Shi Wufeng's face flushed red and green, his chest heaving violently. In the end, he forcibly suppressed the urge to attack.
This was not a place where he could run wild.
He took a deep breath, forcibly calming his roiling blood and energy, then turned his hostility toward Gu Sheng once more, his tone icy.
"Gu Sheng! I will remember yesterday's humiliation and today's slight! What use is a sharp tongue? Do you dare fight me openly on the life-and-death arena in Heavenly Origin Imperial City?!"
He stared at Gu Sheng, enunciating every word.
"Tomorrow at noon, outside the east gate of Heavenly Origin Imperial City, at Mountain Breaker Platform! If you are still a man, come meet me there! I will make you pay for today's arrogance with blood!"
As he spoke, he flicked a finger. An ancient-looking storage ring traced an arc through the air and shot toward Gu Sheng.
"Inside are the things you 'won'! Accept it, and it means you accept the challenge! If you do not dare, kneel and beg for mercy now. Perhaps this Holy Son may consider sparing your dog life!"
His words were utterly insulting, clearly intended to provoke Gu Sheng.
Gu Sheng reached out and steadily caught the storage ring. With a slight sweep of his Divine Sense, he found that its internal space was quite large. Top-grade Spirit Stones were neatly stacked inside like a small mountain, Spiritual Power swirling around them. A rough estimate put the total at over forty million! Aside from that, a jade talisman containing information on the Myriad Phenomena Seal martial skill lay quietly in one corner.
Clearly, though Myriad Phenomena Sacred Land was pained by the loss, it had ultimately chosen to honor the wager, converting that rare Earth Vein Tea tree into an