Chapter 164
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Chapter 164: A Bet!
"100 years of soul lifespan. Do you dare to bet?"
Jiang Chen couldn’t help but show a mischievous smile, at this moment, every inch of his skin seemed to exist to mock President Good Person.
Betting is required when starting a challenge.
The minimum bet is one year of soul lifespan, and there’s no maximum limit.
You can bet other things, like equipment or money.
There are only two ways to determine the winner: either the opponent surrenders, or you defeat them!
Killing the opponent doesn’t actually result in real death, it just resets them to their state before entering the game.
However, in the death arena, being killed means actually losing.
Plus, there will be a doubled death penalty!
Players can choose the level of the arena, with higher levels resulting in greater penalties upon death.
The soul lifespan deducted will not be gained by the winner, but will be absorbed by some unknown entity.
Players usually avoid the death arena, as there are no benefits for either side.
There is no intense hatred or grudges that would lead to entering the death arena.
Because of the current progress, most of the battle standards set by players are about a ten-year soul lifespan.
Some people also bet money, but only a small part of them.
Like Jiang Chen, who bets one hundred years at a time, that’s really not a small number!
Note that this bet of one hundred years involves both people contributing one hundred years of lifespan, not one person giving up fifty years!
Keep in mind, even the player with the highest soul lifespan at this stage has not exceeded five hundred years!
Currently, the average soul lifespan of players is only between 110 and 270 years.
Losing those 100 years would be a huge loss for anyone!
For the frontline strategy team, losing one hundred years of soul lifespan would directly reduce their abilities by up to thirty percent!
It could even be half!
Especially for professions like wizards that heavily rely on soul lifespan!
Jiang Chen may not know about others, but the President Good Person seems to be from both the War and Holy Sect schools.
The more schools one belongs to, the higher the bonus to soul lifespan eaten.
If they lose this time, President Good Person’s strength will definitely take a big hit!
Especially when President Good Person is still a top player, if he loses, all those Victory Points will be erased!
On the -1 floor, there is a huge stone stele where players can check the Heavenly Stairway List.
The Heavenly Stairway List shows each player’s Victory Points.
Winning against a player grants one Victory Point, but losing means losing all Victory Points.
The top 100 players with the most Victory Points will receive real rewards.
The top 100 players with the most Victory Points will have their names displayed directly on the Heavenly Stairway List, without needing to search.
These people just need to make sure they don’t fall out of the ranking list to receive a certain amount of fame every morning.
The higher the ranking, the more fame they receive.
The reward for first place is 1000 fame points daily, but this first place position changes almost every day.
No one has ever stayed in first place for more than three days in a row.
There’s no way around it, player competition is too fierce now.
Studios and companies have already started spending money to buy victories.
This kind of thing is not uncommon, almost all of the top 100 players initially are these people.
But that quickly changes.
Because the Heavenly Stairway List has a special rule, which means top players cannot refuse challenges from lower-ranked players!
If they refuse, they will lose one-tenth of their Victory Points.
Due to this rule, the ranking list initially favored skilled players instead of those who paid for boosting services.
It’s like making a wedding dress for someone else.
Losing all Victory Points in one go and being unable to decline challenges, who can stay securely in that seat?
If you find it troublesome and a waste of time, you can simply let go of your Victory Points.
That way, you won’t be bothered anymore.
If you want to gain strategy resources and the prestige rewards from the ranking list, you must have recognized skills!
Only when others think it’s impossible to beat you, they won’t challenge you out of luck.
Because they will be punished for failing, no one is going there willingly to be defeated.
This depends on whether one’s actions match their morals.
If you don’t have the strength, but still insist on using tricks to get that position…
Isn’t it natural for that group of people to challenge you all the time?
However, the ranking list is much more stable now, unlike in the beginning when it changed drastically almost every day!
Now, the players on the ranking list are all top-notch.
Among them, there are the most players from China, with players from over twenty other countries as well.
Moreover, almost all these ranked players share a common trait!
That is, they all specialize in a Shadow School or War School in their profession!
Without a doubt, the only two schools that can reach the second job tier in the current version!
These two professions have quite a terrifying dominance!
The War school is needless to say, it has been very strong since the previous version, and it remains extremely popular in this version!
It has almost become the answer for this version, a guiding light for new players, and one of the professions that top players must switch to!
On the other hand, the Shadow school is quite extreme, as it is not as strong in terms of power.
Even though it is weak even at the second job tier, it has unparalleled dominance in solo combat!
By looking at the current Heavenly Stairway List, you can find the answer.
Flawless Egg That No Fly Bites.
This guy used to be at the top of the list before, then got pushed down by others, and now has reclaimed the first position.
I wonder how many days I can stay this time.
I have been working for two days straight now.
President Good Person is a player on the list, ranking 64th on the Heavenly Stairway List and earning 31 points every day.
Yes, it’s really that few.
Except for the top ten, the rewards for the Hundred People List are really pitifully low.
The 1st place gets 1000, the 2nd place gets 900, and the 3rd place gets 800.
The 4th place gets 700, the 5th place gets 600, and the 6th place gets 500.
The 7th place gets 400, the 8th place gets 300, and the 9th place gets 200.
The 10th place gets 100.
The 11th place is 89.
The 12th place is 88.
It can be seen that from the 10th place onwards, the rewards for reputation in the ranking list are very few.
Just like players never focus beyond the top 10.
Will you pay attention to the 11th place?
If you have time, why not pay attention to the top three instead?
Nevertheless, even if you are ranked in the eighties or nineties, as long as you can climb up the Heavenly Stairway List.
Then you have something to brag about!
Therefore, being ranked 69 as President Good Person is quite prestigious.
Jiang Chen didn’t originally care about this, but since this guy insisted on giving him a title.
Then he also didn’t recommend accepting it!
"Not daring to gamble?"
President Good Person’s face looked a little embarrassed, with so many people watching. If he said he was scared, how would he save face?
But after all, the stakes were so high…
As the president of a large guild, he had to consider this carefully.
He just wanted to use Jiang Chen’s current title to see if he could beat him.
If he lost, it didn’t matter, anyway this guy was now recognized by players as the strongest.
It wouldn’t be embarrassing to lose to him.
If we win, we will make a lot of money!
But if we add 100 years of soul lifespan, then it’s not worth it!
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