The sound of slaps rang through the grand hall like firecrackers.
Anyone who had just arrived and didn't understand the situation would surely be shocked to see this scene.
Yuhua Hualong, a sixth-grade True Immortal, was kneeling before a first-grade True Immortal, allowing the first-grade True Immortal to slap him repeatedly without saying a word. It was truly baffling.
However, in reality, even with all the strength he could muster, Li Xiang — a mere first-grade True Immortal — posed absolutely no threat to Yuhua Hualong.
Such was the wonder of the martial cultivation realm. When the gap in strength was this vast, you simply lacked the ability to so much as wound your opponent.
And it was precisely this enormous gap that drove cultivators to pursue ever higher realms of martial cultivation at any cost.
Yet, even though Yuhua Hualong couldn't feel the slightest pain, one could only imagine his cheeks burning with shame.
What he had lost today was his dignity.
For him, this was an utter humiliation.
Ten thousand slaps was no small number.
Fortunately, Li Xiang struck quickly, so in the span of just a few moments, all ten thousand slaps had landed on Yuhua Hualong's face.
And after all ten thousand slaps, not a single mark appeared on Yuhua Hualong's face — only fury.
Li Xiang's palms, on the other hand, had turned bright red and swollen like steamed buns.
Yet in that moment, Li Xiang felt absolutely wonderful.
Written across his face were two words: *satisfaction*.
Once the ten thousand slaps were over, the Ancient Snake Clan elder released Yuhua Hualong.
At that moment, Yuhua Hualong was like a volcano on the verge of eruption. The way he stared at Li Xiang, one could tell he wished he could tear the man apart with his bare teeth.
But he had to restrain himself. He knew full well that if he made a move against Li Xiang here, the Ancient Snake Clan elder would not let him off easily.
After all, the moment that Ancient Snake Clan elder had stepped forward to uphold justice, he had already made his position clear — the elder was siding with
It was precisely because he was seething with rage but couldn't unleash it that Yuhua Hualong felt so suffocated.
"Boy, remember this — today, you've done something you shouldn't have."
"The day will come when you regret it."
Yuhua Hualong pointed at Li Xiang and snarled the words through gritted teeth.
"Heh." Li Xiang let out a mocking laugh, then spoke to Yuhua Hualong with absolute confidence: "You remember this too — what I did today was the single most satisfying thing I've ever done. I'm never going to regret it."
"Fine."
After uttering those words through clenched teeth, Yuhua Hualong shot Li Xiang one final venomous look, his gaze brimming with threats.
But he said nothing more. Instead, he turned around and went to stand alongside Yuhua Tingyi and
Right now, the faces of both Yuhua Hualong and Yuhua Tingyi were twisted into something almost monstrous — so savage they were hardly recognizable as human. They looked more like beasts hungering to devour someone whole.
Their eyes burned with intense fury. Anyone could see just how enraged and unwilling they were.
And because of that, even though many people wanted to mock Yuhua Hualong and Yuhua Tingyi, few dared say a word aloud. They whispered among themselves through secret voice transmissions.
However, just because most people feared Yuhua Hualong and Yuhua Tingyi didn't mean everyone did.
The
They called them fools who had overestimated themselves, who had brought their own humiliation upon their own heads.
And really, that was no exaggeration. After all, it was Yuhua Tingyi who had proposed the chess match in the first place. Yuhua Tingyi who had set the wager. Yuhua Tingyi who had even suggested slaps as the stakes.
The humiliation they now suffered was entirely of their own making.
And faced with the Chu Heavenly Clan's taunts, let alone Yuhua Hualong and Yuhua Tingyi — even someone like Han Yu, one of the rare geniuses of the Grand Azure Upper Realm, couldn't muster a response.
So they seethed, and the more they thought about it, the more suffocated they became.
"Young Master Han Yu."
Just then, a gentle voice rang out.
The moment that voice reached his ears, Han Yu's spirit stirred and he immediately perked up.
Because that voice belonged to
"Miss Xia, is something the matter?" A courteous smile spread across Han Yu's face.
"I've heard that Young Master Han Yu's skill in chess is also quite exceptional. And we've all had the chance to witness Young Master Chu Feng's chess abilities. Why not have a friendly match with him?"
"I'm sure that if the two of you were to compete, it would be absolutely spectacular — and it would give us all a real treat to watch," Xia Yun'er said.
"That wretched girl — how can she be so detestable? Does she just hate seeing you do well?"
"Just because you took a bit of her heaven and earth energy, is that really reason enough for her to despise you this much?"
The moment Xia Yun'er finished speaking, Queen Beside Chu Feng puffed her little cheeks in fury.
Because Xia Yun'er had truly gone too far. Ever since they had arrived, she had done nothing but stir up conflict between Chu Feng and Han Yu.