[Lv55, Undead Bone Capital]
As the Golden Age Guild entered the arena, elite experts from all sides stepped onto the stage to challenge them.
Inside the undead arena, one challenge match after another was taking place intensely.
Outside the arena, the crowd watching was full of excitement.
At the same time, the players were also whispering and discussing Gao Han, the leader of the Golden Age crowd, "That guy 'Too Cold at the Top,' I heard his real name is Gao Han. He's a kept man."
"Really? Seriously? No wonder he looks so soft and delicate! He really does look like a pretty boy~"
"I heard he married into the Ruan family two years ago. Then his father-in-law Ruan Tian and his wife Ruan Wenwen both died one after another, and he took over the Golden Age Group. There are rumors outside saying he deliberately murdered Ruan Tian and Ruan Wenwen for the family fortune."
"You really can't judge a person by appearance. Who would've thought someone so refined-looking could be this vicious and sinister."
"Shh! Keep your voice down. He could even make a move on the person sleeping beside him. Be careful he sends someone to kill you later. After all, he's now the president of Golden Age Group, not someone ordinary people like us can afford to offend."
While the players kept discussing among themselves, the system announcements also continued nonstop—
[Announcement: "Ding~ Player Ironblood Ruthless defeated challenger Langya Wuxin and successfully defended the beginner arena."]
[Announcement: "Ding~ Player Ironblood Ruthless defeated challenger Lord of Heavenly Temple and successfully defended the beginner arena."]
[Announcement: "Ding~ Player Ironblood Ruthless defeated challenger Blade Iron Cavalry and successfully defended the beginner arena."]
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[Announcement]: "Ding~ Player Ironblood Ruthless has successfully defended the beginner arena for ten minutes and defeated thirty challengers! He has achieved a glorious thirty-win streak and remains unstoppable! Someone come end him already!"
As challenger after challenger from the Golden Age Guild was defeated one after another, the dark wizard man in black robes standing on the beginner arena, Ironblood Ruthless, instantly became the center of attention for everyone watching.
Crowd A: "Holy shit! As expected of the Ironblood Guild leader! He's actually this strong? He's basically the king of duels! Whoever goes up just dies!"
Crowd B: "The dark wizard's ultimate skill is already annoying enough, but Ironblood Ruthless's ultimate can suppress two targets at the same time! The moment the fight starts, both the opponent and their pet get suppressed and can't even move! There's no way anyone can beat him!"
Crowd C: "Exactly. You can tell Ironblood Ruthless himself doesn't do much damage. He focuses on control. But that elite pet snow wolf of his does insane damage. Three seconds of hard crowd control from the master is enough for the wolf to kill both the opponent and their pet by force. Too strong!"
Crowd D: "Fack! I always thought dark wizards were useless, but now I realize this class is ridiculously strong in PvP! If I had known earlier, I would've played a dark wizard too."
Crowd E: "It's not that the dark wizard class is strong. Ironblood Ruthless is strong! If you go play a dark wizard yourself, you'll find out you're still useless~"
Player F: "Looks like this Golden Age isn't that great after all!"
While the random players were discussing heatedly, the players inside Golden Age Guild were also starting to grow restless.
"Damn it! Is this Ironblood Ruthless cheating or what? Why can his ultimate control two people at once?"
"There's no chance to do anything at all. We just get controlled to death!"
"Yeah, I can't even move. It's disgusting! If I could just move once, I'd definitely kill him in return."
"The Ironblood Guild deliberately put this disgusting dark wizard in the beginner arena. If you can't get past the beginner arena, you can't challenge the intermediate and advanced arenas behind it! If you let me fight the intermediate and advanced arenas directly, I'd definitely win!"
Hearing the complaints from the people beside him, Gao Han's eyes turned cold, "Losing means losing. Don't make excuses for your own weakness."
"Is there anyone else who can fight? If you're not strong enough, then stop going up there and embarrassing yourselves. Send someone who's confident they can take down this Ironblood Ruthless in one go."
As soon as Gao Han said this, the entire place fell silent.
Earlier, everyone had been eager to show themselves.
But now, nobody wanted to embarrass themselves.
"My huge Golden Age Guild actually doesn't have a single expert?", Gao Han felt deeply disappointed.
At this moment,
Lin Mo, who had been observing the situation through shared vision with his clone, couldn't help raising the corner of his mouth, "Looks like the timing is finally right."
So it turned out that Lin Mo had deliberately not let the clone act yet because he had been waiting for an opportunity.
Only after all the experts of Golden Age Guild had been defeated, only after they no longer had anyone worth sending out, only after they had fallen into despair, would it be the best time for Lin Mo to show the clone's strength and value.
[Challenge the beginner arena and defeat Ironblood Ruthless.]
As Lin Mo remotely gave the order to the clone, "Mo," who was standing among the Qingfeng Squad in the crowd, was just about to step forward, when suddenly, a voice sounded from beside him, "President Gao, may I give it a try?"
Everyone looked toward the voice.
The person speaking was actually Zhao Lingyun.
"Zhao Lingyun! What are you trying to do?"
Director Zhang's first reaction was to stop Zhao Lingyun.
But suddenly, an idea flashed through his mind, and he changed his mind.
He even actively introduced her to Gao Han: "President Gao, this is my girlfriend. Even though she's just a woman, I've always thought highly of her."
"Could President Gao give Ling'er a chance for my sake and let her try? Maybe she really can defeat Ironblood Ruthless."
Gao Han glanced at Zhao Lingyun.
He thought: 'Even if she fails, there's nothing to lose.'
"Since Manager Zhang is recommending her, then let her try."
Zhao Lingyun said happily, "Thank you, President Gao!"
She didn't know what Director Zhang was thinking.
But it was rare to see him stand on her side and speak for her this time.
No matter what had happened before, Zhao Lingyun still gratefully said to Director Zhang this time, "Thank you, Manager Zhang."
Director Zhang smiled and said, "Go on. Perform well. Don't disappoint President Gao."
Director Zhang looked kind on the surface.
But inside, he was full of malicious thoughts.
Looking at Zhao Lingyun, who was filled with confidence and hope, he secretly thought, 'You think I don't know what you're thinking?'
'You want to defeat Ironblood Ruthless, win the beginner arena, make President Gao think highly of you, and get promoted? You're still dreaming and still unwilling to give up, huh? Heh. If you can beat Ironblood Ruthless, I'll take your surname.'
'But this works out perfectly. I'll use this undead arena to completely crush your spirit. After your miserable defeat later, you'll understand that you're a complete cripple that nobody wants except me.'
Thus, under everyone's attention, the level 51 illusion mage Zhao Lingyun stepped onto the beginner undead arena.
Immediately, the surrounding crowd started discussing again, "Is Golden Age Guild really out of people? They actually sent a girl to challenge him!"
"But honestly, this Zhao Ling'er is pretty cute!"
"What's the use of just having a pretty face? I heard her left leg is disabled in real life, and she doesn't even have a talent in Divine Oracle. Whether in real life or in the game, she's half crippled!"
"How do you know? You know this girl?"
"Nope. I just happened to see someone anonymously post about her on the forums these past two days."
"Tsk! Then she really is crippled. She can't even walk properly. Whoever marries her in the future would probably just be bringing home dead weight."
Hearing these words, Zhao Lingyun's face turned red.
What she didn't know was that the one who posted information about her disability online was actually Director Zhang.
Even the people loudly discussing her in public right now were internet trolls Director Zhang had deliberately hired with money.
Director Zhang wanted to completely destroy Zhao Lingyun's confidence.
He wanted her to mentally exhaust herself.
He wanted her to doubt herself.
He wanted her to completely stop having any "wishful thinking".
He wanted her to become completely devoted to him.
[T/N: Some people have too much time in their hands to do this shit.]
On the arena stage, Zhao Lingyun worked hard to keep herself from being affected by the outside world and calmed herself down.
She tightly gripped her staff and stared at her opponent with burning eyes.
She prepared to give it everything she had and face this challenge.
'This is the only chance you'll ever get in your life.'
'Zhao Lingyun, you have to win!'
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