I Just Want to Cultivate Quietly and Farm

Chapter 148: Chapter 118: The First Beast Fighting Match (Part 2)

”Ah! Senior, alright!” Zhao Lingyue was startled and accepted the Spirit Stone Storage Bag.

Unexpectedly, after the Beast Tamer looked at the Combat Order, he still had so much confidence in his beast, betting his entire fortune.

Zhao Lingyue took the Spirit Stone Bag and hurriedly went to place a bet.

Zhao Lingyue arrived at the betting counter.

The arena for the Jade-Eyed Golden Ape and the Red-Maned Fire Lion had already begun to sell bets and tickets.

The buyers were especially numerous, the huge odds and the stark contrast in strength made countless gamblers excited, all placing their bets eagerly.

”We have to bet on the Fire Lion! It’s almost like free Spirit Stones! Help me buy 300 Middle Spirits, Fire Lion wins.”

”Peak Stage versus Growth Stage, how can they fight, and it’s a Fierce Beast against a Common Beast, I’ll also bet on Fire Lion to win, 1000 Middle Spirits.”

”The odds are so low! Even winning a thousand Middle Spirits won’t earn much! Let’s go for the underdog!”

”What underdog, giving away Spirit Stones to the Beast Taming Pavilion! Listen to me, bet with me, the Fire Lion will surely win this round!”

”Forget it! I lost so badly recently, with underdogs winning again and again, I won’t bet this time!”

”...”

The counter was crowded with cultivators placing bets, dozens to hundreds of people, with more and more joining, the line never stopped growing.

Zhao Lingyue had to take an internal passage to help Li Mu place his bet, and at the last moment, Zhao Lingyue, as if guided by an unseen force, also bet fifty Middle Spirits, wagering half a month’s salary.

After placing the bet, Zhao Lingyue immediately regretted it!

Why did I act so foolishly!

If I were to bet, I should have bet on the Fire Lion to win!

Zhao Lingyue knocked her head several times, realizing that the next half month’s work was in vain.

”Senior, here is your bet ticket and the Storage Bag, please keep them safe.” Zhao Lingyue handed the Storage Bag and the bet ticket to Li Mu and asked with concern, ”Senior, does your beast have any special abilities? You seem so confident, having placed such a heavy bet.”

”It’s alright! The Golden Ape has particularly great strength!” Li Mu took the Storage Bag and the bet ticket with a smile and responded.

...

That’s it?

Which Tier Two Demon Beast isn’t strong!

Zhao Lingyue was dumbfounded on the spot, and any hope she had for the Jade-Eyed Golden Ape winning was shattered.

Time flew by, and an hour passed in the blink of an eye.

Under Zhao Lingyue’s guidance, Li Mu, accompanied by Xiaojin, prepared to make his entrance from Platform No. 3.

”Senior, you can enter from this side. Once the referee announces, you can go on stage! Do your best! Don’t be nervous, you must win!” Zhao Lingyue introduced Li Mu and encouraged him earnestly.

Li Mu nodded with a smile, infected by the enthusiastic girl.

Soon, hearing the referee inside the arena call out names, Li Mu entered the platform with the Jade-Eyed Golden Ape.

With a ”crash,” the noisy cheers filled the air.

As far as the eye could see, the audience seats were packed with cultivators watching the beast fight, their faces flushed with excitement as they waved their bet tickets feverishly, shouting and cheering.

”Kill! Fire Lion, tear it apart!”

”Hahaha! It’s just a little Golden Ape! This match is in the bag!”

”We’re going to make a fortune! This match is won for sure!”

”Such a small Golden Ape being allowed on stage! Just offering itself as food to the Fire Lion!”

...

The cultivators in the audience saw Xiaojin’s entrance and were almost unanimously dismissive, taunting and cursing contemptuously, full of confident laughter.

Feeling the intense malice from all around, Xiaojin became furious.

”Roar!”

Xiaojin pounded its chest with both hands, roaring to the sky, releasing a surge of furious anger and a powerful wave of Demon Power from its body, causing the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Power in the arena to tremble.

”Gah!”

Seeing this, the various jeers from the audience abruptly fell silent.

”This, this Demon Power isn’t right!”

”What’s going on, wasn’t it not at Peak Stage yet? How can it unleash such formidable Spiritual Pressure?”

”No way! That small body, how can it have such fierce power!”

...

The ’gamblers’ in the audience couldn’t help but tense up, shocked by the Jade-Eyed Golden Ape’s roaring aura, realizing that their victory wasn’t guaranteed.

Fortunately, with the entrance of the Red-Maned Fire Lion, their worries subsided significantly.

As the Red-Maned Fire Lion, three to four times larger than the Jade-Eyed Golden Ape, took the stage, it immediately drew countless cheers. Its limbs like pillars, magnificent and red mane like fire, exuding the majestic aura of a Tier Two Lion King with Spiritual Pressure, incomparable in majesty, making the Jade-Eyed Golden Ape seem incomparable in its level.

”Both Beast Tamers, on stage, beasts, enter, the battle is about to begin!” announced the Golden Core Referee, floating in midair within the arena.

Hearing this, Li Mu stepped forward with a smile, patted Xiaojin on the shoulder, encouraging it to enter.

Just then, a flash of white light flickered on Li Mu, releasing Xiaobai in time to attach to Xiaojin, just in case.

Li Mu climbed the stairs, stepped onto the Beast Taming Platform, and joined the opposing Beast Tamer in commanding the beasts into battle.

The arena, about 10 acres in size, wasn’t small, but as the Jade-Eyed Golden Ape and the Red-Maned Fire Lion entered, it felt a bit cramped.

The Jade-Eyed Golden Ape, gripping a thick Blood Iron Wooden Rod, walked step by step in front of the Red-Maned Fire Lion, eyes filled with vigilance and battle intent, without any fear.

”Roar!” The Red-Maned Fire Lion, enraged by the impudent little creature before it, roared, its fiery Demon Power surging all over, just waiting for its master’s command to pounce and tear it apart.

”Fight!” the Golden Core Referee announced.

The Red-Maned Fire Lion lunged, as if a sharp sword, directly pouncing at the Jade-Eyed Golden Ape.

The Jade-Eyed Golden Ape stood motionless, seemingly startled by the Fire Lion’s fierce assault, steadfast on its feet.

However, just as the Red-Maned Fire Lion extended its claws to strike, the Jade-Eyed Golden Ape sidestepped instead of retreating, swinging its Blood Iron Wooden Rod to counterattack.