Blue, Red and White Dark Abyss Cauldron

Chapter 242: Battle of Elephant Power (2)

Chu Xiaomu said with a stiff face: "It is my fault to set the mountain on fire. If you have any punishment for the Beast Mountain, please tell me. I, Chu Xiaomu, will bear it all."

Xiang Li said, "Setting fire to the mountain is not a big crime in our Beast Mountain, but it is not a small crime either. According to the rules set by my king, I should use the 'firethorn' to deal with you. Do you accept it or not?"

Chu Xiaomu asked: "What is 'Pyracantha'?"

Xiang Li frowned and said, "How come you city folks don't know anything? You are so stupid!"

Chu Xiaomu said: "This is something from your Beast Mountain, how would we know about it?"

Xiang Li nodded and said, "You have a point. Then I will tell you, 'Pyracantha' is made of thorns plucked from the Pyracantha tree that is unique to our Beast Mountain. One thorn will be pierced into each of the nine acupoints on your body. If you can withstand it, it will be of great benefit to your spiritual power cultivation. If you can't withstand it, you will die ugly. Do you accept it or not?"

Chu Xiaomu thought it was a form of torture, so he said, "What if you obey? What if you don't obey?"

Xiang Li said, "This is easy. If you don't accept it, we can follow the old rules and have a duel with me. If I can't beat you, I'll let the mountain fire go. If you can't beat me, you'll have to let me deal with you. I may not use Pyracantha to deal with you, but I'll cook you and you can't complain!"

Everyone thought, it turns out that the solution is to use force. If I can beat you, what does it matter? If I can't beat you and get caught by you, what's the point of complaining?

Wu Sheng couldn't help but ask, "What if it's a tie?"

Xiang Li glared at him, obviously disliking his talkativeness, and said, "Then let's compete again!"

Everyone thought that even if Xiang Li had no spiritual power, with just his sturdy body of more than ten feet tall, the ten people in the herdsmen's team might not be able to defeat him, not to mention that he was one of the seven beast spirits under the throne of the Ten Thousand Beast King, so his spiritual power must be extraordinary. Chu Xiaomu's competition with him was tantamount to seeking his own death.

Chu Xiaomu's heart was pounding. Although he was afraid, he had to go forward. His ancestor Chu Xiong was a good friend and brother who fought side by side with the famous General Bi Ye. Although he was incompetent, he could not bring shame to his ancestor and lose face for Bicheng. He responded, "I don't accept it. I want to compete with you!" He thought that he could rely on his agility and speed on horseback, and maybe he could hold out for a while. If he was defeated, he could find a way to lead everyone to escape.

Xiang Li said, "We in the Beast Mountain will not take advantage of you city dwellers. You have the final say on how to fight."

Chu Xiaomu asked: "How can we compare?"

Xiang Li thought that if he said he wanted to compete in horse riding, archery, singing and dancing, that would be bad. So he said, "Of course I'm going to compete in fighting. How can I compete in singing and dancing with you? You are so young, what skills can you have?"

"Then I think you've taken too much advantage of us in Bicheng."

"How did I take advantage of you, Bicheng?" Xiangli glared.

"You are one of the seven beast spirits under the throne of the King of Ten Thousand Beasts, but I am a nobody in Bicheng. There is a huge gap between our status and abilities. Isn't this taking advantage of me?"

Xiang Li snorted and said, "That's because you are not good enough, you can't blame me. This fight has to happen. If you feel it's unfair, you can invite more helpers."

Chu Xiaomu was secretly delighted and said, "Is it okay if I invite as many helpers as possible?"

Xiang Li looked at Chu Xiaomu's ten slightly frail young men. He only had one with the "Secret Eye" who had some ability and needed to be watched out for. He was not afraid of the other few, even if there were a hundred of them. Besides, this was in the Beast Mountain, my own territory. Can you find other helpers?

Suddenly, he changed his mind and said, "If he says he wants to go back to Bicheng to find help, and if he calls Biye here, that would be terrible." So he said, "You can invite as many helpers as you want, but only today. I can't wait for you for a month or two just for a fight."

Chu Xiaomu said: "How can it be that I have the final say, no matter how many helpers I invite, right or wrong?"

Xiang Li was afraid that he was trying to trick him, so he tilted his head and thought carefully for a while. Finally, he realized that he had said these words himself, so he said, "That's right. You have the final say on how to compete. You can invite as many helpers as you want today. But we will only compete in fighting, not anything else."

"Do you keep your word?"

Xiang Li became impatient and shouted, "You are such a long-winded person! Ask around in the Beast Mountain. Have I ever broken my word?!"

Chu Xiaomu said: "Well, let's go down the mountain and find a flatter place to fight. I can't move freely here."

Xiangli thought for a moment and said, "It's up to you." He walked down the mountain first. He was tall and heavy, and every step he took made the ground tremble.

Chu Xiaomu whistled and called on everyone to drive the horses down the mountain. The wild horses had been with the military horses for a long time, and had been trained and driven by Chu Xiaomu and his ten men. They had long understood their calls and orders. Under Chu Xiaomu's leadership, they followed the leader and walked down the mountain in a mighty procession.

Xiao Qisheng kept running and jumping behind Chu Xiaomu, looking very excited. Chu Xiaomu said in his heart: "Although you were born in the Beast Mountain, the grassland is where you should go, and it is your future home... If I am killed by Xiangli, I will follow the horses home..."

Yingdan, Lin Zhen and others gathered around and asked Chu Xiaomu, "Mu Tou, are you crazy? Why did you agree to compete with this beast spirit? Isn't this courting death?"

Wu Sheng said self-righteously: "I guess Mu Tou wants to escape quickly after going down the mountain, otherwise there is no need to go down to the foot of the mountain to compete."

But Xiangli suddenly turned around and shouted angrily: "You dare to run away after going down the mountain? That's not okay. We have to compete now!" It turned out that he had very sharp ears, and Wu Sheng's soft voice was heard by him who was walking far ahead.

Chu Xiaomu said: "Who wants to escape? You are so powerful, how can we escape?!"

Xiangli frowned, thought for a while, and said, "That's true..." Then he turned around and continued walking down the mountain.

Yingdan couldn't help but ask, "Xiaomu, is there any helper down the mountain?"

Chu Xiaomu shook his head and said no.

Yingdan became anxious and asked, "Could it be us?"

Chu Xiaomu nodded to show that he was right.

Wu Sheng said: "I knew it. Who would come here at this time? But we are all brothers. It would be better for us to die together today."