Pretending To Be A Boss

"Big sister, what are you talking about? I'm just hungry," Tang Xiaojiu said with her big eyes, appearing innocent.

"You truly are a disgrace to the fox clan, you've even learned the despicable ways of humans! Absolutely shameless! Don't tell me you're planning to run away from this battle?"

Qing Jiuye finally realized what was happening. During the fight, she could feel that Tang Xiaojiu clearly lacked the will to battle.

She was mostly dodging passively. And Qing Jiuye, amused by teasing Tang Xiaojiu, didn't think much of it, taking pleasure in watching the little fox scramble away in a pathetic state.

"Hah, what a despicable child. I wonder if you learned this from Qing JiuYu, that wretch, or some other lowly human!"

Seeing she couldn't keep up the pretense any longer and fearing she would be beaten again, Tang Xiaojiu quickly stuffed a chicken leg, bone and all, into her mouth and mumbled:

"Tang Xian said, if you can't beat them, run; if you can't run away, delay them. It's not shameful."

As she spoke, Tang Xiaojiu even pulled a funny face.

The fox fire blazed, preventing Qing Jiuye from seeing the outside scene clearly, but she refused to believe that the Gold-Breaking Beast, Gorgon, Mysterious Bird, Taowu, the Sin Bone, and the rest of the beast horde could be defeated so easily.

But just as she was thinking this, the flames flickered. A whirlwind howled and ice formed suddenly.

The raging ice crystals sprung up instantly, extinguishing the sea of fire.

The corpse of the Gold-Breaking Beast, the corpse of Taowu, the scattered beast horde, the Mysterious Bird barely clinging to life — these images rendered Qing Jiuye's brain frozen for several seconds.

"How... how is this possible... how could it be?"

Qing Jiuye couldn't believe that the most powerful mobilization of the Court's forces in hundreds of years... could possibly face annihilation?

"Big sister, times have changed, hahaha...burp..." Tang Xiaojiu let out a crisp laugh, followed by a burp.

Tang Xian watched Tang Xiaojiu's frivolous comments and mocking with satisfaction.

"Tang Xian! I held back an enemy, am I amazing?"

With a flash of lightning, Tang Xian, worried Qing Jiuye might do something crazy, appeared next to Tang Xiaojiu in an instant.

He meant to pick up Tang Xiaojiu, but then he suddenly realized that this human-fox form of Tang Xiaojiu looked like what she would look like in human form a few years later. She had grown from a child into a young lady, which seemed somewhat inappropriate to hold that way. So he just patted Tang Xiaojiu on the head, his eyes full of praise:

"Very impressive, you're excused from your lessons for a day."

After speaking, Tang Xian turned to face Qing Jiuye and said:

"About the fox tribe and the Court of Thousand Beasts, I have a few questions for you. Whichever of you or that Mysterious Bird over there answers my questions first can live."

Qing Jiuye was still in disbelief. How could the Mysterious Bird be defeated? Why did the immortal creature look as if it was about to die?

And what about the Sin Bone Spider?

She suddenly looked up and realized that the head of the Sin Bone Spider, with its many eyes, was gone.

And what about the Invisible?

Qing Jiuye looked around skeptically, and Tang Xian, quite considerately, didn't make a move, allowing her to slowly take in the battlefield.

Qing Jiuye couldn't see where the Invisible had gone.

Tang Xian, somewhat helplessly, said:

"As for the chameleon, I genuinely have no method against it. But judging by the reaction from the transport rift, the chameleon has likely fled this area. The portable transport rift is now usable."

Step by step, Tang Xian approached Qing Jiuye, rudely lifting her chin with his finger. Qing Jiuye wanted to break away but found this human's strength terrifying...

She suddenly remembered the strange expressions on her tribe's faces when they saw Tang Xian. It seemed this human was no ordinary being...

"Who... who exactly are you?"

The heart of an aggressor is actually weak; once they encounter a more formidable bully, they quickly show fear.

It's strange, they haven't even fought, but for some reason, she instinctively feels afraid of this man.

After a while, Tang Xian grew bored and said:

"Hmm... indeed, Qing JiuYu is more attractive."

Qing Jiuye glared, taking it as an insult. She wanted to curse him out loud, but she hesitated again the moment her eyes met Tang Xian's.

"You know, I don't eat people, so you're lucky. Chances are, my dinner tonight will be bird soup."

Tang Xian's words were understandable even to the creatures.

In the Spiritual Purgatory, the Mysterious Bird had been brutally beaten by Tang, barely escaping with its life by fleeing from the Spiritual Purgatory. And now it faced an unsentimental man from Guangdong.

He actually wanted to eat it?

"Phoenix meat must taste wonderful, but it's a pity you all can't eat it. Probably only I and Tang can enjoy it," Tang Xian spoke truthfully. Due to the deadly poison in the blood of a nether beast, it was not something ordinary creatures could endure.

Although Bai Mansheng wasn't concerned at all — she wouldn't eat the Mysterious Bird.

At this moment, Bai Mansheng was healing Yuan Wu. Yuan Wu's eyes, after the holy light from Bai Mansheng fell upon them, had their torn retinas completely restored, and the redness had vanished. But due to the excessive use of the 'Eyes of the Mirror,' leading to a total depletion of telekinesis, he faced several days of recovery. He would find it extremely difficult to use telekinesis in any manner, let alone enter an awakened state.

"How can this be... how can there be a monster like you... are you... not human?"