Inside the hidden arena in the Duke's Mansion, the spotlights above the ring came on, their dazzling beams shining down on the Rotating Arena.
The interior of the entire Rotating Arena was divided like a cake into eight slices, with eight different card-back symbols occupying the eight directions. An unruly pointer extended from the center of the arena, swaying around its axis.
At that moment, a gigantic card with gold-plated edges and a Crown printed in the middle descended from the ceiling, immediately drawing everyone's gaze.
"An Ace gauntlet? What does that mean? Isn't this just like the arena we saw earlier?"
What he saw before him sent Tony Fugui into a frenzy.
It brought together the clues he'd learned during the side quest: the duke loved watching beasts fight, and often sent different ferocious animals into the arena one by one. By the time the fight was over, usually only one beast would be left alive.
Of course, a more common outcome was that the beast that had barely survived would die of its injuries soon after.
But Tony Fugui had another question. He pointed at the five players resembling living corpses at the edge of the Rotating Arena and looked at Doctor Dai beside him.
"What's with those five? Are they alive or dead?"
Doctor Dai didn't answer, but his expression was just as grave.
He turned to look at Jiang Qian across from them and saw that the other man was watching him with a calm expression.
Thinking that Jiang Qian was probably an official "lapdog," Tony Fugui furrowed his brows. "What are you looking at?"
Jiang Qian, wearing glasses, mouthed to him, "You're a real man."
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Tony Fugui instinctively looked down at himself. He wasn't wearing anything strange. What was Jiang Qian talking about?
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