"What? Just ten thousand slaps and a kneeling apology, and we let this pack of dogs of his go? That's way too easy on them."
"Exactly. We can't let them off so lightly. Today, not one of them leaves unscathed. Anyone wearing an Asura Division armband is getting what's coming to them. Otherwise, they'll really think our Junior Sister Tao is a pushover."
"Oh, come on, don't be like that — don't go too far. Like you said, Senior Brother Bai, we're all fellow disciples. So how about this..."
"Have this Chu Feng slap himself a hundred thousand times, then kowtow ten thousand times to every single one of us here, and we'll be generous enough to let it slide."
Bai Yunxiao, Zhao Jingang, Qi Yanyu, Ben Leihu, and their cohorts not only rejected Chu Feng's request but proceeded to humiliate him from the side as well. After the verbal thrashing, they burst into laughter, dripping with mockery.
At first it was just them laughing, then their followers joined in, and before long even a number of the onlooking disciples started kissing up and heaping scorn on Chu Feng.
That laughter was nails on a chalkboard — infuriating. Nearly every member of the Asura Division was grinding their teeth, fists clenched tight, veins bulging, rage burning through every part of their bodies. Indescribable fury, churning and ready to erupt at any moment.
Under these circumstances, the members of the Asura Division began exchanging meaningful glances and secretly communicating through voice transmission. They requested permission from Chu Feng to strike first and teach these people a lesson. Even if they lost, they'd go down fighting — at the very least, they wouldn't let themselves be trampled on.
"Ha ha ha ha..."
"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha..."
"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha...…………"
But what no one expected was that just as every member of the Asura Division was seething and preparing to fight to the death, their leader — Chu Feng — burst into laughter himself.
Chu Feng's laughter was piercing. Louder, more forceful, more unhinged than anyone else's present.
His laughter froze everyone in their tracks. They stood there bewildered, completely at a loss.
"What's he laughing at?"
"Did he scare himself silly?" Puzzled, some began mocking Chu Feng.
But Chu Feng paid them no attention. Instead, his laughter grew ever louder, ever stranger. His expression began to shift as well — lightning flickered in his eyes, and a bone-chilling aura surged outward from his body.
At this, every expression in the crowd changed. The laughter died.
In that moment, across all that vast space, only Chu Feng's laughter echoed.
Though it seemed incomprehensible, Zhao Jingang, Qi Yanyu, Ben Leihu, and the others felt a creeping unease — even dread. For the first time, facing him head-on, they truly sensed how fearsome Chu Feng was.
"What are you laughing at?" Finally, Tao Xiangyu pointed at Chu Feng and demanded.
"I'm laughing at how you don't know when to quit — how you're courting your own deaths." Suddenly, Chu Feng's laughter ceased, and his razor-sharp gaze swept across the crowd.
"Truly arrogant. For that attitude alone, not a single person from your Asura Division is walking out of here in one piece today." Ben Leihu, being a demon beast, let out a furious roar. His eyes turned blood red as he lunged directly at Chu Feng.
As the Beast King Division's leader, Ben Leihu's attack was no trivial matter. Though he had only just moved, an enormous wave of pressure was already bearing down on Chu Feng and his people.
Chu Feng and Bai Ruochen could handle it, but Wang Wei and the others were in real trouble. They finally realized the chasm between themselves and their enemy — if it came to blows, it would be nothing short of throwing eggs against a rock.
Though they had already resolved to fight to the death, at this moment they instinctively retreated behind Chu Feng and Bai Ruochen.
*Buzz* — Yet, facing Ben Leihu's charge, Chu Feng merely smiled coldly. With a mere thought, a barrier gate materialized before him.
*BOOM~~~~~~~* The moment the gate opened, a torrent of dark energy surged from within. As waves of power ripped through the air, Ben Leihu was blasted backward, sent crashing into the crowd. Countless disciples were sent flying, grievously wounded — the picture of utter misery.
"Everyone, be careful — that's the Asura World Spirit!" Seeing this, Tao Xiangyu hurriedly shouted a warning. Having suffered its wrath before, she knew better than anyone how terrifying the being behind that barrier gate truly was.
And at that moment, those who had been on the verge of attacking froze where they stood, nervously watching the barrier gate.