Chapter 16: Challenging Victor

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

In the arena.

Yang Mu looked down at the crowd with a contemptuous look as the victor.

“Hehe, angry? What’s the use of being angry? If you can’t beat me, then admit it. If you have the guts, then come up and challenge me!” Yang Mu sneered and said.

Hearing Yang Mu’s ridicule, many disciples who were angry immediately hid in the crowd and loudly attacked Yang Mu.

In their eyes, even if one knew that they were not as good as their opponents, but they still fought to the end. They were heroes.

Heroes should be praised, not mocked.

Although they could not beat Yang Mu, they could not allow Yang Mu to insult others here.

Yang Mu’s arrogance and cruelty had long made many people unhappy with him.

Now that he had insulted Senior Brother Wang Ling, whom many disciples respected, they naturally would not be polite to him.

“So what if you’re number one? If you ask me, the reason why you were able to get number one today is because that there are still people stronger than you who have yet to fight.”

Suddenly, a loud voice from the crowd entered Yang Mu’s ears.

“With just you?” Yang Mu looked at the square-faced disciple with a mocking expression.

For a moment, all the disciples’ gaze unconsciously gathered on the square-faced disciple.

The face of the disciple who was surrounded by the crowd instantly turned red.

“It’s not me, it’s Senior Brother Victor!”

The disciple blurted out.

Yang Mu had defeated Wang Ling, but Hua Feng and Gu Xu did not have the time to announce the result.

However, seeing Yang Mu’s arrogant behavior, the two of them also felt a little dissatisfied.

Especially Gu Xu, who had a simple personality and liked to cultivate hard, he despised high-profile and arrogant disciples like Yang Mu from the bottom of his heart.

Similarly, Hua Feng also did not like Yang Mu’s behavior. After all, they were all young disciples, so it was normal for them to be competitive.

However, this Yang Mu was so fierce to his fellow disciples. Did he not even know how to restrain himself a little?

When Hua Feng, who was not far from the arena, heard this, his eyes instantly lit up.

Hua Feng looked at Yang Mu with a smile and said, “Junior Brother Yang, according to what senior brother knows, there might really be one person who could defeat you. It’s just that he did not sign up to participate in this martial arts competition.”

On the arena.

The arrogant Yang Mu’s face instantly froze when he heard Hua Feng’s words.

It was as ugly as it could get.

“Who?”

Yang Mu slowly turned around. His entire movement became extremely stiff, and his voice became low and hoarse.

He had just taken first place in the grand sect competition, and he hadn’t even been complacent for a few minutes.

Right at this time, Hua Feng actually told him that there was a disciple who didn’t participate who might be even more powerful than him.

But he disdained to participate.

He felt more uncomfortable at the moment than he would if he was slapped in the face.

Moreover, he himself was a proud person.

Today, if he did not defeat the person that Hua Feng mentioned, even if he won first place, those disciples would not admit it.

At that time, the other disciples would say, “Hmph, first place in the grand competition?

Only because someone else wasn’t bothered to participate in the competition.

That was something that he absolutely couldn’t accept.

Hua Feng glanced at Yang Mu and was also shocked by the Yang Mu’s drastic change.

However, he suddenly became hesitant towards Yang Mu’s question.

“Didn’t sign up for the competition? Victor?”

Yang Mu laughed darkly.

“Hehe… Senior Brother Hua Feng, do you think highly of him just because he’s a disciple with good swordsmanship that you had discovered?

Senior Brother Hua Feng, I don’t know if you have ever thought about it, but doesn’t this seem unfair to other fellow disciples?”

Hua Feng remained silent. He did not deny or admit anything.

Seeing that Hua Feng was rendered speechless by his own words, Yang Mu smiled coldly.

Then, he slowly turned around again. His gaze swept from left to right before he slowly opened his mouth:

“Even Senior Brother Hua Feng thinks that Junior Brother Victor, who just entered the Martial Arts Peak a few months ago, is stronger than me. He thinks that I’m not worthy of first place in this competition.

“Today, I, Yang Mu, will put my words here.

“All disciples who are qualified for this competition, along with whoever that thinks that they are stronger than I am, I would gladly accept any challenges.”

As soon as Yang Mu said this, an intense response was immediately set off.

Everyone looked at Yang Mu, who was sitting cross-legged on the stage to regulate his breathing, while they all stared at each other.

Many of the disciples who were eliminated in the elimination round because of their bad luck did indeed have a fiery look in their eyes.

However, when they were reminded of the scene of Yang Mu and Wang Ling’s battle just now, the dangerous thought instantly disappeared from their minds.

Beside the arena.

Gu Xu walked to Hua Feng’s side and looked at Hua Feng in confusion.

In his opinion, wasn’t this causing trouble for Victor?

“Uh… Don’t look at me like that. I wasn’t the one who shouted Victor’s name. I just casually added to it.”

“Moreover, don’t you think that Victor is too low-key? I even looked forward to him participating in the beginning, but in the end, he didn’t participate in the competition.

“His swordsmanship is good, but he isn’t as sharp as a master in swordsmanship. Maybe Yang Mu’s provocation can help him improve.”

“However, if Victor gets angry, you have to testify for me. I didn’t mean to lure Yang Mu over.”

Hua Feng looked at Gu Xu sincerely.

“Are you afraid of him?” Gu Xu couldn’t help but laugh.

“I’m not afraid of him, but his talent in cultivation is too terrifying, and he is super hard working. In the future, his achievements will definitely be higher than us. It’s best not to leave a bad impression on him.”

Hua Feng said helplessly.

Hearing this, Gu Xu also nodded in agreement.

An hour later, Yang Mu, who had recovered some of his physical strength and true qi, opened his eyes again and stood up from the ground.

He glanced at the noisy crowd around the ring.

When he realized that no one dared to challenge him on the ring, a hint of boredom and disappointment flashed in his eyes.

He was ready to start with those who dared to challenge him and rebuild his reputation.

Unfortunately, all of them were cowards.

“Victor, if you have the guts, stand up yourself. Don’t worry, I won’t fight you too hard.”

Yang Mu provoked loudly on the stage and kept looking at the disciples below the stage, hoping to find Victor from the crowd.

However, a few minutes passed.

Yang Mu did not see any movement below the stage.

The disciples below the stage were also looking around nervously.

Most of them did not even have the courage to look at Yang Mu, as if they were afraid that they would be mistaken for Victor.

“Hmph, I thought that the junior brother that Senior Brother Hua favored would definitely be a courageous and visionary person. I didn’t expect him to be a coward.”

Hearing that Yang Mu’s ridicule included themselves, the crowd below the stage looked at Yang Mu with such intense anger it was as if fire was about to break out from their eyes.

“What are you so proud of? Junior Brother Victor is just diligently cultivating, unlike you, who only know how to put on an act.”

At this moment, the square-faced disciple made a sound.

However, once these words were said, the entire training field was once again in a heated discussion.

“There really is such a person! He doesn’t even take the sect competition seriously!”

“He really is a cultivation maniac!”

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Standing on the stage and hearing the discussions of the crowd, Yang Mu did not know how to react.

So, the reason Victor did not accept the challenge was that he wasn’t around, not because he didn’t dare?

However, Hua Feng felt that Victor was stronger than him, so he had to challenge Victor and trample over him, so that everyone would know who was truly the best.

If you don’t come, then don’t blame me for being an uninvited guest and knock on your door.

Yang Mu thought viciously.