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Chapter 718: Chapter 718: Competitive Treasure Chest

Boom!

Another fierce collision took place. They then separated, with Song Jian sustaining two bloodied gashes. His gladiatorial opponent was in a worse state. His entire left arm was rendered non-functional, hanging limp aside. He had three broken ribs, and the most dangerous strike had split the area beneath his ribs. His bloody wound was gaping, reminiscent of a child’s mouth, his heart beating violently within view.

This was the last gladiator, his vitality points were already down to just over 800, almost low enough to be killed with a single strike. But Song Jian couldn’t land the killing blow on the man, whose fighting skills had been honed to perfection. Eventually, Song Jian could only resort to offensing at the expense of his own defense.

After applying a bandage to himself to stop the bleeding, Song Jian took out a bottle of honey wine and downed it.

Now, Song Jian was at his wits’ end. If he were in a fully-equipped game mode, it wouldn’t have been this brutal. Unfortunately, this was reality.

Seeing Song Jian slowly regaining his vitality and mental strength, the Spartan gladiator narrowed his eyes. He knew he couldn’t drag the fight out any longer since he would never manage to defeat this opponent before him.

“Sparta!” the gladiator cried, bounding like a spring until he was about seven or eight meters high. Hovering slightly in mid-air, he then bolted down towards Song Jian, landing like a meteor with a long trailing blaze.

This deadly dive from the sky was the gladiator’s last-ditch effort, akin to self-destruction, ensuring his death no matter the outcome of the attack.

Crucially, this skill, like the previous “Spear Throw”, had an attribute of certain hit – it was unavoidable. To execute such a skill, the gladiator used up most of his vitality points and defence points in addition to consuming a significant amount of mental strength, a choice only made by gladiators resigned to mutual destruction.

The falling gladiator left Song Jian preparing to dodge, but he suddenly felt a sense of déjà vu, much like when he was previously confronted with two long spears.

“It’s that certain hit attribute again!” Song Jian wrinkled his brows. There was no escaping this type of attack, neither could skills be used to hide during battles, as once this skill was executed, the target was already locked on; forced to endure the blow passively.

Having glanced at his skill bar, he noted that the Sacred Parry had cooled down. As the gladiator plunged down, Song Jian mimicked a throat-slitting action and raised his sword to his chest.

Just as the gladiator’s spear was less than three meters away from Song Jian, a golden light radiated from him, and he fiercely swung the sword at the oncoming gladiator.

Ding~

The clear sound of collision echoed around the arena, sending Song Jian flying backwards. The intense impact made him spit a mouthful of fresh blood again.

Pulling himself off the ground, the beaten and battered Song Jian began to laugh heartily while tilted head back.

The gladiator’s expression was one of disbelief. He had definitely struck his opponent, yet the inflicted damage was minimal. Impossible!

In that moment, the gladiator was sent airborne by a sudden attack—an over-3000-point critical hit popped from above his head and onto the display, instantly draining his vitality points.

By the time his body hit the air, the gladiator was already a corpse, without even a moment to react.

As the gladiator’s corpse landed with a heavy thud, the entire arena erupted with the roars of firecrackers and fireworks. Above the arena, a dazzling array of fireworks lit up the sky.

All the spectators who had come to watch the duel started to leave, cursing as they did. One by one, their figures disappeared from the stands. Those who were in the boxes were all looking at Song Jian, standing in the center of the arena, drenched in blood and utterly disheveled. Their faces portrayed sheer disbelief.

“He… He won?” Gao Dongxin couldn’t believe his eyes. He even pinched his cheeks hard until they turned red. Only then did he begin to jump around with excitement.

Zhao Dan, too, looked at Song Jian, ecstatic. She was startled to find that he finally won under the assault of twelve elite first-tier bosses. Moreover, Song Jian had managed to summon a Black Dragon in the end, which was beyond her wildest imagination.

As a player, Zhao Dan knew how hard it was to capture high-grade battle pets in the game! At present, many players’ cumbersome pets were too weak to assist in combat. The stronger creatures were beyond their capabilities and couldn’t be captured; hence, many players didn’t have battle pets. In the auction house, the powerful monster cubs or pet eggs were sold at sky-high prices, and they were in such high demand that they were always out of stock!

“A dragon, it was a dragon …” Zhao Dan’s eyes were misty, “What battle pet could possibly have greater potential? Stronger power than the Dragon Clan?”

However, having a dragon as a battle pet would mean not only that you had strong forces, but also that you’d be pursued incessantly by the Dragon Clan!

After his victory, lines of system prompts appeared in front of Song Jian, just like in-game alerts.

System: Congratulations, you have achieved a great victory in the real world!

System: You have received the title of “Arena Slayer”. Title effect: Intimidate your opponents in the arena, causing them to fear when they battle with you. The effect of this title exists whether it is worn or not;

System: You have received an Arena Treasure Chest!

In the center of the arena, a magnificent chest slowly emerged. This chest was more than half the height of a person, over a meter long. It was adorned with various precious gems and complex golden magic runes, hinting it was no ordinary item.

Song Jian walked up to the chest, opened it up, and a radiant purple-golden light emanated from within.

System: You received a special item: Game Invitation Card. Game Invitation Card: A special item whose effect is that it can be used to become a player and enter the game;

System: You received a special item: Game Unbanning Card. Game Unbanning Card: A special item whose effect is that it can be used to unban the “Cannot be Taken Out of the Game” attribute of an in-game item, which makes it possible for the item in question to be brought from the game into the real world;

System: You received a special item: Game Follower Card. Game Follower Card: A special item whose effect is that it can be used to capture a creature in the real world as your follower and bring it into the game. This follower will not count towards your number of followers in the game, and you don’t have to pay an extra cost for this;

System: You received a special item: Game Bag Expansion Card. Game Bag Expansion Card: A special item whose effect is that it can be used to unseal the sealed slots of the bag. This allows any item in the real world to be brought into the game, as well as the ability to bring any item with the attribute of “can be brought out” from the game into the real world;

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