At this point, A Yuan claimed its second victory.
The arena fell completely silent—none of the spectators had expected it to win so effortlessly again.
A moment later, cheers erupted from the crowd of beasts.
After all, there were very few spellcasters among them; the overwhelming majority specialized in close-quarters combat.
A Yuan humbly acknowledged the applause before turning its gaze toward Bai Qiu.
Bai Qiu raised both hands high, flashing double sixes with his fingers as he shouted, “Awesome, You very good!”
He made sure to give A Yuan plenty of emotional encouragement.
After all, whenever Bai Qiu fought, A Yuan had been the ultimate fangirl, acting as an enthusiastic cheerleader from start to finish.
Meanwhile, the honey badger beside Bai Qiu stood there dumbfounded.
It had never imagined that the giant rhinoceros would lose in such an absurdly foolish way.
Even so, it couldn’t help but give A Yuan’s strength the highest praise.
First, it was incredibly agile.
Second, its offensive power was terrifying.
That Water Cannon, despite being almost instantaneous, had left the giant rhinoceros covered in wounds.
If the beast hadn’t possessed such an exceptionally sturdy body, that single blast would have been enough to kill it.
This was also the first time Bai Qiu had seen A Yuan use its Water Control Pearl outside its body.
Doing so greatly enhanced its control over the surrounding environment while also speeding up its spellcasting.
That was why it could fire an almost instant Water Cannon even in an area with virtually no water—the Water Control Pearl had already stored a tremendous amount of water-element energy.
After that, more beasts who refused to believe their eyes continued stepping up to challenge A Yuan.
A Yuan simply repeated the same strategy every time.
The moment the match began, it created a ring of water, boosting its movement speed to C++ levels.
Once it had secured an unassailable position, it calmly looked for opportunities to defeat its opponent.
Its entire fighting philosophy revolved around a single word: Steady.
After defeating five more challengers in a row, A Yuan reached an impressive seven-win streak, and everyone finally accepted the truth—it was frighteningly powerful.
As for why so many beasts kept lining up to feed themselves to it, the main reason was that A Yuan never engaged anyone in close combat.
This gave them the absurd illusion that it was weak at melee fighting.
As a result, countless self-proclaimed geniuses confidently stepped into the ring, only to get thoroughly beaten and lose seventy percent of their Blood Crystals for nothing.
Of course, there was another important reason why so many challengers dared to come forward.
A Yuan always exercised remarkable restraint.
Its attacks were measured, stopping at exactly the right point.
Every opponent was merely blasted out of the arena instead of being killed outright.
That mercy emboldened many beasts who had been hesitating on the sidelines.
Quite a few decided to gamble, hoping to turn a bicycle into a motorcycle overnight.
However, after A Yuan’s seventh consecutive victory, many King-class beasts who had been eager to fight finally calmed down.
They began replaying each of the previous matches in their minds, searching for a strategy that could counter A Yuan.
A Yuan wasn’t in the least bit impatient.
It simply lay on the arena floor, staring at Bai Qiu.
Ever since the second match, Bai Qiu had stopped paying attention to A Yuan’s battles.
Still, every time A Yuan won, he would come up with a different way to cheer it on.
For the rest of the time, his attention remained fixed on the Monarch-class arena, carefully evaluating how much of a chance A Yan would have if it fought there.
In the end, he came to a rather surprising conclusion.
These beasts that had reached the Transcendent rank were one weaker than the next.
Forget defeating A Yan—they’d probably struggle just to break through its defenses.
In fact, A Yuan itself could likely defeat quite a few of the monsters competing in the Monarch-class arena.
Although Bai Qiu was itching to summon A Yan into battle immediately, he still didn’t even have the minimum 1,500 Blood Crystals required to register.
A Yuan had already earned plenty of Blood Crystals, but the rewards wouldn’t be paid out until it reached a ten-win streak.
For now, all Bai Qiu could do was watch helplessly from beneath the arena.
Of course, he could also make money by healing other injured beasts, just as he had healed the honey badger, and charge them for the service.
But not yet.
He still wanted to spend more time observing the Monarch-class arena to see whether there were any opponents that could severely counter A Yan.
Before setting out on this journey, Bai Qiu had stocked up on plenty of healing potions and mana potions.
On top of that, he had looted a large number of thugs who were so poor that the only valuables they carried were potions.
As a result, he had no worries about running out of supplies while treating wild beasts.
It wasn’t long before many beasts received word that there was a small two-legged creature capable of healing injuries.
One after another, they voluntarily approached Bai Qiu, hoping he would treat them.
Some could afford it.
Others could not.
Using the amount of potion consumed while treating the honey badger as his pricing standard, Bai Qiu clearly posted his rates.
After hearing the cost, many of the arriving beasts could only leave in disappointment.
Those who remained, however, were Bai Qiu’s real customers.
Just like a hospital doesn’t choose its patients—it only filters out those who can’t afford the treatment—Bai Qiu followed exactly the same business philosophy to earn Blood Crystals.
After filtering customers through transparent pricing, the vast majority of those who stayed were beasts that had successfully defended their arenas.
Depending on the severity of their injuries, Bai Qiu charged them anywhere between 1,050 and 2,600 Blood Crystals for treatment.
But this was a business where both sides entered willingly, and every customer was highly satisfied with their recovery.
About ten minutes later, Bai Qiu finished treating the injured beasts in front of him, while A Yuan successfully secured its tenth consecutive victory and proudly trotted back to his side.
After accepting the Blood Crystals A Yuan handed over, combined with the ones he had already earned himself, Bai Qiu’s total had surpassed 30,000 Blood Crystals.
The prize pool for A Yuan’s arena had been accumulating over more than a dozen matches, only for A Yuan to swoop in at the end and claim the entire jackpot.
Bai Qiu first gave his own contestant a thorough checkup.
After confirming that A Yuan hadn’t suffered any injuries, he took out a large supply of water-element food along with a bottle of Mental Energy Potion and fed them to it.
The honey badger and the other beasts were all left speechless.
“Seriously… is this how well you’ve always been feeding your companion?”
After affectionately rubbing against Bai Qiu for a moment, A Yuan picked up its Blood Crystals and happily headed off to farm weaker opponents again.
With so many eyes watching, it felt a little embarrassed to keep acting spoiled around Bai Qiu for too long.
As for Bai Qiu, he found an open spot and summoned A Yan.
The moment A Yan appeared, it instinctively stretched its long neck upward, expecting to emerge from underground as usual.
It then realized that this time its arrival hadn’t smashed a giant crater into the ground.
Somewhat awkwardly, it retracted its neck, glanced around, and let out a questioning rumble toward Bai Qiu.
It seemed to be wondering why it had been summoned at this hour—and why there were so many beasts gathered here.
Bai Qiu patiently explained the rules of the Blood Moon Arena and told A Yan that he wanted it to participate in the Monarch-class matches.
Hearing that, A Yan immediately shook its head in obvious reluctance.
Bai Qiu knew this homebody turtle hated moving around, so he wasn’t upset.
Instead, he leaned against its head and whispered quietly,
“There are Blood Crystals to earn from this. When we’re done, I’ll buy you lots of delicious rocks to eat.”
“And after we leave here… I’ll give you two extra bowls of truffle sea urchin soup every single day.”
A Yan’s eyes lit up instantly.
In the end, it couldn’t resist Bai Qiu’s temptation and reluctantly climbed onto the arena to participate in the battle.
By nature, it disliked fighting.
But then again…
For the sake of its own future (definitely not because it was greedy for food), it could only make this decision that would make its ancestors roll in their graves.
After taking care of that, Bai Qiu returned to his position beneath the arena and continued working as a battlefield medic, treating injured beasts in exchange for Blood Crystals.
Following Bai Qiu’s instructions, the beasts even lined up in an orderly queue.
For a time, his business was absolutely booming, with an endless stream of customers.
Meanwhile, after defeating the beast that had been defending the arena, A Yan welcomed its very first challenger.
— The end of the Chapter–
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