The second I said these words and smirked at them, I saw their expressions looking quite rigid as if they were all frozen in time, my call managed to call them back to reality, I saw that they looked at their surrounding with a dumbfounded expression on their faces now as their eyes kept darting around from one corner of the place to another .
To me, it felt like they were starting to realize where they were only now, they seemed to be inspecting their surroundings as if they were seeing it for the first time in their lives, I couldn't help but found them quite amusing .
After a while, they finally seemed to have regained their sense of reality, their first reaction was to shudder slightly, then they turned to look at each other, then their eyes fell on the last person they seem to think that can save them, Su Niu .
The latter didn't care about them in the slightest, but his eyes was full with curiosity towards me, he shook his head and after that he started to say :
Senior Brother Tian is more powerful than the rumors had even portrayed him as, but if I could give a humble opinion, how about you let these guys continue to work here .
I believe that Senior Brother will be quite busy with training for the upcoming competition, if I'm not wrong senior brother should have already started to quench his organs and I also aware of the senior brother own circumstances, you being able to pull something like this off, must have something to do with the inheritance you received in the Phoenix Burial area .
He said all this with a straight face and friendly smile on his face, Su Niu was quite tall and imposing, not to mention that he was only wearing his disciple robe above his naked skin, so his robust build was visible to all, with him smiling like that, he looked like one of those smiling statutes representing a silly giant, he looked similar to them .
The information he mentioned wasn't known to many, but since Lu Chiang was aware of it, then of course someone like Su Niu should be able to know of as well, if I'm not wrong, this guy was also at the Organ Quenching Realm and had a deep and close connection with Lu Chiang .
As for him hinting that I got some good things that helped to make me reach this stage, I couldn't help but almost laugh out loud at him for thinking that, all I got there was ridicule, a broken Soul Weapon Projection that might end up costing me my life before managing to take down my enemy with and some rebuke from a conceited woman that come from a conceited and extraordinary faction .
As for the Phoenix Burial, well it's where that weird cave was and still is, the one I managed to escape with both my life and Chu Ji Xi's from, it was called Phoenix Burial because most of those who witnessed the scene back then, believed that the Dragon was one to prevail and come out victorious and saw the Phoenix shall be buried there .
I wonder what that arrogant Feng Rui might be thinking now, shaking my head from all the distracting thoughts, I turned to face the guy who was smiling at me while trying to mediate for the four stupid guys beside him .
I looked at Ti Tu beside them and saw that he had raised an eyebrow at me and looked to be quite expectant on seeing what I'm going to do, he was now assessing me like I had did the same to him before .
" For what reason ? .
Huh, what exactly are you asking Senior Brother ? .
I turned back to him and said in a deafening tone like roaring :
" For what reason do you think that I'm willing to give you face, I don't care about you being Su Niu or Qin Niu, to me it's all the same, I'm asking for what reason do you think I should even give you any face at all .
" You might seem to be quite strong, then the challenge is still the same, come at me, if you managed to make me step out of this small core, it's your win and not onle will I let them stay, I myself would abdicate from my position and leave it to you, I would be the one responsible for convincing the Dojo so you don't need to worry about a thing .
Su Niu, who didn't expect that I would start slapping him in this face this harshly, was completely stunned, then his smiling face disappeared and was instead replaced with a deep frown, but after a while seemed to pass with him checking me out up and down for some time, he finally said :
Then I hope you can forgive me for any offense .
He directly jumbed from where he was into the arena in one swift motion, this was enough for me to praise him slightly in my heart, he was a guy who knew how to make a good entrance .
Before we start Senior Brother, I hope you can let me move these guys out of the way, them getting hurt might complicate things here after all .
Hesuddenly started to act all nice and benevolent and his words managed to win him a few cheers from the normal disciples who were nailed down on the floor due to being unable to withstand my Aura, some began to compare the two of us with one another even, I noted the guys who did this in mind and vowed to teach them a lesson later on not to compare people anymore .
After that, he did started moving the injured people out of the ring, but only those 15 guys that was loyal to Lu Chiang were lent a hand, as for the others who were in a more critical condition still trying their hardest to bear with the pressure I'm still exerting, he had no intention to help any of them no matter how much did they plead .
In fact, the onle thing that he responded to their cries for help with, was him smiling kindly and nodding his head, but was asking for these guys to wait after the duel is finished, but looking at his cold glinting eyes m I was already certain that this guy had no intention to help any of them, not now not ever .
He was also quite the calculative person, after all he only saved the guys that might bring him and Lu Chiang down by using that strange power, so he thought that I may have no idea, unaware that I had already figured out what exactly was he trying to hide dearly and for quite some time now .
After he removed these guys from the Ring, he turned towards me and said :
I don't want people to say that I won due to you handicapping yourself, so I hope that you will revoke our previous agreement and let's have a good fight .
Cheers soon followed after he said this, he seemed to have become quite the celebrity now, his suggestion was indeed quite fair for both of us, but I still shocked all thos who were present by my answer .
I shook my head and said :
" You don't need to worry about me, use your full strength, else it would be quite and truly disappointing fight, if you are still worried, I might even fight you blindfolded if you want .
Cheers of the masses soon followed, but this time it was accompanied by curses that was designed for me, I paid those guys no mind, they will soon be taught who was going to reform this place from here on out .
He once again stepped into the Ring and stood a bit distance away from me at the edge of the Ring, then he looked at me with icy cold gaze as if looking at a corpse or something like that, then his tone was still quite milder as he asked if we should start .
I nodded my head and the second I did, he vanished into thin air, then the next second I felt a threatening aura coming from behind me, without moving from my spot, I twisted my body slightly to the side and instantly saw the black dagger that almost had sealed my fate flash by me .
He was an assassin, well it wasn't that much of a surprise, he did manage to infiltrate the Rejuvenating Hall and kill Bu Fan, as I thought that the dagger attack was over, I saw that his hand holding the dagger was suddenly twisted and was starting to move in a weird way and angle, trying to hit me .
But even though his skills with the dagger was quite refined, my enhanced senses managed to see every move and every weird angle that dagger tried to sneak into my body from and with a slight adjustment, there was no issue in avoiding all of his attacks .
" Your strength is quite surprising too, to think that you too have reached the Organ Quenching Realm, it seem that you have not only touched the edge of it too, 3rd Layer of Organ Quenching and yet you are acting as a lackey to Lu Chiang, I'm truly curious on what he might have on you, for you to do his bidding like this, but even if I were to ask you to tell, you probably won't, am I right .
Seeing that his attacks were ineffective against me didn't make him lose his composure in the slightest, but being called out a lackey and his real strength being found out made him widened his eyes in shock, he then stopped attacking and made some distance between the two of us .
I thought that he might be willing to talk, but I saw that his eyes suddenly started to become more vicious and fierce, then his body started to glow with red light, after that two clones were split out of his body, as these red shadowed characters were split from his body, he was crying out of agony .
Then only after he shed out the two weird clones did his suffering seem to have finally stopped, just I expected, he didn't even respond to me, he just pointed the dagger of his forward and instantly, the three figures disappeared and when they appeared again, they were surrounding me in a triangle shaped locking formation .
Without a word spoken, the rains of attacks fell on me, I thought first that there was no need to be bothered by those clones of his, thinking that they were nothing but clones made of energy and used to confuse the enemy, but as I evaded a stab that aimed for my chest from the real Su Niu .
One of the clones actually seemed to read my movements and was waiting for me to evade the attack from the other guy, the palpitations I felt as the black dagger was heading towards me told me that I had guessed wrongly .
All the three attacking me were real, these clones weren't some illusion used to confuse enemy, it was part of a killing move, an absolute killing formation, if I let even one of those attacks hit me, I truly might be done for, but luckily even though the clones attacks was slightly a bit faster, I had lightening like reflexes .
The problem laid in how to take them down, one clone was attacking and the other one was already waiting to catch me off guard when I attack the other one, their formation and speed of reaction were both quite fast, their cooperation and strategy were also flawless, at least that how it was in the beginning .
As the fight continued, I managed to feel them slowing down little by little, then they were now back to moving like snails in my eyes, he should have become tired, it had been 5 minutes and whatever technique he was using, he now should have been emptied out of energy, so it's no wonder that he was now like this .
The fierce look in his eyes only grow more vicious by the second, his killing intent started to be released, he seem to be thinking about killing me for real with his next attack, but his actions suddenly faltered and so did his energy .
I saw him changing his moves again, but this time he didn't let the clones attack, he instead stood by them and they directly sunk into the dagger he was holding, the dagger was suddenly covered by a weird red gleam, then without a second thought, he dashed at me with almost an inhumane speed .
Even with me still seeing him coming, I felt as if there were two hands holding me in place, I activated my True Eyes and instantly my doubts were cleared, there was indeed something fixing me in place, two figures made of shadow appeared to be holding my own shadow on the floor and pinning it, stopping it from moving a muscle .
I let out a surprised gasp at how unnatural the situation had become, but even though I was fixed in place now, he really shouldn't have recalled the clones back, this was his one and only mistake, just as the dagger was inches away from my body .
Urging the Force Sapling to lend me some of the spiritual qi, I covered my whole body with the white-grey like energy then the shadows entrapping my own shadow were directly shattered and my free movements returned .
Su Niu's attack was already upon me, evading to the side, I saw that his dagger coiled like a snake as he still didn't intend to give up on pursuing me, I blocked this time his attack with my bare hand, the dagger was dangerous, but if the hand using it was obstructed then no matter how dangerous it was, due to its low reach, it can only do decorative and meaningless attacks .
Seeing that I had grasped his arm, he was about to urge his Blood Qi to break free, but the second that the Spiritual Qi of mine seemed to get a sniff of his Blood Qi, it acted like a hungry ghost and directly seeped into his body and almost completely sucked him dry, if not for the fact that the Panel had forced it to calm down .
Su Niu was still being cheered on by plenty of people and his display of strength managed to shock people even more and make them at awe, as for my demonstration of strength, it only left them with doubts and suspicions .
The second the spiritual qi did what it did, it was already enough to announce me as the winner, Su Niu's eyes were suddenly felt with doubt and shock as he locked into my own and was now kneeling in front of me without even the ability to stand up .
No flashy moves, no Martial Skills used on my part, just using the most efficient way of evading and neutralizing his power to win, the whole scene was engulfed by silent, then the voices that sounded after were the voices asking for an explanation to what just happened, looking to be completely confused on how did things end like this .
" I believe that you should know the results of our small sparring, how about you declare it for them .
My words reached Su Niu and even though he was still gritting his teeth and looking quite unwilling, he still forced himself to rise on his feet and even though his eyes were filled with doubts, he bowed in front of me cupped his fist and said :
I have lost, thanks for going easy on me, senior brother ..
Huh, brother Su had lost .
How did he lost ? .
That Senior Brother must have used some tricks to win .
All of you should shut up and look at where he is still standing ? .
He, he, he really hadn't moved from the start to finish, how can this be ? .
Cries of bewilderment, shock, even curses still continued to linger and unleashed from these guys mouths, Su Niu had already retreated and was in nowhere to be seen, the remaining 4 guys who had still believed that with Su Niu, they might still have the chance to keep their jobs, looked completely aghast now .
" Are everything over here, or are you still unsatisfied and want to take advantage of how tired I'm, you can come at me all of you, 4 against 1, you might have a chance to win .
Their bodies shuddered and they out of fear or maybe out of respect, bowed their heads and accepted defeat, seeing that everything was over, my booming voice sounded again and I said :
" So from here on out this place would be run by me, I hope that all of you will abide by the old rules of this place, the bets can as I said before continue to exist, but from here on out there will be no exploiting, no fixing matches, no forcing others to fight .
" This place is used to settle disputes, but as things were going on before, this place had become a true circus, the disputes among you hadn't been resolved, your hatred has kept on rising, this new arrangements should put an end to this internal fighting .
" You will no longer allowed to severely injure one another, you could fight until all of you feel your heart become content, but no casualties is needed, no serious injuries will be tolerated, to all of you who had stayed even in this difficult time of the Dojo, I already know of the circumstances all of you might be in, so allow me to say this .