<h4>Chapter 137: Let the Battle Begin</h4>
<strong>Trantor: </strong>EndlessFantasy Trantion <strong>Editor: </strong>EndlessFantasy Trantion
Xu Lan was surprised by what he saw. He expected to see a ghost town. Instead, he saw a lively, flourishing town. Grand Firearm City was not about rogue shooting. There was a designated arena for professionalpetition. Thepetition was held once a month. It was simr to the Colosseum of Ancient Rome, where only qualified candidates maypete. Aristocrats and wealthy men paid to watch these life or death battles.
Xu Lan joined a club to train his marksmanship. When he felt that he was ready, he joined thepetition by registering through his club. He was invited to a special waiting area.
“Hey, fes! Where did this hot chicke from? What a shame!” A burly man snickered when he saw Xu Lan being led by the instructor into the waiting area.
“Haha, the organizingmittee ran out of candidates? Why did they take someone like that in? Is he even strong enough to prop a gun up?” another burly man chimed in nastily.
All of the participants were tall foreigners who had had well-developed muscles. Even though Xu Lan stood at almost one hundred and eighty centimeters tall, everyone still poked fun at his rtively small built.
Bam! A few droplets of warm fresh blood sttered onto Xu Lan’s face. His throat tightened and he told himself to rx. ‘Don’t fret about it! None of them are real. They’re nothing but an illusion in my head!’ Xu Lan tried to convince himself.
Meanwhile, at the designated lounge for another club, a short man with a white beard blew off the steam rising up from his favorite gun.
“Lucy! You! Why are you helping the new guy? What are you getting out of this!” the guy who spoke earlier shouted loudly.
“Absolutely nothing. He looks better than all of you, it’s healthy for my eyes,” chuckled Lucy.
Everyone was silenced by his reply. On the other hand, Xu Lan could not contain hisughter and startedughing. This was the first time he wasplimented on his looks. Usually, people would find his physical appearance horrifying and threatening.
“Thank you, I...”
“There’s no need to thank me. I don’t like idiots who look down on others. This is my way of teaching them a lesson. Don’t for a second think that I’ll go easy on you at the arena, because I’ll not,” Lucy spoke without looking at Xu Lan and continued to polish his pistol which had unlimited ammo.
Xu Lan smiled bitterly. That man was right. Everyone here was his enemy. Their only mission? To kill the enemies.
“Alright, get in. Head to the gold arena,” the instructor pushed him into the arena.
“The ny-eighth match of one hundred men shootingpetition is about to kick off at Grand Firearm City!” thementator announced enthusiastically, “same rules here. There will be fivepetition zones, which are gold, wood, water, fire, and earth respectively. Five seeded yers will be chosen from the preliminaries. These five yers will be up against our defending champion during the final battle! The next defending champion will be chosen from one of them! Are you ready!
“Yes, we are!”
“Luffy! Luffy!”
“Dashiell! Dashiell!”
“Woah! I can’t wait to watch Dashiell!” The audience cheered loudly for the yer they were supporting. At the same time, they were cing their bets too.
“For the first preliminary round, the yers may shoot their enemies down by any means. The main goal is to survive in your respectivepetition zone. Survival is the key! Are you ready?”
While borating on the mechanics of thepetition, thementator dragged out thest note on purpose. At the same time, the door at the fivepetition zones opened at the same time. The arena was filled with shouts and cheers.
‘Bam! Bam! Bam!’
The gunshot rang at all fivepetition zones at the same time. The crowd at the arena was excited. All of the yers wished to emerge victorious from the treacherouspetition zone in order to obtain the greatest honor. Thepetition was kicking off!
The battle had officially started!