After a brief silence, the Riverton participants and audience members were cheering, while the Zamri side was still left nonplussed.They just could not understand—Candor was clearly a decent martial artist, but Heartfar proceeded to destroy him with a single stroke anyway.Was the man really that unstoppable?!"You're out of line!""You may have won, but you didn't have to go that far!""That was such a dirty move!"Still, the Zamri participants soon saw what actually happened and were outraged.Heartfar did not just floor Candor, but he crippled Candor's meridian nexus too!That meant Candor's career as a martial artist was cut short, as he could not use his vigor at all.It was both humiliation and torture for a martial artist!However, even as the Zamri participants were glaring at Heartfar furiously and could skin him on the spot, he merely chuckled as he turned toward them."What, do you have something to say about that?"He smiled. "It's always the strong's privilege
"Hey… What's his name!""Didn't Zamri have five participants making it through the free-for-all?! There's still three left after two of them are gone. Don't worry! There's still hope!""Haha! Yeah! There's still hope!"As the Riverton participants and audience members catcalled, the Zamri side were left ashen-faced.They certainly remember the remaining three participants—two were young women who looked like they would not survive a punch, while the third was a brutish man who did not really look sharp.Therefore, as far as the Zamri side was concerned, that trio certainly would not be a match against Heartfar. It was why the other Zamri participants and audience members had been pinning their hopes on Candor and the other martial artist who had just fled.In fact, when the Riverton participants and audience members mentioned the remaining trio, the Zamri side was completely disinterested instead of feeling encouraged."I guess Riverton is taking all four berths!""Come on. Wha
"I…"The girl was going to say yes out of sheer defiance.However, she was soon hesitant and blushed as she hung her head, remembering how Candor was defeated instantly and left coughing blood."Hmph."Frank said nothing and snorted, but that was enough to leave the girl ashamed.The Riverton martial artists and audience members around them heard the exchange between the girl and Frank too. At first, they could side with the girl, but Frank's retort soon made them reflect on themselves, and they all eventually hung their heads gloomily.However, just as the Zamri side was left dejected and many were ready to leave, Frank clapped Kat on the head again."Come on. Let's go," he said and led them toward a boat."… Eh?""Wait, are they really going to fight?"Seeing that Frank's group was getting on the boat, all the martial artists and audience members present were left stunned."What…?"Even the girl who had just mocked Frank was stunned too. "I thought you weren't going to
But things were different now.There was no telling how far Heartfar's strength went. His behavior was savage on top of that, so Mr. Zoran was really concerned that he would defeat Frank's apprentice before humiliating them in full public.They might even have their meridian nexus crippled, or worse, be killed.He certainly could not explain himself to Lady Silverbell if that happened! It would not just be lectures or penalties that await him then, but it would be dismissal or worse—execution!That was why Mr. Zoran could not care less about dignity or self-gain at this point. Staying alive was way more important!That was when a girl shouted loudly and clearly, "Objection!"Mr. Zoran turned to find that it was none other than the brat standing beside Frank."Why are we giving up already? We haven't taught that fuckface a lesson yet!"Kat huffed, folding her arms before her chest. "Even if we do, we must give that prick a whopping first!""What?!"Mr. Zoran's knees almost buc
Frank continued, "As promised, I will claim three of the four qualifying berths. Or did you think I'd stop my apprentices from taking part because I'd shy from taking those berths?""What?"Mr. Zoran was left scowling as Frank suddenly brought that up.It was a hopeless situation, but Frank's nonchalant speech somehow made it look like Mr. Zoran was deliberately holding him back!In fact, Mr. Zoran was not the only person who was left confused—Heartfar, along with the rest of the audience, was stumped too.Was that brat really going to let his apprentices fight Heartfar? Was he not just kicking them down to the firepit?!Moreover, Heartfar was clearly furious judging from his outburst, and things would definitely go bad for the apprentices! Hell, he would probably not want their lap dance at this point!Nonetheless, Frank flashed a smile at Mr. Zoran just then. "So, Mr. Zoran? Are you doubting me or my apprentices?"Mr. Zoran gulped, finding it hard to swallow. "Are you serious
Heartfar's agility was not affected despite having both hands tied behind his back.As he leapt to the side, Scarface's pure vigor bursts shot past him pointlessly.However, when Heartfar was ready to launch a counter, he realized that Scarface had already reached him, and his hand was reaching straight for Hearfar's throat! "You're fast—but that's not enough!" Heartfar snorted.However, he also realized right then that Scarface was way stronger than Candor. He instinctively tried to raise his hands and counter, but he soon remembered that both his hands were bound.He certainly could not renege on his handicap, or all his boasting would be pointless."Hup!"He raised his foot, knocking away Scraface's palm with the tip of his sole.Then, he laughed coolly as he leapt into the air and launched a quick succession of roundhouse kicks so rapidly that he looked like a windmill.At the same time, the hidden blades he concealed on his boots shot toward Scarface as well.Shunk! S
As Heartfar gloated, he glanced at Frank in the distance."But this is it for you!" he bellowed, raising his hand and taking aim at Scarface's head, as if to flex on Frank and Mr. Zoran.However, even as everyone held their breaths and the more faint-hearted had covered their eyes, Heartfar suddenly turned rigid, his hand remaining in mid-air.In fact, the audience waited a long while, but Scarface's head was still not exploding."Pfft…"Then, despite the tense situation, someone snickered with terrible timing."Pfft…"Another snicker could soon be heard, and everyone turned to see that it was the two girls standing at Frank's side.Frank himself was not laughing, but his face was weirdly contorted, as if grimacing in pain."What…?"Nonetheless, as everyone looked where the girls were looking, they found a large hand grabbing Heartfar between the legs.Moreover, blood was pouring out from the gap between the fingers."Oof…"When all the men present saw where the hand was g
Moreover, this was a duel to the death between martial artists. To call a technique despicable, when used in a life-or-death situation, was simply laughable.Moreover, Heartfar was using hidden blades that were coated in poison—what right did he have to complain?"I'll kill you! I'll kill you!"Nonetheless, Heartfar was glaring murderously at Scarface like a terrible monster.At the same time, he curled into a ball as he lay on the floating platform, clutching his own bleeding groin with both hands."Oh, save it already. Did you really think your poison would work?"Scarface was suddenly on his feet, appearing perfectly fine as he grinned at Heartfar, who was as shocked as he was in pain. "Brother Lawrence saw through you from the start—you're actually an Ascendant-ranked elite, aren't you? You only look like you're Birthright-ranked because you took a suppressive drug."As for your poison, Mr. Lawrence had already let me take an antidote before we fought. The whole time I looke