Leaf was dumbfounded.
Alright, he did not think that the people he had gathered together temporarily could win against the rat soldiers that the nobles had kept for a long time.
But fighting was one thing, and being beaten up to the point of fleeing was another.
Even if they were rat people, they still cared about their reputation!
"Why?"
The rat man clenched his fists, and the muscles on his arms that looked like aquatic dragons instantly popped out. He said in displeasure, "Are we only allowed to be beaten up? We can't even counterattack?"
"Alright, I'll allow each of you to counterattack three times, but you can only use half of the strength you used during training. Aside from that, the more you get knocked down, the better. Of course, that's under the condition that you're not injured," Meng Chao said.
"As for the reason, first, I want to observe my opponents' strength. Second, I don't want them to misjudge your strength and become arrogant.
"Do you remember the first red-eyed rat I taught you how to defeat?
"Before you attack, you have to be patient enough to observe your opponents and gather all information about them.
"Most of the time, information is more important than pure strength. I thought that you should understand this logic.
"Third, I can see that you're a little nervous, and it's inevitable that your muscles will stiffen and your skills will change. That's why I'm using this method to play a small game with you to help you warm up and calm down."
Leaf came to a realization.
But he still felt indignant.
After Meng Chao modified it, the rat man's body was filled with a power that felt like a flood.
Aside from the minotaur warrior with the broken horn, who had become a shadow in the depths of his mind, he was confident that he could destroy all his opponents.
It was a little too much for a young and energetic boy to just be beaten up and not fight back. Even if he did fight back, he could only use half of his strength.
Meng Chao could tell that Leaf was indignant.
He smiled and slapped the rat man's shoulder. "Trust me, showing weakness for a moment is nothing. Only the people who stand on the arena in the end have the right to enjoy the thunderous cheers. Go. Tell everyone that as long as we win this match, aside from the rewards the coliseum will give us, I will also teach you an even more powerful fighting technique. It will be at least twice as powerful as the saber technique you're practicing right now!"
"A saber technique that's twice as powerful!"
This promise caused the rat man's eyes to sparkle.
That tiny bit of indignation in his heart instantly flew beyond the highest heavens.
He eagerly went to discuss with his brothers.
It was easier than they had imagined to find the Iron Skin Family's rat soldiers.
Just like their master, who was the most violent boar-man in the Bloodhoof Clan.
Raised by the Wild Boar Men, the rat slave soldiers who even had part of the Wild Boar Men's blood flowing in their veins were also the most arrogant and domineering of all the slave soldiers.
Except for a few slave soldiers who possessed the bloodline of the Barbarian Elephant Race, they were almost a level larger than all the other slave soldiers present.
The lumpy skin and flesh emitted a faint metallic luster, displaying the most ancient and sacred meaning of the name "Iron Skin" in an extremely arrogant manner — Iron Skin!
They had openly occupied the best resting area in the Hall of Glory.
The ruckus made by the 30-man team was even louder than the 100-man team beside them.
And even a 100-man team led by a normal gladiator would not easily provoke these challengers with great backgrounds. In fact, they did not even dare to look them in the eye.
They simply allowed them to wolf down the Mandala Fruits dipped in condensed milk and laugh as if there was no one around them. They talked loudly about how they were going to twist off their opponents' heads later, wash off their flesh, and put the skulls on their sabers as souvenirs.
And they immediately recognized Leaf, Spider, Meng Chao, and the others as their opponents today.
There was nothing they could do about it. Compared to the burly, muscular men, the "style" of Meng Chao's rat men was too strange and different.
The rat soldiers from the Iron Skin Family thought that the other party was joking.
How could there be gladiators who would choose white-haired old men, immature boys, and trash who were covered in wounds and could not even walk as slave soldiers?
When they saw Meng Chao, Leaf, and Spider, they realized that their opponents were even worse than they had imagined.
What happened next was very simple.
The other party just mocked Meng Chao and Leaf's group for being weak and advised them to lay down their arms, surrender, kneel down, and beg for mercy.
Otherwise, they would lose their lives in the arena.
Leaf and the others were "livid" and fought back with sharp tongues, which naturally angered the rat soldiers from the Iron Skin Family, who were used to being arrogant in front of the wild rats.
Ye and the others were defeated as soon as the enemy launched an attack. Indeed, under the watchful eyes of the crowd, they screamed and ran all over the place.
The rat soldiers Meng Chao had carefully chosen were able to stand out among the thousands of rat soldiers in the depths of the prison with their bodies that were not strong. Regardless of whether it was their desire to live or their survival skills, they had already reached the maximum level.
Meng Chao had modified them over the past few days with the goal of "winning or losing is not important. They just need to learn how to dodge and run".
There were dozens of teams in Glory Hall. Thousands of rat soldiers and hundreds of gladiators were resting there. All sorts of crude weapons and protective gear were strewn all over the place, and some of them were obstacles.
Under the stimulation of the domineering fighting skills that doubled the damage, Meng Chao's group of rat soldiers brought out their best acting skills without anyone teaching them.
They jumped up and down, charged left and right, rolled on the ground, and ran circles around the giants with the blood of the Savage Elephants.
Even though they were punched a few times by the rat soldiers from the Iron Skin Family, they did not suffer any serious injuries. Their faces were just bruised and swollen, and they looked a little comical. Besides, they were a mess, which caused the hall to roar with laughter.
Therefore, when Hailstorm finally "protested" against Casava and reached a private bet with the arrogant young boar warrior from the Iron Skin Family, she returned to the Hall of Glory. What she saw was a scene that she had never imagined even in her worst nightmare.
The rat soldiers under her command were like mandala fruits after a storm. They were blown all over the place and rolled around on the ground.
The rat soldiers from the Iron Skin Family chased after them with their heads held high. Even though the terrain was complicated and they did not manage to catch up to them, their momentum, which made them look like tigers charging down a mountain, showed that victory was written on their foreheads and contempt was written in their fierce eyes.
Every now and then, the servant soldiers under her command would jump into the teams of rats under the command of other gladiators to hide, only to be pushed out brutally by other gladiators. They could only dodge the attacks of their opponents in the ugliest way possible, like gyroscopes whose eyebrows were on fire.
They looked even funnier than a clown, so they naturally attracted waves of laughter that were louder than the last.
It had been thousands of years since Glory Hall was built, but it had never been so joyous.
Ice Storm felt all the blood in her body surge into her brain before it froze.
She really wanted to seal her eyes with ice so that she would not have to see such a depressing scene.
Beside her, the wild boar warrior from the Iron Skin Family, who had been fighting with her just now, was even more dumbfounded. He blinked his small eyes dozens of times to make sure that he was not hallucinating.
"Ice Storm, is this your soldier?"
The wild boar warrior swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva. Staring at Ice Storm, his eyes became even more greedy and sticky. He licked his sharp fangs with his barbed tongue and grinned hideously. "It seems that you will belong to me forever before long!"
Behind the gladiator and the challenger, Casafa Bloodhoof, the arbitrator, was also shocked. He could not believe his eyes. He glared at the Snow Leopard female warrior in shock and anger, as if he was interrogating her, "Ice Storm, even if you are not willing to give yourself to me, you don't have to let this pig from the Iron Skin Family take advantage of you!"
"Leaf, Reaper!"
Ice Storm felt that she was about to pass out. She let out a scream that sounded like a hurricane. "What is going on?"
"That's right. What is going on?"
With the intervention of the adjudicators, the two generals finally gathered their teams and stopped this once-in-a-thousand-years farce.
Ice Storm was too ashamed to stay in front of everyone. She pulled her team to the most remote corner of Glory Hall.
Then, she glared at Meng Chao as if she wanted to tear him into pieces.
There was no need to ask. It must be this black-haired and black-eyed guy's doing!
Meng Chao also looked resigned. He looked at Leaf and Spider. "I asked you to show weakness to the enemy, but I didn't ask you to be so incredibly weak. You're so shameless. You call yourselves Turan warriors, but how did you manage to put on such an act without any mental barriers?"
Leaf, Spider, and the others looked at each other.
Then they told Meng Chao that they had all shed tears.
A Turan man had shed a tear in front of everyone.
No matter how despicable, shameless, or insidious they were, they would do it.
"…"
With a speechless expression, Meng Chao sucked in a deep breath, turned his head around, and patted his chest to give Ice Tornado his assurance. Even though there was a slight deviation in the execution of the plan, the rat people servant soldiers had already perfectly achieved their goal. The chaos just now had allowed him to observe each of his opponents clearly.
"Our opponents can't even withstand a single blow. We can all come out unscathed and win," Meng Chao said with certainty.
Once again, he used his calm expression and shocking words to successfully divert Ice Storm's attention.
"How is that possible? Are you crazy?"
Ice Storm growled. "Even if you deliberately showed weakness when you ran away just now, your opponents are at least twice as strong as you are. They even used a secret medicine unique to the Iron Skin Family. They smeared it on their bodies repeatedly and made their skin tougher than steel. How are you going to come out unscathed and win perfectly?"
"That's right. Our opponents are strong. More accurately speaking, they are too strong."
Meng Chao put away his sharp gaze and said faintly, "And this is the reason why our opponents lost so badly."
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