At first, Zhang Yue didn't pay much attention.
But now that the ghost had already made a move on Ice Emperor, Zhang Yue could no longer sit back and do nothing.
And the only means Zhang Yue had to stop the "ghost" was also given by the ghost himself.
After lunch, Zhang Yue logged in.
Having already cleared the Arena Level-4 and advanced to the 5-Star Arena King rank, he should have temporarily abandoned the Hell Gladiator Arena and advanced to the World 34, but Zhang Yue resolutely returned to the Hell Gladiator Arena.
When the livestream started, countless viewers flooded into the stream.
["Strange, Zero actually started streaming. Why would he stream at this time?"]
["Isn't it his usual routine to pretend to log off to explore another world, avoiding the eyes of the stream, and sneak back into the Hell Gladiator Arena to kill people disguised as the ghost?"]
["This guy, what's he up to now?"]
Sure enough, as soon as Zhang Yue went online, the ghost immediately ceased all activity.
Trying to use Zhang Yue as a cover, attaching the name "ghost" to Zhang Yue so the world would believe that Zhang Yue was the ghost.
It had to be said, this ghost was indeed a bit clever, but only a bit.
"As long as the leader stays online streaming, it can effectively prevent all actions by the ghost."
"During this period, if the ghost takes any action, it means the leader's innocence is confirmed!"
Offline, while watching Zhang Yue's livestream, Ouyang Ling'er analyzed rationally.
Wu Haotian, who was sitting across from Ouyang Ling'er eating spicy hot pot takeout, said, "Boss should've done this long ago, why wait until now?"
"Could it be that the ghost touched one of his bottom lines?"
Ouyang Ling'er: "Why did you get spicy hot pot if you didn't want it spicy?"
Wu Haotian: "I don't like spicy food."
Ouyang Ling'er: "Then why order spicy hot pot if you don't eat spicy?"
Wu Haotian: "Is there a law that says eating spicy hot pot has to be spicy?"
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[On the Other Side]
While livestreaming, Zhang Yue charged through the Arena Level-4 battlefield, maintaining a 10% return rate.
Even if the point gain was reduced by 90%, Zhang Yue could still stay at the very forefront.
Because his 10% was equivalent to an ordinary contestant's 100%, or even 1000%.
The radiance of the God of Death enveloped all 36 battlefields.
Forcing contestants from over forty countries with past grievances against the Dragon Nation to collectively withdraw from the arena, choosing to log off and take refuge.
And Zhang Yue, was this very God of Death.
Sure enough, during the time Zhang Yue was online, the ghost ceased all activity. No further contestant disappearances occurred.
The more this happened, the heavier the accusations laid upon Zhang Yue became.
However, Zhang Yue didn't mind.
In fact, he was very grateful to these haters, as his Little Raccoon instant noodle sales directly jumped up a notch.
Even though in the backend, among 10 million+ reviews, 8 million were negative, it still didn't affect Little Raccoon's sales.
At the same time, the Little Raccoon manufacturer fulfilled their promise, donating 95% of sales revenue to the national treasury.
According to Zhang Yue's instructions, the national leadership distributed these funds to every domestic contestant participating in the Hell Gladiator Arena.
As a result, contestants from enemy nations to the Dragon Nation gradually realized a thorny issue across major arenas and battlefields.
["Do you feel like the Dragon Nation's monkeys suddenly got stronger?"]
["Yes, I ran into a Dragon Nation mage this morning, nearly killed him with one hand, but just now I ran into him again, and guess what, I actually got counter-killed!"]
["I experienced the same! It feels like Dragon Nation contestants suddenly leveled up a ton!"]
["F**k! What kind of dark methods did they use to increase their power so much in such a short time?"]
["Sh*t! I can't even beat a Dragon Nation w*man now!"]
["Don't be careless. From now on, if you encounter someone from Dragon Nation, avoid them if you can. Don't engage them head-on!"]
In front of the screen, switching to the livestream view of a contestant from the Sun Nation, Marquis of the Night couldn't help but laugh, "I wonder what their expression would be if they found out that our Dragon Nation contestants were empowered using the money they spent buying Little Raccoon?"
"Even so, they really did get something good out of it."
As Liyue finished her words, One Night Stand looked at her and asked, "What good did they get?"
Liyue, munching on crispy noodles, said, "Fact is, Little Raccoon is really delicious!"
"I think I can eat ten more packs!"
"Crazy! Is it really that good?"
———
Unknowingly, time reached 11 p.m.
During this period, except for a ten-minute break around 7 p.m. to eat dinner, Zhang Yue stayed online, livestreaming the entire time.
As a result: the real ghost was forced into total inaction.
Zhang Yue did this, first to stop the ghost's actions and prevent more Dragon Nation contestants from being harmed by the ghost.
Secondly, if the ghost truly couldn't hold back, the only solution would be to come deal with Zhang Yue.
But thinking logically, if the ghost was smart enough, he wouldn't cause trouble for Zhang Yue.
Because he needed Zhang Yue to cover for him.
Even if he truly had the strength to defeat Zhang Yue, that would prove: he was already invincible in the Hell Gladiator Arena.
If he were invincible in the arena, and could freely move between battlefields. Just imagine, once this news leaked out, who would dare stay in the Hell Gladiator Arena to wait for death?
And the ghost's goal was to lure contestants from all nations into the arena for a mass slaughter.
Unfortunately, he underestimated Zhang Yue's endurance.
Time reached 3 a.m.
Zhang Yue was still online.
"Damn!", Ouyang Ling'er, who had already slept and just woken up, looked at the still ruthless and efficient Zhang Yue on stream and couldn't help but say, "Leader really can hold out. If I were the ghost, I think I'd be dead from exhaustion by now."
At this point, aside from reaching the 5-Star Arena King rank, Zhang Yue's points had reached 2245.
That's right, these were points gained at only a 10% return rate.
If not for this limitation, Zhang Yue would now have 22,450 points.
Truly worthy of the Gladiator Champion title.
Even Elfa, Kwon Ji-hyun and the others had no choice but to accept it.
"Zero's points are almost at the standard to advance to 6-star rank, while we've only just reached the 5-star threshold."
"After the level reset, the Hell Gladiator Arena is already Zero's turf. Here, we can't possibly beat him anymore."
"The Champion reward, the Mythical-Class Profession Scroll, is it really going to be handed over to the Dragon Nation just like this? So frustrating!"
The leaders of the eight major countries, faced with this undeniable truth, all revealed expressions of unwillingness and helplessness...
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