Chapter 231 Preliminary

"As newcomers, no matter how well you perform in your first match, the highest you can advance is the 50th floor." Biscuit explained.

"How long will it take to reach the 200th floor?" Law asked.

"After reaching the 50th floor, you can advance 10 floors for each victory, and you can only fight twice a day." Biscuit said, holding up two fingers, "So, you need a week to reach the 200th floor."

Biscuit's conclusion was based on Law and Buhara would win every match. When the surrounding contestants heard it, they couldn't help but think she was being arrogant, and their expressions showed clear displeasure.

"Only two fights per day, huh? If we could do ten or more, it'd be much faster." Law mused as he observed the fights below. There were only a handful of Nen User contestants, and most of them are just ordinary people.

Three minutes of competition time is often not enough to determine the winner, so the decision will be in the hands of the referee. Matches that can be decided within three minutes are usually one-sided.

After watching for a while, Law noticed that many contestants were seriously injured and were carried away by the staff.

The rules were minimal, with the main condition for victory being to knock the opponent down. As a result, fighters went all out to achieve that goal.

An hour later, an announcement came over the loudspeaker: "Contestants No. 2652 and No. 2714, please proceed to Ring F."

Hearing his number being called, Law, who was about to doze off, suddenly perked up. His number was 2652, and Buhara's number was 2653. These numbers represented the number of contestants before they registered.

"I'll go first."

Law said as he stood, casually acknowledging the group before heading down.

Contestants were eliminated every minute, but there were still many people in the audience seats.

Law looked to be only about fifteen years old, so among the contestants whose average age was twenty, he could only be considered a kid.

Most of the contestants who came to participate in the competition were big and strong, with their arms thicker than Law's thighs. Many of them only judged strength based on physique.

Therefore, when the contestants sitting in the audience saw Law walking towards the ring, although they did not make noises or laugh at him, they all shot him disdainful looks.

Law stepped onto Ring F, where Contestant No. 2714 was already waiting. He was a bald man who was even stronger than Buhara. His thick black beard was unkempt and wild, making him look even more rugged.

After seeing Law, the bald man cracked his knuckles, and sneered: "Looks like my luck just turned around. Hey, kid, this isn't a playground."

Law ignored him and looked straight at the referee, waiting for the match to begin.

Noticing the matchup, many contestants in the stands turned their attention to Ring F. It's because the body shape difference between Law and the bald man was too great, and Law's handsome face and young age could not be concealed by his height.

"Big guy, you're in luck!"

"Knock that clueless brat off the ring with one punch!"

"Kill him!"

After noticing the Ring F, the nosy contestants erupted in jeers and taunts, wanting the bald man to demolish Law.

The referee, unfazed by the noise, proceeded with the usual announcement, "In the first-floor matches, your performance will determine your standing. Please do your best within the three-minute limit."

The moment the referee finished speaking, he wasted no time, raising his hand and declaring: "Begin!"

The bald man couldn't wait any longer. If he could knock Law out of the ring with a single punch, his evaluation would improve significantly. Combined with his previous record in the Heavens Arena, he might even get promoted straight to the hundredth floor.

"Haha! Today, I'll teach you a lesson."

With a wild laugh, the bald man charged at Law, throwing a punch with all his strength.

There was no way he would hold back. After all, in these preliminary rounds, showing as strong a strength as possible would affect the referee's final decision.

Looking at the bald man's full-strength punch, Law simply raised his hand and easily caught the punch without even moving a step.

Law did not use any Nen, but caught it with pure physical strength.

"Huh?"

Seeing his full-strength punch was easily caught, the bald man was stunned, and the next second, he was flying.

Law swung his arm and threw the bald man into the air.

The contestants who had been making a fuss just now were all dumbfounded and shut their mouths when they saw this scene.

The bald man let out a miserable scream as his massive body was thrown to the entrance of the five-story auditorium. His tall and strong body hit the wall heavily with a loud bang, and a cloud of dust quickly spread.

After throwing the bald man away, Law looked at the referee, who was speechlessly looking at the smoke-filled entrance near the audience seats in the distance.

After a moment, the referee shook himself from his daze, pulled out a machine resembling a card scanner, and tapped a few keys, and a beeping sound came out.

Beep beep!

A piece of paper popped out from the top of the machine. The referee tore off the paper, handed it to Law, and said, "No. 2652, you can go to the 50th floor."

Only after their floors are arranged that the contestants will be called by their original names instead of a number.

"OK."

After Law took the paper, he jumped off the ring and walked straight back to the spectator stands.

At this moment, the contestants who had previously looked down on him now had completely different expressions.

Law still ignored these looks. After he returned to his original seat, he waved the paper in his hand, and said, "It really is the 50th floor."

He had deliberately thrown the bald man that far for dramatic effect, but as Biscuit had said, no matter how impressive a newcomer's performance was, they would only be placed on the fiftieth floor to start, then continue climbing up ten floors at a time.

"Only when you reach the 200th floor can you meet a qualified opponent." Biscuit muttered, looking bored. The matches at lower floor were not entertaining at all, as it were just crude brawls with no skill or strategy.

"Yeah." Law nodded.

Only contestants above the two-hundredth floor used Nen. Only there can one truly distinguish between the strong and the weak. Even though there are some contestants at the lower floors who have great skills, it will be useless if they don't know how to use Nen.

"Contestants No. 2653 and No. 2722, please proceed to Ring A." The announcement came right on cue.

"It's my turn."

Buhara said as he stood up.

"Finish it quickly." Law said.

Buhara nodded firmly, then ran to the ring.

Seeing Buhara getting on the ring, Law turned his head to look at the silent Sanbica and said, "I think you should enter too. It's always a good thing to gain some combat experience."

"I don't like fighting." Sanbica replied softly.

"Alright."

Law turned his attention back to Ring A, only to see that Buhara had already knocked his opponent out of the ring and won. He was also assigned to the 50th floor by the referee.

Buhara returned to the audience seats with the paper in hand.

"When you get to the fiftieth floor, hand the slip to the receptionist. She'll explain everything you need to know about the floors below 200th. Sanbica and I won't be going with you. It's too boring."

Biscuit was too lazy to stay any longer. Only the battles above the two-hundredth floor were worth watching. Besides, the two of them were not contestants, so they needed to find a hotel nearby.

"Got it."

Law responded.

With that, the group split up, Law and Buhara headed for the elevators, while Biscuit and Sanbica left the Heavens Arena.

When they got outside, the long registration line had shrunk by more than half, though new contestants continued to join the queue.

At least four thousand people signed up every day, so this is the norm in the Heavens Arena.

"Although your Nen Techniques have improved a lot during this period, your combat experience is still weaker than Law's." On the way to the hotel, Biscuit suddenly said.

After hearing what Biscuit said, Sanbica remained silent.