As someone who prioritizes killing others, I'm forced to stream a death game.

"The rules of the Martial Arts Festival are very simple. Basically, it can be seen as all the forces in the east using their respective forces to snatch 'criminals' sent in through the East Gate at a certain time."

"These criminals were supposedly thrown in from outside the central courtyard because of all sorts of crimes they had committed."

"But whether that's actually the case remains to be seen."

"According to the existing intelligence, some players will be sent in as criminals from outside the Central Court when they first enter 'Eternal Night' - and then, they have a high probability of running into the Martial Priest."

"It's just that you've seen that perspective of being locked in a cage waiting to be assigned a lot."

"Going to fight the martial arts ceremony to gain the perspective of these slaves, this should be the first time you've seen this before, right?"

After arriving at the Martial Arts Festival venue, Liu Ren continued to multitask, using Xiao Yu AI's ability to turn his inner thoughts into voice and relay them to the live stream.

He did not speak in "Eternal Night".

But viewers can hear his voice in the live stream room at the border.

At this time, Liu Ren's live stream viewership also rebounded from below one million.

And carrying the gimmick of "coming back from the dead," it surged to 1.2 million views.

This is truly the first time I've seen this.

[Brother Liu, how confident are you about your chances in the Martial Arts Competition?]

[Should we just skip the Martial Arts Festival altogether? What if another one gets sent?]

【What do you mean "again"? Our Brother Liu has never sent one, okay?】

[Exactly, can you call escaping death a "sending"? It's bad luck!]

Seeing this, Liu Ren replied, "Generally speaking, there's no way to do it—look, I've already reported to the Qingtian Gang's temporary headquarters at the East Gate. The list of participants for each second-rate force participating in the Martial Arts Festival is very clear. If someone runs away at the last minute and becomes a deserter, they won't be able to return to the Qingtian Gang."

【Then let's not go back.】

[Exactly! With that kind of talent, the streamer could easily be a nobody!]

Although being a nobody comes with many restrictions, the advantage is freedom!

They're like a bunch of mercenaries.

[And it seems they'll work their lives away as long as they're fed.]

[…So, given all this, why not just join some second-rate faction?]

Even second-rate powers can't necessarily feed everyone properly.

Some resentment naturally led to resentment.

"With strength, you are free to go anywhere. Without strength, everywhere is a prison."

[It seems to be true. ]

Even if you replace 'strength' with 'money,' it doesn't seem to make any difference.

[Ah, money! With money, the sky's the limit. No money... what's there to say? "Eternal Night" welcomes you with a gamble.]

In reality, most people don't even have a choice.

[The streamer is already pretty awesome, at P5. If he can hold on, surviving in "Eternal Night" for a month shouldn't be a problem.]

I think it's difficult.

Liu Ren walked into the conference room.

The projection of Sun Yujie, the leader of the Martial Arts Hall, and everyone else present all focused their attention on Liu Ren.

“You’re late,” Sun Yujie said.

"I'm sorry, Master, we encountered a little trouble on the way," Liu Ren apologized calmly.

"That's your problem!" one of the P5 participants in the martial arts festival said coldly. "Anyone who didn't know better would think you were going to desert!"

Liu Ren glanced at him: "Zhou Feng, are you the hall master or is Hall Master Sun the hall master? The hall master hasn't even said anything yet, and you're already so vocal?"

"I--"

"Alright," Sun Yujie said. "Liu Ren, explain why you're late."

"Yes. I encountered the Black Crows blocking my way on the road."

Zhou Feng interrupted again: "They're just a bunch of third-rate trash, do you think they can stop you?"

His eyes were full of disdain, as if to say, "If you can be stopped by third-rate trash, then you're nothing but third-rate garbage yourself."

Liu Ren glanced at him and explained to Sun Yujie, "The Black Crows are vassals of the Crimson Ghosts. When they stopped me, they happened to run into the Azure Phoenix Pavilion's caravan. In order not to offend the Azure Phoenix Pavilion, the leader of the Crimson Ghosts used trickery to personally cross space and descend. After explaining the misunderstanding to the Azure Phoenix Pavilion, he planned to kill me casually."

Sun Yujie's attitude immediately changed from questioning to surprise: "The leader of the Crimson Demons possesses demonic-level trickery. He attacked you, how did you manage to escape?"

"Just lucky," Liu Ren said.

“…” Sun Yujie.

This cannot be explained by mere luck.

If any ordinary martial artist could escape from a master of demonic arts, then there would be no need for a separate martial arts hall for masters of demonic arts.

While Sun Yujie remained silent, Zhou Feng spoke again: "Nonsense! If the Red Ghost's boss wanted to kill you, how could you have come back alive? Even if it's to shirk responsibility, how could you come up with such a stupid excuse!"

Liu Ren glanced at Zhou Feng: "Whether it's an excuse or not depends on the hall master's judgment—who are you to interrupt?"

Zhou Feng: "That's obviously an excuse. You really think you're being tricked?"

Sun Yujie: "All done!"

After interrupting their argument, Sun Yujie was too lazy to find out whether Liu Ren was just making up an excuse for himself.

It does not matter.

Although Liu Ren was indeed a little late.

But he still came after the martial arts festival started.

Instead of running away.

Furthermore, considering his contributions, Sun Yujie could completely disregard this minor flaw.

Not to mention, he also received orders from Pi Xinjie.

Sun Yujie looked at Zhou Feng: "The Martial Sacrifice Battle is imminent, don't start this kind of infighting."

Zhou Feng immediately lowered his head: "Yes."

She was so well-behaved.

Sun Yujie looked at Liu Ren: "You too."

"Yes."

"Furthermore, given your previous contributions, what kind of reward would you like?"

Upon hearing this, Liu Ren replied without hesitation, "I want to enter the ghost realm!"

Upon hearing this, Sun Yujie refused without hesitation: "The only exception is entering the realm of trickery."

"why?"

"The requirements for joining the Ghostly Martial Arts Hall are very strict. Although I am in charge of both the Ghostly Martial Arts Hall and the Ordinary Martial Arts Hall, the Ghostly Martial Arts Hall has its own rules, understand?"

"All right……"

Liu Ren nodded.

But I didn't hear it.

You, with your P3 privileges, are telling me this?

Funny.

But Liu Ren didn't expose him directly.

No means no—regardless of the reason, he just needs to accept the result.

Their strength speaks for itself.

There's no need to go against the grain.

At worst, I can always find another opportunity to become a ghost later...

Just as Liu Ren was pondering this, Sun Yujie spoke up again.

"While I can't directly put you into the realm of the supernatural, I can put you halfway into it."

"...You talk about it like it's cultivation, what does 'half a step' mean?"

"The literal meaning." Sun Yujie hadn't originally planned to explain, but considering that Pi Xinjie had personally given him the order, he still explained in extra detail, "You know that the special shops within the gang sell trickery and strange tools, right?"

"know."