The ten competing eagles were drawn into five pairs, after which the strong five were selected. Then these five eagles would fight each other two at a time until the last one emerged victorious...
To prevent the eagles from losing control and injuring people, the competition was held inside cages.
Such activities were truly cruel.
Soon, a clerk announced the order of the matches. Xiaohei would face off against number nine in the first match, which was the third to take place.
The first match was between eagle number one and eagle number ten.
People began to call out bets.
Those who could afford to watch the competition were well-off and leisurely, only there to gamble; as soon as betting was announced, they were instantly surrounded by bettors.
On-site betting was very flexible. You could predict who would be the champion right now, or you could bet on the winner of each match as it happened, with the minimum bet set at one hundred taels.