Chapter 68.2 - – Reader: Eat, sleep, compete (1/2)

The 38th demon god was defeated. Next up was arena 37 which also had a god with consciousness: Phenex. After the bout with Halphas, they were not sure what kind of attitude the possessed god would have towards them. Therefore they decided to take a break and recharge before they head to the next level.

During the break, Du Ze had a question mark over his head as he watched Xiu turn his left hand over and over, examining each side again and again. After fighting Halphas, Xiu became extremely concerned about Du Ze’s left hand; several times Du Ze thought Xiu was staring at his left hand so much that it was almost like he wanted to swallow it up.

Do you somehow feel dissatisfied with this young man’s left hand, Moe Lord?

Just as Du Ze was unable to bear it anymore and wanted to ask Xiu about it, an anomaly appeared in the arena. A small magical formation appeared suddenly and a figure emerged from it. When the newcomer stepped out of the teleportation array, both sides were stunned – they knew this person.

The human god of war, Ares, was frozen with shock when he saw Du Ze and the others, but he quickly recovered and dashed to Halphas’ teleportation array. All of this happened in a flash. Du Ze brain hadn’t yet been able to process the appearance of the god when he saw him disappear into the teleportation array. The array dissipated into the air; nothing was left.

Du Ze almost coughed up blood. He wanted to knock on the door of the array and to say: Open the door, you have the ability to steal other people’s teleportation method, you should also have the ability to open the door, ah!

They all looked at the vanished teleportation array where Ares had disappeared. Violet anxiously asked: “What are we going to do now that the teleportation array to the next arena disappeared?”

“Heidi said that each level’s checkpoint resets whenever someone goes through it.” Alice took her sister’s hand in hers and said comfortingly: “If what she said was right, it should be fine, we might just have to fight the demon god Halphas again.”

Just as Alice finished speaking, a “plop” was heard and the Black Dove appeared in the arena. Du Ze saw Halphas’ blood-red eyes widen as a hint of an emotion flashed through them. It was … horror?

Halphas flapped his wings fiercely and everyone naturally fell into an alert posture — just to see the black dove kill himself.

All of them: “…”

Du Ze was silent for a while before looking at Xiu: “What happened?”

–What did you just do to make the demon god afraid?

“Who knows?” said Xiu lazily, leaning on Du Ze.

His strong sixth sense told Du Ze that it’s better if he doesn’t know too much, so the silly, cute reader blamed all of the strange events on the protagonist’s halo. Because of Halphas’ “good intentions” they quickly passed through to the next level of the arena. Even though he hasn’t done anything much, Du Ze was full of excitement. Some silly, cute person pulled Xiu into the teleportation array. If they hurry, they might be able to see that jerk in arena 37.

They teleported into arena 37 but it was empty and there was no sign of Ares. Du Ze was disappointed and he wondered what happened since the previous demon gods had not been defeated that quickly.

“Someone else appeared so fast?” said a childlike voice and Phenex appeared.