Asura Emperor Venerable
Chapter 401 Despicable Technique

Chapter 401: Chapter 401 Despicable Technique

This was clearly the home field of the Eastern Fire Continent, yet at the time of the finals, there were actually more people from the Northern Silver Continent, creating a two-on-one situation.

People would laugh if word got out!

There was no helping it, who made the Eastern Fire Continent fall behind?

This time, all five great royal families mobilized their heavy hitters, including five-star Pill Masters and the Founding King Court, showing the importance they placed on this competition.

Soon, the competition began.

This time they were refining three-star Elixirs, the Exploding Dragon Pill, competing not only on the quality of the pill, but also on the speed of alchemy, with the one finishing first being the winner.

In relative terms, this was fair.

Fu Ling personally presided over the start of the competition.

Shi Hao immediately began sorting the materials, his movements as fluid as clouds and flowing water, which was aesthetically pleasing to the onlookers.

But just at that moment, Lu De shockingly did not start his alchemy but instead walked towards Shi Hao.

What was he doing?

"I heard people say you’re a faggot who sells his ass?" Lu De said to Shi Hao.

What... what?

Upon hearing this, everyone was furious.

It was a blatant humiliation.

Did such a formidable person need to sell his ass?

Therefore, Lu De was completely slandering.

But why would he do that?

The crowd looked again and immediately understood.

——Lu Qi was still focused on refining his pill.

So, the other side used a strategy, having Lu De interfere with Shi Hao while Lu Qi took the opportunity to overtake him in progress.

Even if Shi Hao’s Elixirs were of higher quality, because the Alchemy Dao strength here was limited, the Appraisers also could not give a definitive result. Therefore, Zuo Duming could blatantly misrepresent the truth, claiming that the quality of the Elixirs produced by Shi Hao and Lu Qi were the same.

Thus, according to the rules, the one to finish the Elixir first would win, making the champion Lu Qi.

It was too despicable!

Realizing this made the onlookers even more furious.

However, since the competition had already begun, only the referees could enter the arena, and they were forced to watch helplessly.

Fu Ling and the others also darkened in complexion—you people from the Northern Silver Continent were just too shameless to win!

"Brother Dao, isn’t this going too far?" Fu Ling said coldly to Zuo Duming, with an urge to intervene.

Zuo Duming was nonchalant: "Lu De is also a contestant. He hasn’t physically attacked anyone, so where does the question of being excessive come from? Is there a rule in the competition that prohibits speaking?"

Indeed, the competition had no such rule, but wasn’t everyone focused on refining their pills?

Originally, people like Fu Ling could have reprimanded him, but the problem was, would Lu De listen to them?

He would not.

Therefore, the root cause was Zuo Duming; without his intervention, Lu De would undoubtedly continue to harass Shi Hao.

"Brother Dao, let them decide the winner with their true abilities," Tang Liang also spoke up, barely suppressing the urge to take action himself.

What nonsense!

Zuo Duming just smiled and did not speak, his demeanor screaming ’I’m a hooligan, what can you do to me?’

"Pretty boy, since you’re so fond of being a queer, I could actually set you up with some business that would make you a fortune!" Lu De continued to relentlessly attack Shi Hao without any logic, his intention as simple as it was transparent: to disturb Shi Hao’s concentration.

However, this tactic was utterly ineffective against Shi Hao.

His will was too strong. No matter how much Lu De ran his mouth, Shi Hao would not be affected in the slightest.

A wasted effort indeed.

Lu De was shocked. Even under his interference, Shi Hao’s progress was not slowed in the least, it was even faster than Lu Qi’s.

He found it unacceptable.

How could the Eastern Fire Continent have such a monstrously talented individual?

A few days ago, when Zuo Duming laid out the strategy for today, he had been quite disdainful, thinking it was unnecessary. But since it was Zuo Duming’s request, he naturally did not dare to object.

Now he realized that this guy was truly a monster.

He hastily fired up his full force, continuing to sling mud at Shi Hao, regardless of whether it was reasonable or not; anyway, as long as it could shame someone, that’s how he’d go about it.

But still, it was to no avail.

The crowd saw it, too, and Mo Bu was filled with intense surprise.

So impressive, not to be disturbed like this!

"A real talent!"

"No, a genius!"

"No no no, a monster!"

Everyone praised one after another, truly convinced by Shi Hao.

Zuo Duming’s brows furrowed; he was a five-star Pill Master and also a warrior of the Ninth King, so he could clearly see that Shi Hao had already taken the lead in progress, and recalling the three-star Elixir Shi Hao had refined earlier, his worries grew.

If this continued, Lu Qi was going to lose.

Absolutely unacceptable!

He was determined to secure the Cloud Flame Fire for himself, how could he just hand it over to someone else?

He harrumphed heavily, barking, "What’s all this noise?"

With his shout, not only did everyone feel as if a heavy stone was pressing on their chest, but a part of the oppressive force was even directed at Shi Hao.

"You!" Fu Ling and the others were furious, "Do you have no shame at all?"

Zuo Duming was fearless, "What, looking for a fight?"

First, he wouldn’t lose, and second, Longxiao Pavilion would soon be invading in full force, so what would a mere five-star Pill Master or the Founding King Court amount to then?

Do you dare to lay hands on me?

In the arena, Shi Hao suddenly sensed danger approaching, and immediately raised his hand, throwing a punch backward without even looking.

Bang!

With that punch, the sound waves were instantly shattered, posing no threat to him.

After all, the distance between them was too great, and Zuo Duming didn’t dare to strike with his full strength. His aim was only to interfere; otherwise, if the Ninth King acted, however monstrous Shi Hao was, he wouldn’t be able to resolve it.

But now, with a single counterstrike, he didn’t interrupt his Alchemy at all.

Awesome, really freaking awesome!

The crowd was first worried, then stunned, and next, they had a strong disdain for Zuo Duming.

Hmph, so much for the North Silver Continent, just a bunch of sore losers and cowards!

Zuo Duming himself hadn’t expected that even with his intervention, Shi Hao remained unflustered!

But now, he had no more chances to act, as Fu Ling and the others had already surrounded him.

He was fearless but not confident he could defeat so many from the Founding King Court.

So, he chose silence.

But Lu De was emboldened by evil; Zuo Duming had acted without any scruples, so what did he have to fear?

"I hate freaks like you the most!" he said, then reached out to grab at Shi Hao.

Hiss, this guy had completely abandoned all pretense of decency, previously attacking with words, but now he was directly using force!

Shi Hao’s gaze turned icy, "Do you really think I wouldn’t strike back?"

Bang!

He kicked out, and instantly, Lu De was sent tumbling head over heels. Shi Hao didn’t stop there; he pulled out an iron rod from the Black Spirit Ring and stabbed it toward Lu De.

With a thud, the iron rod was jammed into Lu De’s rear, effectively shortened by a portion.

"Ah!" Lu De screamed, the pain of being impaled by an iron rod was excruciating!

"Good!"

"Should have taken action long ago!"

The onlookers cheered loudly; the three from the North Silver Continent had long incurred the crowd’s wrath. Now that Shi Hao had finally fought back, everyone was naturally thrilled and clapped with joy.

"Humph!" Zuo Duming’s killing intent surged, "You’ve got nerve, daring to strike at a disciple of Longxiao Pavilion!"