Chapter 15

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Countless discussions rose from all directions. Some people had mocking expressions on their faces, while others had contemptuous expressions.

There were also some who had worried or surprised expressions.

However, no one seemed to believe in him.

Especially when seeing that Su Chen had walked up to the ring while staggering, many shook their heads and sighed.

Before the competition had even started, they had already asserted that Su Chen would definitely lose. He would be dismembered and eaten on the spot by the weeping corpse bird!

However, when the weeping corpse bird set foot in the arena, the other martial artists seemed to have noticed a problem.

One by one, the voices of discussion slowly stopped, and the different expressions on their faces slowly became the same.

What was going on?

What was it that this beast… It didn’t seem to be affected by the debuff of the arena.

“I remember that when I walked into the arena, I felt dizzy! My legs felt weak too!”

“Me too. I was fine at first, but as soon as I stepped into the ring, I heard a strange sound. Then, my blood-qi points were deducted!”

“AI, I remember that someone experienced the same thing yesterday! Didn’t Shen Fei, the three-time champion, also say that something like this happened to him?”

“But, why are the kid and the weeping corpse bird fine? I can understand that the bird is fine because it’s a beast, but why is the brat fine too? Could it be that he’s too weak?”

Countless people noticed the problem and started to discuss it.

They were surprised that the fierce beast was not affected by the debuff, yet they were.

Even after their duels had ended, the debuffs were still there.

Not only had many lost a large amount of their blood-qi points, but they also lost a lot of money.

The host had told them that the debuffs would be removed after the competition.

Their matches had long ended, but why hadn’t the debuffs been removed yet?

That was the blood-qi points that determined the lower limit of a martial artist’s ability!

Many of the more suspicious people were even suspecting that the arena had stolen their blood-qi points through some method and had no intention of returning them.

It was just that the idea of stealing blood-qi points was too outrageous, so they did not go to the person in charge of the arena.

But now, when they saw Su Chen staggering into the ring, they automatically imagined that he had also heard the sound that collected “toll”.

Many people even asked doubtfully, “Could it be that fierce beasts would not be affected, to begin with, and only humans would be affected?”

Wasn’t this too unfair to humans?!

That brat looked like he could be crushed to death easily, yet he was still affected by the debuff?

At that moment, many subconsciously sympathized with Su Chen.

The kid couldn’t possibly win against the weeping corpse bird, yet at the same time, the debuff had no effect on the weeping corpse bird.

The people in charge were sending the kid to his death!

On the grandstand, the audience could no longer hold themselves back. They could not wait to see a bloody and violent killing scene.

“Kid, hurry up!”

“Why does he look so drunk? His legs went soft when he saw the beast? Then why did he choose to go on stage?”

“I thought that this kid wasn’t afraid of anything, but to think he’s scared to death after going on stage. This is just funny. Does he really think that money is so easy to earn?”

…

In the arena, just as the weeping corpse bird noticed Su Chen, the host received a prompt from the other staff members.

“Stop the competition right away! The match is suspended! The boss suddenly announced that it will be delayed by an hour!” The host was about to commentate on the competition when he suddenly received this news. For a moment, he was a little confused.

However, since the boss had spoken, the host couldn’t disobey. He quickly changed his words and shouted to the staff in charge of the beast cages, “Pause the match! Hurry up and use the trap to catch the weeping corpse bird!”

In an instant, a huge metal box clanged down on the weeping corpse bird, stopping its ferocious movements.

On the other side, a few staff members opened the door of the iron box with trembling hands and hurriedly pulled Su Chen out of the arena.

Then, another few staff members took a set of equipment and ran it over Su Chen’s body. Finally, they came up with a number that surprised everyone.

125.

The staff looked at Su Chen in surprise. They simply could not believe that a high school student, a weak-looking one at that, could have such high blood-qi points.

Then, the staff member doubted himself and tested again several times in a row. In the end, he had no choice but to tell the boss the number.

Following this, the staff member holding the walkie-talkie was taken to an unknown place.

The audience in the ring, the martial artists in the waiting area, and Zhang Tong and the others in the VIP lounge could only grumble helplessly.

It was only when they received the arena’s newly-produced flyers that they were once again filled with anticipation for the battle against the weeping corpse bird.

During this one hour of waiting, the arena used Su Chen as a gimmick to publicize the arena.

In various television programs, all sorts of advertisements and flyers were inserted. Everyone spared no effort to start promoting the duel.

As Shen Fei’s battle with the weeping corpse bird had been canceled yesterday, many had been dissatisfied with the arena.

The emotions had even directly affected the attendance rate today. In the large arena, there were many empty seats, which made the boss very dissatisfied.

The arena was only open for two days a week, to begin with, but due to this incident, the attendance rate was not ideal.

Most importantly, they had no clue about the abnormal happening. It was like a ghost was haunting the place and seemed to be a completely supernatural event.

Therefore, Su Chen’s appearance opened up a business opportunity for the arena’s owner.

He saw the business opportunity that could allow him to recover his losses and even make more money.

To think a frail and scrawny high school student had 125 blood-qi points.

Although these blood-qi points were not even comparable to a true genius, it was a huge contrast to Su Chen’s appearance.

The boss of the arena had sharply caught and made use of the gimmick.

With the arena’s all-out promotion, the news of the duel between a student of Binhai First High and the weeping corpse bird spread like wildfire.

Countless people saw the news through their TV screens and spread it through their chats.

In a short ten minutes, the streets were filled with people discussing the arena.

“Hey, did you guys hear? There’s going to be a competition in the arena today. It sounds very exciting!”

“Arena? You even watch that kind of thing, huh… Wait, a high school student fighting a beast? F*ck, where can I see it? I also want to go and take a look!”

“Damn, I graduated from Binhai First High too. Are the students in school so good now? I have to see it with my own eyes!”