To the barbarians, the strong is king, yes? This rule, this culture, I like it!
When the young barbarians saw the smile on Lu Chen's face, they suddenly shivered all of a sudden.
Then, the naive and innocent young barbarians glared back on Lu Chen.
In this atmosphere, the chieftain, Wuzu, and a few leaders of the Village Guard Squad had already walked up to the high stage in the plaza center.
The barbarians were a simple people, they didn't have many ceremonies or anything like that. The start of the duel was announced shortly after the chieftain gave a small speech consisting of only a few sentences.
"Little ones, are you craving for more meat? Are you hoping for better weapons? Do you want the girls to like you? Come up and fight! The winner will have it all!"
That was all the chieftain said before the duel started.
Of course, despite its simplicity, the selection process wasn't uncontrolled either.
"Those who wish to join the duel, step forth to draw your opponents."
"The top ten will be given the chance to challenge the elites in the village."
The first few rounds were qualifying rounds, then followed by ranking battles. For Lu Chen's case, because he was taken by Wuzu, he was also considered as one of the elites this time.
Soon, the duels started and Lu Chen took the chance to carefully observe the young barbarians.
But, after watching the battles for a short while, Lu Chen couldn't bear to watch further.
As those that were dueling were young barbarians, they were not strong, and their moves were also awfully crude.
Furthermore, weapons were not allowed in the duels. Therefore, almost every young barbarian was fighting with only punches and kicks.
If there was only a duel going on, he could still bear with it. But there were at least ten duels going on simultaneously at the same time now. That meant twenty young and muscular young barbarians were fighting in a street fight-like duels, one could imagine how speechless Lu Chen was watching them fight.
However, although it was unbearable to watch them fight, Lu Chen could totally comprehend why. This was because the lack of martial techniques the barbarians had access to forced them to walk on a different path of cultivation, which was by increasing their raw strength.
Therefore, to the barbarians, dodging was a completely foreign concept to them. It was only normal for them to rush into battles bullheadedly.
The young barbarians were exchanging punches and tanking the strikes purely with their bodies. Almost every one of them was fighting in the same way.
And the outcome of the duels was not surprising either. The top ten winners were all the strongest and most robust young barbarians.
Their bodies were more robust and could take more hits; their strength was higher and so they could deliver stronger attacks.
Before the start of the duels, Lu Chen was still expecting that there would be some that were proficient in some martial techniques and could defeat those who were stronger and more robust than them. But now, it was obvious that he was just thinking too much.
Sure enough, without proper martial techniques, the one with a more robust body and higher strength will be the victor.
But the winners weren't in a favorable condition as well. They were all beaten up and some of them even had wounds on them.
They're still fine because they are barbarians in this world. If they were the modern humans on Earth, they'd probably all be admitted to the hospitals now with those kinds of injuries.
However, if they were to continue fighting in this state, they'd be at a disadvantage, no?
If Lu Chen could see the problem, surely Wuzu and the chieftain could too.
And soon enough, a group of girls arrived at the plaza.
The barbarian girls were holding a bowl in each of their hands. From afar, Lu Chen could see that the bowls in their hands were the hot herbal soup.
Using the hot herbal soup to regenerate their used energy? Quite useful. Furthermore, it's not a waste to reward these young barbarians the hot herbal soup as they had just proven themselves by defeating their peers.
While he was thinking, the young barbarians had already finished drinking the hot herbal soup.
Then, after they recovered their bodies, they shifted their eyes to the elite group.
Soon, the duels resumed.
"Now, it's time for you to challenge the elites. Defeat them and claim their spot. Then, you will have a share of Master Wuzu's herbal soup. From the tenth ranking, challenge them one after another."
"Da Shu, step forth. Who do you want to challenge."
"Chieftain, I want to challenge Chen."
Of course it's me. Looks like you have all think of me as an easy target!
Lu Chen didn't wait for the chieftain's call and stepped onto the center himself to start warming up.
In front of him, the young barbarian called Da Shu was smiling happily.
"Very well. After I defeat you, I will take your place among the elite and claim my share of the herbal soup. This duel, I will win it for sure!"
Lu Chen was speechless looking at the happy Da Shu.
"Hey, did you forget about the people behind you? Even after you've defeated me, you still have to face the challenges from the others!"
His words put Da Shu into thought. Clearly, the simple-minded barbarian had never thought about it before.
At the same time, the chieftain also said, "The duel, now begins."
Da Shu recollected his thoughts after the chieftain's announcement and he replied in annoyance, "Whatever, I don't care. I will defeat whoever comes to challenge me. I am going to become an elite no matter what!"
"Bull's Charge!"
Da Shu lowered his stance like a bull and with all his energy mustered, he charged out like a raging bull toward Lu Chen.
"Da Shu, go for it!"
"Charge, charge, charge!"
There were barbarians cheering for him. But there were also some others that remained quiet watching the battle in anticipation.
They were, of course, the chieftain and Wuzu. In hard times like this, they wished that there was an awakened barbarian in the village, as that would also mean the survival of the village.
As long as he can defeat Da Shu, Ah'Chen will be worth our effort.
Although almost every awakened barbarian would eventually become a Barbarian Bone Warrior, Wuzu thought Lu Chen had just awakened and hadn't had enough time to release his potential yet.
Thus, even when Wuzu and the chieftain were paying much attention to Lu Chen, their hopes in him were not very high. They would be more than satisfied if Lu Chen could defeat Da Shu.
"After all, Ah'Chen has just awakened. He is still no match for Xiao Shi, Jian, and the others. But as long as he can defeat Da Shu, it'd be enough to prove his potential…"
The chieftain was whispering to Wuzu who was beside him when suddenly, the development of the battle situation went out of their expectation.
"How is that possible!"
"No way, this can't be seriously happening!"
"Ah'Chen, when did he become so strong?"
"How strong!"
…
A clamor could be heard coming from the crowd whereas on the stage, the chieftain and Wuzu also stood up abruptly in shock.
They couldn't be blamed. One could only say, whatever happened in the battle was out of everyone's imagination.
The barbarians in this world were all brawny and muscular. Even when Da Shu was still just a teenager, he was already 1.8-meters tall.
As a 1.8-meter tall brawny and muscular barbarian, Da Shu's charge attack was quite fearsome.
Even Lu Chen had to fully focus on the face of the charging attack.
But he didn't take any evasive action and instead, Lu Chen launched a punch strike straight toward the incoming Da Shu.
However, what happened after even rendered Lu Chen speechless.
Under the enhancement of the Barbarian King's Bloodline, Lu Chen's punch strike trembled the space in front of him.
Then, Lu Chen's strike clashed against Da Shu's fists, causing the air to tremble.
A clash like this was not uncommon to see in the fights of the barbarians, even among the young ones. Thus, the other barbarians watching the battle didn't feel odd at all, moreover, they were even prepared to cheer for Da Shu.
In the battle, a proud smile broke out on young barbarian Da Shu's face.
He didn't evade. Good! I've won!
Looking at Lu Chen's skinny body stature and comparing it to his own brawny and muscular body, and Da Shu thought his victory was assured.
But what happened next was purely out of his imagination.