"The doctor left Steinberg six months ago and began traveling around. We have no way of finding him," Mabel said earnestly. Upon hearing her explanation, Theresa didn't pursue the subject further.Whitney looked meaningfully at Mabel, gesturing for her to step outside.Once in the rest area, Whitney asked her in confusion, "Mabel, why did you lie?"Mabel said seriously, "Ms. Sutton, are you planning on telling Ms. Livington that Sebastian gave us the formula?""Why not? The formula does belong to him," Whitney said, frowning. Mabel explained, "Ms. Sutton, don't forget that Ms. Livington is a medicine expert who returned from abroad. She's fixated on certain things. If she knew that Sebastian gave us the formula, who do you think she'll help when the time comes?"Whitney's heart missed a beat. She was shocked by Mabel's words.Mabel pressed on, "If Ms. Livington switches sides, Frostwave Corporation will have to face two enemies!"Whitney's expression darkened. She frowned an
"Birthday party?" Sebastian frowned slightly and apologized. "Ms. Griffin, I have some personal affairs to attend to tonight. I don't think I'll be able to make it."Rosalie immediately pulled on his arm and pouted. "Dr. Ballard, can't you just spend a little bit of time with me?" she pleaded. "I want to introduce you to my friends! Also, I'm going to give you a very special gift at my party.""You want to give me a gift?" Sebastian was rather surprised. Wasn't this her birthday party? Why was she giving him a gift?Rosalie tightened her hold on his arm and said sweetly, "Dr. Ballard, please just spend my birthday with me once! Okay?"Sebastian had no choice but to nod and agree. With that, Rosalie pulled Sebastian happily and said, "Let's go! I'm going to buy you some clothes and get you styled.""Buy clothes? Get me styled?"Sebastian was a little shocked. He hurriedly shook his head and said, "Forget it. I think I'm fine the way I am right now.""No, tonight's my birthd
Fergus was immediately charmed and said, "Let's go in.""Alright," Whitney answered.The three of them walked into the hall.They had just entered when sharp-eyed Mabel spotted Sebastian and Rosalie sitting in the lounge in the distance. "Hey, Ms. Sutton, isn't that Sebastian? He's here too?" Mabel was displeased. Whitney turned to look. She immediately noticed Sebastian and Rosalie laughing and talking together, and her expression darkened at once. She hadn't expected to meet Sebastian there. Seeing him with that woman made her even more upset. What a scumbag!He had clearly said he had no feelings for Rosalie, but Whitney had caught him with her multiple times. Men were all liars!Fergus frowned when he saw them and said coldly, "Hmph! We see this guy everywhere. Doesn't he know what kind of event this is? How dare he sneak in here? Let's go and have a look, Whitney!" He started walking toward Sebastian.Whitney was startled and was about to call Fergus back, but he
Everyone went quiet after she'd finished. Then, in the next second, there was a resounding slap. Rosalie had slapped Mabel! "I advise you to be more respectful. Otherwise, you'll die a wretched death!" she warned icily. Rosalie was undoubtedly the one with the upper hand at that moment.Mabel looked completely flabbergasted. She held her red and swollen cheek as she stammered, "Y-you hit me! Mr. Cobb, this bitch hit me!"Fergus frowned and looked at Rosalie in displeasure. He said coldly, "You're Rosalie Griffin, aren't you? Don't you think it's too much to hit someone in public? Besides, Ms. Lucero is the secretary of Frostwave Corporation! Slapping her is the same as insulting Ms. Sutton!"Fergus looked at Sebastian as he spoke. He had only said that to shift the blame to Sebastian. After all, Mabel was Whitney's secretary, and Rosalie was with Sebastian. It might ignite the rage in Whitney's heart. Rosalie tossed her head arrogantly. She didn't even want to bother with
"Oh my! It's Stephen, the second son of the Beckards! Let's go and say hello!" Fergus immediately recognized the man that everyone was surrounding. He hurriedly dragged Mabel and a reluctant Whitney over. Stephen was the second son of the Beckards of Janover. He was a typical rich playboy!His reputation in Janover wasn't that great, as he was a total Casanova. He was also an avid suitor of Rosalie!There were rumors that he had once chartered more than ten yachts on the Jeston River in Janover and filled them with the freshest roses in the city. He had done all that just to pursue Rosalie and to see her smile.However, it seemed as though the Griffin heiress didn't think much of Stephen. "Hello, Mr. Beckard." Fergus rushed up to him and greeted him politely. "Mr. Beckard," Mabel said, smiling. Whitney was frowning slightly when it was her turn. Fergus hurriedly said, "Whitney, this is Mr. Stephen Beckard. He's the second son of the Beckards of Janover" "Hello, Mr. Bec
Stephen turned and slapped Fergus. He reprimanded him coldly, "You ass! Who're you calling a bitch? Do you want to die? Do you know who she is?"Fergus was dazed. He held his red and swollen cheek and asked tremulously, "Why did you hit me, Mr. Beckard? She's just a vixen! Who else could she be?"Stephen kicked Fergus to the floor and yelled, "You imbecile! She's the heiress of the Griffins, Ms. Rosalie Griffin!"His words seemed to explode in Fergus' ears. He paled at once and began shaking from head to toe. He stared in disbelief at Rosalie, who was still talking and laughing with Sebastian on the other side of the hall. She was the heiress of the Griffins…"Mr. Beckard, you're joking. How could she be the heiress of the Griffins?" Fergus was panicking.He didn't want to believe that someone as important as Rosalie would be mingling with someone as useless as Sebastian. Stephen huffed coldly. "Do you think that I'm joking?" he asked angrily. Then he walked over to Sebast
Stephen ignored Sebastian and turned to Rosalie. "Rosalie, come with me. I really have to tell you something." As he spoke, he tried to grab Rosalie's arm.Rosalie's expression soured, and she avoided his hand before sitting next to Sebastian. "What are you doing?" she demanded coldly.Sebastian got to his feet and placed himself between Stephen and Rosalie. "Mr. Beckard, right? It's clear that Ms. Griffin doesn't want to go with you, so please respect her decision," Sebastian said frostily.Stephen's expression twisted in fury, and he shoved Sebastian as he growled, "Do you have a death wish? Fuck off!"However, to Stephen's surprise, Sebastian didn't budge even after being shoved!Stephen's expression darkened even more, and he roared, "Do you want to fight, you brat?""All I want is for you to be more respectful to Ms. Griffin," Sebastian replied mildly.Stephen furrowed his brow. "Who do you think you are? How dare you talk to me like this?" he demanded angrily."Do I
Rosalie's expression soured at Stephen's blatant threat, and she snapped, "What do you think you're doing? This is my birthday party, and you've overstayed your welcome! Get out!"Stephen could only stare wide-eyed at Rosalie in shock. There was a beat of silence before he finally asked sulkily, "Rosalie, are you really kicking me out for this country bumpkin?""Yes," Rosalie replied coldly.Stephen gritted his teeth in annoyance but said nothing. After that, he glared at Sebastian as he warned, "You're lucky to escape my wrath tonight. But don't think for a second that I'm afraid of you! Just wait! I'll make you regret your actions today!"With that, Stephen stormed out while cradling his broken arm.His final warning ignited the whispers of the crowd once again. None of them could believe that Stephen had just let the matter slide.Fergus was visibly upset by the outcome. He hadn't expected that the Griffin heiress would stand up for Sebastian!What a shame!Just as Fergus wa
Even the audience who were sitting nearby could hear the sound of the very air splitting apart."Dodge!""Don't try to stand against it!""That's a vicious kick, Mr. Ballard! Be careful!"The Dramonian audience was all worried for Sebastian.Whitney was sitting in the stands when she suddenly turned pale and gasped, holding tightly onto Nina's hand.Beside them, Ezekiel scoffed. He was probably the only one who could dodge Jules' kick, and even then, it would have been a close call.Sebastian still hadn't moved an inch. He was probably scared witless by the power of the kick."This is what happens when young people don't know how to be humble and wary!" Ezekiel said, staring coldly at Sebastian."Mr. Harton, Sebastian is still a Dramonian! Don't you think you're being too much when you say that?" Whitney asked accusingly, her brow furrowed."Why you—" Ezekiel glared at her, but as she was a young woman, he just huffed angrily and did not speak again.If Whitney hadn't been
"Fine! You're all opposing me, so it's not up to me anymore. Sapientia is going to forfeit today. No Sapientia apprentices will be allowed to battle!" Ezekiel yelled furiously.Phineas looked contemptuously at him and turned to all the Martial Arts Court members. He said, "Everyone, I don't expect to leave this place alive today, but we cannot let the century of humiliation that Dramon suffered play out again here today. "I stand as long as my nation stands. If the nation falls, so do I! If those of you here are not willing to sacrifice your lives, you can forfeit! I won't force you to do anything!"Phineas spoke passionately, and many of the audience felt their eyes fill with tears. Over a dozen deacons of the Martial Arts Court stood up and said, "Mr. Tuxley, we are willing to follow you until we die. We have no regrets!"Phineas nodded heavily and said to the staff members outside the arena. "Everyone from the Martial Arts Court, sign up!"As Phineas finished speaking, the a
As soon as Sebastian finished speaking, an old man in a robe stood up. He was among the audience seats for Dramon, and he asked, "Sebastian, what right do you have to speak for the martial arts community of Dramon?"The old man was Ezekiel Harton from Mount Sapientia. He had been waiting to watch the show and see if Sebastian would make a fool of himself.However, Sebastian had offended hundreds of international experts instead. Things would get messy now.Although the Sapientia apprentices nearby had all rushed to the scene, there were less than 20 of them altogether. Even if they were made of steel, they wouldn't be able to battle against hundreds of international experts.Sebastian's death was unimportant, but he was now dragging all of them down as well!"Oh? Since when did I say that I'm representing the martial arts community? Do we need to mention that when fighting against a couple of ornaments? Are there no good men in Dramon?" Sebastian glanced at the audience.Over a
In the arena, Jules narrowed his eyes at Sebastian and gritted his teeth. When he got the opportunity later, he had to kill Sebastian!Emil had been a good friend of his for many years, and he had died at Sebastian's hand just a few days ago. Jules had to avenge him."Sebastian, as long as you're willing to go to your knees and apologize, we can persuade Mr. Laurent to forgive you," an official from Southia said to Sebastian, blocking his path.Sebastian glanced at him and said impassively, "Get lost!"The official from Southia hadn't expected Sebastian to insult him. If Sebastian went into the arena today, he would be sure to die. How could he be so conceited at this point?"How dare you insult me?" the official from Southia asked in halting Dramonian. "Well, only humans are worth insulting, and I haven't insulted any," Sebastian answered calmly.The audience roared with laughter."Good on you, Mr. Ballard!""Mr. Ballard is right! These bastards aren't even fit to be called
Blake's subordinates could deal with ordinary Warriors without a problem, but fighting against international experts would be suicide. After a while, Sebastian's phone rang. When he saw that it was Blake, he answered. "Mr. Ballard, I don't think my subordinates are up to it. They can't deal with a situation like that at all," Blake said truthfully."Don't worry, they can just do anything they can think of. I have a way to make them win every battle," Sebastian said, smiling.Lyanna didn't even have to do anything. If they used the Indigo Thunder God tactic, they would be able to freeze the opponents so that they couldn't move. Everything would be solved."Mr. Ballard, I'll send a few more people over then. Do you think that a team of ten would be enough?" Blake asked."Yes. Any number would be fine," Sebastian said, smiling."Alright. I'll send a team of ten. That should be enough."Sebastian assented and hung up.…Early the next morning, the city of Steinberg was abuzz wi
"Lyanna did that for you. Do you understand what she means now?" Nina chortled.Zane looked embarrassed. How could a frail-looking young woman like Lyanna be so powerful? She had managed to release a bolt of energy from his angle without even making a single sound. Even he had thought that he was the one who had done it. "Oh my… I… That seems impossible!" Zane was flabbergasted."Everything is possible. Just go into the arena tomorrow. You might become famous overnight," Lyanna said, smiling.Zane patted his chest, his heart thumping madly with excitement. "You want to use him to get rid of those international experts?" Sebastian frowned slightly.He had understood Lyanna's intention at once. If Sebastian or Nina and the others were the ones who attacked, they would be sure to attract the attention of the international experts.Zane was a nobody, and anyone who had any kind of training could tell that he was a total rookie. Who wouldn't want to defeat a few rookies in the aren
Sapientia apprentices?Phineas still felt worried. Would a few apprentices from Sapientia be enough to face the kind of people that would be coming?He would feel much more confident if all the experts from one of the twelve peaks of Sapientia came. "I hope Sebastian can pull through. Otherwise, the martial arts community is going to be in big trouble!" Phineas said through clenched teeth.Alaric was unconcerned. He was on his own anyway, and he could run at any time if things looked like it would take a turn for the worse.Things were different for Phineas. If the foreign Warriors did wipe out the Steinberg martial arts community, there would be no way out for him as the head director.Even if he ran to Sunway, he would be sentenced to death according to the rules of the martial arts community.…Back in the convenience store, Zane was pouring tea for Sebastian while grinning impishly. He asked, "Sebastian, can I go into the arena tomorrow and try it out too?""You?" Sebasti
Ross and the others all sat down unabashedly in the main seats. When they saw the delicious food on the table, they all looked extremely triumphant.Before long, Alaric was led into the pavilion by a deacon."Mr. Donnelly, please sit. These are the four experts sent by the state Martial Arts Court. This is…" Phineas introduced them one by one.Alaric glanced at them. If these four went into the arena, they would be embarrassing the martial arts community of Dramon! "Didn't Sartvale Martial Arts Court send anyone else?" Alaric asked harshly. Ross' expression flickered slightly. He frowned and said, "They're only a few foreign Warriors. What's there to be afraid of? With the four of us here, I'm sure they won't dare to try anything big."Alaric snorted. The four of them? He could crush those four losers with one hand! "I'm not underestimating you, but… do you know who is coming?" Alaric asked, sneering. Ross and the others looked startled. Alaric clearly didn't respect them.
"Mr. Ballard, let's make sure to remain within our capabilities. Besides, it doesn't seem appropriate for us to kill all of them," Phineas said. He couldn't help shuddering at the thought.Those hundreds of people were the pillars of the martial arts community in each country. If they were all destroyed in Steinberg, it would be sure to cause an international conflict."We need to make them fear and respect us!" Sebastian said impassively.He could close one eye when it came to Dramon's martial arts community, but if the martial arts communities from other countries wanted to interfere, they would be crossing lines. Phineas felt a chill in his heart. He exchanged a few pleasantries with Sebastian before leaving in a hurry. No matter how confident Sebastian was, he had to deliver what Sebastian had just said to Sartvale Martial Arts Court.After all, they had to be prepared. The Dramon martial arts community had to get their defenses ready.…Two days passed in the blink of an e