Chapter 107: The Battle of the Punishment Team
"Young Master Zhou laughed. We have some beasts here. It makes people feel upset when roaring. Fortunately, the underground is soundproof and will not scare the surroundings." Manager Na Lu explained with a smile.
After I arrived on the ground, I put up another layer. When I walked inside, I realized the architectural format of the Wan Beast Pit. Outside, I looked hollow inside the walls, surrounded by corridors, and there were also rooms inside. It was much higher than below. There were thick carpets on the corridor and potted plants. There were spices and powder floating in the air, and the laughter of a woman could be heard.
Zhou Jin knew in his heart that a place like Wanzhou Keng is the Golden Cave of the Northern Region Blue Port. In addition to watching the battles in the venue, he also operates casinos, brothels, restaurants and other businesses.
After going up to the second floor, he did not go deeper. Manager Lu led Zhou Jin into a small room. The room was neat and elegantly decorated and had complete furniture, which was much more upscale than the room guarded below.
The room was of good quality. To Zhou Jin's surprise, there were six people in the room, six men wearing light armor. One of the six people was wearing blue armor, and five were wearing gray armor. There was a blood-red cross on the chest. The blood-red cross line was thick, crossing the entire chest, and it looked quite conspicuous.
The six men did not have any fish fins or starfish logo on their chests. They dressed like this, and they should be an ordinary member of the Linzhong and Team A. As for the red cross on their chests, Zhou Jin remembered what he heard about in the canteen house saying "only the people from the Punishment Team come." According to his speculation, these six people should be from the Punishment Team.
The so-called punishment team is not a team of punishing others, but a team of punished people. After violating military discipline and laws, they are formed into a team. The thick cross symbol on their chest should be a symbol of shame.
From yesterday to now, the members of the scale-armored shark guards that Zhou Jin saw were all neatly dressed, brightly armored, and awe-inspiringly. The six people in front of him had messy hair and beards, the armor on their bodies looked very old, and there were several obvious thorns. They were not very rules in their style, and they were just tilted around the bed and chairs in the room.
The six men stood up when they saw Zhou Jin, with a questioning look on their faces. Manager Lu did not introduce them, but just said with a smile: "Mr. Zhou, please wait here, someone will arrange a competition for you."
After saying that, Manager Lu left the house and closed the door, and did not say hello to the six scaled shark guards from beginning to end.
As soon as the door was closed, the man in Team A, wearing Qingjia, stared at the iron sign in Zhou Jin's hand, which was the one with the words "Twenty-four" on it. The man pointed to the sign with his hand and said, "Look, this is a young man!"
Before he finished speaking, the other five people came over. A man with a bearded gray armored man stared at him for a few times, looked up and asked carelessly: "Brother, what are you, a reserve team, here for?"
The six men in the room behaved casually but had no malice. Zhou Jin replied with a smile: "Come here to be tested."
"Test? Didn't you offend someone?" The man in green armor was stunned at first and asked directly.
Zhou Jin was too lazy to cover up the other party, and nodded and replied: "I beat Liu Guangyuan, the deacon of the Tenth Presbyterian Church on the road, which should be related to this!"
"Liu Guangyuan?" One person asked, and the other person immediately reacted and shouted: "It's Liu Zhengyun's uncle. That guy has good martial arts skills!
Speaking of the name "Liu Zhengyun", the six men all had sudden enlightenment on their faces. The green man smiled and nodded and said, "You offended Liu Zhengyun's mess, no wonder you were arranged here."
Then the man gave Zhou Jin a thumbs up and said, "You have a good idea. You dare to beat that messy uncle. His uncle's reputation in Blue Port has been terrible!"
"He bullies others with his power, of course I have to deal with it." Zhou Jin replied.
"Good!" "Good!" Several men in the room praised him in a slight manner. The man in the green armor pointed at the chairs under the air and signaled Zhou Jin to sit down.
Since entering the house, everyone has become closer and closer. Zhou Jinyi sat down, and the man in green armor patted his chest and said, "My name is Dong Da. Because I violated military law when I was standing guard, the bearded man was named Chen Sihai. He was the deputy of the team..."
Dong Da spoke up and introduced all the people in the house, including Dong Da, Chen Sihai, Yuan Qiang, Fang Shitou, and a pair of brothers who didn't look like at all.
Moreover, these six people were not embarrassed at all about what they had done. When Dong Da said that, everyone was smiling. Some were drinking when they shouldn't have drunk, some were contradicting their boss, and some were running home.
Zhou Jin also introduced himself. When he heard Zhou Jin say that he came from Black Stone City, Dong laughed and said, "No wonder that the clown dared to deal with you. You came from that small place, they had no worries!"
At this time, Chen Sihai interrupted and said, "Little brother, let's go out to fight together later. Be careful. Don't think that the test is simple. That's another place. This beast pit will kill people!"
Zhou Jin was stunned and went out to fight together? Should he be with these six men? When he came, he didn't know any rules and was confused. However, what Zhou Jin cared more about was the saying "The pit of thousands of beasts will die."
Inquiring from the canteen house, Yu Ji, Zhou Jin already knew that the test of the "Ten Thousand Beasts Pit" would be very dangerous and difficult, but he didn't expect that someone would die. Zhou Jin thought that even if he and Liu Guangyuan had a grudge, they would just beat him up. At most, the other party would just want to find a way to get the place back, but he didn't expect that the other party would set up a killing game directly.
Zhou Jin's face was very calm, but he had already made a decision in his heart. Since that's the case, then both sides are now alive and dead. If you want to kill me, I will kill you!
Although it would kill people, these six men from the punishment team seemed to be used to it and didn't look nervous at all. Instead, they were chatting and laughing. They could see that Zhou Jin didn't understand, so they simply explained the rules here to him.
One of the punishments of the punishment team is to fight wild beasts in this beast pit, and to form a team to fight wild beasts.
"Every year, the punishment team will die in this ten-thousand beast pit." Although these six men said it easily, Zhou Jin could hear the cruelty and bloodiness.
Since I met someone who understands me, Zhou Jin asked another question during the conversation: "Brother Dong, in addition to competing here, I would like to make 50% of the test. Do you know what this means?"
As soon as he asked, the room immediately became quiet. Dong Da, Chen Sihai and six others looked at Zhou Jin in amazement. After a while, Dong Da let out a long sigh, shook his head and looked at Zhou Jin and said, "Boy, how cruel did you offend someone? You actually earn 50%!"
"Do you know, six of us brothers fight a bear and tiger beast here. Only after winning can we get three points. Each of us can't even get an integer, and we will be injured after one fight. There are as many bears and tiger beasts as there are many people. Everyone has to wait until everyone is together to be sure. In this way, we have to wait for people to recover the injury. If we lose nothing, do you know how many points each of us can end the punishment? Ten is enough, ten is enough to take down the damn red cross on our chest, but we have been fighting for a year and only got twenty-five points in total. I don't know when we can save enough. You, a young man who is not even a scale armored shark guard, actually needs fifty?" Chen Sihai said incessantly.
"Look, that mess is to let you die here, don't go out for the rest of your life!" Dong Da interrupted.
Yuan Qiang, who had been silent, sighed and said, "Brother Zhou, your family should be in a good place. Listen to your brother's words, go back. Brothers and others cannot do without this scaled shark guard. Why do you have to do it? Can you fight to the death for such a qualification?"
"Walk? After entering the Wanjin Pit, it will be difficult to get out. If anyone can leave, who will fight to death with those beasts? What does he rely on to recruit people to make bets and make bets on the Wanjin Pit," Dong Da said sneered.
Zhou Jin shook his head. If he wanted to leave, he could still leave, but if he didn't participate in the scaled shark guard, all his efforts would be wasted. Whether it was the investigation of the "Lord" or the alliance between the Northern Region Blue Port and the Five Cities Alliance, he could not give up.
As he spoke, the atmosphere in the room became dull. At this moment, the door of the room was pushed open and a guard said outside the door: "Everyone, follow me, I'm going to play soon!"
The green man Dong Da stood up and clapped his hands, shouting, "Brothers, cheer up, you must fight it today!"
Everyone shouted together, stood up and set off under the guidance of the guard.
After walking down layer by layer, after reaching the underground floor, walking through a circular corridor. Before going uphill, you can see an iron grille at the end of the ramp. The iron bars that make up the fence are all the size of wrists and look extremely strong.
After the guard led Zhou Jin and the others here, he retreated and left. Zhou Jin stood on the ramp and was observing the surroundings, but heard a "click" sound behind him. When he looked back, an iron bar fell quickly at the junction of the corridor and the ramp, blocking Zhou Jin's road back to the underground floor.
Now Zhou Jin is standing on the ramp, with iron fences blocked in front and behind. Zhou Jin can guess the purpose of this setting. When the battle between the beasts begins, no matter whether the warriors are willing to participate or not, the iron fence at the exit of the ramp will be opened. It is useless for the warriors to retreat here. The beasts will rush into the ramp, and fighting in this narrow terrain is even more disadvantageous. It is better to go to the open area outside to be sure.
Looking at the walls built by stones on both sides, someone should have tried to hide here and not go out, but they should have failed. The uncleaned blood stains on the stones are proof of this.
In addition to these, there are weapons racks beside the walls, with various weapons on them. The six men from the punishment team went to choose weapons with familiarity. Dong Da picked up a shield and a short axe, turned his head and said to Zhou Jin: "Little brother, pick a handy one for yourself. If it is convenient, you must hold a shield. The claws of the bear and tiger beast are too domineering, and you can block them with a shield!"
"You don't even have soft armor, it's really..." Someone said.
Zhou Jin shook his head. He saw that the weapons the six people were holding were shields and swords and axes. The weakness of the bear and tiger beast was in their mouths and armpits. These two places should be more confident with spears. However, the martial artist practiced martial arts to fight with the warriors. He was not familiar with wild beasts at all, so it was normal not to understand this.
Zhou Jin followed Yun Tianzong to explore the world. One of the sources of income was to hunt monsters, kill monsters, make medicine and alchemy, or sell rare materials and fur, and was very familiar with all kinds of monsters in the world.
He was about to go over to get it, but suddenly he heard something moving somewhere on the wall above the weapon rack. He looked up and saw that the wall had not changed much, but heard a sound coming from it. "Everyone prepare as soon as possible. The bear, tiger and beast are uncomfortable today and cannot go out to fight, so I have replaced two giant wolf with bone spurs for you!"
The six Dong Da and the others who were preparing for the heat immediately froze. Then the short axe and shield in Dong Da's hand hit the place where the sound was heard, and there was a movement of touching the iron plate.
Dong Da looked up and cursed: "Damn it, I'll just kill you with one knife. Don't mess around like this."
The other people also yelled and cursed, and there was no fluctuation in the sounds inside the wall, and they continued there: "If you win this game, you can get thirty in total."
Zhou Jin still remembers the conversation just now. Dong Da and his six men need a total of 60 points to go out. They have scored 25 points now. If they add these 30 points, it will be very close to the end of the punishment.
A small window was opened at the place where the sound of the wall was made, and a cloth pocket was thrown out from it. After the pocket fell to the ground, the things inside were spilled out, but there were pieces of silver coins with the word "one" engraved on the silver coins, and there was a sound inside: "If you win, you can take it away!"
Could it be money? Zhou Jin was confused. Next, someone answered his question. Chen Sihai kicked the pocket open, and silver coins as big as fingers were scattered all over the ground. Chen Sihai cursed there: "What's the use of taking out these pieces now? I can't get them anyway when I die on the field."
The small window closed directly, ignoring the noise below. The six people were shouting and cursing there, and anyone could see that they were extremely angry, full of despair in this anger. Obviously, they thought they would die in the next game.
"Another incense stick of time, the competition begins!" After the voice in the wall said this, he was silent and ignored the noise below.
Zhou Jin smiled on his face, bent down and picked up the silver coins one by one and put them in his pocket, straightened up and said, "I'm sorry, brothers, you have been implicated by me!"
The ramp was quiet. Before the battle, the alien beast was replaced, it must have been to deal with Zhou Jin. But everyone was happy just now and it was difficult to reveal it for a while, so they could only scold the person who arranged the temporary arrangements.
Although everyone is sympathetic, no one can treat this kind of exchange easily, but Dong Da and the other six people did not expect Zhou Jin to be so calm. Chen Sihai wiped his beard and said anxiously: "You don't know that the bone spur giant wolf is powerful. It is not smaller than a bear, tiger or beast, and it is fast. It is even more like a bone spur on its head and back. Not to mention that there are bone spurs on its head and back. That thing looks like a quick knife, and even an iron bar can be cut off. We have seen this giant wolf appear, and the warrior is stronger than us. When we meet, our body is cut into five sections. Two of them suddenly come out. What should we do?"
"Damn, the last time the team of Lao Liu fought with a wolf, none of them came back." Dong Da sighed heavily and punched the wall.
Seeing everyone’s disheartened and desperate, Zhou Jin smiled and said, “Everyone, I promise you can win, and you can leave safely with these points!”
The ramp became extremely quiet again, and the six people from the punishment team stared at Zhou Jin with wide eyes. Everyone felt it was impossible. How could a rash boy from a small place in Black Stone City dare to take such a big promise?
Zhou Jin naturally knew what they were thinking. Zhou Jin smiled and said, "In this situation, do you have any other choices? Why don't you guys try it if you listen to me!"
After saying this, everyone thought about it and seemed that there was only one choice in front of them. Fighting with the two skull spur giant wolf will undoubtedly lead to death. If this young man from Black Stone City has a way, maybe there is hope for it.
The six members of the punishment team looked at each other and nodded to each other. Dong Da was in Team A and seemed to have the highest status. He said, "Then I believe you, what do you want to do!"
Zhou Jin smiled and said, "Everyone takes a big shield and a spear, and don't take anything else."
"The bone spur of the giant wolf's bone spur is extremely sharp. How can the spear withstand it? It's better to take some maces or something." Someone interrupted.
Zhou Jin went there and picked up two bags of twenty spears in total, and said, "Listen to me!"
The six people went to get the shield and spear with doubts. They also saw the spear throwing in Zhou Jin's hand, which was different from the ones they took, which made them even more worried.
At this moment, the roar of the roar sounded, and the iron fence at the entrance of the Colosseum slid to the right, and the extremely wide field of the Colosseum was right in front of you.
The iron gate opened, and the six people from the punishment team had already fought many times. They were experienced and knew that they would enter the field at this time and could not hide here. Everyone ran to the field together. Dong Da fell behind and said to Zhou Jin with a relaxed expression: "Little brother, if your method is not easy to use, we will not care about you. Then everyone will do their destiny!"
"I understand!" Zhou Jin nodded. The punishment team and he were only in a meeting, so naturally he would not beat him to death.
After the seven of them ran into the field, a "creaking" sound came from behind them, and the iron fence was closed again. Zhou Jin looked at the entire site. The site was extremely flat, with a hundred acres of radius, all of which were paved with sand and stone. There were several places on the ground covered with iron plates, which should be the entrance and exit to the underground.
The fences of this site are three feet high and the walls are facing the fences in the yard. The fences are full of sharp barbs. This is probably a measure to prevent monsters in the yard from jumping out.
But for monsters that can kill warriors, these measures are obviously not enough. Zhou Jin can still see that there are several warriors wearing heavy armor and holding swords and axes at every distance on the first floor stands. There are heavy weapons such as bed crossbows at the highest point of the surrounding stands. Zhou Jin also saw that behind those warriors there are often a strong man with a calm and graceful demeanor.
Only with such preparations can monsters prevent them from rushing into the stands and hurting people, but from this point of view, it can also be seen that the strength of this "Ten Thousand Beasts Pit" is powerful.
However, apart from these protective measures, the stands were deserted and there was no audience at all. Only a few people were sitting there in the direction facing each other.
With Zhou Jin's eyesight, he could immediately see who the person was there, Liu Guangyuan, who had been beaten by him, Liu Zhengyun, a shark soldier who appeared in the cafeteria in the morning, and Lu Shengjin, the manager who had just led him.
There were only three audience members in the stands. Liu Guangyuan smiled gloatingly, while Liu Zhengyun had a expressionless face, but Lu Shengjin had a flattering expression on his face.
"No one watched the punishment team's fight. Do you still expect someone to applaud you?" Yuan Qiang said coldly.
Entering the field, the battle was approaching, and several people from the punishment team began to be anxious, but Zhou Jin was calm and asked, "Since we are letting fight, won't Wan Beast Pit make money?"
"Of course, make money. Someone is betting in advance and paying the money afterwards, but it is not allowed to be seen by outsiders. Boy, if you don't want to live, get away and don't cause trouble there!" After Dong Da answered the question, he finally couldn't help but get angry.
The iron gate on the opposite wall opened to one side, and you could see the iron gate trembling constantly. With loud noises, you could see clearly when standing on Zhou Jin's side, two wild beasts as big as strong cattle were constantly hitting the iron gate.
"Everyone stands in two rows, the three in front have their shields together, and the three in the back have their spears raised in both hands!" Zhou Jin began to issue an order.
Everyone held a shield in one hand and a spear in the other. Zhou Jin's order made the people in the punishment team confused. Chen Sihai shouted: "What should I do if the shield is raised with both hands?"
"Drop the shield!" Zhou Jin said coldly. The six people turned around together, their faces turned dark, thinking that we believed you, you were just commanding like this.
As he spoke, the giant bone spur wolf over there had already rushed into the field. The giant bone spur wolf was actually a wolf the size of a strong cow. Then the vital parts of the wolf were covered with bone armor, which looked like he was wearing armor. There were also two feet long bone spurs on the top of the head, the joints of the limbs, and the back. The bone spurs were shining under the sunlight and looked extremely sharp.
After two giant wolves rushed into the field, they howled at Tianchang. The howling sound was full of fierceness. When they heard the howling, the two giant wolves rushed towards Zhou Jin and the other two.
Zhou Jin stood behind the six men with one javelin with one hand, and the six men in the punishment team cursed, but at this time, the word "death" was dispersed into battle. He could only follow Zhou Jin's instructions. The three men in front threw away their spears and built a wooden wall with a large shield. The three men in the back stood flat and pointed their spears in front.
Chapter completed!