Chapter 374: Chapter 374

"Oh shit, is today really the day a chicken snags a ten-win championship?"

"There are no more powerful pets left in the Black Market!"

As the audience below clamored, the match was paused again. Not only that, but Jing Shu had the good fortune to be invited to the top level of the Duel Arena, the legendary Noble District.

Jing Shu was somewhat cautious. Could these people intend to kill her because they ran out of pets? She had looked into the past ten-win streaks, most of which were problematic, but this time was different for her. She had started by placing 2,000 Black Market Coins on her winning the ten-win championship, rather than betting on each match individually, just like buying a lottery ticket. She was gambling for the jackpot!

The biggest issue was the odds. If they were 1:1, it would be fine, but the odds were too high. If Jing Shu really won... the Black Market would suffer a heavy loss. It was one thing for money to flow into the Black Market, but having to part with it and pay it out was undesirable to anyone.

The way from the impoverished area to the top Noble District still managed to impress Jing Shu. Although it was an upper and lower level situation in the Duel Arena, where the bottom could see the top and the top could look down into the arena, there were actually no passages. To reach the Noble District, one had to take a detour and go through a series of checkpoints. Weapons and similar items were strictly prohibited, and one also had to pass through a laser area.

It was said that this was the last defense against a revolt by the unruly poor. If the laser area was activated, it could instantly cut any person trying to cross into pieces, no matter how many there were. This was Jing Shu’s first encounter with such high-tech gadgets in the United States.

It seems Yang Yang’s plan was right. If they’d been forceful, they likely wouldn’t have even gotten into the Noble District, let alone transported out a large amount of materials.

Carefully passing through the laser zone, Jing Shu was directly taken to the second level of the Duel Arena in the Noble District. Unfortunately, she had no chance to see the surroundings before hearing the sound of applause.

The room was filled with a strange smell. There, Jing Shu saw a typically blonde-haired, blue-eyed foreign beauty lounging lazily in a man’s arms, her face flushed. The man was massaging the woman in his arms, behaving as attentively as a Gou Tuizi.

It was then that Jing Shu realized this was Pei Qi, who had assigned them the mission.

"A tenfold leverage could have earned you tens of thousands of Black Market Coins. Better to stop now."

These words were spoken by Pei Qi, who, unexpectedly, spoke Huaxia.

Jing Shu frowned. "What does that mean?"

"You won’t win the tenth match."

"How do you know if I don’t try?"

"Alright, then please let Miss Jing witness it here with us."

Pei Qi smiled charmingly, but Jing Shu had no idea what she was planning. In reality, no matter how much Jing Shu racked her brains, she would never have guessed that Pei Qi’s sole intention in doing this was to prevent her from making further contact with the fat chicken, and thus stop her from using her Cup Skill on it. The Cup Skill of the Chinese was simply too incredible.

What kind of fighting pet would be deployed for the tenth match? The answer was soon revealed, and even Jing Shu was surprised. After a good half hour passed, with a THUD, THUD, THUD, the crowd saw the Black Market deploy an armored vehicle, which pulled in a massive creature. The Black Market truly had an ace up its sleeve!

"Here it comes! Here it comes!"

Amidst the crowd’s excitement, everyone finally got a clear view of the monster that had been brought in.

"This looks far too much like a hippo, doesn’t it? But what’s with all the rotting flesh on its body?"

"This is a Zombie Hippo! A few days ago, it wiped out three teams and was subsequently brought back by an Asian team as an Undead Creature. Bullets just make holes and get no reaction; even machine gun fire is useless. Not to mention, they possess a ’Healing’ ability, allowing them to survive even after being beheaded."

"Then this monster is too incredible! It turns out that these Undead Creatures are the Black Market’s biggest trump cards!"

"This chicken is utterly useless now! Its only ability is its anesthetic, and that’s completely ineffective against such creatures! Never mind the anesthetic, even poison doesn’t work."

How could the Duel Arena possibly let an Asian outside the Black Market win the ten-match streak?!

This monster had lost all consciousness and started foraging as soon as it was placed in its cage. It was no exaggeration to say it could wipe out three teams; its only flaw was its slow speed. It was tough-skinned and resilient. Not to boast, but the previous few opponents combined might not even be able to kill this beast.

However, pythons and crocodiles wouldn’t dare provoke a hippo of this tonnage. Moreover, they don’t eat rotten meat. So, in the apocalypse, these dark invading creatures prospered without natural predators. These were creatures that would even eat their own kind during a famine; they were untouchable.

Pei Qi, seeing the shocked look on Jing Shu’s face, finally laughed. "It’s not too late to regret now, because no matter what, the Black Market will remain undefeated. Your fighting chicken, or should I say, your Cup Skill—do you have any strategies left?"

What chance does a chicken have against an Undead Hippo?

So, for this tenth battle, the Duel Arena was completely ignited. Even those who would never bet on fights were placing wagers. In the words of the Duel Arena staff: "Why not make money off something so certain?"

Jing Shu smiled and remained silent. Even she, apart from potentially chopping the enormous hippo into pieces, truly had no special way to deal with such a creature. It was indeed invincible—impervious to blades and bullets, even capable of absorbing them. They were no longer creatures but a mass of countless bacteria housed within a hippo’s enormous skeleton. Who could handle that? Content orıginally comes from 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭·𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮·𝙣𝙚𝙩

So, a chicken without weapons or Hand Grenades, its saliva anesthetic no longer effective—how in the world was it supposed to defeat a hippo weighing several tons?

The contest began anyway!

The rotting hippo retained only its instinct: to feed. It would try to eat anything that could fit in its mouth. It felt no pain, could not get angry, and had no emotions.

As soon as the hippo entered the arena, it started licking the scraps on the ground, grunting happily as it ate.

"Any regrets? If you all hadn’t brought these monsters back that day, this situation wouldn’t have happened today, and you might really have won hundreds of thousands of Black Market Coins. In your Huaxia words, isn’t it like you dug a pit and buried yourself in it?" Pei Qi sipped a bright, blood-red beverage, groaning in enjoyment.

Jing Shu didn’t respond. Although her position allowed a clear view of the Duel Arena, it was admittedly a bit too distant. She was communicating with the fat chicken.

"It’s useless. We’ve conducted many experiments in the past few days, extracting very important genes from them. We discovered that these creatures, like a Bottomless Pit, can eat endlessly. Once there is no food, they become aggressive."

As expected, after finishing the scraps on the ground, the hippo charged towards the fat chicken. The fat chicken flapped its wings, dodged the attack, and clambered onto the iron cage. But it couldn’t hide on the iron cage forever, could it?

It seemed like the fat chicken really had no options left. If it had Hand Grenades, at least it could blast the hippo into a mess. Now, relying on its own strength, what could it do?

Suddenly, Jing Shu laughed—a sinister laugh.

Jing Shu commanded herself, "Either you eat it, or you let it eat you. Choose one."