Max Level Return—I'll Protect That Fragile One

After that, the pool was abandoned.

Five hundred years ago, the founder of Hell Palace dug a channel to drain the freshwater from the pool, transforming the reservoir into a Beast Forest for raising beasts.

He used beasts as the main attraction, making money by wildly promoting the live broadcast of beasts fighting each other to death.

Later, when the audience was no longer satisfied with watching beasts fight, the Palace Master of Hell Palace bought some Combat Dolls and threw them into the Toy Pool to battle against the beasts.

How is watching beasts fight each other as thrilling as watching beasts fight humans, or humans fight each other in chaotic battles?

Nowadays, watching Combat Dolls gladiatorial games has become the most popular and celebrated activity on the dark web of the Divine Martial Realm. Not only do criminals love to watch, but even those who put on work attire and look dignified, only to become debauched when off work, are greatly fond of these competitions.

The monthly competition at the end of the month is a grand event for Hell Palace and a feast for the dark web live broadcast.

*

The last day of March, 7:58 PM.

An underground website called ’Dark Desire’ punctually sends a live link to the encrypted mailbox of every member user.

Members who have been waiting eagerly input the password and enter the mailbox to open the live link.

In the next second after opening the link, a golden spider web appears before their eyes, resembling a network of stars, suspended in a pitch-black starry sky.

The image pauses for three seconds, then enters the main page of the live streaming site, where the site’s name catches the eye.

Both characters of ’Dark Desire’ are in black, with fluid strokes, clean and slender lines, like a tall, graceful dancer flinging her water sleeves, beautiful yet dignified.

It is a rare script style nowadays.

In the upper right corner of the character ’Desire,’ a butterfly with expanded wings is perched, but the butterfly’s head has a pair of evil eyes emitting a golden dark light.

Those are eyes full of desire.

Members expertly open a small black screen video in the middle of the website to find their place in a virtual live broadcast room.

Taking advantage of the fact that the gladiatorial game has not yet started, they carefully check their account balance, so they can place bets as soon as the competition begins.

At the same time, a long line had formed at Hell Palace.

Zheng Qin and Ying Ziyao mingled with the line, curiously glancing upwards at Hell Palace, but dared not look too closely at those queuing beside them.

The temperaments of these people are not very good; even a glance more could easily provoke them.

After checking the tickets, the two entered the entrance of Hell Palace, crossed the hall, and climbed the long staircase, finally being guided by staff to a door marked ’3’ on the right side of the stairs.

Behind the door is a dimly lit curved corridor, with walls featuring futuristic designs on the right, and doors every three to four meters.

Zheng Qin and Ying Ziyao bought friendship tickets, in the same private box.

They are in box 49.

Walking quietly along the circular corridor for quite a while, they finally found box 49.

Zheng Qin placed the ticket on the demagnetizer at the door, and with a beep, the door automatically retracted into the wall.

Zheng Qin raised an eyebrow and looked inside.

Inside was an 8-square-meter mini box, equipped with a water bar, fruit snacks, and two massage chairs that can recline or sit.

The massage chairs are placed on an elevated semicircular viewing platform. Curious, Ying Ziyao sat on one and pressed a button, causing the chair to recline automatically.

Lying on the massage chair, Ying Ziyao’s view changed. He patted Zheng Qin’s arm, ”Zheng Qin, look up!”

Upon hearing this, Zheng Qin looked up and saw a giant screen above, displaying an overhead view of the Toy Pool.

Zheng Qin looked at the other boxes and noticed that people in those boxes were all lying down, wearing holographic headsets on their faces.

Ying Ziyao noticed this too and picked up the holographic headset beside him. As soon as he put it on, he felt a current rapidly spread throughout his body.

When he opened his eyes again, Ying Ziyao found himself in a different environment.

He appeared in a mysterious, serene dense forest, with ancient tree branches like devil’s claws, exuding a sinister and eerie horror under the bright cold moon.

Ying Ziyao was startled, almost believing he had been transported to an unknown forest. Suddenly, Zheng Qin’s voice came from beside him: ”Uncle Ying, what do you see?”