Published: February 8, 2025
"Thank you, Brother Sin, for the six or seven hundred votes you've cast for Old Phantom over the past two months. You must have voted every day. I truly appreciate it. Lastly, is that… Seo-hyun?"
Compared to the cheers and excitement from Cloud Summit Villa, the survivors in other regions were somewhat silent.
They truly wanted to see the power of Cloud Summit Villa and use Ye Zhongming as a benchmark to measure the strength of this force.
Now that they had seen it, their feelings were even more complicated.
From the perspective of all humanity, having such a powerful organization was naturally a good thing. It meant that humanity began to establish a foothold among the mutated life forms scattered across the world; humans were no longer passively getting beaten. This indicated that human civilization had paused at the start of the apocalypse and then turned in another direction.
Cloud Summit Villa pointed everyone in that direction.
The advent of magic crystal weapons represented the arrowhead of this new civilization.
However, when this force was in a competitive state with you, that power was undoubtedly frustrating.
Because you might feel a profound helplessness even before the battle began.
Moreover, seeing them acquire one good thing after another, it was impossible for anyone's mindset to still hold admiration for their peers; only envy and jealousy remained.
They were well aware that after Ye Zhongming had defeated the seventh-level sea beast that had 'killed' the powerful Indian six-star evolver, no one dared to challenge him anymore. The lineage, occupation, skills, and battle beast of this Chinese man all instilled a sense of despair, whether among humanity or the sea beasts. The only one truly qualified to fight him might be that eighth-level upper dragon.
Unfortunately, that being had no intention of entering the arena.
So, Ye Zhongming was invincible, at least in this particular challenge.
Now, all they could do was watch him spin the roulette.
But just when everyone thought this challenge was over, someone entered the arena.
After a moment of silence, the scene quickly erupted into chaos, with exclamations ringing out among the crowd.
Has this person gone mad? Does he not value his life?
With Ye Zhongming and his battle beast demonstrating strength far superior to other survivors, after completing each challenge, he returned to peak condition, with all used lineages and skills available for reuse.
How could he possibly handle that formidable little robot, the powerful lineage, and the abilities of the battle beast?
Once everyone got a good look at this person, it was almost like looking at a corpse.
He was a Japanese man, not very old, and a five-star evolver???
If he were a six-star evolver, perhaps everyone would still harbor a glimmer of hope that he might have a hidden skill to ambush the Chinese man and secure a victory.
After all, in this roulette apocalypse, there would always be people with incredible luck, and it wouldn’t be surprising for them to acquire something good.
But… you’re just a five-star evolver. If he gives you three moves, can you even touch him? Who gave him such confidence?
Only a few people felt that something abnormal was afoot; since this Japanese man chose to enter the arena, there must be something he could rely on.
Sure enough, when this Japanese man entered the arena, he didn’t show a hint of fear. Instead, he trembled with excitement, staring at Ye Zhongming with red eyes, as if looking at an enemy.
Ye Zhongming squinted at this young man, remembering what Park Soo-young had said to him before. He felt that this person must be the source of the extreme unease that Teacher Park experienced.
Ye Zhongming was cautious, surrounded by a flock of needle birds, with the earth yellow pill at his side and the Staff of Nature planted in front of him, ready to strike at any moment.
He didn’t believe that the opponent had any possibility of instantly killing him in the face of his defenses.