35: Game Three

“Are you alright?!” Wei Xun had originally thought that Bear Two already knew what to do, but he hadn't expected this big oaf to not understand at all.

Sure enough, the Tiger King’s expression grew even uglier upon hearing that answer.

Just as the entire assembly hall fell into an icy silence, Fox Elder, who had not spoken until now, said, “Great King, what that Grey Fur Captain said is correct. That foolish Bear’s brain does seem to be not very functional. If you only recruit him as your personal guard just because he has a lot of strength, I’m afraid he will cause you even more Life Qi in the future. It would be better to let him remain as he is, continuing to patrol the mountain below, so as not to disturb your peace.”

As soon as Fox Elder spoke, the Tiger King’s expression slowly improved.

“The Military Advisor is right!” The Tiger King opened his mouth and ate a small fruit handed to him by a Three-Colored Cat Demon, then said, “Since that’s the case, you stupid Bear, go do whatever you’re supposed to do. I don’t want to see you right now.”

Bear Two immediately felt somewhat wronged after hearing this, not knowing what he had done wrong.

“Hurry up and go!” Seeing this, Wei Xun immediately waved at Bear Two, wanting to quickly get him off the stage.

But at this moment, the Tiger King spoke up, calling out to Wei Xun: “The foolish Bear can go down, Grey Fur Captain, stay.”

“Damn it!” Wei Xun’s heart jolted when he heard what the Tiger King said.

So he let Bear Two off, but not him, huh?

“May I ask what the Great King needs from me?” Wei Xun forced an awkward smile and could only cup his fists over his head.

“No need to be nervous!” The Tiger King sneered slightly: “I merely wish to invite you to participate in the third competition.”

As soon as the Tiger King spoke, the Chicken Demon standing on a rock by the side of the arena immediately began to announce in a loud voice: “The third competition, Stand to the End.”

Upon hearing the Chicken Demon announce this competition, Wei Xun momentarily thought that Stand to the End was some kind of quiz competition.

But then the Chicken Demon immediately announced the detailed rules of the competition: “The competition will be conducted in aArena (arena) style, where the defending demon needs to face challenges from one demon after another.”

“The winner of a challenge will become the new defender and will face new challengers.”

“For each victory obtained, a pot of quenching demon wine will be rewarded by the Tiger King.”

“Those who win five consecutive matches will win the competition and receive a hundred-year spiritual ginseng from the Tiger King.”

After the Chicken Demon finished announcing, several demons took out their weapons and drew a circle with a diameter of over ten meters in the middle of the arena as the boundary for the fighting stage.

“Stepping out of the arena boundaries during the challenge, surrendering, losing consciousness, or even dying will result in a loss,” the Chicken Demon continued to announce the competition rules.

“Since it just so happens!” The Tiger King sat happily on his high stone chair and said, “Then let’s invite our Grey Fur Captain to be the first defending demon!”

“How petty is this Tiger King!” Wei Xun cursed inwardly, but now that he had been put on the spot, he certainly couldn’t refuse.

So Wei Xun could only cup his fists in gratitude: “As the Great King commands!”

Then, under the watchful eyes of all the demons, Wei Xun had no choice but to walk to the center of the arena, waiting for the first challenger.

Currently, Wei Xun merely wanted to Cultivate secretly under the protection of Demon Mountain and had no desire to expose his strength or attract the attention of other demons.

Therefore, Wei Xun planned that after the first challenger came onto the stage, he would simply deal with two Moves and then find an opportunity to feign defeat.

“I’ll go!” At this moment, a ferocious-looking Wild Boar Demon among the demon crowd patted his round belly and walked onto the stage.

“I am Man Gang, an Instructor under Black Vulture General!” The Wild Boar immediately introduced himself upon arriving, and then actually spat out an axe from his mouth.

It seemed to be a Cultivation Technique similar to Big Gulp.

“Grey Fur, a Captain under Fox Elder!” Wei Xun feigned politeness, then spat into his palm and retrieved a long spear from his storage space, which he had confiscated from a human hunter.

As the Chicken Demon announced the start of the challenge, the Wild Boar Demon named Man Gang let out a roar and charged at Wei Xun with his axe.

At the same time, Wei Xun activated his Spirit Seeking Eyes, and by observing the Spiritual Qi light points on the Wild Boar Demon’s body, he judged that this fellow’s Realm should be at the Late Stage of the first layer of the Body Tempering Realm.

In terms of Cultivation alone, this Wild Boar was not much different from himself.

However, if it were a true fight to the death, Wei Xun had no fear of the Wild Boar at all; on the contrary, he was confident he could easily win the match.

Facing the Wild Boar’s full-force axe strike as it charged, Wei Xun simply dodged the attack by sidestepping.

Although he had decided to intentionally lose, he couldn’t lose too obviously, or it would only anger the Tiger King even more.

After the Wild Boar’s axe strike missed, he immediately lifted his axe, sweeping it upwards from below, grazing Wei Xun’s chest, a dangerously close call.

Of course, if Wei Xun wanted to dodge this Move, he would only need to use Shadowless Step to make the Wild Boar completely unable to keep up with his pace.

But acting still needed to be convincing, so he deliberately maintained such a dangerous distance.

The Wild Boar’s consecutive two axe strikes missed, and he was instantly enraged.

He was originally a half-Cultivated demon, so he was very envious of those fully Cultivated demons.

However, at this time, the fully Cultivated demons in the mountain were at least at the Instructor level, or even Generals.

Those were existences he didn't want to provoke or couldn't afford to provoke.

And Wei Xun, who had just entered the mountain and could become a Captain, annoyed him even more.

When he first arrived in the mountain, he was just a small demon soldier doing odd jobs, and he climbed up to become an Instructor step by step through his own efforts.

However, Wei Xun didn't know why this Wild Boar was so angry. After dodging several more attacks, he had completely familiarized himself with its attack patterns.

Although this guy's Cultivation was not weak, he had no technique at all, only brute force.

He only knew how to hack and slash wildly with his axe, with no recognizable Moves.

So Wei Xun prepared to feign a few attacks and then intentionally lose, which would make the performance perfect.

Next, after Wei Xun dodged another axe chop, he grabbed the long spear in his hand and thrust it towards the Wild Boar’s head.

The Wild Boar, caught up in the fight, seemed to have the upper hand from the beginning of the battle. He never expected this guy opposite him to suddenly counterattack, which scared him into retreating backward and slipping, failing to stand firm, and plopping down onto the ground.

Wei Xun had not anticipated this situation; now that the Wild Boar had fallen, he was full of openings.

This was the perfect time to deliver a finishing blow. If he didn't seize the opportunity to step forward and deliver the finishing blow, it would look too fake.

Helplessly, Wei Xun could only grit his teeth, point the long spear forward, and press the spear tip against the Wild Boar’s neck.

“You lose!” However, Wei Xun did not go for a killing blow, but merely stopped at the point of victory.

He had only just arrived in the mountain, and it was better not to make too many enemies, otherwise, there would be endless trouble in the future.