The referee frowned slightly and fixed Li Donghai with an unfriendly look.
"Li Donghai, do you object to my judgment?"
"No!" Meeting the referee's sharp gaze, Li Donghai immediately sobered up. If he kept making a scene, he would be violating the Arena rules, and the referee would have the right to intervene.
This referee was a formal Martial Artist!
"Since that is the case, do you admit defeat?"
"I admit it!" Though Li Donghai was deeply unwilling, he could only swallow his humiliation and concede.
Then, he looked at Chen Mo.
"Chen Mo, if you have the guts, compete with me again. I didn't perform well just now!"
"I'm a Seventh-grade Martial Artist, and my swordsmanship has reached Major Accomplishment. How could I possibly lose so easily?"
"No."
Chen Mo shook his head firmly.
"You! Then what will it take for you to agree?" Li Donghai felt stifled. He actually had to beg Chen Mo.
He had completely overlooked the fact that he was no match for Chen Mo. If Chen Mo could instantly defeat him once, he could instantly defeat him a second time.
"Fifty thousand. Give me another fifty thousand, and I'll compete with you again!"
Naturally, he would not let such a chance to fleece a rich fool slip away.
"Fine, I'll pay!"
"You agreed to this voluntarily! Referee, please bear witness for us."
The referee smiled and nodded. "Of course. Go sign the agreement in the Rest Area!"
Both of them nodded.
The spectators below the Arena were all martial arts practitioners, and their hearing was sharp. Naturally, they had heard Chen Mo and the others' conversation.
Hearing that they were going to fight again, the people who had been preparing to leave stopped in their tracks.
At that moment, Jiang Tao saw that Zhang He and Yang Hu still wore disbelieving expressions, and his mood brightened considerably.
He walked over to the two of them and said with a smile,
"Well? Your big brother was instantly defeated by Chen Mo! What do you have to say now?"
"Jiang Tao, don't get cocky! Didn't you hear Brother Donghai? Chen Mo only won because he launched a sneak attack! A despicable man like Chen Mo is utterly hateful!"
"Exactly! Brother Donghai wasn't ready yet. Otherwise, Chen Mo would have been knocked flat long ago! Don't get smug. Brother Donghai will definitely teach Chen Mo how to behave in a moment!"
Zhang He and Yang Hu craned their necks as they argued back. No matter what, they refused to believe that Li Donghai had lost.
"Hahaha..." Jiang Tao could not help laughing. "A sneak attack? I saw everything clearly. Li Donghai attacked first, while Chen Mo struck later yet arrived first. How was that a sneak attack?"
"Was Chen Mo supposed to wait for Li Donghai's attack to hit him before launching a sneak attack?"
"You! Bullshit!" The two were left speechless, burning with shame and anger. They hurriedly moved away from Jiang Tao and stopped talking to him.
Jiang Tao did not bother making a fool of himself by continuing to mock them. Instead, he looked toward the Arena.
By then, Chen Mo and Li Donghai had already signed the agreement and completed the transfer.
"Do you need to rest? Will you begin now, or in ten minutes?"
"Now!" Li Donghai spoke first. He could not wait to teach Chen Mo a lesson.
"I have no problem!" Chen Mo was already starving. The sooner this was over, the sooner he could eat!
With one hundred thousand deposited into his account, he was going to have a feast later!
"Alright! Then go to the Arena!"
The three of them then headed for the Arena.
The two stood in their original positions again. The referee glanced at them.
"Are you ready?"
The two drew their weapons at the same time and answered in unison, "Ready!"
"The Arena battle begins!"
As soon as the words fell, the two moved.
At the same time, no one noticed Li Mengxue suddenly appear at one of the entrances to the Arena hall.
Catching sight of the two people fighting on the Arena, she subconsciously looked over, only to see Chen Mo suddenly change his move at the instant he clashed with Li Donghai and defeat him.
"Basic Saber Technique at the Perfection Realm?" She was slightly surprised. She had naturally seen Basic Martial Techniques at the Perfection Realm before, but seeing someone so young cultivate one to Perfection still startled her.
One had to know that her Basic Swordplay was still a hair away from Perfection. She had trained for several months without making any progress.
Even among the descendants of martial arts Lineages, no one had cultivated a Basic Martial Technique to Perfection.
Because they had stronger Cultivation Methods, they naturally did not pay much attention to Basic Martial Techniques.
So, even if she wanted to exchange experiences, there was no one to exchange them with.
Actually, if she wanted to, her Lineage's influence could certainly find someone whose Basic Martial Technique had reached Perfection. However, they were all quite old, and every bit of experience they shared relied on time wearing away at stone—at least several years, at most several decades of training, before reaching Perfection.
Such time-consuming methods were of little use to her.
She was a martial arts genius. Naturally, she would not waste time grinding away like that.
Now that she had seen someone her own age cultivate a Basic Martial Technique to Perfection, her heart itched, and she wanted to exchange pointers with him.
But seeing so many people around, she gave up and turned to leave.
The spectators were once again stunned, so naturally no one noticed Li Mengxue, who had lingered only briefly.
At that moment, the referee spoke again: "Chen Mo wins!"
"Thank you, Referee!" Chen Mo bowed slightly in gratitude.
The referee smiled. "No need to be polite! By the way, Chen Mo, if you're interested, you can apply to be a sparring partner at our martial arts gym. The pay is quite good!"
Seeing that Chen Mo wore nothing but ordinary mass-market clothes, he guessed Chen Mo's family circumstances were not very good. Otherwise, Chen Mo would not have demanded one hundred thousand from Li Donghai!
It was also his first time seeing such a young man cultivate a Basic Martial Technique to a level carrying a trace of Perfection. Thus, he wanted to form a good connection with Chen Mo.
That was why he suggested that Chen Mo apply to be a sparring partner.
However, since he had yet to determine whether Chen Mo was worth investing in, he did not recommend him further.
"I'll consider it. Thank you!" Chen Mo thanked him again, memorizing the name Wang Yun on the referee's badge before taking his leave.
Chen Mo did not arrogantly assume that this Martial Artist had taken a fancy to him, so he had no intention of currying favor. Leaving directly was the best choice.
Li Donghai still stood dumbly on the Arena, unable to recover for a long time.
He kept thinking about how he could have lost to Chen Mo.
No matter how hard he thought, he could not understand it!
"Li Donghai, the Arena battle is over. Leave at once!"
Hearing the referee's voice, Li Donghai immediately snapped awake.
"Alright, I'll leave right away!"
When he inadvertently caught sight of the spectators below, who had yet to leave, his face flushed bright red.
He had utterly disgraced himself!
He did not dare linger and hurried off the Arena.
The moment he stepped down, he saw several students surrounding Chen Mo and asking him questions.
Li Donghai's expression turned even uglier. He instinctively stopped, wanting to avoid them.
His heart was filled with both grievance and fury.
He recalled the battle just now. Chen Mo's saber had been too fast—so fast that he could not react in time.
Li Donghai finally realized that he was no match for Chen Mo.
Chen Mo was not a Fifth-grade Martial Disciple at all, and his saber technique had not reached Minor Accomplishment. It had reached Major Accomplishment, and its realm was even higher than his Major Accomplishment swordsmanship.
Clearly, Chen Mo had deceived him!
So Jiang Tao had not been boasting when he said Chen Mo's saber technique had reached Perfection?
No!
Li Donghai immediately rejected the thought. Chen Mo's saber technique had definitely not reached Perfection. At most, it had reached Major Accomplishment, only at a slightly higher realm than his.
This Chen Mo had done it on purpose! He had hidden his strength just to swindle him out of one hundred thousand!
At the thought of one hundred thousand, his heart bled.
Li Donghai was just thinking of finding Chen Mo to throw out a few harsh words when he looked up and discovered that Chen Mo had already vanished!
His expression immediately became uglier than if he had eaten shit.
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