Chapter 93: The Aggrieved Lion King

Zhang Yi listened to the surrounding discussions, feeling immensely proud in his heart.

He had not expected that he would become famous in one battle in such a way.

He slowly stood up, stretched, and felt refreshed all over.

Below the Arena, the Jubiao mother, who had been on tenterhooks the whole time, finally breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing that Zhang Yi was fine; she flapped her wings and squeezed to the edge of the Arena, cooing at Zhang Yi a few times, as if asking with concern, or perhaps as if relieved to have survived a disaster.

The Quetzalcoatlus also laughed loudly as he rushed onto the Arena, threw an arm around Zhang Yi's neck, and pounded his chest a few times, "Well done, brother! You've truly mastered the Lion King's Demon Core! You kid, you really can swallow and discharge at will!"

Zhang Yi pushed him away in disgust, rolled his eyes weakly, and corrected him, "That's called swallowing and excreting at will."

The Quetzalcoatlus was stunned for a moment, then burst into loud laughter, "Right, right, right, swallowing and excreting at will! Hahaha! That's a brilliant phrase!"

At the same time, the gazes of all the Demon Beasts were focused on the Lion King in the Arena.

The Lion King's complexion was uglier than if he had eaten excrement, and even a few shades more spectacular than the Elder of the Demon Saint Mansion who had been hit in the face by the Demon Core earlier.

His own Demon Core had been swallowed into the belly of a bird, and then excreted by the other party as if it were feces...

This... this was simply a supreme humiliation!

The Lion King felt like dying at this moment.

But he knew that death was only something to think about.

Right now, the most urgent task was to quickly restore the Demon Core so that his body could recover.

However... his gaze fell upon that Demon Core coated in bird feces, and his stomach churned violently.

He turned his head away with difficulty; it was truly unimaginable...

How was he supposed to swallow that Demon Core later!

This damned Wangri Bird!

The key was that the area around the Arena was now full of Demon Beasts waiting to watch the spectacle.

To be precise, waiting to watch him make a fool of himself.

He was the dignified Lion King...

Was he really going to eat that Demon Core coated in bird feces in front of so many Demon Beasts?!

But if he didn't eat it, he would die on this Arena due to the loss of energy...

The Lion King struggled internally, caught in a dilemma.

He felt as if he were being roasted on a fire, trapped between a rock and a hard place.

"Ahem..."

The Lion King coughed twice, attempting to break the awkward situation, only to find that no one paid him any mind.

The gazes of all the Demon Beasts were fixed tightly upon him, their eyes filled with mockery and ridicule.

Some of the bolder Demon Beasts even began to whisper among themselves.

"Tsk tsk tsk, is the Lion King going to eat excrement?"

"Hahaha, this scene is too beautiful, I dare not look!"

"The Lion King's lifelong reputation is ruined in an instant!"

These discussions were like needles pricking at the Lion King's heart, making him feel even more ashamed.

He took a deep breath, trying hard to keep himself calm.

Things having reached this point, he could only bite the bullet.

He slowly moved toward the Demon Core, each step taken with extreme heaviness, as if his feet were bound with thousand-pound boulders.

Seeing this, the surrounding Demon Beasts became even more excited and began to jeer.

"Go for it, Lion King! You're just one bite away!"

"Don't hesitate, hurry up and eat it!"

"We are all waiting to watch your performance!"

The Lion King gritted his teeth, endured the nausea, bent down, and reached out his hand...

The scene that followed was indeed somewhat of an eyesore.

The Lion King faced that filth-covered Demon Core, unable to bring himself to put it in his mouth for a long time.

He extended a claw and poked at the Demon Core a few times, then disgustedly wiped his claw on his magnificent mane, trying to rub off that nauseating smell.

Although most of the bird feces had been rubbed off, that lingering stench still stubbornly clung to the Demon Core, as if mocking the Lion King's dignity.

The Lion King's face turned red and then white, as spectacular as a palette.

He was a dignified Lion King, a king among the Demon race, yet he had fallen to the point of having to eat his own Demon Core covered in bird feces; this was simply a supreme humiliation!

He took a deep breath and slowly exhaled, his heart engaged in a constant battle between heaven and man.

"Eat! To survive, I must eat!"

The Lion King cheered himself on in his heart, "Isn't it just a bit of bird feces? I've even eaten carrion, am I afraid of this little thing?"

He closed his eyes, as if about to go to his death heroically, held his breath, and swallowed the Demon Core in one gulp.

As the Demon Core entered his body, a warm current instantly spread throughout his entire being, and his originally weak body quickly regained its strength.

"Phew..." The Lion King let out a long breath, feeling as if he had come back to life.

He slowly opened his eyes and stretched his limbs, just about to settle the score with Zhang Yi, when he noticed that the surrounding Demon Beasts were all looking at him with strange expressions, and the whispering was incessant.

"Tsk tsk, the Lion King actually ate it..."

"Indeed, I thought he was so formidable, but in the end, he is still..."

"Sigh, a lifelong reputation, ruined in an instant..."

These discussions were like sharp thorns, stabbing fiercely into the Lion King's heart.

His face flushed red in an instant, and he wished he could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

He suppressed the humiliation in his heart, cupped his hands toward the Great Demon responsible for maintaining order at the Demon Saint Mansion, and said, "Um... I request to pause the match, I have a bit of an urgent internal matter..."

Before the Great Demon could respond, Zhang Yi's insufferable voice rang out, "Yo, Lion King, what's this, leaving already? Afraid after I swallowed your demon core once? You're the Lion King, why are you being such a coward?"

These words from Zhang Yi were undoubtedly adding fuel to the fire.

In the past, the Lion King would have long since flown into a rage and charged up to fight Zhang Yi to the death.

But now, he only wanted to escape this place where he had lost all face as quickly as possible.

"Shut up!" the Lion King growled through gritted teeth, turning around to leave.

He just wanted to find a place with no one around to have some peace and quiet, calm down, and by the way... wash out his stomach.

Watching the Lion King's fleeing back, Zhang Yi laughed heartily.

He felt an indescribable sense of satisfaction in his heart.

He hadn't expected that he would actually defeat the Lion King in such a way; this was even more gratifying than beating him directly!

The Pterosaur also began to laugh, patting Zhang Yi on the shoulder as he did so, "Well done, brother! You kid are truly a talent! The Lion King has lost all his face because of you!"

Zhang Yi lifted his chin triumphantly.

After the Lion King slunk away from the arena, Zhang Yi felt refreshed, and even his breathing became much smoother.

He scanned the surrounding audience, who were still in a state of shock, and a playful smile curled at the corners of his mouth. The Pterosaur landed beside him, its massive wings fanning up a gust of wind that nearly blew Zhang Yi's hair into a bird's nest.

"Good lad, you're really something! The Lion King's old face must have turned green, hahaha!"

The Pterosaur laughed until he was rocking back and forth, his dragon whiskers trembling along with him.

"Just average, just average, third in the world."

Zhang Yi waved his hand modestly, though he was blooming with joy inside.

He glanced at Nudi on the high platform and discovered that she was watching him with great interest, her eyes sparkling with admiration.

Zhang Yi was secretly delighted; it seemed this act of showing off had been quite successful.