Unexpected Trouble Came One After Another

When Ji Er was awarded the head, the audience in the stands did not give Cheng Shi much applause or cheers.

Because this deadly battle ended too quickly, and ended in a very confusing way.

They only saw the two prisoners pulling and chasing each other for a long time, and then in a flash, the outcome was decided.

This level of sensory stimulation was far less exhilarating than the other three sessions. Watching the other Death Sentence wrestle hand and foot, relentlessly unleashing their animalistic instincts: insults, roars, biting...

This is the kind of scene they love to watch, so the audience's attention was always drawn to the other three gladiatorial matches, and the cheers grew louder and louder.

As for Cheng Shi, only the Iron Law Knight, who were always on standby, paid him any attention.

The Iron Law Knight waiting in the wings were clearly surprised. They hadn't expected that Number 2, who had just killed Number 3 so easily, would be defeated by Number 4 with a single blow.

The group paused for a moment, then went inside to clean up the bodies of the losers.

They walked up to Cheng Shi, pushed him aside, and dragged away the headless corpse, who was still hoping for dawn, by dragging him by one leg each.

Another knight lifted Ji Er's head, and as he turned around, he casually glanced at Cheng Shi and chuckled:

"You're lucky. You only need to face one more opponent to have a chance to win the final showdown."

I'm starting to think highly of you, Number 4. If you really win the fight to the death and have nowhere else to go, you can come find me.

"My name is Grindel, Vice- Grindel of the Seventeenth Squad of the Iron Law Knight. I'm... somewhat interested in you."

After saying that, the mysteriously smiling vice-captain walked away with his head in his hand.

Cheng Shi frowned slightly as she looked at his back, recalling the words Li Yi had said.

Convicts who Death Sentence are sometimes chosen to become Punishment Knight, but aren't they Punishment Knight? What does that have to do with Iron Law Knight?

It's important to understand that the Iron Law Knight are not a fighting force that can be joined casually. Not only do candidates need to have a clean background Faith in "Order," but they also need to have certain connections within the Grand Inquisition. This is because the recruitment of Iron Law Knight is a dual system of recommendation and selection, and you have no chance if you lack either of these.

So why would this vice-captain be interested in me, and what does he want to get from me?

Before the doubts could be resolved, a new adversary was brought into the picture.

Zhao Si, the Master of Trickery who tricked the knights with his Deception, was finally dragged into the arena after stalling for a whole day.

However, when Cheng Shi saw "him" enter the stage, his expression became extremely interesting.

Because in his line of sight, the person being carried between the two knights approaching was not Zhao Si at all, but a Punishment Knight with a ferocious face and bloodshot eyes!

As for where Zhao Si went...

Cheng Shi didn't know that the two Iron Law Knights who dragged their colleagues onto the stage had no idea that their subordinates had been replaced!

What a Master of Trickery!

Cheng Shi looked at his next opponent and shook his head with a smile.

He saw through Zhao Si's methods:

S-level Deception Faith Talent, abstract imitation.

When you share more than five similarities with your target, you can either force your target to imitate you or imitate your target yourself to confuse others.

The interesting thing about this talent is that the confusion mentioned here is different from the deception in most Deception; it is more like the confusion of cognition caused by chaos.

Regardless of which target successfully imitates the other, for a certain period of time, others will consider that person as the one being imitated.

Zhao Si clearly used this talent to escape, which is why he refused to go on stage before him.

Because this talent doesn't last that long!

If he goes on stage prematurely, he will completely lose his chance to escape and will put himself in a critical situation of fighting to the death.

So the situation has become what it is now: of the five [Deception] teammates so far, four have run away, and the only one left died at Cheng Shi's hands.

Fortunately, Zhao Si didn't Cheng Shi this time. At least the dazed imitator will recover after a while, and when the audience, or rather the Adjudicator, realize something is wrong, he won't have to continue this cruel final battle.

So Cheng Shi looked at the Punishment Knight who had been thrown into the arena, slowly retreated, and waited for him to wake up.

But life is full of disappointments, and when a story is written by a large number of people, you can no longer control its direction.

For example, right now, just as the imitator's eyes were gradually clearing in front of Cheng Shi, and he was about to come to his senses...

With a loud "BOOM!", something exploded!

Cheng Shi was jolted awake by the loud explosion, and then he felt the ground shake beneath his feet.

Prison!

Cheng Shi's pupils contracted; the prison had exploded!

The prison located beneath the arena suddenly exploded, with continuous "boom-boom-boom" sounds. The explosion was so powerful that it shook the entire arena!

"Grass..."

Who's the scoundrel this time?

Why did you have to make such a fuss and try to escape in the chaos? Couldn't you have just left An Jing?

Cheng Shi steadied himself by kneeling on one knee and immediately looked at the Adjudicator in the VIP section.

Because he knew that whether he could be pardoned according to the law at this moment depended entirely on how the Adjudicator would characterize the explosion and how they would handle the final battle after the interruption.

At the same time, the Punishment Knight opposite Cheng Shi woke up; it's hard to say whether he was awakened by the explosion or by the duration of the imitation.

But in any case, he noticed something was wrong the moment he regained consciousness, and then rushed forward and grabbed Cheng Shi.

Cheng Shi clearly see how the situation was developing, so he could only obediently squat on the ground and peek around with his small eyes.

As the strange event occurred, the entire arena began to shake. The citizens in the stands panicked and ran out screaming and howling. The surging crowd was so large that even the Iron Law Knight guarding the surrounding area could not stop it, and they could only let the people scatter and leave.

The entire scene descended into complete chaos.

His Will finally came.

But Order does not like chaos.

So at that moment, the Chief Judge, seated at the highest point, finally stood up. His sharp eyes swept across the entire arena, and without even frowning, he sentenced all the prisoners present to death. He spoke in an extremely Indifference tone:

"[Order] is supreme, and judgment is final."

The Death Sentence inmate, in an attempt to escape the death match, tried to blow up the Montrani Colosseum, committing an unforgivable crime. To ensure the safety of the citizens of Montrani, I will exercise the rights granted to me by [Order] and issue the Supreme Judgment.

The criminals who Death Sentence in the arena were convicted of blasphemy and sentenced to death, to be executed immediately.

"Iron Law Knight, heed my command: any convict found in a Death Sentence... shall be executed on the spot."

As soon as he finished speaking, Cheng Shi's face turned as black as ink.