"How about a match?"
Olivia's words instantly made Linley the center of attention.
Tens of thousands of people in the plaza turned their gazes toward Linley.
"Who's that boy?"
"Beats me. Why would Olivia challenge him?"
"From what Olivia said, it sounds like the boy just looked down on him?"
"Looks like he's no more than fourteen or fifteen."
"Has Olivia gone crazy? Challenging a child?"
"..."
Linley paid no attention to the murmuring around him.
He hadn't expected Olivia to actually hear his quiet grumble.
Wharton, standing beside him, tightened his grip on Linley's right hand. "Big brother, he's scary!"
"Big brother Linley." Nade hid behind him, too. "Let's get out of here!"
"What's wrong?" Olivia frowned. "You were so pleased with yourself when you judged me just now. And now you want to be a coward?"
Olivia stepped forward, as if all of heaven and earth were pressing down on Linley.
Linley frowned.
"Hmph!"
Linley gave a cold snort and stepped forward.
The Power of Heaven and Earth around Olivia instantly receded, suppressed by Linley.
Olivia staggered backward several steps before managing to regain his balance.
"So you're Olivia?" Linley looked at him with displeasure. "If I hadn't been able to block that just now, wouldn't you have crushed me to death? Even if I spoke without thinking, what did the children beside me and the spectators do to offend you?"
Linley was genuinely angry.
If he hadn't been able to resist, he wouldn't have been the only one to die. Wharton and Nade would have been crushed to death by the Power of Heaven and Earth, too.
Those Rank 9 Warriors had only been sent flying, spitting blood, when faced with Olivia's Power of Heaven and Earth.
But they were Rank 9 Warriors.
Wharton and Nade were