Chapter 104 Repeated Confirmation

"Mountains may not turn, but waters will. We meet again. I wonder if Young Master Tang still remembers me?" Su Wei said with a faint smile.

"Of course I remember. Didn't you lose to me just a few days ago?" Tang Yan said, his face utterly innocent.

Su Wei felt his chest tighten. For a moment, he nearly had the urge to cough blood from anger. He had never imagined Tang Yan's sense of tact would be this poor-and that his voice would be so loud.

A trace of malice rose in his heart. He secretly resolved that once the match began, he would thoroughly humiliate Tang Yan.

"Tang Yan, how many moves do you think you can last against me?" Su Wei suppressed his anger and asked with disdain.

"Oh? Then how many moves does Young Master Su think I can last?" Tang Yan asked in return.

Hearing this, Su Wei smiled. "I wonder if Young Master Tang dares to make a wager with me?"

"What does Young Master Su wish to wager on?"

"We'll wager on whether you can last twenty moves under my hands." Su Wei stood with his hands behind his back and said proudly, "If you can last twenty moves, then for every extra move you endure afterward, I will lose one thousand taels of silver to you. If you are defeated within twenty moves, then in front of everyone, you must shout three times, 'Yun City is inferior to Yu City.' How about it?"

Su Wei's voice was neither loud nor soft, but it was enough for many people to hear. In the blink of an eye, his words spread rapidly through the crowd. Very soon, everyone from the Eastern Region who had come to watch knew of the wager Su Wei had set.

So this fellow wants to humiliate me properly, and take back some face while he's at it.

This wager was indeed rather good. Tang Yan hesitated for a moment, then turned and cupped his hands toward the City Lord of Fang City. "City Lord Fang, according to the rules of the Eastern Region Grand Competition, a match can only be stopped when one side admits defeat or completely loses the ability to fight, correct?"

"Correct!" Fang Wentian nodded.

Tang Yan seemed somewhat uncertain and asked again, "In other words, after twenty moves, as long as Su Wei has not admitted defeat and has not lost the ability to fight, I may continue attacking?"

A strange look flashed through Fang Wentian's eyes. This boy is asking so much-could he be thinking of earning more silver? But with your strength, can you truly win?

Still, this matter had nothing to do with Fang City. He only needed to uphold fairness. At once, he nodded and said, "Correct."

Tang Yan did not stop there. He turned to look at the City Lord of Yu City and said, "City Lord Yao, if Su Wei cannot pay, may this debt be placed on City Lord Yao's head?"

When Yao Qian heard this, he laughed out of anger. Without the slightest intention of avoiding the matter, he said loudly, "Do you think I don't know what strength your Yun City possesses?

"You brat, you do have a bit of petty cleverness. You know your own strength is lacking, so you keep confirming things again and again, trying to make everyone suspicious and think you might have some ability. Then you can take the chance to make Su Wei give up the wager on his own. Am I wrong?"

When the surrounding crowd heard this, realization immediately appeared on their faces. So this brat had been pretending to be fierce all along!

"If you truly can last twenty moves, then this debt will be placed on my head. But if you lose and still dare to go back on your word, then don't blame me, Yao, for bullying a junior and acting without mercy!" Yao Qian slapped the table and agreed.

"Hmph!" Lin Xiao, who was sitting to the side, took a deep breath and put on the appearance of someone forcibly suppressing his fury.

Seeing Lin Xiao's expression, everyone became even more certain that Tang Yan was merely strong in appearance but weak within, a fellow who only knew how to quibble.

"Can we not fight anymore?" Tang Yan asked weakly.

"Pfft, so he really is a coward!"

Hearing Tang Yan's words, the surroundings immediately erupted into laughter.

A reassured smile also appeared on Su Wei's face. Earlier, hearing this brat make such a fuss, he had thought Tang Yan might truly have some hidden card. Now, looking at Tang Yan admitting fear, he said coldly, "Could it be that everyone from Yun City is this cowardly?"

"Bullshit! I'll take this wager!" Tang Yan immediately sprang up like a cat whose tail had been stepped on and cursed.

Seeing Tang Yan agree, the contempt in everyone's eyes grew even thicker. He could not even see through such an obvious provocation?

"Third match, begin!" Seeing that the time was about right, the red-robed old man waved the flag and shouted.

Following the red-robed old man's command, Su Wei's aura changed. The strength of peak Black Rank Third Grade burst forth in an instant.

Sensing the aura on Su Wei's body, shock appeared on everyone's faces.

"So strong!"

"Let me tell you-successfully passing the trial proves nothing!" Su Wei shouted angrily. His fist carried boundless power as it smashed toward Tang Yan with unstoppable force.

Although he had not used a martial skill, a full-force strike from a peak Black Rank Third Grade cultivator still made one's heart tremble.

The fist wind howled, swift as lightning, its Force like rushing thunder.

Su Wei used his full strength from the very beginning. How many moves could that youth from Yun City possibly endure?

Every gaze was fixed on Tang Yan. No one doubted that Tang Yan would end up like Liu Zhi, defeated in the very first move.

"Bang!"

At that moment, Tang Yan's aura rose. The first punch of Thousand Mountains Fist blasted forward.

Sensing the aura on Tang Yan's body, the mockery in everyone's eyes deepened. Only peak Black Rank First Grade?

The gap between Black Rank Third Grade and Black Rank First Grade was far too great. Su Wei likewise sensed Tang Yan's strength. In his eyes, aside from the pride of certain victory, there was boundless contempt.

With such a vast difference in strength, this fool still wants to clash with me head-on?

Seeing that his attack was about to collide with Tang Yan's, the corner of Su Wei's mouth lifted slightly.

But before that smile could fully appear, his pupils suddenly shrank, and the smile on his face froze.

He saw Tang Yan, who had just been charging fiercely toward him, shift several inches to the left at the very instant their fists were about to meet.

"So fast!"

The moment Tang Yan displayed Phantom Step, aside from Lin Xiao, the other five people on the judges' platform were all startled.

Tang Yan's speed had not been affected in the slightest. After changing direction, his body immediately spun on the spot, and an even fiercer aura suddenly burst forth from him.

The strength Tang Yan displayed now was already at peak Black Rank First Grade, and Thousand Mountains Fist was an incomparably fierce martial skill. This second punch was instantly thrown, and the power erupting from it had already surpassed Black Rank First Grade!

Whether it was the direction of his assault or the angle of his strike, the change was completed in the blink of an eye.

Everyone was stunned by Tang Yan's speed. Shen Shan, hidden among the crowd, was likewise filled with shock.

This boy was not only extremely fast, but in that brief instant, he had also found the weakest point in Su Wei's aura. Whether in reaction or judgment, Tang Yan's first exchange was truly brilliant.

"Bang!"

Although Su Wei reacted in time and immediately changed the direction of his attack, the strength behind that punch had fallen by a great deal.

After the two fists collided, it was actually Su Wei whose body became unsteady. With a thud, he retreated one step.

Tang Yan, well-versed in close combat, did not let this chance slip by. The Vortex Dantian within his body turned ceaselessly. His body moved as fast as lightning, and with a spinning turn, an even stronger aura pressed down on Su Wei.

Su Wei's strength had already run its course. He clearly had not expected Tang Yan's attack to come so quickly. From Tang Yan's previous punch, his blood and Qi were already churning within him. Now, even if he wanted to counterattack, he could not muster much strength.

"Bang!"

In that brief instant, the third punch of Thousand Mountains Fist had already arrived before Su Wei.

A surging aura poured out along Tang Yan's fist. Su Wei only felt his vision blur as Tang Yan strangely slipped past his fist and struck him squarely in the chest.

"Thud, thud, thud!"

Su Wei retreated three large steps in quick succession before he barely managed to steady himself. Before he could even adjust his state, a figure clung close like a maggot boring into bone, swiftly pressing in again.