3061 The Grand Finale 28 (1/2)

The crowd rushed to their positions to get ready and realized that all of Di Fuyi's men were already ready.

The Monster King was a capable man born with unique talents. He was physically strong and witty. His nose was tall and pointy, thus giving his face a naturally stern look. The man managed to put his leadership into proper use, and within a century, the entire Monster Kingdom was brought under his rule. Both his literary and military talents were distinguished, making him a man as dignified and noble as Xue Yilan. In addition to his talents, he was a man known to be very fussy. His men dared not even say a thing that was against his words. His instructions were to be obeyed unconditionally. That was how he grew more and more arrogant. Failing to obey him would result in death.

He and his men ran into Yun Yanli while positioning themselves. There was a spot that should be under Yun Yanli's supervision, but the Monster King thought that it was far more significant than the other positions, so he insisted on taking over. As soon as he arrived, he gave Yun Yanli an unwelcoming look to kick him away.

Yun Yanli did not care about the unnecessary theatrics and continued to work on the array formation as planned. Impatiently, the Monster King signaled his men to put Yun Yanli out of his way. ”Get out! You are too disabled to perform your duties well!”

Yun Yanli gave him a hard slap in return for his rudeness. The man felt offended and hated it when people called him disabled. He would have crushed the rude soldier into bits, but his duty was his biggest priority at the moment.

The soldier took a hard hit and rolled away for quite some time before coming to a stop. The Monster King did not see that coming, obviously. Although the soldier was not his best, the man he chose was strong enough to defeat a general in the Upper Bound. Never had he thought that his soldier would be defeated by an opponent that he once thought was disabled and weak.

The Monster King stepped forward and said, ”I did not know that this pretty man is actually quite strong. I have underestimated you, for sure!”

He hated pretty men and thought all men should be masculine and tough. He even trained all of his soldiers to be muscular. Naturally, he was not fond of the son of the Celestial Being and Great Devil as well. He thought that the man was only a lucky man who had inherited his authority from his parents.

As for Di Fuyi's followers, they all looked equally useless in the Monster King's opinion, except for the eight majestic creatures. He thought that Di Fuyi's weak-looking followers must be assuming Di Fuyi's authority as their own.

The Monster King had to obey Di Fuyi in order to carry out the plan. When the current problem was solved, he would surely pull Di Fuyi down for questioning. All this while, he had been suppressing his urge to challenge Di Fuyi. He was able to keep his composure in front of Di Fuyi, but not so much in front of Di Fuyi's followers.

He disrespected Yun Yanli to the core because of his obvious disability, so he wanted to chase the eyesore away. It surely came as a surprise to him that the disabled man was far more abled than he had thought. His soldier had rolled away, pathetically!

Embarrassed, he felt the need to regain his reputation, so he used his authority as a king to intimidate Yun Yanli. However, Yun Yanli did not seem to care. The Monster King's words were not taken seriously at all, and Yun Yanli continued establishing the new array formation.

The Monster King was even more embarrassed now and turned around to signal another macho soldier to make a move. The soldier walked towards Yun Yanli and clasped his shoulder. ”Hey, pretty boy! The Monster King is talking to you!”

The soldier channeled all of his monstrous strength into his grip on Yun Yanli's shoulder. The soldier intended to make it clear that Yun Yanli would lose his other arm if he chose to rebel again.

Before Yun Yanli even made a move, the soldier's wrist was already seized and held firmly by a stranger. ”A gentleman only uses his tongue and not his fist. Why are you being so violent?”

His voice was soft, but the same gentleness did not apply to his grasp. Aghast, the soldier felt as if his wrist was tightly chained.

With a hard pull, the soldier struggled to get loose. The stranger saw it coming, so he immediately let go of the soldier's wrist, and the man lost his balance and rolled his way back to the Monster King's feet.

The Monster King was speechless. He looked at the stranger and was astonished. The stranger had a charming but androgynous appearance. With a smile, the handsome man stood tall, while being exceedingly graceful.

The handsome man shook his hand in disbelief and looked at the soldier apologetically. ”I am so sorry. Did I hurt you? I might have been too harsh on you. Are you injured?”

The macho soldier's wrist was already bruised. He held back the discomfort and answered with a smile. ”Who are you?” He politely asked, while trying hard not to make a fuss.

Casually, the handsome man pulled a strand of his hair back and said, ”I am the leader of Young Master Di's eight guardians. I am here to make sure that no one is making a scene, which leads me to this question - were you just talking or trying to making trouble?”

The Monster King was speechless. Harshly, he replied, ”Just talking!” He then left swiftly.

His soldiers were shocked by his retreat. They paused to digest the defeat for a while.

”Your Majesty, why didn't you teach that pretty boy a lesson?” A soldier finally gathered enough courage to ask. The Monster King was always irritated by androgyny. Surprisingly, he pulled back from the fight this time. The Monster King answered icily, ”We should put the plan above everything else. There is no need for us to downgrade to their level.”

In fact, he was a smart man. One move from Kun Xueyi was enough to prove his strength. Clearly, the man was stronger than any of his soldiers. Furthermore, the disabled man was not an easy target. Perhaps, the Monster King himself would not be able to take both of them down.

Kun Xueyi and Yun Yanli were still in sight, so the Monster King could easily see their moves. Both of them worked together to establish the array formation very quickly. Within streaks of dazzling light, a part of the array formation slowly took form.

His soldiers, on quite the contrary, were only halfway done with their tasks. Things seemed rather messy on his end.

”Are you all useless? You have done so little after so long!” He shouted in anger, embarrassed by his men's lack of efficiency.

His soldiers felt quite bitter about the reprimand. They worked tirelessly, but the array formation was far too complex for them to get a hold of so quickly.

Following their king's formal expression of disapproval, the soldiers became even more hesitant. Half an hour later, every other point of the array formation was done, except for the Monster King's side.

”Your Highness, your part of the array formation is quite uniquely yours; I'd say,” a voice came interrupting.

The Monster King looked up, only to see Kun Xueyi's stunningly beautiful face. ”Why are you here?” He asked with his teeth gritted.

He actually hoped that Kun Xueyi was here to help. One hopeful look was enough for Kun Xueyi to read his mind, so Kun Xueyi took a look at the helpless soldiers and asked, ”What are you trying to work on now?”

Panicked, the soldiers told him honestly that there were two steps that they had missed.

”I know how to work on those two steps,” Kun Xueyi slowly said.

”You do?” The soldiers were hopeful.

”But I will not tell you, even if I do!” Kun Xueyi put his arms across his chest in a clear refusal to help.

Shocked, the Monster King did not expect that Kun Xueyi was only here to mock him.