After a lapse of three months, the gladiatorial arena in Zuoqiu City has finally restarted!

Even after experiencing the cruel test of Zechao, the audience is still enthusiastic about this "killing game", and they lined up early to buy tickets to enter the venue. Of course, I estimate that a large part of them are hardcore "gamblers", and the enthusiasm for gambling is far greater than the enthusiasm for watching.

This time I didn't show up in the stands as usual, but went straight into the infield as a contestant. The gladiator's preparation area was just below the stands, and it was possible to peek out through a narrow exit. Looking at the gladiatorial match from a different angle, it feels different.

In the stands, the enthusiastic crowd was already full. Among them, there are many Yin cultivators and ghost cultivators from Shilin Village, they have never seen such an exciting event, and they can't help but be infected by the warm atmosphere around them, and they seem very excited. The cheers and shouts were deafening, and the ceiling above our heads was "buzzing".

Today is the first day of the restart, and the Colosseum has prepared a total of five matches, including two team matches. As a result, there were as many as eight gladiators in the preparation area. Everyone's cultivation, armor, and weapons are different, and the only gladiators who belong to the Black Tiger Regiment are me and Yang Yi.

Yang Yi was arranged to play in front because her cultivation was slightly lower than me. In his second match, he faced a huge ghost fighter. However, I didn't have to worry about him at all when I watched from the window, because Yang Yi's favorite opponent was such a big stupid ghost, and his flexible skills could make the opponent completely unable to touch the edge.

Sure enough, Yang Yi ended the fight cleanly within ten rounds, immediately attracting a burst of cheers and cheers from the audience.

But the two gladiators who came out immediately behind Yang Yi were not so dashing, they lost to the ghost fighters in a two-on-two team match, and both were seriously injured, and finally had to be carried off the field. It also made me feel palpitations, and I realized that the gladiator profession is truly a "life-playing" profession!

The next game was about to be my turn, and while I was cleaning up the venue and introducing the odds to the host, Xiao Tuan came over and whispered to me.

"I've tried my best to find out about your opponent, it's a new ghost slave bought from Shilin Village!" Xiao Tuan Master said in a low voice, "The weapon it uses is a spear, and I heard that it is good at guerrilla warfare and sneak attacks. If you use a sword and shield, you must find a way to get close to it! ”

"Understood!" I nodded.

"But you also have to keep an eye on it. It's an unfamiliar face after all, and I can't figure out what it's good at yet. I reckon a ghost fighter of this style will definitely hide his hind hand! ”

"I remember!"

"One more point!" Master Xiao finally patted me on the shoulder and said in a deep voice: "You must not be soft-hearted when you have the opportunity to make a dead hand!" Remember, to be merciful to your enemies is to be cruel to yourself! So, while it's just a competitive match, I ask you to do your best to kill your opponents! ”

"Why?" I was surprised.

"Listen to me! As for why, I'll tell you when you leave with your life still alive! ”

Xiao Tuanzhuo's expression was very serious, indicating that his words were serious, and there was no doubt about it!

I nodded, put on my helmet, and followed the staff to the entrance to get ready to play.

"Today's fourth game is a heads-up match!" The loud voice of the thick-necked ghost who was in charge of presiding over the game resounded throughout the audience again, "Moreover, both sides of the match are newcomers. This match was the first gladiatorial match of their careers! ”

As soon as the audience outside the arena heard this, they immediately became interested and discussed, and even I standing on the sidelines could hear it clearly.

"Newcomers to newcomers, it's so exciting!"

"Hey, yes! They are all newbies, and there are always people who can't bear it under great pressure! I've seen a lot of all kinds of low-level mistakes and all kinds of ugly situations! ”

"If there is a fatal mistake, wouldn't this first game become the last?"

"That's right, haha!"

These words are very unpleasant to my ears. What these old gamblers are ridiculing is actually true, but I am not a spectator like them now, but one of them who is about to play desperately, can I not be nervous?

Alas, it seems that you must block your ears before the next time you play, don't listen to this kind of words, so as not to adversely affect your mentality!

However, it is still the same sentence: wait until the next game!

At the same time, the thick neck in the center of the field continued to introduce the two sides of the game.

"On the gladiator side, it is the gladiator of the Black Tiger Regiment who has reached the third level: Zhai Zisheng! He's using a sword and a shield! ”

"On the side of the ghost fighter, it is the ghost fighter of the Miao family whose resentment has reached the level of a: Lai Mao! It's a spear! ”

"The unified odds of this game: nine out of ten! Nine out of ten ghosts! ”

After listening to this, I couldn't help but nod and said in my heart: "Since both sides are newcomers, the odds are the same, which is considered a normal handicap....."

But then I spat on myself and scolded, "What's the matter with you? Absent-minded again, hurry up and concentrate! ”

How to relieve the pressure and interference before the game is also a stage that rookies must go through.

At this point, the staff who brought me in began to urge me to play. I walked through the entrance of the gladiator side into the center of the arena, raised my sword and turned around to signal to the spectators in the stands, which immediately drew a round of applause.

This is also a small detail of Bishop Xiao Tuan, and it is beneficial to please the audience from many angles. First, from the competitive level, it can allow them to cheer themselves more in the subsequent games and strive for more psychological support. Second, from an economic point of view, the more gamblers who like me, the more they will bet on me, and the higher the winning prize will be.

Of course, some arrogant guys are not only unwilling to please, but also like to provoke the audience, thinking that they can win with superior strength. Either they don't survive the game, or they just keep going like that. Because such a person belongs to the rebellious mentality, the more you boo me, the more energetic I will be!

By the way, I should also talk about this knife in my hand. When Master Xiao taught me the knife technique, he said that since I was used to using a short knife before, I should still use a short knife. So I found someone to create a short knife for me, which was exactly the same as the one I bought myself, which was very handy.

Naturally, the shield is still my own shield, and the armor of the whole body has been renewed, which is very sophisticated, and it is not necessarily worse than the one I spent a lot of money to order from the Iron Brother. It can be seen that the Black Tiger Group is indeed willing to invest in me, which also adds some confidence to me!

In the midst of the uproar, my opponent also came out. This ghost fighter named "Lai Mao" is nearly two meters tall, and he has long hands and feet, and the spear he uses seems to be longer than others. It seems that the news that Xiao Tuanzhu has found is indeed right, it should be a guy who likes long-range combat and sneak attacks, and it is just the opposite of my melee combat style.

Lai Mao was also very excited about his debut, so he used his spear to play a few beautiful spear flowers, greeting the audience outside the venue, especially the ghost audience, which also received a round of applause. It looked back at me and grimaced, defiantly.

I didn't bother to respond to it, so I snorted coldly in my heart: "My debut show must get off to a good start, since you are so arrogant, I will use you to sacrifice the flag!" ”

"I announce, the game begins!"

The thick-necked ghost then let out a loud roar, and immediately opened the curtain of this gladiatorial match!

The first time they fight, they are all novices, and they are naturally more cautious when they are afraid of each other. Lai Mao and I did not choose to rush to attack as soon as we came up, but mainly to test first. But going back and forth, such a slow pace of the game is definitely not good for me, after all, its spear is long, and my knife is short.

Lai Mao was very cunning, and he stood far away and stabbed me with a spear, which made me very uncomfortable. It was not possible to let it deal with me so well, so I gradually took the initiative, and several times tried to get closer, but was always forced back by its spear. The point is that although this guy is tall, his movements are not stupid, and the spear in his hand is not bad.

After almost being attacked by it several times, I was forced to abandon my main attack strategy and concentrate on defense.

In this way, I fought for more than a dozen rounds without embarrassment, I couldn't attack, and Lai Mao couldn't help me, and the situation on the court formed a stalemate. But the audience outside the venue didn't buy it, and immediately booed and shouted: "Refund the ticket!" Return a ticket! ”

The thick-necked ghost couldn't stand it anymore, and immediately ordered his ghost slaves to release the Cerberus.

Such a measure has caused a greater psychological burden on both sides of the match, and Lai Mao and I have become more and more nervous, in addition to guarding against the opponent, we also have to guard against the cerberus behind us.

Cerberus isn't just tethered to the two entrances. As the game lengthens, the chains around their necks lengthen to expand their range of motion. In this way, we are forced to get close to each other, to play real, and not to be allowed to grind foreign workers on the field!

Actually, such a variable should be a good thing for me. Because Lai Mao can't always avoid me, the distance between us is passively narrowing. The strength of the spear is its length, but its weakness is also its length. The section behind the sharp spearhead can neither be attacked nor defended, and is like the seven inches of a snake that is the place of life. The longer Lai Mao's spear is, the more obvious the life gate becomes.

I gritted my teeth, and when I saw the opportunity, a lazy donkey rolled and ventured forward, cutting through Lai Mao's lower plate to the back of its spear attack range, and was ready to rely on the protection of the shield to cut off its spearhead!