Everyone was discussing animatedly, but only Zhang Yue remained silent.
Thus, after everyone had expressed their opinions, all eyes fell onto Zhang Yue.
"Zhang Yue, what do you think?"
Zhang Yue took a sip of the coffee Chen Zijin had just brewed and brought over, and said, "His purpose, is already very obvious."
As soon as the words fell, before anyone else could speak, Chen Zijin said, "Aiya, it's the Hell Gladiator Arena!"
"That guy first sent Zhang Yue an invitation to the Hell Gladiator Arena, then sent the invitation globally, then assisted us in conquering the nightmare-level arena within the World 32's Death Territory, obtained the seal, and then snatched the ninth seal from Elfa."
Chen Zijin leaned lightly against the back of Zhang Yue's chair, pinching her chin with one hand, and analyzed rationally, "All signs indicate, he is using Zhang Yue to open the Hell Gladiator Arena."
It must be said, Chen Zijin's analysis was completely reasonable.
This was exactly what Zhang Yue was thinking.
Moon Mark said suspiciously, "But, if the Hell Gladiator Arena is opened, then what? Does he want to seize the Hell Gladiator Arena's championship reward, the Mythical Class Scroll?"
"It's possible," Chen Zijin said, "His strength is nearly equal to Zhang Yue's. Once the Hell Gladiator Arena is opened, looking around the world, within the Tier 4 domain, Zhang Yue is the only one qualified to be his opponent. And he has the aid of the Three Main Gods. The Three Main Gods can freely exit the Death Territory. At that time, if he joins with the Three Main Gods to defeat Zhang Yue, then the championship reward will directly belong to him."
"Then what should we do?", Hidden Dragon anxiously took a sip of Kouzijiao liquor and said, "Think of a way to lure that annoying guy into the National Territory, I'll take care of him."
"That's a good idea," Wolong glanced at Hidden Dragon and said, "But what if he doesn't give you the chance?"
"A guy who can conquer the Three Main Gods, do you think his intelligence is so low that he'd let you ambush him within the National Territory?"
"Then we can't even enter the Hell Gladiator Arena. At that time, we'll just have to watch helplessly as he slays Master and takes the Mythical Class Scroll?"
Just when everyone was at their wits' end.
Chen Zijin's eyes lit up, "I have an idea!"
"Just don't open the Hell Gladiator Arena. Anyway, the key item to open the Hell Gladiator Arena is on Zhang Yue. If he doesn't open it, no one can enter the Arena."
Chen Zijin looked at Zhang Yue and continued, "However, this also means you'll have to give up the activation reward of the Hell Gladiator Arena, as well as waste today's entire effort…"
What Zhang Yue regretted was not the activation reward of the Hell Gladiator Arena.
But the championship reward.
He had to consider the issue Chen Zijin raised.
Once the Hell Gladiator Arena is opened, it will definitely appear in the World 32's Death Territory. Regardless of the entry conditions, it would directly exclude job holders from other high-level or low-level worlds not part of the World 32.
Competitors from other countries were not worth worrying about.
That Flowing Gold Warrior was the only one who could pose a threat to Zhang Yue.
Although up to now, the two had never actually dueled one-on-one, Zhang Yue had already sensed that the opponent's strength was not below his own.
Even if Zhang Yue could beat him in a duel, he still had the Three Main Gods assisting him, what could Zhang Yue use to fight back against three Main Gods?
So, once the Hell Gladiator Arena is activated, it's truly like handing him the Mythical Class Scroll.
The only way was to first keep the nine seals that were used to open the Hell Gladiator Arena.
Wait until later when Zhang Yue could find a way to eliminate the Flowing Gold Warrior and the Three Main Gods, then open the arena.
Or in other words, it was better to destroy this Mythical Class than let it fall into enemy hands.
Thus...
Meeting was adjourned.
Eat and sleep.
———
The next morning, after getting up, while having breakfast—
Chen Zijin, who was eating breakfast with Zhang Yue, suddenly held up her phone to Zhang Yue, "Zhang Yue, look at the forum!"
Zhang Yue looked up, and saw that on the international forum page displayed on the phone, people from around the world were leaving messages directed at the Dragon Nation:
["The key to open the Hell Gladiator Arena is really in your Dragon Nation's hands? Then hurry and open the Hell Gladiator Arena. Once we obtain the fourth Mythical Class Scroll in the world, we'll be able to create the fourth Mythical Class holder and gain the power to match that nine-headed serpent monster from yesterday."]
["Disaster is coming, we must prepare even more powerful forces to resist the catastrophe."]
["Didn't Dragon Nation's Zero already clear all the nightmare-level arenas of the World 32 and obtain that seal? Why hasn't he used the seal to open the Hell Gladiator Arena?"]
["Hurry and open the Hell Gladiator Arena, we're all waiting!"]
Zhang Yue lowered his head and kept eating, "Ignore them."
After finishing breakfast, Zhang Yue and Chen Zijin logged into the World 32 together.
According to the plan, Zhang Yue intended to directly give up the Hell Gladiator Arena, kill the world boss, and directly proceed to the World 33.
The seals used to open the Hell Gladiator Arena, carrying them around wasn't very safe.
This thing, apparently, was guaranteed to drop on death.
So Zhang Yue planned to store them in the warehouse.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he took out all nine seals, they automatically resonated, producing a humming sound, and floated into the air, forming a circle.
At the same time, a status bar popped up in front of Zhang Yue—
["Ding~ Would you like to immediately activate the hidden dungeon [Hell Gladiator Arena] (As the dungeon activator, you will receive a special reward)?"]
This system, it was as if it knew Zhang Yue was going to give up on the Hell Gladiator Arena, and deliberately added the note "one special reward" after the prompt.
Zhang Yue shook his head, looked at Chen Zijin beside him, and asked, "Do I look like the kind of person who would give up their principles just for a little profit?"
Chen Zijin blinked her clear big eyes at Zhang Yue and nodded, "Yes!"
"???", Zhang Yue: "How do I look like that?"
Chen Zijin looked at Zhang Yue (super quietly), "You even teamed up with your archrival just for the nightmare arena first-clear reward…"
Zhang Yue looked at Chen Zijin and couldn't help but say, "What you said… kind of makes sense."
"But don't worry, this time I won't give up my principles."
As he finished speaking, just as Zhang Yue was about to put away the nine seals, suddenly, the ring on his hand emitted a silver glow.
Zhang Yue's heart shook violently.
This ring was specially made by Ouyang Ling'er to detect the [Nether Stones].
No matter where he went, Zhang Yue always carried the Nether Sky Stone, Nether Black Stone, and this ring, precisely to use the humming resonance to search for the remaining two Nether Earth Stone and Nether Yellow Stone.
Zhang Yue truly didn't expect that the ring would resonate at this moment.
The ring's humming meant one of the remaining two Nether Stones was nearby.
Zhang Yue looked around left and right, but didn't notice anything unusual.
Finally, his gaze fell upon the barrier formed by the nine seals in front of him…
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