New World
Tournament opening

Not felt at all, the preparation time for one week to determine the participants of the tournament has been completed. And starting today, the mini-tournament held by the Abyss Colosseum will officially open.

Actually this mini tournament can not be called a mini anymore. Given the number of players who will compete exceeds 200 players, more precisely 240 players. Even Alan was made dizzy himself to determine the tournament system to be held. If not for the help of the Joker, maybe Alan could take 2 days alone to determine the system that will run in the tournament.

"Abyss Colosseum... Where's the sound..." Such a loud voice sounded from the middle of the fighting arena. All the spectators instantly turned their gazes to the center of the arena.

"Welcome I say to the audience and participants..." Flyin sensationally appeared above the fighting arena. He was trusted by Alan to be the host of the tournament this time.

"introduce... I'm Flyin... I'll be the host for all of you during this tournament on the run."

"And I am sure... Not just me... You all must have been impatient to see the fight in this first tournament. We're all here... Will be a witness... Witnesses will fight a tense fight later..."

The cheers of the audience instantly sounded as Flyin delivered the opening words. They were all so excited to be able to see the action of the fighters who were so strong.

"alright... I will explain a few things about the rules of this tournament." a transparent cube suddenly appeared above the arena of battle, on the surface of the cube was displayed an explanation of the rules of the tournament.

"Tournament will be divided into two stages... The first stage is the group stage, and the second stage is the knock out stage." Flyin paused his words, turning his gaze to the other side of the Colosseum.

"Group stage is the stage of trimming the number of participants. Only the really strongest fighters will be able to get out of the group phase."

"Of the total 240 players who will compete, we will divide into 240 participants into 16 groups. Where each group will be populated by 15 players."

"Of the 15 players, we will only take 4 people from each group to be able to qualify for the knock out phase. We will enter 15 participants into a room of its own dimensions. And after the remaining 4 participants, we will issue to the remaining 4 participants and crown them as participants of the knock out phase. So I hope for the participants, not to underestimate the group phase. Because if you're off guard... You won't get a seat to participate in the knockout phase."

All the tournament participants standing beside the fighting arena immediately narrowed their eyes. They recorded everything Flyin said, glancing at each other. And prepare to compete to ensure a place in the knock out phase.

"That's for the tournament scheme we're going to run. For next... I'll explain the tournament rules." Flyin again paused his sentence so that the appearance in the transparent cube changed first.

"Unlike the usual battles presented at the Abyss Colosseum, where participants should not kill each other. In this fight, participants will be declared a failure if they have been killed. There is no giving up in this tournament. If the participant wants to give up, please kill yourself."

Instead of being surprised by the rules of the tournament, spectators cheered in excitement at the tournament rules. That means they will all see a life and death fight in the tournament this time..."

While the audience cheered in excitement, the participants frowned. They did not expect at all if they would face a life and death battle like a fight outside the tournament.

For participants who are confident enough in their abilities, the rules are certainly not a problem at all. But for lucky players to get into the tournament and try their luck. They certainly have little objection to such a rule.

"But calm... The Abyss Colosseum keeps its fighters safe. We will provide a soul crystal for each participant. That soul crystal would later save the participants from actual death." Flyin took out a completely white crystal from under his cloak.

The crystal can be used to store the souls of players and NPCs, so when players and NPCs die in tournaments. They would be able to be revived without any injuries. It's just... For those who had been resurrected from the soul crystal, they would be in a weak mode for the next 24 hours.

"alright... That's the first rule... The second rule is..." Flyin paused his words. "Nothing..."

Flyin's explanation of the second rule made a laugh from the audience. For what Flyin bother to explain if finally there are no rules that must be obeyed. But of course it even makes the nuances of competition more intense. Players can use any means to win the fight. Including the slickest or dirtiest way though.

"Without more stale bases... By this... The group phase begins..."

A burst of red, blue, and yellow flames on each side of the fighting arena served as accompaniment to the start of the first tournament at the Abyss Colosseum. After the colorful fire was finished blazing.16 black doors as high as 3 meters were neatly lined up above the battle arena. A black door with a smiling demon headdress on it, and carved gold-colored runes that adorned its surface. There is a blood red number that is a marker for each door. The door will be used by the participants to be able to enter the dimension where the group phase is held.

The transparent cube on top of the arena directly displays 16 separate boxes. In each of these boxes there is the name of the participants who will compete against each other for 4 tickets to the knock out phase.

"Participants are welcome to line up neatly to enter the predetermined door!"

All the participants went straight to their group door. Although lined up neatly, they had already glanced at each other. Each other tries to guess the strength of the opponent they have to face later.

Before entering the black door, the black-and-white-clothed female NPCs touched a soul crystal over the heads of each participant. Securing the souls of the participants so as not to really die in the fight of life and death in the fighting dimension.

[Player enters the Abyss Dimension. The player cannot log out while inside this dimension. Death will bring players out of this dimension automatically.]

The explanation of the system had made the players surprised. Can't log out? That meant there was no way to avoid a fight within the Abyss Dimension. They all really have to fight to get 4 knock out phase tickets, in order to get out of the Abyss Dimension safely.

After all the tournament participants entered the black door, the transparent cube that was above the arena instantly disappeared. It was replaced by hundreds of transparent cubes that were much smaller in size. From the transparent tomb, participants can see the fight that occurred between the participants in the Abyss Dimension.

"alright... All participants are ready.. Let's count the same for the start of the first Abyss Colosseum."

"Three..."

"Two..."

"One..."

All the spectators followed the giant cube display screen which showed the numbers. They were so excited and immediately cheered while clapping when the tournament started.

All participants immediately moved, trying to be the fastest to get a ticket to the knock out phase.

***Note: Abyss dimesion is not the same as Abyss World... It was merely a dimension of the tool created by Asmodias.***