novelraw #409 - Chapter 408 Earth·Tiger
#409 - Chapter 408 Earth·Tiger
“Congratulations to Armored Scale Rabbit for winning this match!”
After the host finished speaking, the audience in the arena was filled with doubt, sparking heated discussions.
“Huh? Earth Hero Tiger was looking for an opportunity, wasn't it? Its spear was aimed; how could it not pierce that armored ball?”
“Impossible, absolutely impossible!”
“With Earth Hero Tiger's speed, it definitely could have hit the ball's weak spot; there's no way it could have missed!”
“Oh my gosh, it missed~”
Due to the extensive shattering of the stone wall, a lot of dust filled the arena, and most people didn't have the ability to see through the smoke or wear tactical glasses, leaving them very curious about the situation in the arena.
How did Earth Hero Tiger lose?
Suddenly, an esper, no one knew who, took action, and a gust of wind blew all the dust into the corner of the arena, revealing the two alien beasts buried within.
Only then did everyone see the current state of the arena clearly.
The four-meter-tall Earth Hero Tiger lay quietly on the ground, its head covered in blood, with only the slight rise and fall of its chest indicating that it was barely alive.
Armored Scale Rabbit wasn't in much better shape; it had two penetrating wounds above its abdomen and below its tail, presumably pierced straight through in one go while in its ball form, creating two holes with one strike.
However, since the injuries weren't fatal, it remained barely conscious, allowing it to be declared the victor.
“See, Little Rabbit is really a Little Rabbit; its teeth, eyes, and mouth all look like a Little Rabbit's. You didn't believe me, but it won.”
“Yeah, it won, but its tail is a bit big.”
The pain from the wounds prevented Armored Scale Rabbit from maintaining its ball shape any longer, revealing its true form.
Qi Jing didn't expect it to really look almost exactly like a rabbit, except for the wide tail and the scales covering its entire body except for its abdomen; it was completely rabbit-shaped.
“Little Rabbit is protecting the little baby in its belly very well.”
“Indeed, Earth Hero Tiger truly lives up to the 'Hero' in its name.”
Most people didn't see the final scene clearly, but that didn't mean Qi Jing didn't.
He saw Earth Hero Tiger suddenly raise the stone spear slightly upwards when it pierced the wound on Armored Scale Rabbit's tail scales.
As everyone knows, it's very difficult to change a violent action halfway through, and it can also disrupt the body's balance.
Earth Hero Tiger was directly hit in the face by the high-speed ejected Armored Scale Rabbit because of this small upward lift, and passed out.
Qi Jing didn't know why it suddenly changed its action at first, until he used his Observation Haki to sense the other small life in Armored Scale Rabbit's abdomen and Tan Zuoyin found out the origin of Earth Hero Tiger's name, and then he understood.
The “Earth” in Earth Hero Tiger's name is easy to understand, simply because it possesses stone-related talent skills, while the word “Hero” is not only because it is an upright tiger that uses weapons, but also because it has chivalrous habits.
Although it is a carnivore, it doesn't eat cubs or pregnant beasts, doesn't steal other beasts' prey, and doesn't use sneak attacks.
It must have discovered that the opponent was pregnant when it pierced Armored Scale Rabbit's tail, so it quickly changed its action, and then lost.
It would rather seriously injure itself and lose than violate its principles; what a noble Earth Hero Tiger.
“Does everyone want to know why Earth Hero Tiger won?”
The female host Ye Zi, wearing a panda mascot costume, raised the microphone while treating the two alien beasts on the field, and explained:
“Because this Armored Scale Rabbit is pregnant! And our Earth Hero Tiger took the risk of being killed to change the direction of the stone spear, unwilling to hurt it, which is why it lost the match! Let's applaud Earth Hero Tiger!”
The audience in the stands suddenly understood.
“So that's how it is; I was wondering how Earth Hero Tiger could lose; it turns out the opponent was pregnant.”
“Captain Shark must have done it on purpose; he knew this ball was pregnant and still let it play; isn't that a guaranteed win?”
“Exactly, exactly, Geneva, refund!”
“To be fair, Armored Scale Rabbit is a very good mother; look at its sharp teeth and strong hind legs, plus its hard scales. In a normal battle, it might really be able to contend with Earth Hero Tiger, but to protect the baby in its belly, it didn't come out of its ball shape until the end.”
“It's all Captain Shark's fault!”
“Yes, it's all Captain Shark's fault! Refund!”
......
In the end, I don't know if there were any refunds, but Qi Jing's account had a few hundred more points, which shows that everyone had full confidence in Earth Hero Tiger.
“Wow, I haven't even brought you guys here yet, and you've already come on your own; not bad, not bad, teachable indeed.”
Qi Jing heard the voice, turned his head, and found Xiao Fifteen hovering behind him on a flying sword.
Wasn't this guy just playing Werewolf in the game center's card room? Why did he suddenly come here?
Xiao Fifteen read the question in Qi Jing's eyes and said:
“Ahem, this werewolf self-stabbed and acted; with my brilliant opening, this game will definitely be won, so there's no need to stay there and watch.”
Then he raised his eyebrows with malicious intent, leaned over and whispered in Qi Jing's ear with a sly smile:
“Now eating, drinking, and gambling are all done; do you want to do the last thing?”
“Do what? No way! Don't think I didn't hear, you want to take Fang Sheng to do bad things! Be careful I'll beat you up!”
Drunken Old Man Tan Zuoyin exploded again, clenching her fists and about to punch Xiao Fifteen.
Luckily, Qi Jing was quick-witted and hugged her in time.
Grandma, this is a Level 5 esper; is that someone we can hit?
Seeing that she was stopped, Tan Zuoyin waved her small fists with flailing claws, pretending to hammer Qi Jing:
“Fang Sheng, why are you stopping me? Do you want to go with him too? Do you want to get beaten up too!?”
“No, no, no, I don't want to go; I definitely won't go; I haven't agreed to him yet; let him go by himself; I'm a good student; I'm not like him; I have a girlfriend......”
Qi Jing frantically defended himself.
And another voice came from behind him:
“You're already hugging, what are you still saying? Kiss already!”
“Pika~ (shy)”
Looking back, it was actually Martial Aunt Huanhuan holding Little Pi, and Little Pi was covering its eyes with its two small paws.
Behind her were two other martial aunts from the Dawn Squad, one was Tongtong whose ability was “Heart Wall”, and the other was the martial aunt wearing glasses who hadn't spoken to him yet, it seemed, was called, Xiaoling.
Martial Aunt Huanhuan saw Xiao Fifteen here and said sarcastically:
“Yo~~~ isn't this Xiao so-and-so? Why aren't you messing around in the city, and came here to watch the match?”
“He came to find Qi Jing's leather jacket oooooo ~”
Tan Zuoyin only said half a sentence before Qi Jing quickly covered her mouth.
Oh my gosh, let's not talk for now, okay? This is really going to be embarrassing~
Xiao Fifteen unhurriedly defused the situation:
“I'm playing with Little Qi, what else could I be doing? Speaking of which, how do you guys know each other?”
Huanhuan rolled her eyes at him:
“Don't worry about how we know each other? Do you want to lead Little Qi astray? Let me tell you, no way!”
“How could I possibly lead people astray? Am I that kind of person?”
“Could it be that the wine Little Yin Yin drank ran into her mouth on its own?”
“It's not impossible.”