After two days, Bai Che had barely managed to adapt to the pace of life here.
When he first arrived, he was still worried about Cyan Stone Castle.
But then he heard that no conflict had broken out at Cyan Stone Castle. For some unknown reason, the Fishmen had delayed their attack, although many of them were still spotted near the underground river.
So Bai Che continued to stay here.
"Cousin, are we really going to challenge the Blood Sand Beast Fighting Arena? Isn’t that too much trouble? I think things are fine as they are now."
Bai Che’s eyes lit up. "I’m not doing it to form a Hunting Team. I just want to give it a try. I heard the Blood Sand Beast Fighting Arena is very realistic. Even if you die inside, you don’t really die. You get to truly experience the great terror between life and death. Don’t you think that’s interesting?"
Bai Jie started to speak but stopped himself. ’He didn’t think so at all...’
’His cousin has probably been brainwashed by those stories written by scholars.’
"The Young Master is absolutely right!"
"What the Young Master says is reasonable."
Hearing the endless stream of flattery from the guards, Bai Jie couldn’t help but fall silent.
After the group gathered enough contribution, they applied to the higher-ups for the challenge.
The challenge was quickly approved.
Bai Che received a notification: the challenge was scheduled for six hours from now.
He was to prepare a member list, along with their weapons and equipment, in the meantime.
Qin Ziwen received the news half an hour before the challenge.
"That group wants to challenge the Blood Sand Beast Fighting Arena? Why are they so reckless?" Qin Ziwen was a bit surprised. In fact, ever since the challenge was announced, not many people inside Home had chosen to take it on.
It was really because there were currently only three "employees" in the Beast Fighting Arena.
Tyrannosaurs, Duck-billed Dragon, and Giant Rock Dragon.
None of these three "employees" were easy to mess with. Those who could solo them weren’t interested, and for those who couldn’t, the difficulty was immense. The challenge became exponentially harder since Car-Mounted Crossbows were prohibited inside the arena.
"They heard it’s very realistic in there and that there’s a ’great surprise’ to be found between life and death," Qin Ziwu said with a strange look on his face.
THUD!
THUD!
THUD!
Watching the Giant Beast running inside the Beast Fighting Arena, Bai Che’s face turned pale.
"So this is the Tyrannosaurs!?"
"Yep. You’ve seen all three types of dinosaurs now. Which one do you choose to challenge?" Cao Biansheng had a wicked grin on his face.
"Aren’t there any smaller ones?"
"No smaller ones. Just these three."
"I don’t believe you."
Cao Biansheng rolled his eyes. "Believe it or not! If you’re not going to challenge it, then get out. The contribution is non-refundable anyway."
Bai Che looked worried. He recalled the three dinosaurs he had just seen and finally asked tentatively, "Which one do you think is more suitable for us to challenge?"
Cao Biansheng said without hesitation, "The Duck-billed Dragon. That’s the one most people challenge."
"Why not the Giant Rock Dragon? I saw that the Giant Rock Dragon was smaller."
Cao Biansheng nodded seriously. "The Giant Rock Dragon is fine too."
"..."
Bai Che rolled his eyes. He was speechless.
’I’ve never met such a half-assed person.’
Seeing this, Cao Biansheng burst out laughing. "No amount of talk is as effective as trying it once yourself. You’ll know once you’ve challenged it. Who knows, you might even fall in love with the feeling and end up challenging all three dinosaurs."
"You think everyone’s a masochist like you?" Qin Ziwu’s retort came from the side. Behind him were Qin Ziwen and some other onlookers who had come to watch the show.
Bai Che felt like a monkey on display.
"Fine. I’ll listen to you. Let’s go with the Duck-billed Dragon."
Cao Biansheng said smugly, "Trust me, I’m definitely not lying to you. The Duck-billed Dragon is the weakest one."
The Tyrannosaurs stopped, turned its head to look at the group, and its body gradually blurred, fading away into a faint shadow.
Not far away, another phantom-like image materialized out of thin air.
Its body was brownish-yellow, like a small mountain. Its shoulder height exceeded six meters, and its back was covered in a layer of thick plate armor.
It swayed its thick tail, and a low roar echoed through the Beast Fighting Arena. "ROAR~"
Meeting the deep brown eyes of the Duck-billed Dragon, Bai Jie’s face turned pale. ’My cousin must be completely insane.’
’Not only did we waste the contribution, now we’re about to get thrashed.’
...
"Gasp—"
Qin Ziwen couldn’t bear to watch and turned his head away.
The scene inside the Beast Fighting Arena was too bloody and cruel to look at directly.
"Courage is the hymn of humanity! These are true warriors. When it comes to the love of hunting, you still have to look to the ancients," Cao Biansheng remarked with feeling.
Qin Ziwu said, "I heard a rumor. They want to form their own Hunting Team. I don’t know where they heard it from, but they think that passing the Beast Fighting Arena’s trial will qualify them to form one."
Cao Biansheng was speechless. He turned to look at the leader. If he remembered correctly, this rule had been established by the leader himself.
Ever since this rule was announced, basically no one had come to take the challenge.
This was mainly because the Gated Community already had many Hunting Teams, so they didn’t need to take the challenge.
Besides, it wasn’t that they had to complete the hunt to qualify. As long as the entire team had a sufficiently impressive performance during the Beast Fighting hunt, they could pass.
If you really had to successfully hunt all three Giant Beasts to qualify to form a Hunting Team, then everyone in the Gated Community would probably be a superman...
In the center of the arena, the Duck-billed Dragon let out a triumphant cry. Amidst the cry, its form gradually blurred and then disappeared.
The bloody mess on the ground also faded away. At the entrance of the Beast Fighting Arena, Bai Che and the others, still shaken, rematerialized.
Many of them were as pale as a sheet, still able to recall the scene from just moments ago.
The Giant Beast had charged over with overwhelming force, its massive body creating the momentum of ten thousand stampeding horses.
’We couldn’t stop it. We couldn’t stop it at all.’
After the Duck-billed Dragon challenge, the group from Cyan Stone Castle was thoroughly humbled.
An old veteran from eighty million years ago helped them curb their pride and impatience.
Bai Che obediently stayed on as their "hostage." As for forming his own Hunting Team, it was as if he had never mentioned it.
...
"Still no movement from those Fishmen recently?"
Yan Da, standing opposite him, said grimly, "My Lord, their surveillance has intensified. I’ve eliminated many of their scouts, but the number of Fishmen watching us in secret hasn’t decreased. In fact, it’s increased."
"These Fishmen are definitely up to no good." Qin Ziwen narrowed his eyes, then said, "Make a big scene. I’ll have Luo Hai coordinate with you to eliminate all the surrounding scouts."
"Yes."
After Yan Da left, Qin Ziwen looked at Jia Liangcai behind him. "What do you think these Fishmen are planning?"
Jia Liangcai said, "Last time, Mr. Mogu went and assassinated their leader. No matter who takes over as the new leader, to consolidate their power, they will definitely seek out the true culprit to exact revenge—or at least, they will claim to do so publicly."
Here, Jia Liangcai’s tone shifted. "But in reality, after suffering several setbacks, the new leader of the Dark Tide Fishmen may not truly have the courage to seek revenge against us. If Mr. Mogu could assassinate their leader once, he can do it a second time."
Qin Ziwen was thoughtful. "So, it’s all bark and no bite."
"It’s just a possibility."
"Then what do you think I should do?"
"That depends on what you want, my Lord. Slaughter is never the goal, only a means to an end."
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