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[NO.1]: Zero (Dragon Nation, 5-Star Arena King, Score 2845)
[NO.2]: Elfa (Beacon Nation, 5-Star Arena King, Score 345)
[NO.3]: Kwon Ji-hyun (Cold Nation, 5-Star Arena King, Score 216)
[NO.4]: Hidden Dragon (Dragon Nation, 5-Star Arena King, Score 179)
[NO.5]: Cappuccino (Dragon Nation, 5-Star Arena King, Score 168)
[NO.6]: Leo Broyer (Oil Nation, 5-Star Arena King, Score 166)
[NO.7]: Restiev (Bear Nation, 5-Star Arena King, Score 165)
[NO.8]: Ivankov (Bear Nation, 5-Star Arena King, Score 163)
[NO.9]: Arlenda (Sevia Nation, 5-Star Arena King, Score 163)
[NO.10]: Murakami Ichiryu (Eastern Sakura Nation, 5-Star Arena King, Score 162)
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Time came to 8 a.m.
According to the system's real-time score ranking statistics, the overall situation was basically settled.
The gladiator champion, none other than Zhang Yue.
Unless, before the end of the time limit, even with the combined strength of everyone in the world, they are still unable to break through this King-Level Secret Realm.
Or, Zhang Yue unexpectedly dies in the Hell Gladiator Arena.
["In today's world, the influence of our Eight Great Nations is relatively large. If we unite with our allied nations and collectively withdraw from the Hell Gladiator Arena, what would happen? Wouldn't we be able to stop the Hell Gladiator Arena from being broken through, and stop Zero from obtaining the Mythical-Class Job Scroll?"]
In the ongoing video conference of the Eight Great Nations, the Prime Minister of the Okaman Nation, Kuye, said, ["If we can't get it, then destroy it! If in the end this Mythical-Class job is still going to fall into the hands of Dragon Nation, then before that happens, we might as well destroy this Mythical-Class job directly."]
As soon as he finished speaking, Kwon Ji-hyun said, ["To destroy the whole world for one Dragon Nation, it's not worth it."]
["The King-Level Secret Realm catastrophe a hundred years ago, if not for Asura, the world would have been destroyed instantly. Today, we absolutely must not allow the Hell Gladiator Arena to once again invade the real world."]
Morgan Kibada said, ["If the world's fourth Mythical-Class job falls into Dragon Nation, how is that any different from the end of the world? Dragon Nation will surely unite with Bear Nation's Hell Dragon Riders to sweep the world. And not to mention there's still Zero. Dragon Nation somehow pulled out three more old undying geezers, by then, how are we supposed to resist them?"]
Just as everyone was endlessly arguing—
Elfa, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke, ["The only way to both ensure clearing the Secret Realm and also make sure the champion's reward does not fall into Dragon Nation's hands, is to make sure Zero dies in the Hell Gladiator Arena."]
["He is the only qualified rival who can compete with me. As long as Zero dies, the championship will be mine without question."]
As Elfa's words landed, everyone continued debating, ["We understand the logic, but who can actually kill him?"]
["To be honest, even you, Elfa, if you encounter Zero in the same battlefield, I'm afraid you can't be absolutely certain of killing him, right?"]
It was undeniable, at first, Elfa had always maintained a sort of wishful thinking.
Because he always believed he just hadn't encountered a Gladiator Arena that suited him.
Once he found the arena that suited him, he could ascend to godhood in a single battle and instantly leave Zhang Yue far behind.
But as the Hell Gladiator Arena progressed to the Level 4 Gladiator Arena, Elfa realized: No matter what the rules of any Gladiator Arena were, Zhang Yue could adapt very quickly, convert it into his own exclusive race track, and then lead far ahead.
Or, 2845:345, a difference of 2500 points, was already enough to make Elfa give up hope.
He was just unwilling to accept it. But more than anyone else, he understood, 'Within the 175-level domain, Zero's strength is far above mine.'
He truly could not kill Zhang Yue. On the surface, he lamented not meeting Zhang Yue.
But in truth, he was secretly grateful that until now, he hadn't been matched into the same battlefield with Zero.
Otherwise, not only would he lose all face, he would also lose his second-place position.
["Undeniably, in this domain, I really can't kill Zero,"] Elfa, while watching a piece of video footage on the split screen, said in the video conference, ["But there is one person, who can kill him."]
["Who?",] the national leaders asked in unison.
Elfa: ["Ghost!"]
Hearing this, everyone was filled with disbelief, ["Ghost, isn't that Zero himself?"]
["Yeah, how could he kill himself?"]
Elfa clenched his fists and leaned on the table, saying, ["You all really think… Zero is Ghost."]
In the video conference, everyone revealed extremely shocked expressions.
["What, you mean Ghost is someone else?"]
["How could that be? As soon as Zero starts streaming, Ghost stops acting. As soon as he ends the stream, Ghost starts moving."]
["And the contestants killed by Ghost include top-level professional experts from all countries, even Cold Nation's second-strongest contestant, Ghost Shadow An Jung-soo, didn't survive."]
["With strength like that, Ghost is definitely not an ordinary person.
All signs indicate: Zero is Ghost!"]
["Right now, the whole world believes Zero is Ghost. Not to mention, even Zero himself admitted it during last night's livestream!
If he's not Ghost, who could be?"]
Facing the crowd's questions, Elfa presented the evidence he had already obtained.
He directly sent a comparative video clip to the seven national leaders attending the conference.
The video was split into upper and lower screens.
In the upper-left corner of both video frames, there was a timestamp, showing it was recorded at the exact same time.
One video was of a contestant's livestream. The streamer was killing monsters in the Arena Level-3 to get medals. Suddenly, the screen flickered like a bad signal, then it cut off.
The other video showed a male beast tamer, in the process of clearing World 33. And the beast tamer shown in the footage, was Zhang Yue.
["These two videos were captured at the exact same time. While Ghost was active, Zero was indeed not in the Hell Gladiator Arena,
but was clearing Otherworld. The footage was taken by a scout I specially stationed in Dragon Nation."]
At this moment, everyone revealed shocked expressions one after another.
["Ghost… actually isn't Zero!"]
["My God!"]
["Then who is Ghost?"]
["Aside from Zero, who else could one-shot Ghost Shadow An Jung-soo? That's An Jung-soo!"]
["According to tests at the scene, even surviving an encounter with the Frost Mage King had a 90% or higher escape probability!"]
["But if Ghost isn't Zero, then why did Zero never once make any attempt to defend himself? He even deliberately confirmed it with his own mouth, he is Ghost!"]
In an instant, this revelation triggered fear in everyone.
And Elfa then spoke, ["I don't know who Ghost really is."]
["But what I can confirm is: He, is the only person who can, within the Hell Gladiator Arena, kill Zero!"]
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