"Do you … keep your word?"
Asked a chaotic-blood demon whose body was covered in scales, whose lower body looked like a boa, and whose right arm was gradually smoothing out into a sharp bone blade.
His tongue was unusually long and forked at the front, making it very difficult for him to talk. But the urgency in his words was obvious enough that even Li Yao could tell it was not.
The staff of the Skeleton Island smiled and said slowly, "The Skeleton Island has become the largest arena in Void Turmoil City because of 'rules'. Whoever wins five games in a row will regain their freedom. It is a promise that the master of the island made to the Fire Ant in person. Even if you do not trust the master of the island, you should at least trust the Fire Ant!"
The staff gestured around and continued. "On the Skeleton Island, there are a lot of gladiators who fight as free fighters. They have won five games in a row and are free to come and go as they please. If they are unwilling to work for the nobles, they can stay on the Skeleton Island and participate in the battles as tutors. One victory will earn them more money than they have earned in the past ten years! When you meet them, you can ask them about it! "
Whether or not they believed what he said, or whether or not they realized that the Skeleton Island was a desperate place with nowhere to run, the disobedient demons finally calmed down and landed on an empty land at the southeast of the Skeleton Island.
The demons on the dozens of flying manta rays disembarked one after another. Only a few of them were still shackled with spluttering shackles.
Li Yao discovered that on another flying manta ray not far away, more than ten brawny men who were mutants of the Red Blood Bronze Bulls were walking down unsteadily under the protection of the workers who were carefully guarding them.
The muscular man who had a circle of white hair around his neck and half of his broken horns sensed Li Yao's gaze. He grinned at him, baring his teeth that were even larger than Li Yao's toes. Then, he raised the shackles on his hands. There was kindness in his smile, but more sorrow than anything else.
Li Yao raised his shackles, too. Zhang Xuan's body swayed slightly toward the other party.
At this time, the two staff members walked to Li Yao's side with vigilance. They looked at him from the corner of their eyes for a long time and said, "Hey, you've seen the surroundings clearly. Instead of running away, why don't you take a chance on winning five matches in a row?"
Li Yao looked around. The Skeleton Island was a primitive forest. It was ten times more gloomy than the Devil Flood Dragon Island where he had fought before. The trees that blotted out the sky stood up randomly like sabers, spears, swords, and halberds. At the end of the forest, the roars of the ocean could be vaguely heard.
In the Void Chaos Peninsula, the magnetic field was extremely chaotic. Invisible turbulence existed on the ocean, too. Normal demons could be caught in the turbulence even if they could fly, and they would be dragged into the ocean without a good reason.
In the eyes of ordinary demons. This was indeed a place with no way out.
The other party continued, "We heard that you have a younger sister who ran away on her own. It will be nice to be buried in the ocean, but it won't be good if your younger sister is tortured every day because of you, will it? "
Li Yao secretly chuckled. Few people in the entire Blood Demon Sector were capable of torturing Jin Xinyue.
On the surface … Naturally, he nodded.
"Very good."
The other party was very satisfied. "Let's see what you can do. You are a tough guy, too. However, you spend most of your time hunting in the wilderness. It will be a waste of your talents. Although the fights on the Skeleton Island are perilous, you will get in touch with powerful Cultivation arts and drugs. You will also have a chance to be enlightened by the experts. Your capability will improve very fast!
"After you win five matches in a row, you and your sister will have a new life. With the protection of the Skeleton Island and even Void Chaos City, nobody will dare touch you even if you walk out in broad daylight! Have you thought about the pros and cons? "
Li Yao nodded for the third time.
The other party stared at him carefully for a long time and did not notice anything wrong from the shivering muscles on his face. Finally, the other party believed him for now and tossed a key over. "Unlock it yourself!"
The key had been refined into the appearance of a frozen worm. The moment it reached Li Yao's hand, the worm gradually woke up and wriggled and hissed. He was quite amazed by it.
Although Li Yao could break the shackles easily, the lock made with the secret arts of the demon race was still a great eye-opener for him.
Very soon, all the dangerous characters had been briefed by the staff. Most of the demons accepted the reality, but some of them were still disobedient and infuriated.
They were mostly black-blood demons.
The black-blood demons were in fact the lowest class of demons. Most of them had very low intelligence. Without training and enlightenment, the behemoths that looked like hills might not even be as smart as a seven-year-old child.
Therefore, some of the black-blood demons found it hard to understand the coercion and temptation of the staff. They were still struggling hard.
Very soon, they were drugged and tied up by dozens of staff and sent to other places for refinement.
On the Skeleton Island, there was a set of procedures for dealing with the new blood. Very soon, they were brought to palaces made of green stones that were hidden in the primitive forests.
Li Yao noticed that the particularly violent and dangerous characters were all arranged in the same place. It appeared that they were the most attractive 'goods' in the arena and deserved careful care.
However, if what Jin Xinyue said was true, they would be the most noteworthy 'reserve members' of the Blade of Chaos.
A damp air was spreading out in the palaces. A few shallow pools had been dug deep inside the palaces. Several demons that looked like octopuses were soaking in them.
Their eight tentacles were holding drugs and medical devices respectively. They were examining the bodies of the newcomers to see how strong their bodies were and whether or not they had suffered any heavy wounds on their way here.
With the help of the mental devil, Li Yao had performed a series of minor modifications on his body on his way here. A 'membrane' made of primeval cells had been formed inside his body, covering his abdomen and the 'second brain' at the end of his spine. There was no need to worry about being detected by the outside world at all.
Other than that, sharp claws could grow out of his left hand, and the back of his hand was covered in a layer of vague scales, which were obviously the features of a chaotic-blood demon.
Of course, if the experts of the silver-blood demons were to examine him carefully, they might still be able to find some clues.
However, how could such a detailed examination be performed on the gladiators who were nothing more than consumables?
As it turned out, there were too many newcomers to be examined. Every newcomer was simply examined on their appearance and asked whether or not they had suffered any wounds. Then, a drop of their blood was collected for a cursory examination before they were allowed to pass.
Li Yao delivered a drop of his blood that contained primeval cells to the tip of his finger, which was collected. Very soon, he was allowed to pass.
In a side chamber at the back of the palaces, torches as thick as arms were burning furiously on the walls. The warm atmosphere eased the nerves of all the demons that had been tightened to the extreme.
Li Yao could tell that the torches contained a lot of calming elements, which worked not only on his nerves but also directly on his mind. When he thought of the hallucinogenic and berserk plants that the Fire Ant had planted, he could not help but feel alarmed.
In the competition between human beings and demons, human beings were better at the studies of spiritual energy, while demons were better at cytology. In terms of the cultivation of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures and the production of strengthening drugs, demons were generally better than human beings, at least in the Heaven's Origin Sector and the Blood Demon Sector.
Very soon, some slender chaotic-blood servants delivered buckets of bright green drugs to them. The quantity of the drugs varied according to the size of each of them.
One of the workers gestured for them to drink the drugs.
Naturally, Li Yao would not give in so easily. He extended his thumb into the drugs and absorbed a tiny amount of the drugs into his body for analysis through his skin.
"The components of the drugs are very complicated. Some of them can restore strength and repair internal and external wounds, but most of them can directly bombard cells."
The mental devil tasted the drugs carefully. "I'm afraid that the effect of the drugs is to trigger the potential deep inside the cells as much as possible so that the wildness of the demons will be fully unleashed. Their combat ability will be significantly improved in the shortest amount of time possible."
"Are there any side effects?" Li Yao asked.
The mental devil chuckled. "Every training has side effects. If you punch the target, your fists will be wounded, too. It's just a matter of degree."
"The drugs are very cleverly made. A lot of components that can consolidate and repair the body are included. The side effects should be minimized.
"Odd. According to my intuition, the components that can consolidate and repair the body should be very expensive. Why are they used on the gladiators who are nothing more than consumables? It does not seem to be a good deal at all."
Li Yao smiled. "Of course, it is not a good deal to use it on the gladiators, but it is definitely worth it if it is used on the backup members of the Blade of Chaos!"
Without any hesitation, he picked up the bucket and drank all the drugs!
BOOM!
It was as if a bucket of scorching magma had been poured into his throat, and through his stomach, it seeped into his veins, limbs, and bones. His nerve endings and every cell were all penetrated, releasing an endless stream of energy!
Hu … Hu … Hu … Hu!
With the help of the mental devil, the essence of every drop of the drugs was injected into the primeval cells accurately, making the mitochondria inside the cells even larger and able to output more energy instantly. The form of the cells was more stable, too!
In terms of appearance, Li Yao's skin was emitting vague gold brilliance, as if clusters of air currents were spurting out of his pores, giving him a confusing, illusory, and yet real appearance!
The other demons all drank the strengthening drugs. In the middle of furious roars, their mutations were even more unbelievable than Li Yao's! — —
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