Monster Hunter, start with a wife!

Cheng Zhuo hadn't even had time to react.

A flash of white light appeared before their eyes, and the tall stone walls had vanished.

Instead, there was a vast expanse of red stone ground, the size of more than a dozen football fields. Dark red sand rustled under the mechs' feet, surrounded by layers of stone stands, with dried bloodstains embedded in the weathered cracks.

The scene before me resembled the ancient Roman Colosseum, exuding a primitive and cruel atmosphere.

"arena?"

Cheng Zhuo stared in surprise at the revelation of the Void Realm before him.

He had only ever seen this kind of thing online before.

When I was in school, whenever there was an arena, the teacher would take me to watch the whole thing.

That's a lighthouse competition mechanism.

This selection process is specifically designed for special treasures or special environments. Under normal circumstances, these treasures will only appear in the abyss or high-star-level ruins.

"That's strange." Cheng Zhuo couldn't help but wonder, "Can a three-star nest be triggered?"

"Yaoyao, Yaoyao!"

Tao Yaoyao suddenly exclaimed and stood up from the shoulder of the mecha, pointing excitedly to the distance.

In that direction, a ring of stone pillars engraved with strange inscriptions stood around the arena. At this moment, every two pillars formed a group, and a pale white halo resembling a boundary gate lit up in the middle. Within the halo, tiny black shadows could be seen wriggling.

"Roar, roar..."

In an instant.

A series of deafening roars echoed through the air.

Immediately afterwards, twenty dark figures burst out from the halo of light, landing with muffled thuds and kicking up clouds of red sand.

Cheng Zhuo immediately focused his attention on it.

To his surprise, he discovered that these twenty six-clawed beasts, each with a different appearance, were actually second-tier BOSS lords.

It was baring its teeth and charging towards Cheng Zhuo.

"Let me show you some new firepower!"

Cheng Zhuo's pupils contracted slightly as he glanced at the gravity body update function. "You're the one, Source Melt Ray!"

With a swift swipe of his fingertips, a dark shoulder cannon 'clicked' out of the Dark Dragon Knight mech.

The pale blue source energy condensed into a ball of light at the muzzle of the cannon.

"Bang—"

The next moment!

A scorching ray of light, distorting the surrounding air, shot out.

The moment they touched those second-tier bosses, the contact points almost melted instantly, and the twenty bosses collapsed to the ground without even being able to unleash a single skill.

"Tsk..."

The power of this molten ray surprised Cheng Zhuo greatly.

But when he checked the energy consumption, he couldn't help but be secretly astonished.

Only then did he notice that this version of the gravity body contained a fifth-order source core in its energy tank, and that wave of rays had directly consumed 10% of its energy.

The fifth-order source core process can be used.

But the problem is, he wasn't prepared.

"Forget it, we don't need mechs to deal with these few fry."

Thinking this, he immediately put away the mecha and released all the summoned creatures.

"Go, collect the source cores."

Cheng Zhuo gave the order to Da Long and Adrian.

Upon hearing this, the great dragon's feet exploded, and it charged forward in a flash, afraid of being slower than Adrian.

Only after standing beside the twenty lord corpses did it glance back at Adrian, who was still standing in the same spot.

His vertical pupils narrowed slightly, a hint of disdain flashing across his face.

However, when it turned around, it was astonished to find that...

The source cores of the twenty corpses popped out automatically with a "poof," and, enveloped in a faint green halo, shot swiftly above Adrian's palm.

DaLong: "???"

This trick of retrieving objects from a distance caught Cheng Zhuo's eye.

He couldn't help but ask in surprise:

"You actually know this move? I didn't see you use it when you demonstrated it before?"

Adrian nodded slightly and replied in a hoarse voice:

"Master, this is just the simplest magic object extraction; it has no offensive capabilities."

"It's very practical!" Cheng Zhuo praised.

"Good, from now on, the task of collecting source cores will be entrusted to you!"

"Yes, ma'am."

"Emmmm..." Da Long dragged his feet and slowly walked back to Cheng Zhuo's side, his slightly ferocious face revealing neither joy nor anger.

However, the feeling of frustration was almost overflowing.

Its strength was originally inferior to that of the jar, and even inferior to the third-tier undead corpse puppet summoned by its master.

Even the job of picking up things has been taken away...

It seemed to be the weakest of all the master's servants...

Don't be discouraged.

Cheng Zhuo immediately noticed Da Long's frustration. "You are a replica of my biological body strength. You will have your chance to turn the tables in the future."

Da Long isn't very intelligent, but he can still understand what he's saying.

His slightly dejected back straightened up a little in an instant.

Seeing that another group of strange beasts had appeared in those boundary gates, it roared and charged over before Cheng Zhuo could give any orders.

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Hunting Ruins Army Camp.

Huyan Song entered the tent with slightly hurried steps. His brows were furrowed, and he looked at Luo De with a grave expression.

"Lord of the city, please come out and take a look."

Seeing his serious expression, Rhodes quickly got up and followed him to the tent entrance.

"Look," Hu Yansong said, his gaze fixed on the location of the nest's gate.

Rod followed his gaze.

In the direction of the Nest Gate, above the gate which was originally only emitting a faint white halo, a projection like a mirage suddenly appeared, dozens of meters wide, and it was still particularly eye-catching even in the bright daylight.

The projector displays more than a dozen small screens, each with the same background:

The circular stone grandstand, the dark red sand, and the stone pillars carved with strange patterns all around it clearly resemble a giant arena.

"The arena?!" Rhodes' pupils contracted sharply, his face filled with astonishment.

"How could a mere three-star advancement nest trigger the Lighthouse's arena mechanics?"

Hu Yansong also frowned:

"That's really strange. Apart from some special areas in the abyss, it seems like no other realms below six stars have triggered the arena..."

"Lingxi, bring up the arena screen for this three-star nest," Rhodes said.

"Received, Your Excellency Lord Rhodes."

As Lingxi's ethereal voice faded, a clearer projection appeared from Rhodes's watch.

There are ten venues in the projection.

Rhodes quickly found the orc group.

All six of them were present and fighting a group of second-tier lords; it was a completely one-sided battle.

He couldn't help but nod in satisfaction.

As everyone knows, the Lighthouse Arena never accepts trash.

The fact that these orcs could be brought to the arena from their outer lair proves that their strength has been recognized by the Lighthouse.

Huyan Song suddenly let out a soft exclamation, "Strange."

Rhodes looked at him suspiciously. "What's wrong?"

Huyan Song pointed to a somewhat chaotic scene and said uncertainly:

"In the other venues, it's all full teams, but why does it seem like Cheng Zhuo is alone?"

Rhodes was taken aback and immediately focused his gaze.

In the scene Hu Yansong pointed out, although it was a chaotic battle, upon closer inspection, it was not difficult to discern that most of the people in the front row were summoned beings, and the only one standing next to Cheng Zhuo, a hooded mage, did not seem to be a normal person.

"Perhaps his teammates haven't teleported in yet?" Rhodes guessed.

"Probably not, after all, this isn't a solo dungeon," Hu Yansong shook his head.

"I remember very clearly that all the arenas that appeared outside were team-based PvP modes."

Rod asked, puzzled, "Then what's wrong with this kid?"

Hu Yansong's eyes lit up:

"There is one possibility."

"What?"

"According to the Lighthouse's assessment, his individual combat strength is comparable to all the selected teams!"

Rhodes' pupils dilated for a moment, then he immediately shook his head and said:

"Impossible. If his mech is that powerful, why didn't he give Huangfu Bai one to pilot alone?"