Samsara Paradise: Dream Weaver of Connections.

[Hunter is level 5, and will only match with contractors of level 5, hunters (Samsara Paradise), judges (Samsara Paradise), battle angels (Apocalypse Paradise), pioneers (Sanctuary Paradise), punishment knights (Death Paradise), etc. 】

[Resetting Hunter's competitive data...]

【Competitor: Lin Yi. 】

【Condition: Good. 】

[Paradise Arena Ranking: 185628th (currently tier ). ]

[Number of consecutive wins: 0 games.]

[Top ten honorary awards: Not obtained. ]

……

Seeing the prompt of Samsara Paradise, Lin Yi was stunned for a moment.

He certainly hadn't expected that after being promoted to level five, the players in the arena would no longer be limited to the contractors of the Samsara Paradise, but would be open to other paradises.

But if you think about it carefully, this makes sense.

High-level contractors above level five are already rare, and if the matches are still limited to within the Samsara Paradise, there will probably be very few participants in the arena.

The park's move is obviously intended to maintain the activity of the arena.

Lin Yi casually flipped through the ranking list and soon discovered that the contractors of Apocalypse Paradise and Holy Light Paradise were on the list, and even included forces such as Death Paradise and Watch Paradise that he had only heard of but never come into contact with before.

It seems that the fifth-level arena will be a carnival for all Paradise Contractors.

It can be said that in the Paradise Arena, you may encounter all kinds of enemies.

After reading the detailed instructions for the fifth-level arena, Lin Yi discovered that most of the rules remained the same. You just need to fight your way up.

[Matching opponents...]

[Match successful, opponent ranking: 185512 (Level ). ]

Since all of Lin Yi’s battle records were reset to zero after he was promoted to level five, Lin Yi was ranked in a close position.

Once you have more consecutive wins, the ranking span of your matched opponents will gradually increase.

This time, Lin Yi deliberately changed into a pure black priest robe and wore a pure white mask without any patterns on his face. His whole body exuded a mysterious aura, and he looked like a charlatan who was pretending to be a god.

After a flash of blur, Lin Yi's vision returned to normal, and all he saw was yellow sand.

The arena is a standard circle with a diameter of about two hundred meters. There are six or seven meter high black wooden fences erected around it, separating the battlefield from the audience seats.

Higher up, the circular stands extended upward in steps, filled with spectators of all kinds.

Judging from their attire, most of them are workers or contractors. The workers who are willing to spend 1000 Paradise Coins per hour to watch the battle are at least level two, or even level three or above.

"Ladies and gentlemen - let us welcome the two new fighters with the warmest cheers!"

"My two competitors, I don't know if you are familiar with this place, but there is one thing I need to tell you in advance. The battles here are... blood! Broken bones! Screams! All means are allowed to destroy the opponent here! Of course... you will not die. After all, this is a playground for lunatics. Hahahaha - who am I talking about? Everyone here knows, right?"

After a host from the devil clan spoke, all the audience began to cheer.

For these low-level contractors and workers, the showdown between fifth-level warriors is a visual feast - even if it is just a battle at the bottom of the ranking, its brutality is far beyond the comparison of the third and fourth-level arenas.

The rules of Paradise Arena are simple: you can’t die, but you can be disabled.

Broken limbs, broken bones, damaged internal organs... as long as you pay enough Paradise Coins, you can return to the lounge and recover.

This mechanism not only increases the cost of combat, but also becomes the best testing ground for honing one's strength.

"Come on! I've invested a lot of money in you this time!"

Suddenly, a lazy and charming voice penetrated the noise.

Lin Yi turned his head and saw a glamorous lady in a high-slit cheongsam waving at him in the front row of the audience.

After noticing Lin Yi's gaze, she curled her red lips, touched her lips lightly with her fingertips, and blew him a kiss.

"Hmm? Are you from the Sanctuary or the Holy Light?"

Lin Yi's opponent was a heavily armored knight, whose armor faintly emitted a golden glow. Judging from the color of the light, he should be wearing a high-strength golden suit.

But this is normal. The other party has just been promoted to a fifth-level contractor. Except for some top players, there are very few people who have legendary and epic equipment at the fourth level.

"Reincarnation."

In the eyes of the knight on the opposite side, Lin Yi did not take out his staff and distance himself. Instead, he clenched his hands, and a long sword with patterns printed on it appeared in Lin Yi's hands.

When the word "reincarnation" came out of Lin Yi's mouth, the heavily armored knight's pupils contracted, and he almost instinctively retreated dozens of meters.

The golden armor on his body made a harsh friction sound, and several defense areas were instantly deployed - holy light barrier, thorn counter-injury, holy purification. The layers of light curtains wrapped him tightly.

"Oh my!" The host of the Devil Clan spread his bat wings exaggeratedly, his voice distorted with excitement: "Look what we found? This charlatan actually came from that place!"

He pointed at Lin Yi fiercely and screamed, "Madman from Samsara Paradise! Everyone, what are you waiting for?!"

The audience seats were boiling instantly, and the screams of the workers almost blew the dome off.

The gamblers who were originally on the sidelines were like sharks smelling blood, frantically pouring money into Lin Yi's betting.

"Tear him apart!"

"Let the weaklings in the Sanctuary see what real combat is like!"

"I'll bet everything I own!"

At this moment, the most excited people were not the two people fighting off the field, but the audience on the field.

When everyone heard that he was from Samsara Paradise, they immediately put all their money on Lin Yi.

One of the five unwritten traditions of the Paradise Arena: If you encounter a contractor from the Paradise of Reincarnation, fight him if you can, and surrender as soon as possible if you can’t.

This is not an official rule, but a truth verified by countless contractors with their broken limbs and remains - those monsters that crawled out of the mountains of corpses and seas of blood never knew what it meant to show mercy.

[Competition begins! 】

boom!
As soon as the battle started, an ultimate halo appeared under Lin Yi's feet. The next second, the heavily armored knight felt his body sink. It was Lin Yi's curse skill that fell on him.

Yellow sand rises violently!

Only a blurry afterimage is left on the audience's retinas.

In the dust, a sharp cold light cut through the sky like lightning, cutting the flying sand curtain neatly in half.

"laugh--"

The sound of flesh and blood being torn apart was drowned out by the sound of the explosion.

When the dust cleared, it was seen that the heavily armored knight's body had been broken into two pieces, and the cut was as smooth as a mirror.

The gushing blood dyed the sand within a ten-meter radius dark red, and the twitching fingers on the upper body proved the speed, accuracy and ruthlessness of the sword.

If it weren't for the protective measures of the Paradise Arena, this knight would probably have been killed instantly by Lin Yi's sword.

At the same time, Lin Yi's actions were played on the screen above the Paradise Arena.

The 132-times-speed icon is displayed in the upper right corner of the screen, which means that the image being played is slowed down 132 times.

On the screen, after Lin Yi raised his hand and cursed his opponent, he lowered his body and rushed forward.

Yellow sand exploded under Lin Yi's feet, and then he cut the armor and body of the heavy armored knight with a sword.

This lightning-fast scene caused the entire audience to be silent, and then burst into deafening cheers.

Everyone realized that the fifth-level arena had welcomed a new powerful and ruthless person - this meant that they were about to have another feast of bets that was sure to make money.

"Ahem. Is Samsara Paradise full of monsters like you?"

The heavily-armored knight relied on his death-immunity skill to barely maintain consciousness. Even though his body had been cut in two, he still raised his head with difficulty.

The look he gave Lin Yi was filled with anger but also a hint of pain - the golden armor was cut in half by a sword, and the cost of repair alone would be enough to bankrupt him.

The cost of repairing this thing is not cheap, and he didn't expect that fighting a battle would almost bankrupt him.

Lin Yi did not speak. Blood slowly dripped along the lines on the black and white rose, revealing the silvery-white pattern underneath.

In the audience, a group of forging workers could see that the weapon in Lin Yi's hand was definitely not ordinary, but their authority level was too low, so they could only see that the weapon in Lin Yi's hand was definitely not a legendary weapon. The next second, several black spikes shot out from the knight's broken body, piercing his body like a candied haws.

With such serious injuries, the opponent couldn't bear it even with the blood-locking skill.

[The hunter has won this competition. Do you want to return to the lounge or continue the competition? If you choose to continue the competition, the hunter's ranking will be improved based on the number of consecutive wins × battle evaluation. ]

[Currently ranked 185480th. If you win five games in a row, the hunter will be promoted to the top 10. If you win ten games in a row, the ranking will be promoted to the top 5. If you win twenty games in a row, the ranking will be promoted to the top 1.]

It can be seen that Paradise Arena also understands that the strength of some players does not belong to the lower level, so this condition is specially set up to help some players who are not at the bottom ranking to upgrade quickly.

After the opponent was sent away from the arena, Lin Yi chose to continue fighting.

Lin Yi wanted to see how strong the fifth-level contractors in other paradises were.
"This competitor from Samsara Paradise has chosen to compete continuously. So... we invite the next victim to come on stage."

Looking at the soaring betting amount, the commentator's eyes flickered with excitement - as a commentator of the event, he can take a considerable share from each bet, which is why they work so hard to heat up the atmosphere.

Amid deafening cheers, a girl dressed in pure white robes and holding a priest's staff slowly appeared on the stage.

The priest named Kong Mo has a gentle temperament, which is in sharp contrast to the violent nurses in the Samsara Paradise.

"Hmm? Are you a pastor too?"

Kong Mo was obviously startled when he saw Lin Yi's priest attire, but when his eyes fell on the blood-stained sword in his hand, a look of confusion emerged on his pretty face.

[Competition begins! 】

At the moment when Kong Mo was stunned, Lin Yi's figure disappeared from the other party's sight.

Almost at the same time, Kong Mo quickly released a layer of shield in front of him. With the sound of the shield breaking, an arm covered with blood appeared in the sky and then fell to the ground.

"Damn it, you're one of those crazy people from Samsara."

A trace of fear appeared on Kong Mo's face. Only a madman from reincarnation would come up and take your life.

And the second of the five unwritten traditions of the Paradise Arena is: if you encounter a profession and weapons that you don’t understand and the opponent’s combat power is very strong, there is no doubt that the opponent must be a madman from the Paradise of Reincarnation.

She gritted her teeth and cast a healing spell, barely stopping the bleeding from the wound, but the severed limb could not regenerate.

For most priests, the skill of restoring limbs is very rare. Even in the priest profession's base camp such as Holy Light Paradise, only a very small number of priests have this skill.

Lin Yi was about to give chase when he suddenly sensed a fatal crisis and stopped abruptly.

When Kong Mo saw that Lin Yi did not take the opportunity to step forward, a hint of regret appeared in his eyes.

Under the reflection of the light, Lin Yi noticed that there were mirror-like patterns around Kong Mo's body. These were all space sections. Once Lin Yi bumped into them, his body would be instantly split into two by the space sections.

After discovering this, Lin Yi took two steps back, and then the power of the abyss covered the sword.

The sky was filled with black sword energy pouring down like a rainstorm, completely covering the area where Kong Mo was.

"No! You have no moral principles!"

Kong Mo's protest was drowned out by the roar of sword energy before he could even finish his words.

Her pretty face was full of frustration - it was clearly a close combat just now, but in the blink of an eye it turned into a long-range bombing.

Under the continuous baptism of sword energy, Kong Mo didn't even have the chance to speak, and was directly teleported back to the lounge by the arena.

The timer above stopped abruptly, and the scarlet numbers froze at: 8.42 seconds.

"Ahaha! It seems that these opponents are not yet a match for our contestant. What are you still hesitating about? Such a guaranteed win opportunity is rare!"

Following the commentator's instigation, Lin Yi's odds on the betting panel plummeted, but the chips on him continued to pile up.

The audience knew it well - with the overwhelming strength displayed by Lin Yi, when would they place their bets if not now?

The cheers in the stadium were getting louder and louder, but Lin Yi in the center of the yellow sand field did not move at all.

After two consecutive battles, Lin Yi's physical strength and the power of the abyss were not consumed much. With his current ranking, most of the opponents he was matched with were fifth-level newcomers.

Unless he meets a newcomer who is promoted from the top ten in the fourth level, with Lin Yi's current combat power, the newcomers in the fifth-level arena are no match for Lin Yi.

As the space fluctuated, a bald man appeared in front of Lin Yi.

There was a stripe code on the top of the bald man's head. It was such an iconic pattern that Lin Yi immediately recognized the other party's origin.

The contractor of the Death Paradise. It is said that in the battle for the paradise, the combat power of the Death Paradise is only slightly weaker than that of the Samsara Paradise. It can be said to be a strong enemy of the Samsara Paradise.

"Everyone! Let us welcome the victims from the Paradise of Death!"

The bald contractor's hands flashed with cold light, and two daggers were already unsheathed.

Without any nonsense, he rushed towards Lin Yi like a cheetah.

Lin Yi did not move. The moment the other party rushed up, he grabbed the man's wrists and then hit the man's lower abdomen with his knee.

"Crack!"

With the power of the melee master, the blow went straight through the man's abdomen, splattering blood and internal organs.

Lin Yi exerted force again, and with the sound of bones breaking, the opponent's wrist was crushed.

The final stomp pushed the broken body directly into the yellow sand.

"Great! Let's welcome the next victim."

Five hours later, Lin Yi had put away the priest robe on his body.

The continuous fierce fighting caused the durability of equipment to plummet. If it was completely damaged, repairing it would become extremely difficult.

At this moment, Lin Yi's power in the abyss has reached its limit and he is extremely tired.

After five hours of continuous fighting, Lin Yi had reached his limit.

After Lin Yi won more games in a row, the opponents matched with him in Paradise Arena became more and more abnormal.

Among them there were even contractors from the Samsara Paradise who had also fought their way out from the bottom, but their combat effectiveness was still far inferior to Lin Yi's.

This time the opponent comes from Apocalypse Paradise, but he is completely different from those soft persimmons.

Even though his arms were cut off, the opponent took out mechanical prosthetic limbs from his personal space and continued to fight, showing a very strong fighting will.

Unfortunately, in front of Lin Yi today, this level of struggle is ultimately futile.

With a sword piercing the opponent's mechanical core, Lin Yi successfully won the battle.

[The Hunter has achieved twenty-three consecutive victories. ]

【Competitor: Lin Yi. 】

【Status: Extremely tired. 】

[Paradise Arena Ranking: 8305 (Level ). ]

[Number of consecutive wins: 23 games.]

[Top ten honorary awards: Not obtained. ]

After defeating his opponent, Lin Yi did not choose to continue fighting, but instead chose to end this fighting journey.

After Lin Yi's ranking entered the top 50,000, the opponents he encountered became more and more difficult, and the most important reason was the difference in attribute values.

Lin Yi's attribute values ​​are much worse than those of senior fifth-level contractors, but Lin Yi's aura and amplification skills help Lin Yi make up for the gap.

But the higher the ranking, the greater the gap.

Once he was ranked within the top ten thousand, every attack from the opponent would cause crushing injuries to Lin Yi, so Lin Yi planned to wait until the next world was upgraded before considering continuing to come here to impact his ranking.

However, the "Strong Battle" mentioned in the arena requires one to be in the top 50 to have a chance to participate. For Lin Yi at the moment, he still needs to sprint quickly.

After returning to rest, Lin Yi spent 30,000 Paradise Coins to repair his injuries. There was no other way. The power of the abyss had been completely consumed in the battle. Even if Lin Yi wanted to recover with healing magic, there was no way.

From this trip to the arena, Lin Yi could roughly guess that the fifth level was the real watershed for the contractors.

Levels below the fifth level may be the training of the contractors by the Samsara Paradise. After the fifth level, the contractors have the ability to protect themselves and fight in dangerous environments. At this time, the contractors will come into contact with the void, the black abyss, the native world, and the battle angels and pioneers of other paradises.

But at this moment, Lin Yi had no time to think deeply. After five hours of high-intensity fighting, even he had reached his limit.

After simply changing into casual clothes, he headed straight to Xia's restaurant - he urgently needed a hot meal to relieve his fatigue. (End of this chapter)