It was indeed a good show.
Even Ling Yi himself hadn't expected that a few casual remarks would have such a cascading effect.
However, he also knew that there was a major premise to all of this cause and Karma.
Those were those thirty large mushrooms.
Without those thirty giant mushrooms as bait, Lan Ran wouldn't have believed Ling Yi's lies, and the top 100 wouldn't have fallen into infighting. Coupled with their existing conflicts, this ultimately led to the current situation.
"I guess this level will be over soon!"
Ling Yi withdrew his "gaze" from the top 100 and turned to look in Zhao Hai's direction...
Meanwhile, Zhao Hai's side had gone on a killing spree.
Especially after Zhao Hai successfully obtained the Probe -type mental skill a week later, the other Dou Zhe were completely Nowhere to Hide.
Half a month later, Zhao Hai's cheat system successfully upgraded to level four, and the power of his skills increased by 500 times.
With the massive amount of gold coins Zhao Hai has acquired in the past two weeks, the large number of Five Elements Abilities Origin Pearl he exchanged for, and the attribute bonuses, even without the 500x boost, Zhao Hai's strength is already considerable.
Moreover, the other Dou Zhe couldn't even use their skills at this moment. Apart from a few physically strong Dou Zhe could hold on, the vast majority of Dou Zhe could only sit and wait to be killed.
Of the more than 600,000 Dou Zhe, 200,000 died at Zhao Hai's hands within half a month.
The remaining 400,000 were gradually depleted in the ensuing infighting.
Three more days passed, and the number of Dou Zhe remaining in the second stage finally dwindled to less than one hundred.
This means that the second stage is about to end, and those who remain, whether by Luck or by accident, have become the final victors.
But Zhao Hai didn't seem satisfied with that.
"They really know how to hide!" Zhao Hai said with a sneer as he looked at a humanoid Wisdom race hiding underwater by a pool of water.
The person's entire body was covered in green cesium scales, and behind his ears were underwater breathing organs similar to fish gills.
That's why he hid in this deep lake from the moment he entered the second level.
If Zhao Hai hadn't acquired his Probe skills and hadn't been conducting a thorough, vertical search, he probably would have missed it.
After being discovered, the man stopped hiding and walked directly out of the water, frowning as he looked at Zhao Hai and asked, "Now that the top 100 are decided, the second round is about to end."
This person was also a newcomer, and like Zhao Hai, it was their first time participating in the Myriad Worlds Dueling Arena.
Unlike Zhao Hai, this person's world has a public knowledge of the Myriad Worlds Dueling Arena, and he knows more about it than ordinary people.
Generally speaking, the killing will end once the top 100 are determined.
"I never expected such a strong fighter as you to appear in this duel arena, and I certainly didn't expect someone to launch a giant mushroom."
"You didn't plant these giant mushrooms, did you?"
Zhao Hai looked at him with a strange expression, then raised his hand and fired an Ice Arrow, which pierced the man's skull.
"Ugh!" Before dying, the man's eyes widened, clearly finding it hard to believe why Zhao Hai would still try to kill him now.
"Who told you that you can't keep killing once the rankings of the top 100 are determined?"
Upon hearing this, the person suddenly realized what was happening, and then their consciousness went dark. Whether they were eliminated or wiped out, it was impossible to know.
Zhao Hai had never been in the top 100 before; this was his first time.
When only 100 players remain in the second stage of the free-for-all, the battlefield will give everyone a notification.
Furthermore, after 24 hours, the remaining Dou Zhe will Teleport the third level.
In such situations, the remaining people will usually stop killing.
But after hesitating, Zhao Hai chose to continue.
His idea was simple: the second level wasn't the end; there was a third level after the second.
The second stage is currently under a magic-free state. If I can take this opportunity to eliminate all the Dou Zhe, wouldn't I be the only one left in the third stage?
If you're alone, then you can only be the winner of the third level.
Zhao Hai wants first place.
Such an opportunity is once in a lifetime, and he didn't want to miss it.
With this idea in mind, Zhao Hai frantically searched for people all over the Map.
The number of players is decreasing rapidly. In just half a day, only 2 people remained on the entire Brawl Map.
Seeing Ling Yi barbecuing by the lake, Zhao Hai's lips twitched.
Good grief, is this guy here on vacation?
"Want some grilled fish?" Ling Yi asked with a smile.
Zhao Hai shook his head; he didn't want to speak, afraid of revealing his true identity.
Now Zhao Hai is considering whether or not to kill Ling Yi.
Regardless, they belong to the same world and know each other.
After hesitating for a moment, Zhao Hai decided to eliminate Ling Yi, but only eliminate him; he did not want Ling Yi to be wiped out in the duel arena.
He took out a Resurrection Coin and threw it to Ling Yi. The moment Ling Yi caught the Resurrection Coin, Zhao Hai immediately fired a Metal Needle!
In Zhao Hai's opinion, Ling Yi's carefree and lazy nature was really not suitable for the dueling arena.
Rather than doing that, it would be better to eliminate him, and then buy a forced exit card when we get back to remove his Dou Zhe status and let him return to being an ordinary person.
Watching Ling Yi disappear in a streak of light, Zhao Hai shook his head and murmured, "Sorry, the dueling arena is a killing field."
"Without strong mental resilience, every day from now on will be torture."
But just then, out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of a card shimmering with gold on the ground.
"This guy actually dropped something?" Zhao Hai asked curiously.
In general, after being killed in the second level, you will only get gold coins and items that can be purchased from the Gold Coin Shop.
However, Ling Yi never moved an inch from the beginning, so where did he get the gold coins to buy items from the in-game store?
When Zhao Hai picked up the card, he was completely dumbfounded.
"Holy crap, a gold coin card? And an Infinite Gold Coin Card?!"
He knew about gold coin cards, but what the heck was an Infinite Gold Coin Card?
"Is this thing even real?" Zhao Hai was completely bewildered. What's the difference between having Infinite Gold Coin Card and cheating?
With an excited heart and trembling hands, Zhao Hai opened the Gold Coin Shop and selected one hundred Five-Element Ability Origin Pearl in one go, then clicked "Purchased".
When he saw the confirmation of the successful purchase, Zhao Hai was so excited he almost jumped for joy.
But the next moment, the Infinite Gold Coin Card suddenly turned into a stream of light and disappeared.
Zhao Hai: "..."
He gave a wry smile, inwardly cursing his own insatiable greed. Looking at the hundred Origin Pearl in his storage belt, what more could he ask for?
"But where did Ling Yi get this card? Could it be that this kid has some kind of cheat code?"
Ling Yi, who had already been "eliminated," had returned home.
I checked the time; it was already midnight on the No. 1.
Has a day passed in the Main World?
It just so happens that today is Saturday, so I don't have to explain to the teacher why I mysteriously disappeared for a day.
Although the student status is somewhat optional, Ling Yi doesn't want to disrupt her current lifestyle for the time being.
The Infinite Gold Coin Card was deliberately left for Zhao Hai by Ling Yi, and Ling Yi was also "eliminated" voluntarily.
He never forgot that Zhao Hai was the Protagonist, the Creator the storyline of this world.
I really stole the show by throwing away those dozens of big mushrooms this time; I can't do that again next time.
Anyway, Uncle wants is a plot, and the Protagonist Zhao Hai happens to provide a lot of plot.
I only need to play a minor role.
Having traversed so many worlds, Ling Yi has come to understand that plots don't necessarily have to be created by him personally.
He doesn't necessarily have to replace the Protagonist.
Just then, there was a knock on Ling Yi's door, and outside stood Zhao Hai, who had also returned.
"Well, every cloud has a silver lining. Throwing the giant mushroom and giving away Infinite Gold Coin Card has ultimately caused trouble."
Lying down, but not lying down completely, is just making trouble for yourself.
You'll have to be more careful next time!
Opening the door, Ling Yi looked at Zhao Hai and asked, feigning ignorance, "Is something the matter?"
"Did you grow those big mushrooms?" Zhao Hai asked bluntly.
"What big mushroom? I didn't grow any mushrooms!" Ling Yi pretended to be clueless.
Zhao Hai was speechless. Seeing that Ling Yi denied it, he didn't know what to say for a moment.
"Sorry, your gold coin card disappeared after I used it once."
Zhao Hai was genuinely embarrassed; he knew very well how valuable an Infinite Gold Coin Card was.
If he hadn't "eliminated" Ling Yi, perhaps Ling Yi could have soared to Yifei heights with this cheat ability as well.
"What are you talking about? Gold coins, Infinite Gold Coin Card, giant mushrooms? Have you gotten confused from playing the game?"
Zhao Hai said helplessly, "I'm the one who eliminated you in the dueling arena before."
"I have no idea what you're talking about. It's so late at night, and you're just spouting nonsense."
Ling Yi won't admit it; the real trouble would come if he did.
Given Zhao Hai's personality, he'll probably insist on recruiting me.
Zhao Hai opened his mouth, but finally said helplessly, "Okay, goodnight!"
If he doesn't want to admit it, he doesn't want to admit it. It doesn't matter anyway. We'll be back in the dueling arena next month anyway. We'll see what he has to say when we meet.
After closing the door, Ling Yi didn't want to think about anything and went straight to sleep.
But Zhao Hai wasn't sleepy at all.
This time, the gains have been tremendous.
As the first place winner of the second round, Zhao Hai was rewarded with 200,000 gold coins in the duel arena, enough to multiply his strength several times over.
As he expected, in the third round, since he was the only one left, the arena directly declared him the winner.
The third stage is a tournament.
According to the original plan, 100 people would randomly compete in one-on-one battles; the winners would advance, and the losers would be eliminated.
The higher the ranking, the higher the reward, with the lowest being 5,000 gold coins.
The first-place winner not only received another 500,000 gold coins from Zhao Hai, but also a pass to the City of Ten Thousand Worlds Passage Card.
City of Ten Thousand Worlds Passage Card: After use, it can create a permanent World Passage between this world and City of Ten Thousand Worlds City of Ten Thousand Worlds, allowing free travel between the two worlds.
Zhao Hai had never heard of the City of Ten Thousand Worlds before, but he could roughly guess what kind of place it was just from the name.
City of Ten Thousand Worlds, City of Myriad Worlds.
However, Zhao Hai was unsure whether opening this passage would bring any danger to his world.
It's best to be cautious until you've truly matured.
Let's talk about it when he's truly invincible on the battlefield.
As the original storyline unfolded, Zhao Hai continued to grind in the duel arena, collect rewards, and grow stronger.
Nothing major happened in the real world; in everyone's eyes, they were still good kids and good students.
However, as soon as he arrived at school on Monday, Zhao Hai caused a big incident.