The road is vague

Chapter 380 War God Gladiator

The Arena of the God of War in Xinian City opens once every ten years.

This is the grandest event that the common people of Xinian City can participate in, and all the dragon people in the city are given a three-day holiday as a result.

During this period, many Dragon People would even empty their pockets to bet on the ace gladiator they supported, hoping to secure a better future for themselves.

For many Dragon People, supporting their beloved ace gladiators is an important part of their spiritual entertainment; the cultural influence of gladiators has permeated everyone's lives.

finally.

More than 30 ace gladiators were selected from over 100 arenas in Xinian City to participate in this War God Gladiator Competition.

These individuals all possess a massive audience appeal and the support of numerous wealthy patrons.

Among these thirty-odd people, Thunder Punishment Venerable of the Fearless Arena could only be considered an average performer.

However, this year is different from previous years.

The lockdown of Xinian City not only kept spectators from the outside world from attending the grand event outside the city, but also forced the holy sons and dragon people of various tribes who came to watch the competition as usual to wait outside the city gates.

Meanwhile, the Temple of the Years was also having heated discussions about whether to postpone the battle for the Holy Son or to make special arrangements to allow the gladiators of the God of War to leave the City of the Years.
The undercurrents within were far more turbulent than Li Mo had imagined.

At this moment, as the ace gladiator of the Fearless Arena, after meeting with several big spenders, he arrived at the lounge and allowed four maids to meticulously dress him up in an extravagant style.

after awhile.

Afu walked into the room with great interest.

"This year's War God Arena has thirty-two participants. Your first opponent is Storm General from the Hurricane Arena. Here is his information. How about it, are you confident?"

The so-called Storm General was actually a dragon-man.

Its achievements are quite remarkable, and the financial support behind it is even greater than that of Li Mo.

However, once they become gladiators, there is no longer a distinction between races. Even dragonmen must abide by the rules of dueling. For various reasons, many dragonmen become professional gladiators or freelance gladiators.

"no problem."

Li Mo responded casually and returned the information about General Storm to Afu.

Now that he has advanced to the late stage of Golden Core, his strength has increased significantly again. Compared to the current War God Competition, he is more worried about whether the Faceless True Man can handle the Sun Ship problem, as well as that strange thing that he has hit thirty-three times in a row but still hasn't died.

Seeing Li Mo's confidence, Afu still patiently gave him some reminders.

"As before, the arena will open an escape route after the time it takes for an incense stick to burn. If you realize you are outmatched, you can immediately enter and choose to concede. There's always another day. However, unlike before, all the ace gladiators participating in the competition are no longer bound by contracts. If you can kill your opponent in the gladiator fight, you will be directly promoted to War God Gladiator. The rest will have to compete against each other in multiple matches, and the final ranking will be based on the results."

Li Mo nodded.

"I understand. Haven't you contacted the employer yet?"

"Master... seems to have encountered some trouble. Perhaps he went to the temple to pray. Don't worry, your matter won't be delayed."

As Afu was speaking, he suddenly noticed that Li Mo's expression was a little off.

He didn't know what kind of agreement existed between this Thunder Punishment Venerable and his master, but naturally he wouldn't want to get involved and would rather embarrass himself, so he quickly took his leave.

Afu naturally had no idea that Li Mo's unusual expression was due to something else.

"This is the 34th time. After another seven or eight times at most, that thing will probably gradually get used to it, which is definitely not a good sign."

Although the binary chaotic lightning path would continuously increase its feedback and the area it could affect would also increase with each lightning strike, this thing was just too strange.

Even through a vague encounter with order, Li Mo felt a sense of dread and unease.

Furthermore, he was quite certain that the other party possessed some special means to unravel the mystery and find him, especially after being struck dead by lightning time and time again. Its understanding of Li Mo had clearly deepened, and it was using this method to capture the source of order in the dualistic chaotic lightning.

At least it is now confirmed that Li Mo is able to move freely in this world.

This means that it can be confirmed that the target has definitely not reached the Nascent Soul stage or above.

"We must leave this continent as soon as possible. Only by escaping back to the Central Plains can we escape the influence of the Temple of the Year."

The arena resounded with the excited shouts of the audience, like surging waves, one after another.

Unsettled, Li Mo took out some spirit honey and soaked it in water, stirring it continuously with a spoon to calm himself down.

Three hours later.

It had gone from noon to dusk, and finally it was Li Mo's turn to appear.

As the metal gate slowly opened, Li Mo's figure flashed and appeared in the sky above the arena, with a vast ocean formed by the barrier beneath his feet.

The shouts of the audience pierced through the barrier and entered the arena.

Compared to the Fearless Arena, which is less than 100 feet long and wide, the Arena of War is more than ten times larger and can accommodate dozens of times more spectators. Not only are all the seats in the arena full, but even some important figures such as dukes and marquises who usually only appear in legends are in the VIP seats.

Then Li Mo looked at his opponent.

General Storm was on the other side of the arena, receiving cheers from his supporters.

This was a dragon-human of similar height to Li Mo, covered in the dense red scales characteristic of the Blood Dragon Clan, with two long whiskers at the corners of his mouth, and surrounded by turbulent wind spiritual power.

At the same time, Li Mo noticed that a large group of electric fish had joined the seawater beneath their feet, which could effectively suppress Li Mo's various lightning spells. Snowflakes fell from the sky, which also suppressed the fire elemental power.

"Humph."

Li Mo gave a soft snort.

"The backers behind this Storm General are really willing to spend money."

However, this was also Li Mo's own fault. He failed to appear for a whole month, which aroused the dissatisfaction of his backers, which gave General Storm an absolute home-field advantage.

However, Li Mo did not expect that his mutterings would be overheard by General Storm on the other side of the barrier.

He slowly turned his head and looked at Li Mo.

“Thunder Punishment Venerable, I have watched your matches.”

General Storm looked down at Li Mo with an arrogant and disdainful gaze.

After all, at this moment, neither side needed to consider the cooperation in the arena behind them, so they naturally had no scruples.

"As a mere human, your talent for lightning is indeed quite remarkable. However, from the perspective of dragon people, it is ultimately just a flashy trick and not worth mentioning. Only a strong physique is the foundation of strength. Your physique is too weak. This is a difference in race, which you cannot make up for through hard work."

A confident smile appeared on his lips, his contempt undisguised.

"But the good thing is that even if you fail, you only fail because of the gap in racial bloodline. You are still honorable to have failed, and you were defeated by me. You can be proud of that!"

Li Mo raised an eyebrow and then chuckled softly.

Like the demonic beasts, the Misty Clan refines the essence of the sun and moon, transforming it into vital energy to continuously temper their bodies, unleash their innate abilities, and improve themselves. They have a natural fascination with powerful physiques. "The competition begins!"

With the referee's command, the barrier separating the two sides suddenly disappeared.

General Storm let out a loud laugh.

The powerful wind energy swirling around his body stirred up the surging seawater, forming a giant waterspout.

"Oh?"

Li Mo's True Spirit Eye discerned some of the mysteries.

The opponent's wind-based innate ability belongs to the category of Yin wind, which has corrosive properties and can control the affected objects to a certain extent, giving them amplification or weakening characteristics.

"Hahahaha!"

His powerful physique endowed Storm General with extraordinary speed and strength, as well as a great margin for error. He strode towards Li Mo.

However, Li Mo in his Thunder form possessed a speed that General Storm could not match.

He chose to avoid a direct confrontation with General Storm.

After cultivating both body and spirit, Li Mo, who had become pure, continued to move closer to the violent and rapid characteristics of thunder power. He circled behind Storm General at extreme speed, about to unleash Thunder Fist, when he suddenly discovered that the school of electric fish in the water tornado was cheering and jumping, constantly devouring the nearby thunder spirit power.

Any lightning spell will have its power diminished by a third due to the influence of these fish.

boom!
Rolling thunder spread in all directions, and the blazing white lightning surged out, but it was significantly weakened when it hit the water tornado. Then, General Storm used his innate Yin Wind to erode Thunder God Fist and turned to chase after Li Mo.

The distance of more than ten zhang was covered in a flash.

As General Storm threw a punch, a beam of black light formed from pure yin wind shot out, but Li Mo, after transforming into lightning once more, easily widened the distance between them, avoiding this powerful attack.

"So fast."

General Storm had a vague feeling that something was wrong; this person's strength had clearly improved.

the other side.

Li Mo revealed a hint of solemnity. This dragon-man was also at the late stage of the Golden Core realm and had a subtle restraint on him in terms of magic.

But this so-called restraint is only at the level of technique.

Although both were at the late Golden Core stage, their understanding of rules and order was worlds apart. General Storm's understanding was limited to his comprehension of heaven and earth at the late Golden Core stage, while Li Mo's rapid advancement to the late Golden Core stage was due to his comprehension of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth.

So he slowly extended his right hand and silently released a lightning crystal from his dantian.

The destructive crystalline light floated in his palm, slowly rotating.

"this?"

General Storm's gaze was completely drawn to the Thunder Crystal, and he even felt a faint sense of fear.

His fear stemmed not only from the terrifying lightning spiritual power condensed in the lightning crystal, but also from the fact that the other party seemed to be using the lightning crystal as a power source to invoke some kind of unseen force of order.

Generally speaking.

Li Mo's use of the Dual Chaos Thunder was due to leveraging a trace of the power of the universe's operation, which is why it possessed astonishing power.

At this moment, he used the lightning crystal as his power source, simulating the power of heaven and earth, to endow his lightning power with a trace of order, allowing his lightning to completely transcend the level of technique.

"Thunder Soul Touch".

A massive amount of lightning spiritual power condensed into lightning paste, which transformed into a giant hand and reached out to grab General Storm.

The electric fish in the waterspout were all killed instantly by the lightning in Yetai.

Faced with the power of order, these fish, capable of devouring lightning spiritual power, were utterly vulnerable and no longer restrained.

The once invincible Storm General now felt his entire body go numb, and could only watch helplessly as his body was gripped by the giant hand of lightning.

His once-proud and powerful physique was utterly vulnerable in the palm of this giant hand of lightning.

Starting from Storm General's skin and scales, dense electric currents surged into his body, and his body was rapidly turning into charcoal from the outside in, losing all vitality.

The fear of death quickly took hold of Storm General's soul.

"Do not!!"

At all costs, he used his innate Yin Wind to erode his own body, controlling his severely injured form with magic, and forcibly escaped the range of the giant thunder maw, much like how it erodes the ocean to form a waterspout.

His entire body was charred black, and he looked at Li Mo with an incredulous and horrified expression.

This is clearly a means by which a great deity invokes the power of order.

Li Mo had no intention of wasting words with him. Under the other party's blank and desperate gaze, he silently released another lightning crystal, using it as a catalyst to once again activate the power of order.

"Thunderous Roar".

A name is just a formality.

Above Li Mo's head, lightning spiritual power condensed into a huge phantom head, about three zhang tall, which looked three-tenths like Li Mo. Every hair seemed to be rooted in the veins of the world's order, absorbing various rules related to lightning. Its aura became more and more violent, and it slowly opened its big mouth, letting out a silent roar at the Storm General who looked like black charcoal.

Storm General's pupils suddenly contracted.

Bang!
The next moment, it exploded from the inside out, and the corpse turned into countless pieces, disappearing from the world forever.

In less than the time it takes to drink half a cup of tea, this renowned ace gladiator of the Hurricane Arena was decisively killed by Thunder Punishment Venerable.

The situation changed so quickly that even the important figures in the VIP seats couldn't help but show some disbelief.

"Am I seeing things? General Storm is really dead?"

"This Thunder Punishment Venerable is so powerful, he's probably strong enough to fight that Fiery Dragon!"

"This time, a human will be joining the battle for the Holy Son. Interesting. I wonder if he can become a part of this year's Holy Son's record."

"Wow..."

After a brief moment of complete silence, the Arena of War erupted in cheers.

Countless dragon people who bet on Li Mo instantly made a fortune.

"Let us congratulate Thunder God Venerable for displaying incredible thunder magic, powerfully killing Storm General, and becoming the second War God Gladiator in this competition!!"

An hour ago, a fiery dragon killed the ace gladiator and became the first confirmed war god gladiator.

Amidst cheers from countless people, Li Mo left the arena and returned to the lounge.

(End of this chapter)