Chapter 1227: Liu Tianle
"Very well! Xu, you have completely infuriated me!"
Liu Tianle was evidently someone who couldn't hide his emotions. His face was dark, as if afraid that others couldn't see just how angry he was.
Beside Liu Tianle, a group of young people were now taunting Xu Fan.
"Kid! Get over here and meet your death quickly!"
"Our Young Master Liu is the young lord of the Liu Family! He can crush you with just a flick of his finger!"
"What nonsense about being third on the Earth List! Daring to put on airs in front of our Young Master Liu, truly courting death!"
Xu Fan finally realized why Liu Tianle had come. The Liu Family had heard about his deeds, thought he had potential, and wanted to recruit him, so they'd sent Liu Tianle.
But Liu Tianle didn't accept it. Just looking at him, one could tell how proud a person he was, which led to the current situation.
"Have you said enough?" The aura around Xu Fan surged out, enveloping the five incessantly chattering young men before him in a killing intent.
In the West, Xu Fan had slaughtered thousands of bats. How terrifying was Xu Fan's killing intent?
The five young men looked as if their throats were being squeezed, their faces reddened, yet they could no longer utter a word.
These five were mostly in the mid to late stages of the Entering Dao Realm, rarely engaging in actual life-and-death battles. Facing Xu Fan with a torrent of killing intent, they immediately began to tremble with fear.
However, Liu Tianle's face was filled with disbelief—his expression was one of extreme anger, as if he hadn't anticipated it.
"You actually... want to kill me?"
This sentence immediately quenched Xu Fan's interest in taking action.
From the beginning till now, it was Liu Tianle's side that was aggressive, both dismissively giving charity to Xu Fan and speaking harshly, and Xu Fan merely released some of his aura, and Liu Tianle was shocked.
It was as if only Liu Tianle could bully others, and others couldn't express even the slightest dissatisfaction!
Or perhaps, in Liu Tianle's view, his tone was just the normal tone used in communication, not deliberately targeting Xu Fan. So, when he saw that Xu Fan didn't apologize or thank him and dared to resist, Liu Tianle fell into deep shock.
"Very well! You are very well indeed!" Liu Tianle said coldly, with a vicious glint in his eyes, haughtily, "Being third on the Earth List truly comes with the demeanor and pride of being third!"
"However, your pathetic pride, in my eyes, is like a frog at the bottom of a well!"
"Just stumbled upon some luck, accidentally did something big, and thus became arrogant, thinking you're invincible! How laughable!"
At this moment, Xu Fan was in communication with nature's spiritual energy, like covering Summer Butterfly with a thin blanket, to prevent her from being awakened by their voices.
As for Liu Tianle, in Xu Fan's view, he was simply like an idiot, with logic that was incomprehensible. Xu Fan had given up the idea of communicating with him.
Now Xu Fan was considering the trouble it would cause after giving Liu Tianle a beating, and whether he could handle that trouble.
Seeing Xu Fan's silence, Liu Tianle became even more excited, his eyes filled with undisguised arrogance, chattering incessantly next to Xu Fan's ear.
"Just because you went to the Huang Family, lucky to survive, you think highly of yourself, not knowing that in front of real geniuses, you're nothing but a laughable frog at the bottom of a well!"
"Since you've angered me today, fine, I shall strip you of your title as the third on the Earth List!"
These words finally exposed the true purpose of Liu Tianle's visit. The so-called real genius was Liu Tianle himself, and the so-called recruitment could be the Liu Family's idea, or it could be entirely fictitious. Liu Tianle's real purpose was to challenge Xu Fan and seize the title of third on the Earth List!
Xu Fan was truly angered to the point of laughter. He was considering how to deal with the Liu Family's retaliation, and this young master of the Liu Family was proclaiming he wanted to challenge Xu Fan. Xu Fan was feeling drowsy, and Liu Tianle delivered him a pillow on time.
With a cold smile on his lips, Xu Fan said, "You mean, you want to challenge me here?"
Liu Tianle shook his head, a look of indignant anger on the faces of the five young men beside him, "What are you? You're not even worthy of our Young Master Liu's challenge!"
"Listen well! Our Young Master Liu is here to strip you of your Earth List third title!"
"A frog at the bottom of a well, still has the audacity to act recklessly before our Young Master Liu!"
Seeing Xu Fan's earlier silence, the five young men clearly assumed Xu Fan was afraid, and now they revealed their true nature.
Liu Tianle looked full of arrogance, delivering the final statement with disdain to Xu Fan, "Yes! I am stripping you of your title! Kneel down, surrender obediently, and I'll let you suffer less."
Xu Fan looked at Liu Tianle's haughty manner and shook his head speechlessly. With these arrogant types, if not forced to the extreme, Xu Fan would definitely not make a move against them.
Even after winning a fight, Xu Fan would feel embarrassed...
However, today, Liu Tianle had already provoked Xu Fan, and naturally, Xu Fan wouldn't let him go.
"Courting death!" Seeing Xu Fan's look of contempt, Liu Tianle roared in anger, stirred his spiritual power, and rushed towards Xu Fan.
Liu Tianle's strength was also at the Entering Dao Realm Peak. His spiritual power boiled and rolled on his fists, the fierce wind sending grass flying, looking quite impressive.
Although Liu Tianle was arrogant, he had the capital for his arrogance. Among his peers, few could match him.
But in Xu Fan's view, Liu Tianle's strength was somewhat lacking.
On the grand hall of the Huang Family, Xu Fan had struck down Vajra Realm experts and faced Zhiwei Realm experts without losing in three moves. His vision was naturally far beyond that of his peers, surpassing by immeasurable amounts what this so-called real genius deemed.
Facing Liu Tianle's punch, Xu Fan coldly folded his arms, stood immobile, quietly waiting for Liu Tianle to approach.
The speed of Xu Fan was incredibly terrifying. For Xu Fan, Liu Tianle's speed was, evidently, too slow!
However, in the eyes of Liu Tianle and the others, Xu Fan's current behavior was mistaken for being scared stiff.
"Die!" A gleam of excitement flashed in Liu Tianle's eyes, spiritual power surging on his fist, almost hitting Xu Fan's body.
At this moment, Xu Fan finally made his move.
A loud dragon's roar sounded, intermingled with the clamorous cries of thousands stampeding, as a dragon five or six meters long erupted from Xu Fan's fist, shredding Liu Tianle's offensive to pieces, while a massive charging elephant mercilessly trampled on Liu Tianle's body.
Pfft!
Liu Tianle spurted a mouthful of fresh blood, flying backwards, crashing into the five unprepared young men.