’Show up and then ignore me?’
’As if things were that simple.’
"Exactly! Where the fuck did you crawl out from?"
Yan Guichen exploded with anger.
"You’re courting death!"
Song Baoyi’s eyes narrowed, his expression turning icy as he stared at Chen Xuan. "You’re that Chen Xuan?"
"That’s right!"
Chen Xuan admitted it directly.
"Good, very good. You truly are the perfect servant heaven has bestowed upon me. Twenty moves."
Song Baoyi’s voice was cold. "If I cannot defeat you within twenty moves, I will concede defeat! But if I do defeat you within twenty moves, you must agree to one condition! From this day forward, you will remain by my side. I will lead you to glory and greatness!"
Chen Xuan laughed.
"Fine, fine, fine. Say whatever you want!"
’This kind of idiot will never wake up unless you beat some sense into him.’
BOOM!
Song Baoyi’s aura surged. Layers of a golden aura erupted behind him, vaguely taking the shape of a coiling dragon. It let out a silent, rolling roar as his eyes burned with even greater intensity.
"Watch closely. This is the first move!"
His expression was confident and proud. With his black hair flowing, he moved like a dragon roaming the world, taking a single step forward.
Every movement seemed to be accompanied by a true dragon, enough to astonish the world.
However, what greeted him was a direct slap from Chen Xuan.
It was fast and vicious!
Heavy with power.
It was almost as if he had deliberately thrown himself forward to be slapped by Chen Xuan.
SLAP!
The moment the fight began, his coiling dragon True Qi exploded and his True Essence shattered. The force of the slap sent him flying sideways, blood spraying violently from his mouth as his teeth flew out. His mind buzzed, and he shot backward like a broken sack.
But before he could even hit the ground, Chen Xuan’s body was on him like a shadow. He closed the distance, grabbed a handful of the man’s hair, and began slapping his face relentlessly, as if the slaps were free.
"Act! Keep acting tough for me!"
"Stop your fucking act!"
"You’re just a fucking fraud, putting on airs!"
"Recruit me as your servant?! Said I was your natural subordinate? I’m your fucking father!"
SLAP! SLAP! SLAP! SLAP!
Chen Xuan’s slaps were fast and brutal, forcing miserable, shrill screams from Song Baoyi.
Blood gushed out of him like a fountain.
The surrounding crowd was completely stunned.
One by one, looks of horror and disbelief appeared on their faces.
’The ’born noble’ Song Baoyi was being held by the hair and slapped senseless?’
’What kind of joke is this?’
’Doesn’t he have destiny on his side?’
Everyone knew that for the "born noble," their future path was destined to be completely different from others.
But now he was being unilaterally beaten?
To the side, Wu Yunxue’s pupils constricted, and a tidal wave of shock crashed through her mind.
She had originally wanted to see just how powerful Song Baoyi had become and what the source of his confidence was.
But now, what the hell was there to see?
Song Baoyi had been caught in a single move.
’You call yourself ’born noble’?’
’More like a born idiot.’
For a moment, Wu Yunxue’s mind buzzed, and she was lost in a daze.
’So just what kind of monster is this Yama Chen from the outside world?’
"Yes, yes, yes! That’s it, beat him good! Shatter his clothes, expose his little pecker! HAHAHAHA!"
Suddenly, Yan Guichen started clapping, unable to contain himself any longer as he burst into laughter.
Nothing could have been more satisfying for him than this scene.
’The motherfucker wanted to make me his subordinate the moment we met.’
’And he went around telling everyone a Jade Seal fell from the sky when he was born...’
’As if that really makes you the Son of Destiny?’
’And yet here he is, getting his hair pulled and slapped silly.’
’This is so damn satisfying to watch!’
"You!"
As he was being brutally beaten, Song Baoyi’s face twisted, his rage burning. He was on the verge of going insane.
"I’ll kill you!!!"
Song Baoyi roared. Golden light vibrated and rumbled around his body. Clusters of it shot out from his every pore, trying to blast Chen Xuan’s hand away.
At the same time, a Jade Seal formed from golden light materialized right beside him.
A coiling dragon was wrapped around it. It looked ancient and heavy, suffused with destiny, profound and mysterious. Though small, it was as heavy as a small mountain, and it shot toward Chen Xuan the moment it appeared.
But Chen Xuan didn’t even look at it. He just slapped it.
SLAP!
KABOOM!
With an explosion, the newly manifested Jade Seal was slapped to pieces by Chen Xuan, shattering into countless fragments of golden light.
Song Baoyi sprayed a mouthful of blood, his face a mask of terror.
’His Jade Seal... shattered?’
’Shattered?’
He coughed violently, a waterfall of blood spewing from his mouth.
Song Baoyi fainted on the spot, still held tightly by the hair in Chen Xuan’s grip.
[You have defeated an Inner Realm master. +40,000 retribution points!]
[Detected: This Inner Realm master has suffered a mental collapse. Exceptional retribution awarded. +50,000 retribution points!]
Two lines of text appeared one after another.
"Trash. You fainted already? Weren’t you going to make me your subordinate?"
Chen Xuan casually shook the man’s body.
Seeing no reaction, he tossed him to the ground and said coolly, "Hang him up!"
"You got it! I’ll hang him!"
Yan Guichen laughed loudly and rushed forward.
He and Song Baoyi were natural-born rivals.
Now that his rival was unconscious, he wished he could bang gongs and beat drums to call everyone out to see.
It was just too satisfying!
He had never felt so exhilarated in his entire life!
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Yan Guichen picked up Song Baoyi, swiftly stripped him of his clothes, and hung him up in the most conspicuous place in the city for all to see clearly.
Only then did the crowd finally react, causing a huge uproar.
"Song Baoyi was defeated? His Jade Seal was shattered with a single slap?"
"How... How could this happen?"
"Your Majesty..."
Many people cried out in sorrow.
But even more people thought of something else.
If Song Baoyi’s Jade Seal was shattered, did that mean his mandate of heaven was lost?
Or could his Jade Seal be reformed?
"Does anyone else wish to test me?"
Chen Xuan’s gaze swept across the crowd.
’Since I’ve already made a move, I might as well go all out.’
’Even if I didn’t, it’s not like the others would let me off the hook anyway.’