But even with only half of the remaining Settlers in a single channel, the numbers were still absolutely massive.

It was clearly impossible to cram them all into a single Outpost City.

However, these were the rules established by the system, so Bai Cheng didn't need to worry about this aspect at all.

Her Outpost City began to vibrate violently at that moment, and then it actually started to rise slowly; the original bottom floor, the first floor, now reached the height of the second floor.

Beneath it, a new floor space was generated that was several times larger than the original.

However, the infrastructure of this newly appeared first floor was very backward; not only were there no roads or city walls, but even the houses were simple wooden latrines.

The slaves merged from #176 Channel were naturally assigned to this new floor, which was completely isolated from the rest of the Outpost City.

Of course, although the Settlers within the Outpost City didn't know what situation their Leaders were currently facing,

as the merging party, the city had naturally received a special notification from the system.

At this moment, on the sixth floor, Great Strength Bull and the others were all shocked as they looked at the information on the screen before them.

After the shock passed, everyone showed excitement, followed by loud, unrestrained laughter.

“Hahahaha!”

“Great, great! Now we'll never be short on manpower again!”

“The most important thing is that we can rightfully own slaves!”

“Hmph, did those guys really think they could be a match for the City Lord!”

“Exactly, our City Lord has King-rank powerhouses!!”

“Yeah,” one of them looked at Great Strength Bull, “Vice City Lord, how should we arrange those guys?”

“...”

In the Starry Arena, as the punishment for #176 Channel descended, the information on the light screen in front of Bai Cheng and the others also began to change.

【Congratulations on successfully advancing! You have gained the qualification to change a participating contestant!】

【Note: After defeating three more channels, you will gain another qualification to change a contestant mid-way!】

【Merging complete!】

【Matching you with an opponent for the next round...】

【Note: The matching time may be slightly long, please wait patiently.】

Looking at the information before her, Bai Cheng's gaze swept around the surroundings.

By now, many channels had completed their advancement, but even though these advancing channels were currently idle, they were still not being matched.

Clearly, this matching process would only restart after the first round of duels for all channels had ended.

However, this did have a certain benefit for channels like Bai Cheng's that had finished their duels early.

That was, their Employees could take this time to rest more and recover more of their stamina.

Beside her, Yu Nian suddenly turned her gaze to Liu San and asked, “Do you need Yamato to step down?”

Liu San clenched his fists, his eyes full of confidence.

He looked at the three of them respectfully and said, “Yamato hasn't reached his limit yet. I want to try again.”

Yu Nian considered it for his sake, “You should think this through carefully. This duel is no joke. If Yamato loses during the duel...”

Although Yu Nian didn't finish her sentence, everyone understood what she meant.

Losing a duel meant the death of the Employee, and Yamato was already Liu San's strongest Employee at the moment.

If he was sacrificed, the cost would be completely unbearable for him.

And Liu San seemed to have made his decision long ago; if Yamato lost, he would have no face to continue asking Bai Cheng or the people in the Outpost City for resources to move forward.

He paused and said with a firm tone, “If Yamato loses the duel, we will stop our journey and become Settlers.”

The two teammates behind Liu San also immediately supported him, “Yeah, exactly! We won't let you down!”

Bai Cheng didn't say much either, just nodded.

“Go ahead, just let loose and do it. It's fine.”

In the blink of an eye, an unknown number of channel teams within the entire arena had completed their respective duels one after another.

The losers were cleared out one by one, and accompanied by countless lives, the stage before them gradually became empty... The information on the light screen changed, and the opponents for everyone began to be re-matched. 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

【#2 Channel vs Channel 222!】

【...】

“Oh, quite a coincidence!”

As spectators, people couldn't actually tell at a glance which channel those around them specifically came from; everyone was just looking around blindly, observing the surroundings.

Because they hadn't chosen to change the contestant, Yamato had been resting inside the arena the whole time.

As the new round of competition began, the extra stages would merge, thereby forming a larger dueling ground.

At this moment, Yamato felt a ripple of distortion in the space before him, and as the surrounding area grew larger, his opponent also slowly appeared not far ahead.

With just one look, he realized that the opponent's strength was also at the Guardian Rank, not some weakling.

Clearly, after adapting to the first round of duels, all the remaining advanced Leaders had abandoned the idea of trying to use a war of attrition to wear down the opponent.

Because that simply wouldn't work.

Most Leaders only had one Guardian Rank powerhouse under them; only a very small number of Leaders who possessed two or more Guardian Rank Employees could claim to have that kind of confidence.

However, because of this, things had become much simpler.

As long as one defeated their first opponent, it was basically equivalent {N•o•v•e•l•i•g•h•t} to declaring victory for their channel.

The thirty-second countdown quickly ended. Whether it was Yamato or his opponent, the two had no communication throughout; they simply attacked their opponent with full force the moment the match began.

But this opponent was even weaker for Yamato than the previous one from #176 Channel; fighting them required no effort at all.

He really couldn't understand how such a channel had managed to advance.

Without any surprises, Yamato's victory in the second round was even easier than the first.

Watching from the side, Liu San and the others immediately breathed a long sigh of relief, while Bai Cheng's face showed no sign of surprise.

At this time, Yu Nian's face was also full of surprise, and then she cheered excitedly, “We won!”

Even though it was Liu San's Employee, she appeared even more excited than them at this moment.

“Do you want to continue?”

This time, Yu Nian no longer doubted Yamato's strength or questioned the decision of Liu San and the others; instead, a hint of anticipation appeared in her eyes.

She hoped Yamato could keep winning like this.

Even if they lost in the end, they still had her and Bai Cheng to back them up.

Because the victory rewards had now been upgraded, Yamato could step down midway, so at least they didn't have to worry too much about his life being in danger.

Hearing this, Liu San still answered without the slightest hesitation.

“Continue.”

“Good!”

Soon, the third round of duels began.

Yamato won again.

Then came the fourth round, the fifth round, all the way to the seventh round... they had already reached the position of the Top 64.