Li Guanqi frowned slightly. He had thought the beast-fighting arena would involve cultivators provoking great demons.
Now it seemed this beast-fighting arena was somewhat different from what he had imagined.
The bloody, violent, flesh-rending fights drove all the spectators into a frenzy.
The fight between the two people did not last long.
In less than half an hour, it ended with one cultivator's victory.
The deciding factor was that he had smashed the other's head apart...
When that cultivator died, the entire arena erupted in indescribable cheers.
Li Guanqi stared in disbelief at the cultivators around him, shouting with raised arms, unable to imagine they would celebrate based on the death of the person they had wagered on.
After the winner was decided, someone soon came up and dragged the corpse away.
The winner, dragging his exhausted body, walked back.
It was a long, cramped, dark passage, and no one knew what lay behind it.
Just as Li Guanqi was lost in thought, a loud voice suddenly rang through the entire beast-fighting arena.
"Good evening, fellow daoists. Today our beast-fighting arena is packed!"
"So..."
"This beast-fighting arena has decided to present all of you with a wonderful fight!"
As his words fell, the man disappeared from the center of the plaza.
Below, the huge stone doors of two special passages slowly rose.
Immediately after, two tall, burly figures slowly walked out from the left and right passages!!
Li Guanqi bolted upright, crushing the armrests of his chair in his hands!!
The host's loud voice rang out again!!
On the water mirror light curtain appeared a burly man, his tiger eyes actually golden, with vertical pupils.
His expression was stern, long hair casually tied behind his head, bronzed skin bare-chested, revealing a strong, scar-covered body.
Next to the man's image were some textual introductions.
"Chang Hu, a first-rank seventh-stage great demon."
"Record: nine wins, one draw!"
The other image was soon displayed to everyone.
"Shi Lin, a first-rank sixth-stage great demon, whose true form possesses the bloodline of the fire qilin!"
"Record: three wins."
Li Guanqi gritted his teeth, his eyes fixed tightly on the image in the water mirror light curtain.
Fiery red shoulder-length hair, horns on his head, stern features, piercing gaze.
Li Guanqi whispered softly.
"It really is him!!"
Shi Lin, the first ascended cultivator great demon in human form he had met when he first ascended to the Immortal Realm.
He had not expected that after more than a year, Shi Lin had actually broken through to first-rank sixth-stage.
But how could he be here?
He could clearly see a golden beast-taming collar around both of their necks!!
Shi Lin emerged very slowly, and he unconsciously wanted to reach out and pull at the beast-taming collar.
But the beast-taming collar around his neck instantly lit up.
A wave of soul-rending pain instantly struck, and Shi Lin collapsed to the ground convulsing, foaming at the mouth, eyes rolling back...
After a while, the middle-aged man appeared in the arena, crouching beside Shi Lin, sniffing at the stench of urine around him and waving his hand before his nose.
"I advise you to behave, fight to the death, and you can still live."
"As for anything else... don't even think about it."
Shi Lin gritted his teeth, veins bulging on his forehead, the light of the beast-taming collar around his neck gradually weakening.
After a full few breaths, Shi Lin finally caught his breath.
"Roar!!!"
A low tiger roar echoed through the clouds.
A golden tiger over twenty zhang long, with wings on its back, suddenly appeared in the arena.
Chang Hu roared to the sky, his tiger eyes flashing with cold light.
"Woo-ao! Woo-hu!!! Chang Hu! Chang Hu!!!!"
"Chang Hu must win!!!!"
The tiger's back was covered in hideous scars; Chang Hu paced slowly in the arena, his tiger eyes always fixed on the man not far away.
Shouts like mountains and seas echoed through the clouds, rising and falling.
Many people were crazily betting on Chang Hu to win this match.
As for the standard for judging victory or defeat in each fight, it was actually very simple.
As long as the other side in the fight died, the survivor was the victor.
So in the beast-fighting arena, whether human or beast, there was never a defeat...
For the beast-fighting arena, as long as you won, you could have anything you wanted.
Except... freedom.
If you lost, you had no further value.
"Hahaha, it's been months since I came, and I finally get to see a fight between great demons, how rare!"
"Right, this is a great demon fight after three months, right?"
"I heard that in great demon fights, the winner can gnaw on the loser's beast core and flesh!!"
"That scene... just thinking about it is exciting!!"
Listening to the noisy discussions around him, Li Guanqi clenched his fists, his eyes fixed tightly on the arena...
As Shi Lin rose, his robes were suddenly torn apart.
Immediately after, a tall fire qilin eighteen zhang long suddenly appeared!!!!
Roar!!!!
The fire qilin, with a lion's head and curved long horns, a horse's body, covered head to toe in fiery red scales, hooves treading fire!!
A pair of golden eyes domineeringly swept all directions; facing Chang Hu's provocation, the qilin's eyes showed not the slightest fear.
The two great demons, with almost no warning, the stone slabs beneath their feet shattered as they instantly charged at each other!!
Their massive bodies crossed in midair, terrifying claws slashing at each other, entangled in combat.
In just an instant, blood spattered, scales shattered, flesh turned outward.
Bang!!
Two massive figures fell from midair, smashing a deep pit into the ground.
The audience's emotions completely boiled over at this moment.
Roar!! Roar!!!!
A high-pitched roar echoed through the clouds; Chang Hu's cheeks were clawed with bloody marks, curling up, he kicked the fire qilin far away.
Whoosh!!
The fire qilin's body rotated in midair, landing steadily!
Its four hooves carved trenches in the ground, the ground scorched black.
And Chang Hu's terrifying bite force actually tore a large chunk of flesh from Shi Lin's body!!
Chang Hu's eyes glowed with ferocity, chewing flesh in his mouth, pacing slowly.
His body was covered in claw marks deep to the bone, wounds scorched and turned outward, large patches of his fur scorched black.
In contrast, the fire qilin's injuries were much better than his opponent's.
Li Guanqi's eyes flickered; although Shi Lin's cultivation realm was slightly suppressed in this situation, his own defense was high, so there should be no problem.
People around kept cheering at this, but Li Guanqi found these cheers somewhat grating on his ears.
Shi Lin's eyes flickered as he attacked first!!
His figure turned into a fire line charging at Chang Hu, a mouthful of scorching flame breath erupting instantly!!
The fire pillar was thick, about three zhang thick.
However, at the critical moment, Chang Hu's wings behind him shook and he suddenly leapt into the air!!
Barely dodging this blow, Chang Hu fluttered over, his tiger claws shooting out sharp blades, baring his teeth and claws at the fire qilin's nape!!
Chapter 1751