The person who yelled at me was the guy competing in the Ring and was winning, so it's understandable that he didn't wish to see the fight be stopped .
I didn't stop the fight just to send Su Niu a message that I didn't care about the unwritten rules that they came up with and was following, I stopped the competition due to being aware that something must have been fishy with it .
A guy in the 3rd layer challenging a guy in the 6th layer of Flesh Tempering was nothing but a death wish, fighting across level wasn't a thing anyone can pull, I myself was lucky to have the panel and my Soul Power to help me achieve this, but from the looks of things unfolding in front of me that guy who was getting beaten left and right have no such advantages .
So why would a guy like that still agree to fight and throw his life away, there must be a reason and recalling from the previous experience, I can tell that the reason was quite shady too, after reaching that conclusion, there was no need to step by and watch this ridiculous scene carry on for any longer .
" Well, I don't know how to punish you for your insolence, but since you still curious about who am I and what right do I have to stop this fight, I will tell you .
" My name is Senior Brother Tian Long for you and as for with what right dare I stop this fight, well, I'm the one who will be running this place from here on out, well that be enough for you, now step down .
As I finished saying this, still loudly broadcasting to all the people present, I heard a few gasps of shock escape the mouths of most people currently here, with a few recalling that there was already such an arrangement, but due to have being absent for so long, they normally had forgotten about this .
Ti Tu, what's the meaning of this ? .
Instantly after I finished saying this, a few guys came our way, they were 4 guys, each one was wearing an armband that had an evil face of a demon inscribed on them, looking like gang members or something like that, their expressions were currently filled with disgust and unwillingness mixed with no small amount of shock and bewilderment .
Two of them was so fat that they look quite ridiculous when they walked, their bodies was enough to put a shadow on Su Niu, Ti Tu and me and actually managed to block some of the lanterns light, just looking at them, I couldn't help but recall the threat Bao Lao had given me earlier, about calling 5th and 6th bosses of his to flatten me .
These two must be the ones who he was talking about, I'm not going to lie, their size made them look like giants, but all that wasn't muscles or strength, but fat and nothing more, they might not even have the stamina nor the ability to swat even a fly .
I don't know what you are talking about, that day you had gone out to enjoy yourself and when you came back everything regarding this matter had not yet been confirmed and as you can clearly see today, everything is now settled and Senior Brother Tian here is indeed the one responsible for managing everything in this place .
Ti Tu gave them a straight answer telling them that there was no issue with what I had said and claimed, I still hadn't officially accepted this guy as my subordinate, keeping someone who actually deemed himself as unworthy of trust and who already confessed that if a stronger person come to poach him, he would directly betray me by my side was just wrong and dangerous no matter how I looked at it .
But for now, I decided to wait and see whether will he actually be of any use to me or not, him speaking just now and making things official and authentic for everyone present had already earned him a few good points in my eyes, he might be doing this on purpose, but either way his intervention would help in making my take over of this place a lot easier .
What are you saying, we all here know that Young Master Lu Chiang is the one and only Manager of this place, have you gone mad or something, Su Niu, say something ! .
Before Ti Tu could respond, I interrupted their conversation and cleared my throat slightly before asking the four of them about their identities and instantly one of the four stepped forward and the guy was quite the short guy, he already withdraw a pair of green curved daggers and was scratching his face with one as he said :
I'm Gi Fon and I don't accept you as my boss, heck what are you coming here and acting so smug about, you had beat a guy in the 3rd Layer of Flesh Tempering and that's all, I had killed tens of guys like that, do you dare to fight me .
Then another guy stepped forward and stood shoulder to head with Gi Fon, this one didn't withdraw any weapons, but I saw that his fists were clad in what seemed to be a pointed gauntlet, the pointed small needles like things on the glove carried a foul stench, if I'm not wrong, those things were poisonous, then he introduced himself as well :
I'm Qu Li, young master Lu Chiang's loyal subordinate and 4th boss, I thought at first that this senior brother would be perceptive enough to understand that the bet back then was nothing but a complete joke, but it seem that Senior Brother have other talents that drove Master Chen to take him as disciple beyond perception, it should be obvious now that I too don't think that you can manage this place, I hope you understand .
After hearing this guy, I already noted that Ti Tu was indeed right when he told me that these guys were unable to risk temptations and had now fully taken under Lu Chiang's wing, there was no doubt about at this point, the foul stench, the pale complexion, the redness in their eyes .
The fluctuations I sensed in both of their aura as they tried to push me back, the familiar and sinister aura I sensed before, all these things helped me with clearing one of my final doubts .
One regarding how deep had the Evil Tigers infiltrated the Dojo, now I can already have a basic grasp for the situation and understand that it was quite bad, after the two was over, the last two had finally started to introduce themselves as well, they didn't need to take steps and directly said in unison :
I Rong He Ma, the 5th boss, I will beat you up if you tried to stand in Young Master Lu Chiang's way .
I Rong Hu Ma, the 6th boss, will beat you up if you tried to stand in Young Master Lu Chiang's way .
Rong He Ma turned to his brother, the resemblance was quite uncanny the two truly looked like a sea horse, they turned to each other and said in unison :
Don't imitate me ×2 .
I am warning you ×2 .
Last warning, stop or I will beat you up first, before beating him ×2 .
Huh, where had he gone to ×2 .
He was here just now ×2 .
You really want to get beaten this badly ×2 .
Qu Li :
Stop it you two idiots, he is already in the Ring .
Rong He Ma, Rong Hu Ma only reaction was to turn around and see that Tian Long had already appeared in the Ring while they was still quarreling with each other, but seeing what he was doing, they only managed to say :
Huh ×2 .
In the Ring, the guy who was yelling at me before for messing up his fun, tried to take advantage of the situation in the stands and try and knock down his opponent again while the latter was already thinking he survived and completely had began to rest and loosened his guard completely .
But unfortunately for the attacker, everything in the hall was already under my observation, so the second he moved I already was aware of what he might be trying to pull, then the current scene unfolded .
He was about to deliver a kick to his opponent who was already crossing his legs and was trying regulate his breath as to alleviate the pain he was currently feeling, the guy with very short black hair attacked and the second this attack were to land, the guy on the floor would at least be in a critical state or might even die a few days later due to his injuries .
But that was only if the attack was allowed to land, appearing like a ghost in front of him, I channeled my Blood Qi and instantly a barrier materialized on my skin like a second skin, the second the kick landed on me and didn't move slightly forward, looking to be completely stuck .
Whaa, what the hell are you doing ? .
" I believe that this should actually be my question, I had said that the duel was off, have I not made myself clear, yet you still launched a sneak attack even after I already said that, didn't this mean that you don't put me or my words in your eyes .
Damn you, let go of me, move damn it, why the hell I'm glued to you like this, what are you going to do, I'm warning you .
First he was angry, then came bewilderment and finally his emotions finally landed on fear, he was directly blasted by a well controlled strength driven punch and only after he crashed into the stands around the ring, taking a few guys together with the chairs they sat on and directly clashing with them, made them suffer collective damage .
He was bruised and his face had become pale in an instant, he was still hanging to his life, but the shock his situation and my strength gave him, all he managed to say was :
You, you,..... .
Those were all the words he managed to say before he had finally lost consciousness and lay there amidst the crowds with rigid breath and unmoving body, the silence reigned over the whole place, all the people in the audience were having a mixed feelings regarding what was happening in front of them .
Some were shocked, some were frustrated, other were just curious on what will happen from here on out, some people do come to this ring for the sake of nothing but finding some amusement by watching the fun, two people hacking each other was fun to them and so I now was part of the fun and those was expectant looks on their faces, all wanted to know what will happen from here on out .
" Well, allow me to introduce myself again, I'm the new Senior Brother who will be running this place from here on out, first thing to deal with, I had heard that you all bet on this duel, so I would not want you to be troubled by the battle being called off, this is a place created to solve disputes and not creating them .
" As to not let any dissatisfaction rise in your heart towards me, I will give you your money back, betting from here on out would still be carried on by people assigned by me personally to do so, without crowding, everyone will get their money back .
" Su Niu was it, I hope you seek to return their money to them personally, I also hope that you want pull anything that you shouldn't, now on to the next business, I believe that you all know of the difficulties that the Dojo currently going through .
A not so few people noded and I continued to say :
" Well, due to me wanting to alleviate some of the burdens off the Dojo, there will be some of the few so-called assistants getting fired, you and you and you, I believe the 4 of you are no longer needed here .
Then after I said that, them and their supposedly lackeys started shouting and cursing at me, the whole room fell into an uproar, with many people unsatisfied with my decision, some fishing in troubled waters and some were enticed by others to join the fun .
" Shut up all of you, else I will get you to enter the Ring and beat my instructions into you directly .
The uproar was suddenly stopped, then it become even more intense, with the four people who will no longer have any position in the Fighting Ring from here on out saying things like :
You can't do this .
You won't dare .
Young Master Lu will surely punish you when he come back ×2 .
I don't believe that you will be able to stand against all of us here, get him .
Stop it all of you, don't take things too far, this is still the Dojo's grounds, do you all want to rebel .
Senior Brother Tian, you too need to calm down a little, something like this can't be decided by you like this, the Dojo need to be contacted if you wished to remove a person from any position and documents need to be issued, things can't be done in such a hurried manner .
" Are you finished, you are more than welcome to try and attack as well, tell you all what, I will stand here, see the small circle under me, if you managed to let me step one foot outside it, it's your win and I will directly let you decide who you want to assign for my role, but be aware I won't be showing any mercy and fists have no eyes as you know .
You are seeking death .
Qu Li :
Who we would send first ? .
I should go ×2 .
Butt out of this ×2 .
" What are you even taking about all of you come at me, use whatever you want to, just know that even if you all ganged on me, I will still suppress all of you today .
Arrogant .
Shameless .
Seeking death .
Get him .
All kind of shouts, insults were suddenly aimed at me, then like a swarm of flies they started to dash towards me, making the earth beneath shook with how many people were here and how many of them actually dared to step forward and attack me .
Fighting all those guys one by one was not only time consuming, but also meaningless, I had a few intentions for this from doing this, one of those intentions was to convince them through completely crushing them .
My second intention was to screen out a few guys that I had already suspect to have taken that weird and evil drug .
My third and last intention was to completely start reforming this place, starting with teaching them how to respect my authority as to make the Reformation a lot easier .
With these intentions in mind, I started to unleash my Aura and instantly a few ~ thud ~ sounds was instantly starting to be heard, a few guys from those who were dashing towards me fell on the floor instantly unable to step even slightly another step forward .
Some had lost confidence and stayed in the floor, other groups of people soon become following them and collapsing on the floor one after another, 20 or so people were already down on all fours and catching their breath, 15 people excluding the 4 bosses who still hadn't moved from their original position and Ti Tu and also Su Niu who currently had quite the deep frown on his face .
Then finally things began to become a bit exciting, the remaining 15 people's bodies all started to flash with red light, this wasn't Blood Qi, no it was a more weird power that had a sinister vibe to it and it was now very familiar to me, this was the power Lu Chiang gave them and they finally exposed themselves .
This power made them not give in to the fear that resonated in their souls due to me unleashing my aura and suppressing their strength with it, that power allowed them to continue charge towards me .
Soon they finally surrounded me and all kinds of attacks were unleashed towards me, the one with the lowest strength among them was 5th Layer, while the strongest reached the 7th Layer same as Ti Tu, more abundant Blood Qi enough to unleash the power of their Martial Skills a few times over .
Kicks, fists, palms, fingers, swords, all kind of skill was used by them, but at this point, all their attacks were nothing but petty tricks in my eyes, not to mention that even with the boost in strength and movements speed, in my eyes they were still crawling like turtle .
The kicks was responded to with a kick, every method they were trying to use against me, I responded with the same method without cowering, each one got one hit and was now then crying in pain on the floor, the power they were using didn't prevent them from failing pain, just dulled their senses of it quite a bit, but the force I used in my attacks were strong enough to ignore this completely and make them feel intense pain .
After I was left the only one standing and around me laid the bruised and cut down disciples who were surrounding me just now and were now laying on the floor and releasing muffled groans of pain .
These guys lost with one strike each and there was no reason to evade their attacks, since they weren't able to make any, I turned towards the stands and looked straight at the only 5 remaining standing in the place and said with a smirk :
" So are you coming down or are you accepting your fate .