The Precious Lotus Lantern World: Xiao Explodes on the Spot, and Big Orange Wants to Follow Suit

Liu Bing held his bowl and stared in confusion at the guy who had barged in. With that getup, was he trying to imitate Xiao?

His gaze fell on Luo Li. "Is security in your apartment complex really that bad?"

Luo Li rolled her eyes at Liu Bing and shrugged. "What do you expect from those old-timers? They're not professional security guards; they just watch the gate. Besides, nowadays, you don't often run into truly vicious criminals."

Liu Bing shook his head, at a loss. "Are they even security guards, then? If something really happens, I bet you residents who pay property fees will have to protect them."

"What can you do? The most they can do is call the police." Luo Li shook her head too. "Luckily, there's a police station nearby. It's close, so the police should arrive soon."

"Oh, good." As soon as Liu Bing heard the police were on their way, he immediately settled down.

He shoveled rice into his mouth as if nothing were amiss, then casually mumbled toward the man cosplaying Xiao, "Hey, man, have you eaten? Want to join us?"

The man cosplaying Xiao stared at Luo Li and Liu Bing, utterly bewildered. He felt deeply insulted.

He looked terrifying right now—a ghoul, a man-eater. Weren't these two afraid? They were just chatting away as if he weren't even there.

"You're asking for it!" The more Xiao thought about it, the angrier he became. An inexplicable rage surged through him.

Xiao was just about to charge over and kill Luo Li and Liu Bing when he sensed that the exceptionally pure energy was coming from the food on the coffee table. In particular, its aroma brought back his appetite.

He stopped short, then strode over and sat on the sofa. "Get me a serving of rice."

Ever since he had become a ghoul, he hadn't eaten normal food. He had switched straight to eating people. It wasn't that he hadn't wanted to eat normal food—after all, how quickly could a normal person change their eating habits? Especially when they had to start eating people. No one could adjust that fast.

But ghouls simply couldn't eat normal food. The change was forced on them.

Now that he had suddenly regained his appetite, of course he wanted to eat.

It was like someone who had eaten normally every day being forced to gnaw on human-blood buns for a while. When he tried to eat something else, everything tasted like rotten meat and he couldn't stomach it, so he had no choice but to keep gnawing on the buns.

Now there was a table full of delicious food in front of him, and someone had invited him to have a bite. Wouldn't you eat?

Liu Bing and Luo Li both rolled their eyes at Xiao. He'd barged in without permission, and now he expected someone to serve him a bowl of rice? The nerve. He should be grateful there was food at all.

Besides, Liu Bing had only been making polite conversation, like asking someone if they'd eaten. He hadn't expected this shameless guy to actually come over and sit down.

Xiao clearly noticed their eye rolls, but he wanted to eat more than anything, so he ignored their expressions. Impatiently, he reached out and picked up a piece of braised pork with his fingers, stuffing it into his mouth.

The rich meatiness, the savory sauce, and the delightful burst of juices made Xiao unable to stop himself. It was unbelievably delicious!

Then he really did explode.

The moment Xiao took a bite, his body shattered.

Liu Bing had actually expected this to happen, so he had set up a formation in advance. The instant the violent spiritual energy tore Xiao's body apart, before even a drop of blood could spray, it was instantly annihilated. It was as if Xiao had never existed.

"Gasp!" Luo Li drew in a sharp breath, secretly relieved. Luckily, Liu Bing hadn't tried to kill her earlier. Maybe it was because she'd made a good impression when they first met that day.

Otherwise, she would probably have turned into a pile of ashes and scattered on the wind too.

Clearly, Luo Li thought Liu Bing had made Xiao explode using his ability. She glanced at Liu Bing in fear, then huddled on the sofa like a quail.

"Ah..." Liu Bing sighed softly and shook his head. "The food was the real culprit. You couldn't even handle the spiritual energy in one piece of meat, yet you were cosplaying Xiao and acting all high and mighty. What a disgrace."

As he said this, Liu Bing completely forgot that back in Wa Huang Tian, he hadn't even managed to withstand a single breath.

It sounded like a lament, but it was really more like an explanation.

Luo Li picked up on the key point at once. She stared at Liu Bing in astonishment. "You mean he suddenly burst apart because he ate that piece of braised pork?"

"Exactly." Liu Bing nodded. "These dishes are far too advanced for you. They contain an abundance of spiritual energy, far beyond what you can absorb. Even one bite will make you explode on the spot if you aren't strong enough."

With that, Liu Bing went back to shoveling rice into his mouth, eating with gusto. He didn't touch the plate of braised pork, though—Xiao had just grabbed the meat with his hands.

Luo Li stared in shock at the food on the coffee table. She really wanted to eat it, but she wanted to live even more. Luckily, Xiao had demonstrated what would happen first; otherwise, she would have been ready to grab a bowl and join them.

After all, she hadn't eaten normal food for days. She'd already burped from breathing in the spiritual energy, but that wasn't the same as actually eating it.

"Just how strong are you?" Luo Li could hardly imagine it. That guy cosplaying Xiao couldn't even handle one piece of meat, yet Liu Bing could eat mouthful after mouthful without changing at all.

"Well, I'm very strong." Liu Bing didn't know how to rank his strength anymore. After visiting the Precious Lotus Lantern World and seeing the Grand Unity Golden Immortals there, he'd started to find his own Immortal Realm rather strange.

He had the feeling of a mythological immortal, the sort who could casually overpower Grand Unity Golden Immortals from certain worlds.

Just then, more voices came from the doorway. Several uniformed people rushed in, then paused when they saw what was happening inside.

They'd hurried over after receiving a report. The door had clearly been smashed open, so something serious had happened. But why were the couple inside just sitting there, calmly eating?

After the police came in, a girl followed them. She went straight to Luo Li and asked, "Sister A-Li, are you okay? Where's the bad guy?"

Luo Li shook her head. "Well, the bad guy..."

She was about to say that the bad guy had exploded on the spot, but she knew no one would believe her. And if she said nothing had happened, what would she say about the door? For a moment, she didn't know what to say.

Just then, an orange blur flashed past and darted to the coffee table. It snatched up a piece of meat and tried to run.

It moved so fast that no one there except Liu Bing noticed. But the little guy clearly couldn't withstand the impact of the spiritual energy either. With the meat in its mouth, its whole body began to sway as if it were drunk. Moving too fast, it slammed straight into the wall.

With a crash, the orange blur smashed a crack into the wall.

The noise drew everyone's attention. They all looked over and saw an orange cat sprawled on the ground, a piece of meat beside its mouth. It had clearly stolen the meat, but before it could eat it, it had crashed into the wall and passed out.

Luckily, it hadn't eaten the meat. The spiritual energy had only knocked it out. Otherwise, it would have exploded on the spot just like Xiao.