[-35 million!]

After John’s Reverse-Class talent had been strengthened, the boost it provided directly raised his damage to a nuclear-blast level.

Although the Ashen Annihilator was Dragonborn and had some resistance to flames, against such terrifying molten fire, he simply could not withstand the burning. His HP was quickly emptied.

A dignified level 200 opponent had fallen just like that beneath the attacks of John, who was only level 100.

From beginning to end, it had taken only two rounds.

The other party’s body was burned by the molten flames at a speed visible to the naked eye, until it became a dried corpse and collapsed to the ground, dying on the spot.

...

Within the Dragonborn territory, the Dragonborn who were watching this Arena were utterly horrified when they saw this scene.

"How could this happen?"

"Lord Ashen Annihilator actually died."

"It’s over. Our strongest Lord Ashen Annihilator has failed."

"Who exactly is that person on the other side? He’s clearly only level 100, so why is his strength so terrifying?"

"If I remember correctly, his class is Assassin, right? Then why does he have such high magic attack as well?"

"The territory our Dragonborn finally managed to seize is going to be carved up again. Damn it!"

"Where exactly did the human race cultivate such a monstrous genius from?"

...

[Second round of the Arena: Human Race victory. Strategic advantage in the Battlefield of All Races has increased. A new main city, Dragon City, has descended upon human territory!]

As the announcement rang out, the morale of the human race soared greatly. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Two consecutive victories had directly raised their admiration for John to the extreme.

To put it in one sentence, even if John surrendered right now, they would still welcome him back without hesitation with the treatment of a hero.

The citizens of the Eaglecrest Empire all sighed with emotion.

"I truly never expected that the Ashen Annihilator, who once seized three consecutive victories in the Arena, would also die at Lord Hero’s hands."

"I have to say, Lord Hero’s strength has far exceeded our imagination."

"With such a powerful Hero among us, why would the human race have to worry about being unable to rise in the future?"

...

The players had also completely boiled over at this moment.

Because the five major Zones were now considered to belong to the same root but different branches, every victory John achieved was equivalent to the five major Zones gaining a new main city at the same time.

Some players had already rushed to Moon God City and purchased many rare pieces of Moon God equipment there.

Now, another Dragon City had appeared. It would definitely contain many pieces of equipment suited for fire-type mages or warriors.

For a time, aside from Zone 1 and Zone 4, which had truly been plundered by him, the players from Zones 2 and 3 began praising John.

[Policia] (Zone 2, Thunder Guild): "To be honest, John is really strong. He’s also winning glory for us humans. We shouldn’t curse him so harshly anymore."

[Cecil] (Zone 4, War God Guild): "Agreed. John is indeed the only pride of our human race."

[Reg] (Zone 1, Glory Guild): "Whoever dares to curse John again is my enemy."

[Damian] (Zone 3, Death Guild): "No matter what, John is still one of us players in the end. We should be cheering for him. How can we curse him?"

[Marcus] (Zone 2, Thunder Guild): "That’s because your Zones haven’t been plundered by him yet. Just wait. Sooner or later, he’ll plunder all of you too. Let’s see whether you’ll still support him then."

[Leonard] (Zone 3, Death Guild): "Fawning after mocking him earlier. What an ugly and laughable face."

The players on both sides each clung to their own arguments and began cursing each other.

...

At this moment, John’s rest period had already ended.

He was about to welcome his next opponent.

[The third round begins. Your opponent this round is...]

A streak of white light appeared before John, and a vague figure began to emerge.

However, in the next instant, a notification rang out, leaving him stunned.

[Your opponent has chosen to surrender voluntarily. This round is considered your victory!]

[Third round of the Arena: Human Race victory. Strategic advantage in the Battlefield of All Races has increased. A new main city, Darkwing City, has descended upon human territory!]

When they heard this notification, everyone was dumbfounded.

What was going on?

They had not even fought, and the opponent had surrendered directly?

John rubbed his chin, finding it somewhat amusing.

"What is this supposed to be? Did I scare him that badly?"

At the same time, within a dark star domain, a crowned figure fled back from the arena space in panic.

He was the level 250 Darkwing King, who specialized in controlling the power of dark magic.

With his dark magic, he could perfectly unleash a magic combo of control and explosive damage. He had already achieved ten consecutive victories in the Arena, expanding his Darkwing territory by several pieces.

However, just as he thought he would be able to gain another piece of territory today, he saw that the contestants of both the Moonfolk and the Dragonborn had not only died violently, but had even been forced to cede a large chunk of territory to the human race.

What frightened him even more was John’s terrifying damage.

Its upper limit was completely impossible to see.

Every attack was an instant kill, while his opponents could not deal even the slightest bit of damage to him.

Although John looked ordinary on the panel, once real combat began, the battle power he displayed made the Darkwing King feel a deep chill.

"My King, why did you flee without fighting?"

"My King, what exactly are you doing?"

"My King, are you trying to abandon us?"

Because the Darkwing King had fled without fighting, a large portion of his shadow territory was directly cut away and transformed into Darkwing City, becoming part of human territory.

There were also many Darkwing citizens living there, and all of them had been cut off along with the land.

It was easy to imagine that the Darkwing citizens in that portion of territory would become slaves or cannon fodder for the human race!

The remaining Darkwing citizens immediately became dissatisfied and began complaining one after another.

However, the Darkwing King’s expression turned cold and stern.

A terrifying pressure erupted from his body, suppressing all the voices.

He said coldly, "Can you people use your brains? With that human’s terrifying combat power, continuing to fight would only mean throwing my life away for nothing, while still losing territory.

"When the time comes, without my protection, do you lot, whose average level isn’t even 150, really think you can defend our current territory?

"Rather than losing both my life and our land, it is better to cede land and preserve my life.

"As long as I do not face that human brat again, sooner or later, I can plunder the lost territory back from other races."

The Darkwing King’s words instantly left the remaining Darkwing citizens speechless.

There was no other way.

The oppressive feeling John had displayed was simply too strong.

Even before he had truly made a move, he had already forced the ruler of an entire nation to surrender voluntarily!

...

As the round-based matches came to an end, the clouds and mist around John’s arena began to disperse layer by layer, quickly revealing even more arenas.

John looked around.

There were still a full 64 arenas.

At this moment, all the arenas rapidly merged together, transforming into an extremely vast square.

[Due to the fleeing incident that occurred in the previous round, the originally scheduled unrestricted matches have been canceled. The final round of multi-unit battle will begin directly.]

[This battle will last for half an hour. If no combat occurs within half an hour, all contestants will safely return to their respective domains!]