The Fallen Zone, Zone 108.
Cheers from the spectator stands rolled in like a tide from all directions.
In the center of the arena, blood dripped down a blade tip.
Qin Xun looked in surprise at the opponent kneeling before him, whose body was half-covered in blood, and delayed for a long time in delivering the final strike.
"A-Liang..."
Only now did he finally recognize this opponent through the full face of scars.
And he finally understood why, during the fight just now, this opponent had given up multiple opportunities to heavily wound him.
A-Liang, just like him, had lived in Zone 108 since childhood.
Three years ago, he had suddenly vanished without a trace.
Qin Xun searched everywhere he could possibly go in Zone 108 and failed to find him.
Later, he heard that someone had killed him.
After that, Qin Xun also felt that someone had killed him.
After all, in Zone 108, it was a very common occurrence for commoners like them to be killed.
He never expected that he was still alive...
And he even less expected that their reunion would be in this Killing Arena where only one person could leave alive!
"I thought you wouldn't recognize me..."
A-Liang grinned and spoke with difficulty.
Blood was constantly gushing out from the hole stabbed through his chest by the blade.
The speed at which his complexion turned pale was calculated by the second!
Qin Xun's lips trembled. In his wildest dreams, he never thought that one day, the sworn brother he grew up with would die by his hand.
Even though this blade was something A-Liang had thrown himself onto...
At this moment, anger, self-blame... multiple emotions surged into his heart!
"A-Liang, hold on, I'll make them save you!" Qin Xun dropped his dagger and hurriedly crouched down to steady A-Liang's body.
A-Liang revealed a bitter smile. "Only one person can leave this arena alive... furthermore... furthermore, for a maggot like me, they won't waste resources on me."
"Why..." Qin Xun's eye sockets turned red.
"You ask why?"
A-Liang knew Qin Xun wanted to ask why he had thrown himself onto the blade's edge.
Only one person could leave this arena alive-either it was him, or it was Qin Xun.
Over the years, to stay alive, he had killed quite a few youths in the arena who wanted to stay alive just like him.
But now, ask him to kill this brother who grew up together with him, he couldn't do it.
He didn't want to truly degenerate into a beast just to stay alive!
If that happened, living would also lose its value...
"I originally planned to go see you and Sister Ling after finishing this match... who would've thought the opponent would be you..."
A-Liang tightly gripped Qin Xun's hand, going from tight to loose...
"A-Liang! A-Liang!"
The fallen youth, the bright red blood, deeply stimulated the nerves of the noble guests in the spectator stands, causing them to become exceptionally excited!
They didn't care at all whether the two youths in the arena knew each other.
They only enjoyed the thrill of bottom-feeder maggots struggling and slaughtering each other to stay alive!
This was the Fallen Zone, a region ruled by the Demon Clan!
Qin Xun stood dazedly on the spot, his mind blank, his eyes covered by a layer of bloodshot veins!
An office building beside the arena.
Qin Xun pushed open the office door and walked in.
The moment the door opened, a potbellied, cigar-chomping bald fat man offered him applause.
"Not bad, not bad, counting today's match, you've already won ninety-nine matches in a row!"
The bald man was named He Laowu, and he was one of the people in charge of this arena.
Aside from that, he had another layer of identity-the loyal lapdog of the District Chief of Zone 108!
And the District Chief of Zone 108 was, in turn, a lapdog of the Demon Clan.
Therefore, he could be considered a lapdog's lapdog!
Benefiting from these two identities, he was doing exceptionally well in Zone 108, living a life that could only be described as lush.
Qin Xun's gaze fell on the alluringly dressed woman beside He Laowu.
He knew this woman named Lili. She had been his neighbor.
Ever since He Laowu had taken a liking to her, her lame father had beaten everyone who had mocked him until they were lame too.
The woman's slender jade hand roamed over He Laowu's chest, her gaze burning with desire.
"Do me a favor. I want my opponent's corpse." Qin Xun looked away, then turned his gaze to He Laowu.
He Laowu puffed out a cloud of cigar smoke and said carelessly, "He's your friend?"
"Yes!"
"No wonder you don't have a scratch on you. That kid had several chances to seriously injure you, but he never made a move..." He Laowu didn't care about the other kid's death. He only cared that Qin Xun, who was uninjured, could keep making money for him. "I'll have someone bring you his ashes in a bit."
"I want to know who arranged for him to fight. Was it you?" Qin Xun did his best to suppress the impulse rising inside him.
"He was brought here by a boss from Zone 189. I heard he'd won a lot of fights over there in Zone 189, so they arranged for you to fight him." He Laowu put on a show of regret. "If I'd known you two knew each other, I'd never have arranged for you to fight him."
"Did you get the medicine you promised me?"
"Of course I did."
"Give it to me!" Qin Xun held out his hand.
"Don't rush. I can give you the medicine, but you have to fight one more match!" He Laowu took two cans of meat that ordinary people wouldn't even dare dream of from his desk drawer and walked over to Qin Xun. "The Killing Arena doesn't allow anyone over eighteen to compete. You'll turn eighteen the day after tomorrow. If you can win one more match before then, I'll give you the medicine that can save your sister!"
Looking at the can of meat in his hand, Qin Xun said, "Let me see the medicine first!"
He Laowu nodded, turned around, took a bottle of blue liquid medicine from the safe, and held it out to Qin Xun.
Just as Qin Xun reached out to grab it, He Laowu swiftly pulled his hand back, put the medicine back in the safe, and locked it.
"Win tomorrow, and I'll give you the medicine!"
"It's a deal!" Qin Xun turned to leave.
"Wait!" He Laowu called after Qin Xun, then glanced at Lili, who was sitting behind him, with a lecherous grin. "Tomorrow's your last match. Want to have some fun first?"
The woman gazed at Qin Xun with sultry eyes, deliberately showing off her long, pale legs as she beckoned to him with a finger.
Qin Xun said nothing and kept walking.
"Hahahaha... Fine, then we'll talk after your match! I promise, as long as you win tomorrow, you can take your pick of all the women in Zone 108! If I, He Laowu, can get my hands on her, I'll make sure she's delivered right to your house!"
Qin Xun had barely left when a young man in a suit walked into the office carrying a heavy bag.
He set the bag on He Laowu's desk. "This is what we won from the match."
He Laowu opened the bag and glanced at the coins packed inside. His smile spread from the corners of his mouth all the way to his ears.
Qin Xun had been instrumental in getting him his position and wealth!
It was just a shame that Qin Xun would turn eighteen the day after tomorrow and wouldn't be able to fight for him anymore.
He took two coins from the bag, tucked one into Lili's cleavage, and tossed the other to the young man. Then he tied the bag shut again and hurriedly stuffed it into a drawer, as if afraid someone might discover it.
Once he was sure Qin Xun had left, the young man in the suit asked, "Should we arrange another match for Qin Xun?"
"Of course. He'll be eighteen any moment now, and after that he won't be able to fight anymore. So tomorrow, we have to squeeze every last bit of value out of him!" He Laowu's thick palm began roaming over the woman's thigh again, his expression one of pure enjoyment.
The young man in the suit nodded. "Understood. We let him win and set a record of a hundred consecutive victories?"
"No. We make him lose!" He Laowu, his face covered in rolls of fat, had lost his earlier jovial expression. His gaze turned vicious. "He can only fight one more time. Him winning won't do us much good, but if he dies, we can make a lot more! Besides, he knows too much about me. It's time he died..."
The woman beside He Laowu's eyes flickered. "What about the medicine for his sister...?"
"Don't worry. I, He Laowu, am not that cruel. Once he's dead, I'll kill his sister too, so she won't have to suffer as much... Hahahaha..."