Through observation, Zhang Yue discovered a hidden setting in the Arena Level-4 that was not directly announced in the rules.
That is: the monsters in the Arena Level-4, just like life containers, are divided into 1–5 levels.
Killing a Level 1 monster allows the life container to absorb 1 point of life energy, Level 2 monsters provide 2 points of life energy… and so on.
Through the skill Scout, he could directly view both the data and level of monsters.
So, this was a battle of both strength + intelligence.
People who aren't good at math aren't suitable for this kind of game.
In Zhang Yue's hand, the Level 2 life container had already absorbed 132 points of life energy thanks to that earlier sweep with Armageddon Black Dragon. He then moved on to the next wild zone, no longer daring to blindly kill monsters.
Currently, 168 points of storage space remained, so for now he didn't have to be too cautious.
He locked onto a monster zone. Thunderstorm: Devour Heaven and Destroy Earth wiped out dozens of monsters in the area, gaining 103 points of life energy.
Then, he manually turned off the Shattered: Ghost Eye pursuit effect and performed single-target kills on the surrounding remaining monsters.
["Ding~ You killed [Shadow Giant Insect] (Level 3), Life Energy +3!"]
["Ding~ You killed [Shadow Giant Insect] (Level 1), Life Energy +1!"]
["Ding…"]
Through calculation, he precisely killed Shadow Giant Insects to top off the remaining 65 points of life energy.
["Ding~ Your Level 2 Life Container is full. Congratulations, you've earned 3 points!"]
For Zhang Yue, it was fairly easy, not too complicated.
After all, back in school, Zhang Yue was the math class rep in his class.
Besides being randomly refreshed and picked up on the map, life containers could also be obtained by killing monsters.
Low-level life containers had too low an efficiency in gaining points, and for Zhang Yue, they held no appeal.
So, Zhang Yue chose to grind monsters in order to obtain high-level life containers.
When he had no container on him, killing monsters wouldn't give him life energy, and he didn't have to worry about overfilling and explosions.
Thus, Zhang Yue dispatched Armageddon Skeleton King, Apex Predator, Cherry, and Ice-Sealed War God to four directions to hunt monsters.
As for himself, he rode the Armageddon Black Dragon, flying over areas already cleared by his pets, looking for dropped high-level life containers.
Life containers emitted a unique glow, so even from high in the sky, they were easy to spot.
Then, based on the color of the glow, he could determine its level.
Red glow is Level 4, Gold glow is Level 5.
The former 20 points, the latter 50 points.
Zhang Yue specifically targeted only these two kinds of life containers. Once he spotted a target, he picked it up immediately.
Then, based on the container's capacity, he selected monsters accordingly.
The first 90% of the fill didn't require precise calculation; he just filled them quickly.
Once the life energy exceeded the 90% threshold, he began calculating kills to avoid overloading.
Of course, there was also a faster, more accurate way to obtain life energy, killing other contestants.
Since the number of arenas had been reduced from 100 to 50, the number of contestants in each arena had increased sharply.
Luckily, Dragon Nation had many enemies and few allies. No matter where Zhang Yue went, he would run into contestants from rival nations.
After all, aside from the seven great nations + the Beacon Nation (making eight total), the allied nations under their control were scattered throughout a quarter of the world, these were all considered enemies of Dragon Nation.
This meant that Zhang Yue had a 25% chance of encountering enemies, but only a 10% chance of encountering allies.
The remaining neutral countries maintained a "you don't mess with me, I don't mess with you" attitude.
In contrast, the Eight Great Nations, wherever they went, they always ran into allies.
So they couldn't even kill anyone.
["Damn it!",] A contestant from the Beacon Nation in the Arena Level-4 couldn't help but complain, ["Nine out of ten people here are our own! Why is it all friendlies everywhere? I can't even find an enemy."]
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Meanwhile, Zhang Yue was having the time of his life.
In this secret realm where everyone's level was reset to 175, Zhang Yue walked with invincibility, slaying gods if they blocked his path, killing Buddhas if they dared oppose him.
Those top-tier pros from the real world, whether Level 200, 300, or even 400, were all being humiliated in the Hell Gladiator Arena by this so-called "rookie" who was really just Level 175.
Basically, any enemy nation contestant who ended up in the same arena as Zhang Yue had no good outcome.
["Ding~ You killed contestant [Jinmu] from [Cold Nation]. The target held 235 points of life energy. Please choose how many to plunder?"]
Zhang Yue looked at his Level 5 Life Container, which was missing exactly 234 points to be full, and decisively chose to plunder 234 points, "Lucky you. I even left you 1 point."
["Ding~ Your Level 5 Life Container is full. Congratulations, you've earned 50 points!"]
And finally, Zhang Yue got his hands on some core pro players from enemy nations.
Among them were:
Former Prime Minister of the Sun Nation: Pharaoh · Booney
One of the Three Powerhouses of the Batan Nation: Holy Sword · Moraf
Vice Guild Leader of the First Guild of the Oil Nation: Radiant Hunter · Moharaga
All of whom were permanently erased by Zhang Yue in the 36th battlefield of the Arena Level-4.
According to the rules of the Hell Gladiator Arena: all functional special items could not be used in the arena, including the Mark of Death.
However, Zhang Yue's Demon Contract was not restricted.
Because the Death Contract from the Demon Contract was a passive effect, not an active item.
The Death Contract not only allowed the wearer to avoid permanent death, but also gave them a 10% chance, when killing an enemy, to ignore resurrection and inflict permanent death.
After the core pro players from the Sun Nation, Batan Nation, and Oil Nation were all killed by Zhang Yue, the Eight Great Nations fell into chaos.
But they had no way, or no ability, to stop Zhang Yue. All they could do was launch moral attacks online.
["Zero, you're slaughtering elite players from various nations in the Hell Gladiator Arena. Have you never considered the consequences?
The Hell Gladiator Arena is no longer just a normal secret realm, conquering it is humanity's top priority. Otherwise, what awaits us is a global catastrophe. Are you trying to get all of humanity killed?"]
["You think you're getting revenge on the Eight Great Nations.
But in reality, you're harming the interests of all humanity."]
Seeing the Sun, Batan, and Oil Nations all start spouting moral rhetoric online, Ouyang Linger, who was watching the match and eating Little Racoon snacks in the livestream room, couldn't help but roast them:
["Wow, such righteous words. If only you guys had this awareness earlier. when you were killing other contestants to farm points!"
["Cry louder!"]
["Cope harder!"]
At the same time, Zhang Yue finally, for the first time, publicly responded to the hate, "Since I'm a ghost, then killing a few of you isn't too much, right?"
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