Offending the Celestial Tiger Sect would, at worst, make them turn hostile, but they wouldn’t dare actually do anything to him.
But offending Su Mo was a death sentence.
He’d be reduced to a pulp.
Mu Hong, his face livid, said, "Elder Baiyun, you’re protecting them so blatantly. Did you take a bribe from them?"
"Huh?"
"Me? Take a bribe?"
"Do you have any fucking idea that I’m trying to save your worthless life?"
Bai Yun shot Mu Hong a cold glance and declared righteously, "From now on, if anyone dares to bully the people of our Northern Profound Domain, I will personally destroy them without mercy."
"You... you... you..."
Mu Hong was speechless with rage.
’This old bastard is clearly playing favorites.’
Mu Hong said angrily, "So the Northern Profound Domain just coddles its own, is that it? Do you dare accept a challenge from our Western Profound Domain for a fair fight?"
"Are you sure?"
Bai Yun asked.
Mu Hong said coldly, "Not only that, we will also gather the geniuses from the Eastern Profound Domain, the Central Profound Domain, and even the Southern Profound Domain to hold a martial meet. And anyone who doesn’t come is a spineless coward."
"What? Mu Hong actually wants to hold a martial meet for the Five Great Profound Domains?"
"He’s trying to blow this whole thing up."
"Our Northern Profound Domain’s top geniuses, Bai Luoxue and the Hua Celestial Sect, aren’t even here. What if we’re humiliated at the martial meet?"
Worried voices rose from the crowd.
They were all from the Northern Profound Domain.
In contrast, the people from the Western Profound Domain and the other Profound Domains were all reveling in their misfortune.
"Hahaha, Northern Profound Domain, just you wait to be humiliated."
"Coddling your own? You’re just asking for it!"
"If this wasn’t the Northern Profound Domain, its people would have all been killed long ago."
However, Bai Yun was not worried in the slightest. "Fine, I accept your terms. Go and gather your people now. Whatever grudges you have, settle them at the martial meet in half an hour."
He planned to let Mu Hong have his way.
’After all, he wasn’t the one who was going to die.’
Only then did Mu Hong let the matter drop, helping the prone Ye Chuan up before leaving.
As he left, he didn’t forget to point at Su Mo and Xiao Lang and say, "You have half an hour left to live. You’d better arrange your own funerals, lest you die with no one to collect your corpses."
"Sigh..."
Watching Mu Hong’s departing figure, Elder Baiyun sighed.
’Wouldn’t it be better to just live a good life?’
’Why are you so determined to die?’
Afterwards, Bai Yun invited Su Mo into a private room and asked respectfully, "Elder Su, were my arrangements just now to your satisfaction?"
"Barely acceptable,"
Su Mo said with a nod.
Bai Yun struck while the iron was hot, asking, "Then about the martial meet..."
"We’ll go,"
Su Mo said decisively.
’It sounded dreadfully boring, but whoever didn’t go would be a spineless coward.’
’He had no desire to be seen as a coward.’
’And be badmouthed behind his back.’
Xiao Lang said furiously, "That Mu Hong is too arrogant! How dare he provoke us! This time, I’m going to beat him until he calls me ’grandpa’!"
"I want to beat him too."
"Count me in. I can’t stand arrogant people like that."
"And me!"
Hearing the indignant cries of the Xiao Family disciples, Bai Yun felt a sense of foreboding.
’The Demon Venerable Burial Ground hasn’t even opened, and a fight is already breaking out?’
But he wasn’t worried at all.
With Su Mo and the Xiao Family disciples here, there was no way the Northern Profound Domain would be the ones to lose out.
「Half an hour passed in a flash.」
In front of the restaurant, a fighting ring had been set up. Many chairs were also arranged for the important figures from the Five Great Profound Domains who had been invited to watch.
Just then, Bai Yun emerged with Su Mo.
Bai Yun said politely, "Elder Su, you should take the seat of honor. No one else is qualified."
"Fine."
Su Mo took the seat of honor without any ceremony.
The other Xiao Family disciples also took their seats.
Bai Yun remained standing.
Without Su Mo’s permission, he didn’t dare to sit.
Seeing this, everyone present couldn’t help but frown.
’Who is this young man?’
’He actually snatched the seat of honor from Bai Yun.’
’Could he be Mo Taishang’s illegitimate son?’
’Otherwise, why would Bai Yun be standing beside him like a servant?’
"You sit too."
Su Mo pointed to a chair beside him.
Bai Yun gave a sycophantic smile. "Forgive me, Elder Su. This old servant is not worthy of sitting as your equal. It is better that this old servant stands."
"What, are my words useless?"
Su Mo said in a cold voice.
WHOOSH!
A terrifying chill descended upon Bai Yun, and he nearly pissed himself in fear.
PLOP!
Bai Yun plopped down onto the chair.
Su Mo withdrew the chill and said, "Standing there like a telephone pole, you were blocking my view, you know? If word got out, people might think I’m some kind of sadist who abuses you. I’m a very kind person, you know."
’Kind?’
Bai Yun almost coughed up a mouthful of old blood.
He was cursing up a storm in his head.
’Two slaps obliterated their Profound Celestial Sect and killed their Sect Leader. Is that what you call ’kind’?’
’You must be using the wrong word!’
However, he didn’t dare say this out loud.
Before long, Mu Hong arrived with the geniuses of the Western Profound Domain. There were a hundred of them in total, all at or above the Martial Master Great Perfection Realm.
Among them, the majority were Grand Martial Artists.
"Is this the lineup from the Western Profound Domain? How terrifying!"
"Look at those few, they’ve already reached the Late Stage Grand Martial Artist Realm, haven’t they?"
"GASP..."
Seeing the geniuses Mu Hong had brought, the faces of the Northern Profound Domain’s geniuses all turned grim.
The gap was too wide!
There was simply no way to fight.
After Mu Hong arrived, many people from the Eastern and Central Profound Domains also hurried over. The latter’s strength was exceptionally terrifying, with some even having reached Grandmaster Great Perfection.
"As expected of the Central Profound Domain."
"Strong, just too strong!"
"The Central Profound Domain has several at Grandmaster Great Perfection out in the open. Who knows, there might even be a Martial Monarch Level existence in the shadows."
Everyone remarked with emotion.
Facing the people from the Central Profound Domain, even Mu Hong didn’t dare to act arrogant.
He was exceedingly polite.
Although only seven or eight people came from the Southern Profound Domain, their strength was also quite good.
"Is everyone here?"
Mu Hong asked.
A young man beside him said, "Everyone we could invite is here. The rest who wouldn’t come don’t want to get involved in this matter."
"If they don’t want to come, then so be it."
Mu Hong scanned the crowd, satisfied. "There are seven or eight hundred pairs of eyes here. That’s more than enough to see those guys utterly humiliated."
In truth, he didn’t need that many people.
A few would have been enough!
Because after this, the news would spread like wildfire.
Before long, the Northern Profound Domain’s reputation would be in tatters.
The reason he wanted to hold the martial meet was to invite the Martial King Powerhouses from the various Profound Domains to prevent Bai Yun from coddling his own.
"Let’s get this started!"
Ye Chuan urged, eager to see Su Mo and Chen Ge humiliated.
"I’ll go!"
The Fourth Tiger of the Celestial Gate Five Tigers, Wu Shentian, stood up and said.
Mu Hong waved his hand. "Don’t be hasty, Fourth Brother. You’ll get your chance to act soon. First, let Chen Shao’an go up and test their strength."
"Hehe, then I won’t be polite!"
Chen Shao’an walked out from the crowd, stood in the center of the ring, and said, "Everyone who has come to this martial meet must already know the reason for it, so I won’t waste time with introductions."
"Heh heh, when your Western Profound Domain invited us, you already told us everything!"
A young man in white from the Eastern Profound Domain laughed.
Chen Shao’an cupped his fists and said, "In that case, I declare this martial meet officially begun. I am Chen Shao’an from the Western Profound Domain. My strength is meager; you could even call me trash."
"Hahaha, is this guy making fun of himself?"
The crowd below erupted in laughter.
Chen Shao’an continued, "I, Chen Shao’an, may be trash, but I’m still much stronger than certain people—especially you lot from the Northern Profound Domain. Because you’re even more trash than me. Hundreds of times more."