Chapter 795: Chapter 623 Eat, Sleep, Battle!
Long Yi had successfully obtained the qualification of a seeded contestant for the Arena King, but this qualification wasn’t set in stone. Every seeded contestant had to accept challenges every day, and once they lost more than three times, their status as a seeded contestant would be revoked immediately.
Although such a rule seemed to be at odds with the title of a ’seeded contestant’, it was the long-standing rule of the arena. Never think that just because you have a qualification, you can rest easy!
As a newcomer who had suddenly emerged and disrupted the Night of Champions, Long Yi received the ’favor’ of many contestants. The daily challenges were unending, and Long Yi proved his strength time and time again with each victory.
Recently, the First Prince of The Divine Auffa Empire, Saint Cassio, didn’t continue to join the ranks of those courting Ai Lin. Being a master of romance, he knew the importance of moderation. The daily entanglements of his two foolish younger brothers would only cause Ai Lin to grow tired of them. At this moment, if he appeared, Ai Lin would immediately feel his distinctive tenderness!
Yes, no girl could resist his gentle trap!
At this moment, Saint Cassio was sitting alone in the VIP box, a place which should typically be filled with girls. But now was different, he absolutely could not let any flaws be seen. Ai Lin, a woman of strong character, surely would not tolerate the presence of other women, so he must be careful and cautious.
On the battlefield below, Long Yi had just dealt with his sixth enemy of the day. This opponent was not bad in strength, but was still no match for Long Yi, especially in terms of tactical awareness—Long Yi fought intelligently.
After the fight ended, the opponent’s legs and arms were broken by Long Yi. As Long Yi went over and helped him up, the audience immediately cheered approvingly. Arena audiences seldom cheered for acts of assistance; people generally came to watch for blood and killing. But Long Yi was different—it was his style to kill and to help; both were his way.
Saint Cassio watched Long Yi below, and for a moment, he became distracted. Then he murmured to himself:
"Long Yi, tall figure; formidable strength; likes to help others; and also very smart... Could it be that Miss Ailin likes this type of man?"
With that said, even Saint Cassio laughed. He glanced at Long Yi’s bare-chested, solid muscles, shining as if they were blocks of iron.
"How could that be! Hahaha!"
At this moment, Long Yi could simply describe his daily life with one word—enjoyment. Every day was simply eating, sleeping, fighting. Although always facing a bunch of novices gave him the sensation of his own strength declining, it was far more enjoyable than wandering aimlessly in the academy every day!
Fight! Fight!
Apart from fighting, each day Long Yi also had to deal with two kinds of pervasive people.
Assassins, and fans.
As a seeded contestant, Long Yi had strict protective measures. But these two types of people always found a way to get close to Long Yi.
From the Night of Champions to the month before the Arena King Championship, Long Yi had been attacked by various fans a total of one hundred and thirty-six times, twelve of which were successful. With kiss marks on his face three times and one incident where Long Yi accidentally killed someone.
Then, attacked by assassins more than two hundred times; most were spotted by the Female Demon who directly burned their brains and threw them out. One time, an assassin bypassed the Female Demon and was caught at the moment he pulled out a poisoned dagger, only to have his head exploded by Long Yi.
Lagera told Long Yi that for a newcomer, to receive such treatment was simply unimaginable. It was almost the treatment reserved for superstars who had been lurking in the arena for years.
Clearly, Long Yi’s charm was no less than those of the superstars.
However, Lagera was very curious. How did Long Yi manage to sleep so soundly while coping with the assassins and fans? It was well known that most people would keep vigilant all night long at first, even seeing a rapid decline in performance!
Of course, Long Yi couldn’t tell him that he could sleep even if a million members of the Dragon Clan were waiting to take his life; he merely smiled and told Lagera—I’m strong, I’m fierce, I’m fearless.
Thus, a month after the intense Night of Champions, the Death Meat Grinder Arena welcomed its most important annual event—the Arena King Championship!
Today, all matches had only one mode, that was the Death Meat Grinder event, regardless of whether it was a preliminary match, a main match, or the final main event—all were Death Meat Grinder events! Such match rules also made this competition one of the most eye-catching in the area.
After all, the arena was named ’Death Meat Grinder’!
Today, all of Long Yi’s opponents were familiar to him. Some had already challenged Long Yi but were defeated, while others tried to maintain an air of mystery. They kept their strength reserved and sparred with limited enemies, barely revealing anything of significance from a spectator’s perspective.
Iron Fist was also once a seed, but after being defeated by Long Yi, he announced his retirement, carrying a large sum of money and sitting in the spectator seats. Looking at the bunch of girls much younger than him by his side, one could imagine the joy of his life.
The matches started one by one, all in groups of thirty. The fights were brutal, and the stench of blood constantly seeped into the nostrils, causing all the spectators to wildly shout and scream.
Some arenas had safety rules to ensure that gladiators wouldn’t die. But here, there were none. People came to the Death Meat Grinder Arena to see death!
The preliminaries, over.
The main matches, over.
Then, it was time for today’s most crucial event.
The Arena King!
Thirty people slowly emerged from the surrounding area, each one cautious of others who might pose a threat. For in such a match, it was more important to figure out how to stay alive than to kill the opponent.
The host loudly announced each contestant’s name; as each name was called, a warrior would step forward and strike a pose to greet the crowd’s cheer.
And Long Yi’s name was the last.
"Long Yi!"
Long Yi took a step forward, then raised his fist high.
This had already become his signature move.
The audience immediately roared, "Give me an enemy! Give me an enemy!" "Eat them! Eat them!"
And gradually, those roars coalesced into a single phrase: "King of the Arena! King of the Arena!"
Long Yi smiled.
This is simply making enemies for me.
Sure enough, all the warriors around Long Yi were already looking at him with hostility.
But Long Yi still smiled and then made a throat-slitting gesture to all of them.
"Oh! Did everyone see that? Long Yi is actually provoking everyone! Could it be he plans to take on all of them by himself?" the host shouted excitedly.
The audience immediately cheered.
"Clang!"
The heavy bell sounded.
Boom!
Before anyone could react, a person next to Long Yi lunged at him and then self-destructed!
Such things had occurred before, and though a gladiator, with a sufficient price, one could be driven to do such a thing.
As the dust cleared, Long Yi emerged coughing slightly disheveled.
"Phew... that scared me."
Long Yi said with a laugh.
"A close-range self-explosion from a warrior didn’t cause any damage to Long Yi? I couldn’t see any problem with my naked eye, but luckily, we have magic replay!"
The host shouted loudly.
In the vast sky above, an image magnified hundreds of times appeared.
At the start, as the bell rang and the shield disappeared, the person next to Long Yi immediately burned all his energy preparing to rush at Long Yi. Almost simultaneously, a close-up was given to Long Yi’s eyes. Just as the shield disappeared, Long Yi’s gaze turned towards the man, who was already igniting his energy but hadn’t yet charged at Long Yi.
As the man charged at Long Yi, Long Yi’s hand also raised. A Fighting Aura shield, a Mana shield. And on the outermost layer, a massive Iron shield also surged from underground!
Immediately after, the ambusher hit the suddenly rising shield. The Iron shield was instantly shattered, but beneath the Iron shield, a Rock shield appeared at once. The Rock shield was also shattered instantaneously, and behind the Rock shield, a Crystal stone shield emerged!
After the Crystal stone shield exploded, the remaining energy collided directly with the Fighting Aura shield and the Mana shield. The force of the explosion tore through these two shields, but the residual energy that reached Long Yi merely wrinkled his clothes.
This was not considered harm anymore.
When the video replayed, the entire audience watched in silence. Long Yi didn’t move, and oddly enough, the twenty-eight people facing Long Yi did not move either.
To be honest, this slow-motion replay is the best way to understand an opponent; an opponent’s habits and characteristics are fully exposed under such slow-motion scrutiny.
But after watching the slow-motion replay, those warriors had only one feeling: this bastard named Long Yi was simply impregnable!
Before the start, nobody knew about that person’s sudden attack, indicating that he had been bought off. However, until the very start, this person had participated in all the plans against Long Yi, he even suggested using his speed to attack Long Yi from behind.
But this same person, who had been in good spirits just before the start, launched an attack in an instant, only to be directly blocked by Long Yi!
Long Yi’s eyes had almost instantly shifted the moment the opponent’s energy surged through his whole body!
Remember, this was in slow motion!
The giant image above continued to replay the action of Long Yi turning his eyes.
Just how fast were his reflexes! How wary must he be of the people around him!
"Cough, cough, gentlemen, have you finished watching?"
Long Yi coughed lightly, bringing everyone’s gaze back to him.
"Gentlemen, as you all saw, I am too strong. If you don’t join forces, you stand no chance at all! So, listen to my advice, join hands! Otherwise, you haven’t got a chance!"
Long Yi said sincerely. (To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to vote for recommendation tickets, monthly tickets at Qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)
