A fair duel.
That sounds ridiculous.
I looked at the guard captain and sneered, "So you're planning to lock me and this bald guy in that cage and have a duel until one of us dies?"
The guard captain said, "I suppose so, but having the two of you fight to the death over a woman is too childish and too bloody. I don't really like it. How about this: you two duel, and as long as the other one admits defeat first, there's no need to decide whether it's a matter of life or death. What do you think?"
A duel where life and death are at stake.
Upon hearing this, the bald man next to him immediately became excited and said, "Alright, I have no problem with that. Kid, if you're not brave enough, just give up and give me your sister instead. Don't end up being beaten to a pulp by me!"
I turned and stared at the bald man, feeling a strong urge to kill him.
The bald man raised his chin arrogantly and said, "What are you looking at me for! If you've got the guts, come up on stage and fight me. You sneakily attacked me earlier, and I'm going to settle the score with you!"
The guard captain looked at me and laughed, "He's already agreed. What about you? Let me remind you, I'm giving you a chance. If you're not willing to go up and fight him, then he'll win directly, and your sister will be his."
I looked at everyone present, including the crowd of onlookers. They clearly wanted to see me fight the bald guy. Anyway, this had nothing to do with them; they just wanted to watch the show.
Jingjie asked me what had happened, but I was very confused and didn't know how to explain it to her.
I looked at the captain of the guard and said, "Alright, I'll go! But it's a deal, if I win, none of you will be allowed to lay a finger on my sister."
The captain of the guard smirked, his eyes gleaming with an unreadable expression, his face bearing the air of someone who had succeeded in a wicked scheme. However, this expression lasted only a moment; a instant later, his face returned to normal.
He looked at me and the bald man and said, "In that case, you two come with me. Bring your sister along too, so you can feel more at ease, right?"
And so, Baldy and I were forced by the other guards to the edge of the arena.
At this time, the area around the arena was empty, with hardly anyone around, because there was no match taking place on the arena, so there was no one around either.
However, when our group appeared at the edge of the ring, the crowd that had been wandering around gathered around. Clearly, they all thought that with so many people gathered at the edge of the ring, there must be a match going on.
Therefore, many people started heading towards the ring.
On the way here, I told Sister Jing about this. When she heard it, her face changed and she said to me, "Xiao Nan, you can't go up there. This guard captain is definitely trying to set you two up!"
I said, "But I have no choice. If I don't go up, it's like pushing my little sister into a fire pit. I have to go up."
Sister Jing said, "No, you can't go up there. Going to the arena to duel is obviously setting you up. You wait here. I'm going to find Zhang Lincai now. Since he's from here, he must have a way to resolve this."
I pulled Jingjie aside and said, "It's no use, it's too late. I already hinted to the guy who's been with us to go and inform Zhang Lincai, but we haven't heard anything yet."
Jingjie looked at me with great concern.
Song Muyuan said, "Brother Lu, how about I go instead? I'm stronger than you, so it'll be easy for me to go up there and beat that bald guy up."
I said, "This is my business, so don't get involved."
Song Muyuan wanted to say something, but at this moment the guard captain came up to me and said, "Go up, everyone is waiting to see the two of you duel."
I glanced at the bald man next to me and saw him walk directly to the other side of the stage. Immediately, I also walked towards the stage. I didn't take the steps, but climbed directly onto the stage from the outside.
However, when I got to the ring, I found that the person coming up from the other side was not bald, but a strong man!
I was stunned the moment I saw this burly man. I turned my head and looked down at the crowd below the ring, where I saw the bald man still standing among the crowd.
I glared at him, "You..."
I was about to speak when I heard the fat man's voice from the side.
"Both duelists are now in the ring. Come on, lower the cage!"
The moment the fat man's voice fell, the iron cage above my head also instantly collapsed.
Bang!
With a loud bang, I and this unfamiliar, burly man were locked in a cage.
I gripped the cage, glared at the bald man below, and roared, "What do you mean?!"
The bald man looked at me with a smile and said, "Don't look at me like that. I did this after asking the captain."
I stared at the guard captain, who smiled and said, "I never said you couldn't find someone to replace you, you just didn't think of it yourself."
I shouted angrily, "You're playing me!"
The captain of the guard shook his head and said, "I'm not playing a trick on you. The competition will proceed as scheduled, and as long as you win, your sister will still stay with you. However, I don't think you can win."
I stared at the guard captain and the bald man, my heart filled with murderous intent.
I don't know if they conspired to scam me, but it's clear now that I've been tricked.
The most important thing now is how to survive in this arena. As for the bald guy and the guard captain down there, I'll settle the score with them sooner or later!
I took two steps back, shifting my gaze from below back to the ring.
When I first came here, I was just a spectator watching Jiang Bai's duel with another boxing champion. Jiang Bai won the match by surprise.
But what should I do now? The burly man in front of me is at least 1.9 meters tall, and his muscles look especially strong under the sweat.
Compared to him, I'm like a truck compared to a bicycle!
How can I win this game?
The number of spectators around the ring began to increase at this point; they were clearly there to watch the excitement.
Jingjie and Song Muyuan were calling out anxiously from below, but I couldn't hear what they were saying because it was too noisy around us.
The burly man on the ring stared at me, a half-smile playing on his lips.
Clearly, he treated me like a toy.
He easily maneuvered around me twice, constantly trying to scare me. I remained vigilant throughout, so I reacted whenever he tried to frighten me. To the people below, this reaction seemed cowardly.
What should I do? What should I do?
Could it be that we should learn from Jiang Bai before, and then bite him to death when he gets close?
But do I have a chance to get close?
(End of this chapter)
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