A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage)
Chapter 1823

"Outsiders would assume that Dragon Master's Operation Ablaze was for his own benefit. On the contrary, he actually launched that for the martial arts world," Han murmured. Even he felt injustice for Ye Fan. Was it worth his effort?

Ye Fan had been the most warm-hearted and sincere person he had ever met. As such, it was sad for Han to see him ending up in such a forsaken way after his glory. It was unfortunate, but no one could be blamed.

War God Castle wasn't obligated to shelter him, and it was understandable that the fighters of China's martial arts world wouldn't risk going against Chu Sect to protect him.

They doused their ember, indicating that they were not in any way acquainted with Ye Fan anymore.

Similarly, Han was devoid of hope and permanently deleted his account under the name Mortal Spark.

His ten years of unconditional support for Ye Fan ended on this very day.

With that, Mortal Spark would cease to exist from now on.

Han took a last glance at the account which Ye Fan had poured his time and efforts into.

On the account's main page, there was a string of words left by Ye Fan: With high hopes, all fighters of China will be top-notch!

This particular martial artist forum drew in thousands of visitors on a daily basis.

It was only natural that such a large amount of fighters were drawn to it since Mortal Spark, a highly revered mentor, was the moderator.

Meanwhile in Jiangbei, Livingsfill, Lu Ziming was just starting up his computer so that he could log into the Martial Artist Forum and acquire the second stage of Lightning Maneuver.

Lightning Maneuverwas one of the three main martial arts skills shared by Mortal Spark.

Ye Qingtian had declared it to be the most lethal attack of all.

Since the advent of this skill, the martial arts world regarded it as the epitome of martial arts, and all practitioners were required to learn it.

Not only were the martial art giants crazy about it, but ordinary martial artists, too, trained rigorously to acquire the skill.

What was more, some well-established martial artists even got rid of the martial prowess they once acquired in order to rebuild their foundation using this technique. They had to practically start from zero!

In the martial arts world, there was no such thing as dropping a technique and swerving to another after one had decided which path they were going to take.

The only way to do that was to go back to square one.

"Who would've thought that Chu Tianfan was actually Ye Fan? Maybe that was why he was so imperious? He even had the guts to annihilate the Lu Clan and brush Sword Saint off. Well, too bad he killed himself in the end. He was lucky that he got an easy way out."

Lu Zimingwastalkingto himself while waitingfor the computer's system to launch.

Years ago, Ye Fan wiped his family out, and his only son was among the perished.

On the night his son, Lu Hua, was shot dead, Lu Ziming returned to Livingsfill, got rid of his martial prowess, and started his new cultivation.

He was cultivating Lightning Maneuver, which War God highly accredited.

Mortal Spark is known as the most mysterious virtuoso in China's martial arts world. I've been cultivating the techniques he had shared, and he never shied away from answering my queries.It was plain to see that I've improved by leaps and bounds within a few years. I may not be a Grandmaster yet, but with this powerful technique, I might have the capabilities to defeat one.All I'm hoping for now is for Mortal Spark to reveal the techniques for the third level. Once I've mastered the third stage of Lightning Maneuver, I will no doubt attain the Grandmaster stage!

After going through the probable outcome in his head, Lu Ziming sighed.

After all, he had pushed himself to cultivate this technique so that he could take revenge on Ye Fan.

Now that Ye Fan was dead, Lu Ziming questioned his

decision. What was all the effort for?

"Right. Ye Fan is dead, but not his friends and family. He destroyed the Lu Clan, so now it's my turn to burn his empire down! Yes, I have to persist and continue my cultivation. Once I'm a Grandmaster and have attained the Supreme stage, I shall intrude Jiangdong. Since Ye Fan is dead, his friends and family in Jiangdong shall pay the price on his behalf!"

Lu Ziming found his source of motivation again, and flames of hatred could be clearly seen in his eyes.

After he logged into the forum, he clicked on his chatbox and opened the chat with Mortal Spark.

He wrote: Mortal Spark, I've basically mastered the second stage of Lightning Maneuver. I still have some questions about it, though, and was hoping that you could answer them.

Lu Ziming hit the send button after composing his message.

"Hm? What's wrong? Why can't my message be sent?"

Lu Ziming was slightly perturbed, thinking that it had something to do with the internet connection. He tried sending the message a few more times but to no

avail.

Confused, he went to Mortal Spark's homepage.

To his horror, it was a blank space, and there was a message: The account has been deleted.What? The account no longer exists?

Lu Ziming was about to go off his rocker.

Immediately, he created a post about the matter.

Very soon, the news of Mortal Spark pulling himself out of the forum spread like wildfire. All of China's martial artists were shocked to the core. Someone wrote: What is going on? Why did Mortal Spark delete his account?

Another commented: What should we do? Who will guide us in our cultivations for the days to come?

Someone else questioned: What about those supreme techniques? The Lightning Maneuver was only introduced up to the second stage.

Another person wrote: The Mountain And River Blade technique was only updated up to the fourth stage.

One comment read: Oh no! There is no hope for martial arts in China anymore...

Mortal Spark's unannounced departure from the forum was like a bolt in the blue, and it shook up the entire martial arts world.

Thousands of martial artists were losing their grip on reality.

When Ye Fan was gone, most of them merely felt pity for his sudden demise.

After all, they weren't at all close to Ye Fan. Besides, his reputation in China's martial arts world was nothing to boast about.

Not only did Jiangbei's martial arts world resent him, but War God Castle also deemed him a threat to its existence.

To many people, perhaps Ye Fan's downfall was something worth celebrating.

However, Mortal Spark deleting his own account was a different story.

After all, this affected the personal benefits of countless people.

It was especially devastating to martial artists who had rid themselves of their initial martial art prowess to learn a new technique from the basics. The ones who made their offspring cultivate since a young age too, were on tenterhooks.

Without Mortal Spark, those legendary martial arts and techniques would come to an end.

How was everyone going to cultivate from now on?

Instantly, China's martial arts world was in absolute chaos.

Even the Hall Masters of War God Castle were heavily ruffled.

"I wonder what has gotten into Mortal Spark?"

"Why did he suddenly deactivate his account?"

"Is he really going to dispose of his account that he had been running for ten years?"

"Only one-third of that Book of Fist Techniques was updated right?" "But I was thinking of continuing my cultivation."

"Not only that, there are many more techniques that are yet to be updated."

"Is that it? No more updates?"

King of Fighters, Mo Gucheng, was equally fretful when he knew of the shocking incident.

Its ripple effect was far beyond what one would have imagined and had stretched its impact to the martial arts world.

Before this, Sword Saint and the rest were expecting China's martial arts world to flourish and prosper within the next tens of years under Mortal Spark's guidance.

Now with Mortal Spark's account deleted, his hopes vanished into thin air.

"Look for him! Use every resource we have to look for Mortal Spark!"

The supreme grandmasters of War God Castle gave orders to give full measure in searching for this faceless maestro who had been secluding himself.

While China's martial arts world rumbled in a pandemonium, news of Ye Fan's demise reached every corner of the globe.

Martial artists around the world felt sorry and grief-stricken for his death.

"Who knew someone so illustrious would have such a tragic ending?"

"It's sad, but that's life. He had his good share of crowning moments, and things have come to an end now."

Many people were at sixes and sevens, but the majority of those, who knew about Ye Fan's passing, was just commiserative. After all, they weren't close to him, and there was no reason for them to be heartbroken for someone they barely had contact with.

Except forthose in Jiangdong, China's martial artists were mostly indifferent toward the bad news, let alone those in other nations.

To them, new stars would rise after one dimmed its light, anyway.

Heroes came and went. When one's time was up, a new one would emerge and lead the world to a better future.