Chapter 312: The Three Yuan Giants, Forming A Group Debut
In the arena, restless music suddenly blared, and as the card girl took the stage first in a sexy uniform for a warm-up performance, the atmosphere on site kept heating up, with more and more boys carrying wooden boxes selling alcoholic beverages and cigarettes gradually appearing.
Yuan Zhu waved to shoo away a boy trying to approach, watching Yuan Tang gradually walk away under Younger Brother’s protection. And under the broker’s introduction, he began negotiations with a person in charge from the arena side who had a mustache.
Although he couldn’t hear what they were discussing, from the way the other pointed at the 5 half-blood orcs, picking and choosing, it was clear they were selecting concubines, picking contestants who could take the arena tonight.
But toward the end of the screening, the mustache’s expression and gaze turned eerie, and he actually straightforwardly approached the fourth oldest among the half-blood 5 brothers.
Showing not the slightest fear, disgust, or aversion, he instead directly laid hands on it, rubbing back and forth over its chest like appraising some precious cultural relic. The corners of his eyes couldn’t help but lift, squinting into peach blossom eyes.
“Hiss—!”
Candle, remotely watching this scene, sucked in a cold breath, hurriedly moving close to Frog Girl and deeply inhaling her body fragrance. It had to be said, her faint elf bloodline could still bring a subtle plant-type fresh scent, truly a treasure girl.
The distant actions not only made Yuan Zhu inhale fragrance but also gave Yuan Tang and A Tiao, this pair of otherworld brother and sister, a little shock from the Upper Realm!
The brother and sister wore expressions with brows tightly furrowed, feeling it very strange yet unable to pinpoint exactly what was off.
The originally brash and confident fourth oldest, full of confidence in his own power, contemptuous of surroundings, even carrying some provocative attitude… no! All five orcs at this moment felt deeply uncomfortable and retreated, pulling distance from the mustache.
The orc involved even felt inexplicable fear and avoidance toward this mustache minor executive, not even daring to make eye contact. This puny weak human, clearly crushable to death, why was he so scary?
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Over there, under the broker’s mediation, the match rules seemed finalized. The mustache waved farewell reluctantly, leaving everyone inexplicably relieved.
Over here, Yuan Zhu no longer paid attention, instead continuing to approach Frog Girl, deciding to tease (bully) her, maintaining daily banter through ‘light bullying’ to boost affection level in a negative-score way.
Especially after she put on the eye mask, her terror index plummeted, giving a false sense of beauty like covering one’s ears to steal a bell. So Candle leaned in, took another deep breath of her, and asked: “How’s it going, adapting to the environment here? For the foreseeable future, you’ll replace me in going to different arenas, handling signing matters for the Hage Medicine Group-sponsored fighting team.”
At this moment, Nie Yin outwardly pretended cold indifference but inwardly panicked greatly, yet the more panicked she got, the calmer she appeared, following Yuan Zhu wandering the arena, stiffly and coldly replying: “I, I can’t negotiate!”
Her ability to chat freely with Yuan Zhu was entirely due to this limited time together, where he broke her inner safety distance without guilt or restraint, dominating with questions and forcing task orders without giving any chance to object.
Thus, through rounds of back-and-forth and proactive strikes, the usually introverted and passive Frog Girl found a comfort zone in being bullied, inexplicably cooperating proficiently.
Additionally, Yuan Zhu had signed an Anti-Law Contract with her at their first meeting. This soul-connecting ‘pollution law’ could subtly influence the user’s attitude toward the Anti-Law Master, making closeness easier.
After forging the Anti-Law, Yuan Zhu boldly revealed his Tiger Demon Stance, interacting with Frog Killer Girl in his villainous true face, making her feel extreme joy and find camp belonging.
You dragging me along to do bad things, affection level skyrockets.
Then continue bullying her, affection level rebounds sharply against the trend.
Thus, Yuan Zhu, having found the right way to handle Frog Girl, could now communicate with her very easily. Nie Yin in front of him could already chat freely, even proactively making requests.
But having her communicate with strangers other than Yuan Zhu, she instantly reverted to autistic communication disorder. Couldn’t communicate a bit! Let alone negotiate.
Yuan Zhu: “No need for you to negotiate personally, hand all that work to Little Tang, you just handle the final signing. After all, she’s too young, no matter how excellent, not acknowledged, you’re the sole person in charge.”
Nie Yin continued silent, then nodded: “I can try.”
Arena warm-up ended, the host holding a microphone-like device began introducing details of the first match’s contestants tonight.
Below the arena, Nie Yin, who had never been to such a lively place before, felt especially unadapted at this moment. Wherever she went, nerves taut, vigilance maxed, full of unease.
Yuan Zhu suggested she have a drink to relax, still rejected. Until after the first group of contestants finished introductions and the match officially began, the site’s clamor slightly subsided, and Nie Yin slightly relaxed.
But the surrounding environment quickly turned into even more high-pitched roars, curses, and cheers.
On the arena, two martial artists with somewhat differing builds clashed, intensity not high, movements not pretty, full of primal wildness, and after just a few rounds, the slimmer side had his eye corner smashed, blood flowing and splattering on the gray-white floor.
Nie Yin, originally feeling unadapted, rapidly relaxed upon seeing blood. Her attention was gradually drawn to the match.
She couldn’t adapt to such crowded, noisy environments, feeling at a loss. But her innate love for ‘catfight brawls’ swiftly suppressed the negative mindset. Especially the flesh-hitting-flesh, increasingly bloody scenes, injecting heart-calming emotional energy for her.
If not for the wrong occasion, she’d really want to kill two frogs for excitement!
Yuan Zhu on the other side also loved watching fights. But these two contestants were mere mortal level, not martial arts masters, always feeling lacking some core essence, realm too low.
But the on-site audience bought it completely, cheers nonstop. Finally after two rounds, the shorter one won the third round. The opponent wiped blood from his face, raised hands high, roaring at the crowd below, earning waves of cheering responses.
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Not long after, Hage Medicine Group-sponsored ‘Black-Skinned Orc No. 1’ successfully took the stage, its opponent likewise no ordinary mortal martial artist, but a murder-faced black big bro, with a massive ‘fat-headed big-eared, eyes squinted into slits from smiling’ Buddha image tattooed on his back.
Hey! This was a same-race showdown!
The smiling Buddha face behind that black big bro, who knows its origins? Looked utterly evil. At least in Snake Snake’s database, no Buddhist figure with so much facial fat.
The opponent had very dark skin, though the tattoo lines used other colors, a massive colorful ‘Buddha face’, but still somewhat murky, giving a hazy unclear feel even under strong lights.
Here, Yuan Zhu strongly advised black-skinned people not to get tattoos. It’s like painting on a black canvas, painful for viewers. Unless using white pigment.
Candle seriously observed this contestant, suddenly noticing at the neck of the giant tattoo Buddha face, where prayer beads were originally drawn, bulging 3D small Buddha Cocoons, startling him!
Holy shit! Actual Buddha Cocoons?! And so many, damn that’s too much… Huh? Wait, fake goods after all!
After secretly casting Detect Evil on the black contestant, he realized the Buddha Head Cocoons embedded under the opponent’s skin were ordinary handicrafts naturally grown from ‘incense pollution’ near temples.
This ‘pirated Buddha Cocoon’ combined with tattoo collided into faint Buddhist Magic Power, bringing the contestant ‘minor’ superhuman reinforcement at the physical body level.
Strictly speaking, this belonged to derivatives of the Buddhist System, but not Buddhism itself; just like his nurtured Holy Knight Goblins and Yuan Tiao cultivating Holy Light Qi Refining Technique.
Similarly utilizing Holy Light, but not Holy Church, lacking both Holy Mark and Soul Crystal.
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After the fight began, Yuan Zhu’s heart gradually calmed, becoming unflappable.
Initially, No. 1 sponsored by Hage Medicine suffered from lack of experience, unadapted to the opponent’s ‘fatty meat battle method’, various greasy attacks making him cry uncle, retreating repeatedly. But Frog System Modification brought unprecedented sturdy physique, resistance, durability… Seemed constantly disadvantaged, but health bar dropped slowly.
After a series of beatings, its head Brain Eggplant CPU swiftly collected and mastered the opponent’s attack habits and routine patterns. Then, Yuan Tiao watching the match ringside, synchronously received ‘intel transmission’, quickly analyzed the breakout method, and via Anti-Law loaded the temporarily compiled coping scheme to No. 1.
Thus the half-blood orc like injected with chicken blood, roared and counter-killed from desperation, yanking out the opponent’s armpit hair, making him scream madly in retreat. Then closing in, fist-to-flesh pummeling the same-race blackie until coughing blood foam, eye sockets hugely swollen, eyes squinted into slits, finally forced to concede.
This match’s quality was insufficient, but still helpful for sheltered orcs.
The bigger gain was for A Tiao spectating the whole time. Tonight’s arena contestants, regardless of strength, their moves, tactical concepts, fighting styles all varied, broadening Younger Brother’s horizons, and quickly progressing via remote-controlling orcs.
In a corner on the other side of the arena, Yuan Tang relied on her highly deceptive cute appearance, very familiarly chatting up several female employees. Sweetly calling ‘Miss, pretty big sis’, actually constantly inquiring about arena matters, quickly grasping industry undercurrents, evolving toward a qualified broker.
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Tonight, Yuan Zhu’s biggest gain was successfully packaging and promoting his ‘little team’.
Laying foreshadowing for Frog Factory (Hage Medicine’s six factory buildings) to rise. Taciturn Nie Yin as endorsement, maintaining high-cold persona. Yuan Tang was Yuan Zhu’s backdoor relation-pushed ‘child labor relative’, due to lack of usable talent around him, so distant cousin Little Girl got pushed out young to work as broker.
Younger Brother even more low-key, only given newcomer bodyguard + coach identity.
In future when Yuan Zhu absent, the only signing-capable ‘adult’ Nie Yin must shoulder guardian duties, seemingly caring for the two siblings, representing Hage Medicine Group dealing with underground boxing matches, handling beastman fighting drama promotion, bargaining.
In reality, she couldn’t handle these tasks, could only hand to untrusted Little Girl.
Actually, sending Yuan Tang alone to work, Yuan Zhu was absolutely at ease. But organizers and other cooperators absolutely untrustworthy. Thus, he had to reluctantly push out ‘ornament. Nie Yin’ too, maintaining high-cold to endorse Yuan Tang, allowing her (Little Girl) to smoothly dominate.
As for Younger Brother? Also indispensable. Two females big and small looked too lacking deterrence and status. Orc brains no good, only Younger Brother steady and decisive-looking, with some intimidating presence. Following big sis, providing safety assurance while boosting status.
Secondly, orc matches indeed couldn’t lack this Martial Arts wisdom lead. Needed on-site intel collection throughout, temporarily devising match schemes for team members, quick wins. In this, Little Brother was a qualified coach.
Nie Yin useless throughout, but her age was the biggest advantage! As long as she appeared here, acted as vase, posed as cold female exec, maximized effect. Even could use orc contestants to advertise for Hage Medicine Group, privately sell some Body Tempering Fluid, counting as second sales channel outside Rain Courtyard.
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Stayed full 3 hours in underground arena, seeing Yuan Tang blending like fish in water, long-short-pretty to the card girl big sis! To the betting-collection thug ‘Big Brother good! Big Brother tomorrow!’, looking more and more like arena side exec family kid running to arena for fun.
With this fox-borrowing-tiger-might familiarity, she quickly connected with other contestants’ brokers, animatedly chatting who knows what? Even pulled candies from pocket, scattering like cigarettes, sharing with them proficiently.
Younger Brother meanwhile split attention watching big sis’s safety, while recording average-strength but three-views-shocking tactical performances. Occasionally providing off-site guidance for on-stage ‘family orcs’.
Low-end guidance by shouting, high-end tactics directly via Anti-Law loaded to CPU, instantly shedding the mortal body and exchanging the bones, precisely grasping opponent fatal flaws, then aided by flashy, fancy, inefficient finishing moves for visual effect, drawing full-arena cheers.
As big sis blended ever more like fish in water; Younger Brother gradually adapted to underground fighting circle rhythm, starting to familiarize with Running’s combat style. Through practice, slowly integrating the ‘acting skill’ Yuan Zhu taught, originally not well understood.
Mm, fellow genius Yuan Tiao also started quickly learning bad, downward compatible. For the last on-stage orc No. 4, devised ‘violent crotch-grab hand’ such arena-exploding hot-blooded finisher.
Accompanied by a ‘pain piercing heaven’ despair wail, site atmosphere peaked. Former broker popped out from somewhere, praising in slightly congratulatory tone: “Your underlings these few ‘half-bloods’ cultivated very well, huge potential, fighting style and tactics outstanding, more spirited than my brother’s mixed-bloods. Wonder if you’re selling?”
After watching the last orc match, especially that extremely brutal, merciless finisher. The other sincerely exclaimed, this batch of orcs quality truly high, real fame potential.
Yuan Zhu shook head: “Not selling for now, first their fame insufficient, selling now price too low, too much loss. Second, forgot my backer Hage Medicine Group? This batch orcs are ‘live ads’, their reinforcement modification not ended, need continue displaying product effects.”
Broker: “Actually, we can switch cooperation method. I bridge for you, introduce higher-level venues, recommend more influential people. And you, bring out this batch orcs, make money together.”
Yuan Zhu thought, felt sharing orcs no big issue. He didn’t truly care about this group’s life or ownership, all Anti-Law users, accumulating new debts daily.
Now half-sell half-give, someone helping contact work, let them frequent touring performances, earn remuneration, repay Anti-Law Gratitude Loan; also real-combat collect data, accelerate Frog System Modification progress, he could use this channel open underground fighting circle doors, inherit other’s connections, train Yuan Tang siblings, orcs early debt clearance for freedom… Except Nie Yin forced to stand post, simply win-win-win, no losers.
“How’s the consideration?”
Yuan Zhu hesitated: “Very willing to cooperate, but one thing! You must guarantee sufficient rest time, no excessive exploitation, no matches beyond their ability causing damage or scrapping. Short-term revenue less ok, I want long-term money. Also, when my backer drug factory needs them for modification, body checks, data collection, you can’t obstruct or delay, even if match must postpone.”
Broker nodded: “No problem, all very reasonable requests.”
Yuan Zhu: “Then… take my little sis along too. Let her gain experience, make more friends.”
“Little girl very spirited, suits my line well. Just this appearance too easily misunderstood.”
Yuan Zhu: “Simple, just arrange more ‘orc bodyguards’ following her, naturally lets people understand her status.”
