Chapter 550 Special Challenge
"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to watch today's 'Battle of the Beasts'. I am your old friend Jerry!"
In the Arena, a clown dressed in a very funny way appeared in front of the huge iron cage. He first bowed deeply to the audience, and then shouted: "As everyone knows, before the official competition, we will hold a special challenge today. A newcomer will challenge the wild Pokémon we specially prepared. As long as he wins, he will get a huge bonus! Of course, if he loses accidentally, he will get nothing. Next, I will tell you how much the bonus is today."
The clown clapped his hands, and two bunny girls came up carrying a huge sign covered with red cloth. The clown walked up, grabbed a corner of the red cloth, and lifted it up. The red cloth fell off, revealing several numbers in the middle of the sign. The bunny girls held the sign high and walked around the venue to make sure everyone could see it.
"One million, today's prize is one million! Then next, our challenger will officially appear, let us welcome him with applause!" the clown shouted.
Amid the noisy applause, a pale and skinny boy slowly walked into the iron cage. He was wearing patched clothes and holding a faded and worn Poké Ball in his hand. His eyes were full of anxiety.
"This is our challenger today, Bill, a talented young man from the West District. For the sake of his seriously ill mother, he will challenge us to prepare wild Pokémon for him in order to earn high medical expenses!" The clown introduced him with pretended compassion, but there was no sincerity in his playful expression.
After hearing the introduction, the group of distinguished guests in the audience immediately started to make a noise.
"Little guy, this is not the place for you to be. Go back to your mother and drink milk."
"Isn't his mother sick? Maybe he got it from having too many customers."
"What about his father?"
"Maybe he has several fathers."
"Ha ha ha ha……"
Vulgar words were uttered unscrupulously from the audience, which was totally inconsistent with their gorgeous clothes. However, the clown, the host, did not intend to stop them, but laughed along. He seemed very satisfied with the "atmosphere" that he had heated up.
Bill's body trembled slightly, his eyes were full of anger and humiliation, but he bit his lips tightly and said nothing. At this time, the clown spoke again: "Okay, everyone, stop making trouble, let's see what Pokémon this brave boy is going to challenge." After that, he snapped his fingers, and the iron gate on one side of the venue slowly opened, and a huge wolfhound with a fierce aura came out. The wolfhound barked at Bill, showing its sharp teeth, and the audience laughed even louder. Bill took a deep breath, slowly raised the Poké Ball in his hand, and his eyes became firm. "Come out, my friend." As the Poké Ball opened, a white light flashed, and a very thin little Rattata appeared in front of Bill.
Seeing the little Rattata, the audience laughed again. At this time, several bunny girls appeared in the audience at the right time, with chips on the trays in their hands. It turned out that the beast arena also allowed the audience to place bets.
"I bet on the big wolfhound. This little Rada looks vulnerable."
"I'm betting on the big wolfhound too. That little devil and his Pokémon are here to die."
"I think that since that kid came to participate in the competition, he must have some skills."
"I bet one hundred thousand, the big wolfhound wins!"
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The audience placed their bets one after another, and almost all of them were optimistic about the big wolfhound, with only a few people who were curious about the situation betting on the young boy.
"Special Challenge?" Yang Ming watched coldly in the players' lounge. According to Kuseloski's information, this special challenge was a special competition held by the Ten Thousand Beast Arena to please the rich. This competition was held once a month, and all the contestants were poor teenagers from the slums. Due to financial difficulties, these teenagers could only risk their lives to participate in this dangerous competition.
Obviously, it is difficult to get this money. Most contestants will be injured, disabled, or even die in the process of fighting with ferocious wild Pokémon, and the Pokémon fighting with them will not be spared. What's worse is that due to their low status, no one will seek justice for these contestants even if they die in the iron cage, so the fighting field will not care about their life or death, and may even secretly manipulate the results of the competition.
However, in order to ensure that there is a steady supply of "leeks" to be harvested, the Wanshou Arena will occasionally manipulate the results of the game to create a very small number of "lucky ones" in order to continuously attract "fresh blood."
"Although the big wolfhound is not very powerful, judging from the weak strength of this little Rada, it is probably difficult for this kid named Bill to win the one million prize." Yang Ming analyzed. At this time, the contestant lounge suddenly became noisy. The contestants were also betting on the bunny girl. Their bets were very small, and the largest was no more than one thousand. But from the excitement on their faces, it can be seen that their mentality is no different from the guys in the audience.
"It's so sad. Don't these people realize that they are also being played by the fighting field?" Yang Ming turned his head away, no longer caring about those dying people. At this moment, he noticed an unusual detail from the corner of his eye.
It was the masked woman. She was watching the fight in the iron cage from above through the glass of the VIP room. However, unlike other spectators, there was a hint of sadness... and anger in her eyes. As if noticing Yang Ming's gaze, the masked woman turned and left, disappearing from Yang Ming's sight.
Contrary to Yang Ming's expectations, the boy named Bill seemed to be fully prepared for this battle. Although there was a gap in strength, the little Rada relied on his speed advantage to continuously harass the big wolfhound, and the fight was difficult to determine for a while.
"Little Rattata, lightning!" Bill ordered calmly, and Little Rattata instantly turned into a beam of white light and rushed towards the big wolfhound. The big wolfhound was caught off guard and was violently knocked away. The audience's exclamations and cheers rang out instantly, and those who had originally laughed at Bill also shut up.
The big wolfhound roared angrily, and it stood up, its hair exploded, releasing a powerful aura. It opened its huge mouth, showing its white teeth, and pounced on the little Rattata.
However, Bill seemed to have expected all this. A hint of excitement flashed in his eyes, and he immediately ordered, "Little Rada, get out of the way!"
Little Rada dodged sideways, and with his agility, he quickly avoided being bitten by the big wolfhound. The big wolfhound lost its balance and crashed into the edge of the iron cage, with its head stuck outside.
"Good opportunity! Little Rattata, use your fatal fangs!" Bill seized the opportunity and quickly launched a counterattack. The big wolfhound's head was stuck outside the iron cage and could not move. It was hit hard by its fatal fangs and lost its ability to fight.
There was silence at the scene. No one expected that the winner of this battle would be this boy from the slums.