Chapter 327 (2/2)

There was no limit to the number of audience per battle so some battles had more people, some fewer.

One did not look physically strong but had the aura of an agile, cunning fighter. He moved swiftly in battle. The other was muscular, every hit delivered was powerful. The combination of these two made the fight enjoyable to watch- it satisfied the lords greatly.

These beasts who have long awaited their release did not need any teasing from the fighters. Beasts and men attacked each other, it was exciting and terrifying to watch.

Within the arena were screams of terror, cheers of violence, shrieks and shouts all mixed together. It was a huge vortex of emotions, sucking every person and ripping away all rational thought. All that was left was insanity.

When the second fight ended, all parties were severely injured. Since both sides were unable to continue fighting, the Lord of Snow Plains City could not help but stop the fight. Who won? Well, this was no longer important, as long as the audience enjoyed the show. As for the rest, that was left for the folks of Flame Mound to worry about. These slaves were sent from their city, they’d embarrassed them.

Upon witnessing the Lord of Flame Mound City’s irritation, the Lord of Snow Plains was in a better mood.

The third fight was between two beasts- one from Shaqi City and the other from Sky Wheel City.

Before the fight, the Lord of Fallen Leaves City instructed a slave next to him to send a message to Su Gu.

“Father wants you to prepare for the fourth fight.” Su Gu had an unreadable expression. What happens if this fighter dies? Wouldn’t he just lose a lot of his current advantages?

Shao Xuan was only a little surprised. He once said that if Lei and Tuo were forced to fight, he would go down to the pit too. However, it was just the beginning of the third fight, he didn’t even know who the opponents were for the fourth fight. How did Su Lun know then?

Perhaps Su Lun knew something about the arrangements of White Stone City too, Shao Xuan could tell from this instruction.

“I understand,” said Shao Xuan with a nod. He’d already expected this, he was not too shocked.

“Also,” Su Gu said in a low voice to Shao Xuan, “The beast White Stone City has prepared this time is a horned lizard beast. It was enslaved only recently, this is its first enslavement so it is still very wild. And horned lizards are not as easily provoked into a rage compared to other beasts. They know how to gauge battle conditions so if your plan consists of provoking it into a blind rage then getting another person to attack, it might not work.”

Su Gu explained more about the desert horned lizard’s fighting style and habits. It rarely fell for simple tricks such as food baits, which have very limited effect on them. At the same time, they were highly territorial, if they would definitely kill everyone present upon seeing humans in the sandpit.

“I heard that the Lord of White Stone told the other lords that the fight he prepared would definitely satisfy everyone,” said Su Gu.

The battles were usually fights between cities, such as the second and third battles they’d witnessed. However, the cities occasionally prepared their own fights like the first opening battle and the fourth one arranged by White Stone City.

“Can you predict your own future?” asked Su Gu.

“I can’t,” came Shao Xuan’s reply. He tried Bushi divination once but could not get a definite prediction out of it. However, he felt like something big was going to happen.

“Be careful. If you can’t win, try to dodge it. Sigh!” Su Gu had no confidence in Shao Xuan, despite the fact that three people from Flaming Horn were going into the battle. This wasn’t a jungle, there were no places to hide. All you could do was stick through it and fight. Then again, Shao Xuan and the two weren’t very strong either. Perhaps they might fare better elsewhere but in the pit where everyone was a strong fighter, they looked weak.

Shao Xuan did not tell anyone that he had attained senior totemic warriorhood hence Su Gu did not know that he had grown more powerful. Then again, he might not think much of it even if he did.

“Alright, I’ll get going.”