Age of Evolution

Chapter 380: 380: Sniper with Ten Consecutive Victories (3rd update)

At the same time, his arena record changed.

Lin Zhen, Comet Level 9 Spirit Master, Fights: 1, Victories: 1.

A reward of 10,000 Tianhe Coins was automatically added to his bank card when he won.

As the competition ended, many people outside couldn’t help but curse under their breaths.

“Damn! I completely misjudged him!”

“Me too, who would have thought that a newcomer could have such strength.”

“Shit, even though he won quite easily, this guy is definitely a reckless type. I bet it’s just a straight path and he can’t turn. If Landis hadn’t been such an idiot and run straight into him, I think there would have been more of a fight.”

“I agree. In the next round, we should keep an eye on his opponent. If it’s a strong type, I’ll bet on Lin Zhen; if it’s a flexible, technical type, I’ll bet on the other side.”

While these people discussed, Shangguan Jiao proudly told his guards, “How’s that? My judgment was good, right? If I had listened to you, I would have lost my one million. Losing money is no big deal, but others would laugh at my lack of foresight. This Crown Prince can’t afford to lose face like that.”

The guard beside him nodding, thinking to himself that Shangguan Jiao probably just guessed right.

Shangguan Jiao pondered for a moment, “Go find out the background of this Lin Zhen immediately and get me his Dimensional Universe ID so that I can add him as a friend.”

“Crown Prince, he is just a poor man…”

“I don’t care if he is poor or not, as long as he can fight well in the arena. Our Shangguan household also started from a poor background. Just hurry up.”

After being scolded by Shangguan Jiao, the guard hurriedly ran to the arena registration area to look up Lin Zhen’s information.

As a royal guard, the arena staff did not dare to not obey his command. They quickly handed over Lin Zhen’s data with both hands.

Shangguan Jiao looked at it, “Solar System… What kind of place is that? Never mind, the empire is so big, it’s probably a newly promoted small asteroid system… This Lin Zhen’s ID number is pretty good though.”

Just as he was about to add Lin Zhen as a friend, he hesitated, “I’ll watch one more round to confirm his true strength and see if he can win against a more flexible opponent.”

At this time, the battle list for the next round was released. Lin Zhen’s second opponent was Ci Ming from the Ursa Major constellation.

Ci Ming was also a Comet Level 9 fighter with a record of five consecutive victories.

According to his battle history, he seemed to be very good at covert combat, using two daggers as his weapons. In his five victorious battles, none of his opponents had even touched his clothes.

Ci Ming even had some admirers among the audience. Over a thousand people bet on this match, with the vast majority betting on Ci Ming’s victory. Very few people bet on Lin Zhen.

However, there were odds for this round, Lin Zhen’s odds were higher, proving that he was not as favored.

Shangguan Jiao still bet one million on Lin Zhen without hesitation. If he won, he would get a 1.5 times return.

The battle began, and Ci Ming raised his hand. A cloud of black smoke rose from the ground and he disappeared within it.

“Here it comes again, Ci Ming’s invisible move. He’s won several battles with it easily.”

“A natural assassin, I bet he’ll have ten consecutive wins and then move on to the main arena.”

“That newbie is done for.”

Seeing Ci Ming disappear, Lin Zhen simply closed his eyes and stood still with his hands behind his back.

Ci Ming was not intimidated by Lin Zhen’s posture. He had seen many people bluff before. He circled the field for a while before coming up behind Lin Zhen, confident that Lin Zhen could not detect him. He quickly stabbed his left dagger towards Lin Zhen’s back!

“Puff!” The dagger pierced in.

“Hmph, just another poser. Watch me mash your heart.”

Just as Ci Ming was about to exert his strength to finish off Lin Zhen and achieve his sixth consecutive victory, he suddenly found that his dagger had only pierced Lin Zhen’s skin.

“Boom!”

Lin Zhen’s big hand swiftly grabbed Ci Ming’s skull, and surging flames burst forth.

Burn!

Flames with a temperature of 5,000 degrees instantly turned Ci Ming into a human torch. The sound of his flesh burning cracked and popped.

Ci Ming’s body twisted in the flames, and after one final scream, his body rapidly shrank, quickly turning into a pile of ashes.

Lin Zhen retracted his hand and gently blew away the ash on his hand, “Trash!”

With a flash of white light, Lin Zhen left the battlefield – two consecutive victories!

The audience in the stands left the arena with their mouths agape, still unable to believe that Lin Zhen’s physical defense was so strong.

“Are the physical qualities of people on Earth so strong? Ci Ming’s dagger didn’t seem to cause him any serious harm.”

“It’s unbelievable! He has a powerful offense, strong defense, and it seems like he’s also a Spiritual Mind Master. This guy hardly has any weaknesses.”

“I’ve changed my mind. In the next match, as long as his opponent isn’t some kind of freak, I’ll definitely bet on him to win.”

Shangguan Jiao’s eyes shone even brighter: “This kid has potential, absolutely. I’m not leaving today; I have to meet him.”

He initially wanted to call Lin Zhen right away, but remembering that Lin Zhen still had to fight in the third round, he temporarily dismissed the idea.

After that, as expected, Lin Zhen easily won the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth matches, with his randomly assigned opponents rarely being strong.

After eight consecutive victories, Lin Zhen had gained a group of fans.

At this point, Lin Zhen’s performance had caught the attention of some people in the arena.

One of the staff members was responsible for monitoring the daily birth of nine consecutive victories. This kind of thing happened hundreds of thousands or even millions of times a day, and the monitors had long become numb to watching.

“A nine-win streak is born. I’ll arrange for him to battle and choose one of our arena’s nine-win streak snipers.”

“Let me choose an opponent for him. Hm… this one: Hugler from the Empire’s mainland, a powerful Spiritual Mind Master.”

As the staff member was arranging Lin Zhen’s tenth match, a group of friends arrived by Shangguan Jiao’s side.

This guy hadn’t been idle while watching the fights – he’d taken advantage of the Dimensional Universe to call his friends and acquaintances.

Those who could be considered Shangguan Jiao’s friends were all children of important figures in the Tianhe Empire, collectively referred to as the Wealthy Scions.

Among them were children of dukes and marquises as well as offspring of great generals and senior elders of the Senate.

Each one arrived in their ultra-luxurious top-of-the-line aircraft, accompanied by their subordinates.

When they saw Shangguan Jiao, they greeted him one by one: “Hey, Chop Pepper! Why did you invite us to watch the preliminaries in this arena? What’s so interesting here?”

In this group of wealthy scions, Shangguan Jiao’s nickname was Chop Pepper.

“Yeah, I just saw a seventy-five-win streak in the main arena and was planning to follow that guy to reach a hundred-win streak!”

“Me too. I found an eighty-two-win streak person, and if he can achieve a hundred-win streak, I’ll hire him as my personal fighter for challenge matches.”

“Eighty-two-win streak? I’d like to see that too.”

“Ah, but we have to follow the rules: whoever discovered it first has dibs. Isn’t that right, Chop Pepper?”

Shangguan Jiao nodded: “Of course. But I invited you guys to watch this match because I have high hopes for this guy. He’s already at nine consecutive wins, and when he reaches ten, I plan to talk to him. You guys can’t compete with me for him.”

“Of course not, since I already have someone in mind. But because you’ve mentioned it, Chop Pepper, I’ll give you face and bet one million on him. However, a ten-win streak is hard to get, and he will definitely be targeted by the arena. It’s considered good if one out of ten nine-win streak fighters breaks through successfully. I hope he doesn’t make me lose money.”

These wealthy scions were all extremely wealthy, and they all took out money to bet, each betting one million on Lin Zhen.

If there’s any kind of most attractive match in the preliminaries, it’s undoubtedly the nine-win streak promotion battle.

Every time a nine-win streak appears, the arena will send out a professional sniper to target them. These snipers are very powerful, and in fact, they already have the ability to compete in the main arena’s ring. The reason they stay here is to target nine-win streak fighters during preliminaries.

Getting a nine-win streak isn’t difficult, but getting a ten-win streak is very difficult!

After Lin Zhen entered the stage, he glanced at the dozen or so noble youths in the stands. Although their strength wasn’t particularly strong, the forces they represented behind them were so huge that it was horrifying.

Lin Zhen knew why they were there. His performance had attracted attention, and competitions like this ring match were very popular among the upper circles of the empire. When both sides of a dispute would each send out a fighter to battle and resolve the issue.

So, these people liked to scout around the arena for potential fighters to hire or employ.

“You guys could provide great help to Earth in escaping this catastrophe.”

“If you want me to fight for you, you’ll have to pay a hefty price.”

Lin Zhen glanced at them and turned his attention back to the match. He had to win this ten-win streak in a powerful manner, so it would be easier to negotiate terms later.

A figure appeared in front of Lin Zhen, an elderly man wearing a purple robe with white hair and sharp eyes that made people’s hearts race. He was also a Comet Level 9, like Lin Zhen.

At a glance, Lin Zhen could tell that this man was a Spiritual Mind Master, with Spiritual Power also at the peak of the Diamond Period, hardly different from his own.

Perhaps it was because he was much older than Lin Zhen, seemingly close to two hundred years old.

Lin Zhen looked at the match table and saw his opponent was Hugler from the Jade Star of the Tianhe Empire. He had a record of ninety-eight wins and ten losses.

This was a professional sniper. He had already defeated ninety-eight nine-win streak fighters. The ten matches he’d lost were probably arranged by the arena on purpose, just to keep him from reaching a ten-win streak and being promoted to the main arena.

Hugler looked at Lin Zhen and smiled faintly, pointing at him with one hand: “You, a kid from the Solar System, don’t think that just because you have a nine-win streak, you’re amazing. I’ve already defeated ninety-eight nine-win streak fighters, and you will be the ninety-ninth!”