Chapter 284: I Grant You a Battle

The two old men, Tian Mie and Earth Demon, were, in fact, more nervous than anyone else.

One had his palm crippled, the other his knees. After barely managing to carry out the Heavenly Punishment, they walked over to Qin Tianxuan together.

Usually full of authority, the two old men now looked awkward, their lips trembling as if they wanted to say something but couldn’t get the words out.

Qin Tianxuan lowered his voice. “Do you two seniors want me to remove the seals on you?”

Tian Mie’s mustache twitched as he whispered back, “Do us a favor and get rid of these seals. If you don’t, our reputation will be ruined.”

Earth Demon stroked his chin. “Hurry, before anyone sees. I’ve still got a reputation to uphold!”

Qin Tianxuan casually lifted his hand and tapped out in an instant.

The two elders shuddered. Qin Tianxuan withdrew his hand. “I’m here at the Martial Arts Arena to handle some business. Would you two mind not getting involved later?”

Tian Mie rubbed his palm, which was now fully healed. He muttered an embarrassed “thank you” and turned to leave.

But the old man, Earth Demon, chuckled. “It’s not like we could beat you anyway, so what’s the point of interfering? Thanks for showing mercy. If you’re ever free, come hang out at the War Department Prison. I’ll buy you a drink.”

With that, he turned and rejoined his companion.

On the viewing platform, the face of the Qin Family’s representative turned purple with rage. He roared, “I object!”

Tian Mie and Earth Demon turned coldly. “Object to what?”

“You two old coots are clearly in league with Qin Tianxuan! What Heavenly Punishment? It was all a useless load of crap!”

The corner of the Qin Family representative’s eye twitched, his face contorting with rage.

Tian Mie gave him a cold look, raised his hand, and slammed his restored power into a large tree nearby.

With a CRACK, the tree began to disintegrate from the inside out.

Earth Demon proudly stomped his foot. BOOM! Fifteen cracks spiderwebbed across the ground.

“All you Qin Family members, listen closely! You’d better pray you never fall into our hands. Hmph! Dare to question us, Tian Mie and Earth Demon? We’ll be sure to serve your Qin Family double the Heavenly Punishment!”

Every member of the Qin Family flinched, and their representative was left speechless.

Li Tangsheng stood up weakly. “Qin Tianxuan, that’s enough. I can’t stop you. Just have your duel with Luo Qilin so we can complete this martial arts demonstration. No more fighting and killing!”

SWISH! Qin Tianxuan threw a blood-stained envelope onto the ground.

“Fighting and killing?”

Qin Tianxuan roared, “Last night, the Luo Family was annihilated! My subordinate, Luo Tianying, gravely wounded, risked everything to return with this evidence! The ones who wiped out the Luo Family… there were two of them! Qin Wanchun and Luo Qilin!”

The entire arena fell deathly silent.

One of Huang Tian’s men retrieved the envelope and opened it immediately.

Huang Tian examined the contents: a memory card containing a video, a voice recorder, and a top-secret document.

The video and audio recording captured Luo Qilin personally ordering and directing the massacre.

The top-secret document contained accounting records of transactions between Steward Qin and the assassins!

The evidence was comprehensive and absolutely real.

Huang Tian pushed the evidence over to Prince Lanling.

Li Tangsheng swallowed hard.

He had close ties to the Qin Family and had heard whispers of something just the day before yesterday, but he never imagined it would be a tragedy of this scale.

There was no saving Luo Qilin and Qin Wanchun now.

What was to be done?

Just then, the steward, Qin Wanchun, suddenly rushed forward. “Let me see this so-called evidence!”

Before Li Tangsheng could even react, Qin Wanchun snatched the evidence and stuffed it into his mouth.

He swallowed it all down viciously, then turned and cackled, “Evidence? What evidence? I don’t see any!”

No one could have predicted such a move.

The Night Emperor’s subordinates roared in anger, calling him shameless.

Huang Tian also slammed his hand on the table and shot to his feet.

Qin Wanchun’s face was a mask of shamelessness. “Without evidence, the Daqin Royal Family will protect me! So bring it on! I’m not fucking scared!”

‘Annihilating the Luo Family, controlling Luo Qilin, getting Luo Tianying killed…’

‘None of it mattered.’

Qin Wanchun was brimming with confidence. After all, at least two-thirds of the dignitaries on the viewing platform were on his side.

‘How could he possibly lose?’

He was still cackling when a dark figure appeared before him.

It was Qin Tianxuan.

Qin Wanchun blinked. “Heh, everyone here might be afraid of you, but I’m not. You know why? Because you’re a goddamn mutt! I know your history inside and out. You came crawling to the Qin Family for shelter, and we turned you away. You crawled out like a dog, got yourself poisoned, and then you fucking scuttled away again like the cur you are!”

Qin Wanchun was completely unhinged. “I don’t give a damn if you’re the Night Emperor or Tianxuan! Fuck! In the eyes of the Qin Family, you’ll never be anything more than dirt!”

Qin Tianxuan’s expression was placid as the military spike in his hand gleamed. “Are you done?”

Qin Wanchun shuddered. “You’re going to kill me? In front of the Prince?”

Qin Tianxuan gave a grim smile. “I’m not killing you. I’m retrieving the evidence.”

Qin Wanchun shook his head like a fool. “Evidence? What evidence? I already told you…”

STAB!

Blood sprayed through the air!

Qin Tianxuan leaned down and whispered in his ear, “The evidence is in your stomach. Everyone here saw you swallow it. I’ll say it one more time: I’m not killing you. I’m retrieving the evidence.”

Qin Wanchun’s eyes went wide as he collapsed.

The blood-soaked evidence was retrieved.

This was what Luo Tianying had given his life to secure. It carried the blood and tears of over one hundred and sixty innocent members of the Luo Family.

With a strangled cry, Prince Li Tangsheng fainted dead away, scared out of his wits.

Huang Tian’s face fell. “Tianxuan, you acted too rashly. This… how are we supposed to clean this up?”

Below, the members of the Qin and Ye Families, along with many other high-ranking figures, began roaring and pointing at Qin Tianxuan.

“All of you, shut your mouths!”

Qin Tianxuan spun around. His military spike became a streak of bright light, imbued with an endless killing aura. It shot forward, pierced through all three levels of the viewing platform, and embedded itself, quivering, three meters in front of the Martial Arts Arena’s stage.

“Pass on my order! Anyone, and I mean anyone, who dares to step past this spike is to be killed without mercy!”

“Yes, sir!” The Six Halls and the Ninth Army roared in unison, their response so powerful the entire Martial Arts Arena seemed to shake.

Instant silence.

The power brokers of the Imperial Capital and the representatives of the noble houses all sank back into their seats, trembling, every one of them on pins and needles.

Qin Tianxuan strode onto the stage of the Martial Arts Arena. He pointed a finger at Luo Qilin, whose face was as pale as paper. “Didn’t you want to duel me? I will grant you your fight!”

Luo Qilin was already scared out of his mind.

He knew it was all over.

‘But I never thought Qin Tianxuan would be foolish enough to give me a chance to fight.’

He gritted his teeth and surreptitiously swallowed twelve strange pills he had hidden up his sleeve.

It was his last resort: a drug that would explosively boost his power.

Each pill doubled his strength, but the side effects were terrifying.

After taking twelve in a row, the backlash from the side effects would be unsurvivable.

Fuck!

‘Even if I die, I’m taking this bastard Qin Tianxuan with me! You son of a bitch, you made me lose everything!’

Luo Qilin became a blur, unleashing twelve times his normal power as he launched an attack that stunned the entire crowd.

GASP!

The entire arena was horrified.

Luo Qilin’s power and presence were simply staggering.

‘Can Qin Tianxuan possibly block this…?’

BANG!

CRACK!

ARGH!

In the blink of an eye, three distinct sounds rang out.

The first was the sound of Luo Qilin’s fist being pulverized, his body going limp.

The second was the sound of Luo Qilin’s neck twisting, the whites of his eyes showing.

The third was Luo Qilin’s final gasp as he hit the ground.

The entire exchange took less than a second. At least two-thirds of the spectators couldn’t even see what had happened.

Qin Tianxuan dusted off his sleeves and turned casually. “Send the evidence, along with Luo Qilin and Qin Wanchun, to the Battle Department for judgment. Tell them that I, Qin Tianxuan, have taken care of everything for them. Also, have an iron statue of the traitor Luo forged. It is to kneel before my brother Tianying’s grave in tribute.”

Yes, sir!