Chapter 443 441: What Is an Insult?

On the Martial Arts Arena.

Mu Jiu gloated, continuing to taunt him. "Do you want to lose in twenty moves? Ten? How about five?"

"Hahaha, Mu Jiu, go easy on him. Let him last a few more moves."

"He's just an outsider, he doesn't need us to save face for him. Just knock him flat!"

The Mu Family disciples all disliked Luo Tian.

An outsider didn't deserve to enjoy the same treatment as them!

"Even if I gave you ten thousand moves, you still couldn't defeat me."

Luo Tian replied coolly.

The surrounding crowd was shocked. Such arrogance!

Their shock was quickly followed by sneers and disdain.

"Heh, you clueless idiot. I'll beat you in three moves!"

Mu Jiu let out a cold laugh.

SWISH!

The moment he finished speaking, a beam of white light shot out of the void. It contained a terrifying Cold Power, capable of easily piercing the True Essence Shield of a warrior at the Peak of Earth Element Realm Third Layer.

"Mu Jiu's Frost Finger must have reached at least the Ninth-Layer of the Great Achievement Realm."

"It's a real shame that a genius disciple like him can't enter the Cloud Pool."

Two senior members of the Mu Family lamented.

In their eyes, Luo Tian stood no chance.

They felt a surge of satisfaction at the thought of taking back the spot that had been snatched by Mu Yunshi.

SWOOSH!

On the Martial Arts Arena, a blur flickered, and the beam of white light missed its mark.

"Hm? He's pretty fast at running away!"

Mu Jiu was slightly surprised but paid it no mind.

'The most important aspect of a Finger Technique attack is accuracy. I've practiced this thousands of times. Even against a high-speed target, I'd miss at most two or three times out of a hundred!'

He focused his mind, determined to lock onto Luo Tian, win in a single blow, and astound the entire audience!

WHOOSH! WHOOSH!

A gale swept across the arena, but Luo Tian's figure was nowhere to be seen, as if he had vanished from the stage entirely.

"Such a fast Body Technique!" one of the outsider geniuses exclaimed in amazement.

Jiya'Er's eyes sparkled. The Body Technique Luo Tian was displaying now was even faster than when they had first met.

"No matter how fast your Body Technique is, you can't escape my Finger Technique!"

Mu Jiu roared and suddenly unleashed his Finger Technique.

SWISH!

A sharp, ice-cold streak of white light cut through the void, only to hit empty air once more.

"Damn it!"

Mu Jiu activated his own Body Technique, his figure becoming graceful and swift as he pursued Luo Tian's trail.

'I actually can't catch up!'

Mu Jiu was inwardly stunned.

'The Body Technique I practice is the Mu Family's Celestial Level Body Technique! How can I not be fast enough?'

He didn't know that Luo Tian also cultivated a Celestial Level Body Technique and was already halfway to the Perfect Realm, while his own had only just reached the Small Success Realm.

The difference between them was as wide as a chasm.

SWISH!

Mu Jiu unleashed his third finger strike. The result was the same—he hadn't even touched the hem of Luo Tian's clothes.

Three moves, and all had missed.

The audience fell completely silent.

WHOOSH! WHOOSH!

On the Martial Arts Arena, two figures flickered in and out of sight, their movements a dizzying blur.

This continued for some time, yet Mu Jiu still couldn't lay a single finger on Luo Tian.

"I told you, even with ten thousand moves, you could never defeat me!"

Luo Tian's calm voice echoed.

Mu Jiu's face turned dark with rage, his cheeks burning with humiliation.

He had boasted he would defeat Luo Tian in three moves, but all three had missed, and now more than a dozen moves had passed.

"You damned scoundrel! If you have any guts, fight me head-on! I'll make your defeat too gruesome to watch!" Mu Jiu bellowed, his voice filled with fury.

"Heh, are you sure you want to face me directly?"

Luo Tian chuckled softly.

SWOOSH!

Suddenly, Mu Jiu felt a chill down his spine. Luo Tian's figure materialized behind him. Divine Vein Cold Power surged forth, releasing a wave of ethereal blue Cold Current.

Even Mu Jiu, a cultivator of an Ice Element Technique, felt his entire body turn freezing cold, his limbs growing stiff!

THWACK!

The next moment, a sharp pain shot through his rear. With a blood-curdling shriek, he was sent flying off the Martial Arts Arena, landing face-first in the dirt.

Many in the crowd couldn't bear to watch the scene of Mu Jiu's defeat.

It was too pathetic, too humiliating!

He had boasted of defeating Luo Tian in three moves, yet he hadn't even laid a scratch on him. Instead, he was toyed with before being defeated in such a disgraceful manner.

Jiya'Er's pretty face flushed slightly. 'Why did Luo Tian kick Mu Jiu... there?'

"Mu Jiu... actually lost!"

"How is that kid's Body Technique so fast?"

The faces of the Mu Family disciples were etched with disbelief.

A shadow fell over Mu Ze's face.

'In my plan, this part should have been a sure thing, but Mu Jiu lost!'

The senior members of the Mu Family all fell silent.

"Heh heh, the spot for my disciple isn't so easy to steal!"

Mu Yunshi's slightly smug remark made the expressions of some senior members even uglier.

"Luo Tian, you bastard! You just relied on the speed of your Body Technique and didn't fight me head-on! You ambushed me from behind!"

The defeated Mu Jiu, his heart filled with resentment, tried to make excuses for himself.

"You are not qualified to fight me,"

Luo Tian stated calmly.

He had absolutely no interest in fighting Mu Jiu; he had merely been toying with him.

"You! You!"

Mu Jiu was so furious he was rendered speechless.

The Mu Family was one of the strongest powers in the Celestial Mountain Realm. As one of their geniuses, he had always been looked up to and praised.

Yet Luo Tian, a country bumpkin from some minor realm, had the audacity to say he wasn't qualified to fight him!

"Insolence! You win one match and suddenly you think you're better than everyone! How dare you look down on and insult a disciple of the Mu Family!"

A dark-faced man bellowed.

Luo Tian scoffed.

'I was just telling the truth, and he accuses me of looking down on others? I wonder who's the real snob here.'

Luo Tian couldn't be bothered to argue and turned to leave the stage.

But the senior members and disciples of the Mu Family could no longer sit still.

Luo Tian was too arrogant!

With so many outsider geniuses watching, they had to make Luo Tian bow his head and apologize! Otherwise, they would lose face.

"Stop right there! You think you can just walk away after humiliating a disciple of the Mu Family?"

The dark-faced man shouted again.

"I'm not allowed to leave? Are you trying to challenge me?"

Luo Tian retorted.

The dark-faced man had been too embarrassed to suggest it himself, but since Luo Tian had called him out, he went along with it. "That's right! I'm going to teach you that there are always bigger fish in the sea, and that a person shouldn't be so arrogant!"

Luo Tian turned and stood firm on the Martial Arts Arena.

The Mu Family was going too far. He had already won one match, and now a second challenger had appeared, yet the senior members of the Mu Family did nothing to stop it.

In fact, the dark-faced man's challenge might have even been secretly encouraged by one of the Mu Family seniors!

'I was lenient before,' Luo Tian thought, 'I already gave the Mu Family enough face.'

"I hope you have the skill to back that up! Because this time, I plan on *truly* humiliating a disciple of the Mu Family!"

Luo Tian said with a cold smile.

Hearing this, the expressions of the Mu Family disciples and senior members shifted.

Luo Tian's audacity was truly growing by the second!

"Since Luo Tian has accepted the challenge, then, Mu Qiyuan, you may challenge him," the Grand Elder announced.

"Not so fast," Luo Tian began. "If I lose, I forfeit my spot. If you lose, you should also have to put something on the line. That's only fair, right?"

He no longer intended to be polite with the Mu Family.

"Me, lose?"

The dark-faced man couldn't help but scoff. His Cultivation was at the Earth Element Realm Fourth Layer, and he was already one of the ten pre-selected candidates for a spot!

"If I lose, the spot is yours!" the dark-faced man said casually, not entertaining the slightest possibility of defeat.

Even if Luo Tian's Body Technique was fast, he must have consumed a great deal of energy in the previous fight.

'My Cultivation is far superior, and I have such a huge advantage. How could I possibly lose?'

"Fine!"

Luo Tian didn't object; the stakes were the same on both sides.

"Brother Qiyuan, you must avenge me!" Mu Jiu yelled from offstage.

So, the two were very close friends.

"Mountain-Opening Palm!"

The dark-faced man launched a thunderous attack.

The very air seemed to howl, forming a terrifying momentum that accompanied the dark-faced man's Palm Technique, crushing down with overwhelming, imperious force!

A massive Palm Seal descended, its attack range enormous, designed to prevent Luo Tian from dodging.

However, Luo Tian had no intention of dodging.

"Cold Wind Palm!"

He activated his Celestial Furnace Treasure Body, mobilized about forty percent of his Divine Vein Cold Power, and unleashed a screaming, ice-cold gale!

The two supremely powerful Palm Techniques collided.

The surface of the massive Palm Seal was instantly covered in a layer of frost.

Immediately after, the frost-covered giant palm was pierced and shattered by an immense force, sending shards of ice flying in all directions.

"Hm?"

The dark-faced man looked astonished.

'My Palm Technique specializes in direct, overpowering assaults. How did Luo Tian shatter it head-on?'

"Finally decided to stop dodging? That was just a casual strike. From now on, I won't be holding back!"

The dark-faced man's expression grew grim.

BOOM! BOOM!

He unleashed two consecutive palm strikes, each more powerful than the last, their momentum grand and majestic!

A sharp glint flashed in Luo Tian's eyes. Instead of retreating, he advanced, charging forward to meet the dark-faced man's Palm Technique head-on.

BOOM!

An explosion rocked the stage. The dark-faced man's two palm strikes were shattered once more.

"How can this be?"

The dark-faced man was becoming flustered.

"Mountain-Splitting Earth-Rupturing!"

He unleashed his finishing move, leaping into the sky and striking downward with a shadowy palm. A vast shadow fell over the Martial Arts Arena.

Around the Martial Arts Arena, both the outsider geniuses and the Mu Family disciples felt an immense, invisible pressure.

"What a powerful Palm Technique! As expected of a Mu Family genius!"

"Even I would have a hard time blocking that palm strike," Ji Yuanqing said, his expression grim.

And yet Luo Tian, facing this palm, remained utterly unfazed. Once again, instead of retreating, he advanced, actively meeting the finishing move head-on!

'Is he trying to get himself killed?' Many people had the same thought.

But then, an incredibly shocking scene unfolded!

BOOM!

Luo Tian met the attack with a palm of his own. He wasn't sent flying; instead, he shattered the dark-faced man's technique!

His Divine Vein Power erupted, releasing a bone-chilling, ethereal cold that seemed to freeze all creation!

The combination of supreme Cold Power and terrifying strength obliterated the dark-faced man's finishing move!

"What?"

The dark-faced man could no longer maintain his composure, utterly flabbergasted!

'My finishing move, "Mountain-Splitting Earth-Rupturing," was shattered in a direct clash? How is that possible? Is Luo Tian really only at the Earth Element Realm Second Peak?'

In his field of vision,

Luo Tian was rapidly closing in, and the dark-faced man began to panic.

He was still in mid-air. Knowing Luo Tian's speed, he knew he couldn't escape.

His expression hardened. He decided to attack head-on, banking on a battle of attrition against Luo Tian.

BANG! CRASH!

A violent explosion erupted in mid-air as the two clashed at close range.

The next instant, the dark-faced man's figure was sent hurtling away.

"Oh no, Mu Qiyuan is about to lose!"

A Mu Family disciple cried out. The others around him were also stunned, their faces masks of disbelief.

SWOOSH!

Luo Tian instantly closed the distance to the dark-faced man and slapped him across the face.

Luo Tian's strength was terrifying. The dark-faced man was slapped into a stupor, dizzy and seeing stars.

Without giving the dark-faced man time to recover, Luo Tian closed in again and sent another slap his way.

SLAP! SLAP! SLAP!

The crisp sound of slapping echoed, piercing and utterly shocking!

This was the Mu Family's territory. And here was Luo Tian, an outsider, slapping one of the Mu Family's top geniuses across the face, again and again, right in front of all their senior members.

What was humiliation?

Luo Tian was demonstrating it with his actions!