Chapter 425 - Golden Fist (1/2)

Alex cringed a little when he heard his voice. This was the one person he probably hated the most in all of the sects.

'He must've let everyone know about the battle happening right now. No wonder all of these people are here,' Alex thought and looked at the crowd.

He walked up to the elder and handed him his badge and walked back. Huo Tu did the same thing as he kept an angry eye on Alex the entire time.

The elder working as the referee was also interested to see the fight happen. Not just him, all the elders watching the fight were interested.

The one thing that had puzzled them until this day was how an Organ Tempering 3rd realm cultivator could have possibly beat a Meridian Tempering 3rd realm cultivator.

When the news had spread, everyone had wanted to see how Alex had done that, but a few days later, Alex disappeared from the sect.

It wasn't until the competition that they finally saw him again and realized the truth about him. The son of the 3rd wealthiest merchant in all of the Crimson Empire and the direct disciple of the Sect Leader of the Tiger sect.

This was a match that the people just didn't want to miss. Alex was currently giving off an aura that said he was a Meridian Tempering 3rd realm cultivator, while Huo Tu had only improved a single time and had reached the 4th realm of Meridian Temperature.

Even if that was Alex's original cultivation base, winning against Huo Tu would be a breeze, however, he needed to worry just how great he wanted his performance to be.

He looked around and noticed a few elders that were clearly high-ranked. One of them was the First Elder too. Even his senior sister was looking at him from far away, with slight concerns in her eyes.

He walked to the other end of the stage and weighed his options. 'Should I hide my abilities and use Heaven's impact once again to finish the match mysteriously like last time?' he wondered.

However, the elders were all focused on him right now. Using Heaven's impact here was basically inviting them to see that he had a mental attack. With how long it took for Huo Tu to wake up last time, they were probably already suspecting that.

'Sword Intent then?' he wondered. That was an option too. After all, during the last week or so, he had improved his sword intent to the level that he could surely beat Huo Tu right now.

”You have some sort of mental skill, don't you?” Huo Tu asked.

Alex was surprised, but at the same time, not really. Huo Tu might look and act like an idiot, but he was also a Meridian Tempering realm disciple. One did not reach that high with simply money.

'Or maybe they did. Isn't that what all of those players are doing basically?' Alex thought. So, he couldn't put it past Huo Tu to have learned about this from somewhere else.

'Isn't his master like an elder? 7th elder or something?' Alex thought.

”You don't have to answer. I already know you use mental attacks. This time, however, you won't win,” Huo Tu said and opened his robe a little to show the medallion he had on his neck.

”This is an artifact that can stop all-metal attacks from hurting me. Adding onto the fact that my armor still remains one of the best in the sect, You have no chance of beating me.”

”Fall down on your knees and beg for mercy. I might end up taking you in as my lackey then,” Huo Tu said.

The Elder waited for Alex to respond, but Alex remained unspeaking. Alex sighed when he heard Huo Tu. He doubted he had even heard such disrespect towards him even from Song Zun or Zexi.

Seeing that Alex wasn't going to speak anytime soon, the elder decided to start the match. ”Fight!”

Immediately, black lines appeared all over Huo Tu's body as if it were a jade's pattern stamped onto his body. He was using the jade-skin technique. With this, his defense was one grade higher than normal.

Immediately, he brought out a handful of pills and a handful of talismans from his storage bag. Although he wasn't going to immediately fight with them, it was better to keep it handy.

”What? Aren't you going to attack me?” Huo Tu asked out loud.

”Very well,” Alex said, finally speaking after staying silent for a while. ”If it is a fight you want, then I shall give it to you.”

Suddenly, the aura around Alex started to shift. Both the elders and the disciples alive suddenly got alert at the sudden change of it. Little by little, Alex's cultivation base started to grow larger and larger.

The First Elder as well as the various other elders that were watching Alex had their eyes go wide. Luo Mei couldn't help but block her mouth with her hand as it opened in surprise.

The disciples that were watching the fight were also surprised as well as terrified.

Even so, the aura kept increasing and increasing.

”You! You have been hiding your ability all this time. Y-You…” Huo Tu could speak anymore as Alex's cultivation base stopped at a stable level for everyone to see.

Meridian Tempering 8th Realm.

He was strong, and there was no reason to hide it. Since there was no reason to hide it, he might as well show it for everyone to see so that they didn't have the naive idea of challenging him to waste his time.

Alex looked at the cowering Huo Tu and said, ”Come, let's fight.”

”Die!” Huo Tu shouted and threw a pill towards Alex. This was one of the exploding pills that Alex had a hard time dealing with last time.

However, this time, before the pill was even half the distance away from Huo Tu, it struck an invisible wall made up of Alex's Qi and exploded.

The force of the explosion did nothing to Alex, but the shockwaves did shake Huo Tu a little. He started to get scared.