A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage)
Chapter 899 Battle of Grandmasters

"Shut up! What gives an outsider like you the right to judge? Moreover, it is Eigetsu-chan's honor to be selected by Tsukuyomi Tenshin. It's an opportunity of her lifetime. How can you make it sound so heinous?" Mochizuki Kawa retorted angrily when he heard what Ye Fan said.

His angry words echoed through the air.

However, Ye Fan continued to smile with an intense look of mockery on his face.

"Her honor? If dying is deemed glory to you, I don't mind giving you the honor."

Ye Fan smiled wickedly as he spoke nonstop furiously.

His cold words were so thunderous that they swept through the air.

It was so cold that that the temperature swiftly fell by a few degrees.

The air became so cold that frost almost appeared.

No one knew why Ye Fan was so angry.

Over these few days together, he was touched by how sensible and kind Suzumiya Eigetsu was.

Ye Fan honestly pitied the young woman.

He felt sympathetic about the things that happened in her life.

Suzumiya Eigetsu was only a 17 year old girl and at the prime of her life.

She could have led an ordinary life if not for the spirit seal within her.

She could have gone to school and travelled the world.

She could have gone to see the cherry blossoms and visit the tourist destinations with the man of her dreams.

She could have enjoyed nature and admired it through the seasons.

But now?

She had to give up everything because the martial arts circle wanted Tsukuyomi

Tenshin to be reborn.

If Mochizuki Kawa and the others were the slightest bit guilty, Ye Fan might not be as angry.

It horrified Ye Fan to find that they didn't feel like they had done anything wrong.

They even self-righteously said it was her honor and an opportunity of her lifetime.

What sort of glory and honor was this?

What right did these mere ants have to decide whether she lived or died?

How dare they even shamelessly say it was her honor?

The cold wind gusted while a murderous intent surged from Ye Fan's body.

Although Ye Fan had yet to make a move, his imposing aura left them petrified.

Everyone looked at Ye Fan in fear as they trembled.

He was capable of making the temperature drop with a single shout.

Only god knew how powerful he was.

Suzumiya Eigetsu was stunned when she witnessed this.

She looked so touched by his outburst.

Her lonely and forlorn heart suddenly felt ripples going through it.

It felt as though a warm current was sweeping across her heart.

Suzumiya Eigetsu inadvertently ended up crying.

All these years, Ye Fan was the first person to care about her so much. He was also the first person to feel that things were unfair to her.

Tears kept cascading down her face. No one could understand what Suzumiya Eigetsu felt now.

It felt as though she had suddenly found light and the warmth of spring after walking in the winter night for so long.

Everyone felt it was Suzumiya Eigetsu's honor and good fortune that she could offer her body as Tsukuyomi Tenshin's vessel.

No one stopped to consider how she felt or cared about whether she died.

All her parents saw were the things that their clan would stand to gain.

And Sword Shrine only cared about the future of the Japanese martial arts circle.

No one cared about Suzumiya Eigetsu herself.

Only Ye Fan did.

Prior to this, Suzumiya Eigetsu never thought that this young man would touch her so deeply.

"Mochizuki-senpai, stop wasting your time in talking to him. This cocky boy is such a smart mouth. He will only submit after blood has been shed! I will kill him now and avenge you!"

Ishino Ryuichi had clearly been losing patience as he stood at the back.

He took a step and leaped into the air with his sword in hand.

SLAAASH!

A green light swept through the air.

Ishino Ryuichi had already hacked towards Ye Fan with his swift and ferocious move.

It was as fast as the speed of lightning.

"Master, watch out!" shouted Suzumiya Eigetsu automatically the instant she saw Ishino Ryuichi attack.

However, Ye Fan stood fearlessly as the sword energy surged towards him.

He stood under the skies with his hands behind his back.

Ye Fan's right hand finally reached out only when the menacing glow of the sword was right in front of him.

Then he suddenly reached his hand out.

"Hmm? What is this brat up to? Does he want to fight Ishino Ryuichi empty-handed? He simply thinks too highly of himself!"

Everyone grinned gleefully at Ye Fan's impending doom.

Ishino Ryuichi looked at Ye Fan like he was looking at an idiot.

Everyone felt Ye Fan was attempting the impossible and was overly confident.

Just as everyone scoffed at Ye Fan, he reached his hand out and held it in midair.

Ishino Ryuichi's ferocious sword energy halted as though it was stuck in quicksand and was incapable of advancing.

After that, Ye Fan sent the energy bouncing back to Ishino Ryuichi with a flick of his finger.

PFFFT!

Ishino Ryuichi was incapable of dodging the sudden attack, and the sword energy instantly hit his chest and caused a gory wound.

Blood instantly sprayed from the wound.

What?

"D-did it just get thrown back?"

Everyone was dumbfounded.

The third head priest of Sword Shrine, Nakai Masami, hurried over to help Ishino Ryuichi up worriedly.

"Ryuichi, are you okay?" asked Nakai Masami worriedly.

Ishino Ryuichi spat a whole mouthful of blood out and his face was livid. He waved his hand as he said quietly, "I'm fine. I was careless. But the kid's moves are rather odd, and he isn't as useless as we imagined. I don't think Mo Wu-Ya got defeated because of bad luck."

Before this, Mochizuki Kawa kept saying he had gotten hurt because he fell for Ye Fan's ploy.

So Ishino Ryuichi and the others didn't think highly of Ye Fan at all.

However, Ishino Ryuichi undoubtedly started to take the match seriously after their brief exchange of blows.

"Why don't we fight him together? Let's combine forces and beat him in one fell swoop. We can't keep wasting time with him. How can a nobody like him fight his way into the mighty Sword Shrine? It will make us a laughingstock!"

Ishino Ryuichi knew he would have trouble handling Ye Fan alone.

So to be safe, he suggested that all three head priests fight Ye Fan together.

Mochizuki Kawa had already experienced Ye Fan's prowess first hand, so he didn't reject the suggestion.

He nodded. "Okay. Let's combine forces and annihilate him together!"

BAM!

At the drop of his voice, their internal energy exploded.

Then swords clanged as they were unsheathed.

"Aoki Sword Technique!"

"Ishino Sword Technique!"

"Silent Kill!"

Three ferocious attacks were unleashed amid their roars and came sweeping towards Ye Fan.

All three of them surrounded Ye Fan in a crescent-shaped formation.

Their powerful attacks sealed off all paths for Ye Fan. He was incapable of escape now and could only wait to be killed!