Chapter 8—True Might.
"Just because you lost in a fight ten years ago, you want to kill me?" Mu Chen asked, not understanding why Mu Yang hates him so much.
It was just a spar between two kids for training, and he won.
"You stepped on meeee! Do you know how it felt? Your leg pressed down on me—you, who are younger than me—while everyone was looking," Mu Yang bellowed, as he let go of the sword and landed aside.
Everyone was watching the show with interest; Le Yang let go of his pressure but kept a glance on Mu Hui; he wanted to eat snacks while enjoying the unfolding show.
Liu Ying felt that this day was incredible for her; Zhen Jie was waiting for the right moment to strike.
"Seriously, why me then? You lost to Mu Hui, and just take a look at that disgusting guy over there—he forced you to kneel. So, why hate only me when they are also younger than you?" Mu Chen asked, not really understanding that a simple loss in a fight could make a person want to kill, and most importantly, they are of the same clan.
Everyone seriously focused on their words, while Mu Hui only focused on how Mu Chen called her "Mu Hui" with her full name; she didn't understand why he dislikes her.
"First, Xiao Hui is the adopted daughter of Mu Patriarch, meaning she is a childbride of mine; and who are you calling a disgusting guy? He is the young sect master of Holy Sword Sect; he is far greater than all of us. It's luck to even kneel in front of him," he shouted with pride at the end, with a hint of worship on his face.
Mu Hui's eyes jerked when she heard that 'child bride' term.
"Very well; in short words, you pick on me and hate me because I am weak!" Mu Chen said, understanding Mu Yang's reason for hate.
If Mu Chen had been the same talented genius from before, Mu Yang—even in his dreams—wouldn't dare to hate him; he would even consider being stepped on by him as his pride.
"Yeah! Though everyone doesn't say it out loud, they bark behind me. They say that the young master of Mu Clan has been stepped on by Trash Mu; anyone can step on him. You being trash made my name tarnished," Mu Yang finally confessed everything.
"No, young master, we don't say anything like that," a young man with a cheeky face said out loud, as he remembered that Mu Yang caught him when he scolded him silently.
"Really, Mu Bai, you think I forgot? I still remember that you scolded me as trash—but a luckytrash—who reached Rank 1 due to being the young master of Mu Clan, since I got stepped on by trash. And I also remember that you exclaimed that if you were in my place, you would already reach peak Rank 1," Mu Yang barked out all his emotions.
"You! You created that heavenly name, right?" Mu Chen asked, looking at the sweating young man.
Mu Bai got pissed since everyone was looking at him with disbelief, so he wanted to scold Mu Chen, as he started it, "Impudent Heavenly tiol—" But he was cut short as… Grukk!
Grukk!
Mu Bai's body was cut into multiple pieces as if it were sliced by a sword; blood rained on the ground as his body was sliced into multiple pieces.
His body was sliced thin into meat strips.
"Ahhh!"
"…"
Everyone near Mu Bai rushed away on their four limbs in fear, not even able to stand up.
"What just happened?" Le Yang shouted out loud, looking at the bloody meat pieces on the ground.
Everyone didn't know what was happening as events after events kept unfolding in front of them in a single day.
Mu Chen had killed thieves when he was five years old, trained by his mom, and he was exposed to brutal kills as he was taken to underground fights by her.
"Ahhh."
"Ahhh."
Many screamed out loud.
Liu Ying closed her mouth with her hands as she almost screamed; she had witnessed death before, but they were burned away neatly; this was gruesome with blood.
"This is a power beyond our understanding," Mu Patriarch said worriedly, wondering whether he had made a mistake by giving up on Mu Chen.
"What a waste of that power." Zhen Jie didn't understand what kind of power it was, but he felt that if he had that sword power, he would have slowly sliced Mu Bai's body.
"Why did you give that power to him?" Le Yang asked sternly, looking at Mu Bai. "He isn't worthy of that power; if your master gave it to you, and you wanted to throw it away, you could have given it to someone worthy." He was pissed off.
He couldn't fathom that someone so weak possessed a weapon that made him sweat!
"I almost felt I made a mistake; that power belonged to Xiao Hui. Mu Chen, use that power and save our clan," Mu Patriarch shouted, feeling hope.
"Save us with your master's power, Mu Hui."
"Mu Hui, take back that power and save us."
"…"
".."
The elders also joined and pleaded: Mu Hui to save them, and Mu Chen to give up the power.
"Idiots, silence!" Mu Chen shouted; his eyes emitted red light as a space began to form, starting beneath his legs.
Soon, a new space formed around the entire meeting room.
The new space cracked in between, as it showed the original space of the room.
Swords emerged from space and stopped when they were emerged half out of the ground.
Everyone felt they were dreaming!
It took less than a second, so everyone couldn't move and could only look on.
"Now then, tell me why it is okay for him to make you kneel, but you hate me if I step on you," Mu Chen asked, folding his arms.
Mu Yang didn't get back to his senses.
"What is going on?" Mu Hui asked, not understanding, looking at colourfulswords covering the places where no one stood; they even emerged on the ceiling, sidewalls, and the new space, which was pure white covering the room.
[ It's Domain: the third step of Dao ] A system panel popped up in front of Zhen Jie, clarifying his doubts.
"Run, host… Run! You felt a chill before; it is due to this power," the system begged Zhen Jie; unlike its cold tone, it was different this time.
"What kind of power is it? Tell me now!" Le Yang shouted at Mu Hui; he wanted to get that kind of power for himself.
"Enough! Everyone kneel!" Mu Chen was angry as everyone was doing their own thing!
Air thickened and turned dark bluish, as huge pressure erupted in the entire domain.
Everyone was forced to prostrate as their heads almost hit the floor.
Even Mu Hui was no exception.
'Oops!' Looking at everyone, Mu Chen understood that control over his Domain was very bad; he didn't target Liu Ying and Mu Hui, but the Domain targeted them all, and pressed them down.
"Now, answer me," Mu Chen asked; he let some of the pressure go. Seeing his power or weapon power, they don't dare to open their mouth anymore.
"I am sorry! It's my luck to be stepped on by you! Sorry… he… he… sorry," Mu Yang started to hiccup, as tears started to fall.
He was utterly wrong to target Mu Chen, as he was far stronger than Le Yang, who was prostrating as well.
"Let me go; Holy Sword Sect will not go if you kill me," Le Yang shouted, pissed that a trash made him made to kowtow.
"Shut up; you were so powerful before—now where is your courage?" Mu Chen asked, cleaning his robe, as a single drop of blood fell on it.
"You don't think you can always carry that power or weapon that Mu Hui gave you. One day, you will run out of it; it will be your downfall," Le Yang shouted; his eyes turned red in anger.
"Enough! I just want to break the marriage contract like you want—but with some conditions, that's all; it's you who wanted to kill me," Mu Chen clarified, as he continued: "We can still continue discussing if you agree that you will not trouble me anymore."
"Okay, I agree," Liu Ying said, not wanting to piss him off more, knowing that he had to escape if he wanted to take revenge.
"Okay: first condition, I want 10 billionPeak Rank 5 essence elixir. Second, I want a Rank 5 attackweapon, defensiveweapon, supportweapon; and finally, I want the 90% discount token—Divinecustomer, that RainbowTowergave to your sect," Mu Chen mentioned all his conditions.
"Dream on," Le Yang said; he was utterly pissed by the conditions.
"First and second conditions are… very hard, but okay—Holy Sword Sect can fulfill them; but the third is impossible," Liu Ying said, with a worried glance.
She never expected the day to turn around like this; she started to regret, like Mu Hui stated, seeing the power of Mu Chen, but she had high hopes in her heart that it was not Mu Chen's power.
"That is impossible to complete, so please change it to another," she continued; she wanted to get out of Mu Clan's courtyard quickly!
End of the chapter. ________________________________
Finally, the next chapter will be a closure to the marriage contract break.
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