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Chapter Six Arena

A group of people stood up and respectfully watched the petite, silver-haired girl leave the room. The moment the door closed, they erupted into a commotion.

"Holy crap, Ye-ge, how did you manage to hook up with the Holy Maiden?!" Li Cheng finally couldn't hold back any longer, grabbing Ye Xiao's neck and nearly suffocating him.

“What do you mean by flirting… We’re just ordinary friends…” Ye Xiao pushed away Li Cheng’s strong arm. “It’s not as complicated as you think.”

Well, the actual situation is actually more complicated than Li Cheng imagined.

"Nonsense, how come I've never been able to be just a regular friend to someone?!"

“She’s your friend too,” Ye Xiao shrugged. “You can ask her if you don’t believe me.”

"What the hell are you asking? If someone actually answers 'yes,' it's only because they're well-mannered." Li Cheng pulled a huge wine barrel out from under the table. "Damn it, you're not leaving tonight until you're full!"

"Drink!" "Drink it all up!!" "I'll toast Brother Ye three times first!"

As soon as the saintess left, the adventurers immediately became unrestrained again.

Helpless, Ye Xiao accepted the wine Li Cheng handed him and downed it in one gulp.

The cheers and applause from the crowd were immediate and continuous.

……

It looks like the man is going to suffer a lot tonight.

Experiencing the images from Ye Xiao, Ella returned to the sanctuary and bathed and changed with the help of the nuns.

She then changed into a light gauze nightgown, returned to her bedroom, snuggled into the down comforter, and activated the system.

She first looked at the community system. In addition to the friend function, the community system also provides a public forum, which allows players to browse all public posts or post on their local sub-forums for free when they are in the main city.

This is the most important place for players to exchange intelligence and information. Of course, there are also many swindlers who use it to cheat their fellow villagers.

Ella browsed through the posts and found that most of them were for finding people, items, or strategy guides. Most players were using the public posts to search for relatives and friends who might be scattered across the continent.

[Storm Harbor "Molten Iron" Adventure Team Seeks Players Nicolai and Borahed]

[A stunning close-up crystal image of the Holy Maiden of Light, Loren]

[The Angus City "Stonemason" Adventure Team Seeks to Purchase "Frosty Purple Orchid"]

……

Wait a minute, something strange seems to have sneaked in?

Ella frowned slightly and tried to click on the "Photo Crystal" post, only to find that she needed to send 10 general points to the poster to view it.

This is ridiculous, who would spend points to watch this?

Then Ella glanced at the post's view count—"1145".

Huh? Where did these more than a thousand suckers come from?

Ella was somewhat speechless. Although she was curious, she thought it would be pointless for her to spend points to look at her own photos, so she ultimately didn't click on the post.

After exiting the community system, Ella clicked on another new feature—the Arena.

This feature was just updated, and most players are still figuring it out, but Ella knows all too well how important it is.

The player rankings from the previous life, such as the number one mage, Rachel the Mage, and Oz the God of War, were not based on word of mouth, but on official certification from the system.

The basis for this is the rank points in this "arena".

The arena divides players into seven ranks, from lowest to highest: Novice, Normal, Elite, Special, Top, Hero, and Legendary.

Unlike skill proficiency levels, this classification relies purely on the player's relative ranking based on their score, so a player's rank will fluctuate frequently.

At the end of each month, players with a rank of "Elite" or higher will receive a reward directly from the system. The higher the rank, the richer the reward, which players jokingly refer to as "the system paying wages."

In addition, there is a broader professional ranking list, which is settled every six months. The top 100 players on the professional ranking list will also receive system rewards based on their ranking. Players like to call this "annual bonus that has nothing to do with me".

With the new feature just released, players still lack combat experience in the first month, making this a golden opportunity for Ella to climb the ranks and climb the ladder.

[Confirmed entry into Arena Ranked Mode, selected class: Mage]

[Looking for a team...]

Initially, the arena mode only had the standard 3v3 team mode, where two teams were thrown into a random environment to fight to the death.

Like the sudden dizziness during a great journey, Ella's consciousness was sucked into the void.

When she opened her eyes again, she was surrounded by a desert and ruins.

This must be the location of this battle.

She forgot that because their souls originated from the same source, when they entered the arena, Ye Xiao, who was far away in the Adventure Hall, also suddenly lost consciousness and collapsed onto the table.

Fortunately, Li Cheng and the others thought Ye Xiao was just drunk, and the group continued to party with laughter.

Ella rotated her wrist. Since only system-identified equipment could be used in the arena, she had already used universal points to identify her black robe, staff, and sword set in advance.

It was the same set of equipment Ye Xiao was wearing. Ella knew without a doubt that she would be fighting in the arena as the male Ye Xiao.

After all, this is her true form; she merely transmigrated into Ella's body, and theoretically, her soul didn't become female.

Thinking this, Ella realized that her clothes seemed unexpectedly large.

The hem of the long robe trailed on the ground, and even with both hands outstretched, the sleeves could not be seen.

"Wow, what a pretty girl!" A surprised voice rang out beside me. It was a girl with shoulder-length red hair. "Are you called Night Snack? Where are you? Can we add each other as friends?"

Ella stared speechlessly at her small, pale hand, which she had rolled up her sleeves to extend, and felt a chill run down her spine.

What's going on?! Why is it still like this in the arena?!

Player "Xia Lian" has requested to add you as a friend.

"Wow, such great teammates! The system is amazing!" A knight player wearing plate armor walked out from behind a broken wall nearby.

Player "物是人非" has requested to add you as a friend.

The player "Every boy will leave" has requested to add you as a friend.

Wait, aren't there only two teammates? Why is there an extra request?

Ella looked up and saw a man with half his body hidden behind a bunker waving shyly in her direction.

"..." Ella pulled out a staff nearly half the size of her head from behind her back and angrily fired a fireball at the cover, blasting the guy away with a strange howl.

"You're so fierce, cutie!" The red-haired girl, her eyes sparkling, leaned close to Ella and reached out to hug her.

"Whoa, what are you doing!" Ella jumped out of the red-haired girl's arms like a startled kitten. "There's a fight going on here, can't you be serious for once!"

"You can fight in the arena anytime, but it's rare to see such a beautiful girl!" The red-haired girl didn't care at all and pounced on Ella like a hungry tiger.

Ella couldn't take it anymore, so she lifted her clothes and ran towards the enemy camp, yelling, "Help!!"

The two enemies who had been hiding suddenly rushed out from behind a pile of rubble, each raising their fingers as if they were operating something.

Player "Restless Man" has requested to add you as a friend.

Player "Xiling" has requested to add you as a friend.

"Hey, wait, is this ever going to end?!"

Chapter Seven: All I Want Is to Fight

No one expected that what should have been a 3v3 duel would turn into a farce where a short mage chased after five players and threw fireballs at them.

After Ella returned from the arena with a pentakill, she had no choice but to spend Universal Points to appraise a set of equipment suitable for her body type.

But what bothers her most are her nickname and appearance.

Although you may encounter all players in ranked matches in the arena, in other words, not every player you encounter may know the current Holy Maiden of Light. Some players on other continents may not even know about her.

However, if she were to encounter a player in the Loren Empire or someone who had seen her photo in those strange posts, her striking appearance would make it difficult for her not to be recognized.

Furthermore, since players' nicknames will be displayed directly in the system panel during the game, things might start to develop in some strange ways.

Fortunately, the five players they had just encountered did not seem to recognize the Holy Maiden of Light, or at least did not recognize her immediately.

After much thought, Ella could only decide to first conceal her figure with a large cloak, and then wear a mask or something to cover her face.

After all, the arena offers very generous rewards and is an important source of universal points and special equipment and items for players. There's no reason to give it up because of this issue.

Since she didn't have this type of equipment on hand, Ella went straight to the system shop and spent some universal points to buy a fox-patterned mask.

No need for attribute bonuses or enchantments, just enough to cover the face.

Taking advantage of this lull, Ye Xiao, who had just woken up, quickly went to the lobby to rent a room. He and the still somewhat sober adventurers carried the drunken Li Cheng and the others into the room.

After all, by the time consciousness returned to the arena, both bodies had already fallen unconscious.

Wait a minute, could it be because I entered the arena from Ella's side that I became a woman after entering?

Ella suddenly thought, why not try going in from Ye Xiao's side?

After a quick wash, Ye Xiao lay down on the wooden bed, called up the system panel, and opened the arena.

[Confirmed entry into Arena Ranked Mode, selected class: Mage]

[Looking for a team...]

When Ella opened her eyes and found that her clothes were still so big, she knew that she had been worrying too much.

For some inexplicable reason, I could only enter the venue as this silver-haired girl.

Fortunately, she had the foresight to wear a fox mask. From the outside, it just looked like a red and white fox head peeking out from under a thick cloak. Although it looked a bit like something out of an urban legend, at least she wouldn't be chased around adding friends anymore.

The venue was a dense rainforest, and the complex grass and dense trees didn't seem to be conducive to output from a long distance.

While analyzing the terrain, Ella glanced at her teammates' information—"Xia Lian," "Kellogg Wade"

Why does one of those names seem so familiar...?

"Wow, it's great to see you again, my little cutie!" A red-haired girl suddenly popped out of the bushes beside her. "Why are you wearing a mask this time? Let me give you a hug!"

Ella frantically waved her staff like a raging raccoon, trying to keep the crazed female swordsman at bay.

Another teammate emerged from behind a tree trunk, a blond-haired, blue-eyed foreign man. However, with the assistance of the World Tree System, regardless of their nationality before the transmigration, they all now spoke the official language of the alien human race.

"Uh, what are you guys doing? Aren't you going to set up tactics?" The player named "Wade" was completely confused as he watched the red-haired girl chase after another short player dressed in all black robes like an eagle catching a chick.

It's unbelievable. There must be tens of millions of players in the entire other world, how could they all be so unlucky as to be matched with the same one? Ella was on the verge of tears.

Just then, a faint whooshing sound suddenly reached my ears.

Almost instantly, Ella turned around and struck the foot of the player "Xia Lian" who was chasing her with her staff. At the critical moment, an arrow grazed the top of the red-haired girl's head and embedded itself deeply in a nearby tree.

"Eh!?"

Ella's swift movements surprised Xia Lian. Only then did she notice the arrow. If it weren't for Ella's staff, she would have been blown to the head.

A figure suddenly emerged from the bushes, slashing a gleaming, cold light at Ella amidst the swirling leaves.

Ella tilted her head back and narrowly dodged the blade, but the sharp edge of the blade ripped open her hood, revealing her long, loose silver hair.

The attacker was stunned for a moment, seemingly surprised by the mage's agile skills, but before he could retract his blade, a sudden sharp pain shot through his abdomen.

"Ah!" He bent over in pain and spat out a mouthful of blood, only to see that the silver-haired mage had already plunged his staff hard into his navel.

Ella immediately switched from a thrust to a swing, vertically rotating her staff to strike the attacker on the back of the head.

The other person immediately collapsed to the ground, lifeless.

"Wow, that's ruthless!" Xia Lian exclaimed excitedly upon seeing this. "I love it!!"

Another whooshing sound came from the air, but this time everyone was on guard.

Xia Lian shook her head to avoid the arrows shot from the forest, her dark eyes instantly locking onto the figure darting among the trees, and she gave chase with a leap.

Wade, who was behind her, stopped slacking off and stepped in front of Ella, raising his shield, which was as big as a door, to block her.

Looking at her teammate's tall figure, Ella nodded in satisfaction. This was a reliable player teammate, and this was a passionate and sacred duel!

A strange noise rang out, and an assassin wielding short knives in both hands suddenly charged towards Ella from the shadows of the bushes.

However, Vader, wielding a large shield, had already taken the first step, adjusting his direction and slamming the heavy shield into the ground. The shockwave, spreading outward in a fan shape, immediately caused the assassin to lose his balance and fall into a momentary daze.

With lightning speed, Ella swung her staff, unleashing two wind blades in a cross shape that instantly cleaved the assassin's body.