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Chapter 353 Liu Huangli

"Have you cried enough?"

“…I didn’t cry.”

Yun Wangmei exhaled deeply, wiped his eyes, stood up, threw a pill into his mouth, and crushed it with his teeth: "Let's go."

Qin Xiao looked at him deeply, looked back in that direction before leaving, frowned slightly, and then followed without looking back.

"...Qin Xiao, can I ask you a question?"

After walking for an unknown amount of time, Yun Wangmei suddenly spoke.

"What's wrong?" Qin Xiao raised his head and looked at him.

"...You haven't made a serious move yet. Are you on guard against me?"

Yun Wangmei stopped and looked back at him.

Qin Xiao then realized that they had reached the edge of a cliff without him noticing. Behind Yun Wangmei was a thousand-foot cliff, surrounded by the Si River in the valley, and shrouded in clouds and mist. Yun Wangmei looked at him quietly, waiting for his answer.

"No." Qin Xiao didn't hesitate at all and looked at him calmly, "Why do you think so?"

"I think you are a little... too calm." Yun Wangmei looked towards the valley and lowered his eyes slightly.

"What do you mean?"

"...Don't you think you've changed a lot?" Yun Wangmei couldn't help but say, "If your aura hadn't changed, I would really suspect that you were a human pretending to be you."

Qin Xiao was stunned, then he realized the problem.

Previously, in order to get close to Yun Wangmei and Yun Wangchuan, he behaved a little too gently, and he completely forgot about it during these few days, which resulted in his series of actions and reactions from the time they met at the competition until now being completely different from before.

It’s thanks to Yun Wangmei that he was able to hold it in until now.

"No? We're in a competition, so we need to be more vigilant." Qin Xiao touched his neck and replied.

Yun Wangmei's eyes were filled with complex emotions. In fact, during his previous interactions with Qin Xiao, he had already vaguely sensed that he might not be as harmless and gentle as he appeared. After unexpectedly encountering him during the competition, he was surprised by his series of odd behaviors, but he wasn't overly shocked. However...

Yun Wangmei sighed softly, closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, he was clear-headed: "Qin Xiao, if I challenge you now, what will you do?"

Before he finished speaking, a violent gust of wind blew up around him. The primordial energy surged, lifting the surrounding vegetation and forming hurricane-force winds.

Qin Xiao was stunned: "Have you recovered?"

"You don't need to worry about this, you just need to answer me." Yun Wangmei was looking at him.

"I can run." Qin Xiao stood firmly on the ground, ignoring his protest, his tone still calm, "After all, I don't think this competition requires too much fighting."

"Really..." Yun Wangmei nodded twice thoughtfully, then suddenly stretched out his hand to him, with air flowing out from his fingertips.

"Then let's see how fast you can run."

As he spoke, his whole body released vital energy, which instantly covered every corner of his body. The clouds and mist in the valley were inadvertently stirred and kneaded, surging like water.

Qin Xiao was well prepared. When the thunder sounded, his figure turned into a flash of lightning. In an instant, the sky darkened and a flash of lightning appeared.

Black lightning flashed across Yun Wangmei and fell rapidly towards the valley. Lightning flowers could be vaguely seen flashing in the white mist.

Yun Wangmei didn't hesitate and jumped off the cliff.

The wind whistled in his ears, and the strong wind rustled his clothes. Yun Wangmei followed the lightning that was about to disappear with his eyes, adjusted his posture, and used his Yuan Qi to push himself faster.

It was not known whether Qin Xiao had spent all his energy on training speed, but Yun Wangmei only chased for two breaths before the black lightning disappeared from his sight.

Clouds and mist enveloped his vision, and all he saw was a vast expanse of white. He activated his senses to track down the person, only to discover that their concealment of presence was truly exceptional. Yun Wangmei sighed inwardly and gave up.

A snow-white fox as big as a hill landed lightly on the ground and caught Yun Wangmei steadily.

Yun Wangmei slid down the fox's tail to the ground. The snow fox instantly shrank to the size of his forearm, leaped onto Yun Wangmei's shoulder in two steps, and rubbed his cheek with its big furry tail.

Yun Wangmei patted the snow fox's head as a reward, but when he glanced at the fluffy tail, his eyes darkened and he sighed in his heart.

"... Really, it looks so scary, how come I'm not scared at all." Yun Wangmei looked at the surging river beside him, at the green and shady mountains, and muttered softly.

"Running so fast."

After Qin Xiao simply shook off Yun Wangmei, he realized that the other party had no intention of pursuing him relentlessly, so he stopped and looked back, somewhat puzzled.

How can you turn against me so easily?

Qin Xiao frowned slightly, but didn't dwell on this issue too much. He just thought that he was in a bad mood because he lost the demon pill. He turned around, shook his head, and prepared to move forward.

"...Hmm?" Qin Xiao paused, frowned slightly, and looked a little confused.

Just now... it seemed like there was Qi fluctuating.

Qin Xiao seemed to sense something and looked in a certain direction.

“…Is it that violent?”

The roar from the distant valley attracted many eyes. The flames shot straight to the sky, the black smoke rose, and the explosions continued. The heat wave swept across a radius of a hundred miles, and the scorching heat could be felt even through the projection.

Lan Huaiqiu was shocked and couldn't help but look at Xia Wu.

Xia Wuluo's eyes lit up, and he obviously enjoyed this fierce collision very much.

"Liu Huangli! As expected, he's still as fiery as ever. He participated in the singles match in the last tournament and fought his way up to third place, only losing to second-place Yin Zhaoque and first-place Huangfu Lin—"

"His opponent was Yuan Xuye of the Beast Tamer Sect. However, he was only at the mid-level, so it was surprising that he could exchange moves with Liu Huangli for so long. As expected, Liu Huangli defeated him with a single move, the Skyfire Shackle. But don't underestimate him, as the Beast Tamer Sect's unique 'beast' hasn't made its debut yet, so the outcome is still undecided."

"—A friendly reminder to those of you who don't know: in the mustard seed fragments, if you don't retrieve the monster in time when you leave, the monster will remain in the field and cannot escape."

"Who are these people?" Xia Wule had no idea about this and turned to look at Yin Xihui.

"Yin Zhaoque is the only eldest princess of Lei Ting at present. Her mother is Yin Tiange, a powerful person in the heavenly realm, and her father is Luo Yun, the head of the Luo family." Shen Youge looked at Yin Xihui with interest and smiled.

"As for Huangfu Lin, he's from the Xuantian Sect." Yin Xi glanced at him. Shen Youge looked at him and smiled at each other.

Xia Wule looked at him, then at Shen Youge, sensing the strange atmosphere between the two of them. He frowned in confusion, wondering what these two were up to. "What about Liu Huangli?"

"He's a disciple of the Star Royal Academy... No wonder the commentator keeps praising him." Yin Xihui leaned to the side, supporting his chin with boredom.

"So awesome..." Xia Wule looked at Qin Xiao and the others who were still strolling leisurely, and slapped his forehead in disappointment.

"Don't worry." Yin Xihui noticed her anxiety and comforted her, "Just save this round of competition until the end. Now is not the main event."

"...I really don't know what to say." Xia Wule was extremely helpless and gave a bitter laugh. "When we first entered, they managed to quietly avoid the encirclement and attack from unknown people. I really don't know if we can still say they are lucky or what."

"These guys are quite capable." Yuan Tao seemed a little bored, pointing her finger absentmindedly. "At first I thought they would be eliminated soon, but I didn't expect them to make it out like this."

As soon as Qin Xiao and his companions entered the arena, they noticed that dozens of people, aware of their location, had formed a tacit trend of gathering together, seemingly intending to defeat them separately. Unexpectedly, Miao Kaijie and Qin Xiao's seemingly nonsensical route had unknowingly led them out of the encirclement.

As for Chen Mo and Mo Hanyu... Chen Mo's speed of merging into a shadow was enough to rival Qin Xiao's lightning, and he had been hiding in the shadows all the way since he separated from Wang Xuyi. He was more obscure than a viper hiding on the ground. Not only could he not be caught by the naked eye, but if one did not carefully release Qi to search, his existence would not be detected at all.

Chen Mo didn't escape until he saw Miao Kaijie.

Mo Hanyu was lucky. He met very few people along the way and avoided many dangerous areas without making any noise.

The sudden outbreak of battle attracted the attention of many contestants. Qin Xiao sighed as he looked at the raging fire in the forest.

Why am I so unlucky...

Before Qin Xiao could think, a huge shadow suddenly appeared in the expanding flames. It seemed to be a monkey that had been magnified countless times. It suddenly appeared there, and judging by the battle situation, it did not seem to be a combatant.

"Is this your method?"

In the sea of fire, Liu Huangli's red hair was flying flamboyantly. He looked at Yuan Xuye who was in a miserable state below and said coldly.

"It's definitely something."

But unexpectedly, Yuan Xunye smiled and a jade token suddenly appeared in his hand. He crushed it without hesitation and ran away.

"Liu Huangli, just take your time and have fun!"

Liu Huangliying frowned slightly, watching the figure in front of him disappear, then looked at the giant beast that did not leave with him. Flames burst out from the palm of his hand, and he raised his hand and slapped it.

Great Fire Glazed Palm!

A huge palm made of flames suddenly appeared in the sky. The temperature of the flames in the palm was so high that it even continued to rise with the attack until the surface turned into a dazzling golden color!

A palm as big as a mountain landed on the giant beast's face, and the white bone-like lines on its head seemed to have cracks. The beast was knocked to the ground by the blow, but it quickly got up again.

Liu Huangli frowned, and suddenly found that its originally brown hair suddenly turned bright red like flames. There were indeed many more cracks on the head that had been hit just now, but the cracks gradually expanded and the color was like molten lava. It seemed that the whole beast had absorbed the power of the palm.

Originally, he only had the aura of the Profound Realm, but now his aura has increased, and he seems to have the strength of the Earth Realm.

Liu Huangli thought to himself that something was wrong and quickly got out of the fire. He waved his hand to retract the flames and couldn't help but look in the direction where Yuan Xuye got out.

This is so.

Liu Huangli stared at the giant beast's scarlet eyes and secretly clicked his tongue.

He had no intention of fighting him head-on. Yuan Xuye prepared such a giant beast just to throw it out and quickly escape when he encountered a Qi cultivator of a higher level like him or one he could not defeat, leaving it on the field to help eliminate more opponents.

Judging from the way he hurriedly escaped, it seemed that the giant beast could not distinguish between friend and foe and was very dangerous.

Just as Qin Xiao was about to leave, he saw a figure rushing out from the fire, flying very fast in the air, and seemed to glance at him.

Qin Xiao sensed that danger was approaching at an alarming speed, and seemed to be chasing that person, but he didn't expect a giant foot to emerge from the forest and step towards him.

Qin Xiao instinctively wanted to run, but he saw the figure coming back and grabbing him and flying into the sky.

"Why don't you run?!" Liu Huangli grabbed his wrist and glanced at him. "That thing is very dangerous. It seems to be able to absorb our attacks."

Qin Xiao looked at him, and after sensing no ill will, he looked back—at this point the giant beast had completely emerged from the black smoke, revealing its true face before Qin Xiao.

Qin Xiao's pupils shrank in surprise, and then he watched it open its mouth.

"Damn it, they actually used such means--" Before Liu Huangli could finish his words, a fire dragon came roaring - it was actually spewed out from the mouth of the giant beast.

The fire dragon was incredibly fast. Liu Huangli was forced to turn around, losing his balance and falling to the ground. Qin Xiao adjusted his angle just in time and landed safely. He glanced at the person who had landed beside him, then glanced at the jade token hanging from his waist.

Liu Huangli wanted to ask him if he was okay, but he noticed his gaze and covered the jade token with his hand: "No."

Qin Xiao didn't reply. He looked at him quietly for a while and then looked away.

"Do you know this monster?" Liu Huangli asked when he saw how calm he was.

"I know." Qin Xiao looked at him.

"How to deal with it?" Liu Huangli asked hurriedly.

"...Why do we have to deal with it?"

Who would have thought Qin Xiao asked slowly.

Liu Huangli:?

"If you don't kill it, it will kill us!" Liu Huangli said, then suddenly paused, stood up and looked at him with suspicion on his face.

"I'm a contestant." Qin Xiao inexplicably understood what he meant and said.

Liu Huangli suddenly remembered the way he looked at his brand. He said "Oh" but then felt something was wrong: "Are you a beast tamer too?"

"No." Qin Xiao said.

"Then why won't you let me kill it?"

"...kind-hearted?" Qin Xiao said this with a hint of doubt in his voice.

Liu Huangli: ...

Seeing the strange monster closing in on him, Liu Huangli glanced at Qin Xiao and fled through the woods.

Qin Xiao followed closely behind.

"Don't worry about it, it will just spit fire twice more." Qin Xiao heard the giant beast's continuous roar, hesitated for a moment, and said.

Liu Huangli glanced at him, then suddenly rose from the ground, leaping into the air, pretending to attack the monster. The monster fell for it, and without hesitation, it spewed out another burst of flames, nearly igniting half the sky.

Liu Huangli dodged it easily.

After repeating the same trick several times, the monster's body shrank smaller and smaller. After the last burst of flames, it shrank to the size of a normal monkey.

The monster spit out the last bit of flame, coughed out a few clouds of black smoke, and fell to the ground motionless.

Liu Huangli looked at the mountain behind him that was burned through by it, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and after confirming that it would not attack again, he slowly moved forward.

Qin Xiao appeared quietly behind the monster, squatted down without hesitation, turned it face up, looked at it for a while, took out a towel and wiped its black feet, looked at it for a while, and wiped its face with the towel covered with mud that had been used to wipe its feet.

Liu Huangli: ...

Qin Xiao looked at it for a long time and finally confirmed that it was the one he had encountered before.

Seeing him so relaxed and the monkey showing no signs of getting up, Liu Huangli slowly approached and discovered that after the boy's simple wiping, the monkey's dirty feet revealed a bright color that was completely different from its body.

Liu Huangli was about to ask a question when he saw this stranger, who was acting strangely on first meeting him, took out a pill and started pouring it into the monkey's mouth.

Liu Huangli:!!!!!!