Ghost territories were mostly graveyards, and were relatively easy to find.
On average, each graveyard had nearly a thousand ghosts guarding it.
One out of every two graveyards could produce a Ghost Stone.
This meant that nearly 2,000 monsters had to be killed to obtain 1 Ghost Stone.
This was much harder to collect than the previous 1% drop rate of Death Power.
However, previously, it was necessary to collect 1,000 points of Death Power in order to open the Reaper Arena.
But to open the Ghost Arena, the requirement was merely 100 Ghost Stones.
The opening requirement was greatly reduced as well.
With Zhang Yue's monster-killing speed fast enough, on average, one ghost territory could be cleared in a minute.
In just over an hour, he cleared more than 80 graveyards and collected 40 Ghost Stones.
At that point, Zhang Yue spoke in the team channel, "How's your progress?"
[[Nameless]: "40 stones, already done, been waiting for you a while."]
[[Cappuccino]: "Zhang Yue, you're done too? Ah, how are you guys so fast, I just collected 16! Wait for me a bit, I need 4 more!"]
[[Nameless]: "No need, I collected 5 extra here, total of 45."]
Seeing this message, Zhang Yue frowned slightly.
'This guy… what kind of monster is he?'
He was even faster than Zhang Yue, who was known as the "Fast Man".
After agreeing on a rendezvous point, the three quickly regrouped.
Chen Zijin handed over 16 Ghost Stones.
From the Flowing Gold Warrior's side, he actually produced 44 Ghost Stones, making up for Chen Zijin's missing 4.
Added to Zhang Yue's 40 stones, they had exactly 100.
When 100 Ghost Stones appeared in Zhang Yue's hands, they transformed into a stream of flowing light, forming a massive screen of light in front of the three.
[[System Announcement] (World 32, Death Territory): "Ding~ All professionals, please note: Congratulations to Dragon Nation's professional [Zero] for using Ghost Stones to open Nightmare Difficulty [Ghost Arena]. The Ghost Arena entrance location has been updated. The entrance will remain open for one hour. During this time, professionals may enter the Ghost Arena by consuming 50 Ghost Stones!"]
As this announcement appeared, it once again stirred up a huge commotion.
["You've got to be kidding! Didn't he just clear the Reaper Arena earlier? And now, just an hour later, he's opened another? He met the nightmare arena pre-requisite in one hour?"]
["Damn, that's insane! I have a writer friend who writes power fantasy webnovels, and even he wouldn't dare write it like this!"]
["Is Zero even human? I'm starting to doubt it! It's like no matter where he goes, the world is turned upside down!"]
["The sky of the World 32 is changing! Looks like the Hell Gladiator Arena is really coming!!"]
Once the Ghost Arena entrance opened, the three of them stepped into the arena simultaneously.
Same rules as the previous Reaper Arena.
In team formation, then separated.
Each of the three had to independently clear all Ghost Arena challenges for it to count as a team clear.
The strategy was also the same.
Starting from the first stage.
Nightmare Arena doesn't do low-level battles.
The first stage encountered was a group of level 175 lord-level [Ghost Warlords].
Not slacking at all, Zhang Yue immediately raised his Transcendent Staff and summoned five pets.
In the previous Reaper Arena, he hadn't aimed for speed, so he had been somewhat careless, which led to the Flowing Gold Warrior clearing it before him.
Even though his strength was indeed formidable, Zhang Yue still wanted to test whether, at full power, he could surpass him.
Looking at the Ghost Warlords blooming across the field, Zhang Yue commanded the Armageddon Black Dragon to sweep through the mob, attracting the Ghost Warlords' aggro while using AOE damage to wear them down.
Armageddon Skeleton King and Ice-Sealed War God charged in.
Cherry, the long-range magic turret.
Apex Predator entered to finish off stragglers.
Zhang Yue also unleashed his full power, detonating all of his skills.
Thus, the dozen Ghost Warlords guarding the first stage suffered the most brutal beatdown of their lives.
In just 7 seconds, their short lives ended.
["Ding~ Congratulations, you have completed the first stage challenge of the Ghost Arena!"]
Compared to the first stage of the Reaper Arena, it was 2 seconds faster.
This proved that in the Reaper Arena, Zhang Yue had indeed not shown his full power.
After clearing the first stage, Zhang Yue quickly moved to stage two.
Difficulty doubled.
In the second stage, he encountered a group of lord-level Ghost Mages and one Ghost Emperor Boss.
As usual, Zhang Yue went full firepower, focusing all damage to instantly kill the boss first, then teaming up with his pet squad to wipe out the rest of the Ghost Mages.
Finally, 25 seconds to complete the challenge.
Compared to the Reaper Arena's second stage, again a few seconds faster.
Third stage, difficulty doubled again, cleared in 1 minute 12 seconds!
Fourth stage, difficulty doubled again, cleared in 1 minute 58 seconds.
Fifth stage, cleared in 3 minutes.
Sixth stage, seventh stage…
Eighth stage: Lord-level monster horde of beast tide scale + three normal bosses + one Emperor-tier boss, cleared in eight minutes!
[[Team Channel]: "Ding~ Congratulations to Zero for clearing the Ghost Arena. Current team clearance progress: 1/3!"]
At full force, Zhang Yue was still slightly better than the Flowing Gold Warrior.
Two minutes after Zhang Yue was teleported out of the Ghost Arena, the team channel chimed the second message, ["Ding~ Congratulations to Nameless for clearing the Ghost Arena. Current team clearance progress: 2/3!"]
At this time, a message came from Chen Zijin in the team channel:
["You guys are way too fast, you're stressing me out! (ಥ_ಥ)"]
Zhang Yue, ["It's fine, no rush. Take your time. We'll go carry out the next objective first."]
Flowing Gold Warrior looked at Zhang Yue, "You don't need a break?"
Zhang Yue, "What, you can't keep up?"
Flowing Gold Warrior: "Then let's begin. I don't mind."
Although the Ghost Arena challenge was still ongoing, that didn't stop Zhang Yue from moving ahead to complete the next arena's activation pre-requisite.
Next, the third target: Bloodbath Arena.
Also a nightmare-difficulty arena, the condition to open the Bloodbath Arena was to collect 300 units of Pure Blood.
This Pure Blood could be harvested by hunting a monster known as [Bloodbath Demon Wolf].
The nightmare arenas' prerequisite conditions were all basically similar.
For ordinary people, they were a test of strength.
For high-level powerhouses like Zhang Yue and the Flowing Gold Warrior, the test was speed.
So once again, they split up.
While Chen Zijin was still clearing the Ghost Arena, Zhang Yue and the Flowing Gold Warrior had already begun hunting Bloodbath Demon Wolves to collect Pure Blood.
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