What seems to me to be a brutal fighting beast is a sensory stimulus to the rest of the audience. When they saw the first lines of blood spurted from the cut, they began to roar excitedly, encouraging and encouraging the harlequin to continue playing and hurting the headless beast. Since then, every time the harlequin cuts a sword, they usher in another **!

No matter how big the headless beast is, it can't help but play with it like this. After being cut more than a dozen times in a row, its whole body was already stained red with its own blood, and the speed of the impact gradually lost the fierceness it had at the beginning.

Seeing this, the Harlequin decided to escalate the bloody scene again!

The next time he dodged the Headless Beast sideways, he didn't just cut a sword sideways like before, but stuck the sword directly into the Headless Beast's back. In this way, the already exhausted headless beast was enraged by the sudden sharp pain, and once again frantically repeatedly attacked its opponent, which it could never hear but could not hit!

The gladiators holding swords on the sidelines also cooperated tacitly, and when they saw that the sword in the harlequin's hand had been inserted into the headless beast, they immediately threw a sword over. The harlequin received it in his hand, and then plunged his sword into the headless beast's back.

After repeating this several times, the headless beast also had a sword stuck in its back, and finally fell down in a run, and lay on the stone slab and "mooed" a few times in vain, and died.

The harlequin waved at the audience, obviously proud of his performance. The audience outside the venue also enjoyed such an opening scene and responded with warm applause.

I'm actually a hard-mouthed and soft-hearted person, and although this kind of scene looks fresh, it's hard to talk about enjoyment. Cao Zhe saw that I didn't seem to be very interested, and mistakenly thought that I was bored, so he said: "This is just an exhibition game to speculate, and the next gladiatorial battle between people and ghosts is the real show!" ”

"In Yin City, people usually overpower ghosts. It's rare to have such a chance to give the ghost a long face, and those ghost slaves are holding back their strength to defeat people! He pointed to the enthusiastic ghost spectators on the other side and said, "So, those ghosts value victory and defeat in the gladiatorial arena more than people." ”

"What happens if the ghost kills someone by mistake?" That's what I'm concerned about.

Cao Zhe shrugged his shoulders: "The colosseum is also the only place where ghosts don't have to be responsible for killing people. Moreover, if the ghost slave wins, there is still hope to gain the favor of the master and release it from slavery. Therefore, all the ghost slaves on the field are desperate to win! ”

"Is that really a duel to the death?"

"Not exactly, it depends on what type of gladiatorial tournament it is." Cao Zhe introduced, "There are about several ways to compete. In terms of the number of participants, there are heads-up competitions and team competitions; In terms of the way of winning and losing, there are competitive matches and deathmatches. ”

"Heads-up and team matches are easy to understand, but what's the difference between competitive matches and deathmatches?"

"You can admit defeat in competitive matches, but you can't fight to the death. In the Deathmatch, one of the people and the ghost must be killed to be over, and there will be no death! ”

"What other rules are there?"

"It's easy!" Cao Zhe snapped his fingers and said: "Well, there are probably: you can't jump out of the infield, you can't use hidden weapons, irrelevant personnel can't interfere, people can't use talismans, spells and ghost-hunting props, ghosts can't fly, just rely on cold weapons to fight to decide the winner!" ”

I frowned and said, "People can't use talismans, spells, and props yet?" Wouldn't that be a disadvantage! ”

"If people can use the same things that they usually use to catch ghosts, then what's the point of this game?" Cao Zhe said with a smile, "The people in Yin City are all Yin cultivators, and anyone can catch ghosts more or less. Everyone spends money to watch fights, not ghost hunting games! ”

"So how do you arrange the two sides of the match? If the strength of people and ghosts is too different, there will be danger, and if the opponent is too weak, I am afraid that it will be too easy to win. ”

"That's right. Therefore, it is generally arranged to fight between the same level, for example, the Yin Gong cultivation for the second level should be against the green ghost, the third level of cultivation for the black ghost, and so on. ”

"So, if I were to compete, I would have to face a alone without using talismans, spells, or ghost-hunting props?" I exclaimed, "It's dangerous for people!" ”

The Boss Niu I met in the right city that night was a-level ghost. At that time, I was ingenious, and I smoked it with exorcism incense to make it vomit, and finally was arrested by the city guards. However, if I didn't have the incense to exorcise ghosts at that time, I would have tried to subdue such a ferocious evil ghost with a short knife and a round shield alone, which is incredible!

"Originally, being a gladiator was a very dangerous profession, and they all fought with their lives!" Cao Zhe didn't think there was anything wrong with this.

"If that's it, then who else would dare to be a gladiator?"

"There are people who want to make this money!" Cao Zhe still disagreed, "And, generally speaking, the organizers will also be somewhat biased towards the side when arranging the game. It is said that the confrontation at the same level is arranged, but there are also strong and weak at the same level! They will arrange a slightly weaker ghost slave for him according to the martial arts of the gladiator who appears, and the chance of winning will be greater. ”

"Then if people keep winning, won't the audience find it boring?"

"Don't worry, you can still bet money!" Cao Zhe smiled, "As long as there is a bet, everything will become interesting!" ”

"Now, it's out! Listen up! Cao Zhe was about to explain to me when a ghost walked in the middle of the venue.

That ghost, looking at the body shape, doesn't look like a ghost slave, and the resentment is not strong, but the neck is very thick, and I don't know what he came out for.

"The first game, heads-up match!" As soon as it spoke, I understood. Its sound was as loud as a bell, and even if there were many noisy people in the venue, it could still be heard by everyone clearly. Hey, it's the ghost who hosts the game!

"On the gladiator side, it is the gladiator of the Black Tiger Regiment who has reached the second level of cultivation: Yang Yi! He's wielding a double sword! ”

"On the side of the ghost fighters, it is the wolf tooth gang ghost fighters whose grievances have reached the level of green ghosts: big sticks! It's a mace! ”

Wolf Fangs?

Oh, it's the ghost gang I saw when Cao Zhe and I went to the right market that day, specializing in selling ghost slaves. I was impressed with the fanged ghost who flicked the whip.

"The unified odds of this game: nine out of ten! Ten to ten! ”

The thick-necked ghost finally said this, and walked back to the guardrail, where there was a special seat reserved for it. There are also several referees sitting next to them, also composed of half human and half ghost, to avoid controversy.

"What does it mean in the end?" I don't understand it.

Cao Zhe said: "That's the odds, nine out of ten means that you pressed ten yin yuan, and you only earned nine yin yuan if you win." Ten to ten is to press ten to earn ten! ”

"Why not ten to ten, or ten to nine, or ten to eleven?"

"Hehe, doesn't the dealer have to take money out of it?" Cao Zhe said with a smile, "People don't actually have to engage in shady matches, as long as the money that attracts gamblers to bet on both sides is almost the same, the dealer will definitely make money!" So, this is a long-term business, not a one-shot deal! ”

As he spoke, a dozen imps walked up to the middle of the audience in vests full of pockets and began to accept bets. Their vests either hold stacks of bills or Yin Yuan.

Cao Zhe asked me, "Do you want to buy this one?" ”

"What about you?"

"Uh, I'll play a little bit, press twenty Yin Yuan, buy someone to win!"

I don't usually like gambling money, but after thinking about it, since I came, I might as well have fun: "Then I will also follow you to buy someone to win, and press ten yin yuan." ”

The imp in charge of accepting bets came over and handed each of us a gambling ticket. That's actually a special kind of talisman, which says the number of matches and odds, and how much money you bet on.

We each handed over the yin yuan of the bet to the betting ghost, and it wrote the betting amount on the gambling ticket, tore off the stub, and returned the gambling ticket to us for collection. As soon as the stub was torn off, it spontaneously combusted.

The betting ghost said that the cashier had received a specific betting message. If we win, we can go to the counter to withdraw money with our ticket after exiting.

Hey, this is actually the same as the takeaway menu used by Lin chopsticks in the Xiling ghost market! Simple and straightforward!

After waiting for about a quarter of an hour, the spectators had finished placing their bets, and the game was finally about to begin. The first to come out of the gladiator entrance was actually a teenage boy in black!

Dressed only in light leather armor and without a helmet, he strode into the field with two swords in his hands. The young man lowered his eyebrows and lowered his eyes, his expression was indifferent, and he did not show any stage fright.

And on the other side of the entrance of the ghost slave, a big ghost came out of the place!

It was over a foot tall, heavily armoured, and held a large mace in its hand full of spikes. Its name is "Big Stick", and the weapon it holds is also a big stick, and it is really like its name.

After the stick came out, it was obviously much more high-profile than the teenager. It thumped its chest a few times, then raised its stick alof, shouting and shouting. The ghost spectators in the stands were also excited by it, and all kinds of ghost screams continued one after another.

"So young?" I was a little surprised.

"It's okay, Black Tiger Regiment." Cao Zhe didn't feel surprised. He pointed at the young man and said, "Look at the colored black tiger head logo on his clothes, you can't be wrong!" ”

"Why did he come to be a gladiator at such a young age? Can't find another job? I shook my head, feeling incomprehensible about it.

"Most of the gladiators of the Black Tiger Regiment have been trained since childhood, and they should be orphans and other children." Cao Zhe said, "These children, who have a strange physique since childhood, and have unsociable personalities, do not learn yin skills or practice this, it is estimated that it will be difficult to mix in the yang world." ”

Well, that's true!

That's what I know all about. People who are born with yin and yang eyes and yin bodies are destined to be caught between yin and yang, people and ghosts, and are at a loss. It's better to figure out your way out from the beginning, even if it's a little hard and dangerous, it's better than hesitating, dazed, and unable to find the direction of life!