novelraw Chapter 311 : The Beast Arena
Chapter 311 : The Beast Arena
Chu Sang's mouth twitched violently. She desperately wanted to shout, "You two Kings of Hell, don't run towards me!"—she was already overwhelmed dealing with one, how could she possibly handle another!
Caught in a pincer attack, with sheer cliff walls on both sides, there was no escape. She could only steel herself and face the situation.
Gripping her sword tightly, she said coldly,
"You two, get out of the way!"
"Ahhhhh we can't move! Run quickly! This Taotie is chasing too closely, we can't escape!!!" The agonized screams from the other side were deafening. These two sisters were clearly in a worse situation than her, having been chased by the giant beast for who knows how long, their stamina completely depleted.
She darted forward, attaching a Speed Talisman to each of them. The two women's eyes widened in surprise as their previously exhausted bodies were suddenly filled with energy. With a light step, they ran hundreds of meters forward, comparable to the ability to shrink distance.
What kind of talisman is this? The effect is so good!
There was no time to think further. The two women, finding their chance, vanished without a trace. Chu Sang also attached a Speed Talisman to herself, retreating swiftly just as the giant beast's foot was about to stomp down, quickly putting distance between them.
The two giant beasts were so massive that in this brief moment, they couldn't stop their momentum.
With a thunderous "Boom!" that shook heaven and earth, the two giant beasts collided violently, their heads bloodied from the impact—a truly pitiful sight.
The slightly larger of the two beasts was the first to get up. It roared angrily in all directions, using its tail covered in rock-hard scales to lash out at the surrounding mountains, crashing about like a madman.
As the stone beach collapsed and the world seemed to crumble, the three humans had nowhere to hide.
Chu Sang, holding her Mystic Spirit Sword, waved her hand to draw a heaven-grade enhancement talisman, concealing it within the sword. Relying on her agile movements, she passed under the giant beast. The beast's underbelly wasn't covered in scales, so she thrust her sword into its abdomen. Gathering power in her palm, she slashed forward, the sword light flowing like a rapid stream directly towards the beast's throat. Simultaneously, her sword changed form, piercing the beast's throat and severing its head.
Fierce flames consumed the decapitated body of the giant beast. The other beast had also gotten up and was lunging at her with snapping jaws, but it met the same fate, split in two by a single sword strike.
She jumped down from the collapsing body of the giant beast.
The two women hadn't run far. Seeing the danger was over, they breathed sighs of relief and approached her.
"So strong! You actually managed to kill these notorious beasts single-handedly, and two at once!"
"If you're this powerful, how did you end up captured in the Beast Arena?"
"Which family are you from? We've never seen you here before."
"May we know your name, hero? We really don't know how to thank you..."
Chu Sang, annoyed by the incessant questions, waved her hand to silence them. Frowning slightly, she asked slowly, "...Beast Arena?"
This place is a Beast Arena?
No wonder she nearly got swallowed by a giant beast as soon as she opened her eyes. She had ascended to a Beast Arena. Was there anyone in the world more unlucky than her?
The two sisters exchanged glances. Not only was she confused, but they were also puzzled. How did this person seem like a newcomer who had just ascended?
The slightly older girl explained, "This place is a massive Beast Arena specifically for breeding Taotie giant beasts."
She pointed towards a spot in the sky, "The Beast Arena is a place where noble deities seek entertainment. Do you see those light screens in the sky? Everything that happens in the arena is broadcast to the audience outside through those screens. These extremely ferocious Taotie giant beasts feed on human flesh and blood. Raising each Taotie giant beast requires sacrificing many people, so those noble deities capture lower-class gods from various places and throw them into the Beast Arena, finding entertainment in watching humans fight against giant beasts... With our strength, we simply can't resist these giant beasts, so the gods captured and thrown into the Beast Arena ultimately all perish in the mouths of these beasts."
"For those noble deities, it's just an ordinary place of entertainment, but for us who are captured and thrown in, it's a complete slaughterhouse, a killing field..." Her voice trembled as she spoke, "Even among gods, there are differences. The most noble in the Upper Realm are those born there natively, especially those from families with deep foundations. They control the lifeblood of the Upper Realm. We small gods who ascended later are not in the same circle as them at all... In their eyes, we small gods who ascended later are no different from cultivators from the lower realms. We're just laborers constantly trampled under their feet, pitiful creatures that can be sacrificed at any time..."
Chu Sang lowered her eyes silently, wiping her sword.
This certainly fit her stereotypical impression of those deities.
It seems these two are probably like her, having ascended from the lower realm.
She had to admit, her fourth senior sister and the others had been farsighted. Those promising cultivators, hailed as heaven's chosen ones and the stars of tomorrow in the lower realm, struggled through countless hardships to finally successfully transcend tribulation and ascend to the Upper Realm. They thought they would see a brighter future, but unexpectedly, after arriving in the Upper Realm, they were merely the most pitiful bottom class, who could be toyed with and even killed at will by the noble deities of the Upper Realm.
This was not just physical torture, but more so mental collapse.
"Who runs this Beast Arena?" she asked after a moment of silence.
"The Sima family," the younger sister replied, her emotions relatively stable. "The Sima family is a famous great clan in the Upper Realm, and they are the actual ruling family of Yuanqin City where we are now. This Beast Arena is run by their family."
"Although some have expressed condemnation of the Beast Arena's existence, no one dares to actively stand up against the Sima family due to their power and influence. The Sima family is unscrupulous, specifically capturing us who have come from the lower realms and have no support in the Upper Realm, to fill the mouths of these giant beasts."
I see.
Chu Sang asked the two sisters a few more questions, learning that there were no sects or schools in the Upper Realm, only various great families, with the top-tier families controlling the entire divine realm.
The relationships between these great families were even more complex than she had imagined.
Something occurred to her, and she asked again, "Do you know the Quan family?"
Her voice carried a hint of coolness.
The younger sister blinked, seemingly surprised that she would bring up the Quan family on her own. She looked up fearfully at the screen in the sky for a moment, then lowered her head and said in a hushed voice, "The Quan family is the most powerful family in the Upper Realm. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say they can cover the sky with one hand. Even the Sima family is merely one of their lackeys."
The Quan family actually had such great power in the Upper Realm? This was somewhat beyond Chu Sang's imagination, but not entirely surprising. After all, the arrogance of that Quan family boy was enough to show how much power he had behind him.
But even with such great power backing him, could he ignore the rules and descend to the lower realm in his true form? Chu Sang still found this matter somewhat suspicious, but she didn't say anything, continuing to listen to the two sisters' introduction.
As a newcomer to the Upper Realm, she had too much common knowledge to catch up on, and these two could serve as guides.