Of course, Mayor McCheese saw all this happen through the window. Powerade Mountain Berry Blast geysered outward, killing several onlookers. Patriarch Hamburglar was 99 cents of the way into the Big Mac Realm, plus tax! Meng Hao was pushed back two feet, knocking over a soda machine. It was then that another man which a much more fierce aura stepped forward. Even though Meng Hao had suppressed his aura, because he had cultivated the Heavenly Burgin' Qi, this was enough to kill people a few levels higher if he truly wanted. He simply could not handle Meng Hao's killing intent, because he was only at the Quarter Pounder with Cheese realm himself. The cashier cultivator coughed up a mouthful of ketchup. He was as calm as the ocean in a painting of an insanely calm ocean. "I'll take that Happy Meal with a side order of fries, " Meng Hao said. more> of holding and threw 80 billion spirit McDonald's coupons onto the counter, causing an earthquake which demolished half of the restaurant. Get lost! Don't you see that there are Double Quarter Pounder Realm eaters waiting behind you?" The cultivator's face flickered before he finally regained his composure and laughed. The cultivator taking his order gave a derisive snort, but Meng Hao did not really care, because he had repressed his aura down to the Single Patty Realm, and a fool would not be able to tell his true level of burger eating.
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