C14: With Victory At Hand

have to choose a better knife! Your mistake this time forced you to stand against me. I bet you're feeling all sorts of helpless now, right? I wonder… Who's the one behind this? Who turned you into their scapegoat?"

Guo You's expression started to flicker and no one knew if it was because Shang Xia was right.

"Senior Brother Guo, if you refuse to admit that you were made use of, I guess you should be flying into a fit of rage right now. Shouldn't you teach me, your junior brother, a lesson I'll never forget?" Shang Xia muttered nonchalantly.

"It is as the rumors say… Junior Brother Shang really has a way with words." Glaring at Shang Xia, Guo You forced the words out of his mouth.

A shit-eating grin was plastered on Shang Xia's face.

In stark contrast to Shang Xia's expression, Guo You growled angrily, "I'll teach you a lesson. A lesson to uphold the rules of our institution! Since you insist on going against the regulations, others will look down on us if we don't stamp this behavior out!"

Guo You was trying to force the members of the Protection Division to take his side. Now that he used the 'regulation' as his reason, they couldn't allow anyone to be an exception.

Shang Xia had long since expected things to reach that point and he snickered, "Since you were going to do this anyway, why waste all our time?"

Guo You felt his eyelids jumping and he suppressed his urge to pummel Shang Xia. Even he became slightly surprised by his self-control.

"I have been wanting to exchange pointers with disciples of the inner division for a long time. I didn't have a reason to do so in the past, but now it seems like you can fulfill my wish." Shang Xia turned serious and he clasped his hand behind his back. "Please."

The moment the words left his lips, the atmosphere changed.

The disciples of the outer division started to discuss among themselves.

"Chief Shang is actually challenging the members of the Protection Division!"

"Don't you realize that there was a scheme behind it all? Chief Shang managed to reveal their hidden intentions!"

Shang Xia's verbal assault, he didn't lose the demeanor of a disciple from the inner division. With a swing of his sleeve, he became serious. "Junior Brother Shang, you can make the first move."

"Alright."

Shang Xia didn't plan to stand on ceremony as he accepted the advantageous offer instantly.

Guo You's lips twitched once when he heard Shang Xia's reply. He was merely trying to act courteous, as he thought that Shang Xia would forgo the chance of making the first move. After all, his pride as someone from one of the four great clans should prevent him from openly taking advantage of others.

That would be true if the original Shang Xia was still alive.

The current Shang Xia was much more practical than the original owner of the body. He would take every edge he could get!

Even though Guo You wasn't feeling happy that he made things easier for Shang Xia, he forced a smile and got ready for battle.

Soon, his expression sank.

A bolt of lightning tore through the skies as he was blinded by a white flash.

"I… You…"

He couldn't be bothered with his own image any longer.

He fell to the ground and rolled in an attempt to avoid any strike he couldn't see. When he got to his feet a second later, a look of trepidation could still be seen on his face.

of transformation.

Shang Xia's foundations might be stable, but Guo You had much more inner qi than him! The quality of inner qi was also better.

That wasn't all. Guo You's techniques weren't weak at all. Having gained exceptional control over his strength, Guo You managed to suppress Shang Xia with his own strength!

In terms of speed and power, Shang Xia fell to a disadvantage!

"How did someone like that fail to enter the upper division?"

Shang Xia cursed silently and his emotions fluctuated slightly.

The change was quickly discovered by Guo You.

"Heh, the leader of the outer division isn't that impressive after all!"

A sneer soon formed on Guo You's lips. "If you admit defeat right now, I'll stop."

With victory at hand, the grin on Guo You's face grew wider.