89 The challenge 2 (1/2)

What nonsense was this?

The contestants felt as though their body was pressed down by a mountain.

They should have known that the patriarch wanting to end things quickly did not mean the challenge will be easy. On the contrary, who is the patriarch? A legend such as this would never make things easy on them.

Jia Lin and one other person immediately coughed up blood. This caused uproar in the crowd. They did not understand that to Jia Lin, a weight of ten mountains had descended on his energy core. The other boy immediately fainted on the first step causing confusion every where.

”On the first step?” someone said.

”Is it not just to climb the steps?”

”Are the top hundred this weak?” another asked.

”What do you know? If it was easy, why did others stop?”

”Yes! Go and join them if you think you can do it.” another defended.

”I don't believe the patriarch's challenge will be easy. This goes to show that!”

If the contestants heard the conversation of the crowd, they would have doubled over and died. Challenge? More like murder! It was as though the patriarch was angry with them and wished them to die.

”Patriarch, mercy!” one of them shouted. Many wondered why he sounded so panicked. The next second, he dropped to the floor after coughing up blood.

Now many were curious. What was happening?

”Patriarch, mercy!” another said.

”Patriarch, I don't want to die!”

their words caused confusion in the crowd. Many looked to Tie Nse who had not spoken. Seeing as he said nothing, they wondered if the contestants were just exaggerating.

”Patriarch, instead of killing us in this challenge, bring out your disciple to face me. That would be a true test of strength!” Di Wong said. When his words came out, another round of uproar went up in the crowd. If Di Wong had not spoken up, many would have just said they are too weak to handle the patriarch's challenge. But as he has spoken, many are sure that the patriarch was intending to kill them.