Chapter 1021: The Final Fray (28)
As it turned out, although Number Nine was indeed formidable, it still was no match for Xiaohei. After a few rounds, Xiaohei had grabbed it and thrown it to the ground.
Yang Ruxin had only ever dealt with animals such as cats and dogs before, and knew that animals are actually quite intelligent. After arriving in this era, and having interactions with Dabai, Xiaobai, Xiaolun, Xiaohei and the like, their intelligence seemed to be on par with that of humans.
Watching those eagles now, they appeared quite clever, like Number Nine, for example. After clashing a few times with Xiaohei and realizing that it couldn’t gain the upper hand—and having lost a lot of feathers to its opponent’s claws, even sustaining peck wounds—it began to emit cries of surrender.
Xiaohei, however, showed mercy; at least Number Nine, after being thrown, was able to stand up again and wasn’t dead.
The people around were dumbfounded. Was Number Six really that powerful?
Yang Ruxin smiled. After this fellow had settled into his home and got familiar with Dao Xuzi, he had eaten quite a few of the old man’s Medicine Pills. If he had lost, it would have been quite embarrassing.
Xiaohei’s victory turned Yang Ruxin’s one thousand taels of Silver into three thousand two hundred taels. Because there were fewer bets, the odds were four to one, and after deducting a twenty percent commission, this was what remained.
Looking at the silver note in his hand, Yang Ruxin shook his head helplessly. No wonder so many people were addicted to gambling; with a bit of good luck in winning, it was indeed much faster than earning money any other way.
The next two matches also ended swiftly, and the final five contenders were Number One, Number Three, Number Six, Number Seven, and Number Eight.
Before the last fight, it was finally announced that this year’s victor would receive a bonus of eighty thousand taels.