Chapter 315: Man Luo

“What kind of place is this Bloodbath Arena?” Luo Feng asked urgently.

“A wonderful place,” Thunderclap said mysteriously.

“You’ll never forget it once you’ve been there,” Hong teased.

A crisp voice chimed in: “The Bloodbath Arena is a special training ground for warriors and mentalists. There, you can face any opponent you desire. Want a group battle? A one-on-one duel? Or even a fight against a Domain Lord? The Bloodbath Arena can fulfill all these desires. However, the daily cost is extremely high.”

Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunderclap turned around and saw that the voice belonged to Babata, who was perched on Luo Feng’s shoulder.

“Luo Feng,” a voice echoed in Luo Feng’s mind, “the Bloodbath Arena is also part of my training plan for you. I was going to tell you once you accessed the bank account your teacher left you. However, you were busy dealing with the Norlanshan Family fleet, so you didn’t have time to visit the Bloodbath Arena. Now is the perfect time to go—it’s a great place.”

Praised by Babata?

“Let’s go check it out now,” Luo Feng couldn’t contain his eagerness.

“We knew you couldn’t wait, Brother Luo,” Thunderclap said, finishing his drink in one gulp. The three of them paid and immediately left the bar.

…

The Black Dragon Island in the virtual universe is incredibly vast, so it has internal teleportation channels. Depending on the distance, fees are charged. Internal teleportation is relatively cheap, but if one wishes to travel from Black Dragon Island to ‘Qianwu Continent,’ the price is astronomical.

Bloodbath Arena, Black Dragon Island.

“Wow!”

The background resembled a sea of blood, with a single blood droplet being the most prominent feature. The entire hall was enveloped in this ominous backdrop. The hall was so vast that its end couldn’t be seen at a glance. Inside, people were sparsely scattered, but due to the hall’s city-sized scale, there were likely tens of thousands of people present.

“In the Bloodbath Arena, the cost is extremely high. For instance, I need to pay 1 million Black Dragon Coins per day, or alternatively, 7,000 Qianwu Coins,” Hong whispered.

“That expensive?” Luo Feng was startled.

An average planet’s richest man, such as on the planet Berlin, might have assets of around 100 million Black Dragon Coins. This means even the wealthiest individuals on such planets couldn’t afford to train their children in the Bloodbath Arena for long. After all, 100 million Black Dragon Coins would only last 100 days. No wonder the place wasn’t heavily populated.

“Brother Luo, you’re a Stellar-Level One warrior, so the price for you is even higher,” Hong continued.

“Right, mentalists pay more than warriors,” Thunderclap added beside him. “I need 2 million Black Dragon Coins per day. I checked, and you, as a mentalist, need 5 million Black Dragon Coins or 35,000 Qianwu Coins per day.”

“That’s outrageous!” Luo Feng was completely taken aback.

“And the cost increases as you go higher. The stronger your abilities, the more astronomical the daily expenses become,” Thunderclap whispered.

“If a Domain Lord were to train here, the daily cost would be an astronomical figure for us,” Thunderclap added.

“Expensive? Ha! That’s a joke!” Babata’s voice echoed in Luo Feng’s mind. “It provides any enemy you want, even allowing you to use space techniques, mental weapons, and more. Where else can you find such an environment? This place is perfect for families, sects, organizations, and empires across the universe to train their elites.”

Luo Feng nodded slightly.

“Go and link your bank account,” Thunderclap suggested. “That way, you can deduct expenses directly from your bank account when you spend.”

“I understand. Where do I link it?” Luo Feng asked.

“Follow me.”

Under Hong and Thunderclap’s guidance, Luo Feng went to the counter to link his account.

…

At the far end of the hall were several corridors.

“Each corridor leads directly into a personal Bloodbath Space that belongs to you alone,” Thunderclap whispered. “Choose whatever opponent you desire.”

“We won’t accompany you in now,” Hong also smiled.

Luo Feng nodded.

During their conversation, Luo Feng noticed many people entering the corridors, heading deeper inside. Among them were many space mercenaries, and Luo Feng even spotted a ‘Two-Star Space Mercenary.’ It must be said that on Black Dragon Island, it’s rare to see experts in everyday life, but in the Bloodbath Arena, they were everywhere.

“Also, do you see that old man over there?” Thunderclap whispered.

“Hmm?” Luo Feng turned his head.

Indeed, there was an elderly man with green skin and a head full of wrinkles, sitting relaxed in a chair, looking very leisurely. No one in the hall dared to disturb him while resting nearby. By Earth people’s standards, the old man’s appearance was quite unpleasing. Yet, there was an unusual feeling of tranquility that radiated from him.

“His name is Manluo. He is the overall director of the Bloodbath Arena’s branch on Black Dragon Island,” Thunderclap whispered. “We once witnessed an interesting scene. This old man severely reprimanded two space mercenaries, but those two mercenaries didn’t dare to utter a word in protest.”

“Really?”

Luo Feng was very surprised.

In the virtual universe, even if you were an immortal being, you couldn’t kill anyone here! After all, this was just a network! Therefore… even if you were an important figure, others might respect you and give you face. If they didn’t respect you, they wouldn’t care about you! To have two space mercenaries dare not even protest was indeed strange.

“Hehehe,” the green-skinned old man in the distance looked toward Luo Feng and the others and smiled.

“Damn.”

The three of them were startled.

“Did he hear us?”

“Never mind, let’s quickly enter the Bloodbath Space,” Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunderclap each went down a corridor, heading deeper inside.

…

As they walked, the surroundings suddenly changed dramatically.

This was a vast starry sky.

Luo Feng stood on a meteorite, and in his hand appeared a golden book, seemingly made of metal. After reading it once, Luo Feng understood.

“Is this the Bloodbath Space?”

“Monka, send the request. I need 1,000 Stellar-Level Nine warriors as opponents,” Luo Feng’s eyes faintly turned red, and he licked his lips. “I’ve waited too long! It’s time to let off some steam!” Ever since the body-snatching, Luo Feng had felt a constant urge to kill and spill blood, an impulse that repeatedly surged through his soul.

But Luo Feng had been holding it in all along.

“No problem!”

“Monka, I’ve set the battle environment to a desert. The 1,000 opponents will use ordinary primal force weapons, while you can choose the third-level mental weapon ‘Dun Tian Shuttle’ and a second-level battle armor,” Babata said. “The request has already been sent.” As long as the weapon exists in the universe, 99.99% of them can be selected in the Bloodbath Space.

Boom~~

The Bloodbath Space began to change. The starry sky disappeared, and the surroundings transformed into a vast desert. Luo Feng was standing on the desert ground, wearing crimson battle armor, with the Dun Tian Shuttle floating in front of him. At the same time, a dense crowd appeared in the distant sky—rows upon rows of warriors, all wearing white battle armor and holding various weapons.

“Kill!”

“Kill him!” The massive army of warriors charged toward Luo Feng, their eyes red.

But Luo Feng couldn’t help but smile from the bottom of his heart.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh~~

The Dun Tian Shuttle instantly split into 30 thin blades, each slightly apart, naturally forming the shape of a swordfish. Each blade had faint golden threads running through them, connecting all the blades into a vivid, lifelike swordfish.

This was the second form of the Dun Tian Shuttle—the Swordfish Formation!

Boom~~ The 1,000 powerful warriors charged forward like a storm, like a dark cloud pressing down on Luo Feng.

Zoom!

Luo Feng shot into the sky, directly charging into the midst of the massive group of warriors.

“Ahh!”

“Ugh!”

Wherever the golden swordfish darted, blood rained down like a storm. Yet, the entire army of warriors ignored their losses and continued to chase Luo Feng furiously. Minute by minute passed, none of the warriors retreated, until the last warrior fell from the sky in a rain of blood, ending the battle.

Luo Feng, now drenched in blood, stood in the desert and took a deep breath. “I feel much better now.”

“You’ve been forcibly suppressing all that killing intent for so long. The longer you hold it in, the more unbearable it becomes. Eventually, you might even go mad. Now that you’ve unleashed a frenzy of slaughter, of course, you feel relieved. How could you not feel better?”

“Monka, is this the side effect of body-snatching?” Luo Feng sighed helplessly.

Before the body-snatching, he was decisive in killing, but he never felt this constant, bloodthirsty urge to kill. This bloodthirsty impulse was deeply rooted in his being, a trait characteristic of every golden-horned beast. Although Luo Feng’s human soul tried to suppress it, the impulse could only be restrained, not eliminated.

“You’re complaining after gaining an advantage!” Babata scorned.

“Hahaha!”

Luo Feng looked at his body. “If it weren’t for the setting that I have this second-level battle armor, I would have died.”

A thousand Stellar-Level Nine warriors could easily kill a Stellar-Level One warrior. Although Luo Feng’s consciousness was strong and his mental weapon was incredibly powerful, he still suffered several severe injuries, which were only mitigated by the armor absorbing most of the attacks.

…

Years of suppressed bloodthirst and killing instinct were finally unleashed in this moment.

The first time, he ruthlessly slaughtered 1,000 Stellar-Level Nine warriors.

The second time, he fought against ten Stellar-Level One warriors alone, killing eight before being fatally wounded.

The third time, Luo Feng set his opponent as ‘Thunderclap,’ a Stellar-Level One warrior with a first-tier domain and using a second-tier primal force weapon and second-tier battle armor… and this time, Luo Feng was killed by Thunderclap. It was then that Luo Feng realized that his previous advantage over Thunderclap was largely due to the mental weapon. Give Thunderclap a second-tier primal force weapon, and Luo Feng would lose.

The fourth time, Luo Feng set his opponent to match ‘Hong’…

…

Altogether, Luo Feng engaged in 98 battles before finally feeling incredibly exhausted, yet also immensely satisfied.

Awesome!

He had never experienced such a thrilling battle in his entire life. Here, he could freely choose his opponents and set their strength levels.

“Tired?”

Babata looked at Luo Feng, who was lying on the desert ground. “Luo Feng, since you’ve finished fighting, let me tell you the most important use of the Bloodbath Arena. This place is extremely expensive. You’re paying 3,500 Qianwu Coins per day. A Cosmic-Level One mentalist would need to pay 350,000 Qianwu Coins. A Domain Lord at the first tier would need 35 million Qianwu Coins. And a Domain Lord mentalist at the first tier would need 3.5 billion Qianwu Coins per day. Do you know why it’s so expensive? And why even Domain Lords come here despite the cost?”

Luo Feng was stunned.

Domain Lords…

They could join a powerful empire and receive an entire star system as their fiefdom, capable of establishing their own world. Although they could afford 3.5 billion Qianwu Coins, no one is foolish. The Bloodbath Arena must offer value that justifies the cost to attract them.

“The most important feature of the Bloodbath Arena is something you, Hong, and Thunderclap don’t know,” Babata said proudly, lifting his head.