Picking Up Attributes From Today

Chapter 36: The Battle For The Title Of King of Fighters, Becoming A Fighter

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

The mid-term examination brought about a huge influence!

Or at least, that was Meng Lei’s opinion.

This was because the atmosphere in the academy had completely changed!

The usually laughing and bantering Dragon People nobility had disappeared, the indolent and romantic young masters and playboys were gone, and the couples hiding in the corners were also missing in action.

The number of loafers in the school had decreased, the number of people listening in class had increased, and the training grounds were packed with people!

A mid-term examination had miraculously turned around the atmosphere in the academy. The first-year students’ transformation, in particular, was especially dramatic. It was a complete change from their previous indolence, as though they had suddenly woken up to reality!

After morning classes ended, Meng Lei left the academy and headed to the capital city’s biggest battle arena—Flame Arena.

Flame Arena was located in the east of the city and situated in a prosperous area where the rich and the noble congregated. It was a considerable distance from Fire Dragon Magic Academy. Meng Lei flagged down a magic cab and headed there in the carriage.

The magic cab driver observed Meng Lei’s countenance and asked carefully, “Lord Magician, are you heading to Flame Arena to watch tonight’s battle for the title of King of Fighters?”

Meng Lei was wearing a magician robe and was evidently a noble magician. He wasn’t someone whom a driver like him could casually strike up a conversation with, but if he could get acquainted with Meng Lei, it would definitely be a positive thing!

“Battle for the title of King of Fighters?”

Meng Lei was mildly stunned.

“You don’t know about it?”

The driver found this rather strange. He said, “The annual King of Fighters battle is a grand and spectacular competition famous throughout the capital city. Everyone, from peddlers and servants all the way to high-ranking officials and the nobility, knows about it!”

“I’ve been staying in the academy all this time, so I haven’t heard about it!” Meng Lei said with a smile, “Why don’t you tell me about the King of Fighters battle?”

“Alright!”

As the driver explained, Meng Lei finally understood what it was all about.

The King of Fighters!

That was the strongest Gold-Medal Fighter in the battle arena!

After an intense year-long tussle, a king among all the fighters would emerge from the Flame Arena, and he was known as... The King of Fighters!

In the King of Fighters battle, this year’s King of Fighters would challenge the King of Fighters that had won the previous year’s King of Fighters battle. This was a battle between kings and was also Flame Arena’s most exciting battle of the year. Somewhat similar to the NBA finals and the World Cup finals, its influence reached far and wide, and was highly popular and received great support from the nobles!

In the magic cab driver’s words, all the noblemen or tycoons that loved battle tournaments would watch the King of Fighters battle taking place tonight. Tickets had even gone as high as several tens of thousands of gold coins per ticket!

I didn’t think that I would actually run into a competition like this!

Meng Lei secretly shook his head.

It’s just that the tickets are too expensive. At tens of thousands of gold coins per ticket, I can’t afford that!

Meng Lei had initially wanted to join the fun, but all he could do now was only to think about it. He wasn’t that big of a millionaire yet!

He arrived at Flame Arena an hour later.

The massive Flame Arena was somewhat similar to the stadiums and theaters on Earth. It was a grand and magnificent building that occupied an extremely big plot of land and formed the shape of a lick of flame. It shone a dazzling fiery red everywhere and gave off a blood-boiling and fiery, passionate feeling!

At that moment, it was already packed with people outside Flame Arena. There were Dragon People nobility decked out in gold and jewels, big-bellied wealthy tycoons and overlords, fashionable and sexy noblewomen and ladies...

Human traffic flowed ceaselessly, and people moved constantly!

People’s voices were loud and went on without pause!

“How lively!”