"Welcome to the arena of death! Today, right in front of us, we'll get to see one brave boy fight against a thousand men."
The crowd suddenly got silent. It was always better when the young were reckless.
However, when they saw how little the boy was they scratched their heads. They thought he'd be at least fifteen or something. Yes, this was going to be quite horrible to watch. However, a few of the brave ones even dug coins out of their pockets. With odds like 1 to 10,000, if the boy happened to win the place would go broke from even a few coins. However, most people bet against him. At least they'd get a small return.
The referee was wearing a white and black suit. It carried an air of mystery, and his power was like his suit.
The stage, he was in the middle of it, was huge and surrounded by loads of people screaming for death and gore. Unfortunately, a lot of them were upset. How much blood could a little child possibly unleash. Indeed, the oldest he could be was three, and frankly some of the woman started showing wet eyes. Their motherly instincts seemed to be taking over. However, they wouldn't be able to get past the guards. So, they just settled on watching it.
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"Purchase your human hearts here and your blood vessels! We have three different sizes of them!"
The vendors went around to the demons selling human hearts. Luckily, Lie Wei Ying couldn't hear through all the noise, so the evil creatures got to enjoy the human hearts and pure blood to the sound of the trumpet of battle.
The King, Bell-Bell, stood up in his regal attire in a palatial room surrounded by lots of beautiful woman. He was very happy he had such a simple job. At least he didn't have to kill a little child. However, he'd probably eat him afterwards. It was better to not have to do the hunting.
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Lie Wei Ying pulled out the [Male Praying Mantis Strikes Back] blades.
A thousand men of various sizes walked up to him. They all had horns and looked very evil. However, only one of them had wings, and he stood in back like he was too proud to squash such a small bug. Indeed, he was much taller then the little boy who was standing there. He just flicked his hand.
"Do as I command," Lord Hill Goat waved his arms, "Go, make sure he doesn't suffer, and kill him quick."
His men all nodded and laughed.
Lie Wei Ying sighed, and activated the [Op lotus steps of the earth dragon]. He seemed to turn into a dragon's mouth as he quickly traversed the stage.
All the men in front of him, even though they were earth gods, scratched their heads. "Where did he go?"
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"Boom!"
Lie Wei Ying's male praying mantis had an image. However, it was very feint and not as conscious as the inferno. Sometimes, even, he would whisper as he was swung around in battle. However, it was so quiet no one quite new what the image was saying. But it was still very scary to see that sword. It looked like a very angry male mantis was behind him. And it no longer would be eaten by his wife.
Lie Wei Ying instantly appeared behind the Lord Hill Goat. He was big, strong, and very scared.
Lord Hill Goat took tried to strike the image flashing by him. However, his vision seemed to be split in three.
"Gush!"
A thousand men seemed to instantly fall to the ground. Yes, Lie Wei Ying was getting a lot stronger now! After he killed the Lord Hill Goat, the rest of the men immediately fainted.
Playing dead seemed like a wise choice now.
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Horn quick lord clapped. "Yes, my friend is up there!" He was excited.
He, however, noticed a few things the boy did wrong. He was not yet ready to be introduced to the assassination crew, but perhaps he could take him to out on a mission to kill someone. Indeed, it might be fun having a little protegee there to have your back.
The system was watching with disdain. "Hmph, they tried to make you fight earth gods. How weak were these men? They weren't even 2nd stage earth gods."
Lie Wei scratched his head. "Uhm, system, before I answer that, you built a house in my head?"
The system nodded. "I know it's a little small, but its quite a good place for me to live. When I get a quasi in your head body in an hour, it will surely need a place to live."
The two of them, one three-year-old boy, and one imaginary voice without a body took a stroll through the small house. Indeed, in the OP world, there were some cool things, but this had to be one of the coolest. The system had decorated the walls with lots of pictures of its former masters, and Lee was by the door. Lie Wei Ying scratched his head as he simultaneously received his reward.
At this point in time, Lie Wei Ying could split his awareness. However, it generally wasn't a good idea to do in situations with more than one thing going on because then something bad could happen.
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The manager sighed as he carried over the jewels towards Lie Wei Ying.
"You cleaned us out boy. We'll have to close after this."
Lie Wei Ying smiled. He was glad he closed this place. It looked like a blood covered mess.
Horn Quick Lord walked over to him. He had a really big horn and was also very scary. However, he didn't seem quite as evil today.
Yes, the mighty Horn Quick Lord had finally gotten a friend. He planned all sorts of crazy things they could do. However, he still was unsettled. Would it be okay to take him to the deep black hole in town? It was the evillest place in these parts, and he wasn't sure the boy could handle it yet.
Down there usually immortals were only allowed. However, Horn Quick Lord was very strong for an earth god, so he'd usually be given a break.
But what about this boy?
Was he as strong as an immortal, or even a quasi-immortal? He still had a few more death arena's he could take him too to find out. However, first he would have him buy some food. He had just earned a lot of money, and soon they'd both have to flee together. Yes, the mysterious manager would probably try and kill them on their way out. Indeed, Lie Wei Ying had just taken the crown prize of the stadium. [The Belt of Madmen] ended up around a small three-year old's waist, and inside of it was a very special movement manual, [shadow of the breathless arts]. However, they would never tell him that. Especially when they had three quasi-immortals waiting for them by the door.
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Horn Quick Lord pat the boy on the back. "I'm proud to have such a cute friend."
Then the three men guarding the entrance died. Horn Quick Lord was very fast.
At this time, Lie Wei Ying gulped. Something very cute fell out of Horn Quick Lord's pocket. It was so cute it was almost to die for.
What the heck was it?
Horn Quick Lord looked back at the boy and sighed. A sword he normally wouldn't use instantly appeared out of his sheathe. It seemed his peculiar habit had been discovered.