Global Martial Arts: I Chose Monopoly As My Game Talent - Chapter 14
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
The host’s voice continued to sound as he began to introduce Su Chen to the audience, “In the second to last match, the opponent of the weeping corpse bird is a young man named Su Chen, a D-grade martial artist. I don’t understand either. Does this guy want to make money, or does he just want to compete? Or is he just sending himself to his death? Well, let’s just see how many seconds this weak and scrawny young man can last before the brutal weeping corpse bird, shall we?”
The host looked at Su Chen jokingly. Even though the young contestant had not stepped into the arena yet, he seemed to have seen the other party’s death.
If it wasn’t for work, the host didn’t even want to introduce this D-grade martial artist.
After all, what was the need of wasting time introducing a dying man?
In the previous ten matches, everyone who stepped onto the arena seemed to become weak for some reason.
As for why such a thing happened, although the host gave an answer, he didn’t know the true reason.
After reporting the phenomenon to his boss, the only reply he got was, “As long as it doesn’t affect the money-making, you can say whatever you want.”
Therefore, this “supernatural incident” had not been resolved since yesterday.
This was also the reason why the host looked at Su Chen as if he was looking at a dead body.
No matter who stepped onto the arena, their condition would be affected.
Even the scales of victory would be tilted for those who were very powerful because of their state.
This kid was just a D-grade martial artist, a young kid who was still in school.
Once he stepped into the arena and had his condition affected, his strength would definitely drop by another level!
Even if the weeping corpse bird’s strength would also be affected, a starving camel was still stronger than a horse. Even if it used its body to crush the brat, it would still be able to crush him to death!
The host moved the microphone away and looked at Su Chen as if he was looking at a joke. Then, he mumbled to himself playfully.
Around the arena, thick iron pillars rose up, firmly covering the dueling ground.
The weeping corpse bird’s cage was pulled up mechanically, making a heavy rumbling sound.
After it regained its freedom, it flapped its wings in anger and rushed into the ring, in desperate need of finding a target and venting the anger in its heart.
This time, it was not charged a toll.
This was because it had only been a dozen hours since a toll had been collected from it the last time. The 24-hour cooldown was not over yet.
Therefore, during this period, the weeping corpse bird would not be charged a toll when it stepped into the arena again.
On the other side, Su Chen also slowly walked up to the ring, his brows somewhat furrowed.
He knew that there was a 24-hour cooldown time for each toll collection on the same individual.
His frown was not because of the weeping corpse bird, but because of himself.
After guessing the results of the previous ten battles correctly, Su Chen realized that he was being watched by strangers.
These people who were monitoring him must be under the command of powerful big shots.
No matter what those big shots were thinking, they were undoubtedly curious at this moment. How did Su Chen manage to guess correctly ten times in a row?
If he let their curiosity run wild, his secret would most likely be discovered.
Therefore, what he had to do now was not only to kill the weeping corpse bird, but also to dispel the curiosity of these big shots and everyone else.
To be precise, he wanted to use Young Master Guo, his senior, to help him block the hidden dangers.
He wanted to make everyone think that the reason why he could guess correctly ten times in a row was all because he had listened to Young Master Guo.
It was easy to achieve this effect. Including his match, there were two matches left.
He only needed to lose these two matches in a row, plus some acting skills, and this matter would be done.
In the previous ten matches, Su Chen had gained more than 100 blood-qi points, which made him a B-grade martial artist now.
As he approached the arena, Su Chen glanced at his attributes panel.
[Name: Su Chen]
[Realm: B-grade martial artist]
[Wealth: 201485 Yuan]
[Blood-qi Points: 125]
[Talents: Monopoly (level 1), Armament Mechanical Arm (level 1), Memory of the Dead (level 1), Delayed Gravity Strike (level 1), Equipment Combat Technique (level 1), Sonic the Hedgehog’s Run (level 1), …]
[Real Estate: Binhai City Arena]
Whether it was his blood-qi points or the fact that he had more than ten talents, Su Chen was full of confidence.
Among these talents, there was one that Su Chen paid special attention to. At the same time, he felt that he could successfully get rid of suspicion with said talent.
That was Delayed Gravity Strike.
This talent had been duplicated from a C-grade martial artist. Under normal circumstances, it would only be effective on those who were weaker than the user.
Even if it was effective, the effects would be delayed for 30 minutes, which was why the talent was graded as a C-grade talent.
However, whether it was the people who graded the talent or the talent itself, they might not have expected that one day, someone could replicate the talent and use it with as a B-grade martial artist.
When this talent was used by different people, it might produce different effects.
For example, while Su Chen pretended to be defeated by the weeping corpse bird, he could use this talent so that the weeping corpse bird would die inexplicably half an hour later.
It just so happened that there was a C-grade martial artist in the arena who had this talent.
Would the staff of the arena suspect that the C-grade martial artist had secretly killed the weeping corpse bird?
Moreover, Su Chen’s appearance hadn’t changed at all. He was still scrawny as ever, looking like a young and immature boy.
Therefore, no matter who saw Su Chen, they would never think that this kid could defeat the ferocious weeping corpse bird.
In the arena, Su Chen unleashed his acting skills. He acted like a drunk person as he tripped and stumbled a few steps.
Seeing how he was acting, the host confirmed his thoughts.
Even the audience in the stands felt that Su Chen was dead for sure, and they started to cheer one after another.
It was a pity that the weeping corpse bird could not be bribed, so it continued to show its anger bravely and fearlessly.
Anyone could see that it was not affected by the debuff.
However, even though this was what they had expected, it caused many to be confused.
Especially those who had been in the arena earlier and were affected by the “debuff”. They started discussing in confusion.
In the martial artists’ resting hall, many were staring at the screen.
When the weeping corpse bird’s tall figure appeared on the screen, many martial artists’ eyes showed fear.
After all, that was the savage weeping corpse bird!
Even though the weeping corpse bird was covered in wounds, no one would want to see it go berserk!
When Su Chen’s figure appeared on the screen, a large number of martial artists showed surprised expressions.
They seemed to have seen the most outrageous thing, and almost everyone’s face revealed a surprised expression.
“Why does this kid look like a student? Is he really a match for the weeping corpse bird?”
“Is he so poor that he’s gone crazy? Or did he borrow from loan sharks and was forced to participate in this competition?”
“How can this be called a competition? This is obviously just sending food for the weeping corpse bird! Are they planning to wait for the weeping corpse bird to finish eating and fight the next contestant?”