Monkey was quick on the uptake and immediately asked, "Then if I get first place and refuse all challenges, making sure nobody can find me, wouldn't I still be first at the end of the month?"
Bai Yaoyao glanced at him. "If even you can think of that, wouldn't they have thought of it too? If you don't answer a challenge within three days, your rankings automatically swap.
No new challenges are allowed during the last three days of each month, when the rankings are finalized, but challenges issued before then can still be fought."
"What if you're out on a mission and can't get back?"
"Then you're out of luck."
"Then the end of the month must be really lively. Everyone has to defend their ranking, or they'd lose out big-time. Isn't it the end of the month right now?"
Bai Yaoyao nodded. "That's right. During the last week of every month, the Dueling Arena is usually packed. There are practically no empty seats in the stands."
They all went to the Registration Desk to sign up, only to be stunned by the enormous line.
At a glance, there were roughly two or three hundred people. Bai Yaoyao scanned them and found that the Main Base's ability users were indeed stronger overall, with noticeably more level four and level five ability users.
"Holy shit, we'll be standing in this damn line forever," A-Dai grumbled.
Bai Yaoyao led the team straight toward the front. "Come on, let's cut in."
Then she found another team of twelve and asked, "Would you swap places with us?"
"No way! We've been waiting all morning! We've been here since dawn. Why should we... uh, it's not like we can't swap. Sure, let's swap!"
The man had initially refused without even thinking. After all, nobody