C313 – Betting
Posted on December 1, 2018 by AzureOrchid92
They followed the people on the huge gerbils and went over to the side of the Colosseum.
In addition to the battle among the cities’ slave kings, the other slave owners usually entertain themselves with other beasts fight, usually held in this area.
In Beast City, aside from the great Colosseum in the city, there were many sunken pits for beasts, and what those people just gossiped about was held in a pit nearby.
Because it was people from Rock Tomb and Fire Hill of the three big cities involved in the fight, whether they only wanted to join the excitement or to give their support, they would all gather over there.
When Shao Xuan’s entourage arrived, a lot of people were already gathered around the giant pit with a diameter of nearly 100 meters, and about 30 meters deep.
Since many of the riding beasts were prone to manic after getting close to the pit, the slave owners would hand the beast to their slaves, then they’d only watch as they walked over and stood next to the pit to watch it up close.
At this time, the pit has a nearly seven meter high fierce beast. It has yellow sand fur color, while its whole body was like a gorilla covered with steel needles. It looked like some kind of orangutan, but its head was not the same, bigger and weird with three eyes, blood-red bead-like eyes rotating to look at the people around the pit.
At this moment, the beast had probably just been brought up and been restrained by the slaves. While suppressed, it had been screaming and breathing heavily. Those listening heard it like the sound of boulders clashing, giving a person a heavy pressure.
It was probably the onlookers around it that made it more irritable. The bloodthirsty and violent colors of its three eyes were even worse.
Hou!
The beast roared, lifting its two stout arms and hitting the ground in order to show its strength.
For a time, the pit that was originally a sturdy ground, had a dent.
The spectators who saw this scene were even more excited. Under the attack of this level of beast, could the other side win?
After showing its own prowess, the beast turned its eyeballs again, sweeping a circle around the pit and setting it on a silhouette.
Standing on the side of the beast pit, Su Gu was excited. He couldn’t wait for the pair to go battle immediately. As he thought of something, Su Gu gestured to Wu Shi next to him and said a few words, pointing to a place near the pit.
Wu Shi nodded, then took a bag and left.
Shao Xuan noticed what Su Gu was referring to, and that was the area where you could place bets.
In the Beast City, the spectators around could also join by betting.
“Who are you going for?” Shao Xuan asked.
Su Gu pointed to the pit, “That slave will win.”
The man was a slave who was set to make a brutal killing of the beast sent down by Rock Tomb City.
Now, the slave stood there very calmly, with no weapons at hand.
Going into the pit, one would face more than half possibilities. Only one side could come out alive in the end, while the other side would become the stepping stone of the winner. Of course, it’s also possible that neither would be able to live.
“It’s beginning!” Someone shouted.
Shao Xuan turned to watch.
The first thing to move was the beast that was already on the edge of agitation.
They saw the beast went straight to the only creature in the pit except for it. Its two arms full of destructive force were mercilessly smashed, without any superfluous skill. The beast’s attacks were always more direct, aggressive, and each hit was the most simple, powerful attack.
A sound immediately blew in the pit. The dust in the air was so diffused that the people could not see the situation inside.
At this time, everyone standing outside the pit could clearly feel the tremor that was sent in the ground.
The slaves standing on the edge of the pit stood by guarding their slave owners, and saw the beast’s attack, but not much change was seen on their faces. Their bodies remained close to the slave owners to protect them better and provide more timely protection in case of accidents. Some of the slave owners also retreated two steps outward.
There had been unexpected incidents in the pit previously. The fighting beasts were too aggressive, and the young, easy-going slave owners were too involved. They stood too close to the edge of the pit, hence, when the pit wall around couldn’t bear the fighting beast’s continuous attack and collapsed, they fell together into it. With the fighting beast already with red eyes, it had trampled them to death.
With these lesson from the past, even though there were still a lot of crazy young slave owners close to the pit, more people still cared about their small lives.
The attack of the beast just now was very fast and destructive. However, the slave was certainly not a simple character to be able to enter the pit of the Colosseum.
When one was in a weak position, it was necessary to rely on one’s own physical strength, speed, skills, and so on. Hence, to deal with this opponent while slowly taking out its life, recklessly moving would make it harder to get the upper hand. In such a place, once he misses, he would only be waiting for his death.
For the first blow, the slave had avoided it.
In the dust that has not yet dissipated, there was a continuous roar thundering. It was the beast’s subsequent attacks after discovering that the first strike had missed.
The beast’s arms hit on the surrounding stone walls. A block of stones embedded in the walls were split and some of the protruding corners were flattened. In the face of such violent, continuous bombardment, the slave in the pit in contrast appeared to be extremely delicate.
After several of its attacks were dodged, the beast inside the pit became more irritable and anxious. Such a small human had avoided its attacks a number of times. When it had fought other people, it could kill them in a single strike.
There was another sound of explosion. This time, it hit the person, sending him to fly and hit the wall of the pit fiercely.
The people around hissed at the same time, as if it was them that was just hit on their bodies. Some of the probably thought of how much painful that was.
However, the slave, who had just suffered a blow, soon entered the battle again. He was able to avoid the next attack.
A few moments later, the attack frequency of the beast began to fall. The spectators around them started to get impatient.
At this time, the beast in the pit suddenly uttered a mournful howl.
This gave the people who had just complained a mental jolt.
In the pit, the huge beast had one of its eyes spraying blood. Its two hind legs angrily trampled on the ground, but, even with brute force, it couldn’t be used against the opponent, because the slave dodged too fast.
Some of those who have already placed their bets had a sudden change in their expressions. Some appeared dignified, while others, like Su Gu, looked surprised with joy because of this.
“I’ll win!” Su Gu said.
Inside the pit, the beast’s attack became disorganized because of pain and impatience. The slave also knew that his chance had finally come. He took a big breath, his momentum suddenly soared while the patterns on his arms lit up, some lines appearing on his body.
Shao Xuan observed the slave patterns on the slave.
The slave patterns were similar to the tribal totem pattern. In the desert cities, different cities and different factions have their own unique slave pattern produced by the slave owner’s own hand.
When he saw the slave patterns, Shao Xuan’s eyelids jumped. He had seen this slave pattern before, when he first encountered the other Flaming Horns tribesmen.
Those were originally from Rock Tomb City. He just didn’t know what role this slave had in it. Looking around, Shao Xuan didn’t find the slave owner.
“Good!”
“Kill it!”
“Hey! Kill!”
“Kill!”
The young slave owners around were so high-spirited. They liked to see blood for fun, and the bloodthirsty atmosphere and the sound of fighting made them all burst out loud shouts.
There was another mournful roar.
The beast was struck again.
It felt a heavy threat, and its remaining two large lantern-like eyeballs were frightened by the violence.
Peng! Peng! Peng!
The sound of bombardment in the pit exploded, the earthquake sending out countless sand. Even the stone wall had been knocked down, with a lot of dust flying. The scattered smoke blocked the battlefield inside the pit for a time. It was difficult to see the inside of the fight, but the intense bloody smell and constant thundering of the roar of the beast stimulated the young slave owners outside the pit.
“Boring,” Lei said.
Lei’s voice was not loud. In the midst of the excitement, this little statement was drowned out. When they were hunting, they have never been so quick to grind. For them who often hunt, Lei could naturally see that this was deliberate delay for the performance. He was not accustomed to these kind of fighting for the slave owners. He enjoyed a fight with the fierce beast, but not in this form.
But this was Beast City.
The breath of life inside the pit was disappearing. The breath of a very strong presence was slowly weakening, until it ended.
“Win! I win!” Su Gu shouted, his expression excited and complexion flushed.
Meanwhile, some of the audience around the pit were angry, their mouths still complaining about what things like losing the bet. Some were excitedly jumping, like Su Gu, when they won the bet.
“Go on, take our bets! Then, see what we can win.” Su Gu excitedly squeezed past the people to get to the place where the betting was. Many of the slave owners who won the bets were already gathered there.
The betting here was more special. Even if one won and took their winnings, winning back something good depended on their luck.
Note: Sigh.. I think this chapter was longer or maybe just more tiring. And I used Pinyin(?) now for the three city names. ˉ_(ツ)_/ˉ