Chapter 357: Identity Exposed
BOOM!
A terrifying aura erupted from Huang Yanchen, sweeping through the entire tavern. It then bore down mercilessly on the few henchmen.
The henchmen’s faces paled instantly.
One of the henchmen said, steeling himself, "Fairy Huang, this is a misunderstanding. We don’t wish to oppose you, we just need to keep you occupied."
"You’re courting death!"
Huang Yanchen charged at them in a rage.
However, she couldn’t break past their blockade.
All those Fu Tianbo valued enough to keep by his side were experts. Although they couldn’t defeat Huang Yanchen, they could certainly tie her down.
"You..."
Huang Yanchen was burning with anxiety, but there was nothing she could do. She could only watch helplessly as Fu Tianbo walked toward Su Mo.
"Heh heh, kid, no one can save you now. Prepare to die!"
Fu Tianbo sneered and reached out to grab Su Mo.
’Time to reveal my identity?’
Su Mo sighed in resignation, preparing to go on a killing spree.
But just then...
A powerful aura suddenly locked onto the tavern, slamming the men opposite Huang Yanchen to the ground and causing them to spit out mouthfuls of blood.
In an instant, they were grievously injured.
Fu Tianbo was in slightly better shape than them, but he was frozen in place, unable to move a single inch.
"Who is it?"
Fu Tianbo exclaimed in shock.
A linen-robed elder strode into the tavern. He glanced around and said, "What, have you all decided to disregard even me?"
"Fifth Floor Master!"
Everyone present cried out in alarm.
Huang Yanchen said with pleasant surprise, "Fifth Master, you came just in time! These bastards were causing trouble in our Drunken Immortal Tower and even injured one of our waiters. Hurry up and deal with them."
"I am already aware of what transpired."
The Fifth Floor Master nodded, then looked at Fu Tianbo. "Fu Tianbo, aren’t you being a bit too presumptuous?"
Fu Tianbo’s expression stiffened.
He hadn’t expected the Drunken Immortal Tower’s Fifth Floor Master to actually appear here.
However, he wasn’t scared.
He believed the Fifth Floor Master wouldn’t dare do anything to him. Offending the Purple Cloud Palace would have dire consequences.
"Fifth Floor Master, I can let everything else slide, but this kid... I must kill him today." Fu Tianbo pointed coldly at Su Mo, still wanting to make a move.
BOOM!
An unimaginably terrifying pressure slammed down on Fu Tianbo, pinning him directly to the ground.
Fu Tianbo said in shock, "You..."
He couldn’t believe the Fifth Floor Master would show him such disrespect.
This same pressure also pressed down on Su Mo.
However, Su Mo was completely unaffected. He walked over to the banquet table, picked up a pig’s thigh, and started gnawing on it.
’Hm?’
A flicker of deep surprise appeared in the depths of the Fifth Floor Master’s eyes.
’What is this kid’s strength? He actually ignored my Martial Venerable’s pressure?’
The crowd, however, didn’t notice this. They just assumed the Fifth Floor Master hadn’t targeted Su Mo, which was why he could move freely.
In Su Mo’s eyes, since the Fifth Floor Master had intervened, there was no longer a need for him to get involved.
After all, this was the Drunken Immortal Tower’s territory.
’Back to eating!’
The Fifth Floor Master didn’t expose Su Mo. He turned to Fu Tianbo and said, "Fu Tianbo, you dare to be so arrogant before me when you haven’t even become a Martial Emperor yet? If you actually became a Martial Emperor, would you try to rebel against me?"
Fu Tianbo’s face changed drastically.
Fu Tianbo argued, "That kid provoked our Purple Cloud Palace first, that’s why I acted. I’m not the one at fault."
"Do you take me for a blind old man?!"
The Fifth Floor Master said bluntly, "I noticed you the moment you walked in. You were the one forcing Yanchen to be your woman. This young man couldn’t stand by and watch, so he stepped up to defend her."
"Even so, that’s no reason for him to provoke our Purple Cloud Palace."
Fu Tianbo said, forcing himself to be brave.
The Fifth Floor Master questioned him coldly, "Then what is your reason for provoking our Drunken Immortal Tower and harassing the disciple of our Ninth Floor Master?"
Fu Tianbo’s face turned ashen.
Even a starved camel is bigger than a horse.
Although the Drunken Immortal Tower couldn’t compare to their Purple Cloud Palace, Huang Yanchen was still the disciple of the Ninth Floor Master. She truly wasn’t someone he could harass so casually.
And especially not on the Drunken Immortal Tower’s own turf.
The Fifth Floor Master said meaningfully, "Our Nine Great Forces have been openly and secretly fighting for many years now. That’s an open secret. If I were to take this opportunity to eliminate you, removing a future opponent for my Drunken Immortal Tower, what do you think would happen?"
"What?"
Fu Tianbo’s face was a mask of panic.
He had dared to come to the Drunken Immortal Tower because he wasn’t afraid they would actually kill him. But what if the Fifth Floor Master was determined to act on his own?
If that really happened, it would be disastrous.
Fu Tianbo quickly forced a smile. "Fifth Floor Master, you must be joking with a junior like me. A great figure such as yourself wouldn’t possibly strike down a junior, would you?"
"Heh heh, indeed, I don’t wish to strike down a junior. But if some people go too far, that’s another matter entirely," the Fifth Floor Master said coldly.
GULP!
Fu Tianbo subconsciously swallowed hard and said, "Fifth Floor Master, what you mean now is..."
"Get out!"
the Fifth Floor Master roared.
The shout directly ruptured Fu Tianbo’s eardrums, and the massive sound wave battered his internal organs.
Even if he was a prodigy, he couldn’t withstand the power of a Martial Venerable Level expert.
"I’m going, I’m going!"
Fu Tianbo hastily retreated from the tavern.
The Fifth Floor Master said coldly, "Take this trash you call underlings with you. Don’t dirty the grounds of our Drunken Immortal Tower."
THUD THUD THUD!
The henchmen were thrown out directly.
Fu Tianbo looked back at the Drunken Immortal Tower and said resentfully, "Huang Yanchen, you fucking wait for me! I’ll conquer you sooner or later and ravage you mercilessly! And that pretty boy surnamed Xiao, too!"
He had never suffered such a great humiliation in his entire life.
Instantly, the private room fell silent.
"Thank you, Fifth Master. If you hadn’t appeared in time, the few of us would have been in grave danger today."
Huang Yanchen said gratefully.
However, the Fifth Floor Master shook his head. "You wouldn’t have been in danger. The one in danger was Fu Tianbo. If I hadn’t appeared, he would have died in our Drunken Immortal Tower today."
"What?"
Huang Yanchen wore a look of utter astonishment.
’Fu Tianbo would have died?’
’Impossible!’
Huang Yanchen said humbly, "You think too highly of this disciple. Although I have some skill, I am no match for Fu Tianbo."
Fu Tianbo was too much of a monster.
So much of a monster that it was despair-inducing.
Among the disciples of the Nine Great Forces, almost no one could keep up with Fu Tianbo. They could only look up at his back from afar.
The Fifth Floor Master said, "You are indeed not Fu Tianbo’s match."
"Then why did you say..."
Huang Yanchen looked completely bewildered.
The Fifth Floor Master said with a sigh, "Oh, Yanchen, how can you be so dense? The expert is right in front of your eyes, and you still haven’t noticed?"
Huang Yanchen looked around in confusion.
There was only her, Luo Yu, and Su Mo here.
’Where is this expert?’
Suddenly, Huang Yanchen seemed to realize something. She pointed at Su Mo and said, "Fifth Master, you don’t mean... the expert is him, do you?"
"You’ve finally figured it out!"
The Fifth Floor Master said with a smile.
Huang Yanchen said in disbelief, "Impossible! He’s only in the Martial Master Realm..."
"You can’t judge a book by its cover!"
The Fifth Floor Master turned to Su Mo and asked with a smile, "Isn’t that right, my young friend?"
CLAP! CLAP!
Su Mo put down the pig’s thigh in his hand, clapped his hands clean, and asked curiously, "How did you know I was an expert?"