This was not the wilderness or maze he had initially expected, but an arena floating in the endless void.
Just as Xu Tianchen was surveying his surroundings, a voice that sounded calm yet impossible to identify as male or female echoed through the vast starry sky.
"Welcome to the Heavenly Dragon Bloodbattle Arena. Next, you will face creatures of a level corresponding to your own. Victory will grant you entry to the next trial. Defeat will cost you your lives!"
"You have three minutes to prepare. Once the time is up, the trial will begin."
Three minutes was neither long nor short, but at a moment where life and death hung in the balance, it passed like a flash.
Xu Tianchen took a deep breath and swiftly adjusted his condition. He slightly turned his head and swept his gaze around. The arena floating in the void was enormous, dark red in color, as though it had been cast from blood that had since dried. It exuded an ancient, desolate aura.
Xu Tianchen did not release his spiritual power to probe outside. The mysterious voice had mentioned that his opponent would be a creature corresponding to his level, and he feared that releasing his spiritual power might invite unnecessary trouble.
He took a bracelet from his Soul Guidance Device and put it on his wrist.
A Class 7 Soul Guidance Device—the Teleportation Ring!
It had to be activated with spiritual power. Each teleportation covered five meters, with no limit on the number of uses, but there was a five-minute cooldown after each use.
Second by second, time passed. The calm, genderless voice sounded again and began the final countdown.
"Ten, nine, eight..."
As the final ten seconds counted down, the previously still arena began to tremble, and complex patterns appeared across