parentshiftbook #146 - You bastard, you’re looking for death!
#146 - You bastard, you’re looking for death!
A corner beneath the arena.
Black Flood Dragon sat down next to Red Blaze.
"Firestarter, do you have any spare weapons?" he asked, nudging Red Blaze.
"What do you want them for?" Red Blaze asked casually.
He was also puzzled, wondering what he had done to give this mud loach who played with water the illusion of friendliness?
Judging by their current behavior, anyone who didn't know better would think they were the best of friends.
Speaking of which, the two of them had settled their debts, an eye for an eye.
Since the other party was being so friendly, he couldn't very well act unapproachable.
He couldn't just ignore someone when they spoke to him, could he?
So, he had no choice but to suppress his helplessness and replied, "Don't tell me you want to lend a weapon to Flower Snake?"
"That's right. That's exactly what I intend to do."
"…I say, aren't you still holding a grudge against him? Why do you want to lend him a weapon?"
"That's irrelevant." Black Flood Dragon had his reasons. "I just can't stand to watch."
"That Golden Roc is already stronger than Flower Snake, yet he still insists on bringing a weapon inside."
"Firestarter, don't you think he's bullying the demons a bit?"
In short, he felt it was lacking in magnanimity.
It was obvious that he was going to win, yet he still had to bring a powerful weapon.
Although a lion uses its full strength even to catch a rabbit, this wasn't a life-or-death battle.
In his opinion, doing so lacked the demeanor of a great demon.
"If people hear you say that, they'll call you a pedant," Red Blaze said, shaking his head slightly.
He also felt that Xu Chengxian was likely to lose this match.
However, like Black Flood Dragon, he only had his natal magic weapon with him.
There was no way he could lend that.
Since neither of them had a spare weapon to lend to Xu Chengxian,
And it wasn't entirely unreasonable, since they were both allowed to bring weapons.
If you didn't have one, you couldn't blame the rules for being unfair.
But the Demon Marquis didn't know that her daughter had already made arrangements beforehand.
Just then, Prime Minister Turtle spoke from the stage:
"Xu Chengxian, the Marquis's mansion has some weapons. Would you like to use them?"
"What kind of weapons do you have?" Xu Chengxian asked.
"Naturally, we have all kinds of weapons."
"How do they compare to Golden Roc's?"
"They can't compare."
"Then can I choose a few more?"
"This…" Prime Minister Turtle hesitated slightly, then nodded. "That's acceptable."
With a wave of his hand, dozens of different weapons and magical artifacts were lined up in front of Flower Snake.
The magical artifacts emitted various colored halos. Although they weren't top-grade magical artifacts, they were all above mid-grade.
This was definitely the Demon Marquis's doing.
Each of these could be sold for five or six hundred spirit stones.
Xu Chengxian didn't stand on ceremony. He pointed with his tail and chose three items.
He wanted to take more, but Prime Minister Turtle wouldn't allow it.
With a wave of his sleeve, he put away the remaining weapons.
"Sister! Help me hold these!"
In order not to reveal that his stomach could be used as a storage bag, Xu Chengxian didn't put away the weapons. Instead, he used his blood energy to create ropes.
He bundled up a large saber and two long spears and threw them to Ling Xiao.
He couldn't use them,
but he definitely wanted them.
It wouldn't be right not to take advantage of a good deal, would it?
After doing all this, he turned around and was the first to enter the portal.
He went to the secret realm arena.
The great demons below immediately burst out laughing.
"This Flower Snake is quite interesting!"
"Is he afraid of being poor?"
"I heard he ate three tables of food at breakfast!"
"I heard he's from the edge of the Northern Wilderness Mountains and doesn't have much of a foundation."
"That's understandable."
As they spoke and laughed, their eyes drifted towards Ling Xiao and Ling Yunzi's faces.
Their expressions were full of teasing.
They all felt that the three siblings of this family were quite interesting.
The second sister and third brother had transformed into human form, one with celestial beauty, the other also considered handsome, but the eldest brother walked before people in his snake form.
The first two had extraordinary temperaments, with an elegant and noble air, yet they didn't show the slightest disgust for their elder brother's actions.
Look at this sister, Ling Xiao. After catching the weapons that Flower Snake threw over, she casually put them into her storage bag.
Her movements were as smooth as flowing water, and her expression didn't show any embarrassment.
"Embarrassment?" Ling Xiao raised an eyebrow. These three weapons could be sold for two thousand low-grade spirit stones.
Even if they weren't sold, giving them to the little demons as rewards could earn a lot of loyalty.
Why wouldn't she take free benefits?
"This Prime Minister Turtle seems a little too easy to talk to," Ling Yunzi transmitted his voice.
"It must be our good big brother's sister-in-law who asked him to do it," Ling Xiao snorted and laughed. "Maybe even the ugly Flower Snake's bye in the previous round had his hand in it."
He was also a formidable figure.
Under the Demon Marquis's nose, he did things for his young master and still managed to muddle through without being punished.
Look, right now, the Water-Avoiding Demon Marquis seemed to be blaming him for being meddlesome and shouldn't have let Xu Chengxian choose weapons.
But Prime Minister Turtle covered it up with a few words.
Ling Xiao guessed that he probably said it was to let the great demons see the Marquis's mansion's generosity that he did so.
"If that's really the case, then our next act will be easier to perform."
Once Xu Chengxian wins against Golden Roc, this Prime Minister Turtle will inevitably come forward to persuade the Demon Marquis to give him the Dragon Blood Essence.
"In that case, it depends on when Xu Chengxian can win."
…
Inside the arena.
Xu Chengxian and Golden Roc stood facing each other from afar.
He was still on the ground, while the other party was in mid-air.
"These great demons all like to fly up there." He curled his lip and thought, 'Just because you can fly doesn't mean I can't, does it?'
He then created a gust of wind to lift himself up.
He faced Golden Roc eye to eye.
"Hey? Hey? Hey? Holy crap?"
However, because his innate battle skill, the Five Elements Technique, had only just awakened, and he was using it to lift himself up, his execution was not skilled enough.
So, before he could even speak, his body swayed unsteadily. It took him some effort to regain his balance.
"Whew! Not bad, I didn't fall!"
Since becoming a snake, Xu Chengxian's expectations for himself had become especially lenient.
Like now, although there was the suspicion of making a fool of himself in front of his opponent, he didn't fall down and was still successful, which was very gratifying.
Golden Roc across from him showed a look of disdain on his face.
After he stabilized his body, he said, "Brother Xu, I see that you haven't even mastered the art of flying. What qualifications do you have to fight me?"
"Do you want to admit defeat now?" Golden Roc raised his sword-like eyebrows and smiled arrogantly. He pointed at Xu Chengxian with the mace in his right hand and asked, "If you're willing to admit defeat, we can avoid hurting our harmony."
"What harmony is there to hurt between you and me?" Xu Chengxian retorted directly.
He only felt that this Golden Roc's words were even more annoying than Black Flood Dragon's.
He was on par with Yu Feilong.
"I know you have some skills, otherwise you wouldn't have been able to win against Yu Feilong." Golden Roc smiled wickedly. "I'm not afraid to tell you, Brother Yu has already told me all your tricks."
"Since I know them, I must have taken precautions. If you want to hurt me with them again, I'm afraid you won't be able to do it. On the contrary, my tricks, no one has told you about them, right?"
As he said this, his arrogance almost spurted out of his nostrils.
"Judging by your actions, you're also greedy for money. Rather than not being able to win and returning empty-handed, you might as well admit defeat, and I'll give you some benefits."
"Since Yu Feilong has taken a fancy to your sister, I can't very well hurt his brother-in-law. Very well, if you admit defeat now, how about I add some betrothal gifts and dowry for your sister?"
Seeing that Xu Chengxian didn't say anything, he showed a frivolous expression and said:
"If you have other sisters at home, I and Yu Feilong can become brothers-in-law and take her as a concubine. Leaving aside everything else, I happen to have a few Transformation Pills here. Do you want them?"
"I want your grandpa!" Xu Chengxian cursed.
The reason he hadn't spoken earlier was that he had heard that Golden Roc and Yu Feilong seemed to have a very close relationship.
Birds of a feather flock together.
He was just curious whether this grandson across from him could also spew feces.
However, what he really didn't expect was that when it came to spewing feces, this guy could really open his mouth and do it!
Enraged, he immediately swayed his body and released the restriction.
A huge snake tail smashed down head-on.
"You dog thing, you're asking for death!"
"If I don't beat the shit out of you today, this Xu will consider you to have shat clean!"