In the past, words like that had nothing to do with them.
It was as if...
They could suddenly understand Lord 91’s aesthetic preferences.
In the banquet hall, every pair of dueling contestants had been successfully matched.
Among them, the Bear Team was matched against Number 14. The audience was eagerly anticipating the duel between the two popular team captains.
Ever since Ai Li was chosen by her opponent, her expression had been grim.
She kept her head down, her hands tightly gripping the hem of her uniform skirt, paying no mind to her surroundings.
The electronic, mechanical voice sounded again—
"The banquet has concluded. There are five minutes remaining until the first duel. Contestant 13 and Contestant 777, please prepare to enter the arena."
Yu Zhizhi’s body trembled slightly. She looked up at the central area of the banquet hall, where a mass of dark mist was coalescing, resembling a hidden door.
She had read about the 1v1 duels in the Paradise rulebook.
It was essentially a floating domain that would appear. Once the chosen contestants entered, everyone present would be able to watch.
And the contestants inside the domain could also see the other spectating players via projections in the sky.
Yu Zhizhi didn’t know what preparations to make. She was about to enter that terrifying "world" all by herself, so she took a few deep breaths.
The White-eyed Young Boy handed her the sheath he was holding. "Here, take this. There will be Fallen Species in the domain, and you can’t be without a weapon."
"Thank you." Yu Zhizhi accepted the damaged sword sheath.
This was the first time she had ever touched the sword sheath that the young boy never parted with.
It felt cool to the touch.
’She didn’t know how to use a sword.’
Still, holding it gave her a small bit of "confidence."
Time was almost up.
Yu Zhizhi looked at Lou. "I... I’m going now!"
The young man’s pale face was devoid of expression. He gave a slight nod, as if in response.
Yu Zhizhi cheered herself on internally. ’It’s okay, it’s okay. Lou said this is just a formality. He must have his own plan.’
As the girl’s figure moved, the young man’s gaze followed her.
Ahead, the dark mist solidified into a door.
That was the Void Domain—a dangerous dueling battlefield, and the graveyard of countless players.
Besides the wandering Fallen Species, the most dangerous thing of all was the little rabbit’s opponent: the cruel and bloodthirsty Hunter, Number 777.
From the moment he suppressed the other personalities and temporarily took sole possession of this body, the Lord of Paradise had never intended for her to survive.
But the young female suspected nothing.
Despite her nervousness, she was still slowly approaching the dark mist.
She was so, so trusting of Lou. A flash of mockery crossed the Lord of Paradise’s emerald eyes, and a complex emotion that even he couldn’t comprehend welled up in his heart.
The contestants on-site, as well as all the viewers in the livestream, focused their gazes on the female from the Turtle Clan.
As the match officially began, the number of viewers in the livestream skyrocketed, quickly surpassing two hundred million.
Besides Moonrise, countless viewers from the other Empires also flooded in.
The main event of the Hunter Season had only just begun.
Many people wanted to spectate.
Some were seeking thrills, while others had placed bets. This hunting game, immensely popular across the entire planet, could awaken the beast within anyone.
Natural selection; survival of the fittest. The strong were revered.
[It’s starting, it’s starting! Everyone, guess how long this turtle will last!]
[An hour!]
[Thirty minutes at most, okay?]
[Hahaha, you guys are too merciful. I’ll call it my loss if she even survives for five minutes!]
[That’s not a given. If she’s lucky and finds a good hiding spot, she might just be able to hide the whole time~]
[You really think Number 777 is a pushover?]
[Hahahaha, this is so exciting! Hurry up and go in, I want to see Number 777’s true face!]
In the early stages of the Hunter Season, Number 777 had crushed his camera, so everyone could only listen to the sounds of slaughter from his pitch-black livestream.
His points were far ahead of everyone else’s, but he was extremely mysterious. To this day, no one had seen what he looked like.
Viewers could not look up the contestants’ information.
There was no useful information to deduce his identity.
The number of online viewers continued to climb...
For the crowd, this first duel was just an appetizer.
In everyone’s eyes, this female from the Turtle Clan was already a corpse, as good as dead.
What the audience was truly looking forward to was the final duel between the winners.
That was the most spectacular and thrilling part of the Paradise competition!
Yu Zhizhi had arrived before the dark mist. She saw the doorframe, closed her eyes, and stepped through—
It felt like passing through a curtain of icy mist, and her cheeks suddenly went cold. The chill vanished just as quickly, and the temperature returned to normal.
On the big screen, everyone was watching the little female of the Turtle Clan.
She slowly opened her eyes and took in the scene before her.
With a single step, Yu Zhizhi had arrived in the completely separate Void Domain.
The world before her was extremely dim. Eerie blue-black clouds filled the sky, and the distant mountains and lakes seemed to be covered by a misty shadow.
Unlike the lively and bright banquet hall, this place was silent, deep, and gloomy. The only spot of light was a mysterious vortex on the horizon.
The wind howled, like the mournful wails of a beast.
That warm gathering place, filled with people and the aroma of food, had completely vanished. Yu Zhizhi turned her head; because her points were too low, she couldn’t even see the silhouette of a single person outside the arena.
She was unable to make contact with the outside world.
It was as if she had entered a completely independent domain.
Fortune or disaster, she would have to bear it alone.
Yu Zhizhi felt the earth tremble. Her first reaction was to hide behind a dark rock, her body shaking uncontrollably.
’So scary...’
’This place is even more terrifying than I imagined!’
The audience in the banquet hall, thanks to the shifting camera angles, saw the approaching Extremely Dark Fallen Species!
They held their breath unconsciously. This female of the Turtle Clan would most likely be devoured by the Fallen Species before she even encountered Number 777!
Everyone could see the girl in the white robe, tightly clutching the damaged sword sheath in her arms.
It was her only source of security.
Outside the domain, a trace of pity flashed in the eyes of the White-eyed Young Boy.
He couldn’t bear to watch what was coming next.
"THUD! THUD! THUD!"
The tremors from the ground grew more distinct, and Yu Zhizhi’s slender body collapsed to the floor. Deep terror filled her dark eyes as she saw a dark, bestial shadow that blocked out half the sky. It looked like a giant, mutated Lizard, like a heavily corrupted carnivorous dinosaur!
Yu Zhizhi’s heart leaped into her throat. She scrambled to run away, but as the behemoth’s pitch-black eyes slowly rolled, the Fallen Species quickly locked onto its target.
It craned its head forward and let out a deafening roar!
The gale-force winds from the roar blew Yu Zhizhi to the ground. Her back ached from the fall, and she could no longer hold the sword sheath securely.
Outside the domain, the Lord of Paradise watched this scene with cold indifference.
’She is supposed to die.’
’Today.’
But a sharp pain pricked his heart, and his fingers even began to rise slowly.
’Who is it that wants to break free?’
’Lou? Louis?’ A trace of anger appeared on the Lord of Paradise’s face.
Just as everyone thought the female from the Turtle Clan was about to be eaten by the Fallen Species, a dark shadow suddenly leaped into the air from an unseen location. In the deep gloom of the night, several blood-red claw marks fiercely struck the giant Fallen Species’s body!
The live comments instantly exploded!
[AHHHH! NUMBER 777!!!]
[IT’S HIM, IT’S HIM, IT’S HIM!!]
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