Li Mo entered the duel area, but his opponent wasn’t just one, but ten!
A ten-man battle.
Of the four ancient battlegrounds, the yellow one’s rule was one vs one, while in the profound ancient battleground, it changed into a ten free for all. Earth would host a hundred, and heaven a thousand.
No matter how many one faced, there was only one winner. This was also the unique charm of this place.
Du Fei watched wide-eyed and slackjawed as Li Mo faced off against nine people in a chaotic battle…
“That’s allowed?”
Du Fei saw Li Mo surrounded by five men, forced back again and again until he sank into the ground.
“Not bad.” Du Fei’s eyes glinted.
Du Fei had a plan in mind. Wait for Li Mo to finish, then have him teach that earth art. But then he saw a centaur trotting to where Li Mo sank and started stomping.
Rumble!
The entire area shook.
The next second, Li Mo came out from the earth.
The centaur kicked him to death and, just like that, lost…
Pff~
Du Fei let his giggle slip.
‘What a funny way to die.’
Li Mo begged to differ, “A centaur’s stomping is the bane of Earth Escape Art. And not only to me, with my rudimentary knowledge of the art, but even Du Xingsun’s master wouldn’t fair any better.
“He is in the sixth level and can use true qi.”
A true qi hit was leagues above a spiritual qi attack.
Kicked out of the arena, Li Mo had a red line above his head. It wasn’t his health bar, but cooldown. Since he lost, he had to wait for the match to finish before he could enter again.
Soon, the ten-man war ended with a victor. Not the centaur, but a meter tall and twin tailed dwarf girl wielding an iron shield and hammer.
She looked so cute, but not with the corpses beneath her she wasn’t. Her bloody hammer was the one who did the centaur in.
Du Fei said, “This isn’t fair. How are you supposed to win if nine gang up on you?”
“You think ten opponents ain’t fair? Try a hundred in the earth level, or the thousand in the heaven level. This is nothing.
“Fair? Where do you see fairness in this world? Like the ten sacred beasts, for instance. Did you not see Liang Yier? He has only a tenth of a bloodline, and what does his power tell you?
“Look at our snow people siblings. They train and train for so long but eve Foundation is impossible for them.
“This world never had fairness. When enemies meet, the brave wins!”
“Let me try!” Du Fei picked an arena and entered.
The ten-man chaos started. Du Fei’s thinking was quite simple. He wasn’t going to fight, only run. The result? He was smart, but so were his opponents. Seeing him resorting to tricks, the nine chased him together.
Bang!
A gnoll’s punch blew up Du Fei’s body. But Sacred Light Physique was so strong, it patched his body right back together in a blink.
Bang!
A turtle on two legs swiped with his claw, snapping Du Fei at the waist.
Sacred Light Physique took effect again…
Bang!
Bang!
This 9 vs 1 battle turned into a ball passing game. With Du Fei’s body alternating between fit and broken, one white tiger had enough and swallowed him whole.
Du Fei left the arena shivering.
Sometimes, having unmatched regeneration was a disadvantage. One could get patched up in a jiffy, but the pain had nowhere else to go but to the brain.
“The profound arena is dreadful…”
Li Mo smiled, “Power is one aspect, while tactics another. You gave away your plan too soon.”
In a ten-man battle, who didn’t want to be a fisherman? But this was such an obvious plan that would make him a public enemy.
“You have much to learn in this aspect…”
“Bro Mo, can I learn Earth Escape Art?”
“Alright.”
“Teach me!”
Du Fei was excited about powerful martial arts, but thrilled of life saving arts.
Li Mo taught Earth Escape Art to everyone, along with wood, fire, and water escape arts.
“Earth Escape Art is just one among the Elemental Escape Art. Among the metal, wood, water, fire, and earth escape arts, the metal one is the most valuable. It isn’t gold(T/N: gold or metal has the same character in Chinese), nor is it metal. If you can train the five escape arts, a new skill art will take form.
“Your body can blend perfectly with the five elements. It is very powerful, but it’s a pity these four are the only ones I know, with Metal Escape Art missing.
“If one understands them all, you’ll know the Invisible Art.”
“I will definitely find the Metal Escape Art!” Du Fei was excited.
“There is one person on Earth who knows it. Zheng Wufang; he’s as average as it gets. But if you ever see him, run.”
After Du Fei, Whitey tried her luck as well and actually won.
Her win wasn’t thanks to her strength. She had the same strength as Du Fei and Madam Ning, a peak fifth level. Her demon qi didn’t become true either and was a cut below the other opponents.
Instead, she charmed her way out. The others couldn’t bear to mar her perfect looks, and without wasting a drop of demon qi, she won.
Her win also sent her into the first stage of the profound ancient battleground.
“Fighting in the profound ancient battleground before one wields true qi is a heavy handicap. That is why, friends, we should all work hard!” Li Mo entered again.
There was no shame in loosing here, even as Li Mo lost again.
Whitey, Du Fei, and Madam Ning entered as well. They won some and lose some. With Whitey’s record the best and Li Mo’s the worst.
Li Mo lost every single time.
He didn’t throw in the towel, but just couldn’t win…
After loosing three more times, Li Mo called it quits. After a moment of deep thinking, he came to a conclusion.
“So that’s why…”
Li Mo changed tactics in his next match. He neither rushed nor withdrew, falling under the others’ radar. At the end of the match, he and a green-haired humanoid turtle fought for ten minutes but still ended up loosing…
“Bro Mo, you can do it!” Du Fei’s win got him a stage higher.
“It’s fine. You guys go on ahead.”
Li Mo chuckled and continued as well.
Hum~
The blue qi around Li Mo vanished into his body.
True qi transformation, complete!
Li Mo punched, blowing three opponents out of the match…
This time, Li Mo won!
