Chapter 229: This Cat’s Strength Has Increased, Isn’t It Normal for the Fee to Increase?

“You can’t say that in front of the kitten.”

“Yeah, what if he doesn’t eat after hearing that?”

Old Mr. Ji and the others defended him, saying, what’s wrong with the cat being chubby? A chubby cat is festive and prosperous. Wouldn’t it be ugly if it were skinny?

“Alright, as long as you grandpas are happy.” Liang Tiantian sighed deeply and took the iron basin away.

Li Li, who was at the side, saw this and quickly reached out to stop her:

“Meow~（Wait a minute! This cat hasn’t finished eating yet? There are still some crumbs left. Don’t just take it away, it’s a waste of food. ）”

“You’ve already finished eating, Fatty Li. Do you want to gnaw on the basin?” Liang Tiantian, whose clothes were being pulled, helplessly showed the empty basin.

The gluttonous Fatty Li had finished eating and still wouldn’t let her take the basin away. Could he be planning to gnaw on the basin?

“Meow~（Nonsense! Of course I don’t want to gnaw on the basin, and it’s not finished yet, okay?）” Hearing this, Li Li pressed down on the iron basin, stuck out his tongue, and licked the crumbs around the edge of the basin clean.

Seeing this, Liang Tiantian couldn’t help but have black lines all over her head:

“You glutton, you don’t even let go of these little bits? No wonder you’re so fat.”

No other cat would lick the basin like him, no matter how much they ate.

“Meow~（This is called cherishing food, do you understand? This cat is not like those wasteful guys. ）” After licking it clean, Li Li let go of his paws and said that he was completely different from those who wasted food.

No matter how small the food, it must be eaten clean.

“Good, good, the kitten knows how to cherish food. He’s really a good cat who knows how to be frugal.”

“Yeah, it’s rare to see a cat who cherishes food so much.”

Old Mr. Chen and the others couldn’t help but praise him when they saw this.

“Meow~（That’s right, that’s right. You grandpas have good eyes, you can see that this cat is frugal. ）” Li Li echoed, then shook his body and jumped off the table.

He hadn’t patrolled the school for several days, and he was going to see if there were any hidden ghosts in the school.

“You glutton, you’re going to run away after eating and drinking your fill.” Seeing this, Liang Tiantian helplessly covered her forehead.

Fatty Li was about to run away as soon as he finished eating. Did he ever consider the feelings of the person who fed him?

Old Mr. Ji and the others waved their hands indifferently when they heard this, watching Li Li leave:

“Let him go, let him go, it’s just right to walk off the meal.”

“Yeah.”

“Meow~（You grandpas are the best. ）” Hearing this, Li Li couldn’t help but think to himself. He then walked around the campus with small steps.

“Don’t schools always built on places like mass graves? Why isn’t there any Yin energy here?” Walking on the road, Li Li couldn’t help but mutter to himself.

He felt that the news on the internet was really misleading. He thought what was said on the internet was true.

As a result, he ran over to take a look, and it was nothing.

“Brother Cat, are you free now? My match is about to start, and I’m not feeling very confident. Can you come over and help me now?” Just as Li Li was muttering, the voice of a player suddenly came from his ear.

Immediately, the whole cat perked up.

“Of course there’s no problem, this cat will go over there now, just wait a moment.” Li Li said and ran towards the bushes.

“Okay.” The Beast Tamer said happily, looking at the competition arena where the cheers were deafening. He couldn’t help but feel relieved.

Fortunately, he was a player, otherwise, if he couldn’t beat the opponent and had no way to ask for help, he would definitely be eliminated in the quarterfinals.

But these guys were really outrageous. They were able to get this far even though they weren’t players.

It had to be said that there were people beyond people and heavens beyond heavens. Although he was a player, there was still a big gap between him and a true genius.

“Thump”

Just as he was thinking this, Li Li’s figure landed, crashing onto the sturdy preparation bench.

“What a big venue, is this competition so popular?” Li Li, who had landed, looked at the cheers around him and said in surprise.

This competition venue was as big as a town, right? Was the Beast Tamer competition so popular? It was really puzzling.

“Brother Cat, you’re here, that’s great.” Seeing Li Li appear, the Beast Tamer’s hanging heart couldn’t help but relax.

From the scene of the opponent’s appearance, he thought that no one would think that the opponent was brought here through the network. They would only think that he was released from his beast space, right?

“Hmm, who is this cat’s opponent?” Li Li turned around and asked, his eyes scanning the other seven positions.

If nothing unexpected happened, his opponent must be among them, right?

“Brother Cat, your opponent is her.” The Beast Tamer pointed to the blue figure not far away and said, “She is my opponent in the quarterfinals. She has four beasts, and each one is Tier 3. If nothing unexpected happens, Brother Cat, you need to help me deal with the Ice Crystal Divine Crocodile.”

If his opponent this time wasn’t so strong, he wouldn’t have specially sought help from the network. After all, the opponent’s strength was definitely in the top three in the competition, but he had encountered her now.

Wasn’t this like hitting a stone with an egg? Asking for death?

“No problem, but this cat will leave after it’s done.” Li Li said.

Their agreement was to help the opponent win one match, so he wouldn’t stay here after it was over.

“Ah? Brother Cat, you’re leaving after the fight? Can you stay a little longer?” The Beast Tamer pleaded.

The Beast Tamer competition was limited to three beasts, and the battles were fought in a ring format until all three beasts of one side lost their fighting ability.

He felt that it was enough to ask for help for one match, but the premise was that his other two beasts could defeat the opponent.

“No, time is money. This cat still has to take on jobs, so I don’t have time to waste here.” Li Li shook his big head and looked at the Beast Tamer, “But if you’re willing to pay more, this cat can reluctantly stay a little longer. But let’s make it clear, if you want this cat to help you again, it will be 50,000 network coins each time.”

“If it’s the semifinals, it will be 60,000.”

“If you want to win the championship, it will be 100,000 per match.”

“Ah? Brother Cat, why is your price so much more expensive?” The Beast Tamer was shocked. Wasn’t the appearance fee 30,000? Why did it suddenly increase to 50,000?

And it was still rising.

“It’s very simple, because this cat’s strength has increased, so the corresponding fee has also increased.” Li Li said confidently.

He had become stronger, so wasn’t it normal for the fee to be higher? You couldn’t expect a truck to charge the same fee as a motorcycle for carrying goods, right?

“Alright, then I’ll take a look later.” The Beast Tamer said helplessly.

This Brother Cat was really different from his honest and cute appearance. This was no longer asking for a lot, this was directly asking for the stars.

“Hmm, you can take your time, this cat is not in a hurry.” Li Li said with a smile, looking at the host who had finished speaking. He then lay down on the chair.

Since it wasn’t his turn to play yet, he might as well sit for a while longer and kill some time.

“Brother Cat, I don’t even know your name yet?” The Beast Tamer, seeing this, immediately came over with a smile.

He hoped that after getting familiar with Li Li, he could get the opponent to lower the price.

“Hmm? You didn’t see this cat’s name?” Li Li, who was lying down, looked at the Beast Tamer suspiciously after hearing this.

He had a player name, and the opponent was still asking this. Was it the air conditioner repairman? He still had to ask what the repairman did for a living.

“Uh, I thought it wasn’t Brother Cat’s real name.” The Beast Tamer smiled awkwardly. He knew that the opponent’s player name was “Li Li”.

But he didn’t think it was the opponent’s real name.

“How is that possible? After all, this cat is not a chuunibyou.” Hearing this, Li Li looked at the Beast Tamer. He knew what the opponent’s network player name was.

“It’s not a waste of youth if you’re not chuunibyou.” The Beast Tamer, being stared at, smiled and scratched his head.

He immediately understood what Li Li meant.

“By the way, do you have anything to eat?” Li Li asked casually, seeing this scene. He didn’t intend to delve into this issue with the opponent.

After all, he was here to earn network coins, not to chat with the opponent.

“Yes, yes, I have energy cubes specially used for beasts. I also have special food for Beast Tamers. Brother Cat, which one do you want?” The Beast Tamer asked quickly.

“Then give me a little of both, not too much, just a few hundred pounds for me to taste.” Li Li waved his paws casually. It was so boring waiting for the match here. If there was something to eat, it would be great to kill some time.

“Ah?” The Beast Tamer, who was happy that he had made progress in chatting with Li Li, was shocked and opened his mouth wide:

“Brother Cat, are you sure you want to eat a few hundred pounds? These energy cubes are equivalent to compressed biscuits. Just one piece can be worth twenty pounds of food.”

“If you eat a few hundred pounds in one go, even a Tier 3 beast will be .”

It wasn’t that he was stingy and wouldn’t let the opponent eat. It was that the energy cubes really couldn’t be eaten too much.

Although the two cubes looked like a small box, they would expand dozens of times once they entered the stomach.

“Don’t worry, this cat is not that stupid to be overeating by hot food.” Looking at the opponent’s shocked look, Li Li patted the opponent’s paws and said, “Hurry up and bring out the food. You don’t want me to go on stage hungry, do you? Even if I win, I’ll have to go back and eat.”

“If you want to ask me to help you again, and I can’t come, it will be your loss.”

“O……Okay.” The Beast Tamer immediately released three hundred pounds of energy cubes and stared at Li Li cautiously.

He was afraid that he would be overeating while eating.

“Hmm? What kind of beast is that cat? Little Croc, do you know?” Just as Li Li was eating heartily, the blue-haired girl sitting on the preparation bench saw this and asked the huge crocodile beside her, which looked like it was made of ice crystals.

As her opponent, she didn’t think that the opponent was just bored when he suddenly released a cat.

“Isn’t that just an ordinary tabby cat?” The Ice Crystal Divine Crocodile looked at it and said.

Wasn’t this cat just an ordinary tabby cat? He didn’t feel any strong aura from it. Rongrong was too nervous.

He had seen all the beasts under the opponent’s command, and they were all a bunch of weaklings.

“Is that so?” Zhou Rong couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief. It was good that it was an ordinary tabby cat.

Then she didn’t have to pay too much attention to it. But this tabby cat was really round. It was the first time she had seen a tabby cat as fat as a gourd, and even though it was so fat, it was still eating non-stop.

Hmm? Eating non-stop?

Zhou Rong’s face suddenly changed. She looked at Li Li and asked the Ice Crystal Divine Crocodile beside her:

“Little Croc, how many energy cubes can you eat at once?”

“Twelve. Why are you asking this?” The Ice Crystal Divine Crocodile, which was closing its eyes to rest, replied.

“Then we’re in big trouble.” Zhou Rong said with an ugly expression. Her Ice Crystal Divine Crocodile could only eat twelve pieces.

The chubby tabby cat on the other side could eat energy cubes like candy. The implication was self-evident. They had misjudged. This tabby cat was definitely not an ordinary tabby cat. If it were an ordinary tabby cat, it would have been after eating one piece.

“Ah? What’s wrong?” The Ice Crystal Divine Crocodile opened its eyes. It didn’t understand why the other party was making a fuss.

“I just observed that tabby cat, and he has eaten at least fifty energy cubes.” Zhou Rong said with a serious expression.

Although appetite didn’t accurately represent the strength of a beast, it could reflect the beast’s extraordinary nature from the side.

After all, the stronger the beast, the more energy it consumed when it moved.

Therefore, in the world of beasts, there was a saying that the bigger the appetite, the stronger the beast.

“Impossible, right? Can his small body hold fifty pounds of energy cubes?” The Ice Crystal Divine Crocodile was shocked when it heard this.

This chubby tabby cat wasn’t even as big as its nail. Could it eat so much?

“Yes, I can confirm that I didn’t see wrong. And I think I’m not the only one who noticed this.” Zhou Rong looked at the other opponents who stood up around her.

If she was the only one who noticed this scene, then the other opponents would definitely not have reacted. But now that they had all stood up, it meant that they had also noticed this scene.

After all, they were all opponents. Now that someone had suddenly released a beast that had never been used in the competition, everyone would pay attention.

And this scene was obviously noticed not only by the contestants, but also by the audience who were watching the preparation bench. They couldn’t help but exclaim:

“What’s going on with this tabby cat? His appetite is too big, right?”

“Yeah, I counted carefully, he has already eaten sixty energy cubes. My god! Is he a tabby cat or a gluttonous snake? How can he eat so much at once?”

“Yeah, it’s unheard of. I’ve never seen a cat-type beast with such a big appetite in the beast illustrated handbook. Could this tabby cat be an undiscovered beast?”

“It’s possible, after all, new beasts appear every year. Maybe this cat is a new beast.”

“Not maybe, it must be a new beast. My god, his appetite is so big, he eats three energy cubes in one go. Isn’t he afraid of overeating?”

At this moment, the audience couldn’t help but marvel when they saw Li Li stuffing three energy cubes into his mouth, making his cheeks bulge like a hamster’s.

They had seen cats with big appetites, but this was the first time they had seen one with such a big appetite.

“What’s so special about this tabby cat? Have you figured out his background?” On the judges’ table on the other side, the judge who saw this scene asked his companions.

“No, he looks a bit like a tabby cat, but his eating habits? I think only the Polar Troll can compare.”

“Yeah, look at him, his stomach is like a bottomless pit.”

“That’s right.”

The other judges also spoke up after hearing this.

And among them, a figure was holding a beast illustrated handbook and scanning Li Li. After a few seconds, the machine made an electronic sound:

“Tabby cat（Ordinary beast）: A small cat-type beast, likes food with a fishy smell. Attack power is not high, far lower than Snow Cat, Gem Cat. It is recommended not to invest too many resources, it is better to keep it as a pet.”

“As expected, it can’t be identified?” The figure sighed.

The beast illustrated handbook wasn’t 100% reliable. Like now, anyone with a discerning eye could see that this tabby cat wasn’t an ordinary beast. But the identification device couldn’t tell.

Machines were really not as reliable as human eyes.

“Brother Cat, are you full yet? Many people are watching us.” The Beast Tamer said with a headache after noticing the gazes around him.

The current situation was quite different from his original plan.

He originally didn’t want to be noticed, after all, Brother Cat was the help he had invited. He wasn’t his own beast, so it wouldn’t be good if he was discovered.

But now the situation was developing in an uncontrollable direction.

“Of course not, this much food is just enough to fill the gaps between my teeth.” Li Li replied while gnawing on the energy cube. This much energy cube? Enough for who?

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