Chapter 62: Astonishment Fills the Hall

  Three groups of Eagle Nose surnamed Mu asked Li Mang to take a palm, despite swearing to suppress his cultivation to twenty years of cultivation, but still making the audience on the side frightened and expectant. However, would Li Mang agree? This was very unfair to him.

  Yang Fan didn't know when he had arrived at the outer circle, but he didn't step forward to stop him. Beside him stood a cold and imposing big man, expressionless, staring straight ahead - it was Cheng Wei.

  "You're in charge here, are you just going to stand by and watch your subordinates being bullied?" Cheng Wei asked with a expressionless face.

  "Not even you as a coach are worried, what do I have to worry about?" Yang Fan habitually adjusted his glasses and smiled.

  "...Cheng Wei couldn't help but smile lightly, but then he became serious: "Indeed, twenty years of cultivation can't hurt Li Mang, but if he suddenly increases his strength, Li Mang may be seriously injured at any time. This hundred-year-old cultivator is not someone we can control."

  "This man is named Muran, with a high and proud heart. He is known for his integrity in the Yan Huang courtyard. He doesn't fear thunderbolts from heaven, but he does care about his own reputation. Do you think he would ruin his own name for this?" Yang Fan was surprisingly calm, but after finishing speaking, he saw several people wearing casual clothes also watching from a distance, and couldn't help but frown."

  Cheng Wei also noticed something was off and looked over, his thick eyebrows furrowed as he muttered to himself: "They're from the Discipline Squad, how can they not intervene?"

  "They might also like to watch the excitement!" Yang Fan joked, and then said seriously: "The Tian group is different from us, they have a rich foundation, even if it's the discipline group, they have to weigh their options before taking action. Moreover... Li Meng's progress has been too rapid recently, they will inevitably have a test sooner or later, isn't today a good opportunity?"

  "A pack of foxes!" responded Cheng Wei bluntly, he just couldn't stand this kind of conspiracy and trickery, speaking directly.

  Yang Fan was speechless, living in such an environment, having only strength is not enough, one must also use their brain, otherwise even the strongest strength will only make one a roughneck, being used by others as a tool.

  In the midst of the crowd, Li Mang's face changed from cloudy to sunny, but more often it was a look of helplessness. He had dragged this out for so long, yet no one came to stop him - this wasn't like the speed of Yan Huang at all! Was it the fear of the three teams? Or perhaps some other reason? For a moment, he couldn't figure it out.

  "Young man, what's your answer!" The old monster began to urge.

  "I can take a slap from you, but there's no apology. You were the ones who provoked this, and it happened because of you." Li Mang could only respond in this way.

  "If you can withstand Mu Lao's slap, I'll apologize to you!" Pan Zhengcheng smiled. In his opinion, Li Meng was courting death. Although Mu Lao had suppressed his strength to twenty years of cultivation, under twenty years of cultivation, he had no equal, and it was not something that Li Meng could compare with.

  Ding Tianhua beside him also smiled. Today's events were indeed full of twists and turns, exceeding his imagination, but the final result was already achieved, wasn't it?

  "...Muo Lao Guai defaults to Pan Zhengcheng's self-proclaimed sovereignty, apologizing to him is equally dispensable, as long as Li Meng loses, it's better than any apology."

  "Good!" Li Mang could only agree, his face finally showing a serious expression. He was just a beginner who had recently broken through the twenty-year cultivation, while his opponent was suppressing his strength to twenty years. The hundred-year realm of the opponent was real and substantial, and the difference in realm would lead to an inequality in the actual strength that could be demonstrated by the two twenty-year cultivations.

  The cafeteria suddenly became quiet, everyone was quietly watching the scene, even their breathing seemed to be held back, making the outside wind audible, and the sound of footsteps from the two people moving was also clearly audible, the atmosphere suddenly became oppressive.

  "Young man, don't blame me for not warning you. This palm strike will neither be held back nor restrained in the slightest. Your life or death is your own choice." Mu Lao Guai said coldly.

  "I'm just worried you'll go back on your word." Li Mang smiled in response.

  "Bullshit! I, Muran Rui, say what is and isn't. With so many people here as witnesses, you still worry that I'll go back on my word?" As Yang Fan said, upon hearing Li Mang's questioning, Muran Rui reacted fiercely, revealing his proud and aloof personality.

  "Not bad, Mu Lao's character is renowned in Yan Huang Academy, I believe he will never go back on his word!"

  "I can also testify to this point, you can rest assured!"

  The people around him echoed one after another, wanting to use this to cut off Li Meng's other excuses, but among them was also the reason for Mu Tianrui's reputation for being upright and far-reaching, these guarantees were not all blindly following the crowd.

  Li Meng felt slightly at ease, he wasn't afraid of anything else, just that Mu Tianrui wouldn't keep his promise and increase his strength at the last minute. Now seeing no worries behind him, he said: "Mu senior, make your move!"

  "Good!" Mu Tianrui's evil energy was overwhelming, and as soon as Li Mang finished his defense, he struck directly. This seemed like a light and gentle palm, but the power contained within made some of the younger generation nearby tremble with fear. Among them, Li Mang's senses were the most intense, and he could feel an overwhelming force pressing towards him. Twenty years of cultivation was not considered high, but it wasn't low either.

  At this moment, he didn't dare to be slow for a moment, pouring his inner energy into the palm of his hand, and raised it to meet the attack.

  "......Not good!" Mu Tianrui's expression changed drastically, he was at such a high level, how could he not see that Li Meng was using a strong internal force, and instinctively poured a stream of internal force into his palm.

  However, thinking of his own oath, Mu Tianrui's face changed greatly, and he hastily withdrew his inner strength, facing Li Meng's palm strike with a darkened face.

  "Bang!"

  Li Mang took two steps back, his face flushing red for a moment.

  Mù Tiān Ruì then floated backwards, despite his elegant posture, he couldn't change the fact that he was farther back than Lǐ Mǎng.

  "...The surroundings were still dead silent, but unlike the quiet waiting before, at this moment the people around were all agape, as if they had seen a ghost, and some even rubbed their eyes with their hands, as if doubting whether they were hallucinating."

  Such a result is completely different from what they imagined, and this scene in front of them should not have appeared...

  "Thank you, Senior Mo, for showing mercy!" Li Meng bowed deeply to Mu Tianrui, his expression respectful and sincere, as if Mu Tianrui had just really let him off easy.

  "Cough, cough..." Feeling the focus of those suspicious eyes on himself, Mu Tianrui felt his old face heat up, and his expression turned gloomy. But at this point, could he deny it? Denial would only lead to people ridiculing his abilities, and the proud him couldn't bear to lose face, so he might as well follow Li Meng's lead and go along with it.

  Then, Mu Tianrui stroked his beard, with an air of a transcendent being, looking at Li Mang, and unexpectedly praised: "Young man, it's already quite good that you can achieve this at such a young age. What's even more rare is that you're not arrogant or impatient, and have more potential than those 'sons of heaven' in the heavenly group. Very good!"

  The person next to him was stunned, what's going on? This is unscientific...

  Li Mang sighed inwardly at this person's shamelessness, but didn't expose him and continued to speak humbly: "Still need senior's guidance!"

  "Great!" Mu Tianrui suddenly felt that the more he looked at Li Mang, the more pleasing to the eye he was. He shouted "Great!" and astonishingly said: "Don't stay in that crappy ninth group either, it will bury your talent. Join our third group instead!"

  Mo Tianrui's words were spoken in front of everyone, and as soon as they came out, the faces of all the people around him changed in shock. Pan Zhengcheng's face turned iron-green, Ding Tianhua looked terrified, others were envious and resentful, even Yang Fan and Cheng Wei changed their previous relaxed expressions, their faces greatly changing.

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