High-level martial arts: Starting with a heart of steel, stats crush everything.

At this moment, neither Chen Mo nor the Dawn City garrison knew that a Mother Tree of the Abyss was growing rapidly a hundred kilometers away.

Due to the hurricane season, the buffer zone of Abyss Dawn City has shrunk from 80 kilometers to 50 kilometers, and the city's defenses have been reduced by about half.

"The prices in Abyss Dawn City are quite different from those outside."

Chen Mo looked at the deluxe roast meat rice worth 28 on his plate and said.

"It's alright. The same meal would only cost 18 on the South Island."

Ma Wanglin pursed her lips; to be honest, she felt a little sorry for him.

"That's definitely different. Ordinary meat in Abyss Dawn City is supplied from outside, only vegetables are self-sufficient."

Gu Feng wasn't surprised; for him, the price was practically the same as not paying anything.

"What are we going to do after dinner? I'm planning to go straight to the Colosseum."

Chen Mo finished the roast meat rice on the plate in a few bites, put down his chopsticks and looked at the others.

"Let's go together then. The arena is in the center of Dawn City, we can stroll around on the way."

Gu Feng had already seen many things that surprised him since he came in.

Putting aside everything else, Abyss Dawn City has come up with a lot of creative ideas just in terms of lighting.

The City of Abyss Dawn has no electricity, so generators are ineffective here.

Fortunately, there are energy stones here that are extremely precious in the outside world, which can be used as an ever-burning lamp after simple processing.

This thing even has a brightness adjustment function.

"Okay." Everyone agreed with Chen Mo's suggestion; it doesn't matter where you go to have fun.

After the meal, the group got back on their bicycles and sped along the stone roads of Abyss Dawn City.

Due to transportation issues with the ground, the building materials for Abyss Dawn City are mostly sourced locally, which results in the city's overall color scheme being purple.

Not all residents of Abyss Dawn City are martial artists; the ratio is roughly 80/20.

80% of the martial artists are of the lower four rank, while those of the middle and upper four rank account for less than 20%.

Aside from these martial artists, the largest group consisted of ordinary residents who had no fighting ability.

Abyss Dawn City itself was an experimental city, designed to test whether humans could survive in the abyss for an extended period.

Let's also test whether farming is possible in the Abyss environment...

As for the Dawn Arena that Chen Mo wanted to go to, it wasn't hard to find. It was a landmark building in the Abyss Dawn City and was quite conspicuous.

About half an hour later, Chen Mo and his group stopped in front of the rather huge arena.

After parking their bicycles and grabbing their weapons and identification documents, Chen Mo and his companions headed straight for the registration area.

"You're all here from the outside world, visiting Abyss Dawn City, right?"

The staff immediately recognized that Chen Mo and his companions were not residents of Abyss Dawn City, and greeted them with a smile.

"Yes, and while we're at it, let's experience the Dawn Arena."

Chen Mo nodded and handed over his martial arts certificate.

"Help me register."

"If you wish to register, please first select the battle mode you wish to challenge."

As he spoke, the staff member pulled a form out of the drawer below.

There are three combat modes in total.

The first type is a battle between martial artists, which is basically a performance-style competition.

The second one is a proper beast fight, but it's a series of tag-team battles.

The third one is interesting; it's called "Desperate Struggle," a variant of beast fighting.

Unlike ordinary beast fights, the Beast Confinement Deathmatch is only open to mid-level and upper-level martial artists, and ten abyssal beasts of one level lower than the martial artist will be released at the same time to fight, making it extremely dangerous.

Moreover, signing up for this battle mode requires signing a waiver of liability, so not many people sign up for it.

"A cornered beast fighting to the death, I want to sign up for this."

Without any hesitation, Chen Mo chose the most dangerous option: a desperate fight to the death.

With his current power level, he could easily handle not only level four abyss beasts, but even a siege by level six abyss beasts.

Are you sure?

The staff member paused for a moment, then decided to try to persuade Chen Mo.

"This combat mode is extremely dangerous. I suggest you choose the most basic mode if you want to experience beast fighting."

"No need, let's fight to the death like cornered beasts."

Chen Mo shook his head. Ordinary beast fighting was too time-consuming. It would be better to attack ten at once; he could fight them all more efficiently.

"Okay, I understand." The staff member nodded. It was their own choice, and she couldn't interfere too much.

"Please sign this waiver. If any problems arise, Dawn Arena can only do its best to rescue you, but cannot guarantee your safety."

"No problem." Chen Mo readily agreed and signed his name on the waiver of liability.

"Alright, all the beast fighting matches are full for today. If you want to experience them, you can wait until tomorrow or participate in the martial arts duel."

The staff put away the death certificate and handed the competition card to Chen Mo.

"Never mind then, let's try it again tomorrow."

Gu Feng and the others did not plan to participate in the martial arts duel, as a sparring match where they could not go all out was meaningless.

"After this match, it will be your turn to go on stage. Please get ready."

The staff member came out of his workstation and led Chen Mo into the backstage preparation room.

Gu Feng, Yang Zuo, and the other three were led to their seats in the audience by another staff member.

The entire arena is very large, but most of the space is used to raise abyssal beasts.

As for the most important issue of security, there is absolutely no need to worry.

A grandmaster-level expert sits in charge of this arena, guarding one of the few entertainment options in Abyss Dawn City.

"There are quite a few people."

Gu Feng sat in the audience, watching the cheering crowd and sighed.

"It's definitely a lot. Dawn City has nearly a million permanent residents, which is no less than the population of a small county town outside."

It's obvious that Ma Wanglin had already researched Abyss Dawn City beforehand, otherwise she wouldn't know about its population composition.

"It's only fun to fight in these kinds of arenas when we're actually there; it's just frustrating to watch from above."

Gu Feng scratched his face as he watched the level 3 martial artist below fighting a level 3 abyss beast to a standstill.

If he were to play at level three, he could probably finish the fight in fifteen seconds.

The battle they were watching had been going on for nearly fifteen minutes. If this had happened in the wild, this level three martial artist would probably have died from the abyss beasts' attack long ago.