Death Train: SSS-level talent right from the start!

Dozens of Flame Birds simultaneously hurtled towards Lu Qingchuan.

Lu Qingchuan held his giant axe horizontally in front of him, and the giant axe shadow lit up again, trying to block this wave of impact. However, there were too many Flame Sparrows. The blue and white light blade trembled violently in the continuous impact, and cracks spread from the edge to the center before it shattered with a bang.

Sparks flew everywhere.

The explosion's flames engulfed Lu Qingchuan's figure, and the shockwave created a dense ripple on the light screen surrounding the arena, causing the entire arena floor to tremble slightly.

Below the arena, Wei Jie looked at the still-churning embers of flame, and a smile returned to his lips: "Now, even if they're not dead, they're crippled, right?"

Zheng Xiao did not respond; his gaze remained fixed on the arena, watching the flames gradually dissipate.

After the flames died down, Wei Jie's upturned lips suddenly froze.

Lu Qingchuan stood unharmed on the stone brick floor at the edge of the arena.

His body was covered by a semi-transparent blood-red aura armor. The armor seemed to be formed from some kind of solidified energy, covering him from head to toe, enveloping his entire body.

He exhaled a puff of white breath, then raised his head, his gaze landing on Yu Wei's face: "Trying to beat me won't be that easy."

Yu Wei's pupils contracted slightly, but she reacted quickly, raising her right hand again, and a new Flame Sparrow rapidly condensed in her palm.

Lu Qingchuan pushed off the ground with his right foot.

He gave her no further chance to create distance. The crimson armor trailed a blurry tail behind him as he moved at high speed. He held the giant axe in one hand, horizontally at his side, with the blade facing outward.

Yu Wei's attack arrived as he approached, and more than a dozen Flame Sparrows crashed into him head-on, but Lu Qingchuan did not dodge.

The crimson armor took the brunt of the impact head-on, and the explosion burst in front of him, but he didn't even pause for a moment.

His body passed through the surging flames, broke through the blockade of the Flame Sparrows, and was less than three meters away from Yu Wei.

Just as Lu Qingchuan's giant axe was about to strike Yu Wei's head, a golden spherical light shield instantly formed around Yu Wei's body.

The light shield was as smooth as a mirror, with a warm golden luster at the edges, completely enveloping her.

Lu Qingchuan's giant axe struck the light shield.

"Bang--!"

A dull thud echoed across the arena. The blade of the giant axe left a very shallow white mark on the surface of the light shield, and the person was then bounced back two steps by the recoil.

Yu Wei stood still, the light shield still perfectly protecting her.

The two men readjusted their stances and faced each other less than ten meters apart, neither in a hurry to launch another attack.

Below the arena, Zheng Xiao narrowed his eyes slightly as he watched the battle unfold.

Wei Jie's gaze fell on the golden spherical light shield: "Yu Wei has used all her defensive items, and the protective aura armor on the other side also looks like a silver-level item."

"It'll just take a bit of effort. Yu Wei's attack power is stronger than the opponent's, and the opponent's protective items will be destroyed first. We need to be careful..." Zheng Xiao's gaze shifted from the arena to Chen Ye: "It's him."

Wei Jie followed Zheng Xiao's gaze and said, "He's the one who killed Liu Meng, right? He had a control item, and his score was the highest among the three of them. But no matter what, he couldn't possibly be a match for you, Captain."

Zheng Xiao withdrew his gaze and returned to the arena: "We'll only know after we fight. The other two are nothing to fear. As long as we use all our items, we'll have an absolute advantage when it comes to skills and attributes."

The battle continues on the arena.

Lu Qingchuan's giant axe drew blue and white trails on the arena as he tried to get closer to Yu Wei, but Yu Wei's Flame Sparrow stood like a moving city wall between them.

The two grappled repeatedly on the arena. The giant axe cleaved through the wall of fire, the Flame Sparrow filled the gap, the light shield blocked the attack, and the air armor withstood the explosion.

A series of rapid explosions erupted in the center of the arena, with fire and blue-white light repeatedly intertwining, colliding, and shattering within the transparent barrier.

The two sides exchanged blows for a good ten minutes.

Lu Qingchuan's blood-red armor dissipated first. His defensive item lasted for 30 minutes, but it was gone before he could even finish half of it.

This wasn't because the item's time had expired; rather, it was directly shattered by a high-intensity attack.

Yu Wei's golden shield, though also covered in cracks, had not yet shattered.

Her Flame Sparrows stopped attacking Lu Qingchuan, and dozens of crimson Flame Sparrows flew towards the top of Yu Wei's head at the same time.

The fiery sparrows began to collide and merge, and the outline of a fiery phoenix with a wingspan of over five meters was rapidly taking shape.

The phoenix's body was composed of dense layers of fiery feathers, and its tail feathers trailed several meters of flame.

It wasn't fully formed yet, but the heat it emitted already caused the air in the center of the ring to distort violently.

Lu Qingchuan looked up at the rapidly forming fiery phoenix, his expression grave. Chen Ye and He Yunfeng had both bet on him to win this round.

However, his protective gear had been destroyed, while the opponent's shield remained intact.

In his current state, if he were to take this attack head-on, he would most likely die here.

"Lu Qingchuan, admit defeat! If you get killed, we'll lose more than just three betting coins!"

Chen Ye's voice came from below the arena.

Lu Qingchuan clenched his teeth, glanced up at the nearly formed fiery phoenix, and shouted, "I surrender!"

The barriers on the arena vanished at the same moment.

The condensing fiery phoenix did not disappear immediately. Yu Wei's raised right hand remained suspended in mid-air, hovering above her head for a moment, like a wild beast that had just been awakened searching for its target.

Then her arm began to press down, and the phoenix's head drooped slightly, turning towards Lu Qingchuan in the void.

Chen Ye's pupils suddenly contracted, and his body sprang up from the chair. He had the Dragon Scale Halberd in his hand, but with half the hall between them, he couldn't catch up.

Just then, the middle-aged man at the head of the table made a move.

He stretched out his right hand, spread his five fingers, and then suddenly clenched them into a fist in Yu Wei's direction.

The fiery phoenix above Yu Wei's head exploded instantly, the crimson flames scattering in all directions, turning into countless tiny sparks that silently extinguished in mid-air.

Yu Wei's body trembled violently, and a mouthful of blood spurted from her mouth, splattering onto the stone brick floor of the arena.

Her knees buckled, almost causing her to kneel, but she managed to brace herself with her left arm at the last moment.

"Follow the rules, and don't do it again."

The middle-aged man's voice remained steady, even carrying that standard smile, but there was now an undisguised warning in his tone.

Yu Wei didn't look up. She knelt on one knee on the arena, took out a recovery potion from her storage space, tilted her head back and drank it down. The orange-yellow liquid flowed into her throat, and her face gradually regained some color.

She immediately stood up, stepped off the stage, and walked back to her seat on the right side of the long table.

Lu Qingchuan also put away his giant axe, stepped down from the arena, and returned to his seat.

One of the circular cursors above Chen Ye, He Yunfeng, and Lu Qingchuan's heads disappeared at the same moment.

The three opponents hadn't used a single betting coin, while Chen Ye's side had already used four.

Chen Ye has two left, and Lu Qingchuan has two.

He Yunfeng only has one left, and is on the verge of being eliminated by the rules.

He completely lost his temper, abruptly standing up from his chair and glaring at Lu Qingchuan: "What the hell are you doing?! Didn't you say you could win? I only have one betting coin left!"