Making a Name in the Slaughter Arena, Recruitment from the Virtual Universe Company!

The Slaughter Arena existed within the Virtual Universe. It was essentially a pay-to-train facility where users could submit any requirements to the Virtual Universe system and battle simulated opponents.

For example, Vinina was currently Planetary level first stage, with a first-level domain. She could request an opponent who was also Planetary level first stage but possessed a second-level domain.

Such an opponent would be difficult to encounter in reality, but it could be created in the Slaughter Arena.

The only issue was the steep price.

Though Vinina was only Planetary level first stage so far, entering the Slaughter Arena for a single day cost as much as 200,000 Black Dragon Coins!

How much did it cost to buy a Planetary level ninth-stage Mental Master?

Yet after linking her bank account, enabling password-free payment, and entering to experience it for a while, Vinina's eyes lit up.

This thing...

It was absolutely worth its price!

Her spear danced as one Planetary level Martial Artist after another died beneath its tip. Only when the final Martial Artist's head was pierced did the battle finally end!

Holding her spear, Vinina let out a long breath.

Even Babata found it somewhat difficult to understand.

In its eyes, Vinina should not have possessed such intense killing intent.

What it did not know was that this was also a side effect of tempering battle intent. Every round of tempering and refinement required Vinina to immerse herself in battle intent, enduring its bloodlust and thirst for combat at every moment. Suppressing those emotions for so long was naturally uncomfortable. Now that she had gone on a frenzied killing spree, she had finally released them.

Naturally, she felt much better.

But it was clearly still not enough!

"Babata, submit an application. I need 1,000 Planetary level ninth-stage Martial Artists as opponents."

Vinina spoke softly.

She possessed a domain, so a small number of Planetary level ninth-stage opponents posed no threat to her at all. But with 1,000 Planetary level ninth stages gathered together, even a Star level powerhouse could be easily killed. Even with her domain, Vinina only managed to pierce the final enemy's head with her war spear after suffering several severe injuries.

The pent-up emotions she had accumulated over several years were now vented to her heart's content.

The first time, she faced fifty Planetary level ninth-stage Martial Artists and crushed them with ease.

The second time, bolstered by her domain, she slaughtered 1,000 Planetary level ninth-stage Martial Artists in a frenzy.

The third time, Vinina directly raised her opponents' strength to Star level first stage and ultimately won with heavy injuries.

The fourth time, Vinina configured her opponent according to Hong's standards: Planetary level fourth stage, first-level domain, wielding a second-tier Force Weapon and wearing second-tier battle armor.

The result was a clean and decisive defeat.

Part of the reason was that Vinina had not used her battle intent. If she had, even if she could not win, she would not have lost so thoroughly. But a loss was a loss. Combat and killing experience truly was one of her weaknesses.

In that case, she would train more!

Once, twice, three times, four times, five times.

That day, Vinina fought 147 consecutive battles in the Slaughter Arena and experienced 145 deaths. She was exhausted, yet strangely exhilarated.

The feeling of fighting to the very end, of giving everything she had, addicted her.

Whenever she occasionally left, it was only because Babata urged her to exit the Virtual Universe. She would use Wood Crystals and Azure Wave Marrow to raise her Force energy, temper her soul with battle intent, and cleanse her will. Once finished, she would plunge right back into the Slaughter Arena.

Her highest record was remaining in the Slaughter Arena for seven consecutive days without leaving!

Her level of madness left even those who intended to befriend her dumbfounded.

After all, the Slaughter Arena's expenses were extremely high. Those who could remain here long-term were either exceptionally wealthy or had extraordinary backgrounds, and their future prospects were generally far from ordinary. The logic that more friends meant more paths applied in the universe as well. On top of that, Vinina was outstanding in both appearance and temperament, so it was perfectly normal for people to want to get acquainted with her.

But her behavior was a little too insane.

For two straight months, she could be seen in the Slaughter Arena every single day, never missing a day as if she were clocking in for work.

Didn't she get tired?

The answer, of course, was no!

Vinina was even enjoying herself. Besides constantly killing in the Slaughter Arena, honing herself, and gaining combat experience, she had found another interesting place.

The Decisive Battle Space!

If the Slaughter Arena was dedicated to solo users, allowing them to set their own opponents and serving as the best place to train—with something of a "teacher's" function—then the Decisive Battle Space was where true Martial Artists dueled each other.

Both sides in battle were real humans, not virtual creations.

Of course, it still cost money, but only one-tenth as much as the Slaughter Arena. After training in the Slaughter Arena, going to the Decisive Battle Space to bully a few weaker opponents and climb the rankings—couldn't that count as entertainment?

Lose?

In the Decisive Battle Space, one could only challenge opponents of the same rank. Although Vinina had reached Planetary level seventh stage after two months of cultivation, how many Planetary level fighters normally possessed a domain?

And a Planetary level fighter with a domain fighting one without one...

Wasn't that just a father beating his son!

It was only later, because she possessed a domain, that Vinina was quickly challenged by highly rated Martial Artists. This caused her rating to rise rapidly, while her battles also became less effortless than they had been at the start.

However, during this period, Vinina fused her domain with her Spear Technique and successfully advanced her Lightning Domain to the second level!

Undefeated, without a single loss!

This quickly drew the attention of quite a few people.

After all, many higher-ups from various organizations watched Planetary level and Star level battles, searching for suitable geniuses to recruit into their own factions.

Vinina naturally became one of them.

However, weaker factions truly could not bring themselves to approach Vinina. Planetary level seventh stage, second-level domain—factions capable of recruiting such a genius...

There were only a dozen or so across the entire Black Dragon Mountain Empire!

And the first to act?

One of the Human Race's five great giants: the Virtual Universe Company!

Following a Slaughter Arena staff member, Vinina arrived at a meditation room on the Slaughter Arena's second floor and met the person who had summoned her.

A burly old man wearing a battle robe, with crimson hair draped over his shoulders.

On the left breast of his battle robe was a medal depicting a towering sea of blood and two floating planets!

Vinina was no longer some clueless newcomer to the universe, so she naturally knew what this medal represented.

A two-star cosmic mercenary, a powerhouse above Domain Lord Level!

"Let me introduce myself."

The burly old man looked at Vinina with a faint smile. "I am an external deacon of the Virtual Universe Company's Black Dragon Mountain Empire branch, Tao Yuan. You may address me as Lord Tao Yuan."

"I called you here this time to extend an invitation on behalf of the Virtual Universe Company."

"Planetary level seventh stage, second-level domain."

"You can be assessed as a Level One Elite!"