The Youths' Martial Arts Contest for Marriage

Chapter 39 With Satisfied Heart, Chu Ke Walks Out of the Magic Guild, Stretching in the Sun.

He opens his right hand, revealing a red paper ticket in his palm.

Central Arena Front Row Ticket

This is a complimentary ticket given when spending a certain amount at the Magic Guild.

Going to the Central Arena to watch duels is a high-end form of entertainment for ordinary people in this World.

Regular tickets aren't expensive, but because the Central Arena is huge, the seats assigned to regular tickets are random. If you get a seat in the back, there's no viewing experience at all.

This ticket is like having the opportunity to freely choose a front-row seat for the best viewing position.

Of course, it's not a free gift. It's like the discount cards from merchants in his previous life, essentially encouraging future spending. Using this ticket to get to the front row will inevitably lead to thoughts like, "Since I'm in the front row, I should order a fruit platter to save face," leading to further spending, from which the Magic Guild can get a kickback.

But Chu Ke doesn't care. He has plenty of money right now, and watching a match when he's bored isn't a bad idea. Besides, he's here as a tourist. After all, he's the so-called final boss; he can't possibly kill himself, right?

Outside the Magic Guild is a small street, somewhat similar to a small market from his previous life, selling interesting items. Some might be useful, while others are just classic, fashionable trinkets; it all depends on your eye. Walking straight along this street will lead to the Central Arena.

Chu Ke strolled along, picking and choosing, occasionally buying things he found interesting. Most of them were decorations, as the design style of this other World is different from his original World, giving them a unique exotic flavor.

Chu Ke was also surprised to discover that he could create interesting things by combining these small props.

For example, a potion that strongly aids sleep but has the side effect of causing diarrhea; a dart that, when hit, makes women feel an itchy, swollen sensation in their chest that starts to heat up, but ultimately nothing happens, leading to empty joy; a powder that, when inhaled, causes itching in a random spot on the body that you can never quite scratch; and a charm that forces breathing, swallowing, and blinking to become manual.

They're all lovely, gentle, and harmless little props.

Suddenly, Chu Ke's attention was drawn to a small item. He crouched down, looking at a small straw figure on a stall: "What's this?"

The stall owner was an old woman dressed as a witch, her face obscured. She sized Chu Ke up before cackling, "This is a curse doll, my masterpiece. It can unexpectedly attach magic or prayers to the target."

The young man in front of her was cheerful and outgoing, definitely the type who wouldn't deign to use such insidious tools, the kind who always had "chivalry" on his lips. Disgusting.

"Oh?" Chu Ke's eyes lit up, and he gave a cheerful smile. "Do you sell the crafting method for this?"

The old woman was taken aback, seemingly not expecting Chu Ke to ask this question. She wore a disdainful expression. "We witches are most wary of leaking our techniques. This is my signature Alchemy; how could I possibly..."

A moment later, Chu Ke left with a crafting manual he'd exchanged for three gold coins, completely satisfied.

Voodoo dolls? That's outdated. Chu Ke had a new idea.

As for whether he could learn it? What a joke! Deep Light Red! Let me see your limits! He spent ten allocation points, and the knowledge of the entire crafting process instantly became clear.

The entire crafting method, in simple terms, is: use secret techniques to create a carrier, infuse it with magic, and then point it at an enemy locked by Spirit. It's exceptionally simple. The witch called it her masterpiece because she improved the method of selecting the target, not needing to acquire carriers like "hair." It only needs the target to be within sight to take effect.

No sooner said than done, Chu Ke found a small stall, bought some wood, and began to carve with his fingers.

Before long, an ironwood Magic Cube appeared in Chu Ke's hand. The six faces were engraved with different patterns and painted with different colors.

Then, he inscribed his self-invented strongest special attack magic onto it, making some small improvements. For example, different patterns would have different effects, and the faster and more complex the patterns were formed, the higher and more lasting the damage would be.

The inspiration came from a Chinese animation Chu Ke had watched in his previous life, something called "Armor Hero," which was quite interesting.

"Ah, if only someone could try it out," Chu Ke muttered.

As if his luck had exploded, like rolling a "critical success" in a tabletop game, a voice came from Chu Ke's ear.

"Hmph, with this gauntlet, he's definitely no match for me."

Chu Ke looked back and saw a short-haired youth, dressed in a combat suit, standing in front of a stall selling armor and weapons, happily talking to himself, "That way, the one who will ultimately marry Xiao Zi will be me!"

"Interesting." Chu Ke cast an Appraisal at him.

The success of the Appraisal skill is based on the level difference between the user and the target. The higher the user's level compared to the target, the more information is displayed.

Chu Ke had previously looked at his own stats and didn't seem to have a level.

It seemed that his own body's rank was too high, so now, casting Appraisal on anyone was like doxxing them; he could dig out their deepest secrets.

Rhode (Title: Lionheart Youth)
Martial Artist lv: 17
Physique: 31; Resistance: 39; Recovery: 29; Magic Power: 5
Skills: Lionheart: Temporarily increases own attributes by 30%;
Martial Aura: Amplifies Martial Arts damage
Lion King Fist: Increases damage by 30%
Recent Experience: Agreed with Garo from the same village that whoever defeats the other first will gain the right to marry Xiao Zi, their childhood sweetheart. Currently doing everything to improve himself, desperately lacking means to increase his strength, and willing to pay any price to marry Xiao Zi!
Relationship Chart: jpg

"A classic martial arts competition for marriage plot?" Chu Ke followed his relationship chart to find the so-called Garo and Xiao Zi.

"Huh?"

Garo's information was largely similar to Rhode's; both were Martial Artists, both extremely obsessed with Xiao Zi, and willing to pay any price to marry Xiao Zi.

But what was more interesting was Xiao Zi's stats.

Violet Vega (Title: Violet Archmage)
(Golden) High-Level Element Control Archmage lv: 89
Physique: 80; Resistance: 170; Recovery: 1730; Magic Power: 13000
Skills: Super-Rank Magic - City Collapse, Super-Rank Magic - Legendary Puppet. (Expand to view the remaining 877 skills)
Recent Experience: Has reached the end of this area in magical learning with amazing talent, wants to go further, and dreams of becoming a member of the legendary hero team. Recently, the two playmates from the same village seem to like her very much, but she has no intention in this regard and is very troubled because she doesn't want to say it directly due to past feelings.

Chu Ke was silent for a moment, then looked at the passionate youth in front of him, "...This is a big shot, where do you get your confidence?"

Seeking everything