"The new cult leader wants to fight to the death with the 'Beauty Beast'!"
"The beautiful beast didn't even let go of 1 point of contribution?"
"Could it be that the cult leader has already been infected?"
"Oh, then it's not 1 contribution point. Meishou may get 50 contribution points this time..."
Listening to the discussions in the audience, Ash, who was bandaging his fist, gave a forced smile: "It seems that you are really playing the pig to eat the tiger."
"I think you are hiding your strength to trick me." The blond, blue-eyed, fair-skinned Igula laughed, "You are the leader of the Four Pillars Gods who dares to go against the Blood Crazy Hunter, and I am just an ordinary swindler. No matter how you think about it, your martial arts value is higher, right?"
Indeed, before the life-and-death battle with Igula, Ash had asked Langna about Igula's criminal record.
After all, almost every prisoner will go on the news channel to introduce themselves before they come in, so the criminals' resumes are almost transparent to each other, just like now everyone knows that Ash is the leader of a small cult who was taken down by the hunters.
Igula Bogin, also known as the "Fraudster", works in the insurance industry and was imprisoned for defrauding many wealthy people of a large amount of money. He is a psychic and possesses a series of spiritual manipulation skills such as "Contract".
Although the prison theoretically prohibits magic spirits, this prohibition is only a 'direct' prohibition, not a 'complete' prohibition.
A psychic like Igula, who focuses on spiritual cultivation, can still use words, hints, body language, etc. to trigger the magic spirit to take effect, just like when Igula invited Ash to form a team in the lobby. Once Ash agreed, the magic spirit would quietly leave a mark on Ash's mind.
It sounds like Igula really doesn't have any direct combat ability, but -
Ding!
The lights around the Death Fighting Club fell silent again, leaving only the light curtain above the ring, attracting everyone's attention.
"Igula Bojin bets 46 contribution points"
「VS」
"Ash Seath bets 1 contribution point"
In a deathmatch, everyone will only bet the minimum amount, which means that Igula has already participated in 45 deathmatches!
And according to Ronaldo, Iguera has won all of the past 45 fights!
Then why did Ash agree to this fight to the death
Because he has promised.
When Igula jokingly asked Ash whether he wanted to join the death duel, Ash responded with a joking "Okay, okay". At that time, he had already fallen into the trap - he could no longer regret the joke.
It's hard to describe this feeling. It's not that the body is being controlled, but the mind is being modified. It's like having the absurd idea that 'water is poisonous'. Ash is very sure that he must fight Igula to the death.
Ash didn't know what the consequences of rejection would be, because the thought of "rejection" would never occur to him, as if even thinking, the freest thing, was shackled.
"So, don't respond to any invitations from others casually in the future."
Sword Princess leaned on the railing and said lazily: "You are the Doomsday Observer. In my opinion, you should reject the good intentions and bad intentions of anyone, say "no" to everything, occupy everything with your own power, determine everything with your own will, and rule the world like a devil—"
"No!"
"... you kid..."
Just as Sword Girl was choking, transparent barriers rose up around the ring, announcing the official start of the deathmatch.
As a 'ding' sound rang in his mind, Ash felt as if a shackle had been released from his body, and the chip on the back of his neck no longer restricted them from attacking each other!
At the same time, Igula leaned forward and rushed forward, his agile body pouncing like a cheetah!
Ash immediately raised his arms to defend himself and dodged to the side, but Igula seemed to have predicted Ash's reaction early on, and with a sliding tackle, Ash lost his balance and fell to the ground!
Even though Ash quickly completed the move and stood up, he still couldn't avoid Igula's pursuit and was hit hard in the abdomen. He groaned and almost vomited bile.
"Bite your teeth." Igula reminded him 'kindly' and then punched Ash in the temple!
Ash was beaten so hard that he felt dizzy. He leaned against the wall and used his arms to protect his vital parts. However, Igula seemed to be able to predict all his movements in advance. Every straight punch and hook hit Ash where he couldn't defend. Soon, Ash's face was bruised and swollen, and he ran away in a very embarrassed manner while being beaten.
He roared in his mind: "Has the experience transfer not started yet? If this continues I will be beaten to death!"
"It hurts! Sword Princess, come on top of me and beat that yellow-haired guy to pieces!"
"Sword Princess mother, save me—"
Sword Princess said perfunctorily: "It's almost there. The more you get hit, the faster the experience will be transferred. And don't just take the hits. Try to fight back!"
"Can counterattack speed up the experience transfer?"
"No, but it will make this death match more interesting. After all, it's quite boring to watch you get beaten unilaterally."
Although she said so, Jian Ji was actually a little surprised.
She had expected that Ash would be beaten like a ball. After all, this was Broken Lake Prison. Ash's participation in the death fight here was like a little lamb walking into a pack of wolves. It would be strange if he was not eaten up.
She originally thought that Ash would look ugly, kneeling down to beg for mercy and crying or something like that, but although Ash was in a mess, he did his best: he leaned his back against the wall as much as possible to reduce the impact area, protected the triangular area of his face with both hands, and stood up quickly after falling to the ground instead of lying on the ground and being suppressed... What surprised Sword Girl the most was that Ash didn't cry.
As a wandering soul from another world who has lived in a greenhouse and has never experienced blood, Ash's will is unexpectedly strong, and he even has a certain ability of psychological counseling.
He kept talking to Sword Girl in his mind, just relying on the conversation to relieve the pain, and he didn't lose focus. His defensive movements became more and more sharp, and his evasive reactions when being hit became faster and faster. It was simply...
It's like a sponge that is constantly learning.
Sword Princess suddenly had a feeling: even without her and the magician's manual, Ash would be able to quickly adapt to this seemingly beautiful cruel world after experiencing the pain of the initial time travel.
He is not a coward at heart, and once he changes his environment, his true nature will be exposed.
As expected... He is the End Watcher...
Snapped!
Ash felt like his arm bones were burning. Fiora urged him to fight back. He was also a little angry after being beaten. Even a clay man has a temper. Besides, Ash was not someone who would accept defeat.
He has his own way of working. Apart from not talking back to his superiors, he is also unwilling to suffer any loss among his colleagues. Moreover, he is capable, knows how to flatter, and speaks loudly when asking for credit. Therefore, he is considered to be very successful in the workplace. Otherwise, he would not have been assigned by his boss to be the head of the operations team for a new game.
So he seized the opportunity, recalled the military boxing he had learned during military training, and punched back with a horse stance!
"It's so soft and cute."
Igula turned his head as if he was strolling in the street, with a disdainful smile on his face. He dodged his fist perfectly and punched Ash in the face.
"you!"
"you!"
"you you-"
Ash couldn't help but swear, and every punch he threw missed.
Every punch from Igula could severely injure Ash, and Ash could not dodge it no matter how hard he tried. However, Igula avoided Ash's straight punch by twisting slightly.
To outsiders, it didn't seem like they were fighting, but more like they were acting - Ash was proactively moving his face forward to hit Igula's fist.
"There it is again, the beautiful beast's trick."
"It seems that the remaining 49 contribution points of this evil cult leader will all go into the beautiful beast's bag."
"Humph, it's all fancy tricks. If it were me—"
"What would you do in my place?"
"If it were me, he would immediately squat down to see if I was still breathing!"
"Even though we can't beat the beautiful beast, Master Tiger can definitely beat him!"
The white-haired old man Tiger hurriedly shook his head: "No, no, young people nowadays are getting stronger and stronger. An old man like me will sooner or later become your stepping stone..."
Old man, can you please take your hands off the railing before you say that? You've twisted the railing into a knot! Everyone cursed inwardly, and suddenly someone looked at Langna, who was leaning against a strong man: "Langna, can you see through the tricks of the beautiful beast?"
"I don't know, and it's no use talking. I have to fight to find out." Langna laughed, "But I don't want to fight with the beast. He's not my type. Don't worry, dear. As long as you're still breathing, I won't set my sights on anyone else."
The sturdy man who was leaning against Langna was covered in cold sweat and forced a smile in the darkness.
In the death match arena, Igula shook the blood off his fist and asked casually, "Do you know why I have won all the past 45 death matches? Obviously, my physical fitness is not that good, and my reaction nerves are not that fast, but why can't you hit me, but I can hit you every time?"
Yes, through the battle just now, Ash found that Igula's physique was actually similar to his. Not to mention compared with a monster like Diamond Tiger, even a random strong man could suppress Igula. Obviously, the two were on the same level, but Ash couldn't touch Igula except for his face.
It would be fine if Igula's boxing skills were very good, but Ash could feel that Igula's fighting level was just average, otherwise Ash would not have been able to last so long.
We are all noobs, why are you the only one who can peck me
"I have defeated orcs, trolls, and goblins. Many of them have physical fitness far beyond mine, but they all fell on this stage and transferred the contributions that did not belong to them to me." Igula said slowly: "There is only one reason why you and them ended up like this, a dog without a home—"
"You are all livestock."
"Your life never belonged to you."
"From the moment you stepped onto the ring, your neck has been tied with the chain I prepared for you. Until I squeeze out every last bit of your contribution, you will be a livestock under my control!"
"The fate of livestock is always the same—"
"Bleed, skin, and then..." Igula looked down at Ash with his handsome face, licked his lips with his tongue, and showed a cruel smile: "Be butchered into delicious pieces by the master!"
"Go on, Ash Hiss, don't even think about surrendering. There is no such thing as surrender in a deathmatch. Don't worry, I'm very gentle with livestock, and it will be over soon."
Ash stood up straight, twisted his neck, and spat out a mouthful of blood foam: "Yes."
Sword Princess in the stands also nodded and said lazily, "It's time to end."