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“You'll accept my challenge?” Xu Yang looked at Xu Ming with some surprise.

He originally thought Xu Ming wouldn't accept his challenge, and had even been pondering how to humiliate Xu Ming to force him to accept. But he didn't expect Xu Ming to agree so readily.

Immediately, Xu Yang laughed: “You have guts! But… just having guts isn't enough! Don't you know the difference in strength between you and me?”

You should know that fate marks not only affect cultivation speed, but also add to combat power!

In Xu Yang's view, although he and Xu Ming were both at the first level of the Chaos Realm, Xu Ming's fate mark was the most trash-like “Human Grade Level One,” while his fate mark was Earth Grade Level Three! — With the Earth Grade Level Three fate mark, Xu Yang's strength was comparable to the third level of the Chaos Realm, so naturally he didn't take Xu Ming seriously.

Xu Yang walked provocatively towards Xu Ming: “Since Junior Brother Xu Ming is willing to accept the challenge, then be careful!”

Obviously, Xu Yang wanted to take this opportunity to humiliate Xu Ming properly.

“Wait!” Xu Ming suddenly said.

“What? Are you scared?” Xu Yang deliberately provoked.

Xu Ming sneered: “No! I just think… if it's just a friendly exchange, it's a bit boring, don't you think?”

“Then what do you want?” Xu Yang asked with interest.

“How about…” Xu Ming thought for a moment and said, “The loser has to kneel down and kowtow to the winner!”

“Kneel down and kowtow?” Xu Yang narrowed his eyes slightly, looking at Xu Ming with some doubt and disdain—after all, his fate mark completely crushed Xu Ming's; he didn't think Xu Ming could be his opponent at all!

In his opinion, Xu Ming was bound to lose this battle!

But since it was a certain loss, why did Xu Ming propose the bet of “kneeling down and kowtowing”? Could it be that Xu Ming was worried that he wouldn't lose enough face, so he simply went all in?

“A bit strange!” Xu Yang was very puzzled.

But then, Xu Yang laughed: “Heh! I was almost bluffed by you! — Want to put on a show of strength to scare me away? Sorry, I accept this bet!”

“Wait…” Xu Ming said again.

“What is it now? — Did I expose your motive, so you want to go back on your word?” Xu Yang's face showed a mocking look, and he became more and more certain that his guess was correct.

“It's not going back on my word, but I want to make it clear to you first—not only do you have to kneel down and kowtow, but you have to kowtow ten thousand times! And you can't kowtow too fast, you have to kowtow slowly!” Xu Ming wanted to take this opportunity to kill the chicken to warn the monkey; so as not to be bothered by cats and dogs like Xu Yang in the future.

However, Xu Yang had already determined that Xu Ming was putting on a show of strength; therefore, not only did he not retreat, but he readily agreed again: “Okay! — Can we start now?”

“We can, but…” Xu Ming said.

“Xu Ming!” Xu Yang shouted, “If you dare to spar, just say it! Why bother with all this prevarication?”

“I'm just worried that you won't admit it if you lose!” Xu Ming laughed, “How about this… let's go to the clan battle stage and ask the Law Enforcement Hall to notarize it!”

“I'm the one who's worried that you won't admit it if you lose!” Xu Yang sneered, “Xu Ming, without strength, no matter how much you bluff, it's useless! Let's go, to the clan battle stage! — What, do you have any other excuses to make?”

“Go!” Xu Ming said lightly, and went directly towards the clan battle stage.

“So readily!?” Xu Yang couldn't help but be surprised, and even faintly felt a sense of foreboding. However, he had absolute confidence in defeating Xu Ming, so he quickly put this feeling of foreboding behind him.

Xu Ming versus Xu Yang, and the bet is “ten thousand kowtows”!

This news spread quickly among the clan.

When Xu Ming and Xu Yang stepped onto the clan battle stage, the area around the battle stage was already crowded with people who had come to watch.

Among the onlookers were members of the Xu clan, as well as servants and slaves! In particular, the group of servants who had originally followed Xu Ming were gloating and wanted to see the miserable state of their “former master.”

“Xu Ming, I just wanted to humiliate you casually; I didn't expect you to take the initiative to make such a big commotion! Wait a while… when you kowtow ten thousand times, don't blame me!” Xu Yang grinned.

With the Clan Law Enforcement Hall notarizing, Xu Yang wasn't worried at all that Xu Ming could get away with those “ten thousand kowtows.”

There was also a lot of discussion below the battle stage.

“Xu Ming has a Human Grade Level One fate mark, and Xu Yang has an Earth Grade Level Three fate mark—just the suppression of the fate mark alone makes it completely impossible for Xu Ming to win!”

“I really don't know what Xu Ming is thinking, actually taking the initiative to initiate this kind of challenge, and even asking the Clan Law Enforcement Hall to notarize it… Could it be that Xu Ming really wants to go all in?”

“He definitely wants to go all in! Awakening a Human Grade Level One fate mark means that Xu Ming's future is almost impossible to have any achievements; it can even be said that he is already a useless person! It's normal to be unable to think straight for a while and go all in!”

“That's right! Moreover, I heard… the clan elders are holding a meeting about the Ancient God Talisman on Xu Ming's body!”

“As I see it, Xu Ming is indeed not qualified to continue possessing the Ancient God Talisman! This kind of treasure should be returned to the clan!”

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The atmosphere on the clan battle stage was extremely lively; most of the clansmen were waiting to see Xu Ming's joke.

However, the atmosphere in the Clan Elder Pavilion was gloomy.

Around the wide and heavy black round table, sat the nineteen elders of the Xu clan.

The Xu clan currently has no patriarch. The affairs of the clan are decided by the nineteen elders.

Elder Xu Tianfeng's voice still echoed in the pavilion: “Xu Ming awakened a Human Grade Level One fate mark; even if the Ancient God Talisman is on him, he will never be able to use it, and it is even more impossible for him to join the Ancient God Temple! I propose that Xu Ming hand over the Ancient God Talisman! What do the elders think?”

Although some of the clan elders coveted Xu Ming's Ancient God Talisman, most of the elders still thought of old times.

After all, the clan's glory today is due to Xu Ming's parents! Even many of the treasures in the clan's treasure house were left by Xu Ming's parents.

“Letting Xu Ming hand over the Ancient God Talisman… wouldn't that be unkind?” The speaker was Elder Xu Tianchen.

“What does kindness have to do with it?” Another elder said coldly, “Since the Ancient God Talisman is of no use to Xu Ming, then it should be handed over to the clan, what's the problem? Moreover… if Xu Ming loses the Ancient God Talisman while traveling outside in the future, that would be a great loss to the clan!”

“But… if we seize Xu Ming's Ancient God Talisman, wouldn't we be letting down Xu Ming's parents?”

“That's not right! — Xu Ming's parents certainly didn't expect that Xu Ming's fate mark would be so trash-like! If they knew, they would definitely be willing to hand over the Ancient God Talisman to the clan…”

For a time, the nineteen elders in the Elder Pavilion were unable to reach a consensus.

At this moment, the expressions of the elders suddenly changed. They all received a message—Xu Ming versus Xu Yang, the bet “ten thousand kowtows.”