Miles's turn only came after an hour. He walked to the side of the arena and touched one of the devices. Device read his thoughts and led him to one of the ten arenas he would fight in.

Miles followed the path and stood against Reynold looking at him murderously. He willed it, and his signature armor covered his body.

“Marooner! I was looking all over for you, but you are pretty good at hiding, like the rat you are.” Reynold said with a mocking smile.

Miles didn’t answer. He started to walk towards Reynold who was looking unfazed. But Miles could see his posture was actually free of openings. Although he looked relaxed, he was ready to fight back any second. But too bad for him, his opponent was Miles.

Reynold was already a pinnacle-tier hunter. He wasn’t at the peak of it yet, but he wasn’t weak either. When he saw Marooner’s video, he concluded that he could fight back with his superpower. His superpower was Steel Shield. It was his superpower that helped him run away with his life intact from the maw of the monster in the first place. Although he lost his arm, he was still able to create a shield around his body and fight against the monster.

Purple lightning swam on the maroon armor, and currents formed one after the other, crackling with lightning. Miles directed all the lightning to his legs and feet. He and Reynold were eying each other, and neither side was moving.

“As cowar—” As soon as Reynold opened his mouth, Miles vanished with a flash of lightning and appeared behind Reynold. A giant steel shield appeared between the two, but Miles predicted this outcome already. He sidestepped the shield, and with a swift movement, passed the semi-formed shield. His arm, like a giant serpent, laid in an ambush, moved towards the back of Reynold’s head.

Cracking with lightning, the punch found its target at the speed of sound and hit the flesh and skull with a great thud.

The gruesome flesh and blood, brain and skull flew into the air and painted the wall across with red and grey. Miles took back his arm and stepped over Raynold’s body on the ground without caring. The killing was allowed in the competition but it was frowned upon. So he didn’t want to loot the guy, and he wasn’t that optimistic either.

He left the arena by touching the device. After recognizing a dead body, a giant ball of fire descended their part of the arena and incinerated the poor Reynold to ashes.

Miles sat on the seat in the arena with everyone looking at him with different emotions. Tian Ling and his goons looked at him with murderous eyes, while most were trembling with fear. But infights outside of the arena were not allowed. Neither army nor the creators of the arena would allow it.

Miles sat with his armor still on and kept on watching fights. The strongest people already showed themselves. Quinn won in the first round. Porseila and Mihr Orril fought against different opponents in the second batch. Miles won his fight in the third batch.

Soon all the first fights finished. Tian Ling, Lucy, and many others finished their fights. No one else died in the first round except poor Reynold, so when the following fights started, people were still looking at Miles.

To Miles's surprise, Cody and the guy he purchased the car from were there too and they both won their first fights. Cody had the wood elemental ability. He trapped his enemies and forced them to surrender, while the other guy had poison elemental ability. A whiff and his opponents would fall down.

Miles’s mouth was twitching as he watched their fights. He looked at their numbers to see if he would encounter them. He wasn’t sure if he could beat the poisonous guy easily. After all the armor wasn’t filtering the air.

Not long after the second round started. The first five in the first batch, and the other in second matched against each other. So, Miles's fight would be in the tenth batch this time and would fight against a participant from the ninth batch.

When it was his turn again, he appeared in the arena and there was a petite girl with crimson red hair standing against him. The girl had freckles on her face and green eyes filled with admiration. She looked at Miles and started to dash without greeting.

As Miles was about to take his posture, the girl squawked excitedly, “Marooner please sign an autograph for me!” She was holding a pen and was reaching it out for Miles to grab.

“Um, sure.” Miles took the pen nervously and sighed in relief. He, for a second, thought the girl was dashing to attack. Luckily, he didn’t attack and waited for the girl to arrive. “Where should I sign, do you have any paper?”

“Shot! I forgot to bring paper.” The girl looked around nervously. Looked like trying to find something Miles could sign. After thinking for a while, she put her hand in her blouse and brought out a bra. “Please sign this.”

Miles’s blood rushed to his face, as he looked at the pink bra. The girl was reaching for it out, but Miles's hands were too shaky to grab it. He calmed down and held the bra, but he couldn’t sign in the air.

“Here, use me as a desk.” The girl said as she slightly bent over. Now free from the bra, her assets danced wildly. Miles kept his eyes away from there and placed the bra on the girl's back. After signing it he gave it back quickly. Thankfully the girl bowed and left the arena, forfeited. While bowing, her jiggles moved arousingly once again.

Miles returned to the seats awkwardly. His following opponents all forfeited by either not showing up at all, or asking for his signature. Most of the participants were there for fun anyway.

Miles looked at his fifth opponent and noticed it was the sneak guy with the poison element. He looked weird and thought of strategies. He had to finish it quickly.