9 THRONES

CHAPTER 36: THE POWER OF MONSTERS

Right now a young man wearing a wooden mask that covered his entire face except for the eyes was walking in the lower city of the mountain of the Wood Sword Academy, the man had a wooden sword on his waist and normal clothes that could be bought at many stores on earth.

The young man was none other than Vann, he planned to go to the monster arena so it was good to hide his identity.

After all Vann could not go to that place wearing the uniform of the Wood Sword Academy, Torti also told Vann at lunchtime that most of the people who challenged the monster arena must wear masks and fake names in order to hide their identities.

On the outskirts of the city, Vann finally found a large building made of stone.

The building has circular seating around it which is a seating area for spectators, then there is a large arena in the middle of the seating area which is a fighting area.

Now a man is fighting a tiger in the arena.

The tiger only has the strength of the Qi Gathering level 1 while the human who is the opponent has the power of the Qi Gathering level 2, even so the tiger can corner humans who are stronger than him.

Seeing the fight from behind his mask, Vann believes the human must have lost because the tiger still looks very strong and ferocious while the human was getting exhausted which makes the winner already visible.

As Vann thought, the tiger slashed at the human in front of him with claws.

The man tried to raise his sword so that he could stop the claw, but he was still a step late due to fatigue which resulted in the tiger claw slashing his wound.

"Slash".

The figure of the man who was above the arena was thrown and fell to the ground, no longer being in the arena. There was an enormous claw wound on his body, life and death completely unknown.

Even though the man was almost dead, the surrounding audience did not show any worry or fear at all but they shouted happily.

"Great! The tiger is so strong!".

"Hahahahaha, no matter how many times I see it, a bloody fight like this is indeed the best!".

"Guard, quickly take the defeated fool away! Starting again the next fight, I can't wait to see another bloody fight".

Vann stared at everyone around who was laughing happily, there were even people watching while eating without feeling the slightest disturbance due to the bloody incident.

Vann did not feel afraid but he felt cold, the people who were spectators here had completely discarded their humanity, there was not the slightest trace of concern for the people here.

The guards around the arena immediately came and brought the defeated man, while some of the other guards brought the winning tiger and the next fight would begin.

Vann was not interested in staying standing while continuing to watch again, he walked towards an old man who was at the front desk of this arena.

As long as one planned to come to the arena as a spectator or a fighter, they would have to come to this old man first.

"Fight" said Vann without hesitation, although he had seen the indifference of the people here, but Vann's determination to become stronger still had not changed.

The old man was a little surprised to hear Vann was planning to fight, instead of watching "You're planning on fighting? Alright, there aren't many people coming to fight now, so you can start fighting after the match this time is over. Tell me your name and what kind of opposing force are you looking for? You can fight all monsters that have the same or lower power than you, but should not be higher unless you already have a high victory rate in the monster arena".

"Then you also have to agree that we will not care about your life and death in the arena, even if your background is from a famous place".

Vann observed the old man carefully, he could not feel his strength at all which showed this old man was much stronger than Vann. According to Vann, the strength of this old man in front of him was no less than Hasel or Githa.

"My name is Gav, I agree to the fight, while the strength of the opponent I chose, let the level 4 Qi Gathering monster appear so that it is equal to the strength of mine" Vann said.

At first the old man recorded Vann's name and approval without any problems, but hearing the monster that Vann was going to fight, he stopped his movements.

The old man observed Vann before saying "Are you still new to the monster arena?".

Vann nodded that made the old man shake his head "I shouldn't have to give you any advice because the life and death of a fighter is your own problem. But seeing that you are so young and almost the same age as my granddaughter, I feel a little guilty when you die without knowing the truth".

"Son, if you've never fought a monster before, I suggest you fight a level 1 Qi Gathering monster or a level 2 at most. Their cultivation was indeed weaker than yours, but monsters had their physical advantages such as iron-hard skin or sharp claws that could even slash through armor. Not to mention they had great fighting abilities, it could be said that every monster had already been taught to fight from childhood. You can choose to listen to my advice or not, in the end the last option is in your hands, how?".

Myro thought for a while then nodded "Then I received senior advice, however I just came here which makes me still have a lot to learn. Senior, thank you for the advice".

The old man waved his hand "This suggestion is just a small matter, you still have to be careful even if the monsters are weaker than you. I hope that you can win, after all you are a friendly young man, in the future you must become an important force for humans as long as you can continue to survive".

After that Vann was left sitting in the waiting room until the now ongoing fight was over.

The battle that was going on right now was a human with the strength of a level 7 Qi Gathering against a tiger monster again who possessed the strength of a level 5 Qi Gathering.

Although 2-level humans were stronger than monsters, but their fight was still extremely ferocious.

Eventually the man managed to win, but instead his left hand was broken and there were many wounds all over his body, more precisely the entire human who won was covered in blood completely.

When the match was over, the guards came back to clean up the tiger's corpse and bring the victor who was already struggling to move it down from the stage.

Not long after, the voice of the host's shout on the stage sounded "Next is the fight of a newcomer who has never fought here before, Gav who possesses the strength of a level 4 Qi Gathering!".

Applause and the excited cries of the audience sounded.

Vann who already knew the ferocity of the monsters did not retreat at all, he took a breath and stepped onto the stage without the slightest hesitation.

Ever since he chose to become a cultivator, he already had to be ready to fight against monsters.