Chapter 209: Chapter 209: We’re Just Having a Meal, Why Bring a Gift?

"CHIRP!"

The Cui Du Bird landed in front of Lu Wu, gently touching her with its beak.

A demon beast covered in poison, yet right now it had retracted its fangs and toxins, treating the human before it with utmost care.

Behind the Cui Du Bird, the Iron Armor Dragon’s towering and mighty form forced Lu Wu to look up. Its mountain-like physique made her hesitate for a moment.

"Is this your friend? Here’s the rabbit head I saved for them."

Lu Wu took out a serving of rabbit head.

The Cui Du Bird had previously arranged with Lu Wu to save this for its friend.

The palm-sized rabbit head, placed before the Iron Armor Dragon, probably wasn’t even enough to get stuck in its teeth.

’The little bird never said its friend was this huge.’

"ROAR!"

That was the Iron Armor Dragon’s way of saying it was okay.

It lowered its head, gazing at the human, Lu Wu. Who knew what the Cui Du Bird had said, but the Iron Armor Dragon’s attitude toward her was very friendly.

After rubbing Lu Wu’s shoulder with its tail, the Iron Armor Dragon passed something it had behind it to her.

It was a net-like sack. The pitch-black fabric had spatial-stretching properties, capable of holding many things inside.

And now, the sack, lying on the ground, was shaking and rolling about with a squirming motion.

Clearly, there was something alive inside.

Judging by the irregular shape, Lu Wu guessed it was some kind of chimera.

"Is this for me?"

Lu Wu looked at the Iron Armor Dragon, which nodded in response.

"You’ve come all this way, and you brought a gift? You really shouldn’t have."

Lu Wu grinned.

Though her words were modest, her hands were already opening the sack.

In an instant, one of the things inside rolled out.

It was quite large.

But once Lu Wu got a clear look at the gift’s contents, she decisively took a few steps back, dodging a flailing claw.

"Don’t think I’m scared of you! Come on, let’s fight!"

Lou Xiaotian yelled at the top of his lungs, a look of do-or-die determination on his face. In reality, however, his eyes were shut tight and his neck was scrunched up, creating a comical picture of avoidance.

That’s right. The gift was none other than her "tool-men."

Behind Lou Xiaotian, the rest of the people in the sack were crawling out.

They were heartbroken and furious.

They had been following the two beasts just fine when, for some unknown reason, the Iron Armor Dragon had suddenly turned around, grabbed them, and stuffed them away.

According to Long Zhang’s translation, the Iron Armor Dragon was giving them as a gift to some "being."

They were all chosen ones, the pride of their generation. To be treated like this... they had utterly lost all face.

Fortunately, this place was far from the human world. Even if they made fools of themselves, word wouldn’t get out, so they could still salvage some dignity, right?

With this thought in mind, Qin Zhan and the others struggled to crawl out of the sack.

They were still sprawled on the ground when they looked up and saw pairs upon pairs of curious eyes.

Some belonged to beasts, others to a human.

Well then.

All face was now completely lost.

’I’m tired. Just let the world end.’

Qin Zhan, who was handsome enough to be a pretty boy, was evolving into a "dark-faced boy."

He fell silent for a moment, then buried his head in the crook of his arm, playing ostrich.

"Yo."

But just then, a familiar voice rang out.

Hearing that voice should have made Qin Zhan ecstatic, but at this particular moment, the turn of events left him petrified.

The same went for the others who had just scrambled out of the sack.

"Hm? Aren’t you happy to see me?"

The cheerful, teasing female voice continued to ring out.

Long Zhang had one foot on the ground and the other still in the sack. After hearing the greeting, several octopus tentacles extended from under the hem of his robe, tugging at the sack, trying to stuff him back inside.

’Just give me a quick death.’

’Actual death is better than social death.’

"Pfft!"

Seeing their utterly wretched state, Lu Wu’s shoulders shook as she burst out laughing.

She thought she wouldn’t see any familiar faces while running her stall this time. But then her tool-men appeared, and in a way that was just too amusing.

Every one of them looked like a beggar.

Their clothes were disheveled, and the exposed skin bore ambiguous red marks. Anyone who didn’t know better would think they had been subjected to some kind of inhumane treatment.

In reality, they were just scrapes and bruises from being bumped around while the Iron Armor Dragon dragged them here.

"WOOF WOOF WOOF!"

Spotting his old rival, Gou Aotian immediately ran up to Qin Zhan and began circling him like a spectacle.

The grin on the dog’s face was one of blatant mockery.

Qin Zhan’s face went from dark to pale, then from pale to red.

Finally, giving up all hope, he lay flat on the ground, his face slack, his soul ascending to the heavens.

The others were just as embarrassed.

They looked at Lu Wu, then at the surrounding people and beasts, and thought their entrance had been quite the grand occasion.

"Don’t want to open my eyes, hope this is all a hallucination..."

Lu Wu considerately provided a voiceover for their thoughts.

"It smells so good."

It was the thick-skinned Long Zhang who first broke free from the suffocating scene. His nose twitched as he looked around.

His gaze swept past Lu Wu and landed on the stall set up to one side.

But by now, the stall had already been cleaned out by the demon beasts. There was no food left on the gleaming countertop.

Only the faint, lingering aroma in the air told the tale of the grand feast that had just taken place.

"CRUNCH."

His gaze shifted again, and his eyes froze.

It wasn’t an illusion.

That was the sound of bone being snapped.

After delivering its gift, the Iron Armor Dragon had begun to enjoy its meal.

The rabbit head was very small, but thanks to the Cui Du Bird’s warning, the Iron Armor Dragon ate very slowly.

Its teeth bit down gently, but alas, its body was so large that even this slight movement easily split the rabbit head in two.

The crispy bones were pulverized under the Iron Armor Dragon’s powerful bite.

The juicy rabbit meat made an unignorable and powerful landing in the Iron Armor Dragon’s mouth.

The spicy and numbing flavor filled every corner.

The savory taste made the Iron Armor Dragon’s tongue curl, and in an instant, the remaining half of the rabbit head was also swallowed down.

It all happened too fast.

The Iron Armor Dragon looked at its empty palm, savored the aftertaste of the rabbit head, and finally understood why the Cui Du Bird had warned it several times.

Yes, it regretted it.

Its tongue licked its claws, trying to capture that last little bit of deliciousness.

Unfortunately, it was futile.

"ROAR!"

’*Sob sob sob*, the beast wants to eat more.’

It rubbed its large head against Lu Wu, acting cute in the hopes of getting more rabbit heads to eat.

Even though it held back its strength, it was still more than Lu Wu could withstand.

She staggered back a few steps before steadying herself, patting the Iron Armor Dragon’s head with an amused smile to soothe it.

Lu Wu quite enjoyed the cute antics of the steel behemoth.

"Alright, alright, I’m really all out. But I’ll make more tomorrow, so you can come eat then."

"WHIMPER!"

The fox couple watched the behemoth’s cute display and let out a disdainful snort.

’What about your dignity as a powerful demon beast? Did a dog eat it?’

Gou Aotian was not amused. ’Stop trying to palm off unwanted trash on me. Even a dog wouldn’t eat that.’

"ROAR!"

’You flirty foxes, take your tails off Boss Lu’s legs before you talk to me!’

The Iron Armor Dragon let out a ferocious roar.

’So what if I have a giant body? Can’t I act cute?’

’Can’t a girl have the heart of a princess?’

That’s right, it was a female Iron Armor Dragon.

Competition among beast clans was the way of nature. They only restrained their tempers when they were around Lu Wu.

Those successive beastly roars sent a chill down the spines of Qin Zhan and the others.

’We’re so done for!’

’It’s only been a few days, and Boss Lu has been seduced by demons!’

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