The second round of individual leaderboard arena matches has concluded, with 2546 players advancing. Advancing players, please prepare for the third round of arena matches, which will commence in fifteen minutes!
The rules for the third round of arena matches are as follows: This round will employ a survival mode. Each arena will inflict a certain amount of damage on players every 2 seconds. The initial damage will be 1000e magic attack minus the player's magic defense, plus 1000e physical attack minus the player's physical defense. Every ten seconds, the magic and physical attack will automatically increase by 100e.
The system will determine player rankings based on who survives the longest. The top 20 players will be contenders for the next round of the individual leaderboard arena, the King's War!
The betting market is now open. Apart from advancing players, who can only bet on themselves, all other players are free to place their bets.
Upon the announcement of the third round's rules, the scene erupted in a clamor.
"It's been several rounds since this rule was implemented. I didn't expect it this time. Damn, this is going to be fun. I suspect the bottom of this leaderboard is due for a massive reshuffle," Lian Jia said, pausing for a moment before chuckling.
"Little brother, isn't your priest a support class? This opportunity is quite good for your support class. I'll bet on you later!" Lian Jia said, tapping on the light screen while looking at Ye Yun.
Ye Yun ignored the man's babbling and directly opened his betting page.
Player 'Jie Ming's' betting odds for the second round arena match:
Rank within top 100 - 1:1
Rank within top 50 - 1:2
Rank within top 20 - 1:7
Rank within top 10 - 1:15
Rank within top 5 - 1:30
Ruthless!
That was Ye Yun's first impression. If it were calculated based on survival time, players could estimate their approximate duration. However, calculating based on rank introduced an element of the mystical.
"Heh heh, little brother, I bet a hundred billion on you making it into the top 100! Go, go, go!" Lian Jia said, waving his fist at Ye Yun.
This interface only showed the top 100 for all players, meaning that for anyone who placed a bet, they only won if the player they bet on reached the top 100.
However, there were some stable bets, like Ku Mu Zhi Die. Her odds were so low they were barely worth looking at.
Most importantly, the betting pools for the previous individual leaderboard matches only included bets for reaching the top 50. Bets for reaching the top 100 were not even displayed on the interface, and even then, their odds were pitifully low.
How to play?
Ye Yun hesitated! But after remembering the millions of spirit stones in his inventory, he felt confident.
I'm going all-in, I've revealed my hand!
The third-ranked Yue Xia Lao Ren's total stat points were only over four hundred billion. Although his talent bonus wasn't for health or defense, he was a healer!
What are healers for?
As long as the healing is sufficient, what obstacle can't be overcome?
Thirty-six trillion was all placed on reaching the top 5!
If it paid off, that's a 30-fold profit! Nine or ten Dragon Palace disciples would advance to God-tier talent! If he lost, he'd just have to run further in the New Mortal Continent and face more challenges.
What is a gambler's mentality? It's about the thrill of a racing heart.
This round, in particular, held a significant advantage for the "blood tank" and "shield warrior" types, as their professions were inherently defensive and resilient.
Then there were some support classes, as these players often had high levels and could easily apply a 10% buff.
Conversely, professions like mages and assassins, which pursued extreme high damage, would be at a great disadvantage this round!
Damage every two seconds!
Ye Yun smiled.
"System notification: The third round of individual leaderboard arena matches begins, 10... 9..."
Following the system's prompt, Ye Yun vanished from his throne and reappeared on a small platform no more than four pings in area. Around him were similarly crowded platforms, each occupied by a player!
Ye Yun calmly took a small twig from his pocket. That's right, it was the level one beginner weapon he brought back from the Shan Hai Realm.
'Song of Life' - adds 5% to maximum HP!
A green energy flowed from the twig, and Ye Yun's HP, which was originally 25352e, instantly increased to 26619e.
-24e
-24e
Every two seconds, a damage value popped up above Ye Yun's head. Ye Yun's magic defense had reached 1414e, but his physical defense was a bit lacking at only 976e. Therefore, there was no pressure at all for now.
"Yo? Little brother, you're a support class? Want me to give you a buff too?"
"Don't listen to him, this guy is a pure tank, very durable. Look at me, I'm an assassin, low HP and defense, help me!"
Ye Yun's actions instantly attracted the attention of those around him, but most of it was teasing.
To these players, support classes were a joke. For someone like Ye Yun to reach this point was already incredible. It was estimated that there wouldn't be more than a handful of support classes in the entire arena.
"Hmph, you think increasing your maximum HP is useful. Little kid, you should go back and drink milk. With that little HP, you dare to come here and embarrass yourself!"
At this moment, a foreign player on a platform in front of Ye Yun turned around, looked at Ye Yun, and said coldly. The damage value of over a billion that popped up on him indicated the player's formidable defense, and his HP reached over forty thousand!
"Heh, Lone Wolf, don't mock others. If you hadn't gotten a few legendary sets, and if you weren't a shield warrior, could you be showing off like this?"
"Exactly, it's already quite good for a support to have such high defense."
The densely packed players around them continued to tease and laugh while unleashing their buffing skills.
Player 1374 died, survival time: 8 seconds!
Player 1246 died, survival time: 8 seconds!
...
It was manageable at first, but by the twelfth second, the number of deaths felt like a floodgate opening. System notifications flooded in by the dozens.
And this was just the beginning. From the twelfth second onwards, nearly two hundred players were eliminated every two seconds! Ye Yun's damage value also increased from 24e to 124e.
By the twentieth second, less than twelve hundred of the 2546 players remained. These were almost all high-damage, fragile, and low-HP classes!
"Go home and eat shit! Haha, with your condition, if you can last 90 seconds, I'll eat shit in public!"
Lone Wolf looked at the damage popping up above Ye Yun's head and burst into laughter. At this moment, the damage value he was taking was in the tens of billions, indicating his defense was only slightly over a hundred billion. On average, he was worse off than Ye Yun.
If attacking players weren't prohibited, Ye Yun would have liked to send him packing directly.
"I'm looking forward to your performance! But before you perform eating shit, let me show you something nice first!" Ye Yun didn't want to bother with this mad dog-like individual much longer, and raised the twig in his hand.
At this point, Ye Yun's HP consumption was less than 80 billion. However, Ye Yun made a rough estimate and felt it was about time.
After all, 'Rejuvenation Technique' had a cooldown of 60 seconds. Even with a 5% cooldown reduction, it was still 57 seconds. In this kind of attrition battle, the later it gets, the more crucial it becomes!
+532e
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+532e
'Rejuvenation Technique' restores 1% HP per second! The twig, well, the weapon, had an additional 1% healing effect.
"You... you're cheating!" Lone Wolf stared at the continuously rising recovery numbers above Ye Yun's head, and his entire demeanor changed.
"I'm a doctor, I heal myself. How can you say I'm cheating?"
"Besides, you're using legendary equipment. How is that not cheating?"
Ye Yun smiled slightly, with a Mona Lisa-like expression.