Chapter 52 Registration for the Contest

In the days since, Su Aotian has been unable to calm down and cultivate, the fight between the demon hunter and the ironback mantis, and the strong contrast between the onlookers' indifference to life and the fanaticism for bets have been swirling in his mind. He couldn't have imagined that in a place like Tianwu City, which was supposed to be a holy place for cultivators, there would be such a cruel game, gambling with the lives of monks. His heart was touched so strongly that he could not calm down for a long time.

A few days later, Su Aotian went to watch the game again, and this time, he came directly to the ground number arena, and this day was a battle between fierce beasts. The onlookers were still fanatical, and Su Aotian only had an indescribable feeling of discomfort in his heart. After looking at it for a while, he felt bored and turned around.

In the days that followed, Su Aotian went to the Colosseum from time to time to watch the game, and when he met the game between the monk and the beast, he paid special attention to it and secretly cheered for the monk. After watching three such games, the result was that the monk won two and lost one, and the monk who lost was torn apart by the fierce beast. Su Aotian was sad and angry, but he saw some fame, he found that in all the games between monks and fierce beasts, the strength of monks on the face is always inferior, and the odds are also lower, and most of the bettors bet according to the strength comparison and odds, and most of them lose money. In this way, betting on monks has a high odds of winning, although the odds are low, and strangely enough, most monks prefer to bet on high odds.

But taking the monk's life as a gamble, Su Aotian really couldn't bear it. On this day, another monk lost his life, and when Su Aotian came back, he was so unhappy that he couldn't help but find the shopkeeper and ask him who the monks in the Colosseum were. When the shopkeeper heard this, he immediately came to his senses and introduced him endlessly.

According to the shopkeeper, the monks who went to the Colosseum to fight for their lives were generally divided into two categories, one was forced, these people either provoked some powerful people, or were defeated in the vendetta of the sect family, etc., their enemies did not want to take their lives, but sold them to the Colosseum. These people live a life that is worse than death, because without the replenishment of resources, sooner or later they will be defeated and die in the fight. This group of people makes up the majority, while the other, which is less numerous, is voluntary. They all signed a life and death contract with the Colosseum, and the beast was fought to earn spirit stone resources. Regardless of the type of monk, the Colosseum will keep their names incognito, wear masks that can isolate their senses, and keep them secret, so that outsiders will never know their true identity. The shopkeeper foamed, and when he said that later, he thought that Su Aotian was also interested in fighting beasts, and he could find someone to help him bet, and he would not lose money.

Su Aotian politely refused, but when he learned that the monk could also voluntarily participate in the beast fighting competition, he became interested. Through these observations, Su Aotian felt that although these sixth-level fierce beasts were powerful, they were at best at the level of the late stage of foundation building, and they basically did not pose much threat to themselves. Moreover, the attack power of these fierce beasts is really amazing, and it is good for their physical refinement. Although he can't bear to gamble with the lives of other monks, he can not only earn spirit stones, but also quench his body, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

After careful consideration, Su Aotian walked out of the inn and walked straight towards the Colosseum. When he came to the Colosseum, after he explained his intentions, he was immediately taken to a room, where there were three foundation building monks, and asked him some information, and Su Aotian made up a few words casually. The three monks briefly inspected his cultivation and set it at the beginning of the foundation building, then signed a life and death document with him, gave him a piece of jade slip, and asked him to go back to wait. Su Aotian didn't expect the process to be so simple, and couldn't help but be a little stunned, and immediately thought that there were not many monks who should have volunteered to participate, and the Colosseum wished that more monks would come to participate, so the procedures were deliberately simplified.

Back in the quiet room, Su Aotian put aside the complicated thoughts of these days and devoted himself to cultivation and recuperating his mental body. More than ten days have passed, on this day, the Colosseum gave his jade slip a soft milky white light, Su Aotian took the jade slip, entered the aura, and a line of handwriting appeared on the jade slip: "Tomorrow is three quarters, the word is No. 1, and the fifth-level fierce beast is the soul scorpion." Su Aotian nodded secretly, feeling that this Colosseum was still acting in a measured manner, his bright cultivation was indeed in the early stage of foundation building, and it was the first time to participate in the competition, and he arranged a fifth-level fierce beast for himself, the difficulty was there but not too big, and it could be regarded as a certain protection of his own safety.

The fifth-level fierce beast, although it is a scorpion, must be highly poisonous in its name, but it really can't arouse Su Aotian's interest, and he doesn't want to act too amazing, as soon as he comes up, he will fight and kill the sixth-level fierce beast, and he is quite satisfied with this arrangement.

Su Aotian walked out of the inn, walked to a secluded place, quickly changed his appearance, and walked towards the Colosseum. From a distance, I saw a large number of monks around the Colosseum, not queuing up to enter, but pointing and talking under the crystal plate. After Su Aotian approached, he saw a line of big characters above the crystal plate, "Notice: There will be a new fighter tomorrow, the name is temporarily missing, and the cultivation is in the early stage of foundation building, and the fifth-level fierce beast Soul Hooking Scorpion will be battled." Odds: The new fighter wins, one to fifty, and the soul scorpion wins, one to two. The new fighter wins quickly, one loses one hundred, and the soul hook scorpion wins quickly, one loses ten. The new fighter insists on one moment, one loses two, insists on half an hour, pays ten, and insists on one hour, one loses forty. The soul scorpion wins within a quarter of an hour, one loses six, wins within half an hour, loses four, wins within an hour, loses three. Bets will not be accepted for more than one hour. Su Aotian looked at it and was in good spirits, this bet is still overwhelmingly optimistic about the soul hooking scorpion, the bet of his victory turned out to be fifty to one, and the bet of quick victory turned out to be one to one hundred, it seems that this time he is really going to make a lot of money. It's just that somehow so many options are prescribed. In fact, this is the rule of the Colosseum, but whenever a newcomer plays, due to the unknown combat power, they must open a few more bets to increase the fun and excitement, and attract more monks to bet. Su Aotian looked at it, walked to the betting table, took out a storage bag, which contained the spirit stones that had already been prepared, and said, "I bet on the new fighter to win, and bet on twenty medium-grade spirit stones." "It's still that he keeps a low profile and doesn't want to win quick enough so as not to attract attention. The foundation building monk who received the spirit stone was startled, and after taking the storage bag and checking that it was correct, he said to Su Aotian with a smile: "Daoist friends are really bold, and their vision is even more unique, this is called betting! It is a hundred times stronger than those monks who bet on fierce beasts! I wish Daoyou a wish!" While saying this, he finished the bet for Su Aotian and issued the jade card. He deliberately said it loudly, in order to attract the attention of other monks, so that more monks would bet on the new fighter, and he said a congratulatory message in his mouth, but there was a hint of ridicule in the corners of his eyes, as if he had seen through Su Aotian's gambler psychology and tried to get rich in vain, and it seemed that he was laughing at Su Aotian for making his mind faint and sending spirit stones in vain. Under the expressions of surprise or sneer of the many monks, Su Aotian turned a blind eye, walked out of the crowd, and when people were not paying attention, he changed back to his original appearance, and returned to the inn quiet room to cultivate.

The next day, Su Aotian withdrew from his cultivation state early, walked out of the quiet room, moved his body, and practiced the long-lost "Introductory Eight Styles" for a while. He hadn't practiced this set of exercises for a long time, but at this time, he used it again, and he felt that all parts of his body were rigid and soft, both tough and flexible, and very comfortable. After practicing, I immediately noticed that many people were secretly watching me. These days, he has already figured out all the people living in the backyard, there are about fifty or sixty people, all of them are monks in the foundation building period, and the majority of them are in the middle stage of cultivation, and there are only five monks in the late stage of foundation building, who are in a state of long-term retreat, and they should be preparing for the impact of the Jiedan. There are also more than a dozen monks in the early stage of foundation building, all of whom are immersed in penance, and it is rare for him to come and go frequently recently, so his whereabouts have attracted the attention of many monks. Su Aotian didn't care, after practicing, Shi Shiran walked out of the courtyard gate, came to the street to find a restaurant, and had a beautiful breakfast.

This time, he didn't walk directly into the Colosseum, but followed the prompts on the jade slip, came to a small alley, found a courtyard, took out the jade slip, shook it towards the door lock, and the courtyard door opened automatically. After Su Aotian entered, the door of the courtyard automatically closed again.

Su Aotian walked straight into the middle hall, the room was empty, there was a set of tights and pants on the table, a bronze mask, the face was hideous, and it was daunting. Su Aotian changed his clothes, put on his mask, and entered the inner room from the atrium, which was also empty, and there was a round stone slab on the ground in the center of the room with a groove on it. Su Aotian put the jade slip in, and after a while, the stone slab spun up, and finally flipped up, revealing a hole with a stone staircase inside. At this time, the jade slip automatically flew up, and Su Aotian put away the jade slip and walked down the stone steps.

There are more than 100 stone steps, and at the end is a passage, which is very narrow and can only pass through one person. After walking along the passage for seven or eight miles, at the end, there was another stone staircase in front of me, rising upward. Su Aotian went up the steps, and at the end of the stone steps was a stone slab with grooves, and after opening it with a jade slip, the stone slab turned upward, revealing a hole, Su Aotian jumped up, out of the hole, and the stone slab was automatically covered again.

Su Aotian took a look and found that he was in a stone room, the room was empty, there was only a futon, there was a jade plaque in front of it, and there was nothing else. He walked over to the futon and sat cross-legged, picking up the jade plaque to check.

The jade plaque is marked with the rules for participating in the beast fight, such as not concealing the cultivation, not using magic weapons, not using pills, only carrying a weapon and a talisman, etc., in short, there are many restrictions on the monks, otherwise the beast fighting will be unfair. After Su Aotian looked at it one by one, he put down the jade plaque, sat cross-legged, and waited quietly.

After a while, Su Aotian heard a sound on the stone wall behind him, and when he turned around, a portal had appeared on the stone wall, he stood up, took out a long sword from the storage bag, put it on his back, and walked out of the door.

Behind the door is another passage, there is a bright light not far away, it doesn't seem to be long, Su Aotian walked along the passage, as soon as he stepped out of the passage, he heard a noise in his ears, looked up, and found that he was already in the middle of the Colosseum.

There was already a fierce beast on the other side, covered in green, with a ghostly glow, which made people's scalp tingle at the sight of it, especially fear, more disgusting and nausea. This fierce beast is more than a zhang long and seven feet tall, Su Aotian belongs to the category of tall and strong among the monks, compared to this fierce beast, it is like an adult and a child standing together. The beast couldn't see clearly, only a pair of large claws in front of it waved from time to time, like two huge scissors, the most striking thing was a tail standing up high behind it, half the length of its body, and at the top was a blue spike, at least a foot long, and it emitted a fishy smell, which showed that it was violent.

At this time, the onlookers and the monks who bet on them started to shout and scold, and Su Aotian heard someone say: "The new kid, you have to hold on for a few more rounds, don't be over as soon as you come up, and cause me to lose money!" Some people also applauded: "Hey, I said that you guy who wants money and wants to go crazy, hurry up and send him to death, or he can admit defeat as soon as possible, and he can save his life!" and someone cheered him up: "Daoist friend hold on! I am optimistic about you!" Although he didn't take the soul hooking scorpion to heart, his years of experience in fighting and killing fierce beasts had already made him develop the mentality of "the lion fights the rabbit and did his best", and he did not despise the opponent.

At this time, the soul hooking scorpion had already noticed him, and the six legs under its abdomen moved in unison, rushing towards him with great speed. It's just that its speed is not worth mentioning in Su Aotian's eyes, Su Aotian stood still, and when the soul hooking scorpion rushed in front of him, he twisted his waist and dodged away indiscriminately.

The Soul Hook Scorpion missed a blow, but did not stop, and continued to rush forward, with a swing of its tail, the blue spikes pierced towards Su Aotian's eyebrows as fast as lightning. Su Aotian jumped into the air, kicked out with one leg, and kicked his tail off.

The movements of the two sides were extremely fast, and some of the monks thought that Su Aotian had not escaped the attack of the Soul Hook Scorpion, and they were already overjoyed, and just wanted to applaud loudly, but when they saw that Su Aotian was unharmed, their faces were depressed, and they looked at Su Aotian with hatred, blaming him for not being killed by a blow, it seems that this part of the people bought the Soul Hook Scorpion to win quickly.

Those who bought Su Aotian and could hold on for a period of time were confident, and felt that they had made the right bet this time, cheered loudly, and tried their best to cheer for Su Aotian.

The Soul Hook Scorpion turned a corner and rushed towards Su Aotian again. Su Aotian remembered the battle process of the demon hunter that day, and decided to draw the scoop in the same way, pulled out his long sword, and slashed towards the big claw of the soul hooking scorpion.

This time, he only used seven points of strength, for fear that he would slash the soul hooking scorpion, and with the sound of "dang", he felt that the strength of this fierce beast was mediocre, and he immediately took two steps back.

The Soul Hooking Scorpion received this blow, and its forward figure paused for a moment, and then it was ferocious, rushing forward, with big claws, sharp mouths, and poisonous tails, and launched a crazy attack on Su Aotian.

This kind of fighting Su Aotian is familiar with the road, and it is called a relaxed and happy way to deal with it, and for a while, the soul hooking scorpion fights inextricably, and the monks who bet on the soul hooking scorpion are so angry that their faces are like pig's liver, and their eyes are spitting fire, and the monks who bet on Su Aotian to hold on for a while are dancing and applauding loudly.

After fighting for a while, Su Aotian pretended to be physically exhausted, and took advantage of the momentum to float backwards, ready to use his magical powers.

At this time, a quarter of an hour had passed, and those monks who had bet on the Soul Hooking Scorpion saw hope again: "Okay! This kid is almost unable to hold on, with his cultivation, the power of the supernatural power poses no threat to the Soul Hooking Scorpion, and defeat is imminent!"

Su Aotian was not in a hurry, his hands were in a gesture, and when the Soul Hook Scorpion rushed forward, he raised his hand and sent out a "Flying Arrow Technique", and when he landed, a dense array of small arrows of wood vitality stabbed towards the Soul Hook Scorpion like a raging storm, hitting the body with a clanging sound.

Seeing that Su Aotian was using such a great power, the monks who were watching all let out an unexpectedly "oh", but some were happy and some were disappointed.

With the attack of the "Flying Arrow Technique", Su Aotian opened the distance between him and the Soul Hooking Scorpion again, keeping it at about three zhang, and then it was another "Flying Arrow Technique".

In this way, Su Aotian fought and retreated, and took the soul hooking scorpion in a circle in the Colosseum, and in the blink of an eye, he had already performed seven or eight "flying arrow techniques", and looked at the onlookers directly: "This kid's cultivation is not high, how can he be so full of spiritual energy, and the speed of exerting his magical powers is so fast!" Suddenly, someone seemed to suddenly realize and shouted: "This kid cheated and used the Hui Qi Pill!"

As soon as the words fell, I heard someone snort coldly, and then the monk who spoke screamed, vomited blood from his mouth, and his body withered on the ground, and then he heard a voice reprimand: "Presumptuous, the fighter has been strictly inspected when he enters the arena, how can he cheat, who dares to break the rules of the Colosseum, and the reputation cannot be slandered!" The voice was not loud, but everyone present could hear it clearly, as if someone was talking in their ears. Some monks thought the same thing in their hearts, and this time they were all silent, and they didn't dare to say anything more.

At this time, the soul hooking poisonous scorpion was attacked by Su Aotian's "Flying Arrow Technique", although it was a hard armor with extraordinary defense, but it was not the kind of fierce beast known for its rough skin and thick flesh after all, and some parts of its body had broken skin and blood. Seeing this, Su Aotian stepped forward and used his long sword to shoot at its wounds, and in the blink of an eye, three or four big holes were cut, and blood flowed. The soul hooking scorpion suffered pain, and the attack became more and more ferocious, Su Aotian accepted it when he saw it, opened the distance again, and attacked with the "flying arrow technique".

On the surface, the current situation has reached a stalemate, and it depends on who can't consume it first, but in fact, this is just an illusion deliberately created by Su Aotian. The monks who were watching did not know what to do, each with their own thoughts, and was very anxious, cheering for both sides.

Su Aotian maintained the offensive unhurriedly, and on the other hand, he was thinking about how to end this battle quietly, his eyes swept over the blue tail of the soul hooking scorpion, and his heart suddenly moved.