Gulade touched his cheek in disbelief. The burning sensation told him that the one who had just been struck was actually himself!
Li Jiu watched the scene in shock, his eyes equally filled with disbelief.
He knew better than anyone exactly how formidable Gulade was. Just now, Gulade had chosen to clash head on, which was the only reason he had absorbed the strike. If it had not been for that.
He would not even have managed to touch a single hair on his opponent.
Yet now he had actually been slapped away by Luochan with a single strike?
Furthermore, even though Gulade had taken that strike head on, the other man had not been sent flying, nor had he even taken a single step backwards.
Old Man Jin also stared at Luochan in astonishment, his face completely unable to believe what he was seeing.
This young man?
This young man was a master?
Suddenly Old Man Jin remembered the commentary Luochan had made while watching the fight. The young man had not been talking nonsense just now. Every single word had come true.
Could it be that he?
But someone so young and this powerful, Old Man Jin truly could not think of who else in the entire country could possibly be him.
That young grandmaster from East China?
That did not seem right either. That person was said to be a grandmaster, at most half a step into the Transcendent Realm. Yet how could the strength Luochan had just displayed be comparable to merely half a step into that realm?
It was beyond even the full Transcendent Realm!
Leaning against the shattered rocks, Gulade slowly stood up.
Blood dripped from his pale lips onto the ground, falling continuously with a soft drip.
“You make me noble.”
“Thud!”
Suddenly Luochan appeared right in front of Gulade. He was so fast that nobody could see him clearly, as if in that instant Luochan had directly crossed the barriers of space to arrive.
Immediately a large foot came crashing down hard onto Gulade.
The ground exploded as if detonated, shaking the heavens with a sound like thunder in broad daylight!
The flying dirt forced many grandmasters to gather their breath to defend themselves, yet the soil struck them so hard that they nearly stumbled.
“Respect. Now tell me, are you still worthy of my respect?” Luochan stood on Gulade as if he were stepping on a mere ant.
Gulade was in so much pain that tears came to his eyes. His body had been altered by vampire blood, making his bones as hard as steel bars, but now he felt as though every bone in his body had been shattered.
“Aargh!” Gulade summoned all his strength and swiped his claws at Luochan’s thigh like a wounded beast, but sparks flew everywhere, and he could not even scratch Luochan’s protective aura.
“I will show you respect!” Luochan lifted his foot and stomped down again.
Instantly the entire ground shook violently, creating a sensation of earth quaking and mountains trembling that made it hard to stay upright.
“Thud.” It sounded like striking a heavenly drum.
“I will give you respect!” Luochan kicked again.
“Thud!”
“Do you still want respect?”
“Thud!”
After several consecutive stomps from Luochan, Li Jiu and the others felt a chill run down their spines.
It was too violent, too terrifying, like an ancient beast trampling its prey.
This level of strength had completely surpassed their imagination. Just moments ago Gulade had dominated the entire arena with overwhelming dominance, but now he was being trampled under Luochan’s foot like a dead dog.
It could be said that Luochan had directly shaken every single one of their souls.
By the time Luochan stopped, Gulade was no longer recognisable as human. If he had not possessed vampire blood, and had been an ordinary person, he would likely have been dead long ago.
“I do not want it anymore. You do not have to respect me. I have lost. I surrender. I yield. Please stop stomping.” Gulade wailed in agony. He was truly terrified by Luochan.
This strength was absolutely close to the Count level, the true power of a vampire expert. It was far beyond anything he could possibly fight against.
“It is too late.” Luochan sneered.
“What do you mean? Are you going to kill me?” Gulade was suddenly shocked.
“I gave you a chance just now.”
“If you dare to kill me, the Count will definitely come personally to kill you!”
“This is a declaration of war against the Western strong!” Gulade threatened.
“Declare war then. I do not care.” Luochan truly did not mind. He actually wanted to see just how powerful those Western experts really were.
“Are you not afraid of sparking a world war?” Gulade roared. This kind of world war was naturally not the ordinary kind fought with guns and cannons.
It was a great war between those who transcended ordinary humans.
“Are you not”
“Bang!”
This time Luochan did not give him another chance. He brought his foot straight down and crushed Gulade completely.
Blood flowed everywhere, staining the dark soil.
This Western expert, who had sworn to sweep through the experts of China, was trampled to death on the spot.
At the same time, inside a massive ancient castle in Europe, a large hall housed a red coffin, with many bats hanging upside down inside it.
Suddenly one of the bats dropped down with a soft thud.
“Who, who dares to kill my envoy?”
Meanwhile on Mount Baihua, Li Meizi quickly ran over to help Li Jiu up. Li Jiu was now feeling extremely embarrassed.
Li Meizi clearly did not know what had happened, and was obviously intending to help her father over to thank Luochan.
But Li Jiu now felt he had no face to show Luochan.
Thinking about what he had said yesterday, Li Jiu wished he could just pretend to faint right away.
At such an old age, it was still the first time he felt his face burning with embarrassment.
Moreover, the stronger one is and the higher one’s rank, the more one cares about matters of face.
Him taking that young man as a disciple?
And offering him a chance?
Thinking about it now, when he had said those words to him back then, the young man must have thought he was a complete idiot, a bloody fool.
Let alone taking him as a disciple. Even if it were reversed, and he begged to be taken as a disciple, he probably would not even be qualified.
But the thing he feared most came true.
“How is it? Still want to take me as your disciple?” Luochan teased.
In an instant, Li Jiu wished he could burrow straight into the dirt. It was far too embarrassing.
How could he have been able to say those words in the first place.
Even Li Meizi paused for a moment, looking at her father in astonishment.
“Dad, have you approached Brother Luochan before?”
“Mr Luo, I am sorry. I did not know you were”
Li Jiu lowered his head. He was too ashamed to finish the sentence.
“Senior, I apologise. Just now I failed to recognise a towering figure, and I offended you. Please forgive me.” Old Man Jin was over a hundred years old, yet now he could only clasp his hands and offer his apologies to Luochan.
He had spoken disrespectfully just now. Although Luochan was not old, his strength alone was enough for everyone to address him as a senior.
Old Man Jin now felt rather awkward about it.
“By the way, Mr Luo, may I ask presumptuously, what is your relationship with that young grandmaster from East China?”
“Could it be that he is your disciple?” Li Jiu forcibly changed the subject. As for apologising to and thanking Luochan, they could deal with that later.
Thinking about his words from yesterday made him feel incredibly restless. If a master of internal energy had told him he would give him a chance and take him as a disciple, he would probably have looked at that person as if they were a fool.
No wonder that after he said that yesterday, the young man had completely ignored him and simply turned around and left.
“I am him. Luo Wuji!”