Ninth class citizen

Chapter 248 Blackthorn Arena
The Blackthorn Arena stands on a barren plain near the equator of the Tulan Star. This giant circular building made of black basalt and rusted alloy is covered with spiked metal thorns, which glow with a cold luster under the illumination of the dark red star.

Nan Rong and the prisoners of war from Eta passed through an alloy gate covered with scratches and dried blood. After undergoing physical examinations again, they were taken into a dark and eerie underground passage.

The wall lamps on both sides of the passage flickered with dim light, dark green condensation oozed from the damp rock walls, and the bloody smell of rust mixed with the stench of wounds, which was indescribably pungent and unpleasant.

In the small alloy cages on both sides, many wounded men were sitting or lying, looking at the newcomers expressionlessly. A tide of cheers came from somewhere, but soon faded away.

Several men came out from the corner. Steward Wang, who had been arrogant at the auction house before, immediately came forward and bowed to the leader with a smile:

"Brother Qiang, these are the new goods I selected. They were just transported from the battlefield of Eta Star. They are all warriors of the second to fourth level."

As he spoke, he sent the list of goods obtained from the auction to Brother Qiang.

"Not bad." Brother Qiang raised the corners of his drooping lips slightly, signaled his subordinates to take the people away, and said in a calm voice: "I hope there will be some good ones who can survive tonight's special warm-up match."

"Special warm-up match? Are there any big shots coming tonight?" Manager Wang asked puzzledly.

The daily schedule of the Blackthorn Arena is basically fixed: the morning session is for regular warm-up matches, usually fights between newcomers and low-level monsters; the noon session is for team melees, the afternoon session is for special competitions or racial reckoning, and the evening to midnight session is the finale: the Death Roulette and Survival Challenge.

Unless there are special circumstances, the rules will not be changed easily.

"You are too out of touch with the news." Brother Qiang glanced at Nan Rong who was blocked behind Manager Wang.

Brother Qiang came to his senses instantly, and gritted his teeth as he handed over the leash in his hand: "Brother Qiang, this little girl was originally found by me specifically for you. Look at her lovely appearance - she used to be a top student at the top five universities in Delin - but now she is just an ordinary person, and you can play with her as you like."

He also sent over Nan Rong's physical examination results.

Brother Qiang reached out and lifted Nan Rong's chin, forcing her to look up and look at him.

The trembling in her eyes seemed to please the other party, and Brother Qiang took the leash from Manager Wang.

In exchange, he left a sentence lightly: "The eldest son has just arrived with the distinguished guests. Don't cause trouble in the next few days, otherwise no one can save you."

"The eldest young master is here to attack Blue Star?" Manager Wang shuddered involuntarily.

"What kind of distinguished guest is worthy of the eldest master's personal presence?" he asked.

The Blackthorn Arena can be found everywhere in the chaotic star field. There is a Blackthorn Arena built on almost every habitable planet. Moreover, it is doing very well and making a lot of money. One can imagine the strength of the owner behind it.

Not to mention the star leader of Tulan Star, even if the leaders of dozens of nearby star systems were to be present in person, it might not be worthy for the eldest young master to condescend to show up, let alone accompany them.

Brother Qiang's eyes turned cold and gloomy: "The eldest master didn't say anything, why don't you go and ask in person?"

"Ah, no need, no need." Manager Wang reacted and thanked him without stopping: "Thank you, Brother Qiang, I know what to do now!"

Brother Qiang ignored him and led Nan Rong to his room on the upper floor of the passage. The room was unexpectedly messy: a lizard skull was nailed above the door frame, and dried purple blood scabs remained in the empty eye sockets. A piece of untanned thorny beast fur was laid in the middle of the floor, and dozens of blue-green eyeballs of strange beasts were soaked in a potion tank in the corner. All kinds of strange smells mixed together, which was even more unpleasant than the cage below.

Nan Rong frowned because of the smell, but Brother Qiang took a few deep breaths, his expression comfortable and enjoying.

The alloy door closed behind her, and Nan Rong was pressed against the door. A big hand pressed on the back of her neck, and a bearded face came up and kissed her directly on the mouth. Then he suddenly let out a muffled groan.

Black blood oozed from her cut lips. The big hand behind her neck tried hard to crush her cervical vertebrae, but finally fell down.

Nan Rong pushed away the rapidly stiffening corpse and let it fall heavily to the ground. Then he carefully removed the translucent armor knife that was between his lips and teeth.

The armor knife was as thin as a cicada's wing and only as long as a willow leaf. Its edge was extremely sharp and flashed with a dark purple light.

This is the wing of an extremely rare Erema beetle, which is extremely poisonous and can kill anyone who is cut within half a second.

This useful little tool was stolen by Nan Rong from Florent.

He had a habit back then of hiding a small weapon in his cuffs, collar, lapels and other parts of his clothes, and most of these weapons were poisoned so that he could save himself at a critical moment - but now it has become a bargaining chip for her to protect herself.

Nan Rong carefully used Brother Qiang's clothes to wipe the armor knife clean and put it away, then quickly took out a small energy gun from him, and began to study the smart ring hanging on his wrist.

This thing is similar to the Delin Federation's wrist-mounted intelligent computer terminal and is standard equipment in the Chaos Star Domain.

Nan Rong wanted to find a way to unlock his electronic collar, but it seemed to be highly dependent on the user, and he couldn't even activate it, let alone use it.

She stood up in disappointment and tried to collect some useful items in the room in order to escape from this place.

To be honest, if the other party wasn't so impatient, she would like to continue to be nice to him until she found a way to leave, instead of being forced to kill in a hurry.

The desires of some people in this world are more terrifying than the monsters in other worlds. She could hold on there until the end, but just now she couldn't bear it anymore.

The factor in her favor at the moment is that Brother Qiang seems to have a high status here, and no one dares to disturb his "fun" in the short term. She should be able to get at least 30 minutes.

On a small table in the corner of the hall, there was a plate of sliced bacon, half a piece of whole wheat bread, a few pieces of cheese and fruit, and a large bottle of light green wine. There was also a dark green Rookby snake gall bladder soaked in the wine - it was said that this thing had the effect of improving certain body functions, but it had never been officially confirmed.

Nan Rong hadn't eaten or drunk anything for many days, so he didn't care about anything else at this moment. He wolfed down all the food, leaving only the bottle of wine.

Just as I swallowed the last bite of food, I heard a slight "click" at the door.

Oops! After her attributes dropped significantly, her five senses were no different from those of ordinary people, and she was unable to detect any movement outside the door.

The next second, a blue-purple arc of electricity lit up from Nan Rong's collar, instantly wrapping her in a bright cocoon of light.

Every cell in his body felt burning pain. Nan Rong twitched and fell to the ground, with the energy gun in his hand flying out.