A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage)

Chapter 2179

A hundred skilled martial artists were by no means a small number to ask for.

After all, a country with a huge population like China was considered impressive enough in the martial arts world if they could produce one skilled martial artist within a ten-year span.

As for some smaller nations, many of them could not necessarily produce one even after a fifty-year span.

The fact that Chu Tianqi asked for a hundred so flippantly meant that all the promising young talents from every nation were going to be claimed by him.

“D*mn that Chu Tianqi. What is he trying to do? Back then, Chu Yuan also dispatched people to search for promising individuals from all over the world. Now that Chu Yuan is dead and Chu Sect is done for, why is he still searching? What is their endgame?”

After Prince Carlo calmed down, he recalled Chu Sect's past acts and grew increasingly confused.

He remembered that Chu Sect had taken away nearly ten talented martial artists from Erihal.

After Chu Sect disbanded, Dragon God Hall sent those fighters back to their homeland.

Otherwise, without these young talents, the future of Erihal in the martial arts world would likely be plunged into annihilation.

Carlo assumed that with Chu Yuan's demise, everything horrible could come to an end and peace could return to the world.

However, nobody anticipated Chu Tianqi to appear out of the blue.

“It's all Chu Tianfan and Dragon God Hall's fault. They're all useless good-for-nothings. Why didn't they finish off Chu Tianqi? How did they let him escape? If Dragon God Hall had obliterated Chu Tianqi back then, none of this would've happened!” hissed Jared in anger, enduring the severe pain with clenched teeth as he leaned against the wall, breathing laboriously.

endured the severe pain with clenched teeth, leaning against the wall with labored breaths.

“You're right! Dragon God Hall was sloppy! If anything, Dragon God Hall should be the one to fix this! They're the ones who should also give up a hundred of their skilled martial artists!” exclaimed Mochizuki Kawa in agreement.

Everyone present murmured and nodded in agreement. They also thought that Ye Fan and his party had not done a good job by allowing Chu Tianqi to escape, leading to this incident today.

However, as everyone was criticizing Ye Fan and Dragon God Hall, Ye Qingtian and King Folo stared at Jared and the others as if they were looking at a bunch of fools.

“To think that all of you are a bunch of strong centenarians. After all these years, I think your miserable lives have amounted to nothing!” yelled Ye Qingtian.

He was finally unable to hold back his rage.

“What impertinence! Ye Qingtian, how dare you insult us?”

Jared was furious.

“Did I say something wrong? You're the ones who want to blame Ye Fan! What is he? Your fairy godmother? This is clearly your problem! Why does Ye Fan have to take responsibility for this?” retorted Ye Qingtian.

“Why, you...” Jared was so angry that he began to tremble.

“Ye Qingtian, are you trying to protect Chu Tianfan? Everyone knows that Chu Tianqi was taken away by Dragon God Hall! Now that Chu Tianqi is on the loose and running rampant, shouldn't Chu Tianfan, the leader of Dragon God Hall, be held responsible for this?” yelled Jared.

In a corner somewhere, King Folo also scoffed disdainfully.

“Fine. You're right. Everything you say is right. If that's the case, why don't you seek out Chu Tianfan? Tell him that Chu Tianqi has to die or you will end his life if he fails to comply.”

“I...” Jared was rendered speechless.

Dragon God Hall had long since made itself scarce. Ye Fan's whereabouts were unknown too.

Therefore, even if they wanted to hold Ye Fan accountable, they could not even find the man, let alone ask Ye Fan to deal with Chu Tianqi.

“Haha... What's with the silence? Go on and seek out Chu Tianfan. Go on and accuse him of his crimes. You might end up getting ripped to shreds by Chu Tianqi before you even uncover Chu Tianfan's footsteps!” sneered King Folo scornfully.

“It's one thing to encounter a problem and not know how to solve it. It's another to push the blame onto someone else! Why does everything have to be Ye Fan's fault?” asked Ye Qingtian angrily.

“I'm also wondering. Chu Tianqi was defeated by Ye Fan. So what if he lives or dies? You're a bunch of cowards who are so scared of Chu Sect that you went into hiding in the mountains. Do you think you have the right to point fingers at Ye Fan?” remarked Ye Qingtian sarcastically.

“What's next? Who are you going to blame when someone knocks up your wives? Why don't you blame that on Ye Fan too? This is absolutely preposterous, and you know it!”

Throughout this outburst, Ye Qingtian's eyes were filled with unbridled rage.

After that tirade, everyone was rendered speechless, their faces flushed red with embarrassment.

Even someone as stubborn and proud as Jared hung his head low.

After all, although Ye Qingtian's words were harsh, they made sense. ConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .

When Chu Sect's operation in China was in full swing, Jared, Carlo, and the others did make a run for the mountains in fear. They remained in seclusion within the mountains, refusing to show themselves.

They did not want to join Chu Sect nor perish at Chu Yuan's hands.

As such, they all decided to go into hiding.

It was only after finding out that Chu Yuan was defeated that Carlo and the others resurfaced again.

They all thought that peace would be restored in the future. However, no one expected Chu Tianqi to show up.

On top of that, just one command from him was powerful enough to force supreme grandmasters to their knees.

Given the strength he wielded, Chu Tianqi had probably attained god-realm power.

Just as everyone was arguing, Aaron finally stood up to speak.

“Given how dire the situation is, I think we should be discussing more useful things. The most urgent matter is to think about countermeasures first. How are we going to deal with Chu Tianqi? Do we actually need to hand over a hundred talented martial artists?” asked Aaron, looking at everyone.

“Absolutely not! The future of martial arts in all these countries rests on the shoulders of the youths, especially the talented ones! If we just hand them over, it'll be equivalent to suicide!” said Jerry, refusing flatly.

Carlo sighed out loud. “But if we refuse, we'd have to take Chu Tianqi head-on. I think everyone here has experienced his capability firsthand. Even if all seven of us work together, we don't have much of a chance at winning.”

Carlo knitted his brows tightly.

Jared had gone completely quiet as well.

Due to his rashness from earlier, he had lost a leg.

He was worried that the next thing he would lose was his life.

“Wait a moment. What about Moon God? Mochizuki Kawa, doesn't Japan's Guardian Angel have god realm powers? We could enlist her aid to help us fight Chu Tianqi!”

Just then, Jared suddenly recalled Japan's Moon God.

A troubled look surfaced on Mochizuki Kawa's face. “It's possible, but I don't even know where Moon God is. Ever since Moon God was captured by Chu Tianfan, she never made it back to Japan. We're also searching high and low for her.”

What?

“You mean to say that Moon God has yet to return to Japan? I bet Chu Tianfan must be keeping her captive. How outrageous!” said Jared in a low voice, startled by the revelation.

Mochizuki Kawa was just as worried.

He also thought that the disappearance of Japan's mightiest god had to do with Ye Fan.

That was also the reason why Mochizuki Kawa's hatred for Ye Fan ran deep.

After all, the man had taken their Guardian Angel away from them. It was only reasonable that they hated him.

“We need to think harder. Are there any other solutions?” asked Aaron again.

“How about this? We should copy Chu Tianfan. The best strategy is to make ourselves scarce. Chu Tianqi is coming seven days later to collect the fighters, right? If we can't find enough people, then he'll definitely kill all seven of us. When that happens, we'll just stay hidden since we can't escape. If Chu Tianqi can't find us, there's nothing he can do,” suggested Jared.

When Aaron and the others heard this, they nodded in agreement as well.

Since they had no other ideas, this was likely the only solution they had.

In the end, everyone decided to go into hiding.

Chu Tianqi would have no choice but to let things slide if he couldn't find them.

“But is it really that simple?” Ye Qingtian's heart was filled with doubts.

King Folo shared his concern and thought that their predicament would not be so easily solved.

A week went by very quickly.

Jared and the others concealed themselves deep in the mountains. Using the satellite network, everyone observed what was going on at Karlo Palace.

On that fateful day, the weather was bright and clear. The world seemed to be peaceful.

Just when everyone thought they were safe, a piece of news broke out that night and shocked the whole world.