Instantly, Qiao Qinghe forced his body to circulate even more spiritual energy pressure, causing the entire room to shake and tremble as if an earthquake were happening.
Tables and chairs started to tumble and fall, dust fell from the ceilings, and books and scrolls rolled across the floor.
Huang Shi, on the other hand, felt the pressure on him multiply by at least ten times as he finally felt a slight crack in his knees as he began to fall toward the ground.
Fuck.
As he felt his knees buckle beneath him, Huang Shi gritted his teeth even harder as a bit of blood started to seep through his lips.
Alright… I'm fucking slipping here, and there's still around forty-five seconds left on the damn clock…
What the fuck do I do now?
Huang Shi stared at Qiao Qinghe, who no longer had his hands behind his back and was now completely focused on him, his expression looking a bit ferocious.
Seeing that Huang Shi was staring at him, Qiao Qinghe didn't bother trying to hide his expression. Instead of backing off and taking a softer stance, he doubled down as he spoke in a gruff voice.
"What's wrong, kid? Getting tired? Why don't you take a break and submit? I promise to send my best healers to make sure that all of your injuries are fixed up before the day is over!"
Huang Shi stared at Qiao Qinghe, his golden eyes shifting through numerous emotions in a few short seconds before finally settling on a single one.
Pride.
Bitch… do you really think a mere True Profound Realm cultivator will be able to force me to kneel and submit?
Even Xinyue's mother wasn't able to do that to me, and she was basically a god-like being!
In fact, if I can't even deal with this old man, how the hell am I supposed to have the world in the palm of my hand in the future?
BOOM!
With this, Huang Shi began to drastically reduce the amount of spiritual energy he sent to his golden sun, instead shifting the majority of his spiritual energy toward his crimson sun, which started to crackle with a large number of crimson lightning bolts that strengthened his physical body by an absurd amount.
SIZZLE!
Large amounts of crimson lightning erupted outward from Huang Shi's body, creating a sea of crimson lightning all around him. The wave of emerald green spiritual energy started to sizzle, as if it were being destroyed in real time right in front of everybody's eyes!
The elders who were watching the scene became even more stunned, their mouths wide open. It was clear that they had begun to realize that most of them—even though they were elders—if they dared to fight against this so-called useless Third Young Master of the Azure Dragon Sect right now, they would be beaten so badly that even their own mothers wouldn't be able to recognize them!
"How is this possible?! Young Master Huang Shi is so strong!"
"I doubt even cultivators at the sixth or seventh levels of the Nascent Profound Realm could beat him… and he's only at the 4th level of the Nascent Profound Realm!"
"Has an unparalleled genius just been born in our Azure Dragon Sect?!"
Qiao Liang, who had already been stunned into silence, suddenly felt his heart beating loudly as numerous thoughts ran through his head.
This child is strong! And he is so young!
With this kind of potential… and his deep relationship with his grandfather, the Head Grand Elder of the Missions Hall…
Could it be possible that in the near future, when his cultivation base becomes strong enough, if our Medicine Hall and their Missions Hall join forces… could it be possible that we could fight against the tyranny of the Disciplinary Hall together?!
Could revenge for my beloved wife… actually be achieved within my lifetime?!
As these thoughts ran through Qiao Liang's mind, Qiao Han had similar thoughts of his own as he exchanged glances with Qiao Liang.
It seems Grand Elder Qiao Liang is thinking the same thing as me…
This child is clearly extraordinary!
BOOM!
Despite Qiao Qinghe trying his best to wear down Huang Shi—using almost all of his remaining spiritual energy reserves to try and force Huang Shi to kneel—it was starting to become clear that with the amount of spiritual energy he had left, if he didn't do something different, he would lose this bet in decisive fashion!
How the hell is this child so strong?! Is this because of that old coot Huang Li?
But from what I know, this child has always been a useless bum. How could it be possible that he has changed so much in such a short amount of time?!
How much time do I have left?!
ONLY 10 SECONDS LEFT!
As the anxiety of losing this bet rampaged through his mind, he finally gritted his teeth and pointed his hand forward, attempting something he never thought he would do against a member of the junior generation.
I can't believe I'm going to cheat in a bet with this kid… I really have lost my face as a senior.
WHOOSH!
Suddenly, while trying to make sure that nobody noticed what he was doing, he subtly began circulating his [Verdant Sea Manipulation Manual] to slightly recover his spiritual energy—just enough to increase his spiritual energy pressure and finally force Huang Shi to his knees.
This has got to be enough, right?
BOOM!
Huang Shi instantly felt the difference. Instead of just one of his knees shaking, both his right and left knees were now struggling to keep him standing.
Not only that, he could feel that his body was starting to give up on him. Blood began seeping through his skin, and pain flooded his entire body.
FUCK! WHAT THE FUCK IS HAPPENING?!
THIS OLD MAN CLEARLY DIDN'T HAVE ANY MORE SPIRITUAL ENERGY TO SPARE!
THAT'S WHY I TOOK THIS BET!
THEN WHY DID HIS SPIRITUAL ENERGY PRESSURE INCREASE AGAIN?!
5 SECONDS! I NEED TO SURVIVE FOR 5 MORE SECONDS!
ENDURE!!