readytorunbook Chapter 1437 The Fall of the Strong
Chapter 1437 The Fall of the Strong
Chen Mu sensed that, as a king of madness, the King of Gladiators should be unleashing his full power in such a state of rage.
However, the Gladiator King's strength was not what a Ghost King should have; instead, it was only... the strength of a Ghost General.
To be precise, he's roughly at the level of a half-step Demon King.
Is the Gladiator King's display of such strength solely due to his abilities, or is he concealing something?
Chen Mu had a vague idea in his mind.
Could it be that being in space for so long, isolated from the world, and lacking the influx of external eerie energy, has led to a sharp decrease in the amount of eerie energy in the arena?
Without the nourishment of eerie energy, the King of Gladiators' strength began to decline. Over a long period, he went from being a Ghost King to a Ghost General, and finally remained at the half-step Ghost King stage.
Hmm... This is the most likely scenario at the moment.
Chen Mu just didn't know if a long-term lack of pure demonic energy could cause a strong person's strength to decline.
To be honest, Chen Mu had never seen anything like this before.
After all, on the mainland, the air is filled with pure, strange energy. Although the concentration is slight, it is still plentiful.
Whether the absence of pure, strange energy in space could truly cause a drop in the level of powerful individuals is a worthwhile question to discuss.
As Chen Mu thought of this, those strange gates from the past also flashed through his mind.
Besides Chen Mu, there are other players from the new world in the Ghost Gate.
Why would those players take such a huge risk to come to the Ghost Gate?
Undoubtedly, their goal was to obtain the reward—the pure, strange energy that the Ghost Sect rewarded them with.
Chen Mu simply didn't understand what use the pure, strange energy was to the players in the new world.
For Chen Mu, it didn't really have much effect; it just increased his savings a bit.
Therefore, this puzzle had been lingering in Chen Mu's mind. He had also speculated that there must be a connection between pure, unorthodox energy and the cultivation of powerful individuals.
Only by obtaining a continuous supply of pure and mysterious energy can one continuously cultivate powerful individuals.
Now, through the analysis of the King of Gladiators, Chen Mu's conjecture has gone a step further.
The amount of pure, strange energy in the world can also affect the decline in the strength of powerful individuals.
If it's too diluted, it can even cause the strength of powerful individuals to gradually decline.
"The importance of pure, unorthodox energy is almost on par with the rules," Chen Mu muttered to himself.
The life-or-death struggle within the Ghost Gate ultimately seems to point to a common goal—to seize the pure Ghost Qi for their own world!
Of course, this is just Chen Mu's analysis of possible reasons based on the current clues.
However, this single gain made Chen Mu feel that his trip to the [Life and Death Arena] was worthwhile. He had gained a deeper understanding of the relationship between the strong and pure, unpredictable energy.
At this moment, the Gladiator King, enraged, had changed his attitude towards Chen Mu from fury to terror.
Why does this young-looking guy have such great strength?
It's important to know that there's a crucial, even essential, rule in the [Arena of Life and Death]: all new players are restricted to the level of a "Cultist".
With this rule in mind, the King of Gladiators was full of confidence.
Even though its strength has declined, leaving it only with the power of a half-step Ghost King, dealing with a Ghost Clan is still a piece of cake.
But how exactly did Chen Mu manage to do that?
Just now, Chen Mu used props to continuously deflect the vulture's attacks and eventually kill it, which was all within the Gladiator King's understanding.
After all, at that time, Chen Mu was still demonstrating the strength of the Guimin.
However, Chen Mu managed to block both of the Gladiator King's attacks: one from a low-level Ghost General and the other from a half-step Ghost King.
Chen Mu's demonstrated strength was only one level higher than its!
That was a mid-level ghost general, now it's a beginner ghost king.
No matter what level the King of Gladiators is at, Chen Mu will always be only one level higher than him.
Are there any tools that can achieve this effect?
The King of Gladiators felt that the possibility was slim.
It could already guess that Chen Mu possessed some kind of item that could break through the constraints of the rules and unlock Chen Mu's own power.
But what is Chen Mu's actual strength?
Could it be that, coincidentally, he is a beginner-level Ghost King?
The King of Gladiators didn't believe it; it couldn't be such a coincidence.
More likely, Chen Mu's strength far surpasses its own.
Only in this way could Chen Mu's two attacks both be performed at a level higher than its own.
It's like a school exam where the top student always scores 5 points higher than someone else, and every time it's precisely 5 points higher.
Scoring 5 points higher is definitely not the ability of a top student. To be able to control the score so precisely, one needs to have a thorough understanding of the exam paper and also a good grasp of the level of the person being tested...
The true level of academic excellence is simply unimaginable.
Judging from Chen Mu's true level, he has probably already reached the advanced level of a Ghost King.
This is the highest level that the King of Gladiators could imagine.
Its original strength was only at the initial stage of Ghost King. As for the higher Ghost Lords and Ghost Venerables, they were beyond its comprehension and beyond the scope of the exam.
Taking down a high-level Ghost King is difficult, but not impossible!
Chen Mu has a backup plan and tools to unleash his full power. I, the King of Gladiators, also have my ultimate trump card!
The King of Gladiators decided it was time to let Chen Mu and his disloyal subordinates broaden their horizons.
It stopped its charge, stood in front of Chen Mu, and began to speak to Chen Mu in a rather pretentious manner, like a villain in a novel:
"Very good, Chen Mu, you do have some skill. As my opponent, I admire you."
But if you think you can do whatever you want in my arena with this level of skill, then I can only tell you that you are still too young.
It's time to show you what the real thing is...
Before the King of Gladiators could finish speaking, it suddenly sensed a powerful force descending from the sky.
Before it could even look up, a gigantic white hand, formed from its own innate evil energy, crashed down on the head of the Gladiator King.
With a deafening roar, the entire arena was smashed to pieces.
The shockwave stirred up a massive amount of dust, which churned up from where the giant hand landed.
In an instant, the eerie spectators around them all instinctively covered their faces and turned to the side to block the shockwave.
It took more than ten seconds for the shockwave to dissipate.
The crowd in the stands immediately looked towards the arena.
The figure of the Gladiator King had vanished. In its place was a giant hand that was slowly dissipating.
The King of Gladiators has been reduced to ashes!
Opposite it, Chen Mu clapped his hands and said, "What are you babbling about for so long? Go talk to me with your slap."