Chapter 70: The Bear Clan

Jubiao Mother chuckled and patted Zhang Yi's head lightly with her wing, "Alright, say less, they are from the Demon Saint Mansion after all."

Nudi, however, looked completely indifferent.

In any case, their qualification for the competition remained; if they couldn't compete today, they would just continue tomorrow.

The family continued to sit under the stage, eating and drinking as they pleased.

Meanwhile.

The people of the Bear Clan had already returned to the Bear Clan's Dongfu in a rage.

Inside the Bear Clan's Dongfu.

The atmosphere was so heavy it felt as if it could drip water.

Xiong Batian kept his head lowered, not daring to even breathe loudly.

He reported the sequence of events in full detail to the Bear Clan Chief.

The Bear Clan Chief, Xiong Qingtian, stood over three zhang tall, his muscles knotted all over, his fur standing up like steel needles.

"What did you say? Our Bear Clan has been disqualified?!"

Xiong Qingtian's voice exploded inside the Dongfu like muffled thunder.

It shook Xiong Batian's ears until they buzzed.

"Y-yes, Chief."

Xiong Batian answered tremblingly.

Beads of sweat the size of beans rolled down from his forehead.

He stole a glance at the Chief and saw the Chief's pair of bear eyes were practically spitting fire.

"Those little bird brats! To think they dare to humiliate our Bear Clan like this!"

The Chief roared in a rage, his massive bear paw slamming fiercely onto the stone table beside him.

The hard stone table instantly shattered into pieces.

"Chief, calm your anger. Those little bird brats must have an expert guiding them from behind; we must not act rashly."

An old bear demon hurriedly advised.

Although he was also furious, he was clearly much calmer than the reckless Xiong Qingtian.

"An expert? What expert? I think it's just those old things at the Demon Saint Mansion playing tricks! They've long looked upon our Bear Clan with displeasure!"

The Chief's anger had not yet subsided, and two streams of white air puffed from his thick nostrils.

"Chief, those old fellows at the Demon Saint Mansion are actually speaking up for a few unknown little bald-feathered ones. It is clear they do not hold our Bear Clan people in their eyes at all!"

Xiong Batian added cautiously.

The Bear Clan Chief glared fiercely at Xiongba, "Then why did you cheat? Our Bear Clan is upright and honorable; we can afford to win and we can afford to lose. Even if we win, we must win fair and square!"

"Speak! Why did you cheat! You've disgraced our Bear Clan!"

As Chief, Xiong Qingtian certainly hoped their Bear Clan could achieve results in this competition, but he had never thought of using improper means.

In fact, the Bear Clan Chief detested such petty tricks.

Xiong Batian was trembling all over with fear and hurriedly knelt on the ground.

The Chief gasped heavily, "Speak!"

Every hair on Xiong Batian's body was shivering along with him.

He knew he had caused a massive disaster this time.

The Bear Clan had truly lost all face in the Yao Jie this time.

What Xiong Qingtian cared about most was face.

He pointed tremblingly at the fifth-rank Demon Beast bear shivering beside him.

With a trembling voice, he said, "It... it was him! Chief, it was he who incited me!

It was he who wanted me to step in and help! I... I didn't want to..."

This fifth-rank Demon Beast bear was the very one who had competed against Nudi on the Arena earlier.

In fact, this fifth-rank Demon Beast bear was very honest.

If it hadn't been for Xiong Batian coming up with the idea, he would never have thought of cheating.

At this moment, he was already scared out of his wits, his mind a complete blank.

His face was deathly pale, his lips trembling, yet he could not make a sound.

He could only watch helplessly as Xiong Batian pushed him out to be the scapegoat.

Upon hearing this, Xiong Qingtian's bear eyes widened, as if they were about to spit fire.

He stood up abruptly, his three-zhang-tall frame casting a massive shadow that enveloped the fifth-rank Demon Beast bear.

The fifth-rank Demon Beast bear felt a massive pressure rushing toward him.

It pressed down on him so hard he could barely breathe.

"You... what did you say?"

Xiong Qingtian's voice was low, yet it echoed in the Dongfu like muffled thunder.

"He told you to cheat? You, a dignified Bear Clan warrior, actually listened to the manipulation of a fifth-rank Demon Beast?"

The Chief's meaning was: if he told you to cheat, you just cheated?

Did you not bring your own brain?

That was the territory of the Demon Saint Mansion.

How many from the demon clans had gathered for the Arena competition? And now look!

The Bear Clan is finally famous!

And notoriously so!

Xiong Batian trembled all over in fright and hurriedly kowtowed like a pestle pounding garlic, "Clan Chief, spare my life! I was confused for a moment! I... I was bewitched by him!"

"Bewitched?"

Xiong Qingtian laughed out of extreme anger, "What kind of person are you, Xiong Batian? You are an outstanding talent of our Bear Clan's younger generation!"

"To think you would be bewitched by a mere fifth-rank minor demon? You have lost all the face of our Bear Clan!"

The next instant.

The Bear Clan Chief raised his massive bear paw high, the palm containing terrifying demon power that seemed capable of tearing space itself apart.

Seeing this, the fifth-rank bear demon was so scared that his liver and gallbladder were shattered.

He tried desperately to escape, only to find his legs felt as if they had been filled with lead, unable to move at all.

He could only close his eyes in despair, waiting for death to arrive.

"Clan Chief, spare me!" Xiong Batian cried out, but he dared not step forward to plead for mercy.

"Bang!"

With a loud boom, Xiong Qingtian's bear paw slammed down heavily.

There was no scream as imagined, nor was there a scene of flesh and blood flying everywhere.

Where the fifth-rank bear demon had been, a massive palm print appeared, sunken several feet into the ground.

And at this moment, the fifth-rank bear demon had turned into a puddle of meat paste, having completely vanished.

The Dongfu was deathly silent.

All the bear demons were as silent as cicadas in winter, not daring to even breathe loudly.

Xiong Batian collapsed onto the ground, his whole body trembling incessantly.

He knew that although he had escaped this disaster, the Clan Chief's fury had not completely subsided.

"Xiong Batian!"

Xiong Qingtian spoke in a deep voice, "You have committed a grave error this time, bringing shame upon our Bear Clan. In consideration of your past contributions, I will spare your life this time, but..."

He paused in his tone, "You must atone for your crimes through service and make up for your faults!"

Xiong Batian hurriedly kowtowed, "Thank you, Clan Chief, for your grace in not killing me! I will certainly atone for my crimes and restore the Bear Clan's reputation!"

"Good!"

Xiong Qingtian said in a deep voice, "Although our Bear Clan has been disqualified from this Demon Saint Mansion competition, it cannot just end like this! You are to investigate clearly who exactly is behind those little bird brats!"

"I want to make them pay the price!"

"Yes! Clan Chief!" Xiong Batian hurriedly replied.

On the other side.

Zhang Yi's family was still leisurely eating, drinking, and having fun.

"Hey, do you think the Bear Clan will come to cause us trouble?" the Quetzalcoatlus, having finally woken up, asked while eating a spirit fruit.

Nudi waved her wings without a care: "What is there to fear? We are currently in the territory of the Demon Saint Mansion; do they still have the face to come here?"

The Jubiao mother grew worried, "It is said that the Bear Clan Chief, Xiong Qingtian, cares most about face. The matter of their Bear Clan cheating at the Demon Saint Mansion has already spread. I feel that the other party probably won't just let it go like this."

Xiao Pu rubbed against Zhang Yi in fear, "Daddy, I'm scared..."

Zhang Yi gave a bitter smile, "Then how about this, we won't compete anymore and just withdraw."

"If we can't afford to offend them, can't we at least hide from them?"

As a result, she was mocked by Nudi, "I'm not afraid, so what are you afraid of? We must see this competition through to the end. As long as you secure a Lingfu of the Demon Saint Mansion, we will have a place to stay in their territory. If the Bear Clan wants to act recklessly again, they will have to consider the people of the Demon Saint Mansion, right?"