Chapter 559: On Stage
Upon hearing Tina's words, Rose immediately sensed something.
There was an underground fighting ring in or around this coffee shop.
Underground fighting was very common in America, many wealthy individuals enjoyed the visual impact.
And they tended to be very generous when betting against their opponents.
Rose had been to such places many times before, but only for location scouting and had never actually participated.
However, the visual shock of two people fighting each other on stage was undeniable.
If you didn't give up, your opponent would cripple you until death!
"Oh, there's someone from the Blood Clan, from the Ross Family?" Xia Liu became interested, if that was the case, he would have to use a Secret Technique to make the other party reveal their base location.
"I can't be sure," Tina shook her head, she could only tell if someone was from the Blood Clan.
As for whether they were from the Ross Family, only the other party themselves knew.
"Alright, what rank is he?"
"He seems to be a Baron."
"A Baron..."
Xia Liu fell silent, Barons couldn't even stand sunlight, no wonder he was back here fighting in underground bouts.
After all, advancing to an Earl required a tremendous cost.
Without sufficient capital, it was impossible to succeed.
If he were a direct descendant of the Ross Family, he probably wouldn't rely on this method to earn money and buy assets for advancement.
But if he was from a collateral line, it was very likely he would.
Because they had no money and no resources, they could only fend for themselves.
Unless one could reach the rank of Marquis, they didn't catch the Ross Family's attention.
"Is there a match tonight?" Xia Liu asked after ending his contemplation.
"Yes, and it's a cumulative challenge match, I think it's his last day of fighting," Tina remarked.
"Hmm! Well, my luck isn't too bad then, let's have a look," Xia Liu felt somewhat fortunate.
Lucky he found this place, otherwise he might not have been able to find this Blood Clan person after tomorrow.
Tina, with a smile, led Xia Liu and Rose upstairs.
They then descended down the stairs through a secret door.
After going down about five meters through the narrow and dimly lit staircase.
A wave of heat, carrying many excited cheers, hit them head-on.
A few more steps down, through a few doors,
Xia Liu finally reached the fighting ring.
The environment here was quite luxurious, a large screen rolled in the center of the fighting ring, displaying the final stakes of the two fighters.
The central arena was about ten meters in length and width.
It was surrounded by wire netting.
Shhhh…
On the stage, a black-skinned man was hit by his opponent, his body flying backward and finally slamming harshly against the wire netting.
"One! Two! Three!"
Seeing the black man fall, gamblers who placed their bets on his opponent eagerly counted along.
If the black man did not get up after ten counts, they would win the round!
Most of those betting were rich people, predominantly white.
English floated around the area.
Both Xia Liu and Rose were very familiar with this language.
"Eight! Nine! Ten! The winner of this match is Karl!" The last three counts were announced by the host near the ring through a microphone.
He excitedly looked at Karl, clearly, he had placed bets too.
"Tina, the person you were talking about is him, right?"
"Yes, this is his thirty-first victory, if no one challenges him, he will win thirty million dollars," Tina nodded in response.
"Karl! Karl!"
"Karl!"
"Karl!"
The onlookers cheered the victor with enthusiastic voices.
Xia Liu took a careful look at Karl, who had a face full of arrogance.
Well-proportioned, with curly blond hair, his bare upper body showcased his handsome, dashing appearance, many scantily clad foreign women continuously cheered below.
"Are there any challengers for Karl?"
At the most exciting moment of the event, the host shouted into the microphone.
"Karl!"
"Karl!"
...
"Very well, it seems that no one else wants to challenge. So, I declare..."
Just as the host was about to make the announcement, Xia Liu walked up to the stage, "I want to challenge him."
Xia Liu's voice wasn't loud, but he had imbued it with Spiritual Energy, making it clearly audible to everyone present.
Suddenly, all cheering stopped.
They all turned their gaze towards Xia Liu.
"Haha! Look at him, he looks like he's from one of those short-statured Eastern countries."
"Could also be Huaxia."
"Seriously delusional, Karl has beaten over ten Huaxia masters in more than thirty victories."
"Look at his small stature; he probably can't even withstand one punch from Karl!"
"Little brother, you're so handsome, don't go up there. Name your price, I'll pay you, but for the next month, you're mine." Next to the stage, a blonde woman kept winking at Xia Liu.
"Little brother, I'm willing to pay too, just name your price."
...
A few more women came over to chat.
Xia Liu shook his head and said to the host, "Brule, announce that I'm going up."
Hearing Xia Liu speak fluent English and looking at his face, Brule, the boxing ring host, couldn't believe it.
An Easterner speaking English as if he were a local.
"Wow!"
"He's really going up!"
"Tsk tsk! This is going to be good! Karl is definitely going to win!"
"Announce it, Brule!"
"Hurry up and announce it!"
...
Once Xia Liu confirmed, the crowd around him erupted.
They were eager to see Xia Liu on stage, as they all planned to bet on Karl and win a lot of money!
"May I have your name, sir?" Brule asked.
"Xia Liu."
"Very well! Up next, Mister Xia will challenge Karl!" Brule shouted into the microphone.
"Ho ho ho!"
"I'm betting on Karl!"
"Bet on Karl!"
As Brule announced Xia Liu's challenge, on the screen, the betting amount for Karl soared to three million US dollars!
And the amount kept rising.
"No, no, no! You can't all bet on Karl, who will pay up?" Brule became panicked as he saw the one-sided amount.
"Haha! The Easterner is definitely going to lose, whoever bets on him will lose."
"Exactly, who would be that foolish?"
"Haha!"
The crowd laughed uproariously, looking at Xia Liu with the utmost disdain.
They certainly didn't think Xia Liu could win.
"I'm the bookmaker betting on Mr. Xia."
"That's Tina!"
"Tina is actually making a book and siding with the Easterner!"
"Haha! There's going to be some real money to make here; I'm going to raise my bet on Karl!"
"Karl will win!"
"Karl will win!"
"Fools, Tina is a member of the boxing board; she bets on the Easterner, she must know something. Let's follow her lead."
"Yes, yes!"
All of a sudden, everyone at the venue was stirred up.
But there was still a large gap between the amounts bet on each side, with six million US dollars on Karl and less than five hundred thousand on Xia Liu…