Chapter 748: Emotional Damage (2)

Chapter 748: Emotional Damage (2)

Su Yu ignored all those people and said, "I'm the victor, so it's up to me. Seniors, not everyone shares your thoughts. Back when Shan Xiong was challenging the multiple character faction and causing numerous branches to shut down, why did none of you say anything?"

"He was confident in his strength so he challenged me. Since he has been defeated, I am taking what is rightfully mine. Is there anything wrong about that? I'm different from him. If I want, I can also sweep through all the single character faction branches of the Human Realm. But if I do so, will they shut down as well? That's too pointless for me. I'm not going to do that. But since Shan Xiong had opted to do such a thing, it is only fair that he suffers the consequences for it."

Silence descended. Nobody could find a retort against that argument. There was no doubt that Shan Xiong had not challenged the multiple character faction just to have a spar with them. There was a hidden agenda behind his action. He was simply unfortunate enough to stumble upon someone he couldn't defeat this time.

Niu Baidao smiled, "Su Yu, why are you speaking like that? You should be polite. Prefect Shang, this little girl has gone mad because of love. I can understand that. But she has also snatched Su Yu's spoils of war. That is taboo. Hand it over first. In the Allheaven Battlefield, snatching the spoils of war of others is a heavy crime. We can forgive her since she's young and this is her first time..."

Shang Tianjiao bit her lips anxiously as she looked at the silhouette that was slowly turning more and more corporeal. That was her grandfather. She could only place her hope on him.

After a short silence, Prefect Shang said, "Tianjiao, hand Shan Xiong's character to Su Yu first."

"I refuse!" Shang Tianjiao sank into despair. Even her grandfather was telling her to hand it over.

Prefect Shang said, "Hand it over first. You can even hand it to Principal Niu. Am I right, Principal Niu?"

Principal Niu wouldn't kill Shan Xiong for no reason. There would be no benefit to doing so. Instead, he would offend Great Zhou and Great Shang. As for handing it to Su Yu...youngsters were more rash so Su Yu might really kill Shan Xiong.

Right at that moment, the golden ball in Shang Tianjiao's hand shone. Shan Xiong's weakened voice rang out, "Tianjiao, let Su Yu take my character."

"I refuse!" Shang Tianjiao's eyes turned red as she said, "You're not allowed to die!"

She looked at Su Yu and mournfully said, "Must you kill him? He has never killed your people! Even when his grandpa was killed by your teacher, he had never thought of killing you! Su Yu, are you this cruel?"

Su Yu smiled, "Are you trying to say that I'm the one at fault here? His grandpa was the one inciting trouble repeatedly. He tried to kill my grandteacher, my teacher, and my martial uncle in Great Xia. Isn't it normal for one to be killed after failing to kill others?"

"As for him, I naturally won't have anything to say if he kills me after defeating me. But now that he's the loser, what can I do about it? Why do some people always believe that they are innocent and they are the only ones deserving of sympathy? Shan Xiong didn't need to challenge me in the first place. Did I force him to come all the way here and fight me?"

Shang Tianjiao had nothing to say.

Su Yu said, "If you aren't the descendant of an Invincible, you would have died right after snatching my spoils of war. Don't think that you can do anything you want just because of your background. Prefect Shang is right here. Let me ask you something. If you refuse to hand over the character, I'll kill you. Will Great Shang kill me for that? This matter has nothing to do with Great Shang in the first place. Must you drag Great Shang into the mess?"

"Previously, an elder from Great Shang tried to kill me. I never said anything about that. Is Great Shang insisting on being my enemy?"

This time, Su Yu was looking at the silhouette instead of Shang Tianjiao.

After a short silence, Prefect Shang said, "Hand Shan Xiong to Principal Niu. Su Yu, don't kill him just to vent your anger. Killing him won't benefit you. What do you want? Great Zhou and Great Shang will try our best to satisfy you."

It was unlikely that Su Yu would kill Shang Tianjiao. But even if it did happen, would he kill Su Yu for that? What a joke. Invincible families were strong, but it wasn't like Su Yu had no backer. This was unrelated to them in the first place. Were they supposed to trigger a war between two prefectures because of this?

Even Zhou Polong was still remaining uninvolved. Why should he involve himself? If it wasn't for the fact that Shan Xiong himself was quite a valuable individual, he wouldn't have bothered showing himself.

Zhou Polong stiffened somewhat upon hearing that before smiling, "Zhu Tiandao, you truly never hold back when speaking."

"That's the truth." Zhu Tiandao said, "Nowadays, Great Ming is getting very lively. Even Shang Yunchao sent his willpower incarnation over. I'm getting the urge to beat up a few Invincible descendants. That way, I might be able to lure out even more old friends and catch up with them over tea."

Zhou Polong didn't even deign to give a reply. After finishing his cup of tea, he stood up and asked, "Is Su Yu aware of my arrival?"

"I'm not sure."

"Interesting. Do you really want me to talk with him?"

The two did not even move. They merely flickered before reappearing above Su Yu. Their arrival instantly caught everyone’s attention.

"Greetings, Principal Zhou and Prefect Zhu."

Some of the experts bowed and offered their greetings. They offered their greetings to Zhou Polong first. Zhu Tiandao had a higher status, but Zhou Polong was the stronger individual. This was an expert who was incomparably close to the Invincible Realm.

In fact, he was similar in strength to Xia Longwu. However, it was widely spread that he was slightly weaker. But since the two had never fought each other, it was hard for anyone to say which of the two was stronger.

Zhou Polong did not react to the greetings. Meanwhile, Zhu Tiandao smiled and nodded at the crowd.

He said, "Old Shang, why are you sending only a willpower incarnation here? That's quite rude. Don't do this in the future. Otherwise, I'll send one of my kids to your place and kick up a fuss as well before sending my willpower incarnation over. Would you like that?"

Prefect Shang nodded, "My apologies. This was an emergency. Tianjiao is a spoiled brat. I apologize for her actions. The next time we meet, I'll apologize in person."

Zhu Tiandao laughed heartily and said, "It's fine. Don't worry about it. Would I bicker with a child for something like this? Su Yu, be more magnanimous. No matter what, you're an elder. In terms of seniority, you can even call Tianjiao niece. If you're feeling shameless, you can even call her your granddaughter. As an honorary elder, you have the same seniority as principals and prefects. Why bicker with a child?"

"..."

Once again, silence descended. At first, they were looking forward to how the two experts would solve this issue. But Zhu Tiandao had only been focusing on putting those from Great Shang in their place.

Zhou Polong said nothing. With a wave of his hand, the golden ball flew out of Shang Tianjiao's hand into his hand. The golden ball turned red as it absorbed the life force provided to it. After a while, a pale Shan Xiong reappeared before everyone there.

His physical cultivation had dropped all the way to the Great Strength Realm. The only silver lining was the fact that he did not need to undergo the Source Opening process all over again.

Of course, that might not be the case if one delayed the rebuilding of one's destroyed body as the Source Opening acupoints might be blocked again by then.

With his head lowered, Shan Xiong said, "Teacher, I have embarassed you."

"Don't worry about it." Zhou Polong said, "Su Yu is extremely talented. And he's quite strong as well. In fact, he's stronger than both me and Xia Longwu when we were his age. In fact, we might not even survive a fight with him as Skysoars."

That caused a great uproar among the crowd. Zhou Polong! He had actually said that even he and Xia Longwu would not be able to survive an encounter with Su Yu were they at the same cultivation level. What did that mean? Was Su Yu even more talented than the two of them?