Choosing not to enter the Tier 2 Arena meant that even if he lost the next match, he would definitely be able to enter the Trial Tower again and achieve ninety-nine consecutive wins.
In the Tier 2 Arena, he could enter whenever he wanted.
But after entering the Tier 2 Promotion Arena, it probably would not be so easy to return to Tier 1.
Knowledge Monopoly was quite serious in this world. Even in the Top Three in the Entire Domain Secondary Education School, he had found very little information related to the Trial Tower!
Faced with the two options provided in the Trial Tower's announcement, he could only make his decision based on the small amount of information he knew.
After making up his mind, Zhang Zhi chose to remain in the Tier 1 Arena.
When he disappeared from the arena and returned to the Trial Tower, Zhang Zhi suddenly received a message from the Trial Tower:
"Congratulations on achieving ninety-nine consecutive wins and unlocking the achievement 'Kicking Down Nursing Homes, Punching Kindergartens.' This achievement will be displayed in your Trial Tower. Please confirm the title you wish to display."
Zhang Zhi's face darkened when he heard the name of the achievement.
He tentatively communicated with the Trial Tower: "Can the achievement be anonymous?"
Trial Tower: "Ordinary achievements cannot be anonymous."
Zhang Zhi's face darkened even further. Great, this was an Ordinary Achievement too.
Looking at the rather embarrassing name of the achievement, he pondered for a long time, preparing to use a similarly embarrassing name like "Crayon Shin-chan" or "I Will Definitely Be Back" as his title.
After all, everyone who had attended elementary school on Earth knew that two negatives made a positive. Just as he was about to confirm it, he suddenly realized a problem.
He communicated with the Trial Tower again: "Can the title be changed?"
Trial Tower: "No!"
Looking at the Trial Tower's reply, Zhang Zhi's face darkened even more. That was close. If I had really used such an embarrassing title and people found out later, I would have died of shame!
He let out a soft breath. Countless names flashed through his mind. In the end, he entered four characters and clicked confirm.
The next second, a tremendous voice rang out inside the Trial Tower.
"Congratulations to 'Daoist Hongjun' of this Trial Tower for achieving 'Kicking Down Nursing Homes, Punching Kindergartens' in the Tier 1 Arena."
"Congratulations to 'Daoist Hongjun' of this Trial Tower for achieving 'Kicking Down Nursing Homes, Punching Kindergartens' in the Tier 1 Arena."
Listening to the loudspeaker echoing through the Trial Tower, he was so embarrassed that he almost dug a hole through it. He hurriedly reached toward the arena beside him, hoping to enter the next match as soon as possible and avoid this mortifying moment.
White Light flashed, and Zhang Zhi's figure once again disappeared from the Trial Tower.
He did not notice that when the broadcast rang out, the people inside the Trial Tower froze for a moment before cheering one after another.
At the same time, outside the Trial Tower, ten enormous fireworks suddenly appeared above its peak and exploded, transforming into ten brilliant Firework Roses.
After those ten fireworks slowly faded, another ten enormous fireworks exploded above the tower. This time, they transformed into ten Carnations.
Accompanying the fireworks that had appeared out of nowhere were dozens of figures.
Someone looked at the Firework Roses above the tower and said, "It's Ten Flowers Celebrate Together."
As the fireworks continued exploding, more and more people surged toward the Trial Tower!
This achievement, "Kicking Down Nursing Homes, Punching Kindergartens," which seemed rather comical to Zhang Zhi, was apparently far more important than he had thought.
Inside the arena, the hundredth match.
As the light column on the opposite side faded, a giant snake suspended in midair appeared in Zhang Zhi's sight. It had horns on its head, and its body was more than four feet in diameter.
Looking at his opponent, which was more accurately a Flood Dragon, Zhang Zhi drew a soft breath.
Being able to float in midair without relying on external forces was one of the best-known signs of the Transcendent Realm and above.
A giant snake with horns that could hover in midair could be called a flood dragon in certain worlds.
The Flood Dragon stared blankly at the group before it, then asked, "Human?"
At that moment, Zhang Zhi's entire body was tense as he guarded against being beheaded by his opponent. He also froze when he heard the question, then nodded. "Yes, a human."
The Flood Dragon flew above Zhang Zhi. Under his extremely nervous gaze, it examined him from head to toe several times. Then, a strange gleam appeared in its eyes. "You're only at the Elite Realm?"
Your Small World's Retainers are all at the Mortal Transformation Realm Completion, with only one step left before reaching the Transcendent Realm. How are you only at the Elite Realm?
"You just opened a Small World, so you haven't even had time to improve your cultivation?"
Zhang Zhi was utterly confused. For a Realm Lord, one's own cultivation was important, but not that important. It was not important, yet it was also very important. Most importantly, as long as a Realm Lord had time, their own strength could be improved with ease.
The Retainers it had just mentioned referred to the creatures in his Small World? He seemed to have read somewhere that creatures outside a Realm Lord's Main World referred to the creatures within the Realm Lord's Small World as the Realm Lord's Retainers.
Though he did not understand, he nodded.
The Flood Dragon continued asking, "So, is this your first time entering the Trial Tower?"
Zhang Zhi continued nodding.
After seeing Zhang Zhi nod, the Flood Dragon suddenly asked, "How many consecutive wins do you have now? Ninety-nine?"
After thinking for a moment, he decided to answer honestly. He nodded and said, "That's right. Ninety-nine wins!"
The Flood Dragon circled Zhang Zhi's group several times. "Twenty-one in the Mortal Transformation Realm, including one at Completion and three at the Middle Stage; five hundred in the Elite Realm, all of them at the Late Stage."
After saying that, it looked at Zhang Zhi with an extremely strange gaze.
Zhang Zhi looked at the Flood Dragon. "What exactly do you mean, sir?"
The Flood Dragon said, "You really do have some strength, and you're certainly lucky. Your Breakthrough Battle opponent actually turned out to be me."
Seeing Zhang Zhi's bewildered expression, it continued, "You came from the Tier 1 Arena to this Tier 2 Arena, right?"
Zhang Zhi nodded.
"The first match after advancing from Tier 1 to Tier 2 is called the Breakthrough Battle."
"Under normal circumstances, the Trial Tower will match you with an exceptionally powerful opponent!"
"I say you're lucky because I received many favors from the human race in the past."
"And you are clearly the Son of Destiny of some human region."
"For someone like you, who carries human destiny, I certainly won't become a roadblock. Otherwise, the favors I received from the human race before would immediately cause my own destiny to rebound against me. I might even be struck by Nine Thunderbolts Striking the Head when I cross the tribulation to form my Nascent Soul."
Zhang Zhi finally understood. His hundredth match was an extremely special situation. Under normal circumstances, he would have been matched with an extraordinarily powerful opponent.
The Flood Dragon believed that being matched with it meant Zhang Zhi was extremely lucky.
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