[[System Announcement]: "Ding~ Since the number of participants who have reached the rank of [5-Star Arena King] has reached 3000, the Arena Level-5 has officially opened. All 5-Star Arena Kings, please enter the Arena Level-5 as soon as possible to begin the challenge."]
Time froze at 9:00 p.m.
When the system announcement came, it had been exactly four days since the opening of the King-level Secret Realm, Hell Gladiator Arena.
At this moment, all Gladiator Kings began to advance toward the Arena Level-5.
According to the original plan, always use the live streams of major participating streamers to lock onto the general position of the Ghost, so when the Ghost approached their battlefield, they would log off to avoid battle.
Wait until the Ghost was far away from their battlefield, then log back in to continue farming points.
Through this method, Elfa, Kwon Ji-hyun, and the others perfectly avoided the Ghost's attacks.
Whoosh!
A flash of white light, and Ghost Swordsman Elfa was teleported to the Arena Level-5, Battlefield No. 12.
At the same time, the allied chat group of the Eight Great Empires became lively.
[[Morgan Kibada]: "Zero has been missing until now for nine hours, and during this time, his points have stayed fixed at 6-Star Arena Emperor, not moving at all. We can basically confirm, he's already dead!"]
[[Ku Ye]: "Isn't that nonsense? Zero's death has already been confirmed long ago. It's been certain for a while!"]
[[Leo Broyer]: "The Arena Level-5 is now open. Elfa's points ranking is in second place. As long as he clears the Arena Level-5 and reaches 6-Star Arena Emperor rank, he can surpass Zero. Looks like the Hell Gladiator Arena champion will definitely be Elfa."]
[[Inoue Amano]: "Just intercepted some news, the Dragon Nation seems to be organizing a large number of professionals to attack the Gate of Immortality in various worlds. Participants also include Bear Nation, Sevia, Thracian, etc."]
[[Kwon Ji-hyun]: "Trying to collect Resurrection God Stones from the Gate of Immortality to revive Zero? They really can't let it go, huh?"]
[[Lelovs]: "Don't worry. Judging by the difficulty of the Gate of Immortality, it's not that easy to get the Resurrection God Stone. Going in will mostly just mean death for them."]
[[Longbei Sen]: "But we can't drop our guard. It wasn't easy to use the Ghost to get rid of Zero. If they really get the Resurrection God Stone and bring Zero back, taking him out again won't be easy."]
[[Elfa]: "Immediately gather your countries' professional forces from Worlds 44, 55, 77, and 88 to guard the entrances of the Gates of Immortality. If anyone approaches the Gate of Immortality, kill without mercy."]
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Meanwhile—
[Dragon Nation, High-Level Conference Hall]
Ice Emperor, Moon Mark, Seraph, and others, because the worlds they were currently raiding didn't have the Gate of Immortality, they could not enter the Gate of Immortality to search for the Resurrection God Stone. They could only wait in the conference room for battle reports from the various raid squads.
Messages from the frontlines kept coming in:
["World 55, the [War Wolf] squad from the capital failed to raid the Gate of Immortality. Entire team wiped out. Lost the chance to raid the Gate of Immortality."]
["World 77, the elite raid squad from Sichuan Province failed the attack. Casualty rate 97%. Could not find the Resurrection God Stone."]
["World 88, Dragon City's Dragon Guild first elite team failed the raid on the Gate of Immortality. Could not find the Resurrection God Stone…"]
["Bear Nation has so far sent over 50 squads to raid the Gates of Immortality in various worlds. All squads failed."]
["Thracian's reinforcements, 100% failure rate…"]
Hearing one failure report after another, Seraph said in disappointment, "The difficulty of the Gate of Immortality is too high."
The funny thing was, the only person who could freely come and go inside the Gate of Immortality, treating it like their own living room, was the very person now waiting for the Resurrection God Stone to rescue them.
If the one to be resurrected were anyone else, it wouldn't be like this.
After a long silence, Ice Emperor ordered the communications officer, "Send word to all professionals currently raiding the Gates of Immortality, intensify the assault, no matter the cost."
["Yes!"]
The next second, the communications officer turned back with a gloomy face and reported, ["According to the frontline raid squads, large numbers of professionals from the Eight Great Nations are gathering at the entrances of the Gates of Immortality in various worlds. They are severely hindering our progress. Many squads have been intercepted outside the entrances…"]
"What?", Hearing this, Moon Mark was instantly furious, "Those bastards."
Ice Emperor said, "This time, we will not back down. If they dare block us, we will fight them to the death."
"Concentrate all professional forces from all worlds, attack the Gates of Immortality."
"Bear Nation, Thracian, Sevia, and White Nation reinforcements have already entered the Death Territory battle zones…"
At this time, a council member said, "Three hours ago, the Hell Gladiator Arena officially opened. Should we…"
Before he could finish, Ice Emperor said, "Right now, reviving Zero comes first. The Hell Gladiator Arena can wait."
The conference hall fell into a brief silence.
Seraph said calmly, "Although saving Zero is indeed the top priority now, we also need a backup plan. In any case, we must leave ourselves a way out."
"Reviving Zero is a must. Even if we can't complete it now, we must continue raiding the Gates of Immortality later to get the Resurrection God Stone."
"But before that, we absolutely cannot stagnate."
Seraph looked at the real-time rankings of the Hell Gladiator Arena and said, "Elfa's ranking is about to surpass Zero, taking first place. Even though the champion prize, the Mythic-class profession scroll, already belongs to Beacon Nation, the rest of the runner-up and third-place rewards, we should grab as many as possible, to reduce the rewards our enemy nations can get. Otherwise, after the Hell Gladiator Arena ends, we will completely lose our ability to compete with the Eight Great Nations."
Moon Mark calmed down too and comforted Ice Emperor, "The Angel is right. If we can't find the Resurrection God Stone, and we top-tier participants stagnate, then our Dragon Nation is truly finished."
At this time, the communications officer said, ["A young girl named Ouyang Linger, a member of the Heavens Hall Guild, sent a message saying, by tracking the location of the disappearances, we can determine the Ghost's approximate position. When the Ghost is near your battlefield, log off to perfectly avoid the Ghost's hunt."]
Ice Emperor, Moon Mark, and Seraph exchanged a glance.
"Fine, log in, continue raiding the Hell Gladiator Arena!"
"No matter how bad the situation gets, we must never bow to the enemy."
With that, all top-tier professional powerhouses of the Dragon Nation opened space gates and entered the Otherworld…
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