# Chapter 484: Hong'er (2)
...did not leave the slightest trace.
But this little girl who seemed to have no aura of power at all, who could barely even bite through a flatbread, actually took one big bite out of Dragon Gate and tore off a large chunk... then swallowed it in two or three gulps... swallowed... swallowed it down...
"Delicious... so tasty!!"
The starving girl had finally eaten some delicious food, her cheeks flushed with joy, and even her eyes faintly shimmered with a rippling crimson light. She couldn't wait to take another big bite — with a "crunch," an even larger piece of Dragon Gate's blade was bitten off. She swallowed it in two or three gulps again, then directly lifted Dragon Gate to her mouth, biting down on it horizontally like she was eating corn on the cob. In the blink of an eye, the blade was already pitted and gouged.
Only then did Yun Che snap out of his petrified state. With a strange shout, he lunged forward and snatched the broken Dragon Gate sword that the little girl was still voraciously chewing on out of her hands. Looking at the originally mighty, blunt-edged blade now turned into a serrated mess, not a single intact spot from top to bottom, still covered in glistening saliva, Yun Che's heart nearly bled.
"Ah!! That's my food... give it back!!" The food had been snatched away from her without warning, and the little girl who had been eating happily immediately grew anxious, jumping and waving her hands to grab the broken sword in Yun Che's hands. Yun Che's scalp went numb, his eyes wide, and he roared, "Who told you to eat it! This is Dragon Gate... Dragon Gate! It's not food!"
"But it's clearly delicious food... give it back! Give it back!" The little girl hopped and leaped to grab it, a long string of drool still hanging from the corner of her mouth. But her body was too small, no matter how she jumped, she couldn't reach the height of Yun Che's arm. At that moment, she suddenly remembered—there was still another piece of tasty food on the ground. She pouted her lips, gave up on Yun Che's hand, turned around, and pounced on the other broken piece. At the same time, Yun Che also reacted, his heart trembling, and he swiftly dashed over.
But his speed was a step behind the girl's. The girl had already directly picked up the upper half of Dragon Gate's blade, still without any effort, and then... she bolted!
She wanted to run!
Yun Che's eyes flashed with ferocity... Although Dragon Gate was broken, it was still possible to repair it. But the lower half had already been bitten into a mess. Even if it was fixed, holding a Dragon Gate covered in teeth marks—where was the dignity in that? There was no way he was going to let her gnaw on the upper half too!
In his rage, Yun Che activated his full speed. But even at full speed, he found he still couldn't catch up to her... The little girl was sprinting wildly, her vermilion hair trailing behind her like a long red shadow, her speed simply astonishing. And in her arms, she was holding Dragon Gate, which weighed at least ten thousand jin.
What... what is going on here!!
Yun Che's eyes popped open at first, then he became even more frantic. He directly activated "Purgatory," and his speed suddenly surged, catching up to the little girl in an instant. The little girl turned her head and saw Yun Che's hand almost grabbing her hair. She screamed, "Ahhh! You can't take my delicious food! No!"
As she screamed, her speed suddenly increased again in an instant. Her entire body seemed to transform into a streak of red light, growing farther and farther away in Yun Che's sight... she actually left him, who was already at his speed limit, far behind.
Yun Che was completely dumbfounded.
Not only was the girl incredibly fast—so fast it would shake heaven and move earth—but while running wildly, she also hoisted Dragon Gate to her lips and started chewing at an astonishing speed. Yun Che heard crackling sounds. When he looked up, he saw that in that brief moment, nearly half of the broken Dragon Gate had disappeared.
At that moment, Yun Che's eyeballs almost popped out. The remaining half didn't escape being eaten either. With a "crunch crunch crunch crunch" sound, another small portion entered the girl's mouth. Her chewing speed was even faster than her running speed. Then came more "crunch crunch crunch crunch crunch" sounds, and the last hilt of Dragon Gate was also eaten clean...
After finishing Dragon Gate, the little girl finally stopped running. She came to a halt, turned around, her cheeks puffed high. While chewing blissfully, she mumbled indistinctly, "Mmm... finished... so tasty... even if you chase me now, it's useless, you know..."
Yun Che also scrambled to a stop, staring straight at the girl with a pure and satisfied expression... His gaze was like he was looking at a little monster! Oh no, a big monster!
The strength to casually lift the ten-thousand-jin Dragon Gate, the speed that he couldn't catch up to no matter how hard he tried... and most importantly, the teeth that could treat Dragon Gate like candy... This little girl with no life aura, no power aura, looking so delicate and weak—what kind of monster was she!
Moreover, just the weight of half of Dragon Gate was almost as much as the girl's entire body. But after she ate the whole thing, her stomach showed no sign of bulging at all... Who knows where it all went!
But for Yun Che at the moment, his anger slightly outweighed his shock. The upper half of Dragon Gate had been completely eaten by the little girl, and the lower half was pitted and gouged. There was definitely no way to restore Dragon Gate now. But the culprit after all was just a young girl, with eyes so innocent and lively that it was impossible not to like her. Yun Che couldn't hit her or move her, so he could only roar in frustration, "You you you you... you little... little girl! Didn't I tell you not to eat it! It's not food, it's my Dragon Gate sword! It's something very important to me! How could you eat it!"
"But it's delicious food." Yun Che's loud roar and red-faced expression showed that he was genuinely angry. The little girl shrank her snow-white neck a little and said weakly, "Wuu... Big brother, please don't be mad, okay? It's just a tasty sword. At worst, I'll pay you back."
"What delicious sword, that's Dragon Gate!" Yun Che shouted in grief and indignation. "It's not just a sword, it's been a companion and friend for many years! It's one of the most important things to me! There's only one in the whole world! You ate it, and now it's gone forever. How can you pay it back!"
He increasingly felt that meddling to save this little girl was the worst decision of his life. In such a short time since rescuing her, there was no reward, only trouble... and she had even eaten... his Dragon Gate!!
The little girl's neck shrank again, but a defiant expression appeared on her small face. She snorted and said, "I'll pay you back with something much more powerful than what I just ate! Hmph!"
As she spoke, her body suddenly shimmered with a vermilion light. Within the radiance, she slowly floated into the air, her entire figure completely enveloped in red light. Then the red light exploded in the sky and completely dissipated.
Yun Che's eyes widened once more... The number of times he had been shocked today probably outnumbered all the shocks from the past several years combined.
As the red light faded, the girl's figure disappeared. Floating in the air, what appeared before Yun Che's eyes was... a giant sword of strange shape, colored vermilion!!
The sword's body was entirely vermilion, covered with chaotic deep red patterns and shrouded in a faint, indistinct layer of red light. The blade length was a full nine feet, even larger than Dragon Gate by a third. This length surpassed even most spear-type weapons! The hilt was straight and thick, and on top of the hilt, the sword's net...