Chapter 542: If He Can’t Have It, No One Can

Chapter 542: Chapter 542: If He Can’t Have It, No One Can

"That’s Jin Ling’s younger brother, Jin Yao."

Qiao Xixi had asked Jin Ling before who would be a suitable successor if Jin Wei died. He had said at the time that he had a suitable candidate in mind.

But she had never heard him mention this Jin Yao in the past.

However, for them to have chosen Jin Yao, they must have considered it from all angles.

Jin Yao had barely been on the stage for a moment before a beastman went up and challenged him.

Qiao Xixi watched with great interest as the two males fought.

As the battle grew more intense, more and more beastmen gathered to watch the excitement. Qiao Xixi looked back and down; the area below the stone house was packed with people.

Quite a few other beastmen copied them and climbed onto the rooftops as well.

’There are too many people watching. It’ll be dangerous if something unexpected happens.’

Something suddenly occurred to Qiao Xixi, and she grabbed Xijing’s arm. "Xijing, Jin Wei is dead. Have they caught Fengxuan?"

Xijing shook his head. "He escaped during the chaos that day. Jin Ling has been leading the pursuit to track Fengxuan down these past few days."

Qiao Xixi frowned at his words. ’When it comes to things like the Forbidden Technique, I don’t think Jin Wei necessarily understood them. Fengxuan was probably the one pulling the strings behind the scenes.’

’Now that Jin Wei is dead, all of Fengxuan’s efforts have turned to ash. How could he not be filled with hatred?’

Qiao Xixi watched the crowd grow excited after Jin Yao defeated his challenger, a sense of unease lingering in her heart.

Jin Ling and the others had probably thought of this too, which was why many beastman soldiers were patrolling both in the sky and on the ground, just in case something went wrong.

Qiao Xixi wasn’t actually very interested in duels between males. After watching for a little while, she found it dull. But seeing Zhenzhen so engrossed, she didn’t say anything and just found a flat spot to lean against Xijing’s legs.

Xijing crouched down and took her hand. "Tired?"

Qiao Xixi leaned against him. "Not tired. Let’s wait for the crowd to thin out a bit before we go. We can head to the street to trade for some fresh beast meat."

"Alright."

The lively crowd was completely absorbed in the fierce battle on the stage, completely oblivious to the figure hidden in a corner.

His eyes, filled with venomous hatred, were fixed on Jin Yao on the stage.

’I never would have imagined that this tiger cub, who had been so weak since birth that he could barely make a sound, would one day stand on the sacrificial altar to accept challenges and become the City Lord!’

’Tiger Beast City should have been mine!’

Qiao Xixi had been right. Things like the Forbidden Technique and forbidden medicines had all been suggested to Jin Wei by Fengxuan.

He had known all along that Jin Wei was ambitious, wanting to strengthen Tiger Beast City and one day completely usurp Beast King City. Exploiting this ambition, he goaded Jin Wei step by step into using his own cub and the other beastmen of Tiger Beast City as test subjects for the Forbidden Technique and forbidden medicines.

If it succeeded, he would then use the same methods directly on Jin Wei, making Jin Wei completely subservient to him. Then this Beast City would be his!

Just when it seemed everything he had planned was about to succeed, Qiao Xixi and her companions ruined it all at the last moment.

How could he not hate them!

’If I can’t have it, then no one can!’

Fngxuan took out a flint and steel, quickly lighting the nearby dry grass. He had smeared the grass with oil, and as soon as it caught a spark, the oil ignited, and the fire instantly engulfed the entire stone house.

Fngxuan pulled out a burning piece of wood and quickly threw it toward the densest part of the crowd.

The beastman soldiers patrolling the sky were the first to spot the fire. "Fire! Quick, get water to put it out!"

The crowd was already dense. When Fengxuan threw the burning brand, even those who saw it coming couldn’t get out of the way because it was too crowded. They could only watch helplessly as the brand set their beast-hide clothes on fire.

"AHHH, I’m on fire! I’m on fire!"

"Help me!"

The beastman whose clothes had caught fire screamed in terror.

Seeing this, a savage sneer spread across Fengxuan’s face. He roared, "The Beast God is angry! He does not approve of the new City Lord! The Beast God is angry!"

These few words might not be enough to actually remove Jin Yao from his position, but if anything were to happen in the future, someone would surely use this incident to stir up trouble.

"It’s Fengxuan!"

Qiao Xixi had noticed the situation over there as soon as the flames flared up, but she couldn’t see clearly at first because it was too far away.

But as soon as Fengxuan spoke, she recognized his voice instantly.

The beastman soldiers also flew swiftly in Fengxuan’s direction.

Fngxuan had already anticipated this possibility. Before the soldiers could arrive, he quickly ducked and darted into the crowd behind him.

In an instant, the packed crowd began to surge. Panicked, the beastmen screamed in terror and tried to flee.

Qiao Xixi stood up, her expression grim as she watched people in the crowd below being pushed over and trampled.

’At this rate, there’s no telling how many people will be trampled to death.’

"Xijing, help rescue them."

Xijing had also spotted a cub that had been pushed to the ground. He glanced at her, nodded, then leaped down, snatched the cub up, and returned to the rooftop.

The chaos over here quickly caught the attention of Yun Ji and the others.

Yun Ji spread his massive wings and soared into the sky to survey the situation below, but his eyes immediately landed on Qiao Xixi standing on the rooftop.

At that moment, Qiao Xixi was forming a hand seal and riding the wind into mid-air. She saw water vats placed in several open areas and thought, ’Jin Ling and the others really did a good job with the precautions.’

"Xixi."

Just as Qiao Xixi reached mid-air, Yun Ji arrived at her side.

"Xixi, use the water."

"Right."

As the word left her lips, Yun Ji shot toward the sky and let out a long cry.

The phoenix’s cry was as clear and sharp as cracking ice or shattering jade. It pierced their eardrums and struck their hearts with a soul-shaking force. Its vast, ancient aura instantly seized their heartbeats, and an indescribable feeling of shock and reverence surged from within them.

The beastmen involuntarily stopped and looked up toward the sky.

At that very moment, Qiao Xixi directed the water toward the beastmen who were on fire.

The cool water droplets splashed against skin seared by flames, gradually calming the beastmen who had been wailing in agony just a second before.

The phoenix’s cry continued to echo in everyone’s ears. The crowd, which had been panicking moments ago, was stunned for a moment before they all fell to their knees, piously folding their hands across their chests.

Meanwhile, Fengxuan was fleeing rapidly toward the inner city. He knew of a secret passage there that would allow him to escape Tiger Beast City.

Relying on his knowledge of Tiger Beast City, Fengxuan evaded all the pursuing beastman soldiers and ducked into a stone house by a side gate of the inner city.

This stone house was normally used for storing firewood; hardly anyone ever came this way.

Fngxuan pushed aside the stacked firewood and lifted a stone slab on the ground, revealing a pitch-black passage below. He jumped down without hesitation and crawled forward along the passage.

Soon, he reached the end of the passage.

He pushed hard against the stone in front of him, and a halo of white light shone into the passage. A triumphant sneer appeared on his face.

"Catch me? It’s not that easy!"

"Oh? Is that so?"