Chapter 85 - Chapter 85:Is He A Cheater?

What is he doing?: Elder Wang thought. His expression was serious. Even elder Ren's expression was serious.

"Is he crazy?"

"Maybe, he is crazy. Otherwise, why would a person interfere in the competition?"

"And he even sneak attacked the kid. I feel sorry for the kid."

"Yeah, look at the kid who was thrown out of the arena, he must have been thinking of conquering the world, but now, he can't even conquer his house."

The audience also began to comment on Yang Zhai's sudden sneak attack, they were dumbfounded.

"Yang Zhai, what are you doing? Don't you care that you would be punished by the clan?" The other kid remaining in the arena also shouted angrily at Yang Zhai. He had almost won the battle, but because of Yang Zhai, his hard work had been ruined.

"What am I doing? Simple, I am competing for the third round." Yang Zhai said indifferently.

"But, you were eliminated, as you didn't occupy any stage." The kid refuted.

"Eliminated, when did that happen? Elder Wang said that we had to compete on the stages. And the rules were that we could not kill our opponent, and we also could not use any weapon. Did he even once say that the battles had to be one-on-one?" Yang Zhai said something that shocked the audience. 

Everyone's eyes widened, especially Ha Kun's. It was because if Yang Zhai was right, then Ha Kun still had the chance to move forward to the next round. However, this information shocked the remaining competitors in the arenas.

"Well, he is right about that." Elder Ren smiled slightly after hearing Yang Zhai and said to elder Wang.

"Sigh, this kid is really clever. He used a loophole for his benefit. Even we did not expect anything like this. We had thought that he did not want to compete anymore, but he was waiting for the right moment to strike." Elder Wang sighed after hearing elder Ren. 

When Yang Zhai had not chosen any of the arenas previously, elder Wang had thought that Yang Zhai had given up, but they did not expect anything like this to happen.

Yang Zhai did not wait to hear anything from the elders. He directly jumped forward and kicked the other kid out of the arena as well. Because both of the competitors were injured and tired, he easily defeated the two kids.  This was what Yang Zhai wanted to do because he did not want to take any chances unless he had no choice, after all, he was almost blinded. And a cautious person like him would not underestimate anyone.

When nobody heard anything from the elders for a while, everyone understood that Yang Zhai was right and had passed the round, even if he had cheated. 

However, all of the remaining six competitors stopped fighting and looked at Yang Zhai with anger. One reason was that they had all mocked Yang Zhai after the stages were occupied, but now Yang Zhai moving to the next round before them was a slap on their faces. The second reason was that now Ha Kun could also fight and of course, they were afraid to think which stage would Ha Kun choose.

"Cheater, he is a huge cheater."

"Yeah, he cheated. First, he made us fight each other for the arenas, and then he sneak-attacked injured competitors."

"Is he even ashamed of himself? He is not even affected a little bit after doing all this."

"I think he had deliberately revealed the fake information at the start of round two to make us wear each other out ourselves."

"He toyed with us."

"I want to beat the hell out of him."

Everyone started taunting Yang Zhai and the way he did things just now. They were venting their anger through words because they could not do anything to him. After all, people would talk bad about the people they could not do anything to, this was the norm.

However, these words were unable to do anything. These were just words. Yang Zhai did not fret over these little things. They could not change the fact that Yang Zhai had won. He kept calm and waited for the elder's announcement. But had he really cheated? After all, he acted according to his rules. Even if he did cheat, so what? What could the audience do?

"This kid… he is not even bothered by the peoples' insults and ridicule toward him. He has a strong will. Even adults have difficulties enduring others' taunts. He does everything he can to win, but he still cares for his kin." Elder Wang saw that Yang Zhai was calm and remembered the sadness on Yang Zhai's face after he heard that Chin Mae and his other teammate had died during the competition.

Of course, these were all tricks played by Yang Zhai. Why would he be sad over someone he had killed himself?

"The competitor Yang Zhai has won the second round and will be advancing to the third round. There are only three more slots left; therefore, I advise the remaining competitors to hurry." Elder Wang stood up and announced loudly, everyone could clearly hear elder Wang.

When the others heard what elder Wang said, they all again looked at Yang Zhai with anger. It seemed as if he had taken their money or something.

…..

After fifteen minutes,

The second round ended, and the winners had been decided. The kids who were going to compete in the third round were Yang Zhai, Ci An, Hong Mi, and Ha Kun. These were the kids, who had won the battles in this round. Of course, Yang Zhai and Ha Kun had taken the advantage of the others when they were down. 

Of course, everyone still mocked Yang Zhai and not Ha Kun as Yang Zhai was the initiator, not Ha Kun, he just followed Yang Zhai.

"Ok, you can all leave. The third and final round of the competition will begin the day after tomorrow. You can rest for tomorrow. And remember, that the leader would also be chosen the day after tomorrow; therefore, think twice before wasting your time." Elder Wang stood in front of the four kids and said with a serious expression.

Elder Wang left after saying this.

Yang Zhai also turned around and was about to leave, but a hand came on his right shoulder from behind. Yang Zhai turned around and saw a boy standing behind him, it was Hong Mi.

"Stop," Hong Mi said.

Yang Zhai did not bother and pushed Hong Mi's hand to the side before turning around and was about to leave again, but a hand came on his shoulder again. 

"Who do you think you are? You are not the class leader anymore, but you still act cocky. Don't think that you will be able to live peacefully after one of us becomes the class leader." Hong Mi said slowly to Yang Zhai, whose back was facing him.

Yang Zhai still did not care and pushed Hong Mi's hand to the side and wanted to leave.

"Do you not hear me!" When Hong My saw that Yang Zhai was ignoring him, he shouted and was about to punch Yang Zhai from behind.

Yang Zhai turned around and caught Hong Mi's hand. He then looked at Hong Mi with calm eyes. 

Hong Mi also looked at Yang Zhai in his eyes and fell to his knees. Sweat appeared on his face and whole body.

Hong Mi saw that Yang Zhai's eyes were indifferent, without any motion. His eyes were like a black hole or the darkness of the deep sea. They were like an abyss that was so deep that no end could be seen in the darkness. 

Hong Mi was struck with fear so deep that his entire body began to tremble. 

When Ci An and Ha Kun saw this, their eyes widened. They could see that Hong Mi for some reason fell down on the ground and fell unconscious. 

Both of them then looked at Yang Zhai again and saw nothing out of the ordinary.

"Everything looks normal about Yang Zhai, then what happened…": Ci An thought.

"Could it be the same?" Ha Kun, on the other hand, remembered the incident at the Inn(In Ch49). He had felt the same feeling as Hong Mi that he had also fallen on his back;¹ however, Hong Mi had definitely experienced something even more terrifying just now that he fell unconscious.

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