Apotheosis

Faced with Zen's sudden attack, Chadwick flew into a rage.

The Sword Light Palace was actually a sect that attached great importance to battle rules. In other words, they despised a sneak attack more than anything else.

Even if the two were engaged in a fair competition, Zen was almost sure that he'd defeat his opponent without too much struggle. However, he didn't want to waste both his time and energy by getting into a fight with this man. It just wasn't worth it. What Zen wanted, in fact, was only to solve the problem as quickly as possible.

Followed by Chadwick's shocked and confused expression, Zen's palm was already pushing against his opponent's jaw. In a split second, Chadwick heard a loud roar coming from his very own head. White light flashed before his entire body went limp and unconscious.

Zen cast a last glance at the unconscious Chadwick before turning to look at Faegan and Jago. He smiled faintly and asked, "Do you still want to fight me?"

As Faegan and Jago watched the scene played out before their very eyes, their faces turned ghastly pale. If it were anyone else, how would they dare fight back?

Despite everything, they had come here aggressively. How could they retreat now, after having come so far? That would be nothing less than humiliating. The two of them couldn't help but feel completely embarrassed.

"Fight!" Faegan shouted loudly.

They were well prepared for today's fight. Maybe they still had a chance, Faegan figured.

It took no more than five minutes before thirty or so disciples were lying down on the ground once more.

This time, Zen had restrained himself a lot. He simply knocked them out one by one, causing very little damage to the Sword Dance Palace.

In a private Sword Dance Palace room, Ingram's lips spread into a smile as he observed the ongoing scene. He couldn't help but admire Laura's foresight.

After travelling to the Gracious Province, Laura not only brought the former leader's personal effects back with her, but she also brought back a genius—Zen. Ingram believed that Zen would still be a top disciple if he were in the Burial Sword Palace. Perhaps this time, the Sword Dance Palace would be capable of flourishing thanks to Zen.

Previously, Ingram was dissatisfied with being relegated to the Sword Dance Palace. But now, he was looking forward to the palace's future.

It wasn't until they were taught two lessons in a row that Faegan, Jago and their followers finally understood what was happening to them.

The clans that they relied on no longer provided them with assistance. Even Chadwick, the strongest one among them, wasn't a near match for Zen. There were no resources on their side that could help them fight back.

After understanding the problem clearly, they finally chose to accept their destiny, ultimately deciding to get along with Zen and his followers.

"Zen, the best room of the Sword Dance Palace has been kept for you!"

"As for the others, you may choose your rooms according to the rules."

On h

the Sword Dance Palace. Compared with other palaces' platforms, this one looked somewhat ridiculous in appearance.

Nonetheless, although the platform was small, it had never been full in the past. Sometimes, the platform was completely deserted, in fact. After all, the disciples in the Sword Dance Palace weren't interested in cultivating. Even if the chance of observing the sword was very rare, they still wouldn't cherish it in the least.

When it came to tradition though, the middle-aged man would still call them over.

"Disciples of the Sword Dance Palace, get onto the platform."

As the middle-aged man's voice spread out once again, waves of space fluctuation suddenly spread outward on the platform as well.

Buzz! Buzz!

In unison, more than forty people from the Sword Dance Palace appeared on the platform.

The middle-aged man was rather taken aback upon seeing so many warriors appear on the platform at once. In fact, he had never witnessed such a scene before.

As the other disciples watched their sudden appearance, they too, portrayed expressions of confusion.

The Sword Dance Palace disciples' bad reputation was known to the other palaces. The Sword Dance Palace disciples were arrogant and domineering, but they all had strong family backgrounds that couldn't afford to be offended.

Fortunately, the thirteen palaces were all established separately. The disciples from each of the twelve palaces wouldn't provoke the Sword Dance Palace disciples, and in this way, not many conflicts rose amongst them.

In the past sword observing activities, most often, there weren't any disciples from the Sword Dance Palace in attendance. At times, there were seven or eight disciples attending the activity. They didn't observe the sword carefully, but clamored instead. More so, they had been expelled several times.

Therefore, the Sword Dance Palace platform was completely empty the last three times. More than forty people came here today, which made the others feel rather strange.