Chapter 328 (1/2)

Time To Die

It was getting darker as he descended down the stairs. The corridor was empty. Though there was a window above, little light came in.

There were many slaves from the three major cities stationed here, perhaps to prevent any sort of mishaps.

These people stopped Shao Xuan to question him when he arrived. Once they heard he was the next fighter and saw Chi Shi hold up a wooden symbol given by Lord of the Fallen Leaves, they let them go. However, they reminded, “You can’t go in now, wait here. There are people from White Stone City there.”

Shao Xuan looked over to see there were more than ten White Stone people standing at the mouth of the walkway. He wanted to see if Lei and Tuo where there but he was stopped before he could get any closer.

White Stone and Fallen Leaves were rivals and had many issues in their relations. Chi Shi had also brought other people to follow them when Shao Xuan came down here. Right now, both parties were looking at each other at the mouth of the walkway.

“Anyone here up next?” Shao Xuan asked loudly. If Lei and Tuo were here, they would definitely respond.

Indeed, once he finished his sentence, he heard Tuo’s voice. “Ah-Xuan?!”

It sounded as if Tuo wanted to approach but was stopped.

“Ah-Xuan, what are you doing here?! You need to leave quickly!” said Tuo frantically.

“Shut the hell up!” shouted someone from the White Stone City from within the corridor. Shao Xuan then heard something like a brawl.

Shao Xuan narrowed his eyes and kicked at the nearest person, who was from White Stone City.

The fuse was lit. People from two rival cities started fighting each other.

The guards around them started shouting, charging at them and prying them apart roughly. Once the guards finally stopped all the fighting, Shao Xuan had already slipped inside.

The walkway was even darker but it was enough for Shao Xuan to see.

Tuo was leaning against a wall, panting. Perhaps due to the short brawl he had with the other person from White Stone City. Next to him, Lei was sitting on the ground. He did not look well.

Shao Xuan checked on Lei. While his life was not in danger, he had broken a few ribs and suffered internal injury. Shao Xuan distributed a little of the medicine he’d brought with Tuo and Lei then looked at everyone else.

Yep. Other than Lei and Tuo, Shao Xuan recognised four more people inside. Two from the Feather tribe, two from Tianshan and all four had many wounds ranging from minor to severe injuries. There were four more slaves covered in marks made by whips, one of them had a hand cut off at the wrist. These must be slaves who deemed guilty of crimes.

White Stone City had prepared ten people including Lei and Tuo for the fourth fight. Or more like ten sacrificial lambs for the fourth fight. With the conditions all of them were in, they would not be able to defeat a beast specifically bred for battle.

Tuo took this opportunity to explain what happened the day they were captured. They had fallen into a trap set by the people of White Stone City because they met the Feather and Tianshan tribesmen.

“Also,” Tuo had a solemn look on his face, “Ah-Xuan, I saw the Wanshi emblem that day too.”

The Wanshi tribe had relations to the slave masters, Shao Xuan had known of this for a long time. However, he hadn’t expected them to work with specifically White Stone City. Is it because they both had ‘shi’ (stone) in their names?

“That’s not it. We also… saw Dao Yu.” Tuo hesitated to speak. “Lei and I could not defeat him. Lei’s injured because of Dao Yu.”

To be defeated like this by a traitor, Lei and Tuo felt like they had embarrassed the Flaming Horn tribe. They had no dignitiy left to face the shaman nor the chief, right now their heads hung low as they spoke to Shao Xuan.

“This is not the time to talk about it, take the time to rest,” said Shao Xuan.