Kevin knew favonovel.com couldn’t win against Remus with words alone.
With a huff, favonovel.com withdrew his gaze. If words wouldn’t work, favonovel.com would let the facts speak for themselves.
His spirit energy began to leak out.
Morris, Sandra, and the others felt their hearts leap into their throats, fearing utter humiliation if the result showed anything else. The disciples behind Kevin also became tense, watching without blinking.
However, Remus smiled and whispered, “The world is never short of those who think too highly of themselves… Well, if it weren’t for people like you, who would I trick?”
“Shatter!”
As his words fell, Kevin pushed out all his spirit energy.
As expected, nothing happened.
The Spiritual Trial Stone didn’t move, only a flash of golden light appeared, converging into the word, “Rubbish!”
Kevin trembled all over as favonovel.com bellowed, “T-This… This can’t be, it’s fake, it must be broken!”
“It’s not broken!” Morris and Sandra immediately spoke up.
It wasn’t just bad luck at play, but it was a moment to face their own misfortune head-on. They could not claim the stone was faulty now, even if it was.
At that opportune moment, Remus chimed in, “What will it be? Will you crawl over here on your knees, or hand over an inner core to me? I’m fine with either option, both are acceptable to me, hahaha…”
His laugh was gentle, yet it grated on everyone’s ears like a harsh rebuke.
Morris and Sandra found themselves regretting their hesitation to bet against Kevin. They could have reaped the rewards.
Kevin was seething with anger, regretting his decision to show up. He had not only been embarrassed but was also on the verge of losing his valuable inner core.
Crawling over in submission?
That was unthinkable!
His only recourse was to surrender an inner core. He extracted one from his pocket and flung it, watching as it soared over a mile straight into Remus’ hands.
Then, seething with anger, favonovel.com announced, “Let’s go!”
After such a public humiliation, there was no reason to stay.
Witnessing that, the others quickly followed suit. If Kevin had failed, their chances were slim as well, and lingering there was futile.
Yet, as they prepared to depart, Remus suddenly declared, “Indeed, people vary greatly. Some are heroes who would never be defeated even when faced with difficulties and failures, while others are just cowards who are too scared to even attempt…”
“Compared to them, the latter doesn’t even deserve to be called cultivators! Not worthy at all…”
His words were full of deep emotion and disdain.
Hearing that, Kevin and the others stopped in their tracks. They turned around quickly, eyes red with bloodshot, and asked, “What did you say?!”
“Say that again if you dare?”
“Dead man, do you want a new mouth? Cause I’ll tear you a new one!”
Remus’ words were clearly directed at themselves. They could not bear it.
Remus lifted an eyebrow, turning his gaze to Morris and Sandra. “Each of you has tested your strength, some more than others, and now you’re labeled. How would you feel if someone who never tried used that label to mock you? It only seems fair that everyone should have a go.”
Morris and the others felt their blood boil at those words.
How could Remus accuse Kevin and his party of not trying and then taunt them for it?
Wasn’t Remus doing just that?
Yet, his point was undeniably valid.
With the disciples of Elena and Eythor already having faced failure, if Kevin was the only one among Erjon’s disciples to fall, it would reflect poorly on their Master.
Morris spoke up, “Mr. McDaniel, Remus does have a valid argument. We all ought to attempt it, regardless of the results.”
Sandra’s response was a mix of scorn and mockery, saying, “Are you actually scared, lacking even the bravery to confront the Spiritual Trial Stone? Who would have guessed that Master Windrow’s disciples would be so devoid of courage, hehehe…”
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