Mortal Mirror

Although Huang Batian's words were impeccable and seemed very reasonable, the moment he thought of the young master's insidious methods, he immediately disbelieved most of it. If it were as he said, why did he vaguely hear something about silver before he fell unconscious?

Later, this guy didn't send him to the clinic but directly to the pharmacy. There must be a reason behind this. However, he understood one thing: no matter what the truth was, he had to stay in the martial arts gym if he wanted to escape from the landlord's family.

Thinking of this, he hardened his heart and thought, 'Forget it, it's better to be beaten to death than to be a beast of burden for the landlord's family for the rest of my life. If I'm beaten to death, it's my bad luck. If I survive, I will avenge this sooner or later.'

Having made up his mind, his heart calmed down.

The next day, Li Ergou used the excuse that his injuries had not healed and that he couldn't spar, so he went to Granny Wu's place to help her with some chores, such as carrying water and boiling medicine.

He had no way to repay her for saving his life, so he could only do what he could. These small tasks were not a problem for him at all.

Granny Wu rarely felt so relaxed. Li Ergou was well-behaved, capable, and not annoying, so Granny Wu liked him very much.

After finishing his work for Granny Wu, he would go to the martial arts field to watch the others spar. He could see that these people were all as strong as oxen, and they fought fiercely.

This was also what Granny Wu told him: to carefully observe their every move, so that when he was the practice dummy, he could dodge some blows and get hit less.

It must be said that the martial arts gym's food was very good, with meat at every meal. Normal martial arts practitioners could get a large piece of ten jins of meat. Although he was a practice dummy, he was also given a small piece of meat, weighing half a jin, in order to make him take the beatings well.

The meat was stewed until it was red and shiny, with mostly fatty meat on top, making people drool just looking at it.

The rice here was also unlimited. He had never imagined that there would be such a day.

Although the rice was delicious, and duplicating it made it taste even better, what he cared more about was that eating the duplicated rice allowed him to continuously increase his strength.

So every time he filled his bowl, he would take the rice back to his room, duplicate it, and then eat it. In this way, his strength was also increasing day by day.

What made him even more delighted was that he felt that his strength had increased a lot after being beaten, for some reason. He used to be able to lift a stone weighing one hundred and fifty jins, but he secretly tested it and now he could lift a two hundred jin iron block.

And he also felt that his bones and skin were stronger than before. He even wondered if he was getting stronger the more he was beaten. Could it be that he was just cheap? Alas, this dog's life.

After eating and drinking his fill, he would also frantically exercise his thin body. After all, his dog's life was important. If he didn't exercise and his speed and strength didn't improve, he would still be beaten to death sooner or later.

It's just that this good life didn't last for many days. Li Ergou could hide for one day, but he couldn't avoid two or three days.

On the fifth day, Huang Batian forcibly dragged him onto the martial arts field.

Today, this guy was named Liu Dachui, known as Mad Bull. Needless to say, just hearing this nickname, you knew that this person had great strength.

Li Ergou looked at the opponent's nearly two-meter-tall figure. Although he was a little intimidated, he still mustered up the courage to face him. What was coming would always come, he knew it in his heart.

In the past few days, he would watch everyone's training whenever he had time. This Mad Bull relied on his great strength and specialized in practicing headbutting. This was the guy who rang the bell that day.

He could dent steel with his headbutts, which shows how hard his head was and how great his strength was. And his best move was Mad Bull Rush. Anyone who was hit by this move would either die or be injured.

Even ordinary martial arts practitioners did not dare to fight with this guy.

Mad Bull looked at Li Ergou, who was like a chick, and showed a look of disdain in his eyes. He said in a rough voice, "Kid, you have guts. If you perform well, I'll reward you."

To be honest, in this day and age, people who can afford to practice martial arts are almost all from wealthy families. Not to mention anything else, just the daily meals cost several taels of silver. If you don't have money, can you afford to support a martial arts practitioner?

This Mad Bull was also not short of money.

When Ergouzi heard the word money, his eyes lit up, and the doubts in his heart were finally resolved.

He couldn't help but think, 'So that's how it is.' No wonder Huang Batian had been cheering him on and drawing big cakes to fool him. He had always found it strange that Huang Batian's insidious personality would sincerely be good to him. After all this trouble, it was to make him earn silver for him.

This hateful Huang Batian is as bad as his parents. No, he had to find a way to get the silver into his own hands. With this thought in mind, he came up with a plan and said, "Really? Can you give it to me directly?"

Mad Bull didn't expect this guy to still be thinking about money when he was about to die, so he teased, "Of course, I, Mad Bull, keep my word. What, are you afraid I won't give it to you?"

Ergouzi immediately shook his head and said, "That's not it. I'm just afraid that the money won't reach my hands."

Huang Batian was furious when he heard this. He was about to reprimand Li Ergou when he heard Mad Bull pat his chest and say, "Don't worry, no one can take your money away. As long as you are lucky enough not to die, I will give you the money directly."

Hearing this, Ergouzi was happy. Huang Batian snorted coldly but didn't dare to speak. After all, if he went out to speak at this time, he would inevitably be despised, and he might even get beaten.

But this Li Ergou also underestimated him too much. Did he really think that he could take the money away if it was on him? This kid still doesn't know my methods.

He calculated in his heart, and his fists cracked involuntarily.

Ergouzi shouted loudly, "I believe you, come on, I'll play with you today."

It must be said that Li Ergou's composure and momentum won the applause of many people.

Mad Bull didn't waste any words with Li Ergou and directly punched him. In the past few days, Li Ergou's body had completely recovered, and his strength had also increased a lot. Naturally, he had a little confidence in his heart. He felt that no matter what, he wouldn't be as miserable as last time.

Mad Bull had great strength, so he sacrificed some speed.

With the first punch, Li Ergou watched the fist heading towards his head. Naturally, he had to dodge. There was also a trick to dodging. If you dodged blindly, if you weren't careful, you would dodge your head but get hit on your body.

So he tilted his head and moved his body, so the fist brushed past his face, narrowly avoiding this blow. Mad Bull was a little surprised when he saw this, and more of it was anger.

After all, this kid was a newcomer to the practice dummy, but he didn't hit him. He immediately felt that he had lost face.

Then he punched again. This time, Li Ergou's calculation was slightly off, and it was too late to dodge.

Seeing that the fist was about to hit him, he used his ultimate move again, predicting the part that would be hit, and concentrating all the muscles there, making it bulge up and form a fleshy bun.

Then he bumped his body, so that he could dissipate the force to the greatest extent.

Then he flew out. Just now, he felt like he had been hit by a mad cow. The force of that punch was about five hundred jins. If it were before, even if he used his ultimate move, he would have to break a few ribs, but this time, he felt that his bones were very hard and nothing happened.

Although it hurt a lot, he felt that he could still bear it. For a moment, he couldn't help but feel happy.

Unfortunately, the battle had just begun, and Mad Bull's attack immediately became more violent.

At some point, Granny Wu had also come to the martial arts field and watched the fight in the arena.