Chapter 554 - Exchanging Terms

It was paramount for rules to be established during challenges between two coliseums. It didn’t matter if Faido wanted to use his numbers and strength to try to bully the Blood Coliseum into giving up. At the end of the day, he still had to abide by the rules, lest others in the same business attack him.

Marks had explained this system to Han Wu before he departed.

“Lord Faido, since you’ve accepted my challenge, let us first establish the rules!” Han Wu called.

Faido frowned. The two coliseums had different match systems, but he couldn’t avoid this challenge if he wanted to maintain his reputation. All he could do now was ensure the rules were in his favor.

“We will only accept matches on closed rings!” Faido decided.

This would prevent Han Wu from conducting matches on a huge terrain. No matter how large a ring was, it still had a boundary. Moreover, only he knew the specific arrays and elements of the rings of the Asura Coliseum, and this knowledge would naturally work in his favor.

Han Wu frowned. Having the matches done in rings meant that anyone pinned down or knocked out of the ring’s bounds would be disqualified. This was completely different from the matches at the Blood Coliseum. Rings also limited the number of units he could send in, taking away his advantage. Unfortunately, as the challenger, he had no choice but to accept Faido’s rule.

“Very well,” Han Wu said. “My rule is to set the upper limit for each ring to one hundred units.”

Faido was surprised. Han Wu had turned one-on-one combat into a group battle! Even though the battle was going to be conducted on a ring, the essence of it had changed due to the unequal number of fighters on both sides.

Han Wu had ninety-four Earthsunder life forms. Faido, on the other hand, had lost a lot during the last challenge. Even with his connections, he could only get hold of seventy at most.

The Blood Coliseum had the clear advantage in this. Even in terms of Heavenrender life forms, Han Wu had seven, while Faido only had three. These matches would essentially be rigged from the start.

Even the experienced fighters of the Asura Coliseum couldn’t fight against so many enemies at once!

Faido fell silent. Then, he heard a whisper in his ear. Chuckling, he set another condition. “The challenge will end in a single bout. We will send all our units to fight in a single grand match to decide the winner!”

The pressure was back on Han Wu. He had the advantage in the number of Heavenrender and Earthsunder life forms. If the matches had been best two out of three, he could have simply forfeited the last round and still come out victorious.

However, Faido wanted a single match where the winner took all, and it was all but certain that Faido would personally fight. No number of Heavenrender or Earthsunder life forms would matter in the face of a World life form!

Only World life forms could fight against other World life forms. Han Wu would have to call Origin of Mutation to aid him in battle, and even then, there was a reasonable chance the Blood Coliseum would lose.

Han Wu’s silence brought a smile to Faido’s face. Unable to resist rubbing salt in the wound, Faido upped the ante. “Winner takes all. We’ll bet on our respective coliseums. If you win, I will surrender my entire coliseum to you.”

This only increased the stress on Han Wu.

If the Blood Coliseum absorbed the Asura Coliseum, his position would rise significantly. Even if he weren’t a God King, he would still be recognized as a peer. Conversely, the outcome would be horrible if he lost. The loss of the Blood Coliseum was one thing, as it wouldn’t actually affect him much, but Faido would never let him go afterward.

Han Wu had used a lot of Divine Essence from the Blood Coliseum’s account to become stronger. Moreover, he had inherited Duel, which was also an asset of the Blood Coliseum. If he lost, Faido would definitely ask him to surrender it, and Han Wu would most certainly die from having his Divine Jurisdiction extracted.

“You whelp! How could you be foolish enough to challenge us? Are you having cold feet? If you kowtow a hundred times, I will persuade Lord Faido to forgive you.” Zi Jin laughed derisively. “A hundred kowtows for your life. Don’t you think it’s worth it?”

The spectating crowd also started mocking and booing Han Wu.

“Run back to your mother like the milk-nursing brat you are!”

“Have you even entered a ring before? How dare you challenge Lord Faido when you’re so weak? Go back home.”

“To think the Blood Coliseum would get a new owner like him. The Blood Coliseum has truly fallen...”

Their jeers and taunts meant little to Han Wu, but they could affect the reputation of the Blood Coliseum. As the new owner, he had to accept the conditions, regardless of his confidence.

Fortunately, there was one last chance for him to set another condition in response to Faido’s. After carefully considering his options, he said, “Then I propose that the ring be sufficiently large, at least 10,000 kilometers in diameter, and infused with Dark Energy!”

The ridicule only became more vicious at his words.

“A ring that’s 10,000 kilometers in diameter? That’s not a ring, that’s a continent! Do you even know what a ring is?”

“I’ve fought in many matches, but even I’ve never seen a ring that large!”

“You’re supposed to set a condition, not make a wish!”

Han Wu ignored them, eyes fixed calmly on Faido. “I heard of the Asura Coliseum’s capabilities in fulfilling its participants’ demands, yet you can’t even do something like this? It seems the rumors were false after all!”

Faido merely laughed at Han Wu’s taunts. In his eyes, he had already won. There was no way for Han Wu to defeat him with these rules in place.

“Very well, I don’t mind investing in a single ring for the sake of an entire coliseum. Men, prepare the ring!”

𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

Faido was going to kill Han Wu today, no matter the cost!