Gulad’s shouting made everyone present clench their fists tightly, yet they dared not act out.
In the face of absolute strength, there are times when one can only harbour anger in silence.
“What will it be?” Gulad asked, looking at Li Jiu with a cold smile.
“Either give it to me, or I will go and kill every single one of them!”
This was coercion, and even more so, a humiliation.
If it became known that the number one expert on the Huaxia Heavenly Dragon List had been defeated, the whole world would likely laugh at them.
Unless they could invite some powerful cultivation practitioners to settle the score.
But such practitioners were hard to find, and they rarely concerned themselves with mortal affairs, so where could one look?
Li Jiu hesitated.
“Hmph, do you really think Huaxia has no one left?” the grandmaster from Shanxi snorted coldly, stepping forward.
His momentum was imposing, standing there like an ancient pine tree.
“I will come and experience your supreme skills myself!”
“Go back quickly!” Li Jiu suddenly turned his head and shouted.
The gap between a grandmaster and the Transformation Realm was worlds apart.
Moreover, this Gulad was also a cultivation practitioner.
Although Li Jiu had already shouted the warning, it was too late.
Gulad smiled contemptuously, suddenly struck out with a palm, and directly unleashed an air cannon.
“Bang!” The invisible air cannon instantly struck the grandmaster, who exploded in that very moment.
Blood splattered across the ground.
The entire area fell silent once more.
What kind of power was this?
It had reached a supernatural level, and a grandmaster could not even block a single strike?
“Hand it over or die?” Gulad walked slowly towards Li Jiu, still maintaining his elegant and gentlemanly demeanour, but it was clear he had lost his final patience and was ready to kill.
“Grandmaster Li, we would rather die than let others pry into our heritage.”
“These are things left by our ancestors, how could they be easily passed on to outsiders?”
“At worst, we all perish here today!” many declared one after another, after all, they were all influential figures in their own right, with fierce temperaments, and would simply not bow to humiliation.
“Then do not blame me.”
“Wait.” Suddenly, a slightly young yet somewhat deep voice rang out.
Everyone looked towards the sound and saw a young man standing at the edge, looking utterly relaxed with a cigarette dangling from his mouth. He slowly blew out a ring of smoke, seemingly completely oblivious to the tense and dangerous atmosphere.
“I will give you a chance, leave now, and you will still make it in time.” Luo Chen said slowly.
These words immediately stunned everyone else, especially Old Jin standing beside Luo Chen, who looked at him with clear disbelief.
“Is every young person in Huaxia this impolite?” Gulad also looked at Luo Chen, but upon realising that the one who had just spoken was him, he felt as though he had been insulted.
After all, he had just defeated the most powerful person here, should he not be shown a little respect as a strong fighter?
When Li Jiu saw that it was Luo Chen who had spoken, he immediately became anxious.
He was just about to open his mouth to say something when, unexpectedly, Luo Chen spoke again.
“It seems you have no intention of leaving.” Luo Chen casually tossed his unfinished cigarette butt to the ground and then walked towards Gulad.
“Go back, what are you coming over for?” Li Jiu suddenly shouted loudly.
Although he had warned Luo Chen the day before, he had always regarded him as a junior, and harboured no ill will.
Seeing Luo Chen step forward at this moment, he naturally had to stop him.
“I came to save you.” Luo Chen pointed at Li Meizi, meaning that she had asked him to step in and rescue him.
“Nonsense, go back immediately.” Li Jiu shouted again.
“Young man, come back quickly.” Old Jin also shouted from behind, and although he was rather displeased with Luo Chen’s recent words and actions, they were all Huaxia people after all, all on the same side, so he naturally did not want to just watch this young man throw his life away.
“Do you not understand the situation, or do you not realise what you are doing right now?” Li Jiu grew somewhat frantic.
Even a grandmaster fell to a single palm strike, and he, who was known as the number one on the Huaxia Heavenly Dragon List, could not defeat this opponent, yet you now dare to arrogantly claim you will save me?
So many grandmaster level figures and experts present had not stepped forward again, yet you, Luo Chen, step up?
With Gulad’s skills, he could probably reduce you to mincemeat with a single finger.
“Young man, you are still young, your life ahead is long, do not ruin yourself!” Old Jin called out from behind.
“Mr Gulad, he is just a child, he does not know any better.” Li Jiu spoke again, truly fearing that Gulad might suddenly strike.
When that happened, even he would not be able to save Luo Chen.
“Although he is just a child, he just insulted me, showing no proper respect for a stronger fighter.” Gulad was currently preparing to assert his authority.
Seeing a greenhorn step forward and speak so brazenly, he had naturally grown quite angry.
“Respect for the strong?” Luo Chen asked in return.
“It does not exist, respect is something that will simply not happen in this lifetime.” Luo Chen shook his head, still looking utterly relaxed.
“Because”
“You do not yet have the qualification to be respected by me!”
“You are not worthy!”
“You are seeking death!” Gulad felt a surge of rage rise in his chest and was thoroughly enraged.
Li Jiu stared at Luo Chen in shock, it was over, Luo Chen would undoubtedly die today.
Even he dared not speak to Gulad like that, yet Luo Chen actually dared to scorn him so openly.
Yesterday when you acted arrogant towards me, I could treat you as a junior and not hold it against you, but in this setting today, acting arrogant towards Gulad, is that not courting death too slowly?
Everyone else present also changed expression, this bloody thing was not courage, it was sheer stupidity.
Where did this reckless fool come from?
But it was already too late, Gulad had already made his move.
Appearing before Luo Chen like lightning, he did not want to slap the young man to death in one blow, but rather teach him a lesson first, cool his temper, and then kill him.
So Gulad raised his arm and slapped directly towards Luo Chen’s face.
He had deliberately controlled the force of this slap so it would not be enough to kill Luo Chen.
However, everyone, including Gulad, was stunned to discover that Luo Chen also raised his arm and slapped directly back at him.
Both arms raised at the same time, whoever was faster would strike first, but with Gulad’s ghostly speed and skills, even Yu Xinghe could not match him, yet you, Luo Chen, dared to strike him?
“Bang!”
The next moment, everyone showed expressions of sheer horror, Gulad flew backwards in an instant, like a cannonball, and crashed directly into a large boulder, shattering it completely.
“Cough…” Gulad coughed violently, his eyes revealing extreme shock, his ears ringing, looking at Luo Chen in utter disbelief, five clear finger marks were now visible on his face.
Especially since his complexion was already deathly pale and completely devoid of colour, the slap mark was now even more obvious.
“Respect?”