At this point, Xiu hesitated. His two slightly transparent eyes trembled rapidly as he looked at Xiao Hua, then around at the surroundings, afraid this was a trap Li had set for him.
However, after Xiu lingered here for too long, other soldiers began paying attention to this place, which inevitably gave Xiu a sort of encouragement.
Gritting his teeth, Xiu said, "Like Liu, you are no longer a subordinate of the North Sea Dragon Palace. What right do you have to guarantee anything? Since you are with this human, you cannot escape implication either! Do you even know what happened at the Yazi Gladiator Arena last night?"
As he spoke, Xiu stepped forward several paces, the Weapons on his tentacles still waving arrogantly.
"You want to take me along too? Are you sure?" Li stepped forward with a half-smile. That single simple step frightened Xiu into retreating several paces, as though he did not dare get too close to Li.
"You're pissing this old man off!" Just as Li pressed forward and Xiu retreated, a low, feeble voice came from behind Li. Immediately afterward, Qiu's grandfather, Old Sea Shrimp, staggered out with a battered cane in hand. Without another word, he swung it at Xiu.
Xiu was naturally far larger than Old Sea Shrimp, and the cane looked almost laughable. Xiu merely had to raise any one of his tentacles to knock it away. Yet, as Old Sea Shrimp's cane came down, Xiu did not dare move at all. He let the cane strike him, only waving his tentacles and making the Weapons sway through the air as he cried in flustered exasperation, "Old sir, you are a veteran who has braved life and death, who has shed much blood for the North Sea Dragon Palace and earned illustrious