My health recovery is incredibly fast.

Even at such a great distance, there was no sense of delay or malfunction when controlling the Blood Element servants.

This is exactly what he wanted!

They arrived directly deep inland from the Eastern Continent, saving them the trouble of traveling.

Xia Zuo turned the perspective of Servant No. 1 to look at the circular arena below.

That shirtless man wearing metal boxing gloves must be Augu. His opponent hasn't come onto the stage yet, and the surrounding audience is still chanting his name. He must be quite famous.

Xia Zuo looked at Augu's legs; thick leg hair stretched from his ankles to his knees.

So... that storage space might not have belonged to just one person.

Xia Zuo drew a circle on his notebook, marking "Women's Leg Hair Shaver". Augu, a grown man, definitely wouldn't need this.

"Ladies and gentlemen! An unrestricted life-or-death competition is about to begin!" A loud voice came from the side of the arena.

The host was wearing a tight-fitting brown plaid suit with a dark red tie at the collar.

"This contestant on the stage needs no introduction, right? He's an old acquaintance of ours, Steel Fist~Aug~. Look at his huge fist! Although it's just a Type I mechanical prosthetic limb with a single function and simple structure, it's incredibly powerful! If our arena weren't specially designed, it would have smashed a hole right through it!"

The host with the goatee spoke while raising his right fist and making a punching motion.

"Aogu! Aogu!"

Amidst the cheers of the audience, the host raised his arms and shouted to them:

"Now! Let's welcome another contestant! He's a heavyweight newcomer! This is his first time competing! It's said that he once tore apart ten giant black iron pythons with his bare hands in the Mogus Mountains! He is... the Snake Tearer! Fabian!"

The audience fell silent, seemingly uninterested in the snake-tearing performer, or perhaps unfamiliar with the newcomer.

When Fabian's small figure walked in through the entrance, a chorus of disdain arose from the audience.

"Shh~~~~"

"Little one, you're still breastfeeding, aren't you? Go back to your mother!"

"Tear him apart! Augu! Tear him apart!"

"Damn it! I actually believed that bastard host's nonsense! Give me my money back! Give me back my bet!"

"Refund! Refund! There's something fishy going on! This isn't what was advertised!"

Some people seem to specialize in buying back lottery tickets. They approach the guys who are clamoring for refunds, pull out some colorful banknotes, and buy the lottery tickets from them.

The host remained unmoved by the situation in the audience and looked up at the window of the VIP section.

Xia Zuo adjusted the perspective of Servant No. 1, following his gaze.

Inside a VIP section on the second floor, a dark-skinned, overweight man with hands adorned with jeweled rings sat on a luxurious throne.

With a thick cigar between his left and right hands, a wisp of smoke rose from the reddish tip. He made a few subtle gestures toward the host with his right hand, then leaned back lazily in his chair, enjoying the service of the maids in slit skirts.

"Ladies and gentlemen! Do not be deceived by the appearance of the snake-tearing man!" The host scanned the audience, waving his hands and shouting:

"The match is about to begin! Let's wait and see!"

A three-layered iron net descended from the ceiling, enclosing the circular arena and leaving the competitors inside with nowhere to retreat.

Fabian's physique was far inferior to Augu's, only reaching the latter's chest. He was thin, like a bean sprout, wearing a worn-out gray crew-neck long-sleeved shirt, and his hair was unkempt, with the ends hanging down to his cheeks.

In contrast, Augu was a complete muscle man, especially the steel gauntlet on his right hand, which was bigger than Fabian's head.

Fabian stood on the stage empty-handed and motionless, seemingly confident in his ability to fight, his gaze meeting his opponent's without fear.

Xia Zuo glanced at Augu and was surprised to find that the muscular man had a solemn expression on his face.

Is there anything special about Fabian?

Xia Zuo scratched his head and released a detection spell through his No. 1 servant.

...

[Strength] 4+5

[Agility] 5+7

[Endurance] 5+6

[Vitality] 3+8

[Willpower] 5+15

[Spirit] 7-5

(Due to unknown effects, some attribute values ​​have increased, while Spirit has decreased by 5)

...

Cough cough... Xia Zuo lightly pounded his chest.

What is this thing that has so many attribute values ​​added?

Aside from not gaining any points in Charm and Perception, and losing 5 points in Spirit, everything else was fine...

This is really weird.

Do people deep inland really have so many quirky tricks...?

"Ready!" The host bent his finger, put it to his lips, and blew a loud whistle.

"start!"

Neither contestant wore proper protective gear, and their vital parts were almost entirely exposed.

Augu raised his right hand, clad in a steel fist, to protect his chest, while his left hand reached into the leather pocket on his belt and pulled out a handful of caltrops, which he then threw at his opponent.

You wouldn't guess that this tall man is quite cunning. Relying on the thick calluses on his feet, he chose to use caltrops, something that can pierce the soles of the feet, as a concealed weapon.

Fabien sidestepped the barbed wire, gripped his left hand with his right, and pulled a long bone dagger from his left arm as if drawing a sword.

The bone dagger had sharp barbs on its blade. Although the white edge did not reflect a cold light, one could tell from intuition that this bone dagger was exceptionally sharp.

"Look! It's bone magic! This guy is so lucky! He actually managed to snag the qualification for bone grafting!"

"No wonder it could tear apart ten giant black iron pythons!"

"So what if it's bone magic? That dagger isn't even as long as my arm, and it looks as fragile as a fishbone!" shouted one of the spectators who had previously resold their lottery tickets.

In less than a few seconds, he was proven wrong.

Fabien moved swiftly and nimbly. When he took a step, his hips seemed to have no joint restrictions, and his two legs stretched out in a straight line against common sense. He only took two steps and came to Augu’s side, raising his hand to thrust out the bone dagger.

"Clang~"

The steel gauntlets blocked the attack. Instead of shattering into pieces as expected, the bone dagger left a chisel mark on the surface of the gauntlets.

Chapter 2 Still Water Town

"Clang clang clang..."

The bone dagger and the steel gauntlet clashed several times within ten seconds, the crisp sound of their impact echoing throughout the arena.

The muscular man, Augu, performed adequately.

Fabian's offensive style is rather unpredictable.

His bones would sometimes bend or stretch in a way that defied common sense.

While appearing to be directly confronting Augu, each time the bone dagger is about to collide with the steel gauntlet, his right arm will suddenly bend at an angle and extend several centimeters, turning to stab Augu's waist, groin, and other vital areas with the dagger.

Through the perspective of his No. 1 minion, Xia Zuo observed the match from the ceiling, pondering how to respond to such an attack. Completely dodging it was unlikely; ultimately, he could only rely on high health regeneration and armor to tank the damage, while simultaneously weakening the enemy with a Slowing Curse and then looking for an opportunity to counterattack.

The audience members watching Fabian's actions were a mix of joy and tension.

"Hahaha! Good thing I didn't resell the lottery tickets! The Snake Tearer might win!"

"Where's that guy who was shouting for a refund?! Did you see him? Damn it, he's a scammer!"

"Come on, come on, add more bets!" The lottery ticket seller approached the regretful spectators. "Want to buy a few more tickets? The odds have changed!"

"Hmph..." The man who had been tricked into reselling his lottery tickets stared at the ticket seller with a gloomy face, pulled out a wad of banknotes from his pocket and slapped them onto the tray in front of the seller. "Two more, Fabian wins."

Some people in the audience seemed to know quite a bit about bone magic.

A man with short, blond-gray hair, arms crossed, said:

“Fabien is very skilled. Has he undergone many bone grafting modifications? If he completes the bone sac modification, Augu will suffer.”

"Bone sac modification? Him?" A spectator, seemingly having placed a heavy bet on Augu, shouted, his face flushed.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible. Even a stone couldn't bear the pain of bone sac modification. That snake-tearing man was clearly only an adult; there's absolutely no way he could withstand it."

A nearby audience member chimed in, saying sarcastically:

"Tch...you forgot he killed 10 Black Iron Pythons in the Mogus Mountains? Why would he do that if it weren't to collect venom glands? Some people...can't even seize opportunities to make money when they're handed to them...heh."

Many people in the audience looked at the person selling lottery tickets... seemingly wanting to buy a few to increase their winnings or hedge against risks.

Xia Zuo wasn't interested in betting... No matter how much money he won, it wasn't certain that Servant Number 1 could bring it back for him.

He did have some ideas about bone magic and bone grafting.

In the field of element representational physics, there is a term called "structural value".

It can be understood as the "blood volume" of a living creature.

The structural value represents the maximum damage that elemental minions and elemental shells can withstand before being completely destroyed. Of course, these data-driven explanations are Xia Zuo's own summary; the explanations in the book are more general and focus more on introducing concepts and theoretical knowledge.

A newly created elemental minion is extremely fragile.

You need to add alchemical items to reinforce it, which means increasing its structural value.

When Xia Zuo heard the words "bone grafting," a novel idea popped into his head...

Could we equip Blood Servant with bones? So that it would have health and a structure value at the same time?

Just as he was pondering how to combine bone magic with blood magic, the situation on the field changed.

Augu seemed to have adapted to his opponent's fighting style, grasped the rhythm of the Serpent Tearer's attacks, and began to try to counterattack.

His style suddenly changed, from tight defense to fierce offense.

White jets of air shot from the wrist of the steel gauntlet, giving the swinging right arm a boost. The metal surface collided with the bone dagger, producing a screeching, ear-piercing friction sound.