Damian nodded repeatedly.“I misunderstood you, Sir York.”“We know how you treated Regan and the others.”“I was being narrow-minded!”“How could a man like you conspire with the enemy for such small benefits?”“On behalf of the Eight Inner and Outer Halls, I apologize to you. I hope that you’ll do your best tomorrow!”Harvey smiled.“You’re too kind.”“I have responsibility for the young talents as well. I didn’t take care of them as promised.”“It’s only natural for all of you to doubt me and stop me from joining the fight.”“After all, we all have to look at the bigger picture. It’s not just about personal gain.”“But since we’re in a peculiar situation right now, I’ll take the initiative once more.”“I hope you all will trust me this time.”“At the end of the day, we’re all people of Country H. There’s no need for us to fight among ourselves. Our enemies will laugh at us if they know about this!”“As long as nobody’s dragging me down, it’ll be easy for me to crush th
Rhea flashed them a deep look. “At this point, it doesn’t really matter if we win the fight or not.”“But if we’re branded traitors of the country after letting Harvey in the ring, we’ll be finished!”“You people should know better than me about what’ll happen after that!”Fisher and Damian’s faces darkened in an instant.Bryce, who had remained quiet the entire time, finally spoke up.“That’s right. It looks like we’re about to lose, but we still have hope!”“That said, Harvey asked to join the fight even when he’s such a huge suspect.”“To put it simply, I just don’t trust him!”“I’d rather the remaining two champions lose…”“...than to let him fight.”“I believe he won’t turn the tides; he’ll surely embarrass every single one of us too.”“I’d choose to let Longmen lose than for him to show up.”Harvey narrowed his eyes; he glared at the stubbornly righteous Bryce and Rhea.To protect their own reputation…To prevent outsiders from turning the tides of battle…To sup
“Other than him being extremely weak…”“There’s another reason we didn’t let him fight. He’s simply too suspicious!”“We cannot bear the risk of putting him on the front lines.”“If he makes a single mistake, every single one of us will be dragged down with him!”“You included, Princess Wright!” Rhea exclaimed bitterly.At the same time, there was a different meaning in her words; she was putting on a helpless look, as if nobody would take responsibility for the situation if anything were to go wrong.Sienna smiled and waved her hand, gesturing to her subordinates to close the door.She then glanced at Rhea.“Since we’re all smart people here, I’ll just make everything clear.”“I need to make sure of something first…”“You didn’t stop Harvey from fighting because of your family affairs, did you?”Bryce and Rhea froze immediately.They didn’t think Sienna would actually say something like this.The two took a deep breath before replying, “Of course not!”“Good.”Sienna sm
“The people?”Sienna glared coldly at Bryce after he refuted her words.“Does Harvey not count?”“He’s extremely loyal to the country. Even after being wronged for no reason, he still requested to join the fight!”“What else is there to worry about?”“Even if he loses, he’d only lose his place as the young master of Longmen. What are you so scared of?”“Just let him go first and put your hopes on the last two champions!”“Besides, I don’t think there’s a need for that. Harvey will definitely win!”Rhea’s face darkened.“Princess Wright. I would have agreed with you if you said this five days ago, or if the people weren’t causing an uproar…”“But at this point, Harvey has no choice but to win here!”“If he loses or turns his back against us…”“We’ll be done for!”“Well, I’m confident in his abilities!”Sienna flashed Rhea a decisive expression.“He’ll definitely win!”“Definitely?!”Rhea chuckled coldly.“Where did you get this confidence from?”“I was planning to kee
Seeing Rhea so infuriated, Harvey waved his hand to stop Sienna from saying anything.He glanced calmly at Rhea, though with a disdainful look.Seeing his expression, Rhea misunderstood and assumed that Harvey was scared.“Admit that you’re just useless filth already!” she exclaimed as she took a bold step forward.“It’s good to have some self-awareness.”“Fighting in the ring is a lot different than just showing off, you know!”“You can rely on your strong bodyguard and offend anyone you want…”“But you should know your place if you don’t have the strength to fight!”Harvey continued staring calmly at Rhea.“Let’s not talk about the Longmen Summit’s rules yet. Since I’m the provincial champion, I naturally have the right to fight in the ring.”“Since ancient times, victory and defeat have been extremely common.”“I’m only asking you one thing: what makes you so sure that I’ll lose against the Indians?”“Or are you just all bark and no bite?”Rhea raised her eyebrows after
Slap!“Even the vice master wouldn’t dare call me weak. Does an outsider like you think he’s dead or something?”Slap!“You can’t even gauge my strength properly, yet you still call yourself the representative of the northwest’s Martial Arts Alliance? You’re embarrassing your entire organization!”Slap!“You can’t even take a single hit from me! Shouldn’t you be kneeling right about now?!”Harvey’s expression was as cold as ice.He was ruthlessly insulting Rhea while slapping her around.Rhea’s face had become completely swollen; her head was spinning all over the place. She couldn’t even utter a single word.Slap!After the final slap, Rhea’s eyes were all bruised.“Remember, try to be more discreet next time.Have some self-awareness unless you want other people teaching you a lesson.”Harvey pulled out some tissue to wipe his fingers. Then, he smiled at Bryce.“Excuse me, Vice Master Kennedy. You wouldn’t mind if I teach a lesson on behalf of Longmen now, would you?”“Y
Four days had passed since the start of the tournament.The stage hadn't changed, the rules hadn’t changed, and the host was still the same person.The only difference was the morale between both sides of the ring.There were only a few people sitting in the west resting area before, but now, there were thousands.Those people came all the way from India to cheer their top talents on.After their winning streak, the Indians were extremely confident in crushing the people of Country H to the ground.Other than the Longmen’s higher-ups and Flutwell’s prominent figures, there were a lot more journalists and angry mobs on Country H’s side.Bryce, Rhea, Fisher, Damian, Sienna, Colton, Nelson, Ansel, and the others were all here.Harvey’s eyes narrowed when he saw three particular young men.The prince of the Osborne family, Clyde Osborne.The seventh young master of the Bauer family, Harold Bauer.And the young master of the John family, Elliot John.The three were considered th
To Harvey, the rift between him and the Osborne family was completely irreparable.Since Clyde still dared to go against him, he wouldn’t mind letting Clyde embarrass himself.Clyde froze when he saw Harvey’s calm look. Then, he burst out in anger; after glaring vengefully at Harvey for a long time, he then turned around and left.He wouldn’t dare lay a single finger on Harvey in a place like this.No matter how dominant he or his family was, he had no choice but to swallow his hatred!Harvey’s simple action plunged the entire crowd into dead silence.They were all completely shocked.That said, at least nobody was going to cause Harvey any trouble for the time being.Harold, Elliot, and the others were looking at Harvey with deep expressions.Harvey casually sipped the tea Rachel had brought over, and glanced at the Indians as if nothing ever happened.He saw Zoe looking back at him.The moment the two locked eyes, Zoe hung her head low with an oddly sluggish expression.A