Feed Me Peanuts

The Titan Giant Ape suddenly raised its head, the defiance in its eyes nearly overflowing.

I'd already accepted my fate, and you weren't going to kill me?

"Why won't you kill me? Didn't you humans come here to kill Spirit Beasts and take their soul rings?"

Zhou Qiubai gently brushed the last withered leaf from his lapel and casually flicked it away.

"Your soul ring doesn't suit me, nor does it suit him." He tilted his head toward Yang Guyun. "Besides, keeping you alive may prove useful someday."

His words were both sincere and infuriating.

The Titan Giant Ape's soul ring was strength-based, completely incompatible with Zhou Qiubai's soft sword style, and it was unsuitable for Yang Guyun as well.

What was irritating was that he sounded as though he were evaluating the quality of merchandise.

The conclusion was that the goods did not match the order.

The Titan Giant Ape's expression grew increasingly complicated.

Its nostrils flared slightly as it imitated Hanunu and gave a snort.

"Even if you don't kill me, I won't thank you. You humans are all the same. If you don't kill me today, you'll send someone else tomorrow. There has only ever been one kind of relationship between Spirit Beasts and humans."

"You want to die that badly?" Zhou Qiubai raised an eyebrow.

"Spirit Beasts follow the law of the jungle. You're stronger, so if you kill me, I've got nothing to say. What was that saying you humans had again? Stop putting on an act here."

After hearing that, Zhou Qiubai's lips curled into a faint, ambiguous smile.

"You want me to kill you, so I won't. I hate being told what to do, especially after someone gets beaten and only then starts talking. This sort of provocation might work on Tang San,