Global Martial Arts: Slaughter to Become Emperor

Chapter 19 Steak

When a person is focused on doing something, they don't notice the passage of time.

Lu Hao watched the movie intently until it was almost over before he realized that the movie was an hour and a half long.

For the entire hour and a half, Lu Hao remained quietly watching the movie, completely oblivious to the presence of dead people around him.

After being startled a couple of times at first, Lu Hao gradually found it rather boring. Perhaps it was due to his personality, or perhaps he was just naturally bold, but Lu Hao felt that the corpses next to him were not as interesting as the movies.

So Lu Hao watched the movie with such focus.

As for the three people in the next house, they were completely stunned. They originally thought there would be some excitement to watch and that the boy would be scared away, but instead, they were frightened by Lu Hao's performance.

If the movie hadn't been playing on the monitor, they would have thought there was something wrong with the system.

Imagine you're in a dimly lit room with two corpses, a huge screen showing a horror movie, and no one else around you. The only thing keeping you company while you watch the movie is the two corpses, along with the smell of blood they're emitting.

"Brother Li, does this kid have some kind of mental illness? Most people can't stand being in there for more than ten minutes, and even the bravest can only stay for half an hour. This kid actually watched the whole movie."

"One of the burly men said. He really wanted to ask, are you sure these are students, or killing machines trained there?"

"He should be fine... You can see from the security footage that he was just watching a movie. Maybe he's just naturally brave and not afraid of these things. What could possibly be wrong with him?"

Xiao Li replied.

"Little Li, someone died in the life-or-death arena. Have that young man go collect the body."

Just then, a voice came from the walkie-talkie. Although underground dueling arenas like theirs are places where martial artists resolve disputes, it is rare for people to fight to the death. After all, once you enter a life-or-death arena, you either live or die.

I never expected there would be people fighting to the death today.

Xiao Li answered and then led the two towards the morgue.

Upon opening the door, Xiao Li swore he had never seen such a look before. Looking into Lu Hao's eyes, Xiao Li felt his legs go weak.

Although there was no murderous intent in his eyes, they represented calmness, and in this kind of environment, calmness seemed especially terrifying, making people tremble with fear.

"Hey...bro, someone died on the stage at the front desk. Snake wants you to go collect the body."

Xiao Li even started to stutter a little.

"Oh, okay, no problem, you can take me there."

Lu Hao said that he hadn't expected his ordinary gaze to cause Xiao Li so much fear.

Lu Hao felt that he wasn't afraid of anything. He was just a little bolder and had a bigger heart. What was the big deal? Many people could do that.

Lu Hao stood up, looked at the two stiff corpses, and thought, "It's nothing."

Following Xiao Li and the other two, Lu Hao passed through a hidden door and arrived directly on the arena.

As soon as he passed through the hidden door, Lu Hao immediately heard the shouts and curses of the audience, feeling as if he had instantly returned from that terrifying place to reality.

Lu Hao walked up and looked expressionlessly at the corpse that had been beaten to death on the ground. From the outside, there was no sign of any injury, except that a lot of blood was spurting from the corner of its mouth.

Lu Hao and Xiao Li carried the body away. It was during the process that Lu Hao discovered the cause of death. It was not visible from the outside, but the body's chest cavity had been completely caved in.

His heart must have been blown out. Lu Hao realized that he was really different from ordinary people. He still had the mind to analyze the cause of this martial artist's death. If it were an ordinary person, they would probably have wet themselves in fear.

Looking at the dead body so close to him, Lu Hao could feel the body's temperature and see the blood flowing out continuously.

However, he didn't seem to have any psychological reaction. He did feel a bit nauseous physically, but he was able to control it. As for psychological feelings, he didn't seem to have any.

If Lu Hao were in ancient times, he would be a Bai Qi, a born butcher. Lu Hao didn't have any particular thoughts about this, since he knew from the moment he got the kill panel that if he didn't want to be laid off, he would have to...

I am destined to be a butcher-level killing god in the future. How can I survive in this world without being ruthless and killing?

After moving the body back to the morgue, Xiao Li and the others didn't lock the door this time, because in their opinion, Lu Hao was ready to graduate.

Based on Lu Hao's current performance, he has completely surpassed those Wuhan University students who have been here for ten days or half a month.

After being kept watch for a while, Lu Hao was given dinner, which was part of the top-tier treatment.

Lu Hao stared at the rare steak on the plate and was speechless. What was the difference between rare and raw? He might as well have been given a whole cow and he could just hug it and eat it.

Fortunately, a dipping sauce was also served with the steak.

Otherwise, Lu Hao wouldn't know how he could have eaten it. It wasn't the taste of blood that made him unable to eat it; it was simply because it tasted awful.

As for why dinner was rare steak, Lu Hao immediately guessed it: it was to help the martial arts students get used to eating on the battlefield, and raw food at that.

After all, there is only dry food or raw food in the cave. If you want to eat cooked food, you can use energy stones to cook, but energy stones are very valuable, so no one would use them to cook.

Therefore, eating raw food in the dungeon is basically the only way to replenish your energy. After all, you have to fight at any time, and if you don't replenish your energy in time, you might die at any moment.

Lu Hao didn't pay much attention. He cut the steak off with a knife and fork, added the dipping sauce, and ate it. As for the taste, well, it was terrible.

Lu Hao made up his mind that if he were to go to the underground cave, he would definitely bring enough food. After all, with the help of the storage space, why would he have to make things difficult for himself by eating raw meat?

After dinner, Lu Hao's test for the day was basically over.

Led by Xiao Li, they returned to the front desk, where Lu Hao's mother had been waiting for a long time. When she saw Lu Hao arrive, she suppressed her tears and led him away.

Bai Qiuyao knew about Lu Hao's performance today. In her opinion, it was because of her decision that Lu Hao had come into contact with these things so early, and she felt even more guilty after seeing his performance.

"Mom, I'm fine. This was my own request. I'm really okay. Maybe I'm just naturally strong-willed. I originally thought it would take me a long time to accept it, but I didn't feel anything when I actually got into it."

Seeing that Bai Qiuyao was not in a good mood, Lu Hao quickly comforted her.

Upon hearing Lu Hao's words, Bai Qiuyao, who had been holding back her tears, could no longer hold back and tears streamed down her face.

Upon seeing this, Lu Hao quickly offered words of comfort, since in his opinion these things were really nothing.

After comforting Bai Qiuyao for a while, Lu Hao repeatedly assured her that he really hadn't changed at all, which put Bai Qiuyao at ease.