Trapped Inside the Beta Test World for 1000 Years-Chapter 32 – Emperor Penguin

Every time Xia Ya said this line, he felt a thrill, as if Master Ye had possessed him.
According to the Fight Club's rules, if you apply to fight ten opponents, you face them one by one, not all at once.
Because the fourth rule of the Fight Club is: only 1v1, no other forms allowed.
If you succeed, not only do you get an invaluable prize, but more importantly, you gain shares in the Gold Only Society.
Even just 0.1% is an astronomical figure for an organization that controls the world's financial trends.
But in reality, no one can achieve this feat.
Undoubtedly, there's foul play involved.
Because the club controls your opponents.
It's obvious that the draw is rigged; once you choose to fight ten, your opponents are no longer contestants, and all you see is a flashing red light.
That's your Death Omen flashing.
It's blatant cheating!
But Xia Ya didn't care; he was here for the club's enforcers. Fighting others wouldn't give him any experience!
Moreover, the biggest advantage of this rule for him was that he didn't have to wait in line, saving a lot of time.
The host Maka broke the silence, changing his sharp tone to a deep one:
"So this round, what opponent will the newcomer Xia Ya, currently with a 1-0 record, face... The draw, begin."
Two-colored lights chased each other around the arena, capturing the attention of all the spectators.
Yveline's hand gripped the railing involuntarily.
Stop.
Red light.
The number 9 was displayed.
For a moment, the venue was so quiet you could hear a pin drop, but then a suppressed roar erupted from a certain point.
"Rigged, rigged!"
"Why is it the Emperor Penguin! It'll tear this newbie apart!"
"Maka, you bastard! You screwed me out of my money again!"
"Next match, hurry up!"
...
Maka ignored it all, shouting:
"Begin!"
The next second, a manhole cover in the corner of the arena was lifted, and out came an adorably clumsy penguin.
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An Emperor Penguin, with shiny fur, waddling side to side, looking extremely silly and cute.
Who knows how many newbies have died at the hands of this one...
Xia Ya thought.
The Emperor Penguin's number is 9, a club-trained enforcer, and calling it a monster isn't inappropriate.
The red light numbers range from 1-27, with 27 enforcers in total, the higher the number, the stronger.
The strongest is number 27, which has never appeared.
But Xia Ya knew that number 27 was Synlos himself.
That's right, the Destroyer of Worlds stands behind the Gold Only Society, and those green-skinned dwarves and mushroom heads sold this world for a good price.
After all, only money is the truth.
So they are fearless—if someone reaches the tenth round, they can just have Synlos disguise himself and step in.
But those secrets have nothing to do with Xia Ya right now; he has to deal with this seemingly cute but actually bloody creature...
The Emperor Penguin, Empy.
Empy's attributes aren't high, with perception and intelligence both at 1, strength at 15, and constitution at 20.
What's terrifying is its agility.
It has 100 points of agility.
Yes, this penguin, which can't even walk steadily, has a full 100 points of agility. Don't be fooled by its clumsy crawl out, looking half-asleep; once it moves, you won't see a thing!
As strong as it is, it has two passives.
"Unsteady": Each point of agility increases dodge by 1%.
Which means 100% dodge against physical attacks.
"Unclear": Each point of agility increases attack speed by 10% and movement speed by 1%.
Which means ten times the normal attack speed, and double movement speed.
Plus 44 teeth denser than a piranha's, if it really fights...
Have you seen a five-speed fan?
How about that day with a five-speed fan?
The blood loss would be about that much.
To properly face Empy, you'd have to be around level 35, then you'd have the capital to fight it.
By then, melee could withstand the five-speed fan, and ranged could kite it around the arena.
But now, if it really fought, Xia Ya would be pecked 17 times in 2 seconds in one round.
But Empy has a weakness... or two.
Just as its passives say: unsteady, unclear.
This makes it easy to deal with.
Why did the club dare to send Empy out first? Because they determined that Xia Ya was at most a level 20 melee, easily taken by Empy.
But what if he wasn't?
Xia Ya crushed the rune stone in his hand.
This thing could also be called a skill stone. In Illusory Realm, there are two ways to learn skills, one is NPC teaching, where players start practicing from Lv1.
The other is the skill stone.
This thing is expensive and rare, generally only made by elves, who have strong life forces.
They first train a simple skill to Lv5 or above, then seal that part of memory and proficiency into a stone, creating a skill stone.
As Xia Ya crushed the stone, the system prompt sounded:
[You have learned the skill: "Grease Spell Lv5".]
[You have learned the basic Arcanist skill, detected Arcanist class change, accept?]
"Accept."
[You have become an Arcanist, current level 1.]
Xia Ya invested experience to raise it to level 5, bringing his intelligence to 13.5 and perception to 17.5. Strength-wise, it's 0.5/level lower than the Drow Swordsman's strength correction, so it's not calculated.
In just a few seconds, he transformed from a pure Drow Swordsman to a dual-wielding magic and physical fighter, while Empy was still not fully awake.
Xia Ya raised his hand and cast a "Grease Spell".
A sticky, black, oil-like liquid appeared out of thin air, dousing Empy, who squeaked twice and slipped in the oil slick.
It now looked like a helpless marine creature on an environmental poster, unable to open its eyes, let alone stand.
—Control ocean garbage, save Antarctica!
Something like that.
If it had a status bar, it should now read "Disturbed, movement speed reduced by 99%, vision limited".
Then, Xia Ya raised his sword.
He took a step forward, sliding on the black grease, the sword tip aimed at Empy, getting closer and closer.
Before he could strike, Maka suddenly shouted:
"Second match, Xia Ya wins!"
The manhole cover sprang up, colliding with Xia Ya's sword, slightly halting his momentum.
At the same time, a tentacle covered in suckers shot out, wrapping around Empy and pulling it back at lightning speed.
Tsk, Maengron was indeed already in Astan City.
Xia Ya pursed his lips.
That was a deep-sea creature, also the future body of the Holy Seat Archbishop Frederick.
Strangely enough, creatures as strong as dragons are desperate to become human. Yet among humans, those who pursue eternity mostly abandon their human form, turning themselves into something neither human nor ghost.
"Newcomer Xia Ya has brought us endless surprises, he actually defeated the adorable and charming Emperor Penguin Empy! It seems we can't underestimate him. His current record is 2-0, place your bets, the next opponent is about to be revealed!"
A new round of lights flashed, and Maka, riding a wyvern, collected another wave of money.
Then he tossed a portion to Yveline.
"ALL IN."
The Dark Elf said in English, as Xia Ya had taught her, tossing the money back.
"Xia Ya, win." She looked at Maka provocatively.
"Ma'am, are you sure?"
The red-headed mushroom squinted his eyes, not hiding the warning in his words.
"I'm sure."
"Xia Ya, win!"
"I bet on Xia Ya to win too!"
"Me too!"
"Xia Ya wins, hurry up!"
...
For a moment, the arena was filled with thunderous shouts.