“The one thing I envy most about you young people is your fearless ignorance. Is there anyone in the Gladiator Tower area who doesn't know that our Tower Master possesses a legendary card?”
“Do you know how powerful a legendary card is? Over the years, countless Number 1s have tried to challenge the Tower Master, but without exception, all of them have been defeated by the Tower Master's legendary card.”
“Don't think that just because you've defeated a few classmates at school, you can get smug and believe you're a genius, then come running to our Gladiator Tower…”
Wen Xiangjie didn't hear a single word of the young man's rambling, mocking remarks, only noticing one crucial piece of information.
The Tower Master has a legendary card.
It's lootable.
She interrupted the young man directly, asking, “Excuse me, where is the registration desk? I want to become a duelist.”
The young man, who had been enjoying his lecture, looked displeased after Wen Xiangjie interrupted him.
Hmph, he was kindly advising her to go back to where she belonged. Since she was so unappreciative, then let her suffer a bit.
The young man, with a cold face, handed Wen Xiangjie a wooden token.
“Just input your information into this wooden token and go on in,” the young man snorted, saying with full mockery, “Good luck.”
Wen Xiangjie entered her information into the wooden token, and before entering the Gladiator Tower, she didn't forget to give the young man a deep look.
The young man shivered, inexplicably feeling a chill down his spine.
When he came to his senses, he felt a bit annoyed and ashamed that he had been intimidated by a little girl's gaze.
Once his shift guarding the gate ended today, he absolutely had to find this little girl and fight her, to teach her a good lesson!
Passing through the main gate, Wen Xiangjie seemed to enter another world.
The sounds of shouting, cheering, cursing… and music that made one's blood boil just by listening.
Wen Xiangjie walked into the Gladiator Tower, where a group of people at the entrance were lining up to place their wooden tokens on a machine.
This machine was the Gladiator Tower's matching machine; by simply inputting one's wooden token information, the machine would automatically randomly match duelists with opponents.
Wen Xiangjie's arrival attracted the attention of all the duelists.
“Where did this student come from? Has she even assembled her card deck, coming to a place like this to play?”
“This isn't a place for a good girl like you!”
“Won't she cry if her cards get stolen later?”
“If any brother gets matched with this little girl, be a bit merciful, lest you make her too scared to ever participate in card battles again, hahaha!”
“Tsk, I don't want to be matched with such a weak opponent. I want a truly exhilarating battle.”
“You don't want to, but I do,” a middle-aged man chuckled lewdly twice. “I'm just a few points short of 1000, then I can challenge an advanced duelist.”
He looked at Wen Xiangjie with disdain and smugness: “I hope the card god blesses me and allows me to easily get 1000 points.”
Wen Xiangjie entered her card information into the machine, then turned and smiled slightly at the middle-aged man.
“I'm also very much looking forward to my next opponent being you.”
The machine dinged, successfully registering Wen Xiangjie's card information.
After a short wait in the duelist lounge, the wooden token in Wen Xiangjie's hand vibrated slightly, displaying her battle information.
【Duelist ID 666666, please proceed to Battle Arena 114. Your battle will begin in ten minutes. If you fail to arrive at the battle arena by the designated time, it will be considered a forfeit, and points will be automatically deducted.】
Wen Xiangjie took the elevator inside the duelist lounge directly to Battle Arena 114.
When she arrived, her opponent was already standing on the other side of the arena, craning his neck towards the elevator entrance, eager to know who his opponent for this match would be.
Upon seeing Wen Xiangjie emerge from the elevator, the middle-aged man was visibly overjoyed, his eyes shining with delight.
Audiences surrounded every battle arena.
The Gladiator Tower's main sources of income were tickets and betting.
Spectators could use their tickets to watch battles at any arena.
Seeing Wen Xiangjie step onto the battle arena, many spectators were disappointed.
“I thought since Number 345178 was almost at 1000 points, the system would match him with a stronger opponent. Why did it match him with such a little girl instead? Isn't this just giving him points?”
“Exactly, I specifically came to watch Number 345178's battle. I thought it would be exciting, but this is it?”
“Sigh, I hope Number 345178 can fight Number 415235. Those two should be the most promising to reach 1000 points right now.”
“Number 345178 has really good luck. Although winning this match won't get him many points, getting the minimum victory points is pure profit.”
“Boring, boring. I'm going to watch matches at other battle arenas. These one-sided matches are really uninteresting.”
“Why not take the opportunity to place a bet? Even if you don't win much money, a little extra is better than nothing.”
“I've gone all-in on Number 345178! That way I can earn a little more!”
At this moment, in the duelist lounge, a person was idly switching between battle arenas on the screen with a remote control, and when he switched to Number 114, he paused.
“Oh, isn't that the little sister from earlier and Number 345178? They actually got matched as opponents!”
This duelist was one of the people who had been making sarcastic remarks earlier while watching Wen Xiangjie input her information. Coincidentally, the other duelists who were present at the time also hadn't been matched for battles and were waiting in the lounge. Hearing this duelist's words, they all gathered around.
“Don't change the channel, let's see what happens in this battle.”
“What could happen? I really can't think of a reason for Number 345178 to lose.”
“Number 345178 has really good luck! He's almost at 1000 points, and the system even sends him a noob to directly push him to 1000 points!”
“Right? Good luck is really important. Sigh, actually, I also wanted to be matched with this girl. Who doesn't like easy points?”
“Who do you think Number 345178 will challenge once he reaches 1000 points?”
The people in the lounge had already started discussing Number 345178's next opponent; no one doubted whether Number 345178 could win this battle.
The middle-aged man, who was Number 345178, grinned at Wen Xiangjie across from him: “My wish came true, aren't you happy? Thank you in advance for the points you're sending, helping me reach 1000 points, hahaha!”
“I am indeed very happy, and I hope you can be as happy as I am,” Wen Xiangjie said with a smile.
When the battle time arrived, a giant automatically rotating die appeared before Wen Xiangjie and Number 345178.
When the die landed, the number in front of Wen Xiangjie was 6, and the number in front of Number 345178 was 3.
Seeing the number 6 in front of Wen Xiangjie, Number 345178's expression became much more serious.