Chapter 507: Salamander vs. Elephant (1/2)

Raven's comment only caused the woman to giggle and walk away with her hips swaying flirtatiously.

At the corner of his eyes, Raven saw Jason seemingly entering a trance as he kept staring at the woman's ass, he's even licking his lips and not bothering to hide his lust. Seeing this only caused Raven to roll his eyes and pay attention to the arena below.

”Okay, okay! The betting ends now!” The announcer yelled with his voice amplified by energy. ”The match will start shortly so please be seated and look forward to it!”

As this was announced, the audience broke into loud cheers as they all sat down and waited in anticipation for the match to begin.

”And we're on!” The announcer yelled as he himself stepped in the middle of the arena. ”Good day to you folks! My name is Caleb and I will be your announcer for today! I hope you guys are having fun because today's roster will surely be packed in action!”

The audience broke into loud cheers and applause as Caleb mentioned this, the excitement within the arena was increasing steadily.

Caleb waved his hand, gesturing the audience to calm down and stop making noise. He then smiled and said: ”I know that you guys can't bear to wait any longer, therefore I won't prolong your agony anymore!”

”Let's begin today's first match!”

”Woohooo!” The audience clamored once again, shaking the whole establishment with their cheers.

”On the Red Corner, let's give it up for Salamander!”

The cheers and applause turned even more louder. From the right tunnel, came a man wearing the sect's uniform with a mask depicting a salamander. He walked towards the stage while waving at the audience like a big shot celebrity. Tons of people cheered for him, some ladies were even yelling some obscene invitations to him.

”Woohooo! Go get him Salamander! My money's riding on you buddy!” Jason who's sitting beside Raven yelled too since he betted for this guy.

Raven turned at him and asked: ”Do all contestants hide their identities?”

”Majority of them does as far as I observed.” Jason replied without looking at him. ”They say that it's for privacy or personal reasons. There are some people who doesn't do that but that's fine too. It's all in their preference really.”

Raven nodded and placed his attention back at the arena, just in time before the next contestant was announced.

”On the Blue Corner! Let's give it up for Elephant!”

The audience broke into another fit of cheers and applause, it would seem that this contestant dubbed as 'Elephant' is just as famous as Salamander. He too entered the arena like a celebrity, it didn't take long before the two contestant plus Caleb were gathered.

”Alright you too. The same rules apply. Killing is forbidden as well as crippling. Any technique that causes damage over time must be terminated as soon as the match was over or your enemy admits defeat. The match ends when the opposite party surrenders, unconscious or thrown out of bounds. Additionally, you must remember that is just a match, treat as a good-natured spar. You may be opponents for now but you are comrades, learn from each other and display as sportsman like behavior. Are we clear?”

The contestants nodded to him, signifying that they understood the rules.

”Okay, now that's out of the way. In three…”

”Two…” the audience joined the countdown with Caleb.

”One! The match begins!”

Caleb instantly disappeared from the arena and allowed the contestants to clash. The first clash was impactful, both of them charged at each other and clashed in the middle of the arena.

Their clash resulted in brief shockwaves that was felt by the audience. However, instead of being scared, the audience erupted with louder cheers, shaking the whole establishment with their noise. Raven could only smile wryly, it's plainly obvious that this people are severely deprived of entertainment and seeing two muscleheads clash is peak entertainment for them.

The contestants blurred within the arena due to how fast they were moving. This wasn't an issue since majority of the audience were experts and could accurately see what's going on. Raven himself, didn't even need to use his ocular technique at all since he could follow their movements.