Chen Wen's brow rose involuntarily.
He wanted to see what tricks Ye Chao would try next.
Ye Chao turned toward Chen Wen and said coolly, "After you escaped death by sheer luck six months ago, you should have tucked your tail between your legs and behaved."
"But you don't know what's good for you. You had a chance to scrape out a miserable existence, yet you insisted on coming here to die."
"Since that's the case, I'll send you on your way today."
Chen Wen said flatly, "You spout too much shit. Get down here and die."
Ye Chao's expression chilled. "Insolent!!!"
But he quickly changed tack. "You really aren't worthy of fighting me."
As he spoke, he faced the crowd below and said, "I'm sure you're all wondering what the trials for this Heavenly Mandate Selection will be."
"Originally, the first trial required you to challenge our senior disciples."
"If you could last ten moves against them, you would advance to the second trial."
"But circumstances have changed, so I'll adapt to the situation and alter the rules."
At those words, the participating disciples' brows furrowed slightly.
Murmurs rose all around, growing louder and louder.
Ye Chao spoke again. "He is your opponent. Whoever takes him down will pass the first trial."
As he spoke, he pointed at Chen Wen.
The crowd instantly erupted.
"Holy shit, Ye Chao is shameless. He's clearly borrowing someone else's knife to kill him."
"That's fucking vicious. How is one man supposed to fight five hundred disciples?"
"Even if he really has heaven-defying abilities and takes all these disciples down, he'll still exhaust himself badly, won't he?"
"His biggest enemy is still Ye Chao. What chance will he have after that?"
"Actually, Ye Chao isn't breaking the rules. He's just making clever use of