July 17th. Today was the day the Arena Melee began.
"Don't worry. As long as you perform normally and don't act so recklessly, you shouldn't have much trouble making it through the melee..."
"With Senior Sister saying that, I feel reassured."
Thor said with a smile. In truth, he hadn't been worried at all—or rather, he was quite excited.
After a month of hard cultivation, he finally had a chance to see how much he'd improved.
Over the past month, he'd made rapid progress, thanks to Raiden Shogun's insights into the Law of Lightning and the immortal-level secret techniques Man Luo had given him.
He'd also constantly fought against simulated versions of Luo Feng and Hong in the Killing Field. Hong had been able to hold his own, more or less.
As for Luo Feng, Thor had been thoroughly crushed, though he'd still managed to hang on.
That was because Luo Feng's secret techniques and insights into the Law of Gold Origin were both far superior to Hong's.
As for Xu Ai and the others... Forget it. Their simulated versions wouldn't go easy on him either. They'd just killed him instantly.
After a few tries, Thor had obediently stuck to fighting Luo Feng and the others.
After getting thrashed by simulated versions of Hong and Luo Feng for a month, his domain had finally reached the ninth level!
The only disappointment was that he still hadn't managed to catch the pulse of the Universe Origin. In other words, he hadn't crossed the threshold of a law.
The Arena Melee, the Arena Showdown, and the Reincarnation Battle were his last chances. If he still couldn't cross the threshold of the Law of Lightning, then this was as far as he'd go.
There was no hope of placing among the top thousand