Worse Than Trash

In Linyang City, at the Su family's training ground.

Currently, dozens of people, all young disciples of the Su family, were gathered in the vast training ground.

In the center of the training ground, a middle-aged man in grey robes sat cross-legged, lecturing the younger disciples and sharing his martial arts experience.

This middle-aged man was none other than the Su family's Fourth Elder, Su Tai.

All the junior disciples present were those who had recently awakened their Martial Souls.

These individuals had only recently entered the Qi Refining Realm and lacked cultivation experience, so the family arranged for elders to teach them about cultivating in this realm.

As one of the three major families, the Su family had many more young disciples than these. Some of the older disciples had awakened their Martial Souls two years ago and had even reached the seventh or eighth layer of the Qi Refining Realm.

Those disciples with advanced cultivation would not be here to attend the lecture.

After Su Mo returned, he passed by the training ground, saw the Fourth Elder lecturing, and walked over.

"Su Mo, all the disciples who awakened their Martial Souls this batch arrived early for my lecture today. Why are you only arriving now?"

Seeing Su Mo walking over slowly, the Fourth Elder immediately stopped his lecture and asked with a dark expression.

He, the esteemed Fourth Elder of the Su family, held a noble position. Now that he had lowered himself to teach, all the other disciples had arrived early to wait. For Su Mo to arrive so late was clearly a sign of disrespect.

When the other Su family disciples saw the Fourth Elder reprimanding Su Mo, many of them showed gloating smiles.

Su Mo hadn't expected the Fourth Elder to target him. There was no rule requiring disciples to attend these elder-led lectures; attendance was entirely voluntary.

"Fourth Elder, I just returned from an expedition outside," Su Mo replied respectfully.

"Expedition?"

The Fourth Elder sneered. "With your trash Human Grade First Tier Martial Soul, you'll never amount to anything. What's the point of an expedition?"

Su Mo's expression immediately turned cold, and he snorted, "Fourth Elder, I respect you as an elder and am being courteous. Don't be disrespectful just because you're old, and don't be rude to the young!"

"What? You're calling me disrespectful?"

The Fourth Elder was instantly enraged, his eyes flashing with cold light. How dare a nobody, a piece of trash, provoke him?

"As a family elder, you call me trash the moment you open your mouth. Isn't that disrespectful?"

Su Mo's anger also surged. Ever since he awakened his Martial Soul, it was one thing for younger disciples to provoke him, but now even elders were acting the same way as the disciples.

Did everyone think he was easy to bully?

It seemed he couldn't stay low-key anymore!

"Presumptuous!"

The Fourth Elder roared, his face ashen, and shouted, "Did I say anything wrong? Aren't you trash and a good-for-nothing? A Human Grade First Tier Martial Soul, such a trash Martial Soul, how many people in all of Linyang City have one?"

"That's right! You are trash and a good-for-nothing! You've disgraced our Su family."

Someone from the surrounding disciples also chimed in.

Su Mo turned to look, and the person speaking was Su Heng.

As Su Heng spoke, many others echoed his sentiments.

"Indeed! A Human Grade First Tier Martial Soul, you're just trash!"

"Right! You're too much of a disgrace to our Su family!"

"..."

Seeing so many disciples agreeing with him, Su Heng couldn't help but smile. He looked at Su Mo and said, "Su Mo, look, so many people are calling you trash and a good-for-nothing. Don't you have any self-awareness?"

"Hahahaha!" The Fourth Elder also laughed mockingly. "Su Mo, didn't I tell you so?"

Su Mo glanced at Su Heng and walked step by step towards him. He said, "Su Heng, you keep calling me trash and a good-for-nothing. I want to ask you, if you find out you're not even as good as me, then what are you?"

"Me? Not as good as you? Heh! This is the funniest joke I've ever heard."

Su Heng sneered, his face full of disdain.

Me, not as good as you?

You, a good-for-nothing, could compare to me?

A cold glint flashed in Su Mo's eyes, and he smiled slightly, "Su Heng, I challenge you. Do you dare?"

As soon as Su Mo finished speaking, the surroundings fell silent.

Everyone looked at Su Mo in disbelief.

Su Mo was actually challenging Su Heng?

Su Heng was also stunned. He had awakened a Human Grade Fourth Tier Martial Soul, which greatly increased his status in the family. He received substantial rewards and resources from the family, and his cultivation soared, breaking through to the Qi Refining Third Layer.

And Su Mo, a good-for-nothing, actually took the initiative to challenge him?

The Fourth Elder, Su Tai, was the first to react. He quickly said to Su Heng, "Su Heng, since he wants to challenge you, teach him a good lesson."

Su Mo's audacity in provoking him earlier had angered him considerably. As an elder, it was inconvenient for him to directly attack a junior. Now that Su Mo had delivered himself, it was exactly what he wanted.

"Heh heh! Don't worry, Fourth Elder. I definitely won't disappoint you!"

Su Heng smiled slightly and stepped forward, a sinister glint in his eyes.

Su Mo had offended him in the library last time, and he had been looking for an opportunity to teach Su Mo a good lesson!

He never expected Su Mo to show up at his doorstep today, and his heart was instantly filled with joy.

"Su Mo, how many moves do you think you can last against me? Three moves or one?"

Su Heng was in a good mood, knowing he'd be able to teach Su Mo a lesson soon.

Upon hearing Su Heng's words, Su Mo raised a single finger and shook his head.

"Haha! You know yourself pretty well! You know you can only last one move against me." Su Heng burst into laughter.

"No, I mean, I only need one move to deal with you."

Su Mo shook his head and said calmly.

It wasn't that Su Mo was arrogant. Even without using True Qi, his current physical strength alone far surpassed that of a Qi Refining Third Layer martial artist, and it was comparable to a Qi Refining Fourth Layer martial artist.

Just one move!

Gasps of shock erupted from the surroundings, and the gazes directed at Su Mo were as if they were looking at an idiot.

Even when martial artists of the same level dueled, it was impossible to decide the winner in a single move, let alone when Su Mo's strength was far superior to Su Heng's.

Defeating Su Heng in one move! It was truly hard to say whether Su Mo was arrogant or an imbecile!

"You only need one move to deal with me?"

Su Heng's expression immediately turned ugly. He hadn't expected Su Mo, a good-for-nothing, to look down on him so much.

"Today, if I don't cripple you, then I'm not Su Heng!"

Boom!

Su Heng roared, and four rays of yellow light flashed behind him as he directly unleashed his Martial Soul.

A Human Grade Fourth Tier Martial Soul!

Su Heng's Martial Soul was an Azure Eagle, with sharp eyes and an imposing presence.

After unleashing his Martial Soul, Su Heng's entire aura surged.

His Qi Refining Third Layer cultivation exploded forth.

"Su Mo, die!"

Su Heng shouted and made the first move, clawing towards Su Mo's chest.

Su Heng unleashed his strongest move right away. He wanted to defeat Su Mo in one swift strike, making Su Mo clearly see the gap between them.

He wanted Su Mo to realize how ridiculous his previous arrogance was!

Su Mo raised his hand and punched towards Su Heng's claw.

Su Mo did not unleash his Martial Soul, nor did he erupt with True Qi. The punch was plain and simple.

Seeing this, Su Heng couldn't help but sneer. This good-for-nothing was truly boundlessly arrogant. Did he really think he could block him with such a casual punch? Was that even possible?

"Shatter for me!"

Fierce True Qi erupted from Su Heng's hand. Su Heng's five fingers seemed to transform into five silver spears, and he intended to shatter Su Mo's fist with his claw.

However, the reality was completely different from what he imagined.

When his claw touched Su Mo's fist, he immediately felt a colossal force surge, directly knocking his palm away and slamming into his chest.

Bang!

Su Mo's fist landed squarely on Su Heng's chest. A power as wild as a ferocious beast erupted, accompanied by the cracking sound of broken ribs. Su Heng was instantly sent flying five to six meters away, crashing heavily onto the ground, spitting up large amounts of blood.

The scene fell into silence, freezing everyone's gaze.

Su Mo defeated Su Heng with a single punch?

The Fourth Elder, Su Tai, stared at Su Heng, who was lying on the ground, his face stunned!

"How is this possible... How is this possible?"

Su Heng roared with a ferocious expression, unable to accept this fact. After a few shouts, he spat out another mouthful of blood.

"You kept calling me a good-for-nothing, trash. Now you can't even take one punch from me, so aren't you even worse than trash!"

Su Mo walked up to Su Heng, looking down at him from above, and said sarcastically.

"You...!" Su Heng's face turned ashen, filled with shame and indignation.

"And you, Fourth Elder, do you still think I'm a good-for-nothing? The genius Su Heng you value so highly can't even withstand a single move from me, so what does that make him?"

Raising his head, Su Mo looked at the Fourth Elder again and said.

"You just got lucky defeating Su Heng. There's nothing to be proud of!"

The Fourth Elder's expression was extremely grim. "There's the year-end family gathering in two months. You'll know the strength of the top geniuses in the clan then. Your current strength is not worth mentioning."

"Lucky?" Su Mo smiled slightly. "I'm quite lucky, you know. Maybe I'll also 'luckily' get a good ranking at the year-end family gathering."

With that, Su Mo said no more and turned to leave.