Chapter 32 - Arrogant Young Man

The crowd was excited at the savage exchange between Anton and Amir Atsila, and they didn't even realize that the latter almost died in that fight.

The crowd cheered loudly despite their shock about Brogen's sudden appearance on the stage.

"Anton is truly as strong as the rumors!"

"Yeah! With him behind Delfino, that fatso will live a life full of luxury."

Brogen brought the unconscious Amir Atsila on the clinic outside to get treated and Anton who was obviously feeling guilty followed after him. 

Nogi and old man Sekoujo stared at their backs with complicated gazes and the way they looked at Brogen was like they were looking at an ancient predator with unknown strength.

They did not feel Brogen's presence at all when he jumped on the stage to save Amir Atsila. Now, they were puzzled about the group behind these strong individuals. Who could rally this kind of strong force?

The second round of the tournament continued like usual. In the fourth match, Lang Xunfu defeated his opponent in less than one minute with his superior striking ability. And on the seventh match, Sima Fenglun defeated his opponent after exchanging ten blows with him.

"For the eigth match, can I have Santharus from the Tyrannical Tower and...." 

"Finally it is his time to fight again, but I doubt if his opponent could last longer than the fighter from the Situ Family."

"Ten million dollars! Santharus will defeat his opponent in one move!"

"Who the hell is this prodigal asshole?!"

"Sure five million dollars!"

"Seriously!?"

Sima Yantong announced the match to begin and the crowd instantly focused their gaze on the stage.

"You might have defeated Situ Shenlong in one move, but I am not the sa-" Before his opponent could even finish what he was saying, Santharus threw him flying out of the stage in a single normal looking punch.

Sima Yantong's mouth gaped in shock and it took him several seconds before he was able to announce the results.

"For the eighth match, Santharus from the Tyrannical Tower wins!"

"Haha! Give me your five million dollars you fool!"

"What the hell are you talking about? I don't remember betting with you at all!"

"You... You-"

Santharus calmly walked towards Cale and stood behind him like nothing significant happened.

"Let's not waste time an-" Before Sima Yantong could even finish his announcement, a loud laughter stopped him from doing so.

The crowd looked for the source of the loud laughter amd thought to themselves 'Who the hell is this tired of living to embarrass the former patriarch of the Sima Family like that?!'

At the entrance of the grand ballroom, they saw a blonde young man holding a wine glass while looking mockingly at Sima Yantong.

"Uncle Yantong, I feel sad that you did not invite me in this banquet. You did not even bother to invite the fiance of your beloved daughter on the celebration of her ascension as the new family head of the Sima Family." 

The crowd was shocked at the sudden revelation of the young man.

"What fiance?! I didn't know that young miss Sima Ying already have a fiance."

Nangong Lanjiang who was sitting beside Sima Ying felt a stabbing sensation in his heart. He then looked at the blonde man with flames of fury, and if looks could kill, then the might have died multiple times already.

The blonde man felt Nangong Lanjiang's stare and he stared back at him with a condescending gaze. 

"Oh, isn't this the little twerp from the Nangong Family?" The blonde man put on a fake surprised look as he glanced at Nangong Lanjiang, but the mocking tone in his voice was obvious to everyone inside the grand ballroom.

Nangon Lanjiang's face contorted in anger, but he held back his impulse of attacking the blonde young man for his background was truly too complicated for him to trouble his Nangong Family.

"Jeffrey, stop causing trouble inside. You are embarrassing my Sima Family by doing this." Sima Yantong voice carried a hint of anger as he stared at the blonde young man calmly.

Jeffrey was a bit afraid of Sima Yantong for he was an S-Class fighter like his father. And although their family was a lot stronger than the Sima Family, but he did not want to create unnecessary conflict between their two families.

"I apologize Uncle Yantong, I just felt a little bit sad that you did not invite me on this banquet." Jeffrey had a look of sorrow as he glanced at Sima Yantong pitifully.

The latter's gaze softened a bit and patted Jeffrey's back "You may join the banquet, but don't cause trouble, as there are certain individuals here that even my Sima Family could not afford to offend." 

Jeffrey did not even listen to Sima Yantong amd just walked towards Sima Ying with an elegant smile on his face.

The people inside felt disgusted at the young man's act, but they did not want to offend someone that even the Sima Family was wary of.

"Hello little Ying, did you miss your husband?" Nangong Lanjiang could not even utter a word of complaint when Jeffrey stole his seat and he can only look at the latter with with hatred.

Sima Ying did not even bother glancing at Jeffrey and just continued to enjoy her drink.

Jeffrey felt embarrassed and glanced behind him. He saw Nangong Lanjiang who was looking at him with a complicated gaze. "What are you looking at, fool? Are you tired of living? How dare you take liberties with my fiance earlier?" Jeffrey poured all his anger on Nangong Lanjiang.

Nangong Langjiang swallowed his anger and replied in a calm voice "I apologize young master Jeffrey, I did not know that young miss Sima Ying was your fiance."

"Then disappear from my sight right now and don't ruin my mood!" The crowd was speechless at the arrogance of the young man.

Nangong Lanjiang's eyes burned with intense light, but a hand grabbed his shoulders that prevented him from doing anything. 

He glanced towards the owner of the hand and saw Sima Yantong shaking his head. Nangong Lanjiang sighed in sadness and walked towards where the rest of the Nangong Family were seated.