My Five Bigshot Seniors: I am The Most Coddled Junior!-Chapter 363 - 43: I Won

"Ah Wu, I’ve already caught a fish." Seeing that Jun Wu’s fish basket was empty, Gu Qingqing was extremely smug.

Jun Wu glanced at her side, responded faintly, said nothing, and continued with what he was doing.

After showing off, Gu Qingqing refocused her attention and continued fishing diligently.

While the two of them competed, Nan Hua and the others set up a table beside them, sat down, even took out a chessboard, brewed a pot of tea, and leisurely played chess while watching the show. It couldn’t be more comfortable.

Lan Linlin stood there awkwardly for a long time, and no one came to pay her any attention. This made the usually adored Lan Linlin unable to bear it. She bit her lower lip and looked pitifully at Si Lin, but he didn’t even spare her a glance, focusing all his attention on Gu Qingqing, worried she might get hurt.

Embarrassment flashed across her face; she stomped her foot and finally turned away, running off in sadness.

Except for Gu Qingqing who turned to look at her, the others didn’t even glance her way as she left.

A half-hour passed quickly. After busying herself for a long time, Gu Qingqing had caught four Silver Thread Fish. After her initial glance at Jun Wu’s fish basket, she hadn’t paid any more attention to him. When she triumphantly brought her basket to show off to Jun Wu, she was shocked to find he had caught six Silver Thread Fish.

"How is this possible? How did you catch so many?" She hurried over to Jun Wu’s side, looking at the Silver Thread Fish in his basket, feeling very frustrated.

"Just lucky, I guess." Jun Wu glanced at the basket and said nonchalantly, "I won, don’t forget you owe me a favor."

Upon hearing Jun Wu’s words, Gu Qingqing felt exceedingly frustrated, wishing she could go back half an hour and slap herself. Nonetheless, although frustrated, she wasn’t someone who broke promises, so she sulkily said, "I know, I won’t forget."

Jun Wu didn’t push further, "I’ll grill fish for you tonight." He was pretty good at grilling meat.

As a foodie, Gu Qingqing immediately forgot her frustration at the mention of grilled fish and nodded eagerly. 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

With the Silver Thread Fish caught, they had completed half of their tasks for the day. After storing the fish properly, they continued deeper into Tianqi Forest.

About half an hour later, they encountered two Tianqi Forest mid-stage Heavenly Immortal Realm spirit beasts, which Nan Hua and Mu Chen respectively defeated. Then they encountered their first True Immortal Realm spirit beast in two days.

It was a Red Cloud Tiger, with a cultivation at the low-level True Immortal Realm, standing two meters tall, considered medium-sized among spirit beasts. Its body was white with red auspicious cloud patterns, hence the name Red Cloud Tiger.

The Red Cloud Tiger was obviously out hunting. Upon seeing Gu Qingqing and the others, its earth-colored eyes lit up instantly and it charged at them without giving them a chance to react.

Among Gu Qingqing’s group of six, only Si Lin was at the low-level True Immortal Realm; the rest were at the peak of the Heavenly Immortal Realm. The arrival of the Red Cloud Tiger was perfect timing.

"Senior Brother, don’t intervene, we’ll handle this one," Gu Qingqing shouted to Si Lin, fearing he would step in, and took out the Mixed Immortal Silk, attacking the Red Cloud Tiger first.

Si Lin, hearing Gu Qingqing, put away the Dragon Capturing Sword and stood a dozen meters away, watching the battle between Gu Qingqing’s group and the Red Cloud Tiger.

The white Mixed Immortal Silk wrapped around the Red Cloud Tiger’s front paw directly. Gu Qingqing moved behind the Red Cloud Tiger, holding one end of the Mixed Immortal Silk, and yanked it hard. The Red Cloud Tiger’s movements halted, and it tripped over, looking furious.

"Roar!"

It roared angrily, swiping its other paw at the charging Nan Hua.

Nan Hua slid on his knees, slipping right under the Red Cloud Tiger’s paw. He quickly formed seals with both hands, a small array appearing on his hands and slapped it onto the underside of the Red Cloud Tiger.

A golden array appeared beneath the Red Cloud Tiger, and the runes on it lit up, with golden beams stabbing into its body. Sensing danger, the Red Cloud Tiger’s fur bristled, and it leaped aside to avoid the array’s attack.

"Thud!"

Its body slammed into the ground, sliding some distance before avoiding the array’s attack.

At this moment, a silver scimitar appeared in front of the Red Cloud Tiger, rushing towards its eyes. Instinctively, the Red Cloud Tiger closed its eyes and swatted at the scimitar with its paw.

The scimitar suddenly changed direction, grazing the Red Cloud Tiger’s paw, leaving a long, thin wound. It looped around and charged at the Red Cloud Tiger again.

At the same time, the Mixed Immortal Silk in Gu Qingqing’s hand flew towards the Red Cloud Tiger’s head once more, while Mu Chen’s Red Flame Spear trembled, sending a flame attack towards the tiger’s back.

Nan Hua quickly drew an array in mid-air with his right hand; his hand moved speedily, leaving behind afterimages. Soon, a 20-centimeter diameter array appeared in front of him. He pushed it, and it rapidly expanded to a two-meter diameter array, heading towards the Red Cloud Tiger.

The first to arrive was Jun Wu’s scimitar, slicing through the Red Cloud Tiger’s back, leaving a long, thin wound almost spanning the entire back, exposing muscle, and blood immediately soaked its whole back red.

As the Mixed Immortal Silk approached the Red Cloud Tiger, it veered, slipping underneath and wrapping around the tiger’s two front legs. Gu Qingqing yanked hard, tying the tiger’s front legs together and pinning its body to the ground.

Red flames swept over the Red Cloud Tiger’s back, burning most of its fur, and the air faintly smelled of cooked meat. Immediately after, Nan Hua’s array appeared above the tiger’s head, firing hundreds of golden beams that pierced through its body, pinning it to the ground. It struggled for a moment before losing all signs of life.

Mu Chen walked over, extracted the inner core from the Red Cloud Tiger’s body, looked at its miserable state, and shook his head, putting the inner core away.

All four of them had the capability to fight beyond their level, making it relatively easy to take down the Red Cloud Tiger, especially with all four collaborating. The four were very composed, such that even Yue Zhao hadn’t needed to act.

"Looks like next time we should handle them alone; going all together is unnecessary," Nan Hua said, shaking his fan and addressing Gu Qingqing and the others.

"That’s right, next time we encounter a spirit beast, let’s take turns," Gu Qingqing nodded in agreement with Nan Hua’s suggestion.

Mu Chen, Jun Wu, and Yue Zhao naturally had no objections. They quickly tidied up, took a short rest, and continued deeper into Tianqi Forest.

About fifteen minutes later, they encountered another True Immortal Realm spirit beast.