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Tian Zhu Mountain, First Outer Mountain, a room in the Grand Arena.
“Hmm, this blackout seems to have lasted longer than before.” Mo Tan, who had appeared abruptly, muttered softly after checking the in-game time.
He then got up from the bed, tidied his equipment, and pushed open the door to leave the room.
It’s not too late. Jia Deka and Ya Ya probably haven’t gone to bed yet. In that case…
Mo Tan stood in front of a door in the corridor and gently knocked: “Jia Deka, are you there?”
No answer.
“Huh? Have they already gone to bed?” He scratched his hair in confusion, then went to the door of the next room, knocked again, and whispered: “Ya Ya?”
No response.
Looks like they’re not in their rooms after all. Where did those two go?
Mo Tan pondered for a moment, then decided to go to the Arena reception to inquire.
Ya Ya was a good child who went to bed on time, but it was far from the time she should be sleepy.
Moreover, the girl had very keen hearing; even if Jia Deka might not have heard Mo Tan’s knocking because he was asleep, Ya Ya would absolutely not ignore it.
This dog-girl was extremely sensitive to Mo Tan and Jia Deka’s voices; even if she was sleeping, she would at least react if she heard their voices.
So she definitely wasn’t there, and Jia Deka was probably not in his room either.
By the way, if Jia Deka made any noise while she was sleeping, Ya Ya would definitely give him a good beating in her sleep.
But if it were Mo Tan, the little girl would lazily snuggle up to his feet, then groggily wrap her tail around Mo Tan’s waist or ankle…
Of course, if the latter tried to break free, he would also be beaten by the hazy dog-girl.
A few minutes later, Mo Tan appeared at the Grand Arena’s reception desk.
The receptionist in front of him happened to be the Dwarf girl he had met before.
Her square face, which had a very small absolute value, was pure and lovely, and the beard on her face was quite delicate.
Her large, watery eyes stared intently at Mo Tan, her face like a peach blossom, her red lips slightly parted…
“Mr. Mo~ Have you seen Lord Cordova?” she asked in an exceptionally shy whisper, then lowered her head with a slight blush: “Sorry, did I make you misunderstand? I’m sorry, but when I think of Lord Cordova, I just…”
Thank goodness you made me misunderstand!
Mo Tan chuckled dryly and shook his head: “It’s alright, it’s alright. But I really haven’t seen Cordova. If I run into him later, I’ll tell him…”
Tell him to be extremely careful!
He added the thought apologetically in his mind.
“So, is there anything I can help you with?” The Dwarf girl smiled very sweetly.
“Uh, I’m looking for two friends.” Mo Tan spread his hands: “They registered here last night. One is named Jia Deka, and the other is Ya Ya.”
The Dwarf girl nodded, her hands quickly moving across the magic crystal panel in front of her, muttering: “Please wait a moment. If they registered, I should be able to find their appearance, then perhaps I can… Hmm?”
Mo Tan, who had been thinking about inviting the two to a 3v3 Arena match, quickly asked: “Did you find them?”
“I found them.” The Dwarf girl smiled, instinctively stroking her beard: “I received them this afternoon. If nothing unexpected happened, those two should still be in the Noob Arena.”
Mo Tan was stunned: “They’re in the Noob Arena?”
“Yes.” The Dwarf girl spread her hands: “I gave them their badges.”
Mo Tan was dumbfounded for a while, then shrugged: “Alright, I’ll go find them now. Also, please give me a badge.”
The other party nodded readily, handed Mo Tan a cute little chicken badge, and then winked at him in a way that could make one lose blood: “Don’t forget to tell Lord Cordova to visit me often, Handsome Guy~”
Mo Tan: “…”
Ten minutes later.
Tianzhushan Grand Arena, basement level.
Mo Tan had just passed through the long corridor when he heard a deafening shout from not far away…
“Betting is open, betting is open! Newbie ‘False Teeth’ combo versus the Hul Brothers! Odds 3:10, hurry up and place your bets!”
That was a green-nosed Goblin, Mo Tan remembered him well!
My first match seemed to have been set by him…
Looking at the Goblin busy collecting money and writing slips from afar, Mo Tan couldn’t help but think.
He remembered that when he challenged Number Three Chicken, the odds were 15:1, but these ‘False Teeth’ newcomers, also new, seemed to be…
Wait a minute! What combo?!
Mo Tan suddenly snapped back to reality and immediately rushed to the edge of the stands, craning his neck to look down…
Sure enough, a white-bearded old man in a magic robe, muscular, carrying unstable explosives, and a graceful, beautiful, beast-eared dog-girl, leaping around, were warming up.
Across from them were a pair of burly men with extremely dense body hair, dressed in animal skins, carrying broadaxes, and with full beards.
At first glance, they looked like two demonic muscle men who had traveled back from the Stone Age.
They look strong…
Mo Tan couldn’t help but feel a little worried.
He still remembered the miserable state of his first day fighting in the Noob Arena, and Jia Deka and Ya Ya’s opponents looked much stronger than Number Three Chicken and the like.
Then he heard…
“The new match will begin in one minute, featuring the Noob Arena’s new challengers, the ‘False Teeth’ duo, with eight wins, zero draws, and zero losses in eight matches, against the ‘Hul Brothers,’ with fifty-one wins, five draws, and eleven losses in seventy-six matches.”
Eight wins in eight matches?
Mo Tan couldn’t help but be slightly stunned, then he thought of the odds given by the big-nosed Goblin earlier, his eyes a little dazed.
Are Jia Deka and Ya Ya that strong?
Looking at the two warming up in the Arena, Mo Tan felt that his previous assessment of these two companions might not have been objective enough.
One should know that although these two were mostly unreliable, unreliability did not equate to lack of strength.
Perhaps if they both took it seriously…
BOOOOM!!
But before he could finish his self-reflection, a deafening explosion came from the Arena.
Mo Tan subconsciously looked at the Hul Brothers and found that they hadn’t even moved!
Then there was only one truth left.
I shouldn’t have had any hope for those two.
Mo Tan’s mouth twitched as he looked at the spot where Jia Deka and Ya Ya had originally stood, finding that all he could see was a cloud of smoke, only faintly hearing a series of low roars and intermittent screams coming from within.
The Hul Brothers were stunned; clearly, their opponents’ unconventional tactic left them somewhat bewildered…
If the sudden burst of smoke was to block vision, then what was with the screams?!
“Never mind, let’s go!”
The Hul Brother on the left raised his great axe, nodded to his younger brother, and then charged forward first!
The Hul Brother followed closely, and while accelerating his mad dash, he let out a roar to the sky: “We can win!”
Mo Tan noticed that the muscles on their bodies seemed to instantly become much more solid.
Clearly, the Hul Brother’s loud roar just now was not simply an expression of emotion.
He was not wrong; that roar was called 【Victory Roar】, which could slightly increase the maximum health and stamina of oneself and allied units within a small range, a very practical skill for warriors!
And the Hul Brother, who was charging ahead, had already raised his broadaxe high, with several streams of powerful energy swirling around him, looking as if he was preparing to unleash an area attack into the cloud of smoke.
“Leo Slash!”
“Ah!”
Bang!!
Then he was knocked down by Jia Deka, who flew out horizontally.
“Sorry about that, big brother!” Jia Deka rolled off the other person with an apologetic expression, then turned around with a livid face and roared: “Ya Ya, stop messing around…”
Bang!
A small hand, clad in a clawed gauntlet, slammed Jia Deka onto the ground.
The sudden appearance of the slender, beautiful, red-eyed, and slightly scorched-tailed Ya Ya grabbed Jia Deka and swung him repeatedly to the ground, all while furiously roaring at a rapid pace: “You old Undead, you blew it up again, again, again! Who’s messing around, who’s messing around, who’s messing around, ahhhhh! Go die ten thousand times for me!”
Boom!!
The girl grabbed Jia Deka’s calves with both hands, leaped into the air, did a 360-degree spin, and then slammed him hard onto… the just-standing Hul Brother!
“My goodness… Ah!”
The Hul Brother fell again, while the Hul Brother not far away had already rushed to Ya Ya’s side, roaring as he brought down an axe!
But Ya Ya, whose speed had greatly increased, easily dodged it.
“Too slow! So annoying! So loud!” The dog-girl, whose Mandarin had become extremely standard, pouted, kicked away the Hul Brother, then grabbed the dazed Jia Deka and slammed him towards the other: “Go die!”
At this moment, the tall and sturdy Hul Brother barely managed to stabilize himself.
As soon as he looked up, he saw a pale-faced, white-bearded old man rapidly approaching him, and instinctively swung his axe.
Jia Deka, unable to control his body, also felt a bit flustered, so he quickly held his staff horizontally in front of him and loudly said, “Fireball…”
BOOOOOM!!
“False Teeth combo, wins.”
A gentle voice came from mid-air, and then the four people in the Arena appeared near the matching crystal not far from Mo Tan.
The clamor instantly erupted in the stands…
“Holy cow, I knew False Teeth could get nine consecutive wins!”
“That shouldn’t be right. The Hul Brothers are Mid-Tier warriors, and their physical condition is extremely robust. How did they fall in just a few exchanges?!”
“Heh heh, brother, you didn’t watch the last few matches, did you?”
“No, why?”
“Let me tell you, that new combo called False Teeth uses a self-detonation style + brutal style, short for self-mutilation style! They’re super strong!”
“That powerful?!”
“You don’t know, these two don’t care about their own lives, nor anyone else’s. Listen to me, @#$%&*!!!”
“Holy crap, are they that ruthless?!”
“Nonsense, those are desperadoes! Remember to stay far away if you see them in the future!”
…
Listening to the discussions of the surrounding crowd, Mo Tan’s expression was a bit stiff.
He was seriously considering whether to run away first or something, otherwise, if others thought he was also with those two ‘desperadoes,’ he felt it would be very awkward.
“Mo Tan, you’re so slow.” But Ya Ya in front of him reacted extremely quickly (she was the only one standing).
Her small nose wrinkled slightly, and she immediately looked at Mo Tan not far away, snorted softly, and asked: “Why didn’t I see you all day?”
Huh? She didn’t pounce on me to hit me!
Mo Tan instantly felt a little surprised.
“What kind of look is that?” Ya Ya pouted, the red glow in her eyes gradually receding.
She hugged her tail and stroked its fur, huffing: “Are you really hoping I’d pounce and lick your face? Hmm, although I do feel a little… Woof!”
Then she really did pounce on Mo Tan, affectionately rubbing her face against his, and said with a giggle: “Woof Woof, we won! Was my general Woof Woof just now very Woof Woof standard?!”
“Hmm, very impressive, very standard.” Mo Tan chuckled dryly and patted Ya Ya’s head, then looked at Jia Deka, who was piled up with the Hul Brothers, and asked with lingering fear: “Is he alright?”
Ya Ya scratched her hair sheepishly: “Probably no Woof Woof, I was too impulsive just now.”
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Five minutes later, Grand Arena first floor lobby.
“Sorry, we’re both a bit mentally exhausted.” Jia Deka waved weakly at Mo Tan: “I really can’t fight anymore today. Let’s play a 3-person match tomorrow.”
Ya Ya, who was slumped beside him, also nodded groggily: “Woof Woof, I can’t move… My tail is going to be bald, Woof Woof… I’m hungry, Woof Woof…”
Although the matching crystal could quickly restore contestants to perfect condition, Jia Deka and Ya Ya’s problem was mental.
The former had been blown up countless times by his own staff and beaten countless times by the enraged Ya Ya throughout the afternoon, so he was indeed mentally exhausted.
As for Ya Ya, her tail had been blown up several times by Jia Deka’s staff, and she had switched between normal and berserk states many times, so she was also a bit listless mentally.
Coupled with not eating for half a day, she was clearly unable to fight again.
“No problem, no problem. We’ll fight together tomorrow. You two go get something to eat first.” Mo Tan smiled at the two, pulled out a small silver rune from his satchel, and said, “I’m going to see Master Lu Wei first.”
The old man and the dog nodded together…
Then Mo Tan activated the silver rune in his hand, and in a twisted light curtain, he vanished from the spot.
Lu Wei’s Rune Beacon
Quality: Legend
Effect: Allows you to move freely between Tian Zhu Mountain’s First to Seventh Outer Mountains, cooldown 1 minute.
Note: A spatial beacon created by Lu Wei · Feizierban, Chief Designer and Chief Engineer of Tian Zhu Mountain’s Rune Creations. Cannot be analyzed by any means.
One minute later.
Mo Tan, still feeling a slight dizziness, had just appeared in the Seventh Outer Mountain when he heard a whistling sound.
Then he inexplicably entered a dazed state and fell straight down…
“Ah! I’m sorry!”
Chapter 136: End
