A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage)
Chapter 1092 How Frightening a Supreme Grandmaster Can...

Becoming a supreme grandmaster was a huge matter.

Every supreme grandmaster in the martial arts world was a terrifying force to be reckoned with.

They were equivalent to a country's nuclear weapon. They were highly valued by their countries and were considered a pillar of their nation.

The birth of a supreme grandmaster was something worth celebrating, regardless of which country this supreme grandmaster came from.

China was no exception.

War God Castle would invite this person to become a member, and the government would also send an official letter of recognition. This person would enjoy the highest status in the land thereafter. The official documents that Tang Hao was referring to was this letter from the government.

Of course, all these documents weren't important for defining a supreme grandmaster, but a proper set of procedures had to be followed.

Even though the martial arts circle and the rest of the country were governed separately, the martial arts circle fell under the government's control on paper.

So even missions taken on by War God Castle had to be approved by the government first.

But of course, these were just done for show.

When it came to matters within the martial arts circle, War God Castle still represented the highest authority in martial arts in China and was the one with the final say.

If the six members of War God Castle weren't agreeable, then any documents from the government would still be useless.

This world revered the strong the most, and martial artists were people who had reached the height of human strength possible, so they weren't subject to the weaker members of general society. Then again, that didn't mean that the nonfighting world couldn't do anything about the martial arts world.

If the government wanted to attack War God Castle, they could send out nuclear missiles and raze War God Castle to the ground.

But only an idiot would launch an attack that might kill themselves in the process.

So the government and the martial arts world finally settled on a balance where they governed their own circles separately on the surface.

In fact, when the government faced some difficulties in international relations, they would even ask War God Castle for help.

It was easier to negotiate with people as compared to weapons.

But Ye Fan was a little confused by all this. "Huh? What test? You mean you're not someone sent by those two families?"

Ye Fan frowned and looked puzzledly at Tang Hao. The cold and sinister look in his eyes had faded.

Tang Hao shook his head and laughed. "It looks like you still don't get it. What is the significance of a supreme grandmaster to a nation? I can tell you very confidently that not even the leader of this nation could command a supreme grandmaster to fight for him, and he doesn't have the right to order a supreme grandmaster at all. Do you think those two families could be more powerful than the leader of this country?"

Ye Fan was even more confused. "So you're not from the Lu and Xur families?"

"Of course," Tang Hao nodded. "Those two families are merely ordinary people and I could smite them without any effort. How could they possibly be able to make any of the pillars of the nation fight for them? Supreme grandmasters are able to threaten a nation! We will never cheapen ourselves like this," said Tang Hao with much pride and authoritativeness.

This was a confidence that only the truly strong would exude.

He was strong enough to smite a nation, so he definitely had the right to be this proud of himself.

Once you had such a reputation, then no enemy would dare to provoke you unnecessarily.

One did not need to witness the strength of a nuclear weapon to know how much damage it could cause. In the same way, supreme grandmasters were people who could strike terror in people's hearts even without doing anything!

In fact, if the other party wasn't strong enough to fight a supreme grandmaster, a supreme grandmaster might cause even more damage than a nuclear weapon.

Back then, the two atomic bombs that the US dropped on Japan only caused about

200,000 odd casualties.

But in the history of martial arts, a supreme grandmaster had been able to kill three million people all by himself.

That supreme grandmaster had entered the borders of another country and went on a ten day massacre because of a personal vendetta.

The cities of that country had experienced hell in those ten days.

If the International Martial Arts Union hadn't gathered a group of powerful fighters to kill him off, that country's population would probably have been wiped out. From then on, everyone knew what supreme grandmasters were capable of.

The International Martial Arts Union also set in place an International Supreme Grandmaster Convention that strictly forbade supreme grandmasters from using their power without any checks in place, and also strictly prohibited supreme grandmasters from massacring ordinary folks.

This Convention had restricted the amount of damage the supreme grandmaster could actually cause, but it didn't reduce the amount he could potentially cause.

After all, this was really just an agreement between various nations that didn't hold very severe consequences besides being criticized and blamed if one broke the rules.

As long as one didn't go too far, nobody would do anything. One might suffer a few nasty comments, but that was all. That's why Tang Hao wasn't bothered about the Lu and Xur families at all. Wiping the two families out wouldn't have amounted to much.

Ye Fan was now sure that Tang Hao wasn't an enemy. "I didn't think that one had to go through a test before attaining the title of supreme grandmaster," said Ye Fan with a shake of his head as he looked at Tang Hao. Now that the misunderstanding had been cleared up, Ye Fan stopped being hostile towards Tang Hao.

Ye Fan had really thought that Tang Hao was someone sent by the Lu and Xur families to deal with him. If Tang Hao hadn't revealed his real motives in time and Ye Fan had no choice but to unleash his Invoke the Celestial Cloud, then Tang Hao was doomed.

Ye Fan didn't push himself to the maximum just now, but that was already a level that Tang Hao wouldn't have been able to defeat. If Ye Fan really displayed everything he was capable of, the fight would have ended very differently.

"Of course. Conferring someone the title of supreme grandmaster is something that affects the nation and its international relations, so it is not to be taken lightly. Every supreme grandmaster has to go through a test before he can even be nominated. And sometimes, you have to go through more than one test from more than one person. Someone as young as yourself would definitely face more challenges and doubts from the rest too." "Actually, some days ago, the God of War stood up against the rest of us and insisted on making you the seventh supreme grandmaster, causing outrage among all of us in War God Castle. Nobody else in War God Castle thought you worthy of this title. That day, the King of Fighters very nearly ended up fighting the God of War on Mount Yan. But don't worry, even though everyone was very unhappy that day, the God of War managed to get your nomination in anyway."

Ye Qing-Tian was the God of War of the country and it was hard to fight the authority of the top martial artist of China after all.

Even though Ye Qing-Tian seldom expressed his opinion on most things, there was no way anybody could oppose him once he had decided on something.

If anybody disagreed with him, they could fight him.

The God of War had reigned supreme in this country for so many years, so he didn't have to fear anybody.

So even though the King of Fighters and the rest were unhappy about his decision, Ye Fan's name still made it to the list in the end. Ye Qing-Tian refused to give in to the rest of them.