When He Cracked on the Spot

Outside the Moon God Palace.

A group of white-clad young women came out, faces full of anger, and surrounded a burly man.

This man was Zhu Tou, the Student of Heaven's Son who had come to challenge Qin Feng.

When Qin Feng had failed to come out and accept his challenge, Zhu Tou had actually smashed the Moon God Palace's gate and cursed their God's Son in the street.

Did he really think he was still in the Great Xia Royal Family, with the Emperor of Great Xia backing him? This was the Yin Moon Dynasty. It wasn't his place, as a Student of Heaven's Son from the Great Xia Royal Family, to run wild here.

"Outrageous!"

The young women from the Moon God Palace wore icy expressions as they drew their swords and pointed them at Zhu Tou.

"What? Qin Feng doesn't dare come out and accept my challenge, so you're going to gang up on me?"

Zhu Tou remained arrogant, not taking them seriously at all.

He was a member of the Great Xia delegation, sent by imperial decree to observe the Yin Moon Dynasty's Death Elimination Tournament, held once every ten years. Killing him, a Student of Heaven's Son, would be tantamount to declaring war on the Great Xia Royal Family.

"The Great Xia delegation thinks it's so impressive? This goddess will go teach him a lesson!"

Zi Yuan clearly couldn't stomach this. She rolled up her sleeves and prepared to fight.

"Wait!"

Qin Feng raised a hand to stop Zi Yuan and said suspiciously, "Do you think there's a chance he's just a pawn in someone else's hands?"

"A pawn?!"

Zi Yuan wasn't stupid. Her slender brows knitted together. "You mean someone's setting a trap for you?!"

"Not for me. They're setting a trap for the Great Xia Aristocratic Families!"

Qin Feng scratched his chin and thought it over. The more he considered it, the more plausible it seemed.

Now that the Emperor of Great Xia had introduced the Students of Heaven's Son, the aristocratic families' Heavenly Prides still appeared to reign supreme on the surface. But in the end, he would surely support the Heavenly Prides from humble backgrounds and replace the aristocratic families' rule.

That left the Emperor of Great Xia with a headache: what to do with all those aristocratic Heavenly Prides? For instance, he could assemble them into a delegation and send them to the Yin Moon Dynasty to observe the Death Elimination Tournament.

If anything went wrong along the way—

The blame would land squarely on the Yin Moon Dynasty. Better yet, if the aristocratic families could be provoked into fighting the Yin Moon Dynasty, the Great Xia Royal Family could reap the benefits.

"A trap for the Great Xia Aristocratic Families?!"

Zi Yuan's little head was full of question marks. She had no idea what Qin Feng was talking about.

"Only one way to find out!"

Qin Feng lightly pushed off the ground and floated out of the Moon God Palace, ready to force the person behind the scenes to show himself. Perhaps it was the Son of Heaven he was looking for.

"Qin Feng! It's Qin Feng!!"

The area outside the Moon God Palace was already packed with people. The moment they saw Qin Feng, they cried out in excitement.

Ever since Qin Feng had shown the world his complete form seven years ago, everyone had wanted to see the fighting prowess of Archaic Era's Number One Heavenly Pride.

Unfortunately, after Qin Feng became the Moon God Palace's God's Son, he had never accepted anyone's challenge.

Today, he was here! He was here! He came strutting in with a swagger!

"Greetings, God's Son!"

The white-clad young women bowed respectfully, their gazes fixed on Qin Feng with unmistakable admiration.

Qin Feng had shed the childishness of his youth. He had inherited his mother's good looks and was now a bona fide handsome man.

With talent that could suppress all ages, and as the only man in the Moon God Palace, he was absolutely the object of every female disciple's fantasies.

"Qin Feng, you finally came out!"

Zhu Tou was so excited he nearly squealed like a pig. A thick surge of energy burst from his body, taking the form of a black wild boar with a sharp snout and tusks. He also waved out a heavy butcher's knife.

Boom!

The butcher's knife slammed into the ground, and the surrounding paving stones instantly shattered.

Qin Feng looked disgusted. "I thought you were some formidable expert. Turns out you're just trash at the fourth level of the Spirit Martial Realm."

"So what if I'm at the fourth level of the Spirit Martial Realm?"

Zhu Tou retorted, unconvinced. "I'm a Student of Heaven's Son. Even at the fourth level of the Spirit Martial Realm, I'm stronger than someone at the ninth level!"

"Mm!"

The people around them nodded in agreement, feeling that Zhu Tou had a point.

But compared to Qin Feng, this Student of Heaven's Son seemed to fall far short. Seven years ago, Qin Feng had already been at the third level of the Transcendent Realm. With his freakish talent, who knew what level he had reached by now?

The Dao Realm?!

Or the Heavenly Sect Realm beyond it!?

"After all that talk, what realm are you at?!"

Zhu Tou asked nervously. He was already prepared to surrender if Qin Feng had broken through to the Dao Realm.

"Ninth level of the Transcendent Realm!"

Qin Feng proudly announced it at the top of his voice, making sure to show off his strength.

The scene fell utterly silent...

Everyone stared at Qin Feng in disbelief, screaming like groundhogs in their hearts.

Damn it!!

He was supposed to be Archaic Era's Number One Heavenly Pride, the one who suppressed all ages! How could he still be only at the ninth level of the Transcendent Realm!?

On average, he'd advanced only one minor level every year or so. What had he been doing all these years? Had he been so lost in the flower bushes at the Moon God Palace that he couldn't tear himself away!?

"Uh..."

Zhu Tou cracked on the spot. He had no idea where Qin Feng got the confidence to look down on him, a fourth-level Spirit Martial Realm cultivator, while only being at the ninth level of the Transcendent Realm.

Qin Feng asked again, "How do you want to fight? One-on-one or a group brawl?"

"Of course one-on-one!" Zhu Tou said, confused.

"Got it!"

Qin Feng gestured to the young women, signaling that they could go one-on-one with Zhu Tou.

Pfft!!

The onlookers spat blood on the spot. A huge "what the hell" surfaced in their minds. This was completely different from how they had imagined Archaic Era's Number One Heavenly Pride showing off his prowess.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

The white-clad young women didn't care whether the fight was fair or not. They only knew to faithfully carry out their God's Son's command. Their sharp swords flashed with ripples as dark as water and thrust toward Zhu Tou.

Zhu Tou shouted furiously, "Qin Feng, you shameless bastard! You said it'd be one-on-one, but now it's a group fight!!"

"That's right. You're one man fighting all of us!"

Qin Feng looked utterly innocent and even bared his teeth to prove he had them.

The onlookers were completely speechless. They hadn't expected Qin Feng to be this kind of person, without even a shred of the idol burden Archaic Era's Number One Heavenly Pride was supposed to have.

Bang!

Zhu Tou was no match for the young women. In just a few moves, they had beaten him to the ground.

"I refuse to accept this!!"

Zhu Tou's face was full of fury.

"What does whether you accept it or not have to do with me?"

Qin Feng rolled his eyes, thinking the man had something wrong with him.

Then he took out a golden abacus even larger than Xiao Bai and began calculating how much Zhu Tou had to pay for damaging the Moon God Palace. The total came to one million High-grade Spirit Stones.

Zhu Tou stared at him in disbelief. "One million? High-grade Spirit Stones, at that? Add up all of you, and you'd be worth one Spirit Stone at most!"

Qin Feng answered with complete sincerity, "That's right. I just want you to pay me another 999,999 High-grade Spirit Stones!"

The entire scene fell silent again.

Damn!

What an honest answer!

For a moment, they didn't even know what to say!

"You're robbing me! I don't have any money!!" Zhu Tou protested fiercely, still putting up a futile struggle.

"No money? That's fine!"

Qin Feng smiled playfully. "You can pay with your body..."