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Chapter 112 Should I be treated to a meal?

"What the hell are you talking about?!!"

Qiu Puryue finished speaking. Yu Jin was stunned for a moment, then roared, his eyes bloodshot, staring at her angrily.

Qiu Puryue ignored him and raised her hand to signal the referee. The referee blew the whistle and the game was over.

As soon as Yu Jin landed on the ground, he turned around, grabbed Qiu Puyue's neck, and lifted her up with one hand.

"Why give up?!"

Yu Jin's eyes were red, and his anger seemed to solidify into a solid object and ignite the air.

This action caused an uproar in the audience.

The referee saw this scene but did not stop it.

As long as Yu Jin doesn't attack his opponent, there is no need for him to take action.

Yu Yunhao looked like he was enjoying the show.

Qiu Puryue was caught off guard, with her feet hanging in the air. She couldn't help but hold Yu Jin's wrist, staring into his bloodshot eyes. Without saying a word, she put her index and middle fingers together, tapped his arm lightly, and pressed down at a tricky angle.

Yu Jin lost consciousness in an instant, and his arms fell down weakly.

Qiu Purue fell to the ground, looked at Yu Jin who was covering his arm and staring at her in astonishment, and sighed: "That's why."

Yu Jin gritted his teeth: "I told you, I——"

"Save your energy." Qiu Puryue interrupted him with a wave of her hand before he could finish, and nodded her chin to signal him to leave.

Yu Jin wanted to say something, but when he met Qiu Puyue's indifferent gaze, he suddenly choked, closed his mouth, and followed her in silence.

Qiu Puryue touched her neck. Yu Jin didn't use much force, and there was not even a red mark left, it just looked scary.

"You don't have to fight so hard." Qiu Puryue said to Yu Jin in the waiting room, "This is only the second round. If you damage your body or leave a root of disease, it will be too worthless."

"Future competitions are getting more and more intense. If you get seriously injured in this game, or even lose an arm or a leg, what should I do next? Let you play with a disability?" Qiu Puryue touched her neck and closed her eyes. "This is not a final. Just try your best. There is no need to become disabled just for this game."

Yu Jin listened to her words in silence, his eyes moved slightly, with a complicated look. He stared at her without saying a word.

"She's right." Qin Xiao looked at the time and said calmly, "This is only the second game. There's no need to fight so hard, and you won the first game. Many people would hide their skills. Even if they fight hard, they have to wait until the third game, right?"

"...What if we lose the third game as well?" Yu Jin looked at Qiu Puryue, "Wouldn't you be eliminated then?"

"...There's nothing we can do about it, right?" Qiu Puryue scratched his head. "Well...just try your best. I'm not really interested in this competition. Other contestants are here for prizes and bonuses, but I just want to get a rank. Money and fame don't matter to me."

"You see, other contestants have professional medical teams, and those who play Warcraft have people responsible for recuperation after the game, so they can fight without worry, but I have nothing... You don't have to be like this." Qiu Puryue scratched his head and laughed, "If you get disabled or die for this game, it's not worth it, and this is just the beginning. If you win today with an arm broken, what are you going to do next?"

Yu Jin moved his fingers slightly, following Qiu Pu Yue's gaze to look at his charred arm. There was a faint glow of blood under the burn scar.

"...I said, I'm not that weak." Yu Jin covered his arm and said in a deep voice.

Although he said this, his attitude was obviously much more relaxed.

Qiu Puyue saw this and knew that he had heard it. She smiled and turned to look at the silent Chi Feng: "Let's go?"

Chi Feng slowly looked at her with a complicated look in his eyes: "He went upstairs."

Qiu Puyue was stunned: "Who?"

As soon as he asked, he reacted and turned his head almost inch by inch to look at the field.

"When did he go up?!" Qiu Puryue's pupils shrank and she looked at Qin Xiao suddenly.

Qin Xiao was also a little confused: "I don't know."

Mo Hanyu twitched his lips: "While you were discussing the significance of the competition."

Yin Xihui added: "I even took a special look at you before leaving."

“——Even though you didn’t notice.”

Qiu Puryue: ...

Qiu Puyue felt unwell all over.

"Why didn't you remind me?" Qiu Puryue looked at Yin Xihui.

"I thought you knew." Yin Xihui spread his hands innocently.

Do I look like I know?

Qiu Puryue pouted and stared at him with resentment.

Yin Xihui smiled innocently.

"It's time to go on stage." Qin Xiao reminded her, nodded his chin, and then reminded her, "Be careful, don't get eaten."

Qiu Puryue: ...

Look, what is this saying?!

Qiu Puryue gave him a complicated look. Although she wanted to call Taotie back, there was nothing she could do. There was a rule that said once you go up, you can't withdraw. She could only sigh and drag her feet towards the center of the field.

Qiu Puyue stared at the Taotie that looked like a child, and the image of Qiongqi killing everyone at that time emerged in her mind, and her expression became more complicated.

He wouldn't be like this once he got drunk, would he?

"What's that expression on your face?" Taotie knew Qiu Puryue was thinking about irrelevant things again when he saw her eyes, and said with disdain, "Do you think this thing can inspire fighting spirit?"

Qiu Puryue: ...

“Who can say for sure…” Qiu Puryue looked at the giant beast on the opposite side, bent down and said to Taotie, “The monster on the opposite side is so strange. It really doesn’t have any elements, but its physical fitness is very strong, and—”

"Powerful?" Taotie looked at her doubtfully, "Do you know what he is?"

Qiu Purue was stunned, shook her head, and told the truth: "I don't know."

"His species is the Gu Diao." Taotie said calmly, "With his size, he has basically no rivals in the water."

"...In the water?" Qiu Puryue was puzzled.

Taotie nodded: "They usually live in water. Look at his current state. It's obvious that he hasn't been in contact with water for a long time. His scales and everything have become hard."

"...Ah?" Qiu Puryue was puzzled, "Was it originally soft?"

"Well...similar to a crocodile." Taotie nodded his chin.

"Tubb?" Qiu Puryue became more and more confused.

Taotie:......

Taotie glanced at her and said, "Haven't you heard of it?"

Qiu Puryue shook her head honestly.

Taotie felt a little disgusted.

Qiu Puryue was a little hurt.

.........

The referee looked at the two people biting each other's ears and coughed twice.

Qiu Puryue shuddered, then immediately straightened up and looked at the referee.

"Is he your monster?" The referee looked at the cards in his hand, then at Taotie, "He didn't have this appearance recorded."

Qiu Purue was stunned: "Do you want to confirm it?"

The referee nodded: "Yes, to prevent substitutions."

Qiu Puyue nodded and looked at Taotie.

Taotie shook his head and turned into a small one. Qiu Puyue picked him up and showed him to the referee: "Is this okay?"

The referee narrowed his eyes, looked at Taotie, then looked at the card, and seemed to be hesitant to speak.

Qiu Puryue:?

Taotie also tilted his head.

The referee looked at the two little guys who seemed to be here for fun, pulled the corners of his mouth, and coughed twice: "Are you sure you are ready?"

Qiu Puryue looked at Taotie and let him go.

Taotie stretched, yawned, and nodded.

"He is so shameless!" Yu Er blurted out the moment he saw Taotie clearly, "He comes here to bully people?"

"In my opinion, it's eating." Jiao Chong said calmly.

"Oh, I really admire you." Yu'er couldn't stand it and said disdainfully, "You're still pretending to be cute. You're so shameless. You're already a beast of such an age..."

"By the way, even Taotie can go, why didn't you go?" Another voice of Jiao Chong came out and asked Qiongqi.

Qiongqi:......

"I'm not as shameless as him." Qiongqi paused for a moment and decided to slander Taotie and elevate himself.

Yu Er nodded, without any doubt: "Really..."

“…Isn’t that Taotie?!” Nangong Huaxue was shocked, his mind spinning wildly, “The legendary beast?”

Nangong Huaxue's expression became complicated when he recalled the rumors he had heard before.

According to legend, this beast once ate up an entire country...

Although she didn't know whether it was true or not, after all, she had never seen it.

Nangong Huaxue scratched his head and stared at the field hesitantly.

There won't be any accidents, right?

When the referee saw both sides nodded, he blew the whistle to signal the start.

"Are you here to gain sympathy?" Yu Yunhao couldn't help laughing when he saw Taotie's palm-sized appearance.

Taotie glanced at him and rolled on the ground: "This soil is quite soft."

It would definitely be comfortable to dig a hole and sleep in it.

Taotie thought improperly.

"...Does he want to dig a hole and bury himself?" Qiongqi narrowed his eyes as he watched Taotie's actions.

Yu Er: "...Why do you think so?"

Qiongqi didn't answer.

Yu Yunhao saw Taotie like this, looked at Gu Diao, and gave orders.

Gu Diao strode up to Taotie with big strides, and Taotie was shrouded in shadow. It looked like the Taotie was even smaller than his fingernail.

Taotie opened his eyes and looked at the Gu Diao, a trace of pity flashed across his eyes: "How pitiful."

The Gu Diao raised its claws and stepped towards the Taotie.

Seeing that Taotie had no intention of hiding, Qiu Puyue quickly slid forward, picked up Taotie, rolled on the ground and ran to the side.

"What do you want to do?" Qiu Puryue asked in a low voice, looking at the little beast curled up in her arms.

Taotie said nothing. He glanced indifferently at the Gu Diao flying towards him and seemed to sigh.

Qiu Puyue pressed her palm and watched the Taotie transform into a human form. She raised her eyelids and looked at the Gu diao that was charging towards her.

"roll."

In an instant, a fierce and brutal aura burst out from Taotie. He clearly did nothing but stood there, looking ahead indifferently, but the murderous aura emanating from his whole body pressed down on Gu Diao, and the terrifying pressure made him breathless.

The Gu Diao slammed on the brakes and stopped abruptly, staring at the Taotie in doubt and astonishment. It wanted to follow Yu Yunhao's order, but hesitated because of its instinctive fear.

Taotie stared at his red eyes and frowned.

"What are you doing? Tear them to pieces!" Yu Yunhao shouted angrily when he saw the Gu Diao stop.

The Gu Diao looked back at him, then at the Taotie, and after a pause, it flapped its wings and began to circle around in the arena.

"What's wrong with him?" Qiu Puyue asked Taotie in a low voice upon seeing this.

"I'm just hesitating." Taotie said calmly, glanced at the angry Yu Yunhao, and asked her in a low voice, "If I eat him——"

"No contestant has died in this competition so far." Qiu Puryue smiled helplessly, "Should we not start this?"

Taotie raised his eyebrows and curled his lips.

Finally, Yu Yunhao couldn't help it, took out something like a controller and pressed the button on it.

The Gu Diao stopped spinning, as if it was suddenly frozen, but then it turned its head abruptly and stared at the Taotie and the other two with fierce eyes and full of murderous intent.

Taotie looked at the thing in Yu Yunhao's hand, frowned, then looked at the Gu Diao whose kick caused the ground to shake, and the look in his eyes faded.

"...Don't you want to eat him?" Qiu Puyue watched Taotie's actions and vaguely guessed Taotie's intention.

Taotie glanced at her and said, "Can you crush the thing in that man's hand?"

Qiu Purue was stunned: "Not sure, it should be possible."

Taotie nodded and said nothing more.

"...Do you want me to destroy it?" Qiu Puryue asked tentatively.

Taotie looked at the Gu Diao that rushed over and said calmly, "No, forget it."

Qiu Puryue:?

Before Qiu Puyue could wonder, she saw Taotie opening its mouth towards the Gu Diao.

It happened in an instant. Qiu Puryue didn't even see what happened clearly. She just saw Taotie open his mouth, stretch out his hand, and then -

The huge Gu eagle disappeared.

Qiu Puryue:?

Qiu Puryue was stunned and blinked.

Taotie puffed up his cheeks, as if there was something inside, which was still moving, but after he chewed twice, there was no movement.

"Does this count as a win?" Taotie swallowed the food in his mouth and asked Qiu Puyue.

Qiu Puryue's brain seemed to have just thawed. She looked at him half a beat late, her lips slightly opened: "Should be... right?"

Yu Yunhao was obviously also confused. He looked at the empty venue, turned his head to look around, and uttered a surprised "Ah".

The first one to react was the referee, who blew the whistle to determine the winner.

Qiu Puryue looked at the controller in Yu Yunhao's hand, and thought of what Taotie said, and moved her fingers slightly. The white controller suddenly broke into several pieces, revealing the metal pieces inside.

"Look, I helped you win the game, shouldn't you treat me to a meal?"

Taotie was too lazy to walk, so he transformed himself into a baby animal and let Qiu Puyue carry him off the field.

"...Do you want to eat more?" Qiu Puryue hesitated, "But it's okay."

Taotie chuckled and glanced at Yu Yunhao who was still in a daze, with an indifferent look.

For some reason, Qiu Puryue felt that Taotie was not in a good mood. When they arrived at the waiting room, Taotie jumped out of her arms.

"It was so fast that I couldn't see it clearly." Yin Xihui looked at Taotie.

Qiu Puryue nodded with empathy: "Me too."

Qin Xiao looked at Taotie and met his eyes.

"A little disappointed." Taotie spoke, causing the whole room to fall silent.

"It turned out to be controlled." Taotie frowned, and said with a bit of disgust, "It's meaningless."

"...Did you see it?" In the private room, Xu Qingyun looked at Liu Qingfeng.

Liu Qingfeng didn't say anything, but frowned.

"That monster didn't even have the strength to fight back." Xu Qingyun looked at Yu Yunhao, who was leaving the field in a daze, and his eyes fixed.

"What the hell is that?"

Liu Qingfeng recalled the scene after the competition that day when Taotie grinned at Bai Xiao with his teeth bared.

"...I don't know. I've never seen such a monster." Liu Qingfeng glanced at Bai Xiao.