Published: February 10, 2025
Every warrior is precious to Ye Zhongming, especially since the ones entering the arena this time are Ayang's little brothers.
There are only seven of them left now; that little girl and Big Milk Wei didn't join the team and stayed at Cloud Summit Villa. During the battles in the Inner City and Linhai, two of them sacrificed themselves.
Originally, with Ayang and Big Milk Wei, their team had eleven members, and they gradually witnessed the true cruelty of the apocalypse.
However, these seven have been nurtured as core members. They are now all five-star evolvers and have also practiced the blazing flame combat technique. Previously, when they were at Cloud Summit Villa, these little guys were already powerful enough to rival many established core members without even using their professions.
After two major battles, these individuals, whose average age is under seventeen, have made up for their last shortcomings, each acquiring a profession and some skills, along with a piece of team battle equipment, significantly boosting their strength.
However, the resistance zone is not to be underestimated. Just look at the three major pieces of equipment they have produced and the strength of their battle departments to see that they are not in the least inferior to Cloud Summit Villa, and in terms of overall strength, they even look down on Cloud Summit.
To be safe, Ye Zhongming led his people to the arena.
This place was specially set up at Peak Pass for resolving disputes.
During peacetime, it wouldn't have been necessary to establish this venue, but since the apocalypse began, everyone has become like superhumans, with stubborn and irritable personalities. Even within the resistance zone, many disagreements have arisen. Every battle department and every individual is fighting for their own interests.
When problems can no longer be resolved by normal means, everyone unanimously chose a more direct solution that aligns with the apocalypse's rule of "might makes right."
A showdown!
Everyone fights based on their capabilities; the winner gets to decide, simple and straightforward, brutal and efficient.
But since everyone is an evolver, when they fight, they will certainly use their professions and skills, equipped with leveled gear and even battle beasts.
In such circumstances, casualties are inevitable.
Once lives are lost, things become complicated, and hatred accumulates. Therefore, the resistance zone has previously issued a strict ban on fighting here.
However, when external forces began to flood into Peak Pass, the previously quiet arena became lively again. Most of the conflicts were between external forces; they didn't share the same roots as the resistance zone, and when disagreements arose, they didn't dare to resolve them outside for fear of the law enforcement team, so they settled things in the arena!
Moreover, these forces were invited by various battle departments. The battle departments themselves were deterred by the resistance zone's rules from entering the fray but could urge these forces to challenge their rivals, secretly playing a role in stoking the flames.
In this situation, the arena was revitalized, with people entering to compete occasionally. Of course, most battles resulted in deaths.
Due to this brutality, a gambling culture emerged here. Whenever someone entered the arena to fight, some people would privately place bets on the outcome, drawing more people into each battle. Recently, this place has started to trend towards resembling the ancient European gladiator arenas.
Before reaching the location, Ye Zhongming noticed many people rushing toward the arena, clearly having received news of an imminent life-and-death battle there.
When Ye Zhongming and his group arrived at the arena, he was genuinely surprised. To his knowledge, it had been less than half an hour since the situation developed, yet there were already thousands of people gathered! And the number was visibly increasing.
This place resembled a football field, with a layer of transparent light surrounding the central area, likely a form of protective gear. Each person entering the arena consciously infused some energy into a massive stone at the entrance to enhance this protection.