Chapter 838 A Fierce Pig
The spot where Ye Xuanyue and the others were located could not be seen by the other spectators at all.
Leng Moran sat in his seat. Some people were already scattered around nearby, waiting to watch. Chances to see this kind of Spirit Beast fight were not many.
For many humans—especially the human nobles—they had come on purpose, actually just to watch the Spirit Beasts fight.
Before it started, everyone was given quite a few small tokens. Leng Moran did not know what these things were for.
Hou Xiaoyong, however, seemed to have some experience. He looked at them twice, then spoke up.
"This thing... seems to be for placing bets?"
Leng Moran's eyes flashed slightly a couple of times, then he said,
"I see."
It seemed someone was speaking out loud, exactly as Leng Moran guessed. The tokens really were for betting, letting them wager on who would win.
Leng Moran looked at them twice, then heard Hou Xiaoyong leaning in to whisper by his ear.
"I see others all like to bet on two guys."
"One is called Fatty Lu."
"The other is called Wu Shi Tong."
"Let's follow the others, copy them, we probably won't lose."
These people were betting on these two, there must have been a reason. Probably because these two were the strongest, so naturally you should bet on them.
But Leng Moran narrowed his eyes, his voice very firm.
"We can only bet that Xuanyue wins."
Hou Xiaoyong opened his mouth, his expression changed a bit strangely. He turned his face, looking at Leng Moran, hesitating.
"But that little girl... she has a Summoned Spirit Beast. Is her Summoned Spirit Beast very strong?"
Hou Xiaoyong was not being disloyal; he just truly did not think highly of Ye Xuanyue's chances. That little girl was so young—how powerful could her Spirit Beast be?
Even if she herself was at the Martial King Realm, and was a genius, that was true. But in this Spirit Beast Gambling Event, only the Spirit Beasts could take the field. The person themselves could not go on the field. Her chance of winning, in Hou Xiaoyong's view, really was not very big.
Hou Xiaoyong gritted his teeth, just about to argue a couple more sentences. But Leng Moran lifted his head, and there was a bit of a half-smile in his eyes.
"If you think she won't win."
"You can just bet on someone else."
Hou Xiaoyong always felt the smile in Leng Moran's eyes held some deeper meaning. But Hou Xiaoyong gritted his teeth. It still was no good.
Leng Moran and that little girl were partners. And he could tell with one look that he liked that little girl a crazy amount, probably already held her in his heart, to the point where she could do no wrong in his eyes. Naturally, he would bet she wins.
He's lost his head, but a shrewd person like me cannot go crazy with him.
This little girl's alchemy skill was already at the Alchemy Grandmaster level, her own cultivation strength was at the Martial King Realm—this was already an extremely hard-to-believe thing. Where would she have time to train a Summoned Spirit Beast?
It was impossible, however you thought about it.
Hou Xiaoyong gritted his back teeth, thinking it was still better to pick someone everyone else thought well of to bet on, to avoid losing everything—even his last pants.
Ye Xuanyue, however, was very calm.
The little nuts Fatty Lu took out were quite tasty. Ye Xuanyue asked a couple of questions and found out they were a specialty from inside the Beast Alliance. Some of the food from the Spirit Beasts inside the Beast Alliance was something even humans would find delicious.
Besides these little nuts, Fatty Lu also gave Ye Xuanyue a kind of fruit. It looked green on the outside, seeming like it was not ripe yet. But its taste was extremely sweet, like honey. In the mouth, it also had a bit of a cool, icy feeling—very delicious.
Ye Xuanyue quietly nibbled on the fruit, then saw a Spirit Beast suddenly appear in front of her. Within her line of sight, she could very clearly see every move of the Beast Fighting Arena below.
Ye Xuanyue watched intently, then heard Wu Shi Tong speak beside her.
"That's Fatty Lu's Spirit Beast."
"Just like him, it's unusually fat."
This statement was not wrong. That Spirit Beast really was unusually fat, its whole body plump, so much so that you could hardly tell its original shape. To put it unkindly, it looked a bit like a pig.
Ye Xuanyue studied it for a long time. She still could not identify what kind of Spirit Beast it originally was. She could only ask Wu Shi Tong out loud.
But there was clearly suppressed laughter in Wu Shi Tong's voice.
"You're asking about this Spirit Beast?"
"This Spirit Beast is just a Spirit Pig."
Ye Xuanyue silently turned her head to look at Wu Shi Tong.
"A Spi... Spirit... Pig?"
It was the first time she had heard of such a Spirit Beast. Was she that ignorant?
Wu Shi Tong looked at the girl in front of him whose eyes widened slightly, the smile at the corner of his mouth impossible to hold back.
"That's a Spirit Pig. Don't look down on it, this Spirit Beast's power is not small. Quite a lot of people envy Fatty Lu for this Spirit Beast."
Ye Xuanyue still could not quite understand. Other Spirit Beasts, fine. But a pig... what was there to envy?
Ye Xuanyue turned her face and saw this Spirit Beast charge towards the tiger-like Spirit Beast in front of it—the next second, it actually knocked that tiger flying out.
Ye Xuanyue felt her whole worldview was about to collapse. A pig... knocked a tiger flying? This was really a bit too fantastical.
Wu Shi Tong explained in a low voice beside her.
"This pig is not an ordinary pig."
"It's a very rare kind of Sacred Beast. They say it loves delicious food more than life itself."
"That's why it was willing to form a Pact with Fatty Lu. It was because Fatty Lu once attracted it with a barbecue."
"Fatty Lu's cultivation talent was average before, but the food he makes is extremely tasty."
"Originally he was the head chef at a restaurant in the Imperial Dynasty, but later offended someone. He had to flee the Imperial Dynasty, originally just wanting to make a living on the border, but accidentally attracted this pig."
"His Summoner talent only awakened then. Later, by chance, he ended up hanging around in the Beast Alliance. Fatty Lu's cooking skill is top-notch. This pig seems to awaken its talents more easily the tastier the food it eats. They are a perfect match for each other."
A faint look of shock appeared in Ye Xuanyue's eyes. So there was such a strange thing?
There was still a hint of a smile in Wu Shi Tong's eyes.
"This pig isn't that simple, you'll know if you keep watching below."
Ye Xuanyue's gaze looked down at the Beast Fighting Arena. The tiger bared its teeth at the plump Spirit Pig in front of it. The next second, it directly assumed a hunting posture.
This tiger did not look simple. Ye Xuanyue was far away, and there were railings and Restriction Seals, so she could not judge what level this tiger was. But it did look quite imposing from here.
It pounced forward, kicking up a cloud of dust. But the next second, this seemingly extremely bloated and fat Spirit Pig was even faster. It suddenly charged forward and directly rammed into the tiger's side.
Then, in the next instant, it actually shoved the tiger Spirit Beast out.
Ye Xuanyue watched, stunned. This was truly the most obese, but also the most nimble, pig she had ever seen.