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Xiao Yu raised his eyebrows as he toyed with his wine cup, "This king sees it, but it's not bad. This king has brought some martial artists this time as well. Why don't we pick three people from each side to compete with each other?"

A trace of gloominess flashed across the emperor's face before it turned clear immediately. His speed was like that of an illusion. "Prince Ling's suggestion isn't bad. Let's do it."

With that, he began to pick his opponents.

Xiao Yu casually waved his hand and three people stood out. One of them was actually a ten year old child.

The people of Yan Country sneered. The three people of the emperor's side also stood out. They were all the experts of the imperial guards.

At this time, the eight royal guards brought up a huge iron cage, inside of which was a huge white tiger.

This tiger had been starved for an unknown amount of time. Its eyes were bloodshot as it saw the crowd drool profusely.

Mu Xiaoling watched on indifferently. He immediately guessed that the main point of today's Martial Skill Competition was to tell Ling Guo that although Yan Kingdom was small, it was not to be trifled with.

Although the Emperor wasn't much of a character, his intentions moved her a little.

Everyone had patriotism.

Xiao Yu didn't say anything, but the ten-year-old kid behind him couldn't hold back and asked, "Who's going first?"

The eunuch shouted, "How dare you!"

"Step down." The emperor shot a glance at the eunuch, turned his head and said with a smile, "Duke Ling is a guest, of course you will be the one to invite him in."

Xiao Yu nodded slightly. "Xiao Qi, you go first."

The 10-year-old boy cheered, rushed to the front of the cage, urged the guards to open the door, and rushed straight in.

As soon as the tiger saw someone was giving it meat, it let out a deafening howl and lowered its body, jumping towards the boy called Xiao Qi.

Everyone could not bear to close their eyes. No matter how strong a child was, what could they do about it? They were afraid that they would lose it.

Meng Yifan was extremely worried. He really wanted to rush over and pull the child out. He inadvertently glanced at Mu Xiaoling, who was still eating calmly. He couldn't help but exclaim, "Lady Mu."

"That tiger looks fierce, but he's no match for that child." Mu Xiaoling was extremely calm and collected, unlike how everyone else wore their expressions. She had already noticed that the child walked with extreme dexterity and had a strange rhythm to his movements. Furthermore, his hands were longer than a normal person's hands; he was definitely not an ordinary child.

Sure enough, the crowd didn't wait for the child to scream. When they opened their eyes again, they discovered that the tiger had actually pounced on empty air, and this young miss Xiao Qi's boy had flashed behind the tiger, even slapping it hard on the butt, "It's all because of the tiger's butt, I want to touch it today."

The tiger howled in agony and was sent flying by the slap, crashing into the cage.

Xiao Qi sniffed the smell of blood in the air and hooked her fingers. "Again."

The tiger seemed to feel that it had been provoked. Suddenly, a series of low growls came from its throat. It roared and pounced forward once again.

At this time, Xiao Qi made her move. His fingernails suddenly grew three inches long, and he ducked under the tiger. He inserted his hand into the tiger's stomach, and pulled out its innards.

The tiger cried out and died before long.

Xiao Qi smiled as she walked out of the cage and washed her hands before returning to Xiao Yu's back.

However, what happened just now was not so wonderful to the bystanders.

Everyone had pale faces that looked as if they had too much makeup on. Their stomachs were noisy and they wanted to vomit but were unable to. Some of them were scared and had already vomited onto the ground. Immediately, eunuchs and maids ran over to clean them up.

However, no one had any appetite for the dishes on the table anymore.

The emperor's expression wasn't too good either, but he still led the applause. "There really are many capable people by Prince Ling's side."

"You flatter me. It's your turn." Xiao Yu spoke indifferently as his gaze swept past the crowd and landed on Mu Xiaoling.

Mu Xiaoling pretended that she didn't see anything. She knew that she should eat and drink. That small amount of food wasn't enough to scare her.

"Duke Ling, that was too scary." Princess Qian Yang had already run out to vomit. Her face was pale as a sheet as she came back. Rather than calling it a complaint, it would be better to say that she was acting coquettishly.

Xiao Yu glanced indifferently at her and ignored her.

Qian Yang bit his lips and returned to his seat.

At this moment, another tiger cage was lifted up. It was Yan Guo's turn.

However, just now, Xiao Qi's actions were really too fearful. The three people that she had just picked were actually a little timid. Looking at the tiger trapped in the cage, not a single one of them dared to go up.

Satire!

The emperor was about to go crazy from anger. "Mu Hongzhong, you go."

One of them walked out unwillingly, bowed to the emperor, and walked into the cage.

This tiger was more or less the same as the previous one. It circled the food delivered from the other side twice, and low roars came from its throat.

Mu Hongzhong lowered his body as two short axes appeared in his hands.

A man and a tiger moved at the same time. The tiger charged forward and faced Mu Hongzhong's two short axes. However, Mu Hongzhong had underestimated the tiger's strength. He was pressed onto the cage and in the next second, his neck was bitten off by the tiger.

When he went in, he was alive, and when he came out, there was only a corpse left.

This frightened the remaining two people, and they immediately turned around and left.

The reason why the Emperor was able to be the Emperor was because the Emperor's family was the strongest when the kingdom was founded. However, due to the recent upheaval of the four great families and the dissolution of the Mu family, many people had pledged their allegiance to the other three great families.

Therefore, if they really did not want to pay attention to the Emperor, as long as their family protected them, the Emperor would not dare to do anything to them.

But of the three people of Yan Guo, one died, two fled … how could anyone possibly fight them?

Could they really be called a joke? But how could this be considered a joke? Once word of this got out, there would be internal disagreements in the entire country. It wouldn't be long before people gathered to attack the country.

The emperor took in a deep breath and wished that he could go up there himself. With such urgency, could it be that the Kingdom of Yan was truly about to perish?

"Please let me try." Mu Xiaoling stood up and took the initiative to submit. Since she was Mu Xiaoling, she could be considered a citizen of Yan, so she couldn't just ignore this matter. It would be better to treat this as a trial.

One of the Ling country's envoys immediately laughed out loud, "Haha, is there no one left in your Yan Kingdom? They actually let a woman go up there."

Mu Xiaoling replied in a neither humble nor arrogant manner, "It's not that there's no one in Yan Country. It's just that the men of Yan Nation are good men who protect their families and protect their country. How can they waste time over such a small matter?

"Exactly." The emperor was finally overjoyed. He said with a smile on his face, "My men from Yan Country have the bearing of men from Yan Country. How could others understand? Miss Feng, go ahead. If you win, I will reward you heavily."

"Thank you, your majesty." Mu Xiaoling cupped her hands and walked to the door of the cage.