When Lin Feng and Yu Meixiang drove to the vicinity of the office, they were stuck in traffic for an hour for a mere 500-meter journey, and it took them quite a while to find a parking spot.

After much difficulty, they finally found a place to park and headed towards the office.

Outside, it was bustling like a marketplace, with people everywhere.

The appearance of a stunning woman like Yu Meixiang immediately drew the attention of many men.

Today, Yu Meixiang had her long, jet-black hair styled in an updo, complementing her delicate, fair oval face.

Her slender, captivating phoenix eyes, willow-leaf eyebrows, and bright autumn-like eyes all exuded the unique charm of a mature woman.

Moreover, Yu Meixiang was wearing a well-fitted black business suit that accentuated her graceful curves, voluptuous figure, slender waist, and shapely hips. Especially under the suit, her figure was full and peach-like.

Before leaving home, she had applied a bit of makeup, making her look even more radiant and stunning today.

Such a woman could easily capture the souls of countless lustful men wherever she went.

Yu Meixiang also noticed the unusual gazes around her, her cheeks flushed slightly, and she nervously moved closer to Lin Feng.

In fact, she usually didn't dress up much and rarely wore clothes that highlighted her figure.

But for some reason, knowing she was going out with Lin Feng, she couldn't help but run back to her bedroom to change into this outfit and put on a bit of makeup to make herself look younger.

But now, walking in such a crowded place, she began to regret it. The way those men looked at her made her very uncomfortable, as if they wanted to devour her.

Lin Feng sensed Yu Meixiang's discomfort and immediately raised his hand to place it on her arm, pulling her closer to him.

"Auntie, be careful, I'll protect you."

Yu Meixiang's body trembled slightly at first, and her face turned even redder.

But once she leaned against Lin Feng, she immediately felt a strong sense of security, making her unconsciously lower her guard.

She could only softly hum in response, obediently holding onto Lin Feng's arm and walking closely beside him.

Feeling the exaggerated softness on his arm, Lin Feng smiled bitterly in his heart. Auntie really trusted his self-control, didn't she? Wasn't this a test of his resolve?

However, in front of so many people, he could only suppress his body's instincts, puff out his chest, lift his head, and sweep his gaze over the crowd with a sense of pride and warning, before swaggering towards the office with Yu Meixiang in tow.

Upon reaching the office entrance, the order was noticeably better, with many armed police standing guard, and people entering and exiting in an orderly manner, unlike the chaos outside.

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After registering his and Yu Meixiang's names at the entrance, Lin Feng was allowed to enter.

Once inside the office, they headed straight for the reception center.

The office was quite large, with beautiful surroundings, greenery everywhere, and various distinctive buildings.

Both of them were visiting for the first time, strolling around like tourists.

Occasionally, they would encounter a few celebrity influencers surrounded by fans, most of whom were there to join in the excitement and gain exposure.

After walking for a few minutes, a large playground area appeared before Lin Feng's eyes. It wasn't just a simple playground; there were numerous arenas set up, with over a hundred open-air stages.

Outside hung a plaque with the words "The Grand Martial World Arena" in large characters.

Below it was a note: This arena area is freely available to every player. After registering, you can participate in matches. Except for the life-and-death arena, no other arena is allowed to have fatal fights. Violators will be held legally responsible.

Lin Feng saw that the arenas were packed with people, with most of them engaged in sparring.

There were generally three types of people who came here to spar: those purely seeking to improve their combat experience, those challenging for bounties—where some wealthy individuals would set up arenas with high rewards to attract people, aiming to discover experts or gain publicity—and those participating in life-and-death matches, using this method to resolve irreconcilable grudges, regardless of life or death.

This was inevitable because, due to the popularity of "The Grand Martial World," martial arts had been prevalent on Mysterious Star for over a decade, and martial artists tended to have fiery tempers, leading to conflicts.

Coupled with grudges in reality or in games, disagreements often led to fights, relying on their martial arts skills.

This resulted in countless fights and brawls on Mysterious Star over the past decade, like mushrooms after rain.

The authorities of various countries were helpless, as persuasion was ineffective, so they simply stopped trying.

Since everyone loved fighting, they decided to channel it rather than suppress it, allowing people to fight.

Subsequently, it was stipulated that martial artists could spar, but only at designated locations and with prior registration.

However, martial artists were strictly prohibited from bullying ordinary people. If caught, they would be severely punished.

As long as martial artists registered in advance, life-and-death battles were permissible.

Many martial artists had killed in reality, with lives on their hands.

Of course, it wasn't a free-for-all; they didn't want anyone becoming a killing spree.

In the Dragon Kingdom, it was stipulated that each martial artist could only participate in one life-and-death match per year. Other countries allowed one per year, some several, or even more than ten.

Lin Feng didn't find these laws on Mysterious Star absurd; in fact, he thought they suited him perfectly.

He had taken thousands of lives, and killing was ingrained in his bones.

Now, with these life-and-death arenas, it was exactly to his liking.

Watching the martial artists sparring on these arenas, Lin Feng felt an itch to join in, eager to participate.

This was a common trait among martial artists; with skills, they couldn't resist sparring, partly due to itchy hands and partly to improve themselves.

"Auntie, shall we go take a look?" Lin Feng said without waiting for a response, pulling Yu Meixiang towards the arena area.

Although Yu Meixiang was somewhat resistant to such bloody violence, her curiosity overcame her discomfort, and she obediently followed Lin Feng.

It seemed both of them had forgotten they were still holding each other...

Upon entering the arena area, Lin Feng discovered it was also divided by levels.

There were novice arenas for martial artists below third rate, and veteran arenas for second and first-rate experts.

As for areas stronger than first-rate, there were none for now, as the strongest martial artists on Mysterious Star were innate experts, reportedly numbering in the dozens.

Chen Qunsheng was among the strongest of these innate experts, but not the only one.

Lin Feng first went to the novice arena area, finding it already crowded, with people sparring on every stage.

However, observing their sparring level, Lin Feng couldn't help but roll his eyes.

Whether it was their combat skills or the martial arts they displayed, Lin Feng could only say: "Amateur hour."

"Watch my Arhat Fist!"

"Watch my Taizu Long Fist!"

"My Mountain-Cleaving Blade Technique! Hah!"

...

Lin Feng rolled his eyes.

Most of the people on these arenas only knew some common-grade martial arts, fighting stiffly and mechanically, merely following moves without thought.

It felt like AI players had infiltrated a high-ranked game, yes, very much like a group of AI players.

Lin Feng even suspected these people were NPCs in the game...

The key was that the audience below watched with great interest, cheering continuously, as if they'd never seen such a spectacle.

Lin Feng shook his head and sighed. Although his strength wasn't high, having read countless wuxia novels, he knew this wasn't a real martial arts duel!

True martial arts masters would counter each other's moves, agile and ever-changing, swift and fluid, combined with powerful martial arts, creating a scene so grand and exciting that even the words in novels conveyed its magnificence!

Even the wuxia TV dramas adapted on Earth thirty years ago were a hundred times more exciting!

Lin Feng really wanted to shout, "Accepting disciples!"

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