Chapter 896 - 891: The Final Dance

Chapter 896: Chapter 891: The Final Dance

[Regional Campaign Task: The Last Dance]

[Campaign Description: As one of the representatives of the Red Blood Arena, participate in the Melt Iron City Gladiator Tournament.]

[Campaign Reward: For every battle banner captured, you receive 200 Red Blood Arena Reputation points and 20 Red Blood Arena Merit points. For every high-value support item such as coins and jewelry thrown by the gladiatorial arena audience, you gain 10~100 Red Blood Arena Reputation points and 1~100 Red Blood Arena Merit points. Winning this campaign will double all the Reputation and Merit points gained from audience support.]

[When your Reputation in the Red Blood Arena reaches Respect Level, you can be promoted to Silver Medal Gladiator. The status upgrade makes you a restricted citizen, allowing you to retain your property, but not leave the arena.]

[When your Reputation in the Red Blood Arena reaches Adoration, you can be promoted to Gold Medal Gladiator, upgrading your status to Gladiator Nobility. You can become a Partner of the arena and establish your own arena in a new city.]

[Merit points can be exchanged for rewards at any branch of the Red Blood Arena.]

[Tip: After accumulating enough Red Blood Arena Merit, you can seek out the instructor Thrace of the Red Blood Arena for rewards.]

"As long as I rise to Respect Reputation, I can be promoted to Silver Medal! Silver Medal Gladiators can own property, effectively shedding the status of a slave."

"It’s the first time I’ve felt the importance of Reputation. I wonder what good things are on the Quartermaster’s reward list?"

Immediately, an Awakened Major General used their major’s privileges to check the reward list provided by Quartermaster Thrace in advance.

[Clear Spring: Beverage. Restores 100 points of Professional Energy per second while drinking, lasting 20 seconds. Moving or receiving attacks during recovery will interrupt the effect. Exchange requirement: 100 Merit points.]

[Fried Barley Cake: Food. Restores 300 points of Life Value per second while eating, lasting 20 seconds. Moving or receiving attacks during recovery will interrupt the effect. Exchange requirement: 100 Merit points.]

[Bronze Medal Gladiator’s Helmet: White Equipment, Head Armor +120, +15 Power, +15 Endurance. Exchange requirement: 200 Merit points.]

[Bronze Medal Gladiator’s Heart Armor: White Equipment, Upper Body Armor +150, +15 Power, +15 Endurance. Exchange requirement: 300 Merit points.]

[Flying Sand and Rolling Stones: C-level Artifact. Throws a storm of energy sand and stones, blinding the opponent’s vision, causing a blind state lasting 30 seconds, disappearing after use. Exchange requirement: 300 Merit points. First hint: Tier Two Artifacts have independent priority and are not influenced by the user’s Energy Strength. C-level Artifact independent priority is 12 points.]

[Darts: C-level Artifact. Throws energy darts at a target, causing moderate piercing damage and a knockback effect. Usage: 5/5. Exchange requirement: 350 Merit points.]

The rewards from the Quartermaster of the Ascension Plane were truly refreshing.

The Whiteboard Standard Equipment was not worth mentioning, not comparable to the Awakened’s Tier One Dark Gold Equipment, making it really worthless.

The truly valuable items are the food, beverages, and artifacts. Especially the food and drinks, they don’t conflict with Honor Potions; used well, they can give you an extra half life.

"The difficulty of the Ascension Plane limits the use of Tier One Artifacts... National Destiny Artifacts are also unusable! As for Tier Two Artifacts, the Awakened can’t use them! So the artifacts usable in the Ascension Plane can only be obtained through Spoils Treasure Chest or exchanged for with Merit Points!"

Many Awakened Major Generals were determined to earn more Merit Points.

Slave gladiators set off for the Great Colosseum of Melt Iron City.

The Gladiator Arena is a large regional structure built in every territory of the Empire. Lacking entertainment, the Empire’s populace, from nobility to peddlers, most loved watching gladiatorial tournaments.

The identity of the gladiator is also very complex.

Legally, gladiators are slaves to the arena’s owner and private property.

In the public eye, gladiators are symbols of bravery, and gladiatorial champions are local celebrities.

Gladiators themselves also possess formidable strength.

It is perhaps due to this complexity that allows gladiators to achieve great success.

"Silver Medal Gladiators" can become "restricted citizens," obligated only to compete in regular gladiatorial matches, with few differences from Imperial citizens.

"Gold Medal Gladiators" leap to noble status, becoming partners of the arena!

...

Melt Iron City, Great Colosseum.

The Gladiator Arena covered a vast area, with a diameter close to five kilometers.

In such a large arena, an ordinary human from Blue Star likely couldn’t even see how many gladiators there were.

But since this is the Ascension Plane, even the "weak template" lower-class people have composite Attribute values approaching a Level 7 Warrior! Their eyesight is very good, able to see gladiators’ faces from several kilometers away.

Sometimes, the terrain of the arena varies, which might include obstructions affecting visibility.

However, the Great Colosseum always prepares Magic Crystal Balls in advance, projecting Magic Images into the void around the arena, allowing the audience an unobstructed view and ensuring they never miss the gladiators’ blood-soaked heroic feats.

The stands were already packed with spectators.

Because this was "The Last Dance."

After today, the owners of the three main arenas of Melt Iron City would send out privateer teams across the Sea of Storms—now called "Storm Bay"—to the New Continent!

Even the owners themselves would head to the New Continent to oversee.

The New Continent is separated from the Eastern Continent by only a Storm Bay. The short voyage and the rich environment are highly conducive to colonization. At this moment, "New Molten Iron City" has already risen on the New Continent.

The three main owners going to New Molten Iron City will also build new arenas there to attract the Empire’s settlers to come and watch. Amid the current wave of colonization, the New Continent is a thriving symbol of prosperity.

In Bai Pu’s view, the Spirit Realm Will did not allow the Awakened Major Generals to directly match with the New Continent but had them train in the Old Continent. This should be to adapt them to the environment and to truly filter out the strongest warriors through the brutal Gladiatorial Arena.

So today marks the last gladiator tournament of Old Molten Iron City.

"I will announce the competition rules."

The administrator of Melt Iron City’s Great Colosseum, a bald man with a commanding presence, shouted hoarsely:

"Do you see it! The maze walls in the center of the arena! Various beasts are inside. Your task is to kill the beasts, pull out the banners along the way, and reach the central platform of the maze! On the platform, you can use the banners to activate pre-set Magic Traps, and prepare for the ensuing battle.

"Finally, only one team from any arena is allowed to remain on the platform! Will it be the Red Blood Arena with its red blood drops, the Rose Arena with its red roses, or the Shadow Fang Arena with its black fangs? Let’s watch and see!"