The Anarchic Consort (Book 1)

751-755

Ni Hu's face was completely distorted when his knees touched the ground. He muttered angrily through his clenched teeth in a deep voice, just like a caged beast.

Ni Biao grasped his mahogany sword tightly as he observed. He could hardly accept that his beloved son whom he raised with so much effort was being forced to kneel before those pricks!

I will never let them get away with this!

"Prepare yourselves. Find a way to get rid of these guys after they entered the graveyard." Ni Biao instructed his disciples frigidly with a murderous look.

Ni Hu was already back to standing position though he was clearly displeased as he glared defiance toward Helian Wei Wei and the others.

One of the disciples felt bad and extended his hand to hold him, "Young Master..."

Smack!

Ni Hu slapped the hand away with force and pointed his finger toward Helian Wei Wei, "Don't you dare think that you're unbeatable just because you got here first! We're all here at the tomb entrance now and you don't know who shall prevail. Don't you beg for our mercy after entering the tomb later!"

Helian Wei Wei smirked as she casually replied, "I remembered Young Master Ni said something of the sort before we took off. Well, you were the one who begged for mercy just now, not us."

"You!" Ni Hu despised that fact the most!

Ni Biao reached out to block him and looked at Helian Wei Wei solemnly. "Brother, don't be so full of yourself, you haven't even entered the tomb. Who knows what you'll encounter in there? Nobody can foresee the future. As your senior, here's a word of advice. Stop being so arrogant."

"Old Master Ni, you should say that to your son." Helian Wei Wei raised her chin to meet Ni Biao's gaze. Without giving in, she said, "Stop being so arrogant."

Ni Biao burst into laughter, his eyes narrowed and his tone was cold, "Seems like getting here first has really boosted your confidence. I wonder if you know that despite being early, there are some who took off later than you did. Just like my eldest daughter, her group took off last. If you really want to look at it that way, then you haven't won just yet."

Ni Biao looked somewhat proud as he said that.

Almost all the competing exorcists knew that Ni Biao's daughter who was the reincarnation of Phoenix Girl set out two hours after everyone left just to give the members of other families a head start.

This sole fact shrouded a doubt on Helian Wei Wei's self-assured victorious attitude.

He was keen to see if everyone else would agree that the first victory belonged to the Zhuge family.

Even if they did agree, it would still not be a perfect victory!

Did they expect the Ni family to retreat after getting humiliated? Not so easy!

In any case, Ni Biao's plan worked out perfectly. There seemed to be a small commotion within the crowd after his talk which was exactly the reaction he expected.

He observed Helian Wei Wei and the others as his grin reappeared.

Helian Wei Wei looked at him, her pupils were complete darkness without any impurity. She replied leisurely, "This is a competition and we won according to the rules. So why are you mentioning this nitty-gritty stuff to suppress us? If we do this based on your logic, will your group of thirty still be considered as defeated even if you arrived before our group of three since you outnumber us ten times? From the very beginning, everyone thought that we were going to lose. Now that we reach the royal tomb first, you're trying to find some funny excuses to disregard our effort. I'd like to ask, is the result of the competition decided according to the rules or your say?"