Nine-Tailed Fox Bloodline

Around eight thirty in the evening.

The four met up at a milk tea shop not far from the school, then headed together to Silver City's beast-fighting arena.

Silver City's beast-fighting arena was located on the outskirts of the eastern part of the city. When Yu Xian and Zhang Shou had been patrolling the night before, they had passed by outside and could even hear the heated cheers and curses from within.

Nora had bought private box tickets. As soon as they arrived at the beast-fighting arena, a dedicated attendant quickly came to lead them.

After the four entered the box and took their seats, all kinds of fruit, pastries, and drinks were brought in.

"This is my first time coming to such a fancy place. I don't know, I suddenly feel a little nervous," Zhang Shou whispered to Yu Xian as he looked at the box's decor and layout, as well as the exquisite, beautiful pastries.

Yu Xian moved his portion of fruit and pastries over to Zhang Shou and smiled. "It's fine. I'm nervous too. It'll be better once the beast fight starts."

"Yu Xian, those pastries are specially made supernatural food. Try some," Nora reminded him as she pinched a pastry between her fingers.

The bloodlines of superhumans came in every variety imaginable, with practically every bizarre race represented. Some superhumans with beastman bloodlines especially loved raw meat.

Their taste buds differed from humans' as well. They might actually find cooked food unpleasant.

Those who bought private box tickets at the beast-fighting arena were either rich or influential. Naturally, the arena would not make such a low-level mistake. When guests purchased their tickets, the staff would already learn their preferences, and dedicated chefs would serve them that day.

For example, Nora was a Vampire, so most of tonight's food was supernatural food that Vampires could eat. There was no chance of it tasting like cardboard.

"Alright, I'll try it."

Yu Xian nodded, then picked up a pastry and put it into his mouth. Sure enough, a flavor he had never experienced before immediately spread through his mouth. After chewing gently and swallowing, his eyes lit up.

"What is this made of?" he asked curiously.

"Blood lipids from various animals. Blood has fat too. I don't know why, but Vampires can't eat fatty meat, while the blood lipids in blood can be digested and absorbed. That's why these blood-lipid pastries exist," Nora answered as she ate.

There was something Yu Xian had always found strange.

Normal Vampires called themselves the Blood Clan, our clan, or something similar. Yet Nora always called herself a Vampire and had never once mentioned the Blood Clan.

"A-E, can I ask you something?" Yu Xian could not help asking.

Nora rolled her eyes at Yu Xian. "Speak properly. Don't give me random nicknames. I'll decide whether to answer."

"I've seen other Vampires call themselves the Blood Clan, our clan, or our own clan. Why do you always say Vampire?" Yu Xian asked curiously.

Nora replied as if it were only natural, "Because I am a Vampire. My mom called me little Vampire. I don't see any problem with it. You, on the other hand... you're a Silver-Sucker!"

Zhang Shou and Chen Ling both burst out laughing at Nora's answer.

"..."

Yu Xian had not expected that one curious question would earn him the nickname Silver-Sucker.

Even now, Nora still thought he fed on silver and had no idea that he actually fed on light. If she found out, he might gain another nickname: Light-Sucker.

At that moment, staff outside the box began inspecting the arena's protective equipment one by one.

Yu Xian picked up another pastry and put it in his mouth. After enhancing his sense of taste, he could make out several flavors. Besides blood lipids, there were probably inorganic salts and various elements whose names he did not know.

Clearly, all those elements had been extracted from animal blood.

It had to be said that as long as one had money, even becoming a Vampire still allowed one to taste delicacies ordinary people could never imagine.

The time reached nine o'clock.

The arena's show began.

"Hello, everyone. I'm your host, Feiquan."

"First, welcome all audience members to the Silver General Arena."

"Next is the first match: two Ant Rank black wolves versus an old friend of ours, the jackal, Hu Junjie!"

As Feiquan gave his energetic introduction, two enormous black wolves were released into the arena. Then a powerfully built man with two tails growing behind him entered as well. Cheers immediately resounded throughout the venue.

Yu Xian nodded. Hu Tuer really did have quite a few elders. According to the information Jin Sheng had provided, Hu Tuer's father had six brothers, and the seven of them were collectively known as the Hu Family's Seven Heroes.

However, the Hu Family's Seven Heroes did not work together. Instead, they each pursued different professions.

Hu Junjie was a professional beast-fighting warrior and also worked part-time as a livestreamer. He had quite a reputation in Silver City.

After host Feiquan finished his introduction, the beast fight began.

The beast-fighting arena actually had two kinds of performances: beast fights and competitions.

The former involved humans fighting beasts to the death, while the latter involved humans fighting one another.

This was a beast fight.

Hu Weijie was highly experienced and knew exactly how dangerous it was for two black wolves to attack together. So he first widened the distance between them, then adjusted his angle as the two wolves charged at him.

The moment he changed his angle, the two black wolves, which had been running side by side, quickly ended up one in front of the other because of the shift in positioning. As they closed in, he kicked the closer wolf flying, then used the recoil to rapidly retreat and open the distance from the other wolf.

"You can do that? Learned something," Zhang Shou muttered, eyes wide.

Yu Xian nodded seriously as well. The technique itself was not difficult to learn. The hard part was controlling the rhythm and seizing the right moment. That required extensive beast-fighting experience and sharp judgment.

Do not assume the two black wolves had no brains. The only reason they exposed that opening was because Hu Junjie controlled the rhythm so well. Without realizing it, the two wolves had fallen into the trap he set.

Next, Hu Junjie skillfully drew the fight into his own rhythm, leaving the two black wolves completely disoriented. He even used his tails to confuse them, darting left and right as he effortlessly toyed with both wolves in the palm of his hand.

The result was obvious. After toying with them for a while, Hu Junjie used Guillotine to easily behead both black wolves. The entire arena erupted in cheers!

"The Nine-Tailed Fox Bloodline... does having more tails mean being stronger?" Chen Ling asked as she looked at Hu Junjie's tails.

Nora watched the match and answered, "That's right. For those with the Nine-Tailed Fox Bloodline, you can tell their strength by their tails. One tail is Insect Rank, two tails are Ant Rank, three tails are Bee Rank, four tails are Sparrow Level, five tails are Snake Rank, six tails are Eagle Rank, seven tails are Wolf Rank, eight tails are Tiger Rank, and nine tails are Dragon Level."

"What about God Rank? Ten tails?" Zhang Shou asked curiously.

Yu Xian smiled. "When the ancestor of the Nine-Tailed Fox advances to God Rank, you'll find out." The Fox Ancestor only had eight tails right now and still had a long way to go before reaching Dragon Level, let alone God Rank.