Survival Game: Call Me an Honest Businessman

Hena's beastly paws tore through Li Zhi's flesh, and the claws retracted, trying to pull out her internal organs along with them.

The next second, he found himself frozen in place, his whole body covered in frost, unable to move.

The severe injury triggered the body's protective mechanisms, releasing large amounts of adrenaline and endorphins. Li Zhi could no longer feel the pain and plunged a knife into Hena's eyeball. A squelching sound accompanied the gushing out of aqueous humor, but the frozen Hena couldn't even scream in pain.

Li Zhi pulled out the dagger and wanted to stab again, but Hena was already able to move.

She let out a low growl, but it was no longer as fierce and powerful as before; it was much weaker and more subdued.

Li Zhi quickly retreated, and at the same time took out a Grade D healing potion and immediately poured it into his mouth.

The rapidly depleted vitality quickly recovered, and the torn wounds visibly began to heal.

Li Zhi looked at Hena, who was slowly approaching.

She has reverted to her orc form.

It was blind in one eye, its fur was charcoal black, one of its ears was only half left, its neck was bleeding, and there was hardly a good spot on its body.

But in her last remaining eye, there was still only the determination to kill.

Hena's steps gradually became unsteady.

He swayed from side to side and then fell to the ground with a thud.

But he remained determined and crawled toward Li Zhi using both hands and feet.

Li Zhi raised his dagger, aiming it at Hena, ready to fight at any moment.

The spectators were thrilled by the battle's many twists and turns, with some shouting excitedly, "Kill her! Kill her!"

"Newborn race! Charge! Gouge out Hena's other eye!"

"Hernar, you dog, you're not even as good as a worm! What are you crawling for! Go and gut her and rip her intestines out!"

The murderous intent in Li Zhi's eyes was gradually replaced by coldness.

She didn't look at the trainees below the stage, but kept a wary eye on Hena, who was crawling over even if it meant crawling.

"Henna, you've already lost."

Even so, Li Zhi still took a few steps back.

Be wary that Hena may have a trump card up his sleeve or launch a last-ditch counterattack.

The other hand, which wasn't holding the dagger, was also clutching another one-time protective shield talent card, ready to activate it at any moment.

Hena's voice was hoarse but firm: "If we don't die, we haven't lost."

"Kill me, or I'll kill you."

Li Zhi found it absurd: "You're really stupid, Hena. Not just you, your entire hyena clan is ridiculously ignorant. Why would I want to kill you? And why are you so obsessed with killing me?"

"Because of the rules of the arena? Because of the shouts from those below? Because of a certain human who ate all your cubs?"

Is dying in the ring heroic?

"No, you are a weakling manipulated by the rules, a fool easily swayed by emotions, a clown who paves the way for his enemies with his life."

"You don't even know who your enemy is, yet you've caused the hyena beastman race to lose its most powerful successor. This litter of cubs is gone, but have you ever considered that if you die, the next litter of cubs will never be born, and your race will be wiped out prematurely?"

"You..." Hena's remaining eye flickered with confusion: "Why did you remind me?"

"Aren't you going to kill me?"

When Li Zhi got carried away with the fight, he genuinely considered killing Hena.

But when the urging, cursing, and laughter below began, the blood rushing to her head instantly cooled.

Why did she kill Hena?

Just to vent his anger?

and then?

Snow White and Yashi were still watching from below, for the hyena clan had long been enemies with humans.

But at that time she was just one of the vast human population, and after she killed Hena, she would become the most hated target of the hyena clan.

Who's happy now?

They will now be regarded as the trial participants of the gladiatorial arena.

The seventh trial area lost two powerful competitors and also witnessed a thrilling spectacle.

Who reaped the harvest?

The beast-eared woman, who diverted Hena and the hyena clan's attention to her, thus saving her life and eliminating another threat, was the ultimate winner.

And what about her?

She lost a fortune!

All the props we're using today were painstakingly collected by her!

That one bottle of Grade D healing potion was her life-saving secret!

The life-or-death struggle has been completely exhausted.

and then?

Did she obtain the Emerald Heart that was rightfully hers?

Did I become a fat sheep in the seventh trial zone, someone with some strength but no team?

Did they incur the hyena clan's irreconcilable hatred?

A stepping stone for a woman with animal ears to escape unscathed?

Absolutely impossible!

She, Li Zhi, never does business at a loss.

I will never be led by the nose by anyone.

The trainees below the stage wanted to see them fight.

She insisted on keeping Hena.

The woman with animal ears wanted to use her to attract hatred.

She will return the hatred and crisis to her a thousandfold.

Not only that, she will also let her know the consequences of using her as a stepping stone or a target.

Li Zhi's lips curled into a cold, fake smile: "Hernah, of course I won't kill you, but there are conditions for sparing your life."

Hena's eyes were blank.

Li Zhi: "I want you and the hyena clan to sign employment contracts with me, to fight for me whenever I need you, and to compensate me for all the losses I suffered in this battle."

Hena remained silent, but Hedon spoke first: "We agree! Hena! Agree to her!"

"But our hyena clan and the newly emerging species don't..."

Herdon interrupted Hena: "Hena! Promise her! Listen to me!"

Hena turned to look at Li Zhi: "I promise you."

Li Zhi: "What I want is not just your agreement, but for the entire hyena clan to be at my disposal."

She looked at He Dong below the stage.

Hedon: "Henna is the young chieftain of our hyena clan, and she can represent the entire hyena clan."

Hena: "Really."

Li Zhi took out a scale and mentally uploaded the contract: "This is an employment contract. Your hyena clan must work for me for at least three years. This is a compensation contract. Take a look."

Instead of walking over, she let the scales of fairness fly over.

Hena glanced at the words on the scale for about three seconds, then looked away: "Okay."

Li Zhi: "Sign the names of all the adult orcs of your hyena clan."

Hena was taken aback.

She nodded, dipped her finger in her own blood, and carefully signed 81 names.

Li Zhi immediately signed his name on the scale.

[Signing a community employment contract grants +5 experience points]

[Signing a contract for a huge debt, experience points +5]

[The debt agreement and the employment agreement form a joint contractual relationship, experience points +5]

Li Zhi pulled out a crossbow bolt and aimed it at Hena's forehead.

Hena's hair stood on end.

Li Zhi: "I give up on killing Hena."

On the screen below the arena, new lines of text appeared:

[Trialist Hena challenges Trialist, give me back my 3-star, 5-cost character!!! Failed]

[Congratulations on getting back my 3-star, 5-cost character!!! You have become the first arena defender in the Seventh Trial Arena, earning 5000 points and the title of Arena Defender]

The Emerald Heart loot has been unlocked.

[Give me back my 3-star, 5-cost weapon!!! Can reverse-lock any Hena item as loot]

【Give me back my 3-star, 5-cost weapon!!! A new arena rule can be created】

[The following permissions have been enabled for the defending champion: 1. Two-way teleportation between the arena and the shelter/vehicle; 2. Communication between the trial area and the outside world]