Chapter 137: Asking Again (1/2)

Back in the arena, all of the high leveled battles were reaching a conclusion. In the end, the elders of the Tao Feng were too weak. Even with numbers and treasures, they could not defeat the likes of Du Hua, Fu Men, and Qiu Bing.

Zuo Er's side of elders were gasping for breath, tired and cornered.

The only ones that were evenly matched was the Fisherman Wang Yuan and Dian Zhe, a slovenly dressed man. In the end, they stopped fighting as they could not gain an advantage over the other.

”Heh, little boy, do you still have anymore tricks up your sleeves? If so, you better use it now or I'm afraid people would call this bullying!” Qiu Bing taunted Zuo Er.

The rest looked towards him, openly releasing their energy. Lei Jiang, Lan Huang, and many of the younger generation knelt to their knees from the pressure. Many more had been knocked unconscious.

”This is just too much...” Lei Jiang grunted.

He himself was at the Earth Realm nearing the bottleneck of the first level, the Core Stage. Comparing himself to these experts, Lei Jiang was like a bug. Even if he activated his draconic bloodline, battling any one of them would end in his loss. The gap was just too much. They were all either at the Sky Realm or just steps from reaching it.

Despite the enormous pressure, Zuo Er stood tall and gave a small smile. He was neither shaking or struggling from their exertion. Like him, Yen Fen was also unaffected, staring at them all arrogantly as she clung to his side.

Senior Qing rose up from her seat and walked towards Zuo Er. Despite not openly making a move earlier, she looked at him coldly. The elders that remained followed her, sharing the same hostility as before.

”I too am curious, what more do you have to offer?” she questioned.

”Why? Are you going to make a move now?” he replied.

”Depending on what your next response is, I don't mind killing a junior. We all have our bottom line, one wrong step and that would be the end for you.”

”Interesting....unfortunately, it's a bit late for that now isn't it.”

Something felt off, why was Zuo Er so calm? Exactly what did he have planned next?

”Too late? We'll see about that!”

Qiu Bing could no longer restrain himself and attacked, waving his crimson saber. From the arena floor, he rose into the sky and flew straight for Zuo Er. Like a red meteor, the emperor of the Clear Sky Kingdom shot through the air and pointed his saber towards him.

In a seconds, he was only several feet from Zuo Er before his power scattered and left him falling towards to the ground.

”What?! What happened to my energy?” Qiu Bing quickly recovered but could not muster the strength to attack again.

At the same time, Fu Men, Du Hua, and the others had also found themselves unable to bring out their power. In fact, it seemed that their meridians had been locked up. The pressure they emanated was gone and the younger disciples weakly stood up.

”This is a formation”, Du Hua quickly realized.

”Indeed, the Ground Seal Formation was something I had set up while you were all busy fighting and watching”, Zuo Er explained, ”Subduing you all with brute force was a task even my teacher, the sect leader would have trouble accomplishing. But as long as I can suppress your bodies, it would not be an issue. After all, you are nothing more than a common mortal now.”

”You think...that a formation like this is going to be enough?” Qiu Bing grunted and forced out his energy.

Wisps of red leaked from his body as he clenched his fists.

”Wait, stop!” the others warned.

”Do you want to end up a cripple?” Fu Men asked Qiu Bing.

”If you're an emperor then act like it. Just because your children were threatened by him doesn't mean you can act so recklessly. Have some back bone!”, Du Hua scolded him.

”Urgh”, he could not respond for she was right.

He may be a father but he was a king first and foremost, he had responsibilities to take up.