Mu Yan could not help laughing. He could not be bothered with him and instead looked at Mu Kun. "Not bad, Xiao Kun! You even took first place?"
Being called "Xiao Kun" darkened Mu Kun's face further. Mu Yan had always called him that before, but now he was the Lineage's number one genius. What right did Mu Yan still have to call him that?
"Mu Yan, don't you dare act so insolently!"
"Brother Kun is the best in the Lineage! Who the hell are you?"
"As a member of the Mu Household, why aren't you hurrying to pay your respects to the champion?"
The young people around them angrily rebuked Mu Yan. Several attention seekers who wanted Mu Kun to notice them shouted especially loudly.
"Champion? Xiao Kun, you can't even beat me, yet you dare call yourself the champion?"
Mu Yan gave a disdainful sneer.
His words shocked and enraged everyone. This trash actually dared to disrespect the champion? Did he not know his own worth?
Mu Kun was angry too. "Mu Yan, don't think you're still the genius you used to be. Remember your place! If you don't like it, let's settle this with our fists!"
He had long wanted to openly humiliate the former genius in front of everyone!
Mu Lei knew what Mu Kun was scheming and immediately appeared beside Mu Yan to back his son up.
"My son has only just returned, and you know he's not as strong as you. If anyone tries to bully him again, don't blame me for showing no mercy!"
Mu Lei was fiercely protective of his son.
During the time when Mu Yan had become trash, he had been away carrying out Lineage missions, leaving him feeling that he had failed to protect his son.
He owed his son far too much.
Now, no one would be allowed to bully his son!
Mu Kun held his head high and puffed out his chest. "Uncle Lei, I'm not trying to bully him. He's the one provoking me!"
"Xiao Kun, you sure talk a lot. I could beat you before, and I can still beat you now!"
Mu Yan shook his head with a smile.
With that, he leaped up onto the arena platform.
"Yan'er!"
Mu Lei grew anxious, worried that Mu Yan had fallen for Mu Kun's goading.
Mu Kun was already at the Foundation Establishment Realm Sixth Layer, and his strength was no small matter. Even if Mu Yan could cultivate again, there was no way he could catch up to Mu Kun!
But Mu Yan gave him a reassuring look, leaving him little room to say anything more.
"You actually dared to come up? You're courting death!"
Seeing that Mu Yan had really stepped onto the platform, Mu Kun revealed a cruel smile. He could finally trample Mu Yan underfoot in front of everyone.
Mu Yan shrugged. "Whatever. Trash is still trash, no matter how loudly it screams."
These words sent Mu Kun into a towering rage. He, the champion, had actually been called trash?
"Who are you calling trash?" Mu Kun's presence erupted along with his fury, forming powerful gales that swept across the platform.
"Hey, don't misunderstand. I'm not singling you out. What I mean is... everyone here is trash!"
Mu Yan looked at all the young people below, his smile brilliant.
But his words thoroughly enraged everyone!
"Such outrageous arrogance! You dare call us trash?"
"Don't think we won't hit you just because you're handsome!"
"Such big talk! Who do you think you are? You're trash who can't even cultivate!"
Sure enough, countless curses immediately rose from below the platform. Everyone burned with righteous indignation, wanting to beat Mu Yan up to vent their anger.
They all thought Mu Yan must have lost his mind. Did he still think he was the genius everyone had once respected?
"Don't waste time. All of you, come at me together!"
Mu Yan laughed heartily.
He had not returned to defeat any one person, but to defeat everyone, to let them all know he had been reborn anew.
An uproar broke out at his words. Everyone thought they must have misheard.
He was actually challenging everyone at once?
Had water really not gotten into his brain?
If dozens of Foundation Establishment Realm experts swarmed him, even a single slap from each would kill him. What gave him the right to make such bold threats?
Mu Lei grew anxious too, worried that Mu Yan had lost his reason.
By now, several young people had already jumped onto the platform. Once the first group went up, everyone else followed, standing behind Mu Kun.
Even Mu Tingting was among them.
"Mu Yan, why bother? You'll only bring humiliation upon yourself!"
Mu Tingting shook her head, utterly disappointed in Mu Yan.
How had the spirited young genius she remembered become this incompetent, arrogant fool?
Just to vent his anger, he had declared that he would challenge everyone?
Anyone with half a brain would never do such a thing!
She had once admired Mu Yan greatly and had practically been his little shadow.
Now she was glad she had already distanced herself from Mu Yan. Someone this foolish was not worthy of her admiration or affection.
Besides, they were already the same kind of people, destined not to belong to the same world.
At that moment, Mu Yan stood alone and without support on the platform, as though he were facing the entire world by himself.
Yet he stood tall and straight, a faint smile never leaving his lips. To others, he was courting death, but he was full of confidence.
Mu Kun had become everyone's leader, and his expression grew even smugger and more arrogant.
"See that? In today's Mu Household, I call the shots. You're not even worth a fart! Kneel, kowtow, and admit your mistake now, and I might consider letting you off!"
Mu Kun burst into laughter.
Hearing his words, Mu Yan found them utterly childish and laughable.
What did the Mu Household amount to?
Compared to the Kunlun Holy Land, it was not even worth a single hair!
In terms of status and standing, as the Kunlun Holy Land's eldest disciple, he stood who knew how many times higher than the Mu Household!
To him, the insignificant Mu Household had long since ceased to be worth his notice.
"I'll give you a chance too. Join forces right away, or I'm afraid your defeat will be too miserable!"
Mu Yan's tone remained breezy and calm. He did not think his situation was dangerous at all.
His utterly indifferent attitude became too much for Mu Tingting to watch. She stepped forward, her eyes filled with disappointment.
"Mu Yan, you want to become everyone's laughingstock? Fine. I'll face you first and let you feel the cold bite of reality!"
With that, Mu Tingting was about to strike, but Mu Yan stopped her again.
Mu Yan frowned. "I told you to come at me together. Can't you understand human speech?"
The grand elder's face was dark. Ever since this brat had appeared, he had been outrageously arrogant, spouting wild boasts again and again. Did he really think no one dared to strike?
"Kun'er, since he's so arrogant, do as he says. Everyone, attack together. Don't hold back!"
The grand elder gave the order without expression.
With his permission, no one hesitated any longer, and even their smiles grew much more savage. Mu Yan was the one courting death anyway. Surely they could not be blamed for it?
"Ignorant fool!"
Mu Kun snorted disdainfully, then circulated all his spiritual power and charged at Mu Yan.
Mu Tingting's eyes were also filled with coldness, and she attacked without the slightest mercy. Anyone who did not know better would have thought she was fighting her father's murderer.
The others also attacked in a frenzy, unleashing all manner of moves. Chaotic energy engulfed the entire Mu Household courtyard!
The sight of dozens of Foundation Establishment Realm experts attacking together was terrifying. Even an expert who had just entered the Golden Core Realm would have had to give them a wide berth.
Yet Mu Yan seemed unable to sense any danger and remained standing where he was.
Below the platform, Mu Lei's heart rose into his throat. He stood ready to rescue his son at any moment.
Just as everyone thought Mu Yan would be blasted into scraps, an even more terrifying presence erupted from within him!
That presence also carried scorching heat!
Everyone who sensed it was shocked. As though they had seen a ghost, they all cried out at once, "Golden Core Realm?"