Chapter 248 Whip of Thorns

On the stage with bright lights, five acrobats were performing a human pyramid to form a "human tower".

On the top of the tower was a light-bodied, revealingly dressed actress, and the tower base was a sturdy man who carried the weight of four people, sweating profusely and his face flushed red.

According to Musk's memory, Gao Fei recognized the man's name as Mike, a strongman in the circus, with a strength attribute of 19 and an intelligence attribute of only 8. He was a typical strongman with well-developed limbs and a simple mind.

The next show of the circus tonight was the popular "blindfolded throwing knife".

The first person to come on stage was a charming girl wearing only underwear, who posed on the stage for a while and then stood with her back against the cross.

Two more servants came on stage and tied the girl's hands firmly to the cross, like a lamb to be slaughtered.

Finally, one of the famous actors in the circus, "Knife Thrower" Billy, a short man with a mustache and a fake smile on his greasy face, came on stage amid the cheers of the audience.

Gao Fei used the astrolabe to scout Billy. His agility was 18, and his other attributes were very average.

Billy stood about 10 meters away from the cross and casually threw two throwing knives, which were nailed to the neck of the girl who served as a human target on both sides, almost sticking to the skin, causing exclamations in the audience.

Then, Billy took out a scarf from his pocket, covered his eyes solemnly, raised the throwing knife and aimed again and again, until he had whetted the audience's appetite, and then waved his hand and threw it out.

The throwing knife hit the girl's face, and the audience screamed. Many people who watched the performance for the first time couldn't help but jump up from their seats, their faces full of astonishment.

Billy on the stage also hurriedly pulled off the scarf, pretended to be full of grief, rushed to the cross, hugged the girl who was stabbed, and cried and blamed himself.

Just when this good show reached its climax, the girl on the cross suddenly raised her head and shook off the long hair covering her face.

It was not until this moment that the audience realized that the knife Billy had just thrown was actually held in the girl's mouth, without causing any harm to her.

Billy took back the knife, cut the rope tied around the girl's wrist, and bowed out with his partner.

The audience witnessed this incredible reversal, and their emotions changed from shock to surprise. They all shouted that it was exciting and applauded vigorously.

The same play has been performed countless times on this stage, but as long as there are new audiences who don't understand the design of the show, "knife thrower" Billy is not afraid of no one to support him.

The next show is the finale of the night, "Beauty and the Beast".

"Red-haired" Claire, holding a whip, went on stage with the lion Simba.

First, they performed regular programs such as jumping over the fire pot and drilling through the fire ring to warm up, mainly Simba was working hard.

Claire occasionally whipped the whip to release "flash magic", creating gorgeous lighting effects on the stage to set off the atmosphere.

Gao Fei watched intently through the gap in the curtain backstage for 6 seconds, and then received a system prompt: Successfully imitated "Flash"!

He opened the star chart and saw that "Flash" really appeared in the "Imitation" column.

The spells learned through imitation can be deleted at any time, or replaced with another spell of the same level.

Since he was idle anyway, Gao Fei simply continued to watch Claire's performance.

At this time, the background music on the stage suddenly changed from festive to urgent, and the band's drummer beat hard, creating an atmosphere of impending crisis.

The audience was affected by the live background music, and the smiles on their faces disappeared one after another, replaced by curiosity and tension.

In the center of the stage, Simba, the lion who was originally very obedient, seemed to be impatient with being forced to perform, and stopped to roar loudly, looking very anxious.

Claire quickly waved the whip and whipped Simba, angrily scolding the lion and urging him to continue jumping through the fire ring.

Every time the lion was whipped, it let out a painful roar, which frightened the timid audience to jump up from their chairs and move towards the theater exit.

Gao Fei saw it more clearly in the backstage. Claire seemed to be waving the whip with a whistling sound, but she didn't really whip Simba.

Simba and the mistress were in sync, and his painful expression and angry roar were just acting.

Under the tense gaze of the audience, the lion seemed to have finally lost his patience. He suddenly grabbed the whip that was whipping him, snatched it away, threw it on the ground, and tore it off with one claw.

Claire, who lost the whip, showed a face full of surprise at the right time and staggered back.

The lion raised his head and roared, opened his bloody mouth, and pounced on the mistress who abused him.

Claire screamed, ran away, and hid around the stage.

The lion chased her fiercely behind her, and the distance between them kept shortening.

Claire looked back while running and found that the lion's sharp teeth were almost touching her plump and perky buttocks. In a hurry, she jumped through the blazing fire ring in front of her, rolled on the ground, and stood up.

In a hurry, she looked back and found that the lion also jumped over the fire ring and caught up. Claire had to run in another direction. After a full run-up, she made a standard triple jump and jumped over the blazing fire pot.

The lion Simba also flew over the fire pot and continued to chase the hostess.

The beast and the tamer on the stage have reversed their roles. Now it is the lion chasing the tamer girl, forcing her to keep drilling through the fire ring and jumping over the fire pot, trying to use these obstacles to delay time and escape from the lion's mouth.

Including Gao Fei, many viewers already knew that this thrilling scene was just a pre-designed program effect, but they still watched with their eyes wide open, holding their breath, not daring to breathe.

The chase between the beast and the beauty finally reached its climax.

Unarmed Claire was forced into a dead corner far away from the fire circle and the brazier. In front of her was a lion that was baring its fangs and claws and pressing forward step by step. Behind her was the audience. There was nowhere to escape.

At this moment, Claire suddenly snapped her fingers, and a magical green vine appeared out of thin air in her hand. The vine was covered with thorns, like a long whip.

She waved this "whip of thorns" to force the lion back, and then turned to face the audience. With a flick of her wrist, the vine whip swept past a little girl sitting in the front row and swept away the bouquet she was holding.

Claire controlled the long whip remotely to wrap around the bouquet and sent it to the lion Simba.

The lion, whose face was full of rage just now, had a very gentle look in his eyes. He lowered his head to smell the fragrance of the flowers and let out a low roar of admiration.

The "whip of thorns" in Claire's hand only lasted for a few seconds before it dissipated into disordered magic.

The tamer returned to her lion, caressed Simba's golden mane, bent down to pick up the bouquet on the ground, smiled and pulled out the flowers one by one, throwing them into the audience, causing a frenzy of scramble.

Finally, Claire did not forget to walk off the stage, hug the little girl holding the bouquet just now, kiss her cheek, and thank her for helping her tame the mad lion with flowers - not whips.