Chapter 517: Lenovos Invitation (2/2)
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Woosh!
As I flew out of the arena, I checked the rankings again. Alright, after beating Luo River God of the Capital once, I had flown to the ninth spot on the rankings. I had finally entered the top 10 and currently all of the people who had entered the top 10 were familiar faces to me. Shockingly enough, the person ranked first on the leaderboard was Beiming Xue. Only the heavens knew how many matches this little girl had participated in. She started off her matches by launching a Spiralling Arrow Blade and a Evil Spirit Volley at her opponents, so they were normally affairs which lasted mere seconds. As a result of that, she had fought far more matches than I had. Once you took this and her stunningly high win rate into consideration, it was only natural that she’d take the top spot in the rankings!
The person ranked second was Candlelight Shadow and Lin Yixin was hot on his heels. Purple Marquis, Li Chengfeng, and Farewell Song occupied ranks 4-6 respectively. The spiritual leader of all the assassins in the game was truly in a class of his own. He was able to climb to such a high ranking even though the competition in the arena was so fierce. Yeah, his skills really were worthy of praise!
I was ranked ninth right now, so the system would match me with any of the players from rank 1 to 209. So it wasn’t likely for me to be matched with anyone else in the top 10.
As a result, my next few matches were against players like Inconstant, Iron Pardon, and Purple Wind Chime and I didn’t have any problems maintaining my unbeaten streak. Unfortunately, I didn’t earn a huge amount of points from these wins, so my rank kept fluctuating between 7 and 10. I would have to spend more time grinding the arena if I wanted to advance.
After I thought about it for a moment, I decided to stop for the day. My chances of meeting Candlelight Shadow wasn’t high in the first place and it seemed like he had left to participate in the team arena too.
Oh well, there was always another time. I wasn’t too bothered about getting first place either. I was perfectly content with staying in the top 10. From a certain point of view, continuing to fight in the arena at my rank was no different from hard labor. I would have to fight a countless amount of battles to maintain the number one rank even if I reached it. This was simply far too tedious. If I had that much time, I’d be better off grinding levels. I would even be able to farm equipment at the same time. That was where I found my real joy in the game anyway.
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I looked at the time. It was now nearly 6 in the evening, so I sent He Yi a message: “Eve, should we stop here and go for a meal?”
Even replied: “Mmm, I’ve already reached rank 17 in the champion arena and I don’t think I can climb up any further. Let me call Beiming and Mingyue, we’re going to eat at that buffet place again tonight…”
“Okay…”
I didn’t really know what to say to that. All of the girls in my workshop were the kind of people who could eat without getting fat and they were all gluttons at that! Their figures were simply fantastic, and the unfairness of it all had practically driven me into despair.
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Not long after, the three girls all went offline. Beiming Xue was practically jumping with joy as she rushed towards me and clung onto my arm. She said, “Big bro, did you see that!? I’m ranked first in the arena~”
I didn’t quite know how to respond to that. “Beiming Xue’s really awesome. How many matches did you fight altogether?”
“Hmmm… I fought a little over eight hundred matches and my winning percentage is 99.9%. I just happened to lose that one match…”
“Oh, who did you lose to her?”
“Luo River God of the Capital! Her Origin Energy Shield was way too powerful! I just couldn’t break it and she instagibbed me in a single counterattack. But after that, I kept looking for matches and before I knew it, her rank had dropped down from the number one spot again…”
I couldn’t help but chuckle at those words. “Well, that’s because I managed to beat Luo River God of the Capital an hour ago. Hahahaha!!”
A shocked smile appeared on He Yi’s face. “Wow, really? Lu Chen, you beat Luo River God of the Capital?”
“Uh huh!”
Delighted smiles instantly appeared on the faces of all three girls. “You’re way too strong. Even Luo River God of the Capital lost to you…”
I laughed and followed the girls downstairs. As we stood in the lift, we continued to chat.
I asked He Yi, “Eve, what’s your winning percentage like?”
He Yi replied, “It’s about average. I’m only at 99.2%. I lost three matches.”
I asked, “Oh, who did you lose to?”
He Yi sighed helplessly before answering, “I lost to Li Chengfeng, Candlelight Shadow, and our pretty Lin Yixin…”
I was shocked by her reply. “Damn, you really encountered quite a few tough opponents. Oh man, if only I had encountered these guys, that would simply have been perfect…”
Murong Mingyue immediately retorted in an incredulous manner, “Do you think Eve can compare to a god of mechanics like you? Eve, did you manage to beat any super experts during your run?”
He Yi pondered that question for a moment before she smiled and said, “Hmmm, actually I did beat several of them. I instagibbed Transient Smoke and Clouds once and I also beat Laughing At The Heavens once. Hmmm, who else? Oh right! I also met Dominating Knight God three times, and I destroyed him every single time…”
My forehead broke out in cold sweat. “Bloody hell, no wonder Dominating Knight God’s ranking fell off a cliff. So it was like that. Man, I wonder who this unlucky child offended…”
Beiming Xue laughed and said, “Sis Mingyue, you also took part in the champion arena. What’s your rank?”
Murong Mingyue silently turned around before retorting, “Must we talk about the champion arena? If that’s the case, I’ll make a move first, have fun chatting…”
The girls all laughed at that point.
It was at this precise moment that He Yi’s phone suddenly started to ring. It was a number with 010 region code, so the person who was calling was calling from Beijing.
He Yi accepted the call and asked, “Hello, who’s speaking?”
“Hi, may I ask if this is Ms He Yi? Ancient Sword Dreaming Soul’s guild leader, From Water?” The person on the other side was also a woman.
“Yes I am. May I ask who I’m speaking to?”
“Ah yes, I am from Lenovo Group’s Beijing Headquarters. Can I inquire if you’re free tomorrow morning? If you are, I’ll take a plane down south. I hope that you are open to meeting with me, because I want to discuss forming a Lenovo gaming club with you.”
We were immediately stunned by those words.