Chapter 901 - 896: Protecting the Gladiatorial Arena’s Property

Chapter 901: Chapter 896: Protecting the Gladiatorial Arena’s Property

The reaction of the Awakened was relatively normal.

The reaction of the Natives was even more exaggerated.

In the audience, the cheers for "Gangxin" evolved from a small ripple into a surging torrent, eventually becoming a mountain-and-sea-like cheer!

"Gangxin, Gangxin, Gangxin!"

Bai Pu’s reputation rose at a visible rate, along with the accumulating support coins.

...

"Gold Medal Gladiator... This is the strength of a Gold Medal Gladiator!"

The other two Enhanced Elites and Senior Silver Medal Gladiators in the Red Blood Arena, "Demon Soldier" Soscolat, and "Blood Spear" Zenes exchanged a glance.

Originally, they harbored hostility towards this rapidly rising "Gangxin," but now they couldn’t worry about that.

Soscolat let out a furious roar, and a large stream of energy surged from the "Magical Mechanized Soldier" gauntlet on his right hand, punching the Naga Leader’s back.

The Naga Leader’s figure swayed.

Zenes had already transformed into a blood shadow, unifying with his spear, and pierced rapidly to the other side of the battlefield!

After his piercing rush, dozens of blood flowers blossomed on the surface of the Naga Leader’s body.

Other gladiators followed up with their own attacks.

However, the Naga Leader was truly thick-skinned and had extremely high defense!

According to Bai Pu’s estimation, the Naga Leader’s Life Value exceeded 100,000 points, and the damage reduction coefficient also exceeded 85%! Even with so many gladiators besieging him, his Life Value only decreased slowly, making a quick victory impossible.

"Gangxin, can you hear me?"

Suddenly, Bai Pu heard the voice of his boss "Blood Boiling" Karamango.

Amidst the hectic battle, Bai Pu glanced in the direction of the voice, indicating he could hear it.

Karamango’s voice continued:

"Gangxin, your resilience is commendable. If you can kill this Naga Leader while ensuring the survival of the Red Blood Arena’s gladiators as much as possible...

"I will grant you a reasonable wish!"

Lines of task prompt information appeared in Bai Pu’s retina.

[Silver Branch Task: Protect the Arena’s Property]

[Task Goal: Kill the Naga General and ensure the survival of the Red Blood Gladiators as much as possible.]

[Task Difficulty: B]

[Task Deadline: 2 hours]

[Task Reward: Unknown (based on the number of surviving Red Blood Gladiators)]

[Failure Penalty: Decreased favorability from Blood Boiling Karamango]

"As expected, the plan is on track!"

This time, Bai Pu put forth his numerous damage reduction trump cards as a Tank, leading three groups of gladiators to face the Naga Leader in a high-profile manner, not for showing off.

His primary objective was to win the cheers and support of the arena audience, to gain a wave of reputation and merit rewards for himself.

His secondary objective was the possibility that the arena owners might issue a temporary side task, achieving multiple goals in one go!

Of course, the secondary objective was only a "possibility," not a certainty.

Even if only the primary objective was achieved, Bai Pu would be satisfied.

As for danger...

It’s entirely within controllable range!

In the grand context of everyone exploring the New Continent, the three Gladiator Nobility of Melt Iron City were about to set sail.

As the "last dance" farewell performance, if there was a huge mishap and all participating gladiators were wiped out by a Naga Leader from the New Continent...

What a blow to morale that would be?

Neither the three gladiator bosses nor the people behind unleashing the Naga Leader would allow this to happen!

Don’t be fooled by how the Naga Leader is now invincible, acting all mighty and arrogant. If the situation became uncontrollable, resulting in massive casualties, the strong figures of the Great Colosseum would surely step in to prevent it.

As Bai Pu withstood the pressure, other gladiators attacked one after another, leaving shallow wounds on the Naga Leader.

Although the damage from each attack was not significant and couldn’t cause substantial harm to the Naga Leader, cumulatively, the damage was considerable.

The most important thing is that so many gladiators besieging would cause the Naga Leader to allocate part of his Fighting Qi Defense, reducing Bai Pu’s pressure; at the same time, it would deplete the Naga Leader’s stamina and Fighting Qi Energy.

"You despicable humans!"

The Naga Leader was not a game BOSS; he possessed quite high combat intelligence. If it weren’t for Bai Pu repeatedly blocking his charge path, he would have rushed into the gladiator crowd and started a massacre long ago.

He needed a way to bypass this annoying human to kill them all!

Because that detestable human general said...

Kill all the gladiators, and he would be set free.

Blue Water Element energy surged on the Naga Leader’s skin, forming layers of water curtains that enveloped him in a thick Water Curtain Shield! This water shield had a scale-like pattern inside, making it appear very sturdy.

Bai Pu thrust his spear, and the spearhead felt like it was stabbing into thick glue, the force completely absorbed.

This strike had a minimal effect on the Scale Water Shield!

Bai Pu’s Mountain Shattering Mystical Arts also failed to have a shattering effect on the Scale Water Shield; the power of shattering contained in the spearhead was similarly neutralized by the scale patterns into nothingness!

Among this group of gladiators, Bai Pu’s attack was considered one of the strongest.

If his attack was ineffective, naturally, the others’ attacks were also ineffective!

The Naga Leader slid along the ground, rushing towards one gladiator—Blood Spear Zenes!

Bai Pu’s heart skipped a beat, quickly deploying the Prismatic Domain, but it didn’t stop the Naga Leader’s stealth dash! Clearly, the priority was insufficient, only affecting the dash speed by about 20%.

Fortunately, the Naga Leader ran into two magic traps along the way! A "Fire Ring" trap, which knocks back enemies while causing fire damage; a "Binding" trap, where green vines burst from the ground to entangle the enemy.

And these two magic traps’ priority was definitely not low! They visibly slowed the Naga Leader protected by the Scale Water Shield.

By the time the Naga Leader shook off the vines, Bai Pu was already once again blocking his path.

The Naga Leader snorted, ignoring the stabs of Bai Pu’s long spear on his body, instead grabbing a Shadow Fang Gladiator trying to attack from behind, slamming him down headfirst, bursting his brains!

Clearly, the Naga Leader decided to disregard Bai Pu’s attacks, letting Bai Pu’s long spear stab at the Scale Shield, while hunting down the fragile ones around him.

The Naga Leader’s Stealth Dash ability was obviously still in cooldown, so he could only slither to chase other gladiators.

However, the slowing effect of Bai Pu’s Prismatic Domain, reducing movement speed by 130 points, was still in effect! Earlier, only 20% of the effectiveness was applied because the Naga Leader’s Stealth Dash ability had priority opposition with the Prismatic Domain, greatly reducing the slowdown effect.

Now, without using dash skills, relying solely on his physical movement, the Naga Leader naturally suffered the full slowdown.