Beast World: A Fragile Beauty Blessed with Many Children-Chapter 405 - 404: I Want Xiao Cheng’s Two Tails

Xiao Cheng’s head was starting to ache from all the chatter, so he quickly shouted for them to stop. "I’m in a real bind now. Let’s just fight first and talk later!"

As he spoke, he picked up his two cubs, placing one on each of Zhi Zhan’s shoulders, then pushed Si Shuo toward him.

The crowd gasped. ’Isn’t Xiao Cheng being a little too bold? He’s actually making one of his other Couple Brothers watch his cubs for him?’

They waited for the Snow Leopard Beastman to fling the two little fox cubs away, but Zhi Zhan acted as if he hadn’t even seen them. He simply took his young female’s hand and shielded her from being jostled by the others.

The Hippo Beastman stepped forward, about to put on an arrogant display, but his expression faltered when he saw the Snow Leopard Beastman and Si Shuo standing next to Xiao Cheng. However, after looking around and not seeing Xu Chi, Ji Liang, or Gong You, he breathed a small sigh of relief.

Zhi Zhan glanced over, a flicker of amusement in his eyes. He leaned in and whispered to Si Shuo, "An old acquaintance. He was there back in Dongye Middle Square. Gong You beat the living daylights out of him. His eyes were so swollen he couldn’t even see..."

"It’s that fox, the one who’s prettier than any female," Luo Zhi said, crossing her arms and tilting her chin up. "He Heng, you are to defeat him and rip all his fur out! I’d really like to see just how pretty a bald fox can be!"

The commotion here was so great that some Beastmen had already run back to report what was happening.

Just as Luo Sang was being carried over by Xiao Chun, she heard that last sentence. Furious, she demanded in a sharp voice, "Luo Zhi, what did you just say? What has Xiao Cheng ever done to you to deserve such humiliation?"

Xiao Cheng, who just a moment ago had been sticking his neck out defiantly, turned and winked at Si Shuo as soon as he heard Luo Sang speak. He instantly transformed into a poor, bullied victim, his eyes welling with tears as he began to complain, "Mother, you have no idea how horrible Luo Zhi has been!

She claims that since she’s learned all your skills, she no longer has any respect for you and can bully and suppress your darling son as she pleases! Everyone here can be my witness that she can’t stand to see me doing well, and she’s trying to make my female break her bond with me..."

In just two sentences, he had perfectly encapsulated Luo Zhi’s arrogance, her disrespect for her elders, and her bullying. The sight of a grown male, a Father no less, looking so pathetically aggrieved with red-rimmed, tearful eyes, made his case all the more convincing.

Luo Zhi’s eyes widened. ’Dealing with him is just a side-effect of my real goals,’ she wanted to snap. ’He’s not even worth my effort.’

Luo Sang looked at Luo Zhi, her face an emotionless mask. "It’s true, I have nothing more to teach you. From this day forward, you are no longer my apprentice!"

Luo Zhi just gave a careless laugh. "Perfect. In that case, Female Saint Luo Sang, you might as well hand over the position of Witch Doctor, too."

’How arrogant!’ Si Shuo’s grip on Zhi Zhan’s hand tightened. ’Just who is this Luo Zhi? Does her confidence really come from just her talent and that Spiritual Artifact?’

Xiao Cheng’s fur practically stood on end as he glared at Luo Zhi, cracking his knuckles. "Hah. My mother worked tirelessly to train you, and this is how you repay your master?"

"Just because someone is older and happened to learn things before I did doesn’t give them the right to hold the title of ’master’ over my head forever. Among the Three-tailed Blue Fox Clan, the position has always gone to the most capable. Female Saint Luo Sang is old, and her abilities no longer match mine. Is it wrong for her to cede the Witch Doctor position to me?" Luo Zhi asked with a light laugh.

"She’s right." A man wrapped in white Beast Skins, a necklace of Fierce Beast teeth around his neck and a circlet of colorful feathers on his head, approached, surrounded by his followers. With a patronizing smile, he said, "Luo Sang, this doesn’t just apply to you. Even I, the Clan Leader, must follow the same rule. Ah, each new generation in our clan is stronger than the last."

"We should be happy when we are surpassed by the next generation and make way for new talent. I actually envy you. You get to hand off this heavy burden so soon and live a quiet life, free to go wherever you please."

Si Shuo was both captivated and furious. ’It’s easy for him to talk!’ she thought. ’This Clan Leader is deliberately trying to corner his mother-in-law!’

Xiao Cheng grumbled to himself. ’If I weren’t planning on following my female and leaving the Central Continent, I’d make sure to take them down a peg or two.’

"Luo Zhi, we’ll settle our debts one by one," he said, his expression turning icy. He then looked to He Heng. "Let’s head to the ring for a spar. Your female seems desperate to hand me a Spiritual Artifact, and I wouldn’t want to miss an opportunity like that."

"Oh, He Heng," she purred, "I forgot to give you one instruction. It’s easy to accidentally take a life in the ring, so do be careful. He is, after all, the son of my former master.

When a member of the Three-tailed Blue Fox Clan reaches Level 15, one of their tails can be sacrificed to save their life. Bring one of his tails to me. We’ll call it his apology for his ignorance and stupidity!"

But if his tail was cut off before he reached Level 15, Xiao Cheng would never be able to advance again. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Luo Sang’s eyes went red with fury. "Luo Zhi, if you truly have the ability, then take the Witch Doctor position! I won’t say another word against it. But I know I never wronged you. Why must you be so vicious toward Xiao Cheng?"

"Vicious?" Luo Zhi let out a low chuckle. "He Heng, Female Saint Luo Sang says I’m vicious. Since she’s already accused me, wouldn’t it be a waste not to live up to the name? I want two of Xiao Cheng’s tails!"

He Heng glanced at the Snow Leopard Beastman and hesitated, but then his eyes landed on the impossibly beautiful Xiao Cheng, and he grinned and nodded emphatically. ’What do I have to be afraid of?’ he thought. ’Shi Shuo’s house of Beast Husbands are tough one-on-one, but I have the entire Qingxi Tribe at my back. As long as I’m on the dueling ring, I won’t have to face those other suicidal males, so I have nothing to fear.’

The crowd moved to the square in Zhuan City, where a large platform stood. Many of the city’s most important events were held there.

There were sockets around the platform for installing Crystal Stones; once the Array was activated, the platform would function as a dueling ring. Each side submitted six Crystal Stones.

He Heng leaped onto the ring, immediately transforming into a massive, powerful hippo. With a light hop, Xiao Cheng landed on the platform as well, changing into a pale blue Three-tailed Blue Fox.

The Clan Leader, acting as referee, shouted for them to begin. He Heng was the first to move, charging at Xiao Cheng. The ground beneath his feet erupted into a field of jagged, sharp rocks.

He traversed it as if it were flat ground, leaving his opponent with nowhere to step.

But Xiao Cheng was unafraid. His paws transformed into golden, patterned iron hooves, and he moved nimbly across the treacherous rocks, rapidly flinging metal blades he had conjured at He Heng.

He Heng’s hide was thick and tough; the blades, as thin as a cicada’s wing, couldn’t even scratch him.

Xiao Cheng narrowed his eyes and began to make the blades heavier, each one now the size of a paring knife, but with an incomparably sharp edge.

He couldn’t conjure as many of these knives—only ten or twenty of them—but he hurled them with extreme speed. They pierced He Heng’s flesh, sinking in until only half the blade protruded.

He Heng shuddered from the pain. With an angry stomp, he used his Spiritual Power to force the knives from his body. When Xiao Cheng’s second wave of attacks came, he formed a shield of Spiritual Power to defend himself...

The two of them went back and forth on the ring, and the crowd grew so tense watching them that they forgot to shout or cheer.

Xiao Zhuang suddenly appeared out of nowhere, sidling up to Si Shuo. He said with a light chuckle, "Si Shuo Divine Female, Xiao Cheng can’t possibly beat He Heng. It’s useless for a male to be so pretty—it just attracts trouble. Unlike me..."

"Unlike you? Talentless and ugly?" Si Shuo shot back, her voice full of mock surprise.