"Blop!"

"Poor charm ability levelled up!"

"You bastard! I will fucking kill you!"

With my words infuriating him to the point when he recovers from his stun, Baxhar instantly unsheathes his weapon and jumps at me! Not bothered by his action at all, I just stay on the spot with a warm smile on my face. When his sword is about to hit me, he suddenly hits an invisible barrier!

"The duel didn't star yet! Mind your manners!"

At this moment, a familiar voice can be heard around the whole area! It seems that my wager paid off! Since Stella was the one to encourage me to take part in this duel for the sake of gaining the tournament token, I was sure she will be here to aid me in my plight!

"Forgive my attitude Sect Master! I couldn't stand him forcing himself on the Eve! I'm surprised how such a just person like Sect Master can watch her direct disciple being defiled right in front of Your eyes!"

Overwhelmed by the sheer aura emanating from the activated barrier, Baxhar obediently backs away while throwing a tantrum. Ah, at this point my determination to trash him wavers. I don't want to be considered someone who bullies the weak!

"If she came to me with a complaint I surely come to her aid. On the other hand, do you have any proof to back your claims that she is unwilling to stay on his side? I would like to remind you that spreading false rumours about my direct disciple will not be ignored!"

Ugh, isn't she a bit too open with taking my side here? She was the one wanting to avoid any suspicion about mounting this scheme, so why does she try to foil my plan now? Did she change her mind? Well, excuse me, but I already invested myself too much into it.

"Before we start, you made your side of the bet. What will I get if I happen to win though? I don't recall you explaining your part of the responsibility? Do you really want to make this bet one-sided?"

That's it. I can finally make him give up his right to participate in the tournament. All I need to do right now is to patiently guide him towards my desired destination!

"As if you would ever win against me, trash!"

Oh daim, can you please be obedient? We all know how much you hate me, your insults are becoming boring already!

"So I take it that you simply want to force me to cut my loving relationship with Eve but you are too scared to offer anything for this bet? Isn't that an extortion? And you claim to be the offended one? I think there is no point in me taking part in this farce then!"

I wonder how he will react now? If he lets me back out, he will slap his own face. If he pushes forward according to my guideline, he will offer his token to me. Either way, I'm the one to win!

"What do you want then, fucker? Since you are going to lose anyway, what kind of item in my possession woke up your greed? I will be sure to discard it to trash so you can at least have this much after the fight!"

Eh… While I don't really mind him insulting me, he is slowly closing to crossing my bottom line. Not because I care about his bullshit, but it's turning annoying already! In the end, compared with my bullies from the earth, he can't even properly abuse me!

"I heard you were soo proud to receive a token of participation in the intersect tournament. I want you to prostrate and offer it to me while praising my abilities!"

Finally. I was getting tired of this farce anyway.

"You want to take my spot in the coming tournament? Dream on! I accept this wager. Can we start this duel already? The sooner we start the less time we will all waste on this weak idiot!"

With his consent, there is nothing more for me to take care of. Looking at the Stella sitting in her designated spot in the tribunes, I can see a small nod. For some reason, her face shows that she is rather displeased. Well, not that it matters now.

"If that's all, let's get this over with. I hereby announce the start of the duel between inner sect cultivator Baxhar and core sect cultivator Bart!"

As soon as Stella's words resounded, a powerful ring of the bell announced the start of the duel.

"What?"

Just as the barrier that separated us was falling apart, Baxhar managed to utter this one word. I guess he really didn't do his homework. Just by receiving the token of core sect, I got included in the registry! If he paid any attention to this matter, he would know how much I outclass him!

But it's not time to think about his stupidity!

Driving my dual circulation to the maximum, I allow my energy to flow through my sword. With a slight blueish glow appearing on its edge, I lower my centre of weight and launch myself forward!

In a flash, I'm already by Baxhar side. Not even bothered to use my sword in the first encounter, I simply smash him with my body momentum!

CLASH!

Unable to even blink, he is instantly sent flying only to engrave himself into the tribune walls! That's how much his trash-talk is worth!

"Come on! I'm getting bored here! Didn't you promise to trash me?"

While I do not enjoy bullying others, if he won't get dragged through a hell of humiliation himself, he will never learn what others feel when he bullies them. And well, while I don't want to bully him, he deserves a trashing for all the stuff that Eve had to go through because of him!

"How is this possible! Cheats! You are cheating!"

Unable to make sense of this situation, Baxhar can only escape to throwing other baseless accusations. It seems that his reign will come to an end today!

"Stop spewing bullshit and face me like a man! Show that you have at least this much of guts in yourself!"

This time, I think I managed to irk his anger correctly. After freeing himself from the cold embrace of the stone, Baxhar readied his sword and jumped at me!

Release!

Setting my energy free, I amass it in my sword!

With a single slash, his intricately decorated sword breaks in half! Yes, it's not cut into pieces, it just breaks from the might of my attack! But I'm not done yet! Pulling most of the energy away from the sword, I redirect its flow and smash his now defenceless head with the blunt side of my Noob Smasher!

This time, there is no escaping from my attack! No matter how much he would like to try to avoid it, my movements are simply too fast for him!

Taking a direct hit to his head, Baxhar just falls down to my feet, with his consciousness leaving for a better world!