Su Xiao's initial goal was to fight his way out of 260 people and advance into the top 20.
The Void gladiatorial arena used an elimination system. Once the contestants received their number plates, the first-round draw began. Since the number of contestants was an integer, there were no byes in the first round.
Su Xiao examined the number plate in his hand. It was about the size of a playing card. One side displayed 106, while the other had three symbols. At the top was a hexagonal pattern representing a certain faction. At the center was a crown. He had seen that symbol once inside the castle, and it most likely represented Alice's faction. At the bottom was a circle resembling some kind of currency from the Void. The three symbols represented three factions.
Su Xiao did not see the symbol he most wanted to find: the demon goat's head. If his number plate had borne the demon goat's head, things would have been much easier.
After the notary office conducted a random draw, the first-round match order was determined. The side of Su Xiao's number plate displaying the number changed as well, gaining another number: 51. That was the number of his first-round opponent.
Before entering the arena, it was unlikely that Su Xiao would learn who contestant 51 was. Before the first round began, all 260 contestants would do their utmost to conceal their numbers.
A ladder-shaped chart appeared on a screen in the notary office. All the contestants were currently on the bottom rung of the chart. Winners would ascend toward the top, while losers would lose their chance. As for rules such as resurrection matches, nothing of the sort existed.
The Void gladiatorial arena was extremely dangerous. After losing, the odds of death were high,