclusive Room, Su Xiao sat on the sofa and took thirty Soul Crystals (Complete) from his storage space. Once Blade Mastery reached Lv.40 or higher, every level-up required thirty Soul Crystals (Complete).
Fighting with a blade was certainly exhilarating, but the cost of improving it was also