Chapter 41 You want to play dirty, right?

"belch!"

A sudden hiccup was heard, and everyone's eyes moved stiffly, only to see that it was Xu Shuishui who was so scared that she couldn't stop hiccuping.

Xu Shanshan glanced at him, and he subconsciously tightened his buttocks and quickly covered his mouth.

After hearing the annoying noises disappear, she let Maomao go. Maomao wandered around the cave and chose a direction: "The mountain, this way."

Xu Shanshan took Xu Shuishui's lead and followed.

The lower-level prisoners who were knocked down breathed a sigh of relief. Their clothes were soaked with sweat and felt cold against their skin, but no one dared to complain or speak without restraint.

The consequences of those who dare to speak out are right in front of them. Whoever is not afraid of death will go and provoke the King of Hell? Anyway, they still want to hang on to their lives.

When Mo Han and Fang Yingjie saw them leaving, they hurried to catch up.

"Ms. Xu, where are you going?"

She ignored him and walked through a winding, dark corridor at a steady pace. Even in the extremely dim underground, she did not feel any inconvenience.

However, Mo Han and Fang Yingjie, who were following behind them, stumbled and walked slowly in the dark. Soon they could no longer hear the footsteps of Xu Shanshan and the others.

Mo Han was helpless: "She, could it be that she has developed a pair of night vision eyes?"

The lackey Fang Yingjie said: "It's normal for a master to have any kind of eyes. Don't criticize Master Xu in your heart."

Mo Han: "...You are an official after all. Is it appropriate for you to be so flattering to a prisoner?"

Fang Yingjie said profoundly: "You don't understand."

Led by Maomao, Xu Shanshan came to an open cave. The wide part of the underground layer was like a square, and the narrow part was like a corridor. The whole cave was winding and could be divided into three layers vertically.

There are hundreds of lamps burning in the artificially carved niches, which can illuminate the whole area.

As I got closer, I heard a group of people shouting loudly and excitedly.

"Hahaha, if Lord Lou loses this time, that woman named Xu Shanshan will be thrown into the iron pot and boiled, hahahaha..."

"He may not lose. He is the strongest in our underground level."

"Now he has a weak spot. He is no longer the invincible Mr. Lou. Besides, if he keeps fighting one round after another, even if he is not killed, he will die of exhaustion."

The crowd of onlookers were on the second floor of the cave. They gathered under the stalagmites, talking happily, with their eager eyes reluctant to look away.

A voice nearby asked.

"What are you doing down there?"

One person was shocked. He turned around and his expression immediately became respectful and stiff. He replied, "This is a challenge from the underground level. Everyone can rob others' things as long as they can beat that person."

"Someone wants to challenge Master Lou, and the stakes are that woman named Xu Shanshan."

Xu Shanshan looked down and saw a large rock that had been hollowed out and turned into a stone pot. There was a fire burning underneath, and the heat kept rising up, fumigating a woman hanging above.

The woman was very thin, with waist-length hair simply tied behind her head. She was wearing an island prison uniform. She raised her slender arms, revealing her round and towering belly.

...Is she pregnant?

"Then why was she hung?"

"Because they are not planning to snatch this woman away to satisfy their sexual desires, but to cook her. Once Mr. Lou loses a match, the woman will be eaten by the challenger."

The people in the underground layer are often in a state of hunger, and sometimes they even eat other people, but most people will seek shelter and walk in groups to avoid being beaten by the hungry people. But this time, there is something strange about the challenge. On the surface, the brothers are angry that Lou Ye monopolized a woman and made others greedy, so they made such a fuss.

But they knew that once they got this woman, Lord Yilou would definitely not give up because of his ruthless character.

In this case, we might as well cook the person and share the food among everyone. This way, everyone will have a share. If Mr. Lou wants to take revenge again, he can't kill all the prisoners involved.

Even if he has the intention, he probably doesn't have the strength.

Of course, it is unknown whether this challenge was ultimately intended to be an instigation for Xu Shanshan or to take the opportunity to eliminate Lou Ye.

Xu Shanshan asked: "Them? How many people challenged him?"

"About a hundred."

Xu Shanshan glanced at the first floor of the cave. On the relatively flat ground, a dozen seriously injured people were lying on the ground beside the stone pillars, staring at the field with their last breaths. There were also dozens of people waiting on the side. A tall man on the field was fighting with a man holding a dagger.

It was obvious that the tall man had good martial arts skills, and every move he made was well-aimed. However, after fighting with a dozen people in front of him, he was now drenched in sweat and panting.

At the cost of a scratched arm, he dodged behind the opponent, strangled the opponent with his muscular arms, and broke his neck with a "crack", ending the challenge.

This time, he was determined to kill him and end the battle quickly.

The crowd waiting for the challenge had a gloomy look on their faces. A middle-aged man came on stage with a chain in his hand, smiling: "As expected of Master Lou, you are so powerful. Now it's my turn. I hope Master Lou can show some mercy."

The tall man named Lou Ye grinned. He turned around, and his handsome but evil face made people shudder: "Come on."

The man who came on the field paused. Although he was a little timid, he could not retreat now.

If we don't take the opportunity to kill him today, they will be the ones to die in the future!
"Using the majority to bully the minority?" Xu Shanshan understood.

"No one has dared to do this in the past. Going on the field means life or death. Master Lou has always been ruthless. More than 20 of the first 50 people died on the spot, and the remaining dozen are seriously injured... I'm afraid they won't be able to hold on for much longer."

Even if so many people died, they would still fight for a woman... just to have a bite?
Obviously this logic doesn't make sense.

So the only conclusion is... they figured out the weakness of this "Lou Ye", held him hostage, and forced him to accept this unfair extreme challenge.

Finally, after killing or defeating more than fifty prisoners, Lord Lou was exhausted and could hardly stand.

"Go, go quickly! Mr. Lou is about to fall!"

"Hahaha, even the most powerful people can't stand it. They are so high up now but are knocked to the ground. I'm afraid we'll have to replace the underground forces again in the future."

Xu Shanshan was very weak at this time. She had her eyes closed and ignored everything that was happening.

But after hearing the constant laughter and shouting around him, he couldn't help but open his eyes.

When she saw the man on the field who was fighting desperately to get her back, a tear silently slid down from the corner of her eye, but hatred remained in the depths of her eyes.

At this moment, a huge wave of voices once again brought this despicable challenge to a climax, and Mr. Lou, who had been tough all the time, finally fell.

He was hit in the center of his chest by an elbow, and his forehead was full of aching blue veins. He curled up on the ground, gasping for breath, but did not stand up for a long time.

"Lou Mingxiao, you lose."

"Who said I lost?"

　Happy Dragon Boat Festival, have you eaten zongzi? I ate it. I started eating it a few days ago, and there are only a few left today. Hahaha, I made it at home this year, and I used enough ingredients. It tastes especially good.

　　(End of this chapter)