Chapter 238: Little Guy? Who Are You Calling Little Guy?

“Alright, without further ado, let’s announce the official start of the semifinals!” On the sun-drenched competition stage, the opening speech finally came to an end.

Hearing the voice, Li Li couldn’t help but open his sleepy eyelids. He barely opened a slit and complained:

“This guy sure can talk, this cat is almost falling asleep listening to him.”

“It is a bit long, like foot-binding cloth.” Cheng Chen, rubbing his sore eyes, agreed, and the sound of grumbling from the audience reached his ears:

“Without further ado? We’ve been listening to him barking since this morning.”

“Exactly, I’m here to watch the competition, not to listen to his rambling.”

“That’s right, this trash, get the hell off the stage.”

“Get off!”

“Get off!”

The host’s face twitched imperceptibly upon hearing this. He then laughed awkwardly and jumped off the stage:

“Ahem~”

“It seems everyone is eager to get started, so the competition officially begins now.”

After saying that, he hurriedly jumped off the arena. Seeing this, the grumbling audience gradually quieted down and looked towards the center of the arena, waiting for the contestants to come up.

“Brother Cat, it’s time for us to go.” Cheng Chen shouted to Li Li, who was lying in the tumbler-style cat bed.

“Huh? So soon?” Li Li, who was patting the cat bed with his tail, was stunned. Was their match the first one today? His opponent hadn’t told him that.

“Yes, Brother Cat.” Cheng Chen nodded and said, “But I won’t let you go first, Brother Cat. I’ll let other beasts go first and probe the opponent’s strength.”

Although Brother Cat was indeed very strong, he couldn’t let him go first. He definitely had to let other beasts go and test the waters.

“This… this is fine, if you’ve decided.” Li Li, hearing this, originally wanted to say it wasn’t necessary. But thinking about the other beasts, they must be bored staying in the beast space. It would be nice to come out for a walk, so he didn’t say anything more.

“Okay, Brother Cat.” Cheng Chen nodded, and with a wave of his hand, he shouted, “Come out! Forest Knight!”

“Clank”

“Clank”

As Cheng Chen’s voice fell, a four-meter-tall centaur wearing green bark-like armor appeared. He dragged his crescent-shaped scythe, his upper body off the ground, his lower body standing, and let out a crisp roar:

“Roar!”

“For the glory of the Emerald Forest! Charge!”

“Clank”

“Clank”

After saying that, he ran around the arena. And as he ran, inconspicuous black dots fell from his dark green armor and disappeared into the arena, but not many people noticed.

Seeing this, Cheng Chen couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief. He then looked at the white-haired girl on the opponent’s platform, waiting for her to release her beast.

“Boring tricks! If this is all you’ve got, you might as well go down early. My opponent shouldn’t be of this level.” The girl with a snow-white face had disdain in her eyes. With a wave of her hand, the next second, a blizzard swept across the arena, followed by a twenty-meter-tall Frost Dragon appearing on the stage.

“Little one, do you want to be roasted or sliced alive?” The Frost Dragon, landing on the ground, looked at the Forest Knight with a playful smile.

This little guy wanted to fight her? How amusing.

“…”

Hearing this, the Forest Knight’s whole body trembled, and his eyes met the Frost Dragon’s, making him shiver.

This was too different from what the beast tamer had told him. He had been told that it was just to probe the opponent’s strength and that there wouldn’t be much danger.

But what about the current situation? Was this called “not much danger”? The opponent was a dragon! How could he, a centaur, fight it? Even if he smashed his head, he might not even be able to break the opponent’s nail.

“Hahaha, I’m dying of laughter. I’m almost crying from laughter. You’re letting a centaur fight a dragon? This is sending him to his death, right?”

“Exactly! Please spare the child, look at his aggrieved expression.”

“Right, let him go down quickly. If he stays on the stage any longer, he’ll be scared to death.”

The audience in the stands burst into laughter.

“Brother Cat, the situation isn’t looking good! I’m afraid I’ll have to trouble you to go on stage directly.” Looking at the Forest Knight, who was trembling like a quail, Cheng Chen apologized.

He had originally wanted the Forest Knight to help him explore the way. But the opponent directly sent out a Frost Dragon, how could the Forest Knight explore? He couldn’t even withstand a single frost breath.

“Whatever, I have to take action sooner or later anyway.” Li Li, hearing this, waved his paw nonchalantly. Then, he leaped into the air, spinning three and a half times, and landed on the Forest Knight’s back like a large gourd.

Instantly, the Forest Knight felt the biting cold lessen. He could finally move his whole body and looked at Li Li with gratitude.

“Bat snake, you’re so big, and all you do is bully the little guy? Got the guts to fight me?” Li Li, stepping on the centaur’s head, said, looking at the Frost Dragon’s pair of vertical pupils.

Although he wasn’t very familiar with this little centaur, who didn’t know they were on the same side? This four-legged snake was hitting the little centaur?

No, it was hitting him in the face.

“Oh? You say he’s a little guy? Then you’re not?” The Frost Dragon, hearing this, said with a playful expression.

A guy who wasn’t even as big as the Forest Knight’s head was telling her not to bully the little guy? Did he know how big he was?

“Of course not, little centaur, you go back first. This cat will handle it.” Li Li, being asked, replied without thinking, and patted the Forest Knight, asking him to go back.

“O… Okay.” The Forest Knight was stunned, then ran towards Cheng Chen.

It was too scary, this kind of battle was simply not something he could participate in. Hopefully, this Brother Cat would be safe and sound.

“This Big Fat Cat didn’t have any problems the last few times, I wonder how he’ll do today?”

“I don’t know, but it’s probably not looking good. No matter how strong this cat is, it’s still just a cat. The opponent is a dragon.”

“The difference in species is ultimately an insurmountable gap, especially when the opponent is a Frost Dragon.”

“Who can argue with that? I just hope this Fat Cat admits defeat early if he can’t win. Otherwise, it would be a shame if he freezes to death. After all, such a cute tabby cat is rare.”

“Right, I hope this Frost Dragon goes easy on him.” Seeing the Forest Knight leave, the audience couldn’t help but worry. In the world of beasts, situations where the weak overcame the strong weren’t unheard of.

But those were cases where the strength was similar and the species weren’t too different.

Like a cat and a dragon? In their long-held understanding, there had never been a cat that defeated a dragon.

“Alright, I’ve let that little guy you mentioned go. So now, little guy, what are you going to do?” The Frost Dragon, looking down at Li Li, asked with a smile. This ignorant Fat Cat, actually delivered himself to her mouth, she wouldn’t be polite.

“What am I going to do? You’ll know in a minute.” Li Li said nonchalantly in response to the Frost Dragon’s provocation. He looked at the referee on the side and said, “Hey, has the match started yet? This cat’s time is precious, I can’t waste it in a small place like this.”

“Huh?” The slightly stunned referee didn’t expect to be asked. After looking around, he hurriedly said, “Countdown begins! The match can start at any time, both beasts, please be aware.”

After saying that, he quickly slipped away. Even if he was blind, he could see that the situation on the stage was tense.

He might be caught in the crossfire later. He didn’t know how this Fat Cat provoked the Frost Dragon.

“Alright, how do you want to die, little guy?” The Frost Dragon, seeing the referee leave, said with cold eyes.

She had lost her patience for playing with the little mouse. The opponent’s uncooperativeness made her very unhappy. Naturally, there was no need to continue playing.

“Little guy? You, a four-legged snake, are calling me a little guy?” Li Li said, his body rapidly expanding like a balloon.

He quickly surpassed the size of a tiger, then a rhino, an elephant, and finally gradually reached the same size as the Frost Dragon.

And because he didn’t have wings, he looked even more powerful. Sitting on the ground, he was like a small mountain with a tabby pattern.

“You… you…”

The Frost Dragon, squatting on the ground, looked at Li Li, her whole dragon stuttering. Because she saw with her own eyes how he grew so big!

And the audience was equally shocked. They looked at Li Li, who was obviously bigger than the Frost Dragon, and were dumbfounded:

“What the hell is this? This is a cat? Don’t be kidding me.”

“I’m saying, it doesn’t look like a cat at all. Whose cat can grow this big?”

“I’m saying, is it possible this is an illusion?” Someone suddenly said. It was impossible to become this big, unless it was an illusion.

“Impossible, absolutely impossible. Didn’t you see the judges on the judging panel all stand up?”

“Exactly! Do you think their reactions would be so strong if it was fake?” The audience member who said it was an illusion was immediately refuted by others.

“What are you ‘you’-ing about? How dare you, a little guy, speak to me like that?” Li Li, looking down at the Frost Dragon, said angrily. “Now, have you decided how you want to die? If not, this cat can be merciful and help you decide.”

“Huh?” The Frost Dragon widened her eyes upon hearing this, then her whole body trembled. “You damned creature, you think you can compete with our Dragon Clan just because you’ve grown bigger? That’s just your delusion. I’ll show you why our Dragon Clan is called a high-end beast.”

“That’s right, no matter how strong a cat becomes, how could it possibly fight a dragon?”

“There’s no way, dragons are born strong. That’s a racial advantage.”

“Right, right.” The audience in the stands nodded in agreement. Then they saw the Frost Dragon just raise her crystal-like claw, and a black shadow “slap” landed on her body, directly sending her flying.

Instantly, the smiles on their faces froze. What did they just see? Such a huge Frost Dragon was sent flying before her claw even landed.

“Boom!”

“Boom, boom, boom!”

The Frost Dragon, landing on the ground, looked around in confusion, her head and eyes filled with thoughts of “Who am I? Where am I?” and “Why does my face hurt so much?”.

“Four-legged snake, you’re no good. You call this fighting? You raise your claws so slowly, how do you expect to beg for food? Were you dragged out to fight before you even finished weaning?” At this moment, Li Li’s voice came.

The somewhat dazed Frost Dragon finally remembered who she was and what she was doing. She angrily spewed frost breath towards Li Li.

But even though she froze the entire arena with a layer of ice, she didn’t even freeze a single hair on Li Li.

The whole dragon was stunned and became wary of her surroundings. But as a furry tail bound her two legs, the whole dragon panicked and started struggling desperately. But Li Li didn’t give her a chance and started spinning her like a windmill.

“Young dragon, why are you so hot-tempered? Just compete properly. Why do you always want to destroy the arena? You know this cat doesn’t like snowy days, and you made so much ice on the ground?”

“This makes this cat very unhappy, but this cat is also magnanimous. As long as you clean up this frost, I’ll forgive you.” Li Li said, spinning the Frost Dragon like a grinding wheel, sending ice shards flying everywhere.

The audience, watching this, shrunk their bodies one by one.

Too brutal, simply too brutal. Killing a dragon and crushing its spirit, how could the Frost Dragon ever recover from this?

“Frost Dragon, quickly use Frost Guardian, don’t let him control the pace.” At this moment, the white-haired girl floating above the arena finally couldn’t hold back and immediately gave the order.

If this continued, even with the Frost Dragon’s tough hide, she would be played to death.

“Sizzle”

The Frost Dragon, whose brain was about to turn into mush, immediately woke up upon hearing this. White light emanated from her whole body, but the next second, she found that the tail grabbing her legs had disappeared.

The whole dragon “whoosh” turned into a flying disc, about to fall to the ground. She hurriedly flapped her wings, trying to stabilize herself, but her beast tamer’s shout came from her ear: “Be careful!”

“Be careful?” The Frost Dragon was puzzled, not understanding what was going on. She saw a figure already close to her, opening its mouth with a row of white teeth towards her.

The whole dragon wanted to dodge in a cold sweat, but she couldn’t break free no matter what. Finally, she could only watch as the plum blossom-shaped claw got closer and closer to her?

“Goodbye! Four-legged snake with wings.” Li Li, using Cat Cat Flying Kick, waved his paw and kicked the Frost Dragon’s body.

The Frost Dragon “wailed”, her whole body arching like a shrimp. Then, with a “boom”, she rolled out of the arena. She didn’t stop until she hit the obstructing stone pillar.

“…”

“…”

And in the vast competition arena, silence fell. Everyone stared at the huge dragon shadow lying on the ground, their mouths wide open as if they could fit an apple inside.

They didn’t recover from the shock until the referee announced Li Li’s victory in the first match.

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