Still Dare to Be Arrogant? I'll Beat You So Bad Your Own Mother Won't Recognize You!

At Chu Yun's command, the Heavenly Fox circled the Green Fang Snake. As it moved, it continuously opened its mouth to spit out Minor Pill Fire, striking the Green Fang Snake with precision.

The Green Fang Snake let out pained hisses as it was struck. Every Minor Pill Fire that landed caused its body to shudder violently.

"How can this be?!" Lady Shu widened her eyes, unable to believe the scene before her.

Shu Er panicked as well; he had not expected the opponent's counterattack to come so swiftly!

He had the intention to use Venom Spray to trade shots with the Heavenly Fox, but times had changed. The demon essence within the Green Fang Snake now was likely not even one-tenth of its opponent's!

The consumption had been too great; he finally tasted the bitter fruit of his earlier arrogance.

"Green Fang Snake, Grass Leaf Armor!" In his utter desperation, he decided to prioritize defense.

Grass Leaf Armor was a defensive Dao technique similar to Red Lotus Armor. As the Green Fang Snake manifested it, a layer of protection immediately covered its serpentine body. At a glance, it looked like a garment woven from layers of green leaves.

Chu Yun sneered, "Stop dodging. Once every six breaths, use Minor Pill Fire to suppress it."

The Green Fang Snake focusing on defense only served to make its defeat arrive faster. This was exactly the scene Chu Yun was happy to see.

The Heavenly Fox stopped in its tracks, opened its mouth, and fired Minor Pill Fire incessantly. The Green Fang Snake was completely suppressed, beaten into dodging everywhere.

The Green Leaf Armor was quickly exhausted. This time, the Green Fang Snake's demon essence was also completely drained.

"Ah, really! Defeated so quickly, why is it like this?" someone in the crowd exclaimed.

"Is this the power of tactics?" another pondered.

"Not just that. The Fire Fox is a fire-attribute demon beast, which naturally counters the wood-attribute Green Fang Snake," another expert analyzed.

"So that's it." The crowd listened and suddenly understood, all feeling that the trip was worth it to witness such a brilliant battle. They would have enough to brag about for an entire month after returning.

The bystanders saw the excitement, but those involved in the situation felt their emotions stirred even more intensely.

"Why is it like this, why..." Lady Shu muttered, her face blank and her mind a void.

She truly could not accept it.

"That brat Chu Yun actually won!" The Three Elders looked at each other, all of them filled with excitement.

This was absolutely an unexpected surprise.

"Winning against the strong with the weak, that brat Chu Yun did it so beautifully!" Old Fish King was filled with gratification.

"The Island Master has a successor. If he were to hear this news, who knows how happy he would be!" Old Monkey Qiao sighed with satisfaction.

The Earth Altar Spirit Beast Master nodded as well; Chu Yun's victory in this battle was truly brilliant. His sound tactics displayed the wit of a Spirit Beast Master.

"I now announce that in the second round of the assessment, Chu Yun..."

"Wait, I haven't lost yet!" Hearing the Earth Altar Spirit Beast Master's shout, Shu Er suddenly trembled and snapped back to reality. With a ferocious expression and bloodshot eyes, he shouted in rebuttal.

"Still not giving up? Have you been blinded by anger and humiliation?" Chu Yun watched coldly, seeing through Shu Er's state at a glance.

He was indeed blinded.

After his arrogant clamoring in the beginning, the end resulted in such a defeat. Shu Er felt as though he had been played like a fool by Chu Yun. The stark contrast between the beginning and the end made him feel even more humiliated!

Immense humiliation led to rage. Shu Er's head buzzed as he screamed, "It's not over yet, it's not over! In demon beast duels, the Spirit Beast Master can also join the fray! Chu Yun, you actually dare to toy with me like this, you have some nerve. I will tear you to pieces!"

With that, he lunged at Chu Yun.

The Earth Altar Spirit Beast Master was stunned; he wanted to stop this foolish behavior but could not find the words.

Shu Er was not wrong; in demon beast duels, Spirit Beast Masters could indeed join in. However, a Spirit Beast Master was ultimately human, and the human body was fragile, incomparable to a demon beast. It was very easy to suffer grave injuries or even death. Therefore, in assessments, few youths would personally enter the fray.

But in a real battle, one would naturally use every means possible. Scheming to kill the Spirit Beast Master was the most direct and effortless method in combat. Once the Spirit Beast Master died, the threat of the demon beast was greatly reduced. Furthermore, many Spirit Beast Masters carried demon weapons and possessed strong close-combat capabilities.

Thus, the coming-of-age assessment did not prohibit Spirit Beast Masters from fighting personally.

The Earth Altar Spirit Beast Master had no reason to stop Shu Er from entering the fight.

Seeing Shu Er lunging at him like a madman, Chu Yun snorted coldly, stopping the Heavenly Fox from its attempt to protect its master.

"Overestimating yourself." He sneered. As Shu Er reached him, he suddenly stepped forward and drove his right fist hard into Shu Er's abdomen!

"Ugh--!"

Shu Er's body instantly curled into the shape of a shrimp, his eyeballs nearly popping out. His face turned ashen, his mouth hung wide open, and his tongue lolled out. A look of utter shock was frozen on his face, mixed with boundless pain.

He slowly crouched to the ground, his body trembling, cold sweat pouring down as he gasped for air.

His previous madness had collapsed in an instant.

"You dare to enter the fray with a body hollowed out by wine and women? There's a limit to stupidity!" Chu Yun smiled, radiating an inexplicable chill. He suddenly raised his foot and kicked straight at Shu Er's front teeth.

With a muffled thud, Shu Er was sent flying before crashing back onto the ground.

He twisted like a shrimp, his body shaking violently as he clutched his mouth and shrieked. Blood flowed out between his fingers.

"You dare hit me, you actually dare hit me, you're dead! You're dead!" His expression was full of disbelief, his voice trembling as he continued to clamor.

Chu Yun walked over, and Shu Er looked panicked, his feet scraping the ground as he retreated.

"Didn't you call me a coward and a weakling? Didn't you want to fight me? I'm here now." Chu Yun smiled faintly. He walked up to Shu Er, clenched his right fist, raised it high, and brought it down!

Bang.

Shu Er, who had been struggling to rise, felt as if his body had been struck by a heavy hammer. His head slammed into the ground, and teeth mixed with blood sprayed across the floor.

"Look at you, aren't you wealthy and powerful? What use are your fists now?" Chu Yun stopped using his fists and switched to his feet.

He kicked down hard, the impact sounding like a strike against worn-out leather.

Shu Er vomited blood, his body curling up reflexively, yet his eyes remained fixed on Chu Yun, burning with intense murderous intent. He opened his mouth, intending to spit out a vicious threat, but Chu Yun lifted his foot again and stomped directly onto his forehead.

Bang.

His head made intimate contact with the ground once more, the dull thud causing the surrounding crowd to shudder involuntarily.

"Ah! Ah! Ah! Let go of my son! Chu Yun, I want you dead, I want you dead!" Lady Shu finally snapped out of her shock, screaming frantically at the sight of Shu Er's miserable state.

"I will never let you go, never!" With his head pinned under Chu Yun's foot, the immense humiliation turned Shu Er's eyes blood-red. Since birth, he had lived in luxury; when had he ever suffered such grievances or such a brutal beating?

Humiliation and rage burned in his chest like a raging fire.

He felt as though he were about to explode!

"I'm looking forward to it, truly looking forward to it." Chu Yun sneered, his tone slow, though his hands and feet were anything but—in fact, they seemed to be accelerating.

A savage beating!

Fists and feet rained down like a hail of bullets, landing heavily on Shu Er's body.

Shu Er let out continuous, miserable wails, his entire body instinctively curling into a ball as his arms tightly shielded his head.

"Attack, all of you, attack! Save my son and kill Chu Yun!" Lady Shu had been driven mad; her two sons had been the apples of her eye since the day they were born. Now, watching Shu Er wail under such a brutal thrashing, her heart felt as if it were shattering.

Beside her, the four Spirit Beast Masters stirred, ready to pounce into the arena.

"Presumptuous! This is the Earth Altar, the site of the Coming-of-Age assessment! Whoever dares to interfere commits a grave crime! The punishment is exile!" The Earth Altar Spirit Beast Master glared, his aura surging.

"Hmph! Four lapdogs of the Ning Family, daring to run wild on Shu Family Island!" Old Red Spear and the other Three Elders stepped forward, their own murderous intent erupting.

These four Spirit Beast Masters were the trusted guards Lady Shu had brought with her when she married into the family. Even the Island Master, Shu Tianhao, could not command them; they obeyed only Lady Shu.

Since Lady Shu wanted Chu Yun dead, that was an order that had to be carried out.

Yet, at this moment, they stood frozen in place, unable to take the next step.

Alas, circumstances were stronger than men!

The Three Elders were veteran generals from the army, decisive in slaughter and iron-blooded, not to be underestimated. But the most critical factor was the Earth Altar Spirit Beast Master!

What was an Earth Altar Spirit Beast Master?

In the All-Star Archipelago, almost every island possessed an Earth Altar. Within these altars were enshrined high-cultivation spirit beasts used to protect the entire island from invasion. The Earth Altar Spirit Beast Master was the one who presided over the altar and held the authority to command these beasts!

It could be said that the Earth Altar Spirit Beast Master held the strongest defensive power on the entire Shu Family Island!

Who would dare to challenge such power?

The four Spirit Beast Masters dared not. Between their orders and their lives, they wisely chose their lives.

The atmosphere solidified, and the crowd of onlookers fell into a dead silence. Many islanders cast hostile glares at the four Spirit Beast Masters.

Only the miserable wails of Shu Er continued to drift through the air; Chu Yun did not even glance their way, continuing his brutal assault.

Lady Shu's face was ashen, her eyes spitting fire as she struggled to maintain a shred of clarity.

"Enough! You little beast, Chu Yun, stop this instant!" she shrieked hysterically.

Chu Yun actually stopped, turned his head, and smiled at Lady Shu. With red lips and white teeth, his smile was as brilliant as sunlight.

"Because of that sentence you just uttered, I had actually decided to stop. Sigh, what a pity!" Before his voice had even faded, he grabbed Shu Er's arm, straightened it, and kicked down on the elbow joint.

A crisp crack echoed out, and Shu Er threw his head back, letting out a scream that shook the heavens and the earth.

It was heart-wrenching agony.

His left arm had been snapped by Chu Yun's kick. The jagged, pale bone protruded through the flesh, a gruesome sight to behold.

"Gk... gk..." Lady Shu pointed at Chu Yun, trembling violently. She tried to speak, but her throat seemed to be gripped by an invisible hand, allowing only strange, choked sounds to escape.

"How does that feel?" Chu Yun smiled again.

For a moment, not only Lady Shu but even the surrounding crowd felt their hearts skip a beat.

Shu Family Island was known for its fierce and brave temperament, but after witnessing Chu Yun's ruthless handiwork delivered with such a casual smile, they all felt a chill. They gained a new understanding of this thirteen-year-old boy, who appeared so remarkably sunny, along with a trace of—fear—that was difficult to detect.

Shu Er's screams came to an abrupt end, the pain having exceeded his limit. His eyes rolled back, and he fainted.

The Earth Altar Spirit Beast Master immediately shouted, "Shu Er has fainted! Chu Yun wins this match! With two victories, Chu Yun becomes the winner of the second assessment..."

"First place!"