Chapter 94: Everything Has Exploded

The competition was paused, and Zhang Yi returned to the temporary resting area, surrounded by Mother Jubiao and Nudi.

As soon as he entered, he sat down cross-legged and closed his eyes to rest. Although he had not refined the Lion King's demon core, the spiritual energy and power contained within still made Zhang Yi feel a wave of comfort, as if he were soaking in a hot spring, leaving his entire body relaxed.

Xiao Pu wobbled over, stared curiously at Zhang Yi, and asked in a milky voice, "Daddy, is the Lion King's demon core delicious? What does it taste like?"

Zhang Yi opened his eyes and patted Xiao Pu's little head with amusement, "Silly child, a demon core isn't for eating; it's for cultivation."

"If you want to know what it tastes like, you should go ask the Lion King. He tasted it himself just now, hahaha!"

Xiao Pu nodded as if she understood, then tilted her head and asked, "Then why did the Lion King eat his own demon core? Is he stupid?"

"Uh..."

Zhang Yi was momentarily speechless; this question was truly hard to explain.

He couldn't exactly tell the child that the Lion King had to swallow the demon core to save face because his face had been smeared with bird droppings, could he?

At this moment, Nudi walked over, sat gracefully beside Zhang Yi, and chuckled, "Xiao Pu, the Lion King ate the demon core to recover his strength so he could continue the competition."

"Oh, so that's it."

Xiao Pu suddenly realized, then asked innocently, "Then is the Lion King's demon core delicious?"

Nudi chuckled and looked at Zhang Yi, "That question, I'm afraid only the Lion King himself knows."

This day.

The Elder of the Demon Saint Mansion, the Lion King of the Lion Clan, and the Wangri Bird Zhang Yi—the three of them had all become famous at once.

The Wangri Bird Zhang Yi swallowed the Lion King's demon core whole; he didn't refine it, he just did it for fun, and after he was done playing, he pooped it out.

The main point was bullying the other party.

The Demon Saint Mansion Elder had his face smashed by the demon core covered in bird droppings.

The Lion King was forced to eat the demon core covered in bird droppings...

These stories were spreading wildly inside and outside the Demon Saint Mansion.

Zhang Yi briefly organized the energy within his body.

He stretched, then walked to the door.

As soon as he stepped out, he heard some whispering and discussion.

"Tsk tsk tsk, the dignified Lion King has actually fallen to the point of eating shit; it's truly a total loss of face!"

"Who's to say otherwise? I heard that demon core was actually pooped out by the Wangri Bird; the Lion King has really lost all his face!"

"Hahaha, I'm dying of laughter! This Wangri Bird is too vicious, actually using this method to humiliate the Lion King!"

This news is spreading way too fast!

Zhang Yi listened to the discussions outside, feeling an indescribable sensation in his heart.

He hadn't expected that a whim of his would cause such a huge commotion.

At this moment, the Quetzalcoatlus also crowded over and said with a gloating expression, "Good fellow, you've really made a name for yourself this time! It's spread all over the entire Demon Saint Mansion, saying you swallowed the Lion King's demon core whole, then pooped it out and made the Lion King eat it back, hahaha!"

To be honest, Zhang Yi didn't really want it to spread so intensely.

After all, he himself had actually almost been burst open by the demon core.

In the main hall of the Demon Saint Mansion, the atmosphere was so heavy it felt like it could drip water.

The Great Demons, who were usually boisterous, were now as silent as cicadas in winter, not even daring to breathe loudly.

They exchanged glances furtively, the terror and gloating in their eyes intertwined like a pot of mixed, complex stew.

In the center of the hall, the burly Elder sat on a carved chair with an ashen face, radiating a cold, low pressure from his entire body.

He stared fixedly at the empty tabletop in front of him, as if he wanted to stare a hole through it.

There were still several clearly visible scratch marks on the Elder's face, traces of him scrubbing it forcefully just moments ago.

"Is it not done yet?!"

The Elder's roar echoed through the hall, scaring the gathered demons into kneeling on the ground in unison.

"Re... reporting to the Elder, it will be done... it will be done immediately!"

A Great Demon replied tremblingly, his voice as thin as a mosquito's hum.

The Elder was so angry he was fuming; he, a dignified Elder of the Demon Saint Mansion, had actually been smeared in the face with the droppings of a Wangri Bird!

This was simply a supreme humiliation!

What was even more infuriating was that the demon core was the Lion King's!

It had been swallowed and pooped out by that damned bird, and then... and then it had been smeared on his face!

The more the Elder thought about it, the angrier he became, wishing he could skin that Wangri Bird alive!

He stood up abruptly and kicked over the table in front of him with a loud 'Bang!', scaring the demons into shivering.

The Elder took a sharp breath, trying to suppress the surging anger in his heart.

He pointed at the shivering demons outside the door and said through gritted teeth, "All of you listen to me! For the next few days, keep a dead-set eye on those birds! Especially that damned Wangri Bird! If you let them cause any more trouble, I'll peel your skins off!"

The demons nodded like pounding garlic, fearing that if they were a step too slow, they would become the Elder's punching bag.

"And, if you discover them doing anything that violates the Demon Saint Mansion's rules, even if it's just taking a dump wherever they please, issue a notice immediately and drive them out! Do you hear me!"

The Elder roared, spraying spit onto the faces of the nearest minor demons.

"He... heard you!"

The demons replied tremblingly, while silently praying in their hearts that those birds wouldn't cause any more trouble, otherwise it would be them, the small fry, who would suffer.

The Elder sat back down in his chair, furiously rubbing the remaining scratch marks on his face, still harboring a foul, pent-up rage.

At the same time.

Inside the Lion Clan's Dongfu, the atmosphere was suffocatingly oppressive.

The Lion King shut himself in his room, his massive lion face full of humiliation and fury.

He, the dignified Lion King, had actually eaten excrement!

And it was even excrement excreted by a Wangri Bird!

This was simply a supreme humiliation, more unbearable than killing him!

He shut himself in his room, pacing back and forth, his massive claws leaving deep scratches on the floor.

The furnishings in the room had been smashed to smithereens by him, fragments of priceless antiques were scattered all over the ground, and the air was filled with an aura of violent rage.

"Damned bird! Damned Wangri Bird!"

The Lion King growled in a low voice, his tone filled with suppressed fury.

He wished he could rush out immediately and tear that damned Wangri Bird into pieces!

It was unknown how much time had passed before the Lion King finally calmed down.

He took a deep breath, struggling to soothe his manic emotions.

He knew that now was not the time for impulse; he had to take revenge and make that damned Wangri Bird pay a painful price!

The Lion King pushed open the door and walked out.

He stood in the center of the Dongfu, his gaze sweeping coldly over the surrounding Lion Clan members.

"From today on, our Lion Clan and the Wangri Bird Zhang Yi shall be irreconcilable enemies!"

The Lion King's voice was low and powerful, every word sounding as if it were squeezed out from between his teeth, "I want to make him pay the price and make him regret coming into this world!"

The Lion Clan members were all as silent as cicadas in winter; they had never seen the Lion King look so furious.

"All Lion Clan members participating in the Arena competition, challenge the Wangri Bird Zhang Yi and his family for me!"

The Lion King continued, "I want to make his whole family lose all face in the Arena and wish they were dead!"