“Bai Zihan is still alive?”
“Wha— How? How is he still alive?”
“Gou You’s punch should have disintegrated his body, not to mention he seems to be only lightly injured.”
…
It didn’t take much time for everyone to know that Bai Zihan, who was thought to be dead after the Gou You attack, was alive.
Bai Zihan, being who he was, was pretty pissed off due to what happened to him.
No matter how powerful he was, he was still too slow to even react to Gou You’s attack.
Thankfully, Gou You had underestimated him and didn’t use Qi, which made it possible for him to survive.
Well, he did more than survive, and apart from some injuries he took, there wasn’t anything wrong.
It was all thanks to his body, which had undergone three refinements through the Primordial Chaos Body Refinement Technique.
Being alive after an attack from Gou You could already be described as an incredible feat, not to mention being able to move.
“Young Master!”
Bai Clan Elders immediately made their way toward Bai Zihan.
Some checked whether anything had happened to him, while others were afraid that those Demonic Sect bastards would attack again.
At the same time, Bai Xueqing and Chu Ziyan were relieved to see Bai Zihan was okay and thought that it was as they expected, though they also almost believed that he might really be dead.
But as expected of Bai Zihan—even the Devil doesn’t want him to come to Hell so quickly.
“I’m fine!”
Bai Zihan said after getting annoyed by the elders who were checking his body and touching everywhere to examine him.
“Can anyone tell me which bastard sneak-attacked me?”
Bai Zihan asked.
Gou You was too fast for Bai Zihan to see him.
Although Bai Zihan knew that whoever attacked him was a powerful opponent, he needed to know for when he takes his revenge.
A gentleman’s revenge is never too late!
For someone as petty as Bai Zihan, there was no way he would forgive something as bad as getting smacked by someone.
The Elders looked at each other, not willing to tell because they thought he might go out and seek revenge.
Everyone knew just how petty Bai Zihan was!
But there wasn’t a need for them to answer.
“How!”
Gou You shouted in shock.
For him, there was no doubt that Bai Zihan was dead. He didn’t use Qi or any Technique, which he thought would be overkill, and he didn’t have time to do so because of Bai Ren.
But it wasn’t an attack that the younger generation—no matter how talented he or she was considered to be—could survive.
Bai Ren, on the other hand, couldn’t help but laugh.
“Hahaha… As expected of our heir. Gou You, your attack is too weak to kill our heir!”
He was excited not only because Bai Zihan, who was thought to be dead, was alive, but because he had survived Gou You’s attack—someone of his own league.
One could only imagine just how powerful Bai Zihan was for him to survive that.
He also didn’t miss the chance to mock Gou You.
“You—”
Gou You couldn’t help but glare at Bai Zihan.
“Old man, so you were the one to sneak attack me? As expected of a coward! Can’t face me head-on?”
Looking at the direction everyone was facing when he asked the question, the answer came to him.
And considering that he couldn’t see the face of the person who had managed to hit him, Bai Zihan came to a quick conclusion.
Gou You gritted his teeth in anger.
Not only did he risk his reputation in order to eliminate someone he considered a threat to the Demonic Sect, the person he intended to kill had survived—and now he was getting insulted by him in front of every powerhouse.
Did he, Gou You, ever come to such a stage that even a younger generation could humiliate him like this?
Gou You’s face twisted in fury, his demonic Qi bubbling beneath the surface like lava ready to explode.
“How dare you… you little bastard!”
He took a step forward, killing intent rising like a black tide.
The sky seemed to dim under the weight of his rage, the air itself thick with pressure.
But just as he was about to charge—
BOOM!
A crimson light flashed.
Bai Ren reappeared in front of Bai Zihan like a phantom, his crimson glaive drawn and pointed directly at Gou You’s chest.
“Not this time!”
Bai Ren said coldly.
He had already made a mistake earlier which he refused to repeat this time.
With Bai Ren standing before him, Gou You stood no chance of attacking Bai Zihan again.
While on the ground, Bai Zihan was furious, insulting Gou You and taunting him.
“Old man, you are quite capable of injuring me by sneak attack. Come here so that I can waste you! ”
Of course, he couldn’t—but he needed to vent his anger and repeatedly cursed at Gou You, knowing that Bai Ren would stop him.
“You think you can insult our Third Demon General? Bai Zihan, know your place.”
Mo Tianji interrupted.
Well, he was just trying to salvage whatever reputation he had. Since the elders were also here, he didn’t think Bai Zihan could attack him.
The words had barely left his mouth when—
“Did I lie?”
Bai Zihan interrupted, tone sharp and mocking.
“I just told the truth. The old dog sneak-attacked me. Just what kind of Expert does that to a younger generation?”
He spread his arms wide.
“And even when he did, what happened? I’m still alive! Just shows how weak that coward is!”
“You— General Gou You isn’t someone who you can just—-”
Mo Tianji growled.
But Bai Zihan cut him off again.
“If the truth hurts that much, then that’s your problem.”
Bai Zihan then glared at Mo Tianji with killing intent.
“Or you can try to shut me up? Though I believe even ten of you can’t touch a strand of my hair. Hahaha…”
Bai Zihan couldn’t help but mock Mo Tianji.
Mo Tianji had already backed off quite a bit when he felt Bai Zihan’s killing intent.
Gasps echoed across the battlefield.
Although everyone had already seen Bai Zihan keep his feet on Mo Tianji’s face and humiliate him, they still didn’t expect such arrogant words from Bai Zihan—well, not exactly didn’t expect, but didn’t think he would dare.
One could have thought he was bragging, if not for his previous display of power.
Even the Elders of Bai Clan turned slightly, lips twitching as if to say, Oh no, here he goes again.
No matter what the situation was, Bai Zihan just couldn’t help but mock someone and make himself look dominant.
Bai Xueqing put a hand to her forehead.
Chu Ziyan sighed.
Bai Xinyue?
She was still watching in silence—but her eyes had a faint flicker of amusement.
The Demonic Sect elders behind Mo Tianji gritted their teeth in outrage.
“Arrogant bastard!”
“Does he want to die!?”
“Hmph! Don’t underestimate our Saint! Without your tricks, you are nothing before him.”
…
The elders from Crimson Demon Sect thought that what they saw earlier must have been because Bai Zihan used some trick or perhaps others helped him.
They still believed that their own Saint was stronger than Bai Zihan, whose reputation was only that of a waste until recently.
But no matter what others believed, it was for sure that Mo Tianji didn’t have the will to go against Bai Zihan.
Surviving Gou You’s attack proved that he was above any of the younger generation—and even without that, he had already had enough of eating dirt earlier.
Mo Tianji showed no sign of going to confront Bai Zihan despite all the encouragement from the elders.
It was certain that the earlier image of Mo Tianji eating dirt was caused by Bai Zihan, without any trick or help.
“Tch! Coward! Don’t try to act arrogant before me if you can’t even back it.”
The Elders looked at Mo Tianji, some ashamed, others stunned by how their most ruthless genius was staying quiet after being threatened and insulted by Bai Zihan.
Just when did their Ruthless Saint turn into a Coward?