Chapter 57: The Frenzied Giant Snake

Jin was slapped by Lin Qi, but didn’t even dare to utter a sound.

Lin Qi’s face was twisted and fierce, looking as if he wanted to kill someone. Jin saw madness and a murderous aura in Lin Qi’s eyes, and he didn’t dare to say another word. Lin Qi was undoubtedly a petty villain, but Blackbeard behind him was even more terrifying. Although Jin didn’t know the details of the Black Tiger Family, every child from any family in Dun Er Ke had been warned by their elders: do not offend the people in the mansion on top of Black Beech Mountain.

That was a powerful figure in Dun Er Ke who could command wind and rain, a forceful person feared intensely by all the aristocratic families in Dun Er Ke.

Jin forcefully clapped his hands and shouted for the Beast-Fighting Arena guards to open the iron cage. The slap Lin Qi had given him on the face, Jin had already forgotten as quickly as possible. He was just an honest businessman; Lin Qi threatened to chop him up and feed him to the fish, and Jin felt that Lin Qi was very capable of doing such a thing, so he chose to forget.

The young masters and young ladies present also remained silent. It was clear that this had turned into a competition between the two visiting young ladies and Lin Qi. The young ladies from the top families of the Vias Commercial Federation were facing off against the local tyrannical villain of Dun Er Ke’s major family. This was a battle they couldn’t get involved in.

But after all, Lin Qi was from Dun Er Ke. Even though he had a bad reputation and had offended everyone here, he was still a local of Dun Er Ke. The two beautiful girls were outsiders. Even if these young masters and ladies of Dun Er Ke couldn’t unite against a common enemy, they could at least remain neutral and say nothing.

Lin Qi, with his face still twisted, turned around, his sinister eyes almost spitting fire. He stared intently at Ya and Ling and said quietly, “If my friend loses even a single hair, then you will definitely lose something too. I don’t think you’ll be able to leave Dun Er Ke safely.”

Ya and Ling smiled contemptuously. They shook their heads lightly and said disdainfully, “Are you saying that you, a country bumpkin, want to threaten us?”

Lin Qi pressed his lips together and didn’t speak. The Vias Commercial Federation: the country with the most prosperous commercial activity, the most developed economy, and the most flourishing culture and arts on the Western Continent. The arrogant people of the Federation regarded all foreigners as country bumpkins. The great families of the Federation had developed a haughty and overbearing manner, just like Ya and Ling now.

Lin Qi didn’t need to waste words with them. If they truly harmed Enzo, then Lin Qi really would make them stay in Dun Er Ke forever.

Not just them personally; their families would also face the cruelest retaliation from the Black Tiger Family. Their merchant caravans would be jointly looted by countless bandits and robbers on land, their merchant ships would face unified hostility from all pirates at sea, their family members would become targets for all assassins and killers in the Underworld, and their family’s employees, including the relatives of those employees, would also be ruthlessly murdered and kidnapped.

Clenching his fists tightly, Lin Qi felt endless malice toward these two women, Ya and Ling, who had suddenly appeared.

Dun Er Ke was Lin Qi’s hometown, his territory. How dare these two women act so unrestrainedly in front of him! Were the young ladies from the top families of the Vias Commercial Federation really so remarkable?

Ya and Ling narrowed their eyes, examining Lin Qi. Was this the enemy Arthur wanted to deal with?

As companions traveling with Elham, they bore an important mission: to spread the light of God throughout the Gaul Empire and to have Divine Authority completely surpass royal authority. To promote the glory of God, they needed powerful assistance. Arthur was the help they had chosen; it was Arthur who had actively sought them out. They saw great potential in Arthur, so they chose to cooperate with him.

Since they were going to cooperate with Arthur, Lin Qi had to be destroyed.

Of course, they couldn’t do such a thing in Dun Er Ke; that would be very unwise. But once Lin Qi left Dun Er Ke, away from the protection of his family, he would be like a rootless duckweed, vulnerable to storms.

Today was just to see what kind of person he really was. Ya and Ling walked casually to the railing, looking down at the situation in the arena. Today was just to test Lin Qi; neither of them took Lin Qi’s anger seriously. Apart from having a powerful family and a formidable father, what else did a villain like Lin Qi have to be proud of?

“Country bumpkins!” Ya and Ling curled their lips and snorted at the same time.

Lin Qi sneered coldly. He glanced at Enzo, who was lying unconscious on the ground, then looked at the middle-aged man who had knocked out Enzo, and slowly nodded. He had already made up his mind; he had to make certain people understand clearly that this was Dun Er Ke, not their Vias Commercial Federation.

In the huge arena, several sturdy guards were turning a massive winch in a hidden room within the protective wall. Enormous metal gears meshed and rubbed against each other, making a dull, loud clanking sound. Dozens of iron chains were pulled taut. As the chains were pulled, the mechanisms inside the two cages holding the magical beasts released, and the cages were slowly raised and pulled into storage within the protective wall.

The curtain in the middle of the arena was also pulled into the protective wall, allowing the two magical beasts to see each other for the first time.

The Ice-armored Polar Bear roared toward the sky. The endearing-looking creature slapped the ground hard with its two front paws, and a layer of frost rose from the ground. Its body became encased in a thick armor of ice, and a chilling cold spread out. The ground around the Ice-armored Polar Bear became covered with a thin layer of ice.

But before the Ice-armored Polar Bear could fully prepare for battle, the Green-patterned Golden-eyed Python let out a wild hiss and charged forward like a whirlwind. Its golden eyes had turned a glaring blood-red. The giant snake completely disregarded the bone-chilling ice armor on the bear, tightly coiling itself around the polar bear’s body. The huge snake body twisted frantically as the serpent opened its mouth wide and bit fiercely toward the bear’s head.

“How could this be?” Jin was stunned. This was completely abnormal. When reptilian magical beasts faced the Ice-armored Polar Bear, they were usually intimidated by the bear’s ice armor and wouldn’t go all out in a life-and-death struggle from the start. Only when forced into a corner by the bear, severely injured, and left with no choice would those reptilian magical beasts fight the Ice-armored Polar Bear to the death.

But what was wrong with this Green-patterned Golden-eyed Python? What madness had come over it?

From its wide-open mouth, four venomous fangs as thick as a baby’s wrist sprayed thick venom. The fangs, glinting coldly, slammed hard into the ice armor on the bear. A loud crash was heard: two of the four fangs shattered, and the ice armor on the bear was also smashed to pieces.

One fang stabbed into the bear’s shoulder, and a large amount of venom was madly injected.

Everyone present changed their expressions. This giant snake had truly gone mad. A magical beast snake with a certain level of intelligence—how could it choose to sacrifice its own fangs? Even though it destroyed the enemy’s ice armor in the process, the sacrifice was too great.

Lin Qi chuckled coldly and slowly began to clap. Among the people present, he was the only one continuously sneering.