Listening to Ye Li's words.
Yang Wan pressed her lips tightly together, a mist of tears welling in her bright, lively eyes.
The brother who had always doted on her so meticulously was now actually telling her to cast aside her dignity and kowtow to her opponent!
Of course, she knew he was trying to buy time.
But for some reason, a tide of bitter humiliation rose in her heart. Thinking back to all her thoughts before the Martial Exam, that feeling only grew stronger.
Not only had they failed to deal with him, but now she had to kowtow and apologize to him instead. The heavens had truly been turned upside down!
Yang Wan clenched her fists, her face practically covered in the word "unwilling." She forced herself to ask:
"Can I not kneel...?"
To her surprise, Ye Li calmly nodded. "Of course you can."
"Really?"
"I never lie." Ye Li smiled faintly.
Then, with a backhand swing, he smashed his spear into Yang Wanfeng, who was fully focused on recovering from his injuries.
A dull boom exploded at once!
"Brother!" Yang Wan cried out.
Yang Wanfeng's body was sent flying, crashing heavily to the ground as he spat out a mouthful of blood.
He struggled to prop himself up. When he looked at Yang Wan, a trace of instinctive venom flickered in his eyes.
"What are you doing?!"
Failing to notice her brother's gaze, Yang Wan whipped around. Her eyes locked onto Ye Li as she shouted in grief and indignation, "If I don't kowtow and admit my mistake, you'll attack my brother?!"
"We should have no grudge against you, right? Did you really have to target us like this during the Martial Exam?!"
"You were directly admitted, but my brother and I still have to take the