A Top Scholar in Everything-Chapter 1001 - 987: Challenger Gladiatorial Arena

Medusa seemed uninterested in the three of them. After opening the entrance to the Seven-Layered Underground Palace, she didn't care whether they stayed or left.

Instead, she sat alone on a nearby bench, leafing through a parchment book.

Baiyu found this scene incredibly strange. Clearly, she should be the Gatekeeper of the entrance, but her attitude was so perfunctory, not at all like a Gatekeeper.

Initially, he thought they would have a big battle.

But now it felt like punching right into cotton.

Just as the three were about to enter the Underground Palace, footsteps suddenly sounded outside the stone palace, suggesting a small group of Martial Artists had also made their way here.

However, they didn't enter rashly, standing from a distance to observe the stone palace, clearly being extremely cautious.

After observing for a while,

they started to walk slowly into the corridor in front of the palace.

But the moment they stepped onto the corridor, their entire bodies suddenly petrified, turning into stone statues right there, devoid of any life.

Medusa continued to read her book.

Baiyu finally understood why she was so calm. Clearly, this place had a detection mechanism. If one was strong enough to step inside the palace, Medusa naturally wouldn't attack.

If one wasn't strong enough to enter the palace,

one would be petrified in the corridor outside the palace, never getting close to Medusa.

Hence, she was so leisurely there.

"Let's go."

Machima glanced at Medusa but said nothing further, leading the way into the Underground Palace.

Baiyu and Cai followed closely behind.

After the three entered, a large cohort of Mechanical Undead marched in precise harmony, like the most disciplined army in the world.

...

There was almost no light source below the Underground Palace.

Cai took out a light sphere from his body, illuminating the dark tunnel.

The three were in the middle of the Mechanical Undead troop, with fearless Mechanical Undead breaking the path, making the progress smooth and steady.

Soon, the first layer of the Underground Palace appeared before them.

Rather than an Underground Palace,

it's more appropriate to call it a real underground world.

Although it was unclear how Seven Coils entered here, the space inside could definitely accommodate such a giant.

Considering the size of this first layer of the Underground Palace,

the entire Aerial Garden was evidently hollowed out internally to become a seven-layered Underground Palace, somewhat resembling Zenith City.

But its area,

was much larger than Zenith City.

The entire Underground Palace was silent, with buildings from ancient times still standing, but no living creatures in sight.

"The first layer is called the Challenge Palace. See that huge coliseum in the center? That's where Seven Coils punished criminals and entertained himself and his followers.

While Seven Coils is the Stone Origin God,

his savage and brutal nature makes him fond of bloody combats as a form of sacrifice."

Machima pointed to the vast and terrifying circular building in the center.

From afar,

the building was roughly the size of ten stadiums, capable of holding a hundred thousand people at once.

Machima's target was this ancient coliseum-like building.

However, apart from the massive coliseum, most other buildings in the first layer of the Underground Palace were dilapidated. Anything valuable would surely be in the central coliseum.

The three walked all the way to the coliseum.

Only to find a gigantic light sphere suspended above, providing light to the dark coliseum.

The light sphere felt familiar to Baiyu.

It reminded him of the intelligent light sphere on the arena in the Battlefield of the Yellow Sand World.

The three stepped into the coliseum.

The center was a vast, flat area, tiled neatly, with circular spectator seats on the surrounding high platforms.

A faint scent of blood wafted in.

On the walls between the coliseum and the spectator seats were clusters of bright flames hanging, crackling as they burned, providing light and warmth to the coliseum.

The three did not step into the coliseum immediately but sat in the spectator seats.

In the center of the coliseum,

two corpses lay on the ground, being dragged out by two stone figures, leaving two long bloodstains on the ground.

Until they disappeared through the iron grilles in the wall beside the coliseum.

"They appear to be from the three major families, and they seem to be the direct line." Baiyu frowned. Although the lighting was dim earlier, the attire of the three families was distinctive and easily recognizable.

Machima nodded: "It looks like this coliseum is still operational."

The two died from the coliseum combat,

which was eerily strange in the otherwise empty coliseum.

"Could it be that entering the coliseum is necessary to trigger changes?" At this point, Cai proposed a bold guess.

She was the type to act on her thoughts immediately.

Since she had the idea, she immediately deployed Mechanical Undead onto the field. These beings would respawn in the Mechanical Cabin even if destroyed in the coliseum, so being instantly killed in the coliseum was inconsequential.

However,

a Mechanical Undead stood in the coliseum, but there was no response at all.

Cai helplessly recalled the Mechanical Undead and leaped down herself.

This triggered,

the flames around the coliseum to rapidly swell and rise, making it impossible for Machima and Baiyu on the spectator seats to re-enter the coliseum.

"Challenger, to gain acknowledgment from the God of the Seven Heads, you must pass your trial."

At that moment,

the light sphere suspended above the coliseum suddenly spoke.

Unlike the rhythmic female voice of the light sphere in the Battlefield, this voice was androgynous and indistinct.

After the voice fell,

a beam of light suddenly appeared opposite Cai, and a towering figure gradually formed within the light.

The figure was about two meters tall, humanoid,

clad in pitch-black spiked armor, wielding a giant sword, with eyes and skin both deep blue.

Demon Race!

Seeing the demon horns on his head and the peculiar skin tone, Baiyu instantly recognized the figure's identity.

"Would a member of the Demon Race appear here?"

Baiyu looked toward Machima.

The latter replied solemnly: "The Demon Race has existed since Ancient Times and was once a super race. During the Frost Imperial era, they were hunted extensively, which is why their current numbers pose no threat to humanity.

This Demon Race warrior,

is likely someone sealed by special means in the coliseum from Ancient Times, so his combat strength far exceeds that of the typical six-horned Demon Race."

As Machima explained to Baiyu,

in the coliseum,

Cai was already engaged with the Demon Race Warrior.

The opponent swung his giant sword broadly, and his pitch-black armor could actually deflect Cai's laser shots.

For a while,

Cai was pushed back in succession by the giant sword.

However, the rhythm of the battlefield remained calm. Though Cai was defending, she handled it with ease, clearly finding it not difficult to deal with the Demon Race Warrior.

Sure enough,

after seizing an opportunity, Cai reached out with one hand and instantly twisted off the opponent's head.