Beast World: A Fragile Beauty Blessed with Many Children

Chapter 441 - 440: Punchable and Familiar

The leadership of the Iron-eating Beast Clan also held a meeting. They knew how formidable Lady Mu Qiong was—her prophecies always came true. The Iron-eating Beast Clan would one day be forced to leave their home.

But they couldn’t let a single prophecy disrupt the clan’s efforts to grow prosperous and strong, could they? In fact, it was the very reason they had to work even harder.

Not only were they participating in this Beast Soldiers and Generals competition, but Wei Jin, as the Clan Leader, was also going to vie for the position of City Lord!

They had recently gone to train in the Southwest Forest. It might have looked like only two months had passed, but with the Time Law accelerating things every night, they had actually been training for a full ten-plus months, advancing step-by-step into the depths of the forest with a balanced regimen.

His cultivation was already at the Peak of Level 14. If he hadn’t been desperately suppressing it, he could have already broken through to Level 15.

Of course, the cultivation of the Beastmen who trained alongside him had also improved greatly, which somewhat lessened their fear of the future. However, they were all diligently suppressing their cultivation, planning to catch their opponents by surprise.

The main reason was that if so many clan members suddenly broke through all at once within just two short months, it would easily draw unwanted attention!

This time, the males in Si Shuo’s family only planned to go through the motions and not compete for any rankings. It was a rare occasion for the whole family to attend an event together, so Si Shuo and the kids were very happy, bringing plenty of snacks to eat as spectators.

In previous competitions for Beast Soldiers and Generals, everyone’s strength was about average. But now, many Elite Beastmen from various families and tribes had been secretly getting extra training. Over ten months of targeted, gradually intensifying combat practice had benefited them far more than three to five years of perfunctory participation in the spring and autumn hunts.

These Beastmen were in high spirits, full of drive, and charged forward with unstoppable momentum. They fought their way to the very end, using their true strength to shatter all the dirty tricks, exclusion, and schemes. It was a truly exhilarating competition. From start to finish, everyone was in a state of excitement; even Si Shuo yelled herself hoarse several times. Watching this made the males in her family so green with envy they wanted to jump onto the stage and show off in front of their little female.

After the Beast Soldier matches ended, it was time for the Beast General competition! The competition included numerous events, such as leading troops in offensive and defensive battles, as well as individual duels.

As a member of the Iron-eating Beast Clan, Wei Jin was incredibly powerful in his own right. He led a group of Level 13 Little Generals, winning first place in every match! Now, all that remained was for him to challenge Ni Jing.

A few days ago, during the battle in Underground Yecheng City, Ni Jing had carelessly gotten a few chunks of flesh clawed off him. The wounds were deep enough to expose bone, and he was even left with an unfading scar on his face that ran from the corner of his eye, across the bridge of his nose, and all the way to the corner of his mouth, making him look even more gloomy and vicious. The Ni Family had never lacked resources. It could be said that when Ni Chang was around, thirty percent of all resources in Guangshou City flowed into the Ni Family’s hands.

And as the City Lord and the great-grandson of Ni Chang’s own littermate, he naturally had a constant supply of cultivation resources. He had reached Level 14 cultivation long ago, but unfortunately, his aptitude was simply not outstanding, and he hadn’t made any progress in many years.

In fact, because he had been too eager for quick success, he might be stuck at this level of cultivation for the rest of his life.

Iron-eating Beasts were the natural predators of Snake Beasts in the food chain. What’s more, Wei Jin’s cultivation was now at the Peak of Level 14. Just him standing on the arena stage with his aura fully unleashed was enough to make Ni Jing’s scalp tingle with dread.

’I have no chance of winning this match,’ he knew perfectly well. Thus, after stepping onto the arena stage, he said with a smile, "Chief Wei’s current strength is obvious to everyone. I’ve served as City Lord for two terms; it’s time for a change.

Guangshou City belongs to all of us. We must change its leadership from time to time to prevent the city’s development from stagnating... In my ten years in office, I may have had no great achievements, but I also made no great mistakes. I worked diligently to ensure the city’s stability. I’m tired now. It’s time I set down this heavy burden and got some rest..."

Hearing his words, Si Shuo laughed in exasperation. ’This guy is so shameless!’ He clearly had no chance of winning, yet he was framing it as if he’d had enough of being City Lord and was voluntarily stepping down.

However, the Wei Jin standing on the high stage was no longer the man from before who only knew how to back down and consider the so-called "bigger picture." After all he had been through, he understood the baser nature of people all too well. He smirked and said directly:

"Ni Jing, if you can’t talk properly, we can let our fists do the talking. If you could actually beat me, would someone with your greedy nature be willing to give up the City Lord’s position and spew all this hypocritical nonsense?

A victor’s claim is undeniable. You’re just scared I’ll cripple you on this stage and don’t dare to fight. If that’s the case, then just admit defeat honestly. Don’t spout such ambiguous nonsense, lest some Beastmen fail to see the situation for what it is and actually think you handed the City Lord position over to me. Otherwise, we must have a proper championship match for the title."

Wei Jin gave Ni Jing no chance to gloss over the issue. He could either openly admit he couldn’t win and forfeit the match, or he could let everyone watch how he lost it.

Ni Jing’s expression grew even darker and uglier. He gritted his teeth and said, "Wei Jin, do you have to make things this ugly?

My strength may be inferior to yours, but the Ni Family’s accumulated power is plain to see. We can still make the Iron-eating Beast Clan bite off more than they can chew."

Wei Jin raised an eyebrow. "Oh, so you do realize that. Then just admit it openly. Is your pride really so important that it’s worth dragging your entire clan in to defend it?

I’m afraid that once you’re no longer the City Lord, you’ll have no say in your clan anymore."

"How could that be?" Ni Jing sneered. "At the very least, I still have Level 14 cultivation. I’m one of the top members of my clan. How could I suddenly lose all my influence?"

Wei Jin gave an enigmatic smile. "Soon, you won’t be."

Ni Jing felt a growing unease and was at a loss for words. He couldn’t shake the feeling that something was slipping from his control. Ever since the incident with Ni Chang, nothing had felt right.

Down in the crowd, many of the Beastmen who couldn’t stand the Ni Family started to heckle:

"That’s right! The position of City Lord isn’t something to be vague about. Only the winner gets to be City Lord. I bet City Lord Ni Jing knows he can’t beat Clan Leader Wei Jin, so he wants to surrender without a fight—no, I mean, he’s deliberately saying he’s stepping down... The members of the Iron-eating Beast Clan are so formidable! They’re the natural enemy of the Snake Beastmen. Back when Ni Chang was a Level 15 Beastman, he didn’t dare to be too ostentatious in Guangshou City. Wasn’t that because he was wary of the Level 14 Wei Ce?"

"I bet that’s it... Did you see how Clan Leader Wei Jin won all his matches? No one could even last ten moves against him..."

But some Snake Beastmen were indignant and shouted at the top of their lungs, "City Lord Ni Jing, beat his ass! What an arrogant punk who doesn’t know his place! So what if he’s at the Peak of Level 14 cultivation? Our City Lord Ni Jing is capable of fighting opponents above his level! You think he’d be scared of the likes of you?!"

Si Shuo’s lip twitched. She couldn’t help but mutter to Ji Liang beside her, "Ji Liang, doesn’t that line sound punchably familiar?"

Ji Liang tilted his head, glanced over his shoulder, and smiled. "Little Shushu, can you guess who’s missing from our family today?"