Chapter 331 (2/2)

The bull’s long, thick horns shook and rammed into the stone wall once again.

These walls could only hold the bull in for so long. They were not built to withstand consecutive ramming like that, they were not built like the arena pits.

The people who were sent to check on the bull dared not open the stone doors quickly, as they heard the powerful cries and loud thuds. Just as they were thinking of a way to calm the beasts down, they heard a huge crash far away. One of the stone walls of this building, a stone building that required huge amounts of labour and physical resources, a stone building that required sacrificing hundreds to a thousand slaves to build, had fallen.

The people standing near the fallen wall saw the Inferno Bull stomping out, its eyes had turned an evil red, its nostrils strongly exhaling dry heat. The slaves standing outside could clearly see the white steam forced out of its nose.

A junior slave master plus more than ten slaves had been sent to calm the bull but when they saw it, all they could think was: Oh no!

What happened? Why was Inferno so angry?

The Inferno Bull’s eye colour changed according to its mood. Its eyes turned red when it was furious- the darker the red, the angrier it was. At this point, the bull’s eyes had already turned blood-red like burning-hot rocks, as if ready to burn whoever in its path.

This fury was very suitable for the sandpit… but this was not the sandpit, nor was it time for battle.

Inferno glared at everyone outside with its bloodshot eyes, its hoove scraping the ground.

Upon witnessing such fury, the people of Red Star City had their hearts at their throats.

“It’s going to attack!”

“Get the lord! Hurry!”

This bull was enslaved by the lord, so only the lord could calm it down. If other people wanted to stop it, they would have to band together many people and likely kill it. However, the lord had specifically told them to not hurt it. The only solution left was to look for its master.

The bull let out a long cry, then hung its head with its horns facing the front. Just as it was about to charge ahead, the culprit who provoked the bull had done the same thing at a different place. There were so many beasts here!

The first task Shao Xuan had given it was to provoke the bull.

Two days before the arena opened, Shao Xuan had been walking around in Beast Battle City. He had heard about Red Star City’s Inferno Bull with its five consecutive wins the past five years and short temper. It was perfect for his plan.

To test the beetle’s obedience and ability to perform tasks, Shao Xuan had been observing it daily. That day, he stayed in the house all day, only going out occasionally to get something. He gave the beetle a small section of a branch, then told it to put the branch down outside the house in a corner. The beetle obediently performed the task successfully three consecutive times. Shao Xuan started to feel thankful he had enslaved a beetle this smart.

He told ‘Sapphire’ that he would unlock the second shackle once this task was complete. To be honest, once Shao Xuan had confirmed its abilities, he wanted to unlock its second shackle but it was too soon. Su Gu once said that it might not be beneficial if the period between unlocking two shackles were too short. Some might even die. That was why Shao Xuan did not unlock it immediately, instead promising to do it after this task was completed.

There were many other beetles where the beasts were kept, not just this blue beetle. Although they were not much of a threat alone, it was different when they worked in numbers. That was why the beasts were all so agitated.

The arena would be open for two to three days before the full moon, and there would be around ten fights per day. Most of the animals used for battle were kept next to the arenas. Sometimes, special circumstances might require changing the beast used for battle, that was why not just the beasts used for the first day were here, some of them were meant for the second day.

Right now, the fighting beasts that took the people so long to calm and lock them up, were all driven insane.

In the beginning, it was just one or two but like a chain reaction, the rest of the animals were also triggered. They all had short tempers anyway, plus there was a solid reason to be angry too.

Rumble---

Another stone wall fell.

This time, as if a trigger was pulled, stone walls fell one by one, stone doors also rammed open.

In a rage, these beasts did not function on logic or reason. Other than the slaves in charge of caring for these animals, the arena was the next thing that could contain these beasts. There was a thick layer of protection and tall walls between them and the arena right now. Failing to smash through them, the beasts charged in a different direction, ramming and smashing through things within Beast Battle City as they unleashed their rage.

The guards of Beast Battle City were made up of people from the three major cities. They were not in friendly relations with each other in the first place, plus every hole in their organisational structure was magnified at this moment. The city fell into chaos in the blink of an eye.

The competition at the arena could not proceed because the beasts were wreaking havoc outside, plus the currently emotionally unstable slave masters still did not dare leave the arena. All they could do was sit there as they waited for the lords and slaves to deal with the beasts outside.

It was only in the afternoon when they finally, barely, stabilised the situation outside. The slave masters who had been hiding from the chaos were in no mood to watch the competition, hence they were all escorted back to their bases by slaves.

Shao Xuan and the other two did not return to the Fallen Leaves base. After sending a message to Su Gu, they found a place to rest.

“Ah-Xuan, are we not returning to the Fallen Leaves base?” asked Tuo.

“Not for the moment,” said Shao Xuan.

“Why? Are you worried the Fallen Leaves lord would be suspicious?”