Chapter 14: I Accept the Challenge!

“Eh, are you all celebrating a wedding?”

Su Yang wore a wicked expression. His eyes immediately fell upon the red cloth draped over Su Yuexi's head, and he sneered, “Uncle, this isn't fair. How can you not invite me to Sister Yuexi's wedding ceremony?”

Beside him, Su Yun burst into laughter. “Second Brother, for a wedding that even pigs wouldn't attend, how could Uncle have the face to invite us?”

“True. Marrying an exiled criminal—the Su family has lost all its dignity.”

The siblings played off each other, their eyes filled with nothing but contempt.

Mei Xiaofang’s face turned ashen with rage. She snapped, “Su Yang, Su Yun, get out! My home does not welcome you.”

Though she didn't say it aloud, the memory of Su Yuexi nearly being sentenced to flogging was deeply etched in her heart, and she harbored a profound hatred for Su Yun.

Unfortunately, the Su siblings merely shrugged with indifference.

Su Yang even sat down brazenly, offering a mocking smile. “Auntie, do you want to know why my father pleaded for Su Yuexi? Why Grandfather agreed to let her return home?”

The two questions instantly filled Mei Xiaofang with suspicion. She couldn't fathom what Su Zhengtao and that old fossil were up to.

*Bang!*

Suddenly, the chair beneath Su Yang shattered into pieces. He stood up tall, staring directly at Su Zhenglong. “Because I am going to personally cripple the limbs of your criminal son-in-law! That’s why Grandfather was in a good mood and agreed!”

The family of three underwent a drastic change in expression.

Immediately, Su Zhenglong stood up forcefully, his true qi faintly surging as he roared, “You dare?”

It turned out that the reason Old Master Su, Su Xuefeng, had agreed to let Yuexi leave the pig farm was that he intended to cripple Sikong Jing, thereby reclaiming face for Su Zhengtao regarding the matter of the Law Enforcement Hall.

At that moment, Su Yun let out a cold laugh. “Uncle, are you trying to bully a junior?”

As the words fell, Su Zhenglong’s expression froze.

Those were the exact words he had once said to Su Zhengtao while in the Su family's Law Enforcement Hall.

Ignoring Su Zhenglong, Su Yang pointed at Sikong Jing and spoke condescendingly, “Criminal, I, Su Yang, am of your generation. I challenge you now. Do you dare to accept?”

As he spoke, Su Yang’s true qi surged through his body, revealing him to be at the Eighth Level of the Bright Realm.

Sikong Jing remained expressionless as he slowly stood up.

In the next moment, Su Yuexi blocked him. “You cannot accept the challenge. Su Yang is at the Eighth Level of the Bright Realm; you cannot win.”

Her father had said that Sikong Jing was only at the Fourth Level of the Bright Realm—a full twofold difference!

“Grandfather said that if you, criminal, don't dare to accept the challenge, you must take this ugly freak Su Yuexi and both roll back to the pig farm.”

“You will live there for the rest of your lives, demoted to servants of the Su Estate, raising pigs for the entire household.”

Su Yang had anticipated that Su Zhenglong’s family wouldn't dare let Sikong Jing fight, so he used direct provocation.

*Cough, cough, cough...*

Su Zhenglong began to cough violently, his eyes bloodshot. This was practically trying to drive Sikong Jing to death.

His father and Su Zhengtao were too ruthless!

But just then, Sikong Jing bypassed Su Yuexi and took a step forward.

Su Yuexi’s expression changed, and she gripped him tightly. “You still cannot fight. I am not afraid of living in the pig farm.”

Turning to gaze at the anxious Su Yuexi, Sikong Jing spoke one word at a time, “I am your husband. Now that I have awakened, I will never let you live in a place like that again. This is my responsibility!”

Pulling his hand free from Su Yuexi’s grasp, Sikong Jing barked indifferently at Su Yang, “I accept!”

Today was his wedding day, and it was also the day Sikong Jing truly realized that the world contained both peril and tenderness.

He would fight for his bride; he would use his fists to swear his rebirth.

The invincible Divine General of the past was gone, but he would transform into a frenzied beast to tear apart all injustice and protect his loved ones.

Behind him, Su Yuexi gazed at Sikong Jing’s tall silhouette, tears falling uncontrollably.

*I am so ugly, so why is he being so good to me?*

*Knowing he is outmatched yet choosing to fight just because he cannot bear to see me suffer... is this... what a husband is?*

At the same time, Mei Xiaofang’s voice trembled. “You bastard! Are you trying to make my daughter a widow on her wedding day?”

Su Zhenglong could only smile bitterly. This son-in-law was truly single-minded; perhaps that was exactly how he had offended people and ended up exiled.

The father and daughter did not believe for a second that Sikong Jing had any hope of winning.

“Haha...”

Su Yang laughed toward the sky. “You criminal certainly have courage. I, Su Yang, have always been kind-hearted. When I break your limbs later, I will try to be as quick and clean as possible.”

He was in high spirits; this criminal was truly brainless, accepting the challenge just because he was provoked.

“You talk too much!”

Suddenly, Sikong Jing’s cold voice exploded in Su Yang’s ear.

*Boom!*

Su Yang’s laughter stopped abruptly. A massive fist appeared. He instinctively tried to cross his arms to block, but Sikong Jing’s voice rang in his ear again: “Your speed is too slow!”

With a loud *bang*, the fist struck Su Yang squarely in the face!

Stars flashed before his eyes as Su Yang was sent flying backward. Blood sprayed in mid-air before his body crashed heavily to the ground.

Sikong Jing drifted down, met by the incredulous gazes of Su Yuexi and the others.

(End of Chapter)