Throne Steps

The underground arena is a small indoor venue. This objective environmental condition makes many underground arenas prohibit the use of weapons duel. On the one hand, it reduces accidental injuries, and on the other hand, it also reduces the loss of the venue.From the perspective of the competitors themselves, it would be too difficult to use weapons in such a small venue, so everyone obeyed the clause not to use weapons—at least medium and large weapons.

Of course, if the arena covers a large area and is properly designed, competitive players can still use their weapons to fight fiercely.

Harder and Akye fought each other with bare hands, and their figures had hardly been separated by two steps since they approached rapidly.Although the two of them have paid more attention to the dexterity of their movements since the source of fighting energy was abolished, their styles have been established, and they are both aggressive. As soon as they make a move, they both try to frighten the opponent with violent wind and rain. .Therefore, as soon as they approached, both of them punched and kicked continuously, their quickness and precision made people unable to relax, and there was a sudden and vicious blow with a hidden sense of rhythm, just to expose the opponent's flaws when they were paralyzed to deal with it.

The audience watching the two people in the stands was not like the previous contestants who faced each other twice and then bounced off their fears. Instead, their ruthless tactics seemed to be endlessly pounding on the shore, as if the magic and martial arts fighters were fighting head-to-head with their excellent talents.For a while, the stadium was full of shouts, and because most of them didn't know the names of the two, there were only all kinds of sharp, angry or rough and exciting provocations and cheers, which almost made people temporarily deaf.However, the two people on the stage were as if they were in an uninhabited state, and the rhythm of the confrontation was not chaotic at all. They picked their necks and hearts, pulled out their acupoints and pinched their pulses. Under the ruthless moves, they were full of hostility, and upon closer inspection, their eyeballs were slightly protruding and covered with bloodshot eyes. , apparently on fire.

There are a few regular customers who know the reputation of "Fierce Beast". Although his opponent is a burly man, Yisi and his methods are fierce and dexterous in comparison, so they still have confidence in Harder, and they cheer for him from time to time. A "violent beast" came out.Sitting in the corner, Li Chen heard it, narrowed his eyes and carefully identified the situation on the field, seeing that even though Akye did not have the upper hand at the moment, his hands and feet moved with ease, knowing that Akeye's defeat was very small.After watching for two more breaths, he took out another ten gold coins, recruited the patrol staff, and bet on Akye's victory.As soon as the corresponding sign was put away, a man beside him leaned on Li Chen's shoulder in a drunken manner, paused and then shook his head, as if he had regained consciousness for a moment, he staggered up and walked away.Li Chen showed disgust on his face, he brushed off his clothes as if he had been stained with unclean things by a drunk, and then called for the patrol service, ordered the viewing platform of the single room immediately, got up and left happily.

The drunk was clutching the wine bottle, and leaning half-leaning in Xunran's posture not far from the audience seats in the stands. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Li Chen's figure disappearing at the door, so he straightened his eyes.In the arena, Akye took a step and a half back because he dodged Harder's kick. The drunk man laughed loudly and blew his whistle towards the arena.

There are no lights in the viewing platform in the single room, and the sight to the arena is clear, but it is quite difficult to look into the single room.The lights that make the arena as bright as day can only barely cover the fence here, and then there is darkness in the inside. In addition to the noisy audience, it is even more difficult to detect the movement in the viewing platform.

In such an environment, people who have just entered will inevitably need some time to adapt to the light.Fortunately, although Li Chen is weak in the dark, his night vision is good.When he entered, he saw two high-backed chairs lined up in the compartment, and a human head protruded from one of them.Li Chen raised his eyebrows slightly, and sat comfortably on a padded high-back chair.

One chair was side by side with the other, Li Chen just sat down, a voice approached from his right and greeted with a smile: "It's really hard to meet you."

In this situation, if you don’t get close to someone, you won’t be able to hear the other person’s words, so Li Chen doesn’t have to deliberately lower his voice: “I’m just an unknown person, and I can only do everything by myself. How can I be negligent on purpose? I just hope that one day I can be like the president. Strategizing and decisively winning thousands of miles away will save some physical work."

The other party said with a smile: "I dare not accept what you said. If nothing else, we can help in this area. As long as you open your mouth, we will have to do it even if we run away."

Li Chen also laughed: "I'm just borrowing a place to talk to someone, why does it sound like I'm bullying?"

"It can't be bullying! If I knew this, I would have asked you out. Even if you really want to bully us, I beg you to bully me." If I had known who you wanted to see, I would have asked you to order, so I would have swept the couch early to welcome you."

"Obviously what I'm doing is a violent business, but I'm quite talkative." Li Chen finally got to the point, "Well, what's the matter? I'll just borrow a place to talk, and I can also recruit the general manager of the arena in the area. Do grown-ups miss me?"

"Sure. Young master thinks that you can't sleep at night, so I look forward to meeting you someday." The other party responded in a polite manner, "It's hard to get news from you this time, if it weren't for him, he really couldn't get away It's definitely not me sitting here."

The "big young master" in the area's responsible population is the former president of the melting pot who gave birth to the performance business with Li Chen in the melting pot.Rigsella is "dead", but the performance script has not been cut off, and Sean has contributed a lot.She appeared on behalf of Li Chen, and produced a dark script in terms of subjective temperament and objective status. The personnel related to the furnace performance also thought that the witch had taken over the whole matter, so they naturally didn't know Li Chen's existence.As for the "chairman" Li Chen called, the person in charge of the area only thought that this young man was also an old student of the young master in the melting pot, so he called him "chairman", without thinking too much.

Now the former president is keeping an eye on Li Chen, but it is for other bigger business.There are many properties under the name of Saenz, and the Chamber of Commerce naturally has a lot of research on this Highness, but there is no one in a hundred who can spy on the shadow of the black swan, let alone accurately pinpoint the person in charge.This time, Li Chen took the opportunity to show his tail to them, and the eldest son of the current president, Yimai, immediately went up with the stick, showing his sensitivity.As far as Li Chen's current status is concerned, at most he can be regarded as a "long-time friend" with that young master, but the person in charge speaks as if his boss and Li Chen are close friends who haven't seen each other for many years, and the tacit understanding is really nothing to say .Li Chen is not slippery either, he actually mentioned this matter the very first time he opened his mouth, and now he finally cut back and said with a smile: "Why, it's already reached the point where you can't pull yourself away?"

The person in charge replied: "Isn't it like wrestling arms? Although it was only at the end of last year that the formal competition was put on the stage, but the previous preparations were all done in secret, and no one dared to relax. In the end, it was just The activities behind the scenes are just beginning to surface."

Li Chen touched his chin: "We still have a year and a half to do this."

The person in charge said with a smile: "Compared with yours, we are nothing. Our young master has sent a message, as long as it is useful, we are obliged to do so."

"Then the chairman has to stand firm himself, is that what you mean?" Li Chen smiled silently, "I know what you mean. I will send a message to the chairman to borrow a place from my own channel, and I will also borrow a place from the chairman. It expresses my attitude."

Since ancient times, politics and business have not been separated. How could Li Chen miss the excitement of competing for the position of president of the chamber of commerce? By the way, he was warming up in advance.As for choosing the eldest son, it was naturally not—just not only—because of the friendship with the chairman in the melting pot back then from the performance business, but a bet after analyzing the situation.

The person in charge didn't seem to expect Li Chen to answer directly, he was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "I'm stupid, I'm afraid I might make a mistake, please give me an accurate word."

Now that the conversation has come to this point, Li Chen is not pretentious, and said: "This matter must not involve my boss."

"We understand."

"As for me personally, I naturally turn to the chairman." Li Chen said with a smile, "The wealth under my name now depends mostly on the help of the chairman."

What Li Chen is actually talking about is the property of the original identity inherited by the new identity after the name change. Back then, Sean cheated to make Riggesela's "inheritance change owners", and the young master of the chamber of commerce helped a lot due to his personal relationship.But don't say that the person in charge of the area doesn't know the joints, I'm afraid even the young master himself can't figure it out.Now the person in charge thought that what Li Chen was talking about was a business relationship, so he replied: "The business is smooth, it's just a win-win situation."

Li Chen squinted his eyes: "I'm a mild-mannered person, and I can only restrict a little bit of mineral and mercenary business. I just hope you don't dislike it."

"Where is it? Watering in the rainy season is not as good as dripping dew in the dry season, not to mention that you have helped us a lot." The person in charge stuffed a small piece of metal into Li Chen's hand and replied, "The shop information related to the young master's lineage, I will hand it over to you in a few days. If you lose it because of breaking the cooperation with those original stores, just remember, we will return it double in the future."

"Wow, this tone is worthy of the top competition in the chamber of commerce, but it's not short of money." Li Chen secretly rubbed the things in his hand, guessed that it was the key of a certain place, and chuckled lightly.At this time, cheers that were almost over the top suddenly came from below the viewing platform. Li Chen raised his head to see that the duel between Harder and Akye had come to an end.

The person in charge said with a smile: "We can play with money for such a small event. After one and a half years... if we can still stand upright in the ring, as long as money can help us, we will have nothing to say."

Li Chen took out the sign of the previous bet from his pocket, stuffed it into the hands of the person in charge and said with a smile: "My luck has always been good."

The person in charge knew what it was as soon as he touched it, and without asking who exactly Li Chen bet on, he smiled and said, "I don't know where you are staying now? Tomorrow I will definitely deliver it to the house in person."

"No need." Li Chen said with a smile, "I have a personal gift for your young master, and I will ask someone to deliver it sometime."

After hearing this, the person in charge stopped saying "give the money to that person when the time comes", and just said with a smile: "Thank you for your expense."

When I met Akye backstage again, Li Chen didn't feel that the other party was tired even if he looked closely.No matter how powerful the beast Harder is, he is just a soldier in the underground arena; and Akeye, who is only one step away from the leader of the lone wolf, is a naked man who came out of the bloody wind.If the characters in these two backgrounds collide and the outcome is hard to tell, then it cannot be said that the beast Harder is too powerful, but that the old lone wolf had a superficial appearance, and the whole Retia also misjudged them.

"Had said that he would reply at the right time." Akye reported what Hade whispered to him at the end of the battle, "I gave him the contact information of Noah in the temple."

"Hmm." Li Chen didn't expect that Harder would be able to make a decision after a fight.Although this soldier's letter is destined to go through the road if it comes out of the Southwest Garrison, even if he only writes some innocuous care between friends, it is enough to explain his position.However, Harder's current situation is a bit embarrassing. I'm afraid that after the people in the Southwest Garrison know that he is inclined to Saenz's faction, they may seriously trip him up.

The good thing is that when the time comes, we can see if Hader is really capable, or if he has strong limbs and a simple mind.

Akye was still dripping with sweat at the moment, and Li Chen didn't talk nonsense to him about whether to rest or not—at a certain point, this kind of concern was more like ridicule—he just took out a key and threw it to him. other side.

Akye picked up the key, and just turned it upside down without being in a daze after the strenuous exercise.The key itself has neither primitive features nor gorgeous decorations, but there is a very obvious pattern - it is the symbol of this underground arena.As a player participating in the competition tonight, Akye has more places to enter and exit than Li Chen; and Li Chen gave him the key without saying a word, which shows that this place is right under the eyes of the players.

locker room.locker.

Akye knew that Lichen would meet with the person in charge of the regional arena when he was practicing, so he quickly figured out the ins and outs of this key.Recalling the matter that Li Chen sent a letter to ask the eldest son of the Chamber of Commerce a while ago, Akye even guessed clearly what might be in the locker.

Li Chen naturally knew all the things that Akye could figure out.Seeing that his big man seemed to have a clear idea, he prepared to retreat first.Although he didn't care much about others knowing that he and Akye were on the same team, after all, Akeye had just won the beast, and Li Chen didn't want to follow him to be noticed.After all, it's really hard to say something about it with your original face.

Akye warned: "Still cover your face."

Li Chen responded noncommittally, thought for a while and said, "Leave someone for you." Although Akye's personal ability is strong, but the things he takes may contain key information, it's safer to leave a black swan to watch in the dark .

Akeye didn't care whether there was any intention of belittling him or not, he just thought about whether it would be safe for him to be separated from Lichen's side, and then nodded in agreement.

Li Chen always felt that he was still thinking about something, so he turned his head and remembered: "Get me a picture book of "The Tower and the Swan" tomorrow."

Akeye really didn't know Li Chen's plan, but it wasn't a big deal, so he agreed.

It was only then that Li Chen realized that he really had nothing to say, so he wrapped his cloak and left before it was dark.