While they spoke, the battle below had already ended. Under the Spirit Rhinoceros's relentless attacks, the mountain cat, which had nothing but speed and fell short in offense, strength, and even stamina, finally proved unable to resist and died a miserable death on the spot.
Huo Hai did not even know that, because this mountain cat had been trained to resist poison, both its stamina and spiritual power were far inferior to those of a normal Spirit Beast. Otherwise, how could it have performed so poorly? It was just like a Spirit Master who had taken a shortcut: apart from its fairly decent poison, everything else was trash. With the fight over, the referee assessed the outcome and quickly announced the result.
The defensive barrier surrounding the arena opened. Little Butterfly cast another illusion, and Little Gold crawled out of a gap in the Spirit Rhinoceros's neck. Hidden by Little Butterfly's illusion, Little Gold quickly returned to Huo Hai and slipped into his sleeve.
Everything happened so discreetly that the Beast-Fighting Arena lacked the means to discover Huo Hai's tampering. That was how these arenas worked. Whatever tricks you pulled, as long as no one caught you red-handed, there would be no problem at all.
"All right, let's head back. This place is really boring." Huo Hai did not want to stay and make idle conversation with these people. He ignored even the final, spectacular beast fight and turned to leave. Blood Rose's eyes shifted, and she immediately followed him. "Wait for me! I'm not interested in beast fights either. Why don't we head back together?"
It seemed Blood Rose was determined to cling to him. Huo Hai shook his head helplessly and paid her no further attention. After leaving the Beast-Fighting Arena, he returned to his temporary residence in