There was a slight bitter taste in his mouth, and the air around him was filled with a pungent smell of blood. The hot sand grains are swept up by the hot wind, and the feeling of hitting the skin is like acupuncture in progress.

The cacophony of voices echoed around him, and the savage roars could be heard not far away, the cheers of the audience, the roars of lions, and the desperate wails and screams of despair.

"Uh......"

Lin Chi opened his eyes in a daze, and the first thing that caught his eye was the dark yellow sand, his rough skin, and his legs full of scars were stuck in the dirty sand.

The steel railing against his back was scorched by the blazing sun overhead, but his body seemed to be numb, and there was no discomfort. Lin Chi lowered his head, stretched out his calloused hands in front of his eyes, and then looked at the metal railing around him that trapped him.

He was now in an open-air steel cage, like a beast in a cage for people to see. As for what was going on on in the sand not far away, it was the bloody battle that he had just participated in not long ago.

"Is this the new map coming out today, the Colosseum......"

Recalling the name he saw in the game update announcement, the ragged Lin Chi laughed, in his opinion, he was lucky to be able to experience the new map immediately.

According to the prompts when entering the game, the "Colosseum" is a special map, but now Lin Chi has not seen what is special about this map, this place looks like a small Colosseum in ancient Rome, and the men, women and children sitting in the audience are basically wearing white robes sewn from linen, and the appearance is also very in line with the clothing style of early ancient Rome.

"What a coincidence."

Recalling the arena battle he had participated in this afternoon, Lin Chi couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

Of course, the arena in the paradise of war is much more brutal than in "Blade" -

"Oooo

The berserker, who was nearly three meters tall, opened his mouth and let out a savage cry, the muscles on his body were puffed up by the iron rope, except for the vital parts that were protected by metal armor, the skin in other positions was all exposed, and it was stained with viscous blood, and several shocking and terrifying scars were faintly visible.

As he roared, the berserker swung a rusty tomahawk in each hand, chopping the head of an emaciated man who fell to his knees, and a large amount of blood erupted from the torn neck.

The lion, bound in chains, rushed over, glaring at the scarlet eyes and intending to feast, just looking at its skinny body, it was clear that the beast had been starving for a long time for today's performance.

But before the lion could touch the corpse, it was kicked away by the berserker.

Seeing that the murderous "King of Beasts" was kicked to the ground, there was a burst of exclamations from the circular audience. Before the fallen lion could get up, the berserker had already lifted his metal booted foot, stomped heavily on the lion's chest, and then swung his axe and chopped it down.

"Don't think—eat—my—opponent! That's—my—enemy! ”

The berserker howled like madness, and the speed of his hands was so fast that the soldiers rushing in from the sidelines didn't even have time to stop him, and the madman had already chopped the lion under his feet into meat sauce!

"Stop, the gladiatorial fight is over! That's the beast chosen by His Majesty the Emperor himself! The commander who rushed to the front shouted.

The silver armor of these soldiers clanged softly, and the red feathers on their helmets swayed in the hot wind. It's just a pity that they are still one step slower, and they can't stop the berserker's killing at all.

"Oo......oo

The bloodied berserker turned, his long fluffy brown hair tied into a bundle of whips, and his square face crumpled into a bitter melon-like expression:

"Kill, kill, kill!" He yelled.

Boom!

A dull roar resounded throughout the arena, and the spectators who were originally cheering suddenly all fell silent, and from the "VIP rest area" with its own awning on the east side of the auditorium, there was a male voice with an oily tone and a somewhat flattering sound:

"The curtain has come down on this gladiatorial fight!" Clumsy Hector's victory! Once again, the stupid giant crushed the poor opponent without any suspense! Let us give the most enthusiastic cheers and applause to the victorious generals in the arena! ”

Before the words fell, the double-layered circular auditorium around the arena thundered, shaking the sand under Lin Chi's feet and trembling, and the red text slowly emerged next to the crazy muscular giant in his sight:

Clumsy Hector, a heroic NPC (boss level), unrecruitable.

- Is this a boss?

Realizing that the stupid giant man was a boss-level character in the arena, and recalling the contract he got from the War Observer that could summon the BOSS, Lin Chi suddenly became interested, and opened the task bar casually, wanting to see if he had received the task of recruiting the BOSS.

It's a pity that in the state of not having a backpack and failing to inherit the props, his task bar is completely blank, and the imaginary task of recruiting leader-level followers naturally does not appear.

Where are your props?

Seeing that not only did he fail to bring in his entourage, but even the epic and legendary-level equipment that should have been brought into the map did not know where it had fallen, Lin Chi frowned slightly, and a hint of foreboding vaguely rose in his heart.

It's understandable if you can't carry equipment and minions in Advent mode, but this game is obviously an ordinary deathmatch. It seems that the reason why he has no equipment and retinue is because of the identity of this "gladiator"?

If that's the case, the other players should also appear as gladiators......

Thinking of this, Lin Chi looked around and looked at the other cages around him. In addition to him, there were several equally cramped single cages next to the field, which housed several ragged, dark-skinned guys.

Since these guys all seemed to have the same virtue as himself, Lin Chi couldn't tell who the player was now. It seems that players who enter this map may automatically go through a process of "ugliness".

In this way, a guy like "Royal Armor" who wants to maintain his handsomeness no matter what, if he makes it to this map, I'm afraid he will be depressed.

Lin Chi was thinking about it, and from the cage on his right, a rough male voice suddenly sounded:

"Hey, Whiteskin!"

"Did you call me?" Lin Chi stretched out his hand and pointed to his face, although his body was the same dirty, his character's complexion was still whiter than that of the other gladiators around him.

"Yes, that's you!" The scrawny guy who didn't look like a gladiator in the cage next to him stretched out his right arm like a hemp rod and waved, "Are you new here?" ”

"yes, are we gladiators?" Lin Chi pretended to be a newcomer.

"What gladiator?" The man who was as thin as a hemp stalk sneered: "Your brain is hot and confused? We are slaves, untouchables of the lowest class! ”

"Oh, that's it......" Lin Chi nodded thoughtfully.

It seems that this time the start seems to be even worse than I imagined......