Chapter 239 (1/2)
Chapter 239
Blood splashed through the air . The wind blades that filled the air faded away . The Corrupt disciple facing against Tang Wan-er collapsed, his eyes losing any expression .
“Victory!”
By the the time this final core disciple fell, there were no longer any Corrupt disciples on the battlefield .
This was a complete victory . Only a dozen disciples had been injured, and those injuries were all quickly healed by the Healing Hall . Those injuries had not been severe, and they were already fully recovered .
This battle caused everyone’s confidence to sharply rise . The Corrupt path’s disciples weren’t so strong!
“Long Chen, I won!” Tang Wan-er excitedly walked over to Long Chen . But she saw there was not even the slightest smile on his face . Instead, it was frighteningly gloomy .
Everyone quickly saw that and their cheering came to a sudden stop . They didn’t know what had displeased Long Chen .
“This was a battle with a huge power disparity from the start . Do you think victory is something to be arrogant about?” Long Chen icily stared at them .
“Although they also had close to a thousand people, they only had four core disciples . But how many did we have?
“Do you think such a victory is worth being arrogant about? Look at how you were fighting . You were basically just playing around . Do you think this is a game?
“Yue Zifeng, as a sword cultivator, do you think you’re very grand? When you run into those weaker than you, you disdain to attack?
“Do you think ignoring those who follow behind you to charge into the crowd and kill the stronger ones will display how much stronger you are?
“And as for the other core disciples, do you really think you’re unrivalled? Are you all idiots?”
Long Chen’s expression was ashen as he shouted at everyone, “How many times have I told you, we are one team? Don’t try to be a hero . Do you think no one else knows how take the limelight?
“If we want to really possess the power of teamwork, then you all need to understand what it means to mutually match with each other . Did my words before fall on deaf ears?
“You core disciples, the enemies you were facing this time might seem weak to you, but to the disciples behind they, they are a fatal threat .
“They go all-out to protect your backs, but what do you consider them? Cannon fodder? Tools?”
The core disciples’ faces turned red with guilt . They truly had lost themselves in the fight just now . After they had taken control of the situation, they had just gone out killing as much as possible without caring about the disciples behind them .
One reason was because of their excitement, but another reason was because of their own vanity . Seeing some of the other core disciples showing off how powerful they were, they were unwilling to fall behind .
At the beginning, they had still maintained the formation, but as they killed more and more, they began to fight for themselves, forgetting all about Long Chen’s deployment .
Many of the core disciples lowered their heads . Long Chen had already told them that if they wanted to awaken their ancestral marks, they had to have something precious in their hearts .
But just now they had completely forgotten about what he had said . Their hearts had only held themselves . They stared at the ground in shame as Long Chen berated them .
“And you, Tang Wan-er, let me ask you, if you had gone all-out in that fight, do you think he would have lasted more than ten exchanges with you?” Long Chen’s fury had yet to run out .
Tang Wan-er stiffened . This was the first time Long Chen had become angry with her, causing her to feel wronged .
“I…”
Tang Wan-er was about to argue, but she was was sobbing too hard to say anything . She bit her lip, unable to speak .
Qing Yu’s heart hurt seeing Tang Wan-er like that, and she gave Long Chen a look, but Long Chen acted as if he didn’t see it .
“Let me tell you then . If you had fought with your full strength, he absolutely wouldn’t have lasted more than seven exchanges .
“But you exchanged almost fifty blows before you managed to kill him . Are you excited about such an achievement?
“Do you know? Acting in that way will cause the entire group to enter danger . If that Corrupt disciple had had a one-time, vicious technique or treasure, then maybe you would have been able to escape with your life, but you would have caused all those behind you to die . Do you understand?
“How many times have I said that this isn’t a compet.i.tion? The goal is always to kill your opponents . You have to use as few moves to kill them as fast as possible .
“And youtwo, Ye Zhiqiu, Gu Yang, you still aren’t ruthless enough . You clearly had several opportunities to kill your opponents, but you didn’t dare risk the danger and wasted those precious chances .
“When two equal opponents fight, the braver one wins . If you are afraid of death, just give up cultivating . Why bother partic.i.p.ating in the battles between the Righteous and Corrupt paths? Are you trying to be a whetstone for others?
“Why was I able to kill Wu Qi who had a higher cultivation base and was stronger than me? That was because I dared risk my life, while he didn’t .
“The more you fear death, the more likely the one to die will be you . That’s why he is dead while I am still alive, standing her and scolding you .
“Today, you’ve really all disappointed me . If you act like this next time as well, then all of you can get lost . I’ll just go out to slaughter them with my two brothers . That’ll save me from being so infuriated watching you!”
Even after scolding them for this time, his anger still didn’t fade . He had clearly explained this all extremely clearly on the way here . But as soon as the battle started, they forgot everything . Anyone would be angry .
The one who disappointed him the most was Tang Wan-er . She had such a powerful strength, but she was unable to bring herself to wield it . He really couldn’t understand that .
“Long Chen, I was wrong… Don’t be mad, I understand… Can you forgive me?” Tang Wan-er stuttered through tears . She had realized that the majority of Long Chen’s fury was because of her performance .