Chapter 271: The Strong Are Respected!

"If only I had known... sigh!"

He sighed heavily in his heart; the matter had already occurred, and it was too late to say anything now. He could only see if he could take some measures to try and eliminate the misunderstanding between the two parties as much as possible.

The Yanshi City Association had already lost one C-Class Awakened; if they lost this Su Luo as well, that would be a huge loss.

"Yes, President."

Zhao Hong took a deep breath, faced the crowd, and announced loudly, "I declare that the winner of this Life-and-Death Arena is... Su Luo."

As these words fell, the faces of many people instantly turned ashen.

Some even could not bear the blow and fainted on the spot.

A few others tried their best to suppress the excitement in their hearts; they hadn't expected this arena match to produce such a huge upset! If they had known it would be like this, they should have bet more points!

The effeminate man and Yu Ying looked at each other, a sense of sorrow welling up in their hearts.

Although their relationship was usually average, they had known each other for some time after all, and now the other party had suddenly...

"Bring his body down."

Chen Yan said aloud.

"Yes."

Just as Zhao Hong was about to reach out to grab Du Hu's corpse on the ground, a cold voice rang out from behind him: "I don't recall saying you could take the body away, did I?"

Lu Yu looked at him with a cold gaze.

Not to mention anything else, the Special Item on Du Hu was worth quite a fortune.

Zhao Hong only felt a chill wash over him. However, he was a C-Class Awakened after all; if he backed down in front of so many people, where would he put his face in the future?

"Su Luo, don't be too arrogant! You won this Life-and-Death Arena, that's true, but Du Hu is a member of the Association. Since he is dead, his body should naturally be buried by the Association."

"Burial is fine, but leave his Space Item and the Special Item he is wearing around his neck."

"Su Luo!"

Zhao Hong was instantly furious and roared, "Don't push your luck!"

The others also wore angry expressions on their faces.

You have already killed the man, and now you won't even let go of the things on him?

The President is right here; by doing this, are you not even giving the President any face?

"What? Not convinced?"

Lu Yu sneered, "If you aren't convinced, you can also have a Life-and-Death Arena match with me; we can start right now."

"You!"

Zhao Hong was so frightened that he involuntarily took two steps back.

He could clearly feel that the person in front of him was not joking with him! The other party really intended to do it.

"Fight him!"

"Fight! A Life-and-Death Arena is a Life-and-Death Arena! Who's afraid of whom?"

"That's right, Brother Jin, fight him and avenge Brother Hu!"

"Avenge him!"

The surrounding crowd was agitated, filled with righteous indignation.

"A bunch of idiots!"

Zhao Hong cursed the ancestors of this group of people eighteen generations back in his heart.

These guys who were just watching the show and didn't mind the chaos—did they really think he was stupid?

The cautionary tale was right before his eyes; what if he couldn't win and ended up dying in the Arena too?

"All of you, shut up!"

Just then, a majestic voice like a great bell drowned out the shouting of everyone in the arena.

Chen Yan's eyes were cold and sharp, his gaze sweeping across the entire crowd like a blade.

Instantly, the arena fell into dead silence.

"Brother Su,"

Chen Yan looked at Lu Yu, squeezing out a smile, his tone as gentle as possible, "Since you defeated Du Hu, the items on him are naturally your spoils of war. It is only reasonable for you to take them.

However, although we know what the Space Item on Du Hu is, we do not know how to open it. I hope Brother Su can understand this point."

"Brother Su?"

A mocking expression appeared on Lu Yu's face.

He had seen Chen Yan arrive long ago, but the other party had only stepped forward now; clearly, he had been hoping for him to be beaten to death earlier.

Chen Yan's heart tightened; he keenly sensed the hostility in Lu Yu's tone.

However, what must come would eventually come.

"Brother Su," Chen Yan said with a fawning look, "There might be some misunderstanding regarding this matter. I wonder if Brother Su could give us a chance so we can all sit down and talk it over properly?"

When the Awakened of the Yanshi City Association heard their own President Chen Yan say these words, they were all stunned, as if they had heard some Arabian Nights tale.

What is going on, President?

This guy surnamed Su relied on some underhanded methods to win three matches in a row, earning over ten thousand points all at once.

Not satisfied with that, he even tried to persuade Brother Hu to throw the match just to further harvest everyone's points.

Brother Hu fought this guy in a Life-and-Death Arena resolutely for the sake of everyone and the justice of the Association, only to unfortunately lose and lose his life, being beaten to death in the Arena.

You not only don't avenge Brother Hu, but instead say there is a misunderstanding and want to sit down with this guy surnamed Su and drink like good friends—how can you face the deceased Brother Hu by doing this?

However, the Awakened from other places who saw this scene understood the situation.

Because they knew deeply that this was the cruel survival law of the real world—the strong are respected!

This newcomer had displayed strength greater than Du Hu's, so it was only natural that he would receive the attention and importance of the upper echelons of the Yanshi City Association.

If it were them in Chen Yan's position, they would likely make the same choice.

Lu Yu did not rush to respond to Chen Yan, but instead calmly took out his phone and carefully confirmed whether the points had arrived.

After seeing that the points had been successfully credited, he put his phone away with satisfaction and walked toward Chen Yan and the others.

"You, what do you want to do?" Seeing this, Zhao Hong felt a wave of panic in his heart and asked involuntarily.

"Did you not hear what your president said? The things on Du Hu are now my spoils of war."

As Lu Yu spoke, he walked straight to Du Hu's side and reached out to remove the two pendants hanging around his neck.

Lu Yu knew clearly that one of the pendants must have defensive functions, while the other was highly likely a prop capable of teleportation; of course, there was also a small probability it was an item with other special functions.

He carefully put the pendants away, then looked at Zhao Hong and asked, "Which one is his Space Item?"

A look of hesitation appeared on Zhao Hong's face, and for a moment, he did not know how to answer.

"Tell him." Chen Yan's voice rang out at the right moment; at this time, there was even a hint of secret joy in his heart.

He thought to himself, it seems this Su Luo is easily swayed by wealth; if that is truly the case, then things will be much easier to handle.

Zhao Hong's expression remained conflicted for quite a while, but in the end, he said helplessly, "He has a car key on him, that is his Space Item. However, only he himself knows the method to open it."

After hearing this, Lu Yu began to search Du Hu's body and quickly found an Electronic Car Key.

He grabbed Du Hu's hand and pressed it onto the car key; sure enough, a screen instantly appeared before his eyes, prompting that a password was required to open the Space Item.

Lu Yu frowned slightly, and after pondering for a moment, he snapped off the car key along with a segment of Du Hu's finger.

He thought to himself, even if he couldn't find a way to open it for the time being, he could not leave this thing behind for these people to benefit from.

The E-rank and D-rank Awakened around the Arena saw this scene, their hearts filled with both fear and jealousy.

"Brother Su, I wonder if you are in a better mood now; can you sit down and have a proper talk with us?" Chen Yan seized the opportunity and spoke up again.

"Sit down and talk?" Lu Yu raised his eyebrows slightly and asked back with a hint of amusement.

"Yes, sit down and talk."

Chen Yan tried hard to maintain the smile on his face, doing his best to make his tone sound sincere.

"Whatever conditions you have, feel free to bring them up; even if some things are difficult for the Association to handle with its current strength, we will still try every possible way to help you resolve them."

As he spoke, he signaled to Yu Ying and the effeminate man beside him.