66: Chapter 66 A Minor Punishment! Legs Crushed! Over a Hundred Ferocious Beasts!

Suffocation! Despair!

His vision blurred continuously. Vaguely, he felt as if he saw his great-grandmother beckoning to him.

Bang—!! Just before he was about to completely lose consciousness, Shi Jian was slammed heavily onto the ground, creating a crater in the hard surface!

The pain was as if every bone in his body was being crushed inch by inch.

"Cough, cough, cough!!!"

Shi Jian took a deep breath, feeling only a metallic, fishy sweetness surging in his throat.

His eyes were filled with fear and confusion.

No matter how slow-witted he was, upon realizing that he, a dignified Xiantian Martial Artist, could not shake the youth before him in the slightest, he understood the immense gap in strength between them!

"How the hell could this be the Aperture Opening Realm!? How could this be someone kicked out of the Tianjiao Camp!?"

As for the information he had gathered earlier, from this moment on, he didn't believe a single word of it!

And when he finally managed to recover, a foot stepped onto his head!

"Deputy Supervisor Shi, personally, I'm still used to discussing things this way."

"What do you think?"

Lu Qingyun's gaze was cold; his right foot gradually applied downward pressure, making Shi Jian's skull test its hardness against the ground.

It was only at this moment that the rest of Shi Jian's team reacted.

Even if one could endure, surely one wouldn't go so far as to not resist when faced with such an insult!

After all, a Xiantian Martial Artist is welcomed in any faction. It's impossible to be willing to suffer to this extent!

Upon realizing this, his subordinates, who had always been cultivated and supported by Shi Jian, immediately stepped forward, wanting to rescue him.

"Don't come over!"

Shi Jian roared. Enduring the immense pressure on his head, he raised his hand with difficulty to stop them.

Sweat the size of beans, mixed with the blood spilling from his wounds, slid down.

His raised hand remained in place; gritting his teeth, he repeated once more for them not to come over.

Because he had a premonition that if the conflict escalated, then whether it was him or the team he had spent years cultivating... the outcome would not be good!

"All of you, back off!"

"Can't you see Supervisor Lu is discussing matters with me, the Deputy Supervisor?"

"Matters at the supervisor level are not something you small fries can participate in! All of you, back off!"

Shi Jian continued to shout at them.

These words left Lu Qingyun slightly surprised.

Because Shi Jian was deliberately isolating the responsibility, taking today's events entirely upon himself, while the others were just subordinates who only knew how to follow orders.

With such a leader, it was no wonder he could make a group of people so loyal to him. Even knowing they weren't a match, they still wanted to come and rescue him.

However... for Lu Qingyun, who was standing on the opposite side at this moment, what did that have to do with him?

If he hadn't possessed a certain level of strength just now, he feared the one being bullied would have been himself.

"If you make a mistake, you must be punished."

"You must understand your own status, and what should be done and what should not be done."

Lu Qingyun lifted his foot from Shi Jian's head but did not retract it. Instead, he moved it along his neck, to his heart, then to his abdomen, and finally landed it on his knee... and stomped down hard!

Crack—!! The crisp and loud sound of bone breaking was very clear in the venue!

Immediately, a mournful, ear-piercing cry of pain resounded through the venue!

"Ahhh—!!"

Shi Jian clutched his right knee tightly; the pain, which seemed to touch his very soul, forced him to express it through his cries.

But... a foot landed on his other, intact left knee.

Seeing this, Shi Jian's eyes reddened. He already knew what was going to happen, and he felt extreme regret for his previous actions.

He did not beg for mercy. Instead, he quickly stuffed his clothes into his mouth and bit down hard!

After another crisp sound, his extremely suppressed cry of pain was muffled and desperate!

"Take him away."

After listening to those painful cries for a while, Lu Qingyun felt it was all rather dull.

He was not a person with such twisted hobbies. Rather than spending time punishing Shi Jian here, he was more inclined to practice his cultivation techniques and the two newly acquired high-grade martial arts.

The reason he came to this Burning Bone Beast Arena was not because he liked the job that much. It was simply to gain experience points and increase his life limit, and to have a place that could be called a shelter where he could practice with peace of mind.

He had absolutely no interest in the internal power struggles. If it weren't for Shi Jian being so troublesome, he wouldn't have had to take action.

In fact, he had never intended to interfere with the affairs of the Beast Arena from the very beginning; after all, he was an outsider who didn't understand anything, so how could he possibly guide the experts?

It was just a pity that if he didn't demonstrate some strength, he feared there would be no end to such troubles in the future. Since he had to act, he might as well do it once and for all!

If it weren't for the fact that he had just arrived at the Burning Bone Beast Arena and killing a Xiantian Martial Artist directly was somewhat inappropriate—and would certainly bring a lot of trouble—Lu Qingyun's methods would certainly not have been this gentle.

"Someone, come and show me around."

After the people pushed each other a bit, a thin young man who looked like an oversized monkey bit the bullet and walked up.

"Supervisor Lu, you can just call me Ming Yang."

"I've done every job, big and small, in this Beast Arena, and I have the most understanding of how it works."

Lu Qingyun glanced at him and nodded. Then, under Ming Yang's guidance, he began to inspect the entire Beast Arena bit by bit, as well as... the place where the ferocious beasts were kept!

Meanwhile, Shi Jian was helped up by others and rushed to the hospital.

Although a Xiantian Martial Artist's physical constitution is astonishing, Lu Qingyun's kicks had been delivered with such tricky and precise force. After those two kicks, he would likely be unable to stand on his own for several months.

However, that didn't mean he wouldn't need to work during those months...

Lu Qingyun had no interest in managing the trivial matters of the Beast Arena. He much preferred to be a hands-off manager.

This was the reason why he hadn't broken Shi Jian's hands, but had broken his legs instead. After all, if he was going to be hands-off, there had to be someone else capable of doing the work, right!

"The entire Beast Arena relies on four sources of profit."

"The first is the entrance fee; the second is the rent from the various shops in the venue and the guests' spending; the third is the sale of the remains of dead ferocious beasts. The last one is where the real money is made: the gambling fights!"

"And the foundation of our Beast Arena lies in the ferocious beasts transported from headquarters."

"Currently, there are a total of 127 ferocious beasts in the venue: two Xiantian ferocious beasts, 23 Aperture Opening Realm ferocious beasts, and the rest are all Mortal Shedding Realm ferocious beasts."

Hearing this, Lu Qingyun couldn't help but frown. "So few?"

Ming Cheng smiled awkwardly. "Our Fifth District is located in the Outer City, catering to the residents of the Outer City. Usually, displaying Mortal Shedding Realm ferocious beasts is enough; challenges involving Aperture Opening Realm beasts only occur once in a while. As for the Xiantian ferocious beasts... they are strictly brought in by headquarters to bolster our reputation."

"After all, Xiantian ferocious beasts are too difficult to control. Previously, with Deputy Supervisor Shi—a Xiantian—guarding this place, the slightest carelessness could have had unimaginable consequences. Naturally, we wouldn't arrange challenges at that level. They were simply used for publicity, to bolster our prestige."