Infinite Ebullience
Chapter 1257 - 11 Battle Damage

Chapter 1257: Chapter 11 Battle Damage

The Cyclops grabbed the injured policewoman, tossed her into the Heart-eating cage, and as for the dead university student’s Corpse, it was completely stripped and impaled on a sharpened wooden stake through the buttocks to make a meat skewer, which was then placed over the Campfire.

The Conquerors all clenched their fists, ready to draw their Weapons and enter combat upon Tang Zheng’s command, to overthrow the six giants and the Magic Mirror.

The giant smoked the Heart-eating cage with a burning Grass Bundle. Lu Fan fell to the ground, quickly got up, and scurried toward the Magic Mirror for a closer look; at the same time, she picked up a Zorro-style Rapier and performed a flourishing move with the Sword.

Some Newbies envied Tang Zheng’s good luck; facing off against a Little Lolita was bound to be a victory, especially for the pug-nosed, bleached-blond brat, who was green with envy and even wanted to shout, "Give me a chance instead!"

"Hmm? So many people are eager to try, what to do now?" the masked man teased, "You will each have to fight, and if I were you, I’d choose someone weaker to start with."

People still cared about saving face; although they were eager to fight, they dared not take him up on it. Lin Weiguo hated the masked man so much that he longed to pull him out of the Magic Mirror, skin him, and use his hide as a shoe insole to tread on daily.

"I can give you all a chance. Those who volunteer to face the Little Lolita, raise your hands!" the masked man mocked with a laugh when no one responded, "As expected, hypocritical Humans!"

"I’m so weak, don’t I get any extra benefits? Like choosing someone myself?" Lu Fan acted cute, preferring to kill herself rather than fight Tang Zheng.

"Hmm, okay, it is indeed unfair to you!" the masked man conceded, "You may volunteer yourselves, don’t miss this opportunity!"

"Anyone who’s done a bad deed, speak up, I can free your soul for you!" Lu Fan didn’t care about killing Newbies; her words were just meant to make things a little easier for the good man, Tang.

"You little brat, stop your nonsense. If you have the guts, fight me!" Doctor Xie Ding couldn’t hold back anymore. As a doctor in his forties, he had been having a tough streak in recent years; first, his body started failing him, then his wife left him for another man, and his son was always getting into trouble, recently injuring a classmate severely. If not for his connections and a significant settlement, his son could have ended up in juvenile detention. A few days ago, he reached the peak of his misfortune when someone inexplicably killed him in the Hospital. He knew it was because of a colleague who had taken bribes and botched a surgery, resulting in him being collateral damage.

"Damn it, nothing’s going my way; I don’t want to live anymore, but before I die, I’ll go out with a bang!" Doctor Xie Ding threw a tantrum, "Deciding to make everyone uncomfortable."

"Whatever!" Lu Fan shrugged indifferently, picking up a Crossbow.

"Let him down, I said no attacks before the game starts!" The masked man didn’t want his toy to be shot dead on sight.

"Mr. Mask, if I win, may I do what I wish with this Little Lolita?" Doctor Xie Ding climbed out of the Heart-eating cage and immediately picked up a round shield and grasped a Roman Short Sword, eyeing Lu Fan hungrily. He was a Lolicon, fond of little girls, often lurking outside kindergartens, secretly photographing cute girls.

"Interesting, if you win, I’ll let you take your Spoils of War and leave!" the promise of the masked man elicited a chorus of screams.

Tang Zheng wasn’t worried about Lu Fan and was trying to determine if the Magic Mirror possessed any offensive capabilities. As for the giants, he wasn’t considering them for the moment.

"Whoever wins the Gladiator duel can leave alive, except those who defy me," the masked man said, referring to the policewoman, "Alright, the Game begins!"

"Ha, prepare to die!" Doctor Xie Ding felt like he had become an ancient war Soldier, roaring aggressively as he rushed at Lu Fan with his shield held high.

Lu Fan ran in circles, but her short legs couldn’t shake off Doctor Xie Ding. Pretending to panic, she shot Crossbow arrows at his head.

Ding, a Crossbow arrow grazed the shield and struck the skin of a giant, ricocheting off. These brutes had thick skin and weren’t easy to deal with.

"Hehe, out of moves, are we? I was prepared for you. You should have aimed for my Thigh," Doctor Xie Ding boasted as he rushed towards Lu Fan, "Surrender, I definitely won’t give you time to shoot again."

Doctor Xie Ding was overly confident in Melee. Lu Fan ran like a Rabbit, a sight he found immensely enjoyable.

Lu Fan had wanted to use the Gladiator fight to test the giants’ physical strength, but Doctor Xie Ding’s lack of cooperation forced her hand, leaving her no choice but to strike to kill, discarding the Crossbow, the Little Lolita agilely approached Doctor Xie Ding.

Doctor Xie Ding had no mercy. Seeing Lu Fan approaching without the Crossbow, and thinking he could overpower her, he discarded his shield and reached for her hair, intending to capture her alive.

Whiz, Lu Fan thrust out with her Sword, leaving a gash on his Arm. Had the Primary Protective Clothing not taken effect, that swipe could have taken off a chunk of his flesh.

"Fuck!" Doctor Xie Ding was enraged and swung his Short sword at Lu Fan’s Shoulder.

Lu Fan swiftly dodged, flicking her Wrist, and sent the Western Sword into a beautiful flourish, then grazed Doctor Xie Ding’s Neck in passing.

Screams erupted as Newbies didn’t expect the Little Lolita to gain the upper hand!

Doctor Xie Ding’s legs trembled as he rapidly turned around, urine streaming down from his groin. The chill on his neck a moment before made him think he was a goner, his Heart nearly stopping from fear.

"Lucky, lucky!" After Doctor Xie Ding felt his neck and saw the bloodstain, he was relieved but then his face darkened like the bottom of a pot, and he bellowed, "I’ll butcher you!"

Lu Fan just shrugged her shoulders. She could kill the man in an instant if she wanted; dragging the fight out was only to give Tang Zheng some time to think.

"Don’t blame me for not warning you, if the fight isn’t decided within a minute, you’ll all die!" The masked man wanted an exciting death match, so he deliberately applied pressure.

Doctor Xie Ding rallied his spirit and once again charged at Lu Fan, while the little loli dodged and coped with the attacks. After counting to fifty, she suddenly erupted, her thin sword striking like a venomous snake, piercing his eye socket and then skewering his brain.

Thump, the somewhat portly body of Doctor Xie Ding fell to the ground, a pool of fresh blood spreading beneath him.

The Cyclops ran in, stripping the corpse, skewering it with a wooden stick, and setting it over the campfire.

"A beautiful fight, you can leave now!" The masked man kept his promise and let Lu Fan leave.

Lu Fan didn’t want to be separated from Tang Zheng and was about to voluntarily return to the cage when she saw him shake his head at her, then purse his lips towards the outside of the cave.

"Can you remove the seal on me?" Lu Fan grew wary of her surroundings and slowly backed away, understanding Tang Zheng’s intention for her to scout the outside environment.

"Don’t even think about it, next round!" The masked man refused, and this time, two university students were selected. As soon as they dropped out of the heart-eating cage, they picked up weapons. Although they were wary of each other, they didn’t attack.

If they couldn’t run, they had to fight! This thought swirled in the minds of the two students, and as time passed, they hardened their resolve.

"I know you, you’re the senior from the electrical engineering department, right?" A short, skinny student suddenly spoke up, his eyes fixated on a redwood longbow not far away.

"Hmm? When have you ever seen me?" The other student looked puzzled and took a few steps forward, banking on his strong physique to engage in melee.

"In the Heng’an District, I saw your girlfriend check into a hotel with another man!" The student said and suddenly threw his weapon at his opponent, quickly grabbing the longbow and fitting an arrow to it.

"You’re going to die!" The man, enraged, dodged the harmless short sword and ferociously pounced on his adversary.

"Idiot!" Teng Yuangxiang gave his assessment. The skinny student had the right idea—when outmatched physically, use long-range weapons. Those words were just to distract the opponent and seize a moment of opportunity. If he infuriated the other party and exposed a weakness, so much the better. But instead, he bungled it.

The tall one was clearly an irritable sort, and upon hearing these words, he rushed headlong into the fray. The skinny student panicked upon seeing this, his arrow veering off target. Just as he tried to take another shot, the other party was already upon him.

"With a mere twenty meters between both parties, once you miss, there’s no second chance. Besides, this thing isn’t a crossbow. Without training, scoring a hit with the first shot is difficult!" Tang Zheng didn’t need to look to know the outcome.

As expected, upon seeing the tall figure close the distance to within five meters, the skinny student panicked, dropped the bow and arrow, bent down to pick up the short sword at his feet, but before he could straighten up, the knight sword had already cleaved into his head.

Blood splattered, and the skinny student screamed as he fell to the ground, instinctively rolling to escape, only to be caught up to by the tall one.

"Die!" The tall student showed no mercy, stabbing the blade into his heart.

"No!" The skinny student spat blood and clutched at the sword blade, dying.

"Slightly cunning, but unfortunately misguided," the masked man glanced at the body and allowed the victor to leave, then began choosing again.

"You there, the two-meter-tall warrior!" The masked man selected Sha Ou, his gaze sweeping over the remaining survivors. "Whom shall we pick as your opponent?"

"Can I choose for myself?" The moment Sha Ou hit the ground, he rolled to dissipate the momentum and stood up, his actions quite suave.

"Hmm? It seems we have one with courage, but you’re too strong, so it’ll take three opponents to make it fair!" The masked man wouldn’t let the fight become one-sided; that would be too boring.

"No problem," Sha Ou casually pointed at three students, confident he could overpower any number of them.

"No, I don’t want to die!" A long-haired female student shook her head like a rattle drum, nearly driven mad with terror at the approach of the giant.

"Is Sha Ou crazy?" Lin Weiguo frowned. This didn’t match his character at all, even Tang Zheng was surprised, wondering about Sha Ou’s motives.

Ai Yixin crouched in the heart-eating cage, staring at Sha Ou, wishing she could enter the fray and kill him herself.

"Wait, you seem to have a lot of hostility toward him, so you might as well take the stage!" The masked man was good at observing and speculating on people’s hearts, noticing Ai Yixin’s unnatural demeanor.

Ai Yixin looked to Tang Zheng, worried she would be blamed if she killed Sha Ou.

"Seems like you’ve always wanted to kill me?" Sha Ou shrugged his shoulders, "Well, let’s settle this today!" (To be continued. If you like this work, you’re welcome to vote for it on Qidian and support me; your support is my greatest motivation.)