On the way back to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
Yu Tianheng, who had been knocked unconscious, gradually came around.
"A sneak attack! She ambushed me!"
As Yu Tianheng spoke, his arms instinctively rose to block.
"Enough with the sneak attacks."
"We're on our way back to the clan."
Yu Tianxin's voice drifted over.
Hearing him, Yu Tianheng shook his head to clear it, then looked at the bustling street. Finally, his gaze settled on Yu Tianxin. When he realized his cousin was completely unharmed, confusion appeared in his eyes.
"Cousin, you're actually all right?"
Yu Tianheng pulled away from Yu Tianxin's supporting arm.
"Why wouldn't I be?"
Yu Tianxin reached down and flicked the hem of his clothes.
"Didn't we go there to challenge her together?"
"You're about as strong as I am, so why aren't you hurt at all?"
Confusion filled Yu Tianheng's eyes.
"Oh..."
"That's perfectly normal. I didn't fight her."
"Our challenges were supposed to be one-on-one, of course. But she'd already fought you first. If I'd stepped in afterward, wouldn't that have been wearing her down with consecutive fights? Even if I won, it wouldn't have been an honorable victory."
"I'm an upright, honorable man. I couldn't do something like that."
"Besides, watching your fight gave me my answer. The information going around was pretty much accurate. Even if I fought her, I couldn't win. At most, I'd only last fifteen minutes longer than you."
Yu Tianxin spoke with righteous conviction, looking every bit the gentleman.
And he hadn't been making things up about lasting fifteen minutes longer.
Judging by the fifteen-minute, one-sided beating Bai Wanwan had given Yu Tianheng, Yu Tianxin was certain that, at the same intensity, she definitely couldn't beat him to death within half an hour.
A fight was a