Global Apocalypse: Awakening the Soul-Swallowing Talent at the Beginning

As the waiting countdown ended, the waiting room trembled again.

The rules on the wall were broken and reorganized, turning into a gate painted with simple figures.

The next second, the click sound of the lock turning was heard.

The door painted with simple figures slowly opened.

Behind the door is a long corridor.

Standing at the door was a strange robot wearing a blue and white striped suit and an exaggerated inverted triangle mask on his face.

It said hello in a high and strange tone:

"Hello, newbies in the arena! I am the referee of this competition, the embodiment of absolute fairness - Dio Zhaotian!"

"Next, I will lead the two of you into a wonderful battle. Please follow me!"

After saying this, referee Dior made a gesture of invitation.

But the Palu people were still confused, and Lu Li still sat on the pile of gold without moving.

The robot put its hand to its mouth, made several electronic coughing sounds, and said in an awkward tone:

"Ahem... You two, there is no point in dilly-dallying. After using the [Arena Ticket], you must compete to determine the winner. This is the rule."

"We have to decide the outcome..." The Palu murmured in a soft voice, as if she was a girl:

"Can you just admit defeat?!"

As soon as these words came out, Lu Li was so frightened that he fell from the pile of gold to the ground.

Judge Dior straightened up and asked in a long tone:

"Are you sure you want to admit defeat directly?"

"No, no, no, we're going to compete!"

Lu Li quickly answered.

If we really want to admit defeat directly, the consequences will be very serious.

The Hub Arena is all about fighting. If the contestant who uses the ticket chooses to admit defeat before the game starts, the referee will be angry.

The consequence of being angry is to kill the two players on the spot!

"Oh? It seems that the two of you did not discuss it before making the decision. Let's do this. I will give you thirty seconds to discuss. Please decide whether to participate in the competition or surrender directly."

Referee Dior crossed his arms and leaned against the door, looking anxiously waiting.

Lu Li quickly came to Palu's side, pulled him up from the ground, and whispered:

"You must participate in the game! If you admit defeat directly, you will be wiped out by the referee on the spot!"

"But...but if you participate, you will lose..."

The Parulu man lowered his head, the animal ears on his head drooped, and did not dare to look into Lu Li's eyes.

"If I lose the battle and get no reward, I will still die when I go back."

It's no wonder she is so timid. After all, the Parlu people live on the most marginalized planet, and they are the lowest among the lowest in terms of talent and strength.

"If you can't do it yourself, don't you still have me? Give it a try, what if you can win?"

Lu Li advised earnestly.

Hearing this, the Parlu man glanced at Lu Li quickly, then lowered his head, seeming to be even more hopeless.

"You are just a 'monkey man'. You may be smarter than me, but in terms of fighting, you cannot be the opponent of those higher beings..."

"Monkey, monkey man..." Lu Li's eyes twitched.

Dare to love the other party because they regard themselves as Palu people and directly regard them as their own kind with low strength.

"Anyway, admitting defeat is death, and participating in the competition is also death, so why not participate in the competition? Every extra second of life is a second!"

Lu Li didn't bother to explain and just forcefully brainwashed him.

Anyway, as long as the Palu people agree to participate in the competition, the rest can go as planned.

"whatever……"

The Palu man muttered in despair, which finally made Lu Li feel relieved.

"Referee, let's compete!"

Upon hearing this, Judge Dior changed his anxious look and spoke again in a high tone:

"That's great! Please come with me, let's step into the wonderful world together..."

"Wait for the referee!"

Before Dio could finish speaking, Lu Li interrupted again.

He turned around and picked up a gold brick from the ground and handed it to the referee:

"Referee, before the game starts, I would like to ask you a favor."

"Oh?" Referee Dior leaned back exaggeratedly, looked at Lu Li, and then at the gold brick in Lu Li's hand:

"Blatantly bribing the referee!? Didn't you read the rules?"

Lu Li smiled with a smile on his face:

"That's right! The rules clearly say, 'You are not allowed to bribe the referee during the fight.' The fight hasn't started yet!"

"And this isn't considered a bribe! I'm just asking the referee to do you a favor!"

Dio was stunned and stood up again.

Lu Li took the opportunity to hand over the gold brick in his hand.

Dio took the gold brick, looked at it carefully, and whispered in a voice that only Lu Li could hear:

"Adamantine, 99%, rare!"

"Forget it this time, don't do it next time!"

"Do you want me to favor you in the next game, or do you want me to give you a weaker opponent?"

Lu Li shook his head: "How can I ask the referee to do such embarrassing things? I just want you to give me the qualifications to be a challenger."

"What are the qualifications of a challenger?!"

Dio leaned back again and looked Lu Li up and down.

Then he took out a temperature measuring gun from somewhere and "tickled" it near Lu Li's ear.

"36.8℃, body temperature is normal."

"You don't have a fever either? Why are you still talking nonsense..."

"Do you know what you will face after becoming a challenger?"

Lu Li nodded:

"I know that after becoming a challenger, [Gladiator Mode] will be enabled, and you must play 3 games in a row, otherwise you will not be able to leave the Hub Arena."

Dior tossed the gold brick in his hand and said in a joking tone:

"Then do you know that you cannot admit defeat in the gladiatorial mode? Only death can end the competition?"

"clear."

"Are you sure you want this qualification?"

"Sure!"

"That doesn't take that much fine gold!"

Dio put his hands behind his back, and when he took them out again, the gold bricks and thermometer gun were gone.

Instead, there was a contract with red letters on a black background.

"No, I want it." Lu Li said solemnly:

"Because I don't just want to play three games, I want to play 100 games."

As soon as the words were spoken, the entire waiting room was filled with silence.

Lu Li even heard the soft sound of the gears in Dio's body jamming at this moment.

"What's wrong with you kid! Fighting a hundred times in a row?! What's the difference between this and seeking death?!"

Dio's head popped out suddenly, connected to his body only by a spring as thick as an arm.

"One last small request. Please don't dispose of the bodies on the field before the fight is over."

Lu Li took half a step back and pointed at the pile of gold waiting in the center of the room:

"A total of 700 kilograms of fine gold, please judge Dio!"

Dio hurriedly put his head back on his neck and took small steps to the edge of the gold.

"Don't deal with the corpses on the field yet... I didn't expect to meet a heavy-handed lunatic just after I got to work... But for the sake of adamantine, if you want to fight a hundred times, just fight a hundred times..."

As he spoke, the gold disappeared out of thin air.

Dio pulled out a contract with gold characters on a black background and handed it to Lu Li.

After he signed, he announced in a loud voice:

"Waiting Room No. 666, competition mode changed!"

"Gladiator [Lu Li], gladiator [Alyssa Bucky] are ready to challenge!"

"A hundred life-and-death battles are about to begin!"

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