76: Has he always been this brave?

Since the Shadow Realm is part of the real world, the time flow in both is synchronized. For as long as Su Ze stayed in the Shadow Realm, Xu Yao remained in the real world.

Not long after Su Ze and Lin Xi left, several people arrived, holding their noses as they approached.

They were all Xu Yao's suitors, but anyone with eyes could see her feelings for Su Ze.

When Su Ze's reputation was at its peak, everyone knew he had a Diamond-rank Demonic Beast.

Later, he even defeated a school teacher in a single blow, which made these people give up on their thoughts.

However, it didn't take long before news spread that Su Ze's Diamond-rank Demonic Beast had been killed.

The news that followed became increasingly ridiculous; now, it was even said that he himself had been crippled due to the backlash of the contract.

At first, everyone was skeptical, but as the rumors outside grew more intense and Su Ze failed to show himself, they became mostly certain.

What they didn't know was that at that time, Su Ze was guarding Feng Qingyi while she completed her Nirvana, and he had no idea what the outside world was saying.

Even if he had known, he wouldn't have cared, because he was the one who had asked Guo Linshan to help spread those rumors.

Except for the Great Xia Spirit Guards, almost everyone present at the time had died.

If Guo Linshan had told them to keep their mouths shut, very few people would have known about it.

But Su Ze had requested Guo Linshan's help to spread the news of him losing his Diamond-rank Demonic Beast as much as possible; the more people who knew, the better.

This would deflect the secret gaze of most people from himself.

Of course, it was only most, not all.

Extensively experienced people like the Jiang Family Ancestor and Xiao Xu could probably guess the truth.

While it diverted the attention of those big shots, it made some small fries even more jumpy, like these suitors of Xu Yao's.

"Xu Yao, the Breeding Area is so dirty, how can you work here?"

"Is it true what they say? Are you helping that kid Su Ze work for his teacher? He's already crippled; he's not worthy of you doing all this for him."

"That's right, how dare that Old man in the Breeding Area order you around like this? Do you want us to help you teach him a lesson?"

..."Clang!" Before they could finish, they heard Xu Yao slam the iron bucket in her hand onto the ground. Her cold voice, tinged with anger, said, "Who told you Brother Su Ze was crippled?! Come out! This lady will cripple you first!"

Su Ze, who was just about to step out of the room, was startled by Xu Yao's tone. It was the first time he had heard her voice so full of rage.

But thinking that she was so angry entirely for his sake, his heart felt warm.

Lin Xi patted Su Ze's shoulder from the side and said, "Kid, your little girlfriend has quite a temper. It seems your life won't be easy in the future."

Su Ze retorted irritably, "You must have heard them too. Those students outside want to teach you, this 'Old man,' a lesson. How about it? Want to go out and let them give you a beating?"

"Hehe, I have a disciple here, so why would I need to take action? Go on, let them know how powerful we are!"

Then he added, "By the way, when you make your move later, don't forget to 'accidentally' involve those demonic beasts nearby. This Old man wants to have an extra dish today!"

Then, he gave Su Ze a shove, pushing him out.

Seeing Su Ze suddenly appear, the group that had just been talking big instantly took a step back in unison, then feigned composure.

Xu Yao was also stunned for a moment, then her face flushed as she walked to Su Ze's side and asked in a voice as soft as a mosquito's buzz, "Brother Su Ze... when did you appear? Did you... hear everything just now?"

Su Ze nodded, looking at Xu Yao with a gratified expression for standing up for him.

But Xu Yao just wanted to find a hole in the ground to crawl into. Why did he have to hear that? Her ladylike image was ruined by that one 'this lady'... Her moving appearance not only mesmerized Su Ze, but her suitors were no exception.

But at the thought that this display wasn't for them, they began to feel humiliated and angry.

"Su Ze! You... I heard there's a problem with your beast spirit?" the leader asked tentatively. He was a quite heavy-set fat guy named Zhu He.

Su Ze nodded without hesitation and replied, "That's right. I was set up by the Fusang Dark Guards, and my beast spirit died in battle. You shouldn't be unaware of this, right?"

Hearing Su Ze admit it himself, they exchanged glances, and their heads were instantly clouded by a sense of confidence.

Zhu He was the first to speak, "Su Ze, since you know you're now a cripple, then stop pestering Xu Yao. You're not worthy!"

Just as Xu Yao was about to throw caution to the wind and speak up for Su Ze again, she was pulled behind him.

He spoke with an unfriendly look in his eyes, "I'm not worthy? Then who is? You?"

To everyone's surprise, Zhu He actually nodded with a complete lack of self-awareness and said, "Anyway... I'm more worthy than you."

Su Ze laughed out of sheer anger and pointed at an innocent Black-scaled Pig nearby that was eating happily. "Worthy? I think you're quite suited to go and breed with that thing!"

Fat people naturally mind others comparing them to pigs, let alone breeding.

Zhu He instantly became furious. "Cripple, you asked for this!"

As he spoke, he summoned his beast spirit, a short-limbed Canine Demonic Beast.

He hadn't even mastered Beast Spirit Weaponization, and he charged at Su Ze directly along with his beast spirit.

Su Ze, not to be outdone, summoned the Void Spirit Turtle and pointed forward, saying, "Darting Water Spear!"

A stream of water, much thicker than before, shot out rapidly, blasting the man and beast away.

Even though he was heavy enough, he was still blasted back over ten meters, landing precisely in the Black-scaled Pig's feeding trough.

The Black-scaled Pig, which was eating happily, gave Zhu He's face a few licks, scaring him so much that he let out a loud cry and fainted.

Su Ze looked at the remaining trembling people and asked, "Has he always been this brave? Even though I'm missing one demonic beast, my level is more than ten levels higher than his. He actually dared to attack?"

The others had long faces, their expressions extremely ugly.

The outside world said Su Ze's beast died and he was crippled.

Why are these rumors half true and half false!

"Forget it. If you don't want to see him left here for breeding, then take him and get lost!" Su Ze waved his hand and turned to walk back into the house.

The crowd behind him breathed a sigh of relief and ran over to support Zhu He, but they couldn't move him at first.

Fearing that Su Ze would come back to teach them another lesson if they delayed, they hurriedly slapped Zhu He several times to wake him up.

Zhu He woke up in a daze. The pain made him clutch his swollen face as he remembered everything. As he was being helped away, he shouted, "You... you wait! My brother will avenge me!"

Su Ze smiled inside the house upon hearing this; he knew it wouldn't be that simple.