The road is vague

Chapter 369 Gladiator Ace (Part Two)

The plump, dark-skinned female cultivator stood up and gestured for Li Mo to rest on the armchair next to her.

"Let me introduce myself. My name is Black Sea Queen. My record is 74 wins, 19 kills, and 27 losses. Since you were brought by our master, you must be a Golden Core cultivator, right?"

This female gladiator, who calls herself the Queen of the Black Sea, is at the late Foundation Establishment stage.

In public performances in various arenas, there is no clear distinction between ranks. A gladiator's status comes from their battle record. Even slave gladiators, who are used as expendable resources, can become professional gladiators through outstanding battle records, although the chances are relatively slim.

"kindness."

Li Mo lay down on the armchair next to the Black Sea Queen.

He could barely accept the title of Thunder Punishment Venerable, but the title of Black Sea Queen was far too exaggerated.

If he had such a title, he probably would find it difficult to speak.

Two maids brought him fruit platters and cold drinks, asking him softly if he needed anything.

After receiving Li Mo's nod of approval, the two continued to feed him fruits and vegetables, a truly rare treat.

"Squeak."

The money-stealing rat scurried out of Li Mo's sleeve, went to the fruit plate, and began to feast on the fruit, revealing a happy expression that made the two maids unable to suppress their laughter.

Then four maids began to groom his hair and nails, and massaged him with their soft, boneless fingers to help him relax.

Li Mo had never received such treatment before.

If it were back in the Great Qian Kingdom, he would probably have felt constrained and uncomfortable, but now he feels at ease.

"It seems the manager is planning to groom you into a new ace."

The Black Sea Queen's words piqued Li Mo's curiosity.

"So, there used to be an ace here?"

"Of course!"

The Black Sea Queen said, "The unique feature of our Fearless Arena is that it cultivates human cultivators as aces. When the Dragon Saint Son was undergoing trials, he especially liked to gather strong people from various races to join him. Therefore, he has some support policies for our arena. The arena's previous ace was named Blood Killer General. However, he was killed by Blood Fang War Tiger of the War Cry Arena in a fight due to a breach of contract. Although he paid the penalty for breach of contract, in the long run, it has made things very difficult for us."

Bloodfang War Tiger.

The star gladiator we saw on the street earlier, surrounded by admirers?

"What? They manipulate the outcomes of matches between the different arenas?"

"No, that's not it. Xinian City has very strict controls on this. Once discovered, the gladiator's qualification will be immediately revoked. However, apart from the War God Arena, battles between professional gladiators and between free gladiators within an incense stick's time are more like staged performances. After an incense stick's time, the disadvantaged can escape in time. Only when encountering those slave gladiators can you kill them at will. But apart from the most popular arenas, no one can afford such a drain..."

Li Mo learned the basic rules of the duel from the Black Sea Queen.

Since no magical artifacts or treasures can be used during gladiatorial combat, it is extremely difficult for human gladiators to stand out. It is precisely for this reason that Xinian City has a supportive policy for the Fearless Arena.

At this time.

A wolf demon, who was enjoying a massage from a maid, suddenly roared.

After pushing several women to the ground, he got up in a rage and took out a leather whip to lash them.

"How many times have I told you, I suffer from insomnia. Get out of my way while I'm asleep! Are you all deaf? You're all just asking for a beating!"

"It was my fault, I didn't realize you had fallen asleep in time, ah..."

"Stop hitting me, boohoo..."

Several women were beaten until their skin was torn and bleeding, crying and wailing incessantly, but they remained where they were, not daring to escape on their own, and could only keep apologizing.

But this tyrannical wolf demon showed no sign of stopping.

As it watched the women scream and cry in front of it, it became increasingly excited, revealing a cruel smile.

Crackling!

A flash of lightning flashed.

Li Mo casually unleashed a lightning bolt.

Although the lightning bolt was only a low-level, beginner-level spell, with the blessing of Li Mo, a Golden Core cultivator, it still caused the demon wolf to scream and fall down immediately.

Seeing this, the other demonic beasts stood up and glared fiercely at Li Mo.

The Black Sea Queen was dumbfounded, clearly startled by Li Mo's actions, and involuntarily took a few steps back, while the other male cultivator immediately dodged away.

"What are you? A mere human, how dare you attack us demons?"

The leader, a black bear spirit, was ferocious and menacing.

"Don't think that just because you've become a professional gladiator here, you can stand on equal footing with us demons. You'll always be just a lowly human. Without our help to support you, you'll never become the ace here!"

As soon as Li Mo arrived, he could see the cultivation levels of these demonic beasts. Only the black bear spirit was at the early stage of the Golden Core realm, while the rest were only at the Foundation Establishment realm.

Therefore, it seems that the so-called ace in the Fearless Arena was quite worthless.

Faced with the Black Bear Spirit's blatant discrimination against humans, even though he had gradually adapted to the order of the Lost Continent, Li Mo couldn't help but feel a sense of pity and amusement. He didn't know whether to laugh at the other party's arrogance and narrow-mindedness or to lament the suffering of the humans here.

"Hmph, is that so?"

Although Li Mo's understanding of the duel rules was not comprehensive, there was one thing he was clear about.

He lightly bit his tongue and spat out a mouthful of blood onto the ground in front of the black bear spirit.

"Then let's have a duel to the death."

The monsters were taken aback.

Upon seeing this, the black bear spirit burst into laughter. Without saying a word, it also spat out a mouthful of blood and fell to the ground.

"Hahahaha, you asked for it, so you can't blame anyone else. In three days, I will eat you alive in front of all the spectators. Enjoy these last three days! Someone, someone, spread the word that I'm about to start a death duel!"

Having said that, the black bear, in a cheerful mood, led several demonic beasts away.

The only reason they came to the Fearless Arena to become professional gladiators was because of the high payouts.

For the sake of the spirit stone, I'll let it go that I acted up to support that Blood Killer General before.

Nowadays, business at the Fearless Arena is slow, and the spirit stones they receive are much less, so they have long harbored a lot of resentment.

Afu, accompanied by his dragon-man guards, rushed over in a great hurry. Upon seeing the two pools of blood on the ground, he was immediately furious and pounded his chest in frustration.

"I was only gone for a short while, how could such a big mess have happened!"

He first ran quickly to the monster gladiator who was laughing and leaving.

"Hey Xiong Lishi, you're the backbone of our Fearless Arena. How can you be so arrogant with a newcomer? Aren't you putting me and our boss in a difficult position?"

"Hahahaha! He's asking for it, don't ask me! You want me to end this death duel? Either you renegotiate the profit-sharing agreement, or you find a new ace. This guy, I'm not putting up with him anymore!"

After saying that, Xiong Lishi pushed Afu away.

Afu then approached Li Mo, who was still leisurely enjoying himself.

"I say, Venerable Lei Fa, you've only just arrived here. You don't know how deep the waters are here. You are, after all, a human, while Xiong Lishi is a demon beast, naturally strong and incredibly powerful. Moreover, he has two investors behind him. They will definitely spare no expense to create favorable conditions for him during the duel. Once the duel to the death begins, there will be no choice but to surrender!"

"Manager Afu, you just need to follow the rules."

Seeing Li Mo's attitude, Afu sighed and then looked angrily at the Black Sea Queen and the male cultivator not far away.

Why didn't you stop them?!

The male cultivator shrugged, chuckled, and left.

The Black Sea Queen said helplessly, "Things happened so fast, I didn't even have time to react."

"Ugh!"

After letting out a long sigh, Afu turned and left with his dragon guards.

The maids who had been rescued by Li Mo wiped away their tears and, despite their injuries, knelt before him.

"Thank you so much, Venerable Lei Fa, for saving me!"

Li Mo waved his hand.

"Go get treatment quickly."

Although he saved these people, he was not complacent or arrogant. This was just the tip of the iceberg of the tragic plight of countless people on the Lost Continent.

Time soon came to night.

After handing the storage bracelet and storage ring to the money-stealing rat, Li Mo, following the instructions of Steward Afu, dressed in an extravagant manner and stepped onto the arena shrouded in a barrier.

The host began his enthusiastic introduction.

"Please allow me to formally introduce you all. The one who is about to appear is the human cultivator we captured from the distant Thousand Treasures Islands, Venerable Thunder Punishment!! In order to capture him, we dispatched a total of thirty slave-capturing ships. After three days and three nights of fierce fighting, we finally defeated this tribal chief. And he is the man who will be engaged in a death duel with Bear Warrior in three days!"

Scattered shouts from the audience could be heard outside the barrier.

Li Mo made a few gestures in response, then looked at the audience outside the spiritual light barrier. The huge arena was less than 20% full.

In a daze, he seemed to return to that year, watching a gladiatorial performance in Yuancheng with Wang Feng, marveling at how a high-ranking Golden Core cultivator had become a gladiator.

Now he himself has become that role.

"And the enemy that Venerable Thunder Punishment will face today are thirty of the most ferocious man-eating claws of the deep sea!"

As the host spoke, a large group of black-shelled monsters emerged from the gate at the other end of the arena. They were grotesque, terrifying, and extremely ferocious.

Li Mo activated his spiritual eye to scan the area. Of these so-called deep-sea man-eating claws, only three had reached the Foundation Establishment stage, while the rest were only at the Qi Refining stage. He couldn't help but feel speechless.

Even if it's his first performance, it's really a waste of his talents as a mid-stage Golden Core cultivator.

At this moment, the two sides were separated by a barrier. The deep-sea man-eating claws kept crashing into the barrier, looking extremely ferocious. The spectators outside took this opportunity to place bets, which also gave the gladiators time to formulate a battle plan.

About the time it takes to drink a cup of tea.

"start!"

A swarm of large, man-eating deep-sea claws surged toward Li Mo.

Li Mo's figure soared into the sky, silently standing in the air. The water arrows shot from the ground were easily blocked by his spiritual light, and the lightning spiritual power from all directions frantically converged on him.

"Thunder Dragon in the Sky".

A cyan-green lightning bolt descended from the sky, vaguely resembling the form of a dragon, shaking its head and swooping down towards the ground.

Under the terrifying pressure of the thunder, the originally menacing deep-sea man-eating claws on the ground immediately fled in terror, but how could they be faster than the trajectory of a mid-to-high-level spell?

boom!
With a deafening thunderous explosion, rolling shockwaves spread in all directions, tearing large groups of deep-sea man-eating claws to pieces and killing them instantly, while a small number were blasted to the edge of the arena by the shockwaves.

"Wow..."

The audience outside the stadium immediately erupted in cheers.

After being declared the winner, Li Mo calmly returned to his residence.

Afu walked over with excited little steps.

"The audience's response was quite good. Your performance as a newcomer was already perfect. It seems that the title of Thunder Punishment Venerable is quite fitting for you!"

Several maids came over to remove Li Mo's extravagant attire.

Li Mo had no interest in discussing today's victory. The inability to use magic weapons might have a huge impact on other cultivators, but for him, since he looked down on those unorthodox magic weapons and had never bothered to forge them, the impact was not significant.

His current strength relies on various lightning techniques, so he can deal with them with ease.

(End of this chapter)