Tang Chen had completely forgotten what he had intended to do in the first place. He was furious.
"Fine, fine, fine! Qian Daoliu, are you saying this is all my fault!? Even setting the facts aside, hasn't Spirit Hall done anything wrong?!"
Tang Chen's words left Qian Daoliu so angry he didn't know what to say.
Setting the facts aside?
Damn it, if you set the facts aside, what's left to discuss?
Qian Daoliu said nothing. He condensed a giant hand of black energy and slapped Tang Chen across the face.
The slap shattered what remained of Tang Chen's reason.
"Qian Daoliu! You dare slap me!? If you've got the guts, let me recover, then fight me one-on-one! If I lose, you can kill or torture any of us!"
The Qian Daoliu of the past might have agreed to that. But the Qian Daoliu of today didn't care whether Tang Chen had recovered. What did that have to do with him?
Yet Qian Daoliu agreed. "Sure."
"Wh-what? You... you agreed?" Tang Chen froze. He hadn't expected Qian Daoliu to accept. He had only said it in anger.
"What? You'd rather I didn't? Fine. I'll finish you off right now." Qian Daoliu changed his tune again, condensing Dark Alien Energy into a longsword.
Cold light glinted along its edge, as though it were an absolute weapon that could cut through anything.
Tang Chen hurriedly said, "Hey, hey, hey! No, no! I'm glad you agreed! Very glad!"
Only then did Qian Daoliu put away the sword. "We'll fight after the Grand Finals. As for the stakes, these should be familiar to you."
He took out seven Spirit Bones. "They may not compare to the tournament prizes, but you know exactly what they mean to the Clear Sky Sect."
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