Little Bad King had originally only intended to disguise himself as Little Sugar Man and catch Melon off guard. After taking four victory points, he would immediately slip away without claiming any credit, lie low for thirty days, and look for another opportunity to fight.
The advantage was that, after suddenly launching a sneak attack in the final stage and successfully killing Melon, he would at most reveal that he possessed a Supreme Treasure, an immensely powerful body, and a strange Returning Dragon Technique.
But none of that information was strongly identifying, much less enough for anyone to associate him with the Little Human Emperor. That way, he could win four victory points at minimal cost without revealing his trump cards, and still maintain his air of mystery when he stepped onto the Combat Arena a second time. After all, no one knew his background, and with the Heavenly Dao obscuring things, they would struggle even to understand how he had turned the tables and killed Melon.
If others could not figure it out... that meant he could pull another dirty trick.
Besides, Melon had already won four consecutive matches and had his strength out in the open. Anyone knew he was strong, while Ren Ye was merely an unknown who had just entered the Dragon Palace, so this sort of underhanded tactic had a very high chance of success.
However, Little Bad King had never imagined that Melon was not only incapable of knowing when to cut his losses, but was also a stubborn piece of sticking plaster that could not be shaken off once he latched on.
He had actually challenged him twice within twelve hours. His personality had something of the penny-pinching spirit of someone who insisted on squeezing as many rounds as possible into a single