The dark, imposing figure rose to his feet, towering at over two meters tall, yet his musculature appeared unnaturally taut — clearly, this was no ordinary human physique.
The referee’s voice boomed, “‘Behemoth’ has accepted the challenge. He’s the heaviest contender in the ring, weighing a staggering 600 kilograms. No one has ever defeated ‘Behemoth’ in a match.”
For an average person, 600 kilograms would be an unbearable burden, likely causing severe health issues. But the man facing him possessed extraordinary strength and moved with ease.
Behemoth ascended the stage like a moving mountain, standing before Long Shiyu.
Long Shiyu furrowed his brow. He never expected the church to have access to Behemoth blood.
Bets began pouring in from the audience, and in the end, an equal number of star coins were wagered on both sides. After the previous showing, the spectators were no longer fully confident in Behemoth’s strength.
Behemoth grinned and taunted, “Young man, what kind of blood did you inject? Your abilities are impressive; even Viper didn’t see it coming.”
Long Shiyu yawned.
He was simply too tired.
Behemoth’s expression darkened, interpreting Long Shiyu’s action as provocation. He took a deep breath, summoning his strength.
A minute later, an astonished silence fell over the audience as Long Shiyu effortlessly lifted Behemoth and swung him in an arc before gracefully tossing him out.
Behemoth soared through the air like a cannonball, collided with the barrier, and landed with a groan.
Both the referee and the spectators were dumbfounded.
Suddenly, Long Shiyu glanced upward. There were rooms at the top of the arena whose contents could not be seen from the outside. Long Shiyu vaguely saw that in one of the rooms, someone was preparing to leave.
Could it be the boss?
Just as he was about to give chase, he sensed several auras rapidly approaching.
And among them… Shen Zhaomu’s aura?
“Hunters! The damned hunters are here!”
“We had an agreement with the higher-ups; how did the hunters get here?”
Pandemonium erupted. In seconds, golden light filled the air, illuminating the dark seats as if it were daytime, sealing all escape routes.
Dozens of hunters had surrounded the arena within moments. The man who had just exited the private room was apprehended; he appeared entirely ordinary, exhibiting panic and feeble spiritual fluctuations. He hardly resembled a boss.
Long Shiyu: “…”.
He swept his gaze across the apprehended crowd. The boss likely had not been present from the start, and there was no trace of the vampire.
Hunters continued to subdue the audience one by one, securing electronic restraint bracelets on them.
Shen Zhaomu stood atop the auditorium, his expression devoid of emotion. He beckoned to Long Shiyu, “Shiyu, come here.”
Long Shiyu then ran from the arena that was so bright it was scorching into the golden light.
His princess seemed angry QAQ.
Shen Zhaomu did indeed have an angry expression on his face. He pulled Long Shiyu over and stared at his clothes.
Just before entering the ring, Long Shiyu had removed his coat, revealing the crimson bloodstains from the wound that had reopened in the morning.
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Shen Zhaomu promptly lifted the young man’s clothes, revealing unblemished skin beneath.
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Dragons possessed an extraordinary capacity for self-healing, far surpassing that of humans. It was entirely plausible that any injuries sustained earlier had already disappeared.
Long Shiyu nodded, “Yes.”
He had never intended to reveal the malevolent curse to Shen Zhaomu.
Shen Zhaomu’s assistant also arrived, huffing and puffing. Earlier, he had coincidentally been conducting research in the slums and had followed Long Shiyu’s trail to the garbage dump — only to find himself blocked from entering the underground boxing ring. Having no other choice, he resorted to making a frantic phone call to Shen Zhaomu.
Shen Zhaomu said, “Take Shiyu out.”
The assistant also noticed the bloodstain. “I’ll call the medical hunters right away.”
“No need,” Shen Zhaomu covered Long Shiyu. “That’s someone else’s blood.”
“Oh, I see… that’s good.” The assistant breathed a sigh of relief and escorted Long Shiyu out.
Shen Zhaomu walked towards the ring.
Behemoth, who had fallen to the ground, had just regained consciousness when he saw a man approaching with anger in his eyes. He was momentarily stunned. After clearly seeing Shen Zhaomu’s appearance, his whole body began to tremble. “Shen… Shen Zhao…”
“C-class wanted criminal ‘Behemoth’ Edward, who commits all kinds of atrocities in the slums,” Shen Zhaomu said. “You fought him just now, didn’t you?”
Behemoth was still trembling. “I… I really didn’t touch him at all.”
The next second, he was kicked in the chest by Shen Zhaomu.
This kick was filled with psychic power and showed no mercy. He flew backward for several meters and crashed into the virtual barrier on the ring before coming to a stop.
Behemoth felt like he heard the sound of his ribs breaking.
Shen Zhaomu walked closer, step by step. “I despise liars.”
“Behemoth” appeared bewildered. He said, “I really didn’t…”
He was swiftly kicked again.
This time, Shen Zhaomu had put even more force into it, causing him to cough violently. The person facing him showed no intention of letting up. He promptly gestured towards Viper, who was among the audience, and declared, “The first to fight him was ‘Viper’. This really has nothing to do with me.”
Before Viper could react, a golden light enveloped him, pulling him into the ring.
He realized something was amiss and shouted, “Wasn’t I also directly struck by his knee. How could I have hit him?”
“That’s correct,” Behemoth chimed in his defense, “I was just lifted by him and thrown out in an arc.”
The two of them were once again sent flying, rolling across the stage like rubber balls.
Shen Zhaomu’s eyes filled with disdain. “You can’t even come up with a plausible excuse for your lies.”
Viper: ???
Behemoth: ???
Shen Zhaomu smiled and gestured to Viper. “Tell me how he attacked you.”
Viper: “Well… I lunged at him and missed. As soon as I turned around, he launched me into the sky with a knee strike.”
Shen Zhaomu said, “Stand up.”
Viper shivered and rose from the ground.
He was lifted into the air by Shen Zhaomu’s knee, flew three or four meters, and landed on the ground.
Shen Zhaomu grinned. “Was it a knee strike like that?”
Viper dry heaved a few times, then immediately said, “Yes, yes, yes, cough cough, exactly like that, cough, cough.”
“What about you?” Shen Zhaomu turned to “Behemoth.”
Behemoth also looked disgruntled. “I rushed over, and he picked me up, spun me around, and threw me out. Sir, I was truly wronged. Look at me, I’m delicate and frail. How could I possibly beat him?”
Viper endured the pain and angrily retorted, “You weigh 600 kilograms, and you still call yourself delicate and frail? Right, and pigs can fly! Cough, cough. And I must be a delicate flower!”
“Shut up,” Behemoth fumed, “You’re definitely the one who pulled some ruthless underhanded trick.”
The two of them were about to quarrel when Shen Zhaomu gave them each a kick again. In the next second, light surrounded Behemoth, lifting him up and hurling him out, resulting in another terrifying thud.
Shen Zhaomu said, “Was it like this?”
Behemoth took several deep breaths before he could speak. “Yes, yes.”
“Do you take me for a fool?” Shen Zhaomu’s eyes grew even colder.
He had placed a psychic mark on Long Shiyu’s body and could see that the young man had shown no intention of attacking throughout the day.
Both of these individuals were mutants. Regardless of whether Long Shiyu could defeat them, the dragon had shown no intention to attack at all; could he have beaten them up to this extent just for fun?
Shen Zhaomu rolled up his sleeves, revealing his graceful forearms.
The door above the auditorium opened again.
Long Shiyu dashed in, followed by his panicked assistant.
Viper immediately became excited. “He’s here, he’s here! Why don’t you ask him to demonstrate? We really didn’t lie.”
Long Shiyu ran in and buried his head in Shen Zhaomu’s arms. “It’s raining outside…”
Today’s weather forecast predicted another massive thunderstorm. Just a while ago, the sun was shining brightly, but a thunderstorm unexpectedly arrived.
The exotic beast in the thunderclouds was searching for him again.
Shen Zhaomu’s expression softened slightly as he vigorously rubbed the dragon’s head. “Don’t be afraid; it’s okay.” He looked at the two individuals lying in the ring. “Did these two fight with you?”
Long Shiyu nodded from within Shen Zhaomu’s embrace, well-behaved and weak.
The assistant sighed, “Sister-in-law seems frightened. It’s all thanks to these two scoundrels.”
“That’s right. It’s inevitable in a place like this. It’s too dangerous here. People here are constantly deceiving others,” a hunter chimed in. “Mr. Shen, please take him back quickly. We’ll handle things here.”
Behemoth eyes nearly bulged out of their sockets. “Are you all fucking blind? What part of him seems scared to you?”
Devil! That young man was literally the devil!
Viper still attempted to argue. “Sir, it really was him who—”
“Shut up,” Shen Zhaomu interjected. He turned to his assistant. “Escort these two to the special detention room. They are both wanted criminals. Of course, we must treat them well.”
Upon hearing this, both of them were terrified, and their expressions changed.
“My lord, I was truly wronged.”
“I didn’t even touch him, and he beat me so severely that my bones broke.”
Shen Zhaomu ignored them and left with Long Shiyu in his arms.
Rain was pouring outside, and thunder resounded. He asked, “Why did you come to a place like this alone?”
“I smell the blood of exotic creatures here,” Long Shiyu said. “I came here while trailing that scent. They said that if you win the competition, you can meet the boss here.”
Shen Zhaomu: “…”
He couldn’t help it any longer and commented, “You silly dragon.”
Dragons with a bloodline more than five times removed were exceedingly weak and delicate. He was astonished that Long Shiyu would dare to step onto the stage and face those mutants. Look at what happened—he got injured when confronting those two formidable adversaries.
Fortunately, the wound had already healed.
Long Shiyu: “?”
“Let me know if you encounter something like this in the future,” Shen Zhaomu said. “Even though the psychic mark can tell me your location, it can’t tell me what’s happening.”
“Oh,” Long Shiyu nodded obediently.
Shen Zhaomu couldn’t resist rubbing the dragon’s head fervently.
There was a machine distributing disposable raincoats on the roadside. They each took one and ventured into the rain. Shen Zhaomu selected a pure black raincoat, while Long Shiyu chose a silver one.
The curtain of rain occasionally lit up with lightning, and the pedestrians on the road wore colorful raincoats.
It was still summer, but the temperature had suddenly dropped significantly. They walked side by side, and Long Shiyu noticed a droplet of water slowly rolling down from Shen Zhaomu’s black raincoat. It was crystal clear, traversing the wet surface and hanging on the cuff of his sleeve.
A few seconds later, two more droplets slid down. They merged and finally fell gently and silently, landing in small puddles on the ground.
Ripples formed, as if they were dancing.
——Long Shiyu suddenly felt inexplicably good, and smiled until his eyes turned into crescents.
Author’s Note:
Behemoth & Viper: We hate this.
One cutesy sob a day: 1/1
The ”firstfeatures our couple fighting a doubles match!
Imagine telling the truth and still getting beaten up like this… Poor bad guys, they might as well play dead or sell out the entire shop.
Thank you for the chapter!
Long shiyu is just a delicate frail dragon with once a day cutesy sob in shen zhaomu’s eyes 😂
Lmaoooooo
Poor hurt little dragon needing comfort, lmao! Thanks for the update 🤣❤️🤣❤️🤣
Long shiyu has a good princess ᕙ( ¤ 〰 ¤ )ᕗ
Omg… I want a princess for myself too
I love that Long Shiyu doesn’t actually hide his strength from Shen Zhaomu at all. If SZM had asked “Did you beat these guys” LSY probably would’ve said yes! All of these misconceptions are just SZM not asking the right questions XD
Poor Behemoth and Viper. You will be missed