Chapter 109 - A Tough Opponent?

<Please Select the desired Virtual Arena among the various displayed arena for a wager>

Seeing this text displayed in front of him, Randy was instantly excited.

'Finally, now I get to pick a combat arena…'

At this moment, Randy had already been transported back to the starting point of the virtual world where there was nothing but an empty space of white.

Since he received a challenge and he had already accepted, there was no need to remain in his previous combat arena anymore.

Randy immediately glanced through the many virtual combat arena that was displayed.

There were swamp locations, desert locations, mountainous locations, forest locations, volcanic locations, underwater locations, and many others but one of them caught Randy's attention.

He turned to look at this location with a pondering expression for a brief moment and he soon decided that he was going to pick this arena after much deliberation.

Naturally, there was the Space arena, but Randy ignored that one since he was already tired of this location.

And without delay, he quickly selected the virtual combat arena.

<You have selected Gloomy Dark Forest>

<Your opponent has selected the Galactical Combat Arena>

<Due to both parties selecting different virtual combat arenas, there would be a wager to decide the final selected location>

<You will now be transported to the selected location>

"Wait—"

Randy screamed but the next moment, he was warped from the space that he was in.

…

In a forest filled with nothing but darkness, two figures silently appeared in this gloomy location with nothing to see no matter how winced or narrowed their eyes. 

This was no light source whatsoever in this place, making it hard to see or find one's way around the vicinity. 

In addition to that, there were trees everywhere, so if one was not careful enough and carelessly moved around, they would bump into a tree as they navigate the surroundings.

At this point, Randy stood next to a huge tree, but he could not see his opponent's location no matter how he tried. 

"I was going to ask the system about the result of the wager, but it seems that I do not need to worry about that since it appears this is the location that I chose" Randy muttered to himself.

"Hello." The challenger calmly said.

As he was thinking this, suddenly a voice resounded in the background startling Randy a little due to how he was not expected the other party to take the initiative to talk to him first. 

After all, the one who talks first would give away their location in this dark forest with no way to tell left from right. 

However, Randy was only momentarily surprised, and immediately focused on the direction of the voice when he heard the other party's greeting. 

"I am Chen Feng. A disciple from Supreme Martial Art Sect in Sky Rise City. Might you be Blood Venerable Fist God? May I ask where you are located?" 

The challenger, Chen Feng introduced himself and then politely asked afterward.

"…"

However, upon hearing this, Randy did not respond to the other party right away and face palmed himself.

And then he sighed and whispered in a low voice: "Haa… another person who does not care about their identity; Is he also a ranker in the virtual combat system?"

After saying this, he still stood somewhere in the darkness observing the other party, almost like he could see them despite it being dark all around them. 

Right now, they were at a strange location called the gloomy dark forest, and just like the name implies, it was a forest that was full of nothing but darkness. 

There was no way to see in this place unless one had some sort of night vision ability which technically Randy does not have but the same could not be said about the other party. 

But after observing them for a few moments and seeing that they still could not find his location, he concluded that maybe the other party might not have the ability to see in the dark. 

'This is perfect!' Randy thought to himself. 

And then he casually said: "Yes, that is me. But can we begin the fight now? I am in a hurry to fight other people, you see."

"…"

This statement dumbfounded the other party as he was rendered speechless, not knowing what to say for a good moment. 

'In a hurry to fight other people?' Chen Feng thought in disbelief. 

He thought that the reason why the other party did not immediately respond to his question was that they were either cautious or scheming something.

And that they were pondering whether to respond to him or attack him and so he waited for them in anticipation of their response. 

But who would have thought that this person was a battle maniac who only cared about fighting?

He thought that his master was the only person who liked to pick fights with other people for no particular reason, but it turns out this person might be just like him. 

'No wonder master wanted me to challenge him even though I heard that he defeated that Li Weisheng the other day with some weird fist technique.' Chen Feng thought in realization. 

"Very well." Chen Feng responded after a while. 

At this point, the virtual system announced.

<Golden Fist King Vs. Blood Venerable Fist God>

<Virtual Combat Shall Now Commence>

The virtual system declared the commencement of the duel. 

The next moment, Randy silently moved from his previous location through the forest. 

He navigated his way through the forest as if he could tell where to go in this dark forest.

Meanwhile, Chen Feng remained cautious as he traced the location that he last heard his opponent's voice from. 

Before the fight, he purposely introduced himself and politely demanded the location of his opponent because he could not tell where they were otherwise. 

Normally, no one would pick this kind of combat arena as it was hard to find your opponent, but as it turns out his opponent this time was a weird one who might have picked this combat arena for some reason. 

He, on the other hand, picked a relatively popular combat arena, Galactical Combat Arena, but it seems he lost the wager and ended up here instead. 

At any rate, there was nothing he could do now that he was already here but to find his opponent and swiftly defeat them as his master had instructed.

At this moment, as he was walking towards the direction where Randy was last standing, which was next to some huge tree, suddenly he stopped in his tracks. 

Then there was a grunting noise in the background. 

"Kuhk!"

"What… the… hell... are you doing? Kukhh?!" 

Boom!

Suddenly, there was a surge of powerful current, filled with violent life energy.

At this moment, Randy had wrapped his arm around the other party and was squeezing their neck to strangle them to death.

But unexpectedly, this Chen Feng was tougher than he had thought, completely unlike the other opponents that he had fought before.

"Wow… you can still talk and move in this situation. Impressive! As expected of a martial artist." Randy appeared surprised as he complimented the other party.

"Cut the bullshit! Do you think I would easily lose to something like this? Fuck off!" Chen Feng furiously said as he swung his elbow backward at Randy who was behind him. 

"Bang!"

However, he was shocked to find out that the other party did not bother to dodge and instead seemed to have grown bulkier and resisted his attack. 

And with the increase in size, the grip around his neck has also grown tighter. 

At this point, he gave up on hitting the other party and instead tried to unravel his arm that was griping around his neck. 

"Y-You bastard! Kukhh! How could you fight so dirty like this!" Chen Feng struggled as he said this in a begrudging tone. 

"What do you mean by those words? Fight dirty? Who cares about the means used if, in the end, the result was satisfactory?" Randy responded in return. 

"I guess it's time to finish this now." 

Saying so, Randy activated one of his skills.

[[Grip Skill has been fully activated]]

"Ughhhh! I refuse to lose like this!!" Chen Feng shouted. 

Rumble! Rumble! 

Suddenly the ground started shaking as if the earth was moving from the sound of his screaming voice.

When Randy noticed this, he suddenly recalled his fight against Li Weisheng.

About how despite being cornered, was still able to unleash his lightning elemental attack at the last moment before he lost to him.

'Damn! Did this guy awaken an earth elemental ability? How powerful is it for him to cause an earthquake of this caliber." Randy wondered and he then put more strength and energy into his grip skill, thus enhancing its effects.

"Crack!"

And very soon, a sound of something breaking reverberated, and then a lifeless body was dropped to the ground with a 'thud' a moment later.

"Phew…" Randy wiped the sweat off his forehead as he sighed with relief. 

<Blood Venerable Fist God has obtained victory against Golden Fist King>