If you want to draw an analogy, Flash City is similar to Los Angeles on Earth.

One of the world's three largest airship manufacturing companies, 'Windless Bird' and 'Hyram', is based in the city. At the same time, the food and clothing industries here are also extremely developed, and the world's largest airship airport and important port "Flash Port" are located in the city, ranking first in the world in terms of cargo throughput.

After more than seven hours of train rides, Heather finally arrived in Shine City, but Heather's travel destination was not here.

The travel writer Gogai he met on the train earlier had already gotten off the train halfway and didn't even dare to say hello, and it seemed that he also understood that his hidden intentions had been discovered by Heather, so he slipped away.

However, Heather did not take this person to heart at all, but focused all her attention on the novel.

After leaving the train station, Heather chose the city's most famous restaurant, the High Rock Fireplace Palace, as the location of her dinner battle, according to the recommendations in the Flash City Travel Guide.

As the name suggests, Goyan Fireplace Hall is a restaurant that specializes in barbecue, and it is a barbecue restaurant that specializes in using an open-flame grill. Whole sausages, blackened ribs waiting to be cut, and juicy beef briskets are like Christmas tree lights, happily hanging around the oversized open flame oven in the center of the restaurant.

The recommended menu that the restaurant is proud of is the 'Imperial Course'. The oversized plate is stacked with juicy roasted beef brisket, crispy charred salad, shivering sausages, ribs with a sweet sauce, a bowl of 32 condiments (which can be renewed indefinitely), pickles, baked potatoes cut in half, and a bottle of cold beer freshly brought out of the ice.

Heather must admit that the meal was indeed enjoyable.

Arrive at Hiram International Airport at 8:40 p.m., which is located at the northernmost point of the city of Flash and even the continent of Youlubian, and you can reach the Sky Arena from here.

There are no planes in the hunter world, but there are a lot of airships.

The 100,000 Rings airship ticket is really worth the money, the super giant airship the size of a football field inside is not slow, and the airship meal of Hiram Airlines is simple but tastes quite good, especially the coffee and cake are superb.

Ding dong!

"Dear passengers, thank you for taking the Hiram Airlines airship, the Sky Arena is coming soon, please do not walk around from your seat, there will be a slight vibration when you land, please don't worry......"

Heather lifted her blindfold and stretched comfortably, looking out of the airship window beside her.

The weather was not good, and I saw a huge tower with various buildings and exhibition stands on the surface, towering into the sky, looking from a distance like a giant sword stirring heavy clouds.

The Sky Arena, with a total of 251 layers and a height of 991 meters, is the fourth tallest building in the world.

Walking out of the air platform with the crowd, Heather found dozens of special buses parked at the door, heading straight to the Sky Arena. The Sky Arena is located in the 'Yoske District' on the mainland of Archifer, adjacent to the Republic of Batochia, and all the surrounding public facilities, residences and even cities are completely built around the Sky Arena.

Sky Arena, the bottom of the tower.

Heather looked at the almost endless queue and couldn't help but scratch her head: "Is it so lively?" ”

I looked down at the brochure in my hand, which was a free brochure distributed by the tour guide to everyone in line.

[There are no strict rules, as long as you can defeat your opponent, you can advance.] 】

[Whenever a player advances, the floor will rise, and the prize money will increase as the floor climbs.] 】

[On average, 4,000 people challenge the higher floors every day.] 】

[More than one billion visitors enter the venue every year, and there are all kinds of facilities in the venue.] 】

[High-level warriors can even own an entire floor.] 】

[This is the holy land of barbarians and the paradise of martial artists. 】

The line looked long, and its implementation was fast, and within an hour it was Heather's turn.

"Welcome to the Sky Arena, please fill out your profile here. Because it is related to the opponent and the difficulty, please fill in the information truthfully in order to ensure your safety. ”

At the registration window, a female receptionist wearing a uniform with a fist pattern on it looked sweet and had a gentle voice, and handed the form to Heather with both hands.

Name, age, and gender are not a problem, the main thing is the last [Fighting Experience]. Heather thought about it and filled in [15 years].

In this way, you can arrange for a referee with excellent vision and a more interesting opponent, right?

When you walk into the lobby on the first floor of the Sky Arena, you can really realize what a huge building it is, and on the first floor, in addition to the hall that can accommodate thousands of people, there are several 'small' venues, each with its own number.

Heather, numbered [2415], was assigned to Division F. It's a huge square arena with hundreds of people sitting in the seats in all four directions, ranging from contestants preparing to take the field to enthusiastic spectators who are betting and shouting.

There are 16 square tables in the center of the arena 4X4, each with two people fighting hard, and each stage has its own referee to review.

"Contestants 2415 and 1793, please come to Ring K."

After sitting in the stands for a while, it was Heather's turn to play, and it seemed that the computer immediately drew the number.

Amid the noisy cheers of the spectators in the stands, Heather and a muscular giant man walked into the ring, and it was unknown who the cheers of those spectators were for.

"It's Montel! This guy is so lucky, the opponent is actually a skinny monkey! ”

"Little ghost, don't be scared to pee your pants, hahaha!"

"Replace me! This is the best chance to advance! ”

The corners of Heather's mouth twitched, well, it seems that the cheers were not for herself.

The squint-eyed referee stood next to the ring and explained:

"In the competition on the first floor, the strength of the contestants will be judged according to the victory or defeat, so please try your best to play your strength within three minutes."

"So...... Begin! ”

The giant man known as Montel rattled his knuckles and made a muffled sound: "Boy, don't blame me for being heavy, go to the hospital and lie down for two months!" ”

The whole person was like an angry male rhinoceros and rushed towards Heather, and the ring was constantly smashed with loud noises by heavy footsteps, very good, just such a punch KO this four-eyed little monkey!

He threw a punch at Heather, only to realize that there was no actual touch on his fist before he could be triad, he just hit Heather's afterimage. Then Montel felt a numb in his stomach, and as the object in front of him blurred and quickly retreated, he realized that he was flying.

The noise in the stands stopped abruptly like a hen being choked by the neck.

From the perspective of the referees and spectators, a giant man with a height of more than two meters was blown up several meters from the ring by a punch, and smashed into a solid wall dozens of meters away like a cannonball, this visual impact is really excessive.

"Don't worry, he's still alive."

Heather looked at the sluggish referee and smiled, this is a fried fish, right?

"Number 2415, you can go directly to the fiftieth floor."

In the face of Heather's deliberate [thoughts] at this time, the referee didn't notice it at all, just took the instrument in his hand and typed out a bill and handed it to Heather: "Please continue to work hard." ”

That's right, how could the referee who could see the reading be sent to the first layer to watch the rookies peck each other? Heather, who felt like she was showing the blind man, took the slip with her number and floor number printed on it.

"Please go this way."

It's a beautiful hostess again, and Sky Arena knows it very well. Heather followed the lively hostess to the elevator, and her ears were full of chirping:

"In the Sky Arena, up to the 200th floor, the 10th floor is the first level, which means that if you win on the 50th floor, you can advance to the 60th floor. If defeated, they will be demoted to the 40th floor. There will even be private rooms after passing through the hundredth floor. ”

Finally getting rid of the lively hostess, Heather reached the sixtieth floor via the elevator.

The atmosphere here is completely different from the first floor, there are fewer players, but everyone is a good player who has been trained for a long time.

I found the hospitality window and showed the ticket, and the prize money I got was only a pitiful 152 rings.

"That's enough to buy a can of juice."

Heather reluctantly stuffed the coins into his pocket and said to the receptionist, "Please arrange the next game for me as soon as possible." ”

"Huh? Don't you need a break? The usher was a little surprised, didn't this person just come up from the lower ranks? I guess I'm tired, right?

"Not at all, please arrange it for me."

"Okay, wait a minute...... Please use this ticket to the Players' Lounge. ”

The humble lounge has only a few rows of lockers and benches, and the room is full of contestants. As soon as Heather entered, she was noticed by many players, and everyone wondered how this thin four-eyed field chicken was put on the fiftieth floor, bribing the referee?

"Mr. Tuoma, Mr. Long Simian, please go to the fifty-fifth floor A ring."

"Mr. Mario, Ms. Coopa, please come to Ring B on the fifty-seventh floor."

Hey? Did you just hear some strange name? Heather sat bored in the lounge waiting, seemingly scattered among the ten floors for the fighters to fight.

About twenty minutes later, Heather heard her name appear on the radio.

"Mr. Dakado, Mr. Heather, please come to Ring C on the fifty-ninth floor."

Ring C, located on the 59th floor, is different from the first floor, and the auditorium that can accommodate thousands of people is already full, and the lights are shining on the only ring in the center, and the two sides are waiting for the referee to give orders.

"Ladies and gentlemen! I've kept you waiting! ”

"The next game will not disappoint you!"

The hostess wearing a headset spoke in a very fast tone that mobilized the emotions of the audience:

"The two sides should not be underestimated! Because both of them were strong ones who performed well on the first layer and jumped directly to the fiftieth layer! The big screen will now show the two of them fighting before. ”

Four large screens hanging from the top of the ring simultaneously showed the battle between Heather and the man named Darkado.

"Mr. Dakado is like an immovable mountain, and no matter what kind of attack falls on him, it will not leave the slightest scar! The blow-back can even blow the curtain above the audience! ”

"Mr. Heather is as fast as lightning, extremely fast speed can create an afterimage effect, and his thin body contains infinite strange power, and the two-hundred-kilogram giant man was directly hit by him to hit a home run!"

"Guys, are you ready to place your bets? So, now press the button! ”

Drip ——!!

The screen shows that the odds of Heather and Dhakado are 2.075 and 1.500 respectively.

"Judging from the betting results, Dhakado is more optimistic! Sure enough, it's because of that invincible defense that everyone has more confidence in Dhakado, right? ”

Tsk, it's underestimated.

Heather moved her arm and looked to the other side. The man named Dakado was a strong man about two meters tall, with no scars on his bare upper body, and his shaved scalp was blue, and he was also staring at Heather with burning eyes and full of confidence.

"This game will be played in three minutes and three rounds, and the points knockdown system will be conducted."

"Let's go!"