"He's awake!"
"Throw him inside the arena, hurry!"
"Okay!"
A loud bang immediately woke me up from stupor. What happened? Where am I? A lot of questions that filled my head, making me confused. However. My condition did not make the people in front of me sympathize. I felt a strong hit that caused myself to be thrown backwards.
My body rolled several times. It doesn't matter if I'm still confused or not, that person was attacking me. Of course, I quickly adjusted my body. I rolled over to avoid a foot that was about to step on me. After that, I immediately crouched down and jumped back a few times.
I then realized the surroundings I was in. I was in an arena with a high iron fence blocking the surroundings. There was a crowd of half beasts surrounding me. They all cheered and looked at where I was excitedly. Apart from me, of course there was other being in this arena.
"Dead!"
I stooped to avoid his punch, after which, I immediately jumped backward once more. But this time, I hit the iron fence. The figure that was in this arena other than myself was a half beast, pig man. He had a pig's head, pink skin all over his body and a protruding belly. His disgusting smile made me sick.
"Is this all you can do? Keep avoiding me? Boy, do you think you can escape from your fate in a place like this?!"
I suddenly wake up in a place like this and have to fight for my life, I really didn't know what to do. But it looks like I had to take care of this ugly pig first, in a limited arena like this it's hard for me to keep my distance from him.
He walked towards me, I started to get ready. When the pig man approached me, I immediately jumped up and did a front flip to avoid it. After that, I turned around while lifting my feet. As I turned around, the power in my legs strengthened, I kicked the pig man's head from behind.
He didn't fall like I imagined. The pig-man only staggered for a moment, but he soon came back to his senses. I tried to use the time to attack him again. I hit the pig man a few times. Furthermore, I was surprised to see my punch as if it had no effect on him.
A second later, the pig man replied. He kicked me in the chest, so that I was pushed back. The pig-man came closer, and then he was giving me several strong blows to my cheeks and stomach. The pain spread throughout my body, I immediately fell down, accompanied by the cheers that grew louder and louder.
"Kill him!"
"Break both his legs and arms!"
"Smash his head!"
The pig-man stood over me proudly. I tried to get up, but his feet hit my chest and made it hard for me to move.
"This is your end, you are a bad fighter."
As he spoke, I used that time to move my legs and lock onto the pig-man's body. After that, I forced the pig-man away from above me. This attack was so sudden that the pig-man fell backwards. I quickly got up and ran towards him.
I jumped up and tried to stomp on his head, but the pig man's two hands grabbed my legs and even pushed me back. He took the opportunity to quickly stand up. We returned to a balanced situation. After a few confrontations, I could confirm that this ugly pig in front of me was not Exor. His strength was definitely not much different from mine. Perhaps, this pig was one of the weakest creatures in the barrier.
He had a stronger body than me, his skin was very thick, the fat on his body was also able to absorb my blows. But he's also slower than me. I still have a chance to beat him.
"I don't know who you are, but under these circumstances, I have no choice but to kill you."
"Enough with your bullshit, brat!"
The pig man and I moved at the same time, we both moved closer to each other. Our fists then collided, I felt my fists tingle. The pig man's fist was hard and powerful. In short, the energy that he mustered was greater than mine.
Even though I lost, but I quickly adjusted. I kicked the pig-man with my left foot. He blocked my kick with his hand. I withdrew my left leg and continued to attack him. We both were trying to defend and attack each other. Although quite slow, but the muscle and endurance in his arms made it difficult for me to gain an advantage.
Instead, I was caught carelessly and allowed my arm to be accidentally caught by him. Then the pig threw me into the iron fence. My back once again collided with the iron. It didn't stop there, the pig man kicked me in the stomach several times, then he also banged my head hard.
"Kill him!"
"Dead! Dead! Dead!"
"Damn it! I shouldn't have bet on a weak human like that."
This change again… while I was enduring the pain from the attacks that launched by the pig-man, I also felt a strange sensation run through my body. Slowly, the pig man's punch felt weaker, no, it seemed like my body's resistance was strengthening. Some of the wounds on my body also started to regenerate and the scars also disappeared.
After the pig man's punches and attacks weakened, I immediately pushed him back. I swung my arms and started hitting him back. I felt my strength getting stronger, as well as other aspects of my body. Now, my punch was able to hurt the pig man easily.
After beating him, I pulled the pig man's body closer, then I hooked my hands around his neck and slammed the pig man's body to the floor. After that, I sat on him and hit his cheek hard.
"Stop it! Oh, it hurts! I give up!"
I ignored his request and continued to beat him. The pig-man tried to hold on and kept begging me for mercy, but it was in vain. His cheeks started to bleed and tear, blood dripping down his head, but I didn't stop. I felt a strange feeling in my body increase rapidly.
After continuing to beat him for a long time, finally the pig-man's face was out of shape. His skull was also crushed and various organs such as eyes and brain had been destroyed due to my relentless blows.
Something that surprised me was how the half beasts surrounding the area reacted. I originally thought they would be angry that one of them died, but instead, they cheered for me excitedly. Perhaps cruel things like this were common to the half beasts within the barrier.
I stood up and looked at my hands. I'm getting stronger. That's very clear, I feel. My strength increases while fighting this pig-man. I wonder, had the fight stimulated my strength growth?