Chapter 848: Still Water (2/2)

Lotaro narrowed his eyes as he looked at Krune. Even up to now, Krune didn't look at him at all. It was as if Lotaro wasn't even there. Naturally, that displeased Lotaro a lot.

”Hey, beast. Are you listening to me?”

Nothing... However, another vein popped out of Krune's head.

'Still water... ignore the noise, still water...'

Lotaro's patience was already running thin by now.

”You dare ignore me?”

Lotaro's God Energy began to overflow as he dashed in Krune's direction. Each step made the ground tremble with his power.

Well, he wasn't the only one losing his temper.

”Shut up! Can't you see I'm trying to maintain a state of still water?”

Huh? That was the thought inside everyone's minds. Still water? What the hell was he talking about?

Lotaro was taken aback for a second. But soon after, he finally exploded in rage. A puny 1st Stage God Foundation Realm cultivator was treating him like air in front of everyone. How could he bear that?

”Fuck you, you piece of shit. You asked for it!”

With that, Lotaro pounced forward as he brought his weapon forward, an enormous hammer. His momentum increased as the Earth Element and laws gathered around his body. The arena trembled even more before he arrived right in front of Krune.

”Die!!!”

Eventually, Krune's temper exploded as well. God Energy burst out of his body together with all the elements and laws. Krune didn't retreat from the attack at all. Instead, one of his new shields came out of his Spatial Ring, stopping right in front of his fist.

”I told you... to SHUT THE FUCK UP!”

Soon after, Krune punched out with his shield.

At first, everyone thought that Krune had gone mad. Yulian even made his way to the arena, ready to break into the protection formation to save Krune. However, the unbelievable happened after that.

They all expected the shield to break apart or to be sent back, smashing Krune's arm and body together. In their eyes, Krune was already dead. Unfortunately for them, that didn't happen. Instead, Krune's shield flashed with a rainbow light for a second. They didn't know what it was, but they all saw how Lotaro's hammer crumbled in front of Krune's Shield Punch!

Krune's momentum didn't stop as he hit Lotaro's body right after.

*Bang!*

Not long after, Lotaro shot like a cannonball back from where he came.

*Bang! Shatter!*

He hit the protection formation of the arena, which couldn't bear the power of the impact and shattered as well. Eventually, Lotaro collided with the wall all the way back, leaving a human-shaped indent on it before he slowly slid down.

”Phew... That feels a lot better. Still water. I am still water. Nothing can anger me. Yes, definitely. I'm totally calm.”

Krune then took in a deep breath before looking at Goken, who had his mouth agape. He then asked.

”Senior Goken, when does my first battle start?”

*Bang!*

Everyone fell with their faces on the ground.

Brother! You can't be serious, right? Was Lotaro's existence not that substantial to you?

Goken quickly recovered before asking.

”Are you making fun of me? Didn't you just send your opponent flying right now?”

Krune was taken aback. Eventually, he realized what Goken was talking about.

”Ah! But... I just attacked him because he didn't shut up. Was that considered the first battle?”

Goken's mouth twitched in response, trying his best to maintain his calm.

”Why the hell do you think I called you then? Can't you see where you are? This is the testing arena! Why did you come up?”

Krune scratched the back of his head as he responded.

”I wasn't paying attention. My body moved by itself when I heard my name.”

No one knew whether they should laugh or cry. Doesn't that mean that Krune wasn't showing his full power at all? If one was this strong when one wasn't paying attention, then just how strong can one be if one took it seriously?

Krune couldn't help but sigh, eventually asking.

”Then... Can I fight the other two already?”

As soon as he said those words...

”I admit defeat!”

”I admit defeat!”

The other two God Core Realm guys admitted defeat straight away. Are you kidding? Lotaro was already half-dead! Lotaro wasn't much stronger or weaker than themselves to start with. If they went up to the arena, they would definitely end up in an even worse state. There was always tomorrow's test. They could try again by then.

Krune, of course, didn't know how to react, scratching his head as he asked with an awkward chuckle.

”Errr... Ahem... Does that mean I passed the test?”

Goken's mouth twitched again before saying.

”If you didn't pass, then who would?”