"Contestant Ling Zhan! Although you had a bye, it seems your luck still isn't all that good."
"Look..."
"Over a hundred contestants want to challenge you!"
"You may choose one contestant from among them as your opponent!"
"A friendly reminder: you can pick someone who looks a little weaker. That way, your chances of surviving will be higher."
At this moment, the commentator responsible for announcing the matches looked at Ling Zhan with a cheerful smile.
His tone was likewise full of teasing and schadenfreude.
Clearly.
In his eyes, Ling Zhan really had gotten unlucky.
A contestant who received a bye had to accept the challenge of one of the eliminated contestants. There was no avoiding it.
Those were the rules of the competition.
Under the gaze of countless eyes, Ling Zhan's expression remained indifferent.
He slowly rose from his seat and calmly walked onto the main platform, looking down at the contestants below.
"Human! Pick me! I can spare your life!"
"Human! Not only will I spare your life, I'll give you an extra three hundred thousand Holy Coins!"
"Only three hundred thousand Holy Coins? How stingy. I'll give you five hundred thousand!"
"..."
Among the defeated contestants, the one shouting most urgently was the light elf contestant named Jas.
That was right...
As contestant number twenty-seven, he had been defeated in his match against Shana.
Shana had wanted to kill him, but his escape methods were far too formidable. He kept dragging things out until she was thoroughly fed up, leaving her no choice but to accept his surrender.
Thus, Jas had managed to preserve his life.
But he had also been eliminated, and he felt deeply unwilling to accept it.
After all, he had been ranked number twenty-seven. Based on his level and strength, he should have