Chapter 192 : SSR Cup - Arena of Chaos
Chapter 192 SSR Cup: Arena of Chaos
The variety of event matches that exist in ‘Reverse Planet’ is extremely diverse.
This is thanks to not only the extremely diverse modes provided in PVP from the start, but also the existence of custom matches where you can freely designate battlefields, rules, effects, and more as desired.
The freedom of custom matches in particular was extremely famous. For instance, there even existed Space War, where participants fought in a zero-gravity battlefield created through custom matches during event tournaments.
It was fair to say that it was possible to create every battle one could imagine.
That’s why the event matches prepared by the SSR Cup also had to be extremely diverse in variety.
This was also why the tournament period was ten days even though they split nine total categories into three lineups and held competitions for three days each.
On the final day—the 10th day—they had scheduled various event matches and a results announcement ceremony with an after-party feel.
Therefore, when news spread through the community that the Demon King Baek Woohyun, leader of the Demon King’s Army Team All-In, would be appearing in an event match, the first question posted was this:
⊙ What event match is Hackphysical participating in?
The final day of the SSR Cup was indeed very abundant, befitting the finale of a tournament that advertised itself as the largest event tournament in history.
This meant a schedule packed from nearly lunchtime until late evening with event matches, commemorative performances and drawings, and MVP announcement ceremonies all day long.
Since not everyone could enjoy it all, it was quite natural to try to at least watch Baek Woohyun’s match, which currently had the most buzz.
The SSR Cup organizers, quickly reading this community atmosphere, immediately announced the participants for each event match on a large scale.
Thus, everyone learned that the event match Demon King Hackstradamus, Baek Woohyun, would participate in was the ‘Arena of Chaos.’
-Chaos Arena lmao
-I wondered where they’d put the balance-breaking Hackphysical lol
-???: It’s bothersome, so let’s just roughly throw him into Chaos Arena? (Employee of the Month)
-I thought surely they wouldn’t put him in Chaos Arena, but the “surely” killed me lol
The reason for such reactions in ‘Reverse Planet’-related communities was simple.
The Arena of Chaos was truly a custom match that lived up to its name perfectly—chaos itself in every sense.
Since there was no need to worry about balance at all, it was sometimes called the Chaos Trash Can in a negative sense—with the feeling of just throwing everything away.
The only rule applied to the battlefield was one: [Random Special Effect Applied Every 30 Seconds].
In short, the Arena of Chaos was a match where all sorts of bizarre and unpredictable effects were applied at 30-second intervals.
This meant it could suddenly become a zero-gravity space like Space War, supernatural ability builds could be randomly mixed up, or directional senses could be applied in reverse.
Furthermore, as you could tell from the name arena, the number of participants was large at a hundred, so even those with excellent skills could get swept away and die in a moment of confusion.
Even acclaimed pro players often suffered humiliating deaths in the Arena of Chaos.
-I always watch Chaos Arena for real
-It’s already super fun but Hackphysical is appearing too? What more needs to be said lol
-The super fun trash can is acknowledged
-SSR Cup knows how to live lol
The interesting fact was that the Arena of Chaos was the most popular custom match, perhaps because it was the most entertaining to watch.
In fact, even in the SSR Cup, the Arena of Chaos was selected as the last of all event matches, the match right before the final awards ceremony.
Having proudly taken the time slot with the most viewers, one could understand how popular it was.
〔The final event match that has received many people’s expectations in many ways! The Arena of Chaos will begin shortly!〕
〔There are many noteworthy participants in this Arena of Chaos. Among them, isn’t the representative player the very Hackphysical appearing on screen right now?〕
〔That’s right! Demon King Hackstradamus! The coach who led Team All-In to an undefeated championship in the ‘Struggle-Annihilation’ category! What kind of performance will he show in the Arena of Chaos─〕
‘Arena of Chaos, huh…’
Baek Woohyun, about to enter the Event Match: Arena of Chaos, suddenly chuckled.
Even to him, who prided himself on having experienced all manner of battles ‘over there,’ the rules of the Arena of Chaos were quite novel.
From a rough check, the effects applied every thirty seconds were endless, making it impossible to even guess how the battle would proceed.
Of course, if he really set his mind to it ruthlessly, he could eliminate about five people within 30 seconds before the first effect was applied.
The participants weren’t at the level of those he’d faced ‘over there.’ With many ordinary people in the mix, that much was laughable.
Even if some incredible special effect was applied, the situation wouldn’t change much. The gap between him and the other participants was that clear.
“Huuu…”
Then it wouldn’t be bad to go easy while heating up the event match atmosphere, but—Baek Woohyun had no such intention.
Before coming to the individual waiting room given to Arena of Chaos participants, there had been a suggestion from Jeong Nayeon.
‘She told me to go wild properly.’
[Custom Match: Arena of Chaos – Time Remaining Until Start: 30 Seconds]
He didn’t know why Jeong Nayeon had judged it was okay to go wild properly. Moreover, he had no particular desire to know.
When it came to broadcasting, she knew far better than him—whether it was the community or anything else, she must have suggested it because it was warranted.
Baek Woohyun had simply decided to go all out seriously for the first time in a while.
[Custom Match: Arena of Chaos – Time Remaining Until Start: 10 Seconds]
〔Only ten seconds remain until the Arena of Chaos begins! Tension is flowing through the waiting rooms as well!〕
〔Because the battle will start as soon as you move to the battlefield, right? To avoid the disaster of dying right after the start, you need to prepare from now!〕
〔Haha. Honestly, I’m very excited. Watching the chaotic situation right after the start is also part of the charm of the Arena of Chaos〕
-Karen fighting!! Win!!
-It’s probably gonna be a Hackphysical ending anyway
-Who knows if some dog-shit effect gets applied in Chaos Arena
-According to Jeong Nayeon, Hackphysical plans to go all out. High probability it’ll just end with Demon King’s descent
[3 Seconds]
[2 Seconds]
[1 Second]
[Custom Match: Arena of Chaos – Start!]
“──”
The moment the system message displayed before Baek Woohyun finally announced the start, the surrounding scenery melted away and collapsed as the waiting room transformed into the middle of an arena.
In a situation where a hundred participants were unceremoniously thrown into an arena as spacious as a decent athletic field, he did not hesitate.
Coldly burning his inverted eyes where white and black were reversed, he immediately kicked off the ground.
His target was a participant who unluckily appeared at a distance of roughly no more than 5 meters from him.
For him with a Superhuman build, this distance was practically nonexistent.
With just one step, Baek Woohyun disappeared from his spot and appeared before his targeted participant, swinging his military dagger as is.
Shuk!
“…?”
Just like shooing away an annoying fly, a very simple movement.
However, the story was different if that speed was fast enough to be invisible to the eye, and a military dagger capable of easily slicing through a human body was held.
The opponent’s throat was cut before they could even panic at Baek Woohyun appearing as if sprouting before them. They still hadn’t realized it yet, their expression dumbfounded.
When blood finally gushed from the belated wound, Baek Woohyun was already gone from there.
Confident that his single strike had eliminated the opponent, he had immediately moved on to his next action.
His intention was to reduce the numbers as much as possible in the short time before most of those here became aware of Baek Woohyun’s location.
[◇ Baek Woohyun –[Eliminate]-> Karen]
〔One death simultaneous with the start!〕
〔The protagonist of the Arena of Chaos’s first kill log is, as expected, Hackphysical!〕
-Karen died right after I cheered for her lol
-Official stream cheering = writing names in Death Note
-Didn’t even get to fire a single supernatural ability technique lol
-Gotta go check her expression lol
’27 seconds ahead.’
If the participants regained their senses, they would surely try to eliminate Baek Woohyun, the greatest threat, first.
Considering that, time was tight. Even accounting for those who would die fighting each other during the first 30 seconds, he needed to eliminate at least four or five more.
Still not giving even a moment to react, Baek Woohyun sliced another participant’s throat and lit up his pure white eyes eerily.
“──!”
The moment he slightly tilted his body while emitting an eye-light like flames captured in both eyes, Baek Woohyun’s form whooshed and disappeared.
Fast enough to make the broadcast camera filming him flinch. It was the ultra-high-speed movement he had shown during his ‘Nuclear Tourism’ content ‘Survival’ mode.
The supreme technique that appeared again, which everyone except the sole last survivor couldn’t properly react to.
The grim reaper that approached in the blink of an eye distances itself again in the blink of an eye.
When they wondered if they had seen something wrong, an eerie feeling would wash over them and they would belatedly realize their throat had been cut.
The Demon King’s terribly unreasonable rampage assaulted the participants. As always, without caring about their opinions in the slightest.
[◇ Baek Woohyun –[Eliminate]-> Hesusna]
[◇ Baek Woohyun –[Eliminate]-> Kim Dongho]
[◇ Baek Woohyun –[Eliminate]-> Lingling]
[◇ Semyeong –[Eliminate]-> Uruhaya Ria]
[◇ Baek Woohyun –[Eliminate]-> Shortogajua]
〔Kill logs are going up like crazy!〕
〔The Demon King is going wild! Already the fifth! It’s a pentakill, a pentakill!〕
〔At this rate, everyone will die before the first effect is even applied!〕
-No, this is crazy lmao
-What even is this lol
-If this wasn’t Chaos Arena but just an arena, the game would’ve crashed already lol
-What am I even watching;;
Kwadeuk!
[◇ Baek Woohyun –[Eliminate]-> Deriot]
[◇ Baek Woohyun –[Eliminate]-> Cheesecrust]
“──!”
The 30 seconds when ‘Superhuman’ Baek Woohyun went all out!
Maximizing the time before the first random special effect was applied, and additionally reducing the numbers as much as possible before other participants considered him a common enemy, he didn’t stop for a single moment during those thirty seconds.
The carnage created by a monster moving so fast that ordinary people couldn’t follow with the naked eye, dancing wildly among a flock of sheep, was tremendous—enough to leave even the viewers speechless.
Seogeak!
[◇ Baek Woohyun –[Eliminate]-> Bibungi]
[◇ Baek Woohyun –[Eliminate]-> Sera1004]
[◇ Baek Woohyun –[Eliminate]-> P-Az]
Thus, when exactly 30 seconds had passed.
The Arena of Chaos participants who had died at the hands of the ‘Superhuman’ who dared boast of being the strongest even ‘over there’ numbered ten—double the five he had originally calculated.
Out of a hundred participants, a full tenth had died at the hands of a single person. And in a short time of not even thirty seconds at that.
It wasn’t strange that the other participants looked at him with eyes full of fear as he leisurely shook off the blood on his military dagger.
Especially since if they took their eyes off him even for a moment, he might approach and slit their throats.
“I thought I could kill two more, hmm. Have I gotten a bit dull?”
“…Crazy.”
〔Two more from here…?〕
〔If this is what he calls dull, wow─〕
-So this is Hackphysical;;
-Hack fans don’t praise his physical abilities for nothing
-If anyone asks who’s the strongest, lift your head and let them see Hackphysical
-He’s a monster
The praise murmured by someone among the participants—no one thought it was an insult—echoed hollowly through the arena.
And simultaneously, the Arena of Chaos, which pushed everyone into the abyss of confusion and was therefore more interesting, revealed its true nature.
[Random Special Effect Applied!]