132: Cheating

As the dust and smoke dissipated, the injuries on the Sky-Swallowing Toad's body grew several points heavier.

Because it had previously been under the Golden Feather Phoenix Bird's Death Fire Line, large areas of its skin had already been scorched to charcoal.

The reason it was able to withstand the damage of a self-detonation before was by relying on its tough skin to absorb the vast majority of the impact.

Now, without the protection of its skin, its flesh was inevitably torn and mangled under the impact of the explosion.

Xue Yuhe knew this clearly, but she had seen it very clearly when she had just entered the Sky-Swallowing Toad's mouth to take cover.

Su Ze's Golden Feather Phoenix Bird hadn't been able to return to his side in time to protect him; relying solely on the Gold-rank beast taming armor formed by the Void Spirit Turtle, there was definitely no way it could protect him from the power of a self-detonation!

"So... I'm still the winner this time!" Xue Yuhe crawled out of the Sky-Swallowing Toad's mouth with a face full of excitement. Not even bothering to shake off the disgusting slime on her body, she hurriedly looked around for Su Ze's situation.

Compared to the previous time, the dust and smoke caused by this self-detonation seemed to dissipate very quickly. By the time Xue Yuhe came out, there was nothing blocking her vision.

This allowed her to see the surroundings clearly, but she didn't see Su Ze's figure. "Could it be... he was directly knocked down by the impact of the self-detonation? Hehe, good, very good!"

Xue Yuhe seemed very excited; she had successfully entered the final.

Although the two trump cards she had prepared were already exhausted before the final, at least the Xue Family's face was preserved by reaching the final.

Afterward, whether she lost to the Jiang Family's Jiang Ren or the Qi Family's Qi Lin, the impact wouldn't be very significant.

After all, one represented the most powerful emerging family at present, and the other was an ancient family that had always been just one step behind the Xue Family.

But then, she felt a chill coming from behind and hurriedly dodged a blade that brushed past her.

Then she turned her head and saw Su Ze right behind her, without a single wound on his body. Even his clothes were intact, showing no sign of having experienced a self-detonation.

Xue Yuhe said in shock, "How is this possible? Why are you completely fine? Even if you hid in the Shadow Realm, you wouldn't be able to avoid the power of a self-detonation!"

Su Ze shrugged and said with a smile, "Who knows? Maybe my luck is good? Don't you still have three platinum-level beasts? Why don't you try self-detonating them? Or maybe self-detonate this diamond rank Sky-Swallowing Toad? Then I definitely wouldn't be able to hold out."

Su Ze indeed hadn't relied on entering the Shadow Realm to avoid the damage of the self-detonation, but on the Shadow Moon Wolf King's innate skill, Moon Devour.

It devoured all the power from the monster's self-detonation and quickly converted it into its own strength.

All the power released when a level sixty-plus platinum-level monster self-detonated successfully allowed the Shadow Moon Wolf King to break through to level sixty, providing him with more security in the upcoming matches.

However, this innate skill of the Shadow Moon Wolf King had also entered a long cooldown period.

Hearing his words, Xue Yuhe's face became extremely unsightly.

Su Ze continued to approach and said, "What's wrong? You've already self-detonated two beasts and yet you haven't been affected in the slightest. You couldn't be scared, could you?"

"Or... have you already used up all the beasts you prepared!" Su Ze said sharply at the end.

This caused Xue Yuhe's expression to change drastically. She hurriedly retreated a few steps and looked around just as she had before.

Su Ze also imitated her, looking around while saying, "What, do you want to use your body to block those live-streaming cameras around us again?"

Then he pulled out a device from behind him and said, "Come, look here, I'll give you a big close-up shot."

Xue Yuhe said with a grim face, "You... when did you get this?"

"Just now, while you were still in that toad's belly. Come on, don't look so miserable, I'm going to interview you," Su Ze said with a smile.

Then, his tone shifted as he asked seriously, "Tell me, how did you cheat?!"

"You... what nonsense are you talking about?! I am a genius of the Xue Family, how could I possibly resort to cheating!" Xue Yuhe said, blustering.

Su Ze continued, "Whether one cheats or not is only related to personal character and has nothing to do with the family one was born into."

"You self-detonated twice in a row yet didn't look injured at all—not even spitting out a mouthful of blood?"

"But unfortunately, that so-called arrogance from a great family made you too lazy to even put on an act."

Xue Yuhe took a deep breath, composed herself, and said, "What exactly are you trying to say? Since neither of us has been eliminated, are we still fighting?"

"We're definitely still fighting, but are you sure you can beat me with this half-crippled toad?" As soon as Su Ze finished speaking, the Golden Feather Phoenix Bird circling overhead landed and transformed into human form, coming to Su Ze's side.

"Why aren't we fighting?" she said in confusion, clearly not yet understanding what had happened.

"No rush, I haven't finished speaking yet."

He continued, turning to Xue Yuhe, "What I want to say is... those two beasts that self-detonated earlier weren't yours at all!"

"Someone like you, who wantonly self-detonates beasts just to win, couldn't possibly get a monster to hand over its soul mark so you could detonate it. Monsters are hard to control, but people are!"

"The reason you don't command your own beast to perform Beast Spirit Weaponization in battle is that its belly contains two beasts that don't belong to it, so it can't perform those operations."

"You looked around before the self-detonation because you needed to use your body to block the live-streaming cameras, to prevent others from seeing any flaws."

"Controlling a beast's self-detonation can't be done from too far away. I imagine the Beast Tamers of those two beasts are in the teams below right now? I'm very curious now—what kind of leverage do you have over them?!"

Xue Yuhe retreated several steps in succession, her hard-won psychological defense finally shattered.

Her gaze avoided the live-streaming lens in Su Ze's hand, and she waved her hands, saying, "Nonsense! This is all nonsense! You have no evidence!"

Su Ze pressed her step by step, saying, "When it comes to evidence, I indeed have none. But it's simple: you can choose to continue self-detonating."

"You still have three platinum-level monsters to self-detonate. Our current states are very clear; if you don't continue self-detonating, you won't be able to beat me at all. How about it? I'm standing right here. Do you dare to self-detonate!"

Xue Yuhe lowered her head, her expression one of great struggle. She seemed to be weighing the pros and cons in her mind, but in the end, she couldn't make up her mind even as Su Ze walked up to her.

Su Ze looked at her with a grim face. "What, when it's your turn, you can't bear it? Scared? You, who won against Luo Xingyu using such methods... truly don't deserve to stand here!"

All of this was captured by the lens in Su Ze's hand. Xue Yuhe's current behavior was already enough to explain a lot.

These images were also seen by the spectators, principals, and teachers under the tree via a massive screen.

Everyone looked at Xue Yu at the very front. Among them, Liu Yao, the principal of White Tiger Beast Taming University, pressed him, "Principal Xue, besides being a student at your school, Xue Yuhe is also your granddaughter, right? Is what Su Ze said true?! Is this how my student was eliminated?!"

Although he was the most good-tempered among the principals, anyone would find it unacceptable if their student was eliminated because the opponent cheated.

Xue Yu did not speak; he only sighed as he looked at his granddaughter on the screen, who had her head lowered and a face as pale as death. Her attitude already explained everything.

"Did I push you too hard..."