At night, Li Yao leaned against a thick Blood Coconut deep inside the forest, deep in thought.
After winning the fourth game, they had been given the 'right' to challenge the Death Teeth Guards, the ace gladiators of the Skeleton Island, which was an irresistible 'right'. In the next few days, their training conditions had been fully upgraded, too. They were given more strengthening drugs, more high-energy food, and all the battle experience that they needed.
During the high-intensity training, Li Yao finally saw an example of mental derangement and cell collapse in person today.
In the past, although Li Yao knew that the death rate in the training camp was high, he had been too focused on his own training to pay attention to other gladiators.
But today, a chaotic-blood demon more than four meters tall, weighing more than ten tons, and possessing the bloodline of 'Hammerhead Elephant', suddenly collapsed in front of him after being injected with twenty strengthening drugs and swallowed more than two tons of food. He shuddered all over at first, and then countless liquids that looked like foam leaked out of the wrinkles of his skin.
The mountain-like man was enveloped in the bubble. He let out a shrill scream as his body kept changing.
In only one minute, the features of heavy animals such as hippopotamus, rhinoceros, and so on appeared on his body one after another. Then, the features of lions and cheetahs appeared on his body. In the end, he even grew colorful feathers and sharp claws.
For a moment, perhaps it was his illusion, but Li Yao even vaguely sensed that all the features of demon beasts on the chaotic-blood demon were gone in the foam, and he turned into a brawny, tough male.
However, such a form did not last 0.1 seconds. Countless bubbles flowed out of his wide open mouth and melted him completely.
A breeze blew past, blowing up bubbles that looked like dancing butterflies. Under the illumination of the torches, the bubbles blossomed with colorful luster before they were annihilated into nothingness.
A demon as tall as a mountain disappeared in only one minute. Nothing happened.
Such a scene did not surprise the other demons. Many gladiators were discussing in private, saying that this demon had returned to the embrace of the Great God Chaos.
That was right. Ever since Li Yao came to Skull Island for more than a month, the ideology of the Blade of Chaos had infiltrated the gladiators in all directions. Many gladiators were secretly praying. As far as Li Yao knew, even the most determined gladiators were not spared. It was inevitable that they would hide an amulet of the Blade of Chaos on their bodies. Before a battle, they would touch the amulet uncontrollably, as if it were the hope of survival.
After that day, Ba Mingsong came to talk to Li Yao and Mo Tiesheng a few more times. The two talented and distinguished experts seemed to be the key targets of the Blade of Chaos.
Mo Tiesheng was a reserved person, so he did not reveal too much easily. Li Yao, on the other hand, had probed him a few times. There was no telling whether Ba Mingsong was too cunning or he really did not know the details. He might not have offered anything new except for repeating the true meaning of 'God Chaos'.
Today, the collapse of the gladiator was a major shock for Li Yao. It also made him consider the differences between the training methods of human beings and demons from a higher level.
According to the mental devil, the training methods that directly impacted the cells were highly dangerous in the first place. They were highly unstable.
On the Skull Island, in order to trigger the greatest potential of the gladiators in the shortest amount of time possible, the drugs that could make them go berserk had been used crazily.
Although the drugs that could make one go berserk were all of the best quality and contained a lot of restorative and balancing ingredients, it was still a shortcut. Naturally, the genes of many demons were messed up, and their cells collapsed.
In the past, Li Yao had never understood why individual demons were much stronger than human beings in terms of body size and combat ability. Mo Tiesheng and the chaotic-blood demons that he had met in the Dry Leaf Village were all civilians. But after minor refinement, they could wield astonishing damage. More than ten muscular human beings might not be a match for them.
Why was the Demon Clan defeated by the Human Clan in the great war ten thousand years ago despite having such an outstanding soldier?
It was not until he studied the secret arts of the demon race deeply that Li Yao finally understood the reason.
First of all, talent was very important in the training of the demon race. There were not many demons who boasted the bloodline of the Red Blood Bronze Bull like Mo Tiesheng. Most of the demons, such as the chicken demons and the rabbit demons, did not have high combat ability. They were even weaker than regular adult men.
Secondly, the training methods of the demon race to bombard the cells were too unstable. The odds of them being mentally deranged were much higher than that of human beings. Also, once they were mentally deranged, they were almost hopeless.
Their bodies turning into bubbles and collapsing were, of course, the most extreme examples. But in many cases, once they were mentally deranged and certain weird organs were awakened inside their body, such as the lungs that were adapted to the special air millions of years ago or the lungs turned into gills, they would die miserably on the spot without knowing how to save them.
Thirdly, the training system of the demon race was too monotonous and focused on the awakening of the original strength inside their body. In other words, they were not creative enough.
Li Yao had always believed that the heritage of a civilization might be spiraling and regressing, but generally speaking, it would only get stronger and stronger.
Therefore, after he received the heritage of Ou Yezi, the master of refining forty thousand years ago, he did not rely on it blindly. Instead, he studied the arts of refining of the new era with the heritage of the ancient Cultivators as the foundation.
The heritage of the primeval era might be much better than that of the people today, but Li Yao did not believe that the civilization of mankind today was worthless.
On the contrary, the civilization of mankind today had surpassed the four stages of spiritual gas, electricity, and spiritual energy in only ten thousand years and entered the powerful interstellar information society. Such explosive power and creativity were definitely terrifying!
On the other hand, the demon race, because of the limitation of their bloodline and talents, focused too much on the awakening of the original strength inside their body and did not consider how to improve the strength to a vaster future. They had been stagnant for thirty thousand years and even came up with the weird 'Four Pillars System' in the end. No wonder they were no match for human beings!
After all, a modern war was a collision between two civilization systems.
After Li Yao came to the Blood Demon Sector, he had seen a lot of experts with unique skills. However, the social and political system of the Blood Demon Sector could only be described as' lackluster '. If he were to add another word, it would be' internal and external troubles'.
If a large-scale strategic battle between the Blood Demon Sector and the Tian Yuan Realm broke out in the end, Li Yao was not optimistic about the Blood Demon Sector at all.
However, here came the problem.
Judging from Jin Xinyue's wisdom alone, Li Yao did not dare underestimate the wisdom of the twelve demon emperors of the Blood Demon Sector. How could the demon emperors not see through what he had seen through in a couple of months?
Then, why did the demon emperors insist on the final battle with the Tian Yuan Realm when they knew that the Blood Demon Sector was only strong in appearance? Were they too arrogant, or did they have other plans?
Jin Tuyi, the commander-in-chief of the new Coalition Army of Demons, wants to implement the 'Red Tide Plan' and launch an assault from the heartland of the Xing Yao Federation. But is the 'Red Tide Plan' the only plan for the final battle of the Blood Demon Sector? Are they underestimating the resilience of the Xing Yao Federation?
There were too many things to consider. Even with Li Yao's computational ability, it was impossible for him to sort them out.
While he was frustrated, Mo Tiesheng's enormous shadow appeared behind him again.
"Tomorrow is the day of our battle with the 'Death Teeth Guards'."
Mo Tiesheng sighed and said, "Right now, it is rumored that their master was not very happy that we killed so many 'Shooting Star Fiery Salamanders' in the fourth match.
"Not only did the silver-blood noble lose a team of elite subordinates, he also bet a lot on them. Not only did he suffer heavy losses, he was also greatly humiliated.
"Therefore, the silver-blood noble burst into fury and demanded that the 'Death Teeth Guards' kill us with a large sum of money!
"After one and a half months of special training, our capability has soared. But I'm afraid that we are no match for the Death Teeth Guards however strong we are!"
Li Yao smiled and lay down in the bushes lazily with his hands behind his head. He said, "Don't be scared. Death … is not necessarily the end."
Li Yao was almost certain that everything was part of the Blade of Chaos' scheme. After tomorrow, they would see the real face of the Blade of Chaos.
That would be the real beginning of the game.
Also, no matter what kind of game it was, he was not willing to be a chess piece. He was determined to be the player who manipulated the chess piece, or even the player who manipulated the chess piece!
Licking his sharp canine teeth, Li Yao cut off all the unreadable code with his telepathic thoughts like a sharp saber.
He had to sort everything out from the beginning. Let's leave everything else aside and see the secrets of the Blade of Chaos first!
…
Hiu!
A whistling arrow pierced through the forest and split the air. It brushed past Li Yao's right ear and nailed itself into a nearby tree with a "Thud" sound. The tree trunk immediately emitted a "Chi Chi" sound as it withered and emitted an extremely foul smell.
The fierce battle between Li Yao, Mo Tiesheng, and the Death Teeth Guards took place in the open arena named 'Hell Bone Swamp'.
This was a vast forest. It looked ordinary, but it was filled with hidden dangers. Hidden beneath the shrubs and humus were swamps that possessed an indescribable suction force. If one accidentally stepped on them, they would immediately be swallowed up without a trace. Only after a very long time had passed would the swamps absorb all of their flesh and bone marrow, and only then would their bones surface and emit a faint phosphorescent light in the dark night. This was how the name of the Hell Bone Swamp came to be.
'Hell Bone Swamp' was one of the most dangerous arenas on the Skeleton Island. It was so dangerous that even the auditorium could not be set up. All the spectators could only appreciate the battle through the 'Flying Spirit Eyes' that were distributed in the depths of the forest. It was so dangerous that only three of the twenty-two gladiators, including Li Yao, were left after they entered the Hell Bone Swamp.
Li Yao saw with his own eyes that two gladiators were swallowed by the swamp, and another gladiator was shot in the back by an arrow. His body immediately festered, and his skin was blackened. He died miserably on the spot.
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