Chapter 333: Chapter 333: The Arena Event Begins
Ge Yiye, feeling somber, picked up the equipment dropped by several people and walked towards Li Yao, saying, “What did I tell you, you wouldn’t notice.”
“That’s because of my skill, it has nothing to do with you,” Li Yao said nonchalantly.
“You, you lack chivalry,” Ge Yiye said, speechless.
“Nowadays men and women are equal. Why are you still spouting such obsolete nonsense?” Li Yao sprawled lazily against a tree.
“Fine, you win.” Ge Yiye tossed some gear next to Li Yao. “They’re all cloth or heavy armor. I’ll take a purple piece, the rest is yours.”
Li Yao, without any courtesy, found a purple heavy armor and kept it in his bag, then directly threw the remaining three blue equipment into the lake.
“Watts, you’re just going to throw it away? It’s tenth-level blue equipment!” Ge Yiye was stunned. Tenth-level blue gear could garner quite a number of silver coins, especially heavy armor.
Li Yao shrugged, “How good can a blue gear really be?”
“Even if the attributes aren’t great, you can still dismantle it for enchanting materials.”
“My bag is too full, what else can I do, give it to someone else?”
“Hey, you could give it to me!” Ge Yiye was speechless again.
“Huh, but you already took a purple piece, didn’t you just give the rest to me because you look down on blue gear?” Li Yao, with an innocent face, honestly thought that was her intention.
Ge Yiye looked at Li Yao as if he was an idiot, “You extravagant fool, I gave you the rest of the gear because you did most of the work killing them, it has nothing to do with me deeming it unworthy.”
“Calm down, calm down. You’re an elite player, you should have the demeanor of one.” Li Yao’s bag was literally bursting, even regular purple gear didn’t hold as much value as the scrolls.
“Can an elite player’s demeanor feed me?”
Ge Yiye was about to go insane. It was very difficult to make money in the Ancients, everyone was scraping coins together, and yet here she was with this spendthrift. She was a stubborn person herself and never accepted real money. Like everyone else, she was trying hard to improve her skills and gear.
Ordinary players, let alone gear, wouldn’t throw away even trash worth a copper coin. Li Yao was probably the only one so extravagant.
“Huh, we have to move again.” Seeing the shimmering lines of the array disappearing, Li Yao knew the lake’s resources were depleted.
Li Yao packed up his things, then used a Sonar Arrow to scout ahead. After traveling a certain distance, he continued to absorb the Blue Moon Essence.
“Your arrow is too abnormal. No, it should be your spiritual power that’s abnormal.” Ge Yiye followed Li Yao, pondering for a while before saying, “Unless you have spirit imaging, you can’t be aiming so accurately in this fog. That means your spiritual power must be strong enough. No wonder you are so capable. It’s no wonder my friend said that the Sonar Arrow was a useless skill. Now it seems the Sonar Arrow is not useless, but rather his spiritual power isn’t strong enough to control it.”
Li Yao just kept walking silently, not responding.
“Hey, elite players should discuss techniques, why are you so silent? That’s not right.” Ge Yiye expresses interest in how Li Yao possesses such strong spiritual power. She also realized the benefits of spiritual power, even though hers wasn’t as strong.
“First of all, I don’t believe discussing with you will improve my abilities. Secondly, you are asking me questions, not discussing. This has to be clarified. Finally, we are not close. The power of the Sonar Arrow is plain to see, and you just assume you can pry its secrets from me? That’s too simple-minded.” Li Yao had nothing to say. He didn’t expect women to be so naive and straightforward these days. He wasn’t a little boy who hadn’t seen women before. Just because she’s a pretty girl doesn’t mean he’ll reveal everything after a brief flirtation.
If Ge Yiye knew Li Yao’s thoughts, she would surely pick a fight.
The main reason she was so piqued was because of Li Yao’s amazing techniques, especially the Sonar Arrow. Her friend had been researching it for many days but made little progress. Seeing Li Yao using it so proficiently made her curious. If it were any other player, she wouldn’t bother. Many players used technical discussions as an excuse to get close to her.
Ge Yiye was first angry, then realized that it was indeed an incredible technique and they had just met. It would be strange if Li Yao actually shared it. So, she just stayed quiet.
Li Yao had to change locations three more times. With the two working together, they wiped out nearly another thirty players. Although the players they killed would respawn, the dominance of them was undoubtedly spreading.
Many players complained to high-level NPCs, saying the task was too difficult. But they couldn’t even see the high-level priests, let alone change the task. High-level NPCs followed their original orders without receiving any changes in commands.
In their view, if these newbies couldn’t manage by the second day, they would take matters into their own hands and easily deal with it. As for killing so many newbies, in their view, those who lacked power were already blessed if they weren’t punished.
After that, Li Yao’s side was at peace. The patrolling players mostly wandered aimlessly around their own areas. No one dared to make trouble for the two death gods.
With some leisure time, Li Yao started watching live broadcasts to pass the time and chuckled at the clumsiness of the newbies. Seeing them reminded him of his own journey: exploring step by step and experiencing struggles at every turn.
“You’re watching the Central Challenge Field live broadcast too?” Ge Yiye shared her own live show footage. In the broadcast, a player was battling a gargantuan monster.
“Yes, the arena is quite interesting this time.” Li Yao was amused seeing the pros getting bullied, he even spotted a few famous gamers from his previous life.
“It seems that the Central Challenge Field is too popular, so they set a threshold. But it appears this Sand Dragon King is a little overpowered. So far, no one has been able to pass it.” After watching for a while, Ge Yiye said, “You can’t understand much just by watching. You have to try it yourself. Are you going to challenge the main tournament field tomorrow? The rewards for this event are excellent.”
“Isn’t that obvious? Even though I’m a day late, the title of defeating the Sand Dragon King is certainly mine,” said Li Yao confidently.
Because too many players wanted to challenge the central tournament field, it wasn’t practical. Therefore, the rule had been changed. If one wanted to enter the main tournament field, they first had to challenge a boss, which was also a challenge instance.
Despite a whole night passing, the main competition field was still empty. The mechanism of the Sand Dragon King seemed not difficult, but so far, no player had overcome it.
“You’re blowing your own horn.” Ge Yiye only shook her head and didn’t say anything.
“Haha, believe it or not.” Only when Li Yao saw that his bottle was full did he say, “Alright, my task is complete, you continue to play hide and seek. I’m out.”
It was almost dawn, and even if he hadn’t completed his task, Li Yao couldn’t stay any longer…