Chapter 78: Naked Battle

She looked around, her gaze firmly locked on Norris, who was talking to Luo En at the edge of the crowd:

"Please, Apprentice Norris of the law enforcement team, act as a fair party to witness this duel."

Norris felt that he was suddenly gathered by everyone's gaze and was shocked.

But seeing Cynthia's oppressive gaze in the distance, he could only bite the bullet and walk forward a few steps:

"I am honored to witness this duel. According to the rules, both masters can provide a one-time buff to the slave before the duel starts, but only verbal guidance is allowed after the duel starts, and direct interference is not allowed. The duel ends when one side admits defeat or is unable to continue fighting."

He scanned the two slaves, especially the berserk blood-colored halo faintly visible on the half-orc, pursed his lips, but ultimately did not raise any objections.

Norris took the witness money handed over by the two and raised a copper token in his hand: "Both sides prepare, start now!"

As soon as the words fell, the leopard woman hunter rushed out like an arrow from a string, her speed so fast that she almost left an afterimage.

She did not rush directly toward the opponent but moved rapidly around the half-orc, her sharp claws drawing sharp breaking sounds in the air.

The half-orc roared, waving his huge fists in an attempt to hit the agile figure, but every time he could only hit the air.

The leopard woman's movements were too agile, like a golden lightning, constantly changing positions, making the half-orc's attacks always half a beat slow.

"Don't be anxious, Grush, she's just consuming your stamina." Cynthia commanded calmly: "Start using wide-range attacks."

Hearing this, the half-orc immediately changed his strategy.

He took a deep breath and suddenly stomped on the ground, causing the whole ground to shake.

The dust raised on the ground formed a small smoke screen, temporarily hindering the leopard woman's vision.

"Liyue, above!" Trish shouted in time, her voice revealing calm deliberation.

The leopard woman reacted extremely quickly, almost instinctively leaping upward, just in time to avoid the huge fist extended by the half-orc from the smoke screen.

She turned in the air, her sharp claws grazing the half-orc's shoulder, bringing out a bloodstain.

The half-orc felt pain, roared, and swept again.

This time the leopard woman couldn't fully dodge, was hit in the ribs, and flew out several meters, landing heavily.

"Get up, Liyue!" Trish's voice was urgent: "You are much faster than him, don't fight hard!"

The leopard woman quickly turned over and stood up, a flash of pain in her eyes, but it was soon replaced by fighting intent.

She took a few deep breaths, and the special bloodline in her body seemed to start exerting a stronger effect. Her movements became more fluid, and her speed also had a significant improvement.

"Hmph, overestimating yourself." Cynthia sneered: "Your leopard woman weighs less than half of Grush's. With this physical gap, no matter how fast you are, it's useless."

"Strength is not the only factor determining victory." Trish responded calmly: "Combat wisdom is equally important."

The leopard woman began to adjust her strategy, no longer trying to attack head-on, but constantly harassing the half-orc's vision and action space.

She would suddenly rush forward, leaving a shallow wound on the half-orc, and then quickly withdraw, each time being able to avoid the opponent's counterattack.

Bursts of exclamation came from the crowd, clearly all shocked by the leopard woman's exquisite combat skills.

Luo En noticed that although the leopard woman's movements seemed random, they actually had a carefully designed rhythm and route, clearly having undergone systematic training.

"Damn it, where did this hunter's daughter get so many resources to train combat slaves?" Cynthia whispered through gritted teeth, a flash of annoyance in her eyes.

The half-orc's actions became increasingly slow, and his body was covered with wounds of all sizes. Although none were deep, the accumulated blood loss was already quite considerable.

His breathing became heavy, and the rage in his eyes was mixed with a hint of fatigue.

"Grush, it's time!" Cynthia suddenly raised her voice: "Turn on Berserk!"

The half-orc looked up and let out a chilling howl.

His body began to shake violently, the blood-colored light on his skin became more intense, and his eyes completely turned pitch black.

Muscles squirmed under the skin like living things, expanding. His figure was nearly one-third larger than before.

The half-orc roared, stomped on the ground with force, and when he left huge footprints on the ground, the raised gravel chunks attacked the leopard woman like shotgun shells.

Liyue, caught off guard, was hit by the gravel bullets, howling in pain, and constantly oozing fine blood flowers on her body, hurriedly avoiding the attack from afar.

"Berserk!" A burst of exclamation erupted in the crowd.

Luo En narrowed his eyes, carefully observing the changes on the battlefield.

The berserk half-orc's speed and strength had significantly improved, but he also became more uncontrollable, carrying an obvious self-destructive tendency in his actions.

The leopard woman seemed to realize the danger, her movements became more cautious, just maintaining a safe distance, not daring to initiate an attack easily.

"Liyue, remember your training, find his weakness!" Trish commanded, her voice calm and firm.

The leopard woman nodded and continued to move at high speed.

This time, her route seemed to have some kind of pattern, each time initiating a feint from the left side of the half-orc, and then quickly withdrawing.

After a few times, the half-orc seemed to have mastered this pattern and began to predict her actions.

Just as he was preparing to meet the left-side attack again, the leopard woman suddenly flexibly changed direction, rushing forward like lightning from the right side, her sharp claws aiming straight at his throat!

"Dodge, you idiot!" Cynthia screamed, but it was too late.

The half-orc barely turned sideways, avoiding a fatal blow, but his neck and chest were still deeply wounded.

Blood sprayed out, he staggered back a few steps, and the berserk light in his eyes began to flicker.

"Grush, get up!" Cynthia was almost roaring: "Even if your bones are broken, keep fighting!"

The half-orc endured the severe pain and rushed forward again.

But this time, his movements clearly became sluggish, and his body began to sway. The signs of excessive blood loss were very obvious.

The leopard woman didn't give him a chance to catch his breath. She flexibly flashed behind the half-orc, jumped up fiercely, her double claws like two sharp daggers, deeply piercing into the half-orc's back, and then tore hard...

"Ao... ah!" The half-orc let out an extremely painful howl, fell to the ground with a thud, and was unable to climb up again.

"Alright, stop." Trish commanded calmly: "That's enough."

The leopard woman immediately jumped off the half-orc and retreated to a safe distance, but still maintained a vigilant posture.

The whole field was silent, and everyone was surprised by the result of the battle.

Trish, who had just arrived, actually defeated Cynthia's notorious half-orc warrior in a slave duel!

"Heh... capable, I lost." Cynthia said coldly, her tone carrying uncontrollable anger and unwillingness.

"According to the rules of slave duels, the winner is Apprentice Trish."

Norris looked at Cynthia nervously for a while, and only then did he continue to announce loudly after seeing no other reaction from the other party:

"The priority use of the star astrology ancient book belongs to Wizard Corinna's side. At the same time, the result of this duel will be recorded in the candidate wizard sequence point evaluation."

Trish nodded, a faint smile appearing on her face, and then she noticed Luo En in the crowd, her eyes lighting up.

She walked toward Luo En across the crowd, and the crowd automatically made way for her.