"You, you won, let me go." The short, fat guy begged for mercy, but his eyes were full of venom.

"Let you go? That's too easy, isn't it? We agreed that the loser would crawl through the legs." Wang Xiaoqiang chuckled playfully, "There are tens of thousands of people here who can vouch for that. You can't deny it..."

"What crawling through legs?? I never made that bet." The short, fat guy denied flatly, "Furthermore, there's no such rule in the competition guidelines. If you force me, that would be breaking the rules..."

Wang Xiaoqiang sneered coldly, staring at him, "Old man, how old are you?"

The short, fat guy was confused, "Why, why do you ask this?"

"Old man, you must be at least two hundred years old,"

"Yes, I can be the grandfather of your grandfather..."

Wang Xiaoqiang repressed his fury and said, "Haha, is that so? Old man, at your age, you're reneging on your words, playing tricks on a youngster like me. Aren't you ashamed? Aren't you embarrassed?"

The short, fat guy turned his head aside, "You want this grandfather to kneel down to a brat of a grandson? That's too much."

"Filthy mouth." Wang Xiaoqiang finally couldn't hold back. He went up and slapped him, directly knocking the short, fat guy's mouth awry. Front teeth scattered. Blood splattered.

Then, forcing him to the ground, he said aggressively, "Crawl through the legs for me."

"I protest. I've already admitted defeat. If you lay hands on me again, that's violence." the short, fat guy shouted.

"Violence? ...For trash like you, I must use violence." Wang Xiaoqiang said and slapped him again, making the short, fat guy's face swell red.

The crowd below started to stir slightly, and the veterans from the previous ranking matches protested, complaining about the unfairness of the contest. They believed Wang Xiaoqiang was being violent in the arena, blatantly breaking the competition's rules.

The Azure Dragon Guardian stood up and said solemnly, "Although the competition rules state this, betting between parties is voluntary, and as a contestant, one must take responsibility for their words. You must pay the price for your actions..."

At this point, the Azure Dragon Guardian naturally sided with Wang Xiaoqiang, and logically, the short, fat guy should fulfill his promise. Hence, his words quelled the protests of the elders.

On the arena, the short, fat guy lay on the ground, playing dead like a dog.

Killing someone is easy, but making someone act according to your will is incredibly difficult. Wang Xiaoqiang couldn't do anything about the short, fat guy, but suddenly, he came up with a plan, and said, "You don't have to crawl through my legs if you take a slice from my blade."

"Kill me or slice me, do as you wish. Either way, I won't crawl through the legs." The short, fat guy knew he'd admitted defeat, so Wang Xiaoqiang couldn't kill him. He decided to act obnoxiously and turned his head aside.

"Kill you or slice you, huh? Fine, I won't kill you. I'll just give you a slice..." Wang Xiaoqiang chuckled.

"Slice away, slice away. I dare you to slice me to death..." The short, fat guy directly rolled up his robe sleeve, revealing his right arm, and extended it to Wang Xiaoqiang.

"Everyone sees it, it's him who asked for the slice." Wang Xiaoqiang glanced at the crowd with a grin, then took out the Yin Blade and gently sliced the short, fat guy's arm once.

"I dare you to slice me to death, don't be all tender like a woman." The short, fat guy noticed Wang Xiaoqiang only sliced him lightly, creating a mere inch-long cut that didn't even bleed. He assumed Wang Xiaoqiang was afraid, so he became arrogant again.

"Alright, then I'll make some more." Wang Xiaoqiang said, holding the Yin Blade, and sliced the short, fat guy's arm thrice more before stopping.

By now, the Yin Fiend had already spread from the blade's cuts throughout his body. The short, fat guy felt a chilling, snakelike aura spread through his body, shuddered, and fearfully said, "You, you scoundrel, you've poisoned me."

Wang Xiaoqiang sneered, "You asked me to slice you, and besides, my blade carries no poison, it's merely a Yin Blade..."

"What? A Yin Blade? I'm poisoned by the Yin Fiend? Ah, you, you cursed villain, you dared use the Yin Blade on me. If you want to kill me, do it swiftly, why use this insidious method..."

Everyone stared at the short, fat guy with amusement, some chuckled playfully, thinking this was just a result of his own actions.

"Is this my fault? You've lived for two hundred years, and you don't even recognize the Yin Blade?" Wang Xiaoqiang laughed.

By this time, the Yin Fiend had invaded deep into the short, fat guy's flesh, bones, and limbs. He was shivering, his teeth chattering. He stammered, "You're, you're so treacherous, so vile."

"Is this my fault? You're the one who asked for the slice. Did you live your two hundred years like a dog?" Wang Xiaoqiang spoke as he sheathed the Yin Blade.

Wang Xiaoqiang's words amused the crowd below.

"You, you..." The short, fat guy could barely utter two "you's" before he couldn't speak anymore, his body was frozen stiff, and if left untreated, he would die.

The crowd below murmured anxiously, and the government officers behind the podium stood up. If the short, fat guy had been killed by Wang Xiaoqiang in the arena, it would've been worse, but after admitting defeat, dying at Wang Xiaoqiang's hands was unjustifiable.

The Azure Dragon Guardian furrowed his brow. If the short, fat guy really died, failing to punish Wang Xiaoqiang accordingly would make the situation hard to handle, especially with all these eyes watching. Protecting Wang Xiaoqiang wouldn't be possible.

Just as everyone worried for Wang Xiaoqiang, he waved his hand, and a drop of Immortal Liquid fell from his hand, striking the short, fat guy's body. The Fiery Red Immortal Liquid, with its pure luster, entered his body and immediately thawed him out, while ceaselessly dispelling the Yin Fiend within him.

When half of the Yin Fiend had been driven out from the short, fat guy's body, Wang Xiaoqiang pretended to be exhausted, deliberately collapsing onto the arena.

The short, fat guy had recovered by then, able to move freely. Seeing Wang Xiaoqiang on the ground, stop dispelling for him, he immediately jumped up, pointed at him, and said, "Kid, what are you doing, feigning dead? The Yin Fiend inside me is caused by you. You must completely remove it, or I won't let go of you."

Before he finished his sentence, the crowd below started murmuring, "This guy is heartless, can't you see he's exhausted of Spiritual Power?"

"I think Wang Xiaoqiang shouldn't have removed the fiend for him. Let him die, a shameless person like him is better dead than alive, it's a disgrace."

"Exactly, a useless, cowardly fool is unnecessary alive."

The short, fat guy listened to the whispers, his face gradually turning red with shame, embarrassed to continue demanding Wang Xiaoqiang.

Wang Xiaoqiang climbed up from the ground, and said to him, "I'm exhausted of Spiritual Power. If you want to fully dispel the Yin Fiend, come find me in a few days."

"Consider yourself sensible. Hmph!" The short, fat guy snorted coldly, swung his sleeve, and jumped off the arena.

Wang Xiaoqiang intended to control the short, fat guy with Yin Fiend to make him work for him, because, ultimately, having a follower at your beck and call is convenient. Like how Elder Tiann twice took the fall for him and the Seven Freaks of Jianghu and Niulan Mountain helped him kidnap Fang Yuyan, greatly benefiting him. And in the end, he did not waste any Spiritual Power on them.

But this time, it was in front of everyone, Wang Xiaoqiang couldn't make it too obvious. So he pretended to be exhausted of Spiritual Power, intentionally delaying. As for later... Hmph, Wang Xiaoqiang wasn't that easy to talk to. Privately, he planned to deal with the short, fat guy as he pleased.

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