The Sanctuary was overflowing with people. Whether they were participating players, players who came to watch the event, or humans from Aquamarine. It was dozens of times noisier than usual.
Several of the city's attractions, such as the gambling den and dueling arenas, were completely packed, some policies even had to be changed regarding competitions between normal humans and 'Inhumans'.
That's because in battle competitions, while humans were still afraid of dying, the Inhumans would do anything to win, since there were monetary and experience rewards for the victors.
To avoid unnecessary casualties, Melissa, who had foreseen this long ago, consulted Ringo, who suggested imitating the Heavens Arena from HxH, a huge building in the center of the sanctuary, although much smaller than the real Heavens Arena, it still followed the same rules, using points to determine victory.
There were also limitations by division, there were 3 clear divisions. The first, named 'Human,' limited the use of super energy, allowing only the use of physical abilities. Any super energy disqualified the competitor.
Although this was still unfair to ordinary people because Supers typically have much stronger bodies than civilians, it was still better than nothing.
In this division, Pugilists shone because of their strong physiques.
The next division was the Super Division. At this point, there were no more energy limitations, any Super ability could be used. However, there were still limitations on lethal and severely debilitating moves. If the opponent was injured to the point of no cure, which was rare due to Hell's advanced medical technology, the winner was disqualified.
The final division, the Hell Division, was for the best competitors where there were no more limits, although it still followed the points system, with 10 points for winning, serious injury and killing were no longer prohibited.
One point was awarded for a clean hit.
Two points were awarded for a critical hit.
1 extra point for knocking down the opponent.
The winner is the first person to reach 10 points.
Points were awarded in real time by the fight's own artificial intelligence, it already had precise metrics, so it rarely caused problems.
This made the 'Hell Arena' a very popular location among players and civilians of Aquamarine, the monetary rewards quickly attracting attention, being considered by many a way to improve their skills and get rich.
For the players, it was practically an XP factory, each fight generated a mission, making them very happy.
In any case, the Divisions battle in the players' competition was a great event for all players. Players who weren't there in person were able to watch the live stream on the forums.
Three days before the start, there was a day that coincidentally was the fixed day for selling Black Phantom reward boxes. Han Xiao wasn't stupid, he directly changed the sales location to the Death Scream Sanctuary. Part of the reason why a large number of players came to the Sanctuary was also because of Han Xiao. Han Xiao had to rent a plane to bring his blind boxes, but it was totally worth it for him.
The location he rented in Hell was already surrounded. The players were very excited to see that Han Xiao, taking advantage of the high density of players, had thrown some bait with Purple Grade equipment, and it wasn't just knives and useless things he usually gave, but this time he even gave a degraded version of an electromagnetic rifle, which shocked the players, the lucky player walked around with his nose in the air.
After this news came out on the forum, Han Xiao grinned from ear to ear when a dense group of players approached him to buy blind boxes with bloodshot eyes, they wanted 'divine equipment' too!
Especially with the competition in sight, the player who acquired the rifle, who was just a new casual player who bought the blind boxes out of pure curiosity, ended up selling it to the Dynasty for an incredibly high price, making him famous on the players' forum for a while.
Han Xiao, who had spent the last few months in silence, quickly returned to the public eye. Many players saw Han Xiao and Ringo as the protagonists of the story, the duo who escaped from Germinal were at the center of most of the events in the 'Game'. However, due to Ringo's influence, the war ended before it even began, so it was impossible to define Aquamarine's plot precisely to say whether there was a main character or not.
Aquamarine became one of the most peaceful planets because of this, many believed that the planet's main story hadn't even begun, which in a way wasn't wrong. Ringo didn't plan to interfere much in the Mutation Disaster, which could truly be considered a global event.
Not because he wanted to see the planet in chaos, but because the mutation disaster itself was a very good opportunity for Han Xiao to grow, Ringo would leave that 'harvest' to him.