"You need to find your place in the hierarchy of the Martial Union," the Hugging Hegemon calmed down a bit, yet a flame still flickered in her eyes. "To do that, you'll have to fight us, starting from the weakest to the strongest, to determine exactly where you're ranked."
RUMBLE
The air grew prickled.
"And why must I do this?" Matriarch Nephi narrowed her eyes.
A sharp smile appeared on the Hugging Hegemon's face.
"Because you're a Martial Artist, of course."
Her powerful eyes bored into the matriarch's. "What's the matter? Scared? Is the oh-so-mighty leader of the Silas Clan a little wuss who can't fight for herself? Her pride and honor? Or is your prophecy too weak for that?"
Matriarch Nephi's rage flared. "You dare disrespect me?! You dare insult my prophetic power?!"
"If you want respect…" The Hugging Hegemon grinned. "You're gonna have to earn it. So far all I see is a Martial Sage with a big ego who spent her life running away and hiding."
It was blatantly evident what the Hugging Hegemon was trying to do.
She was trying to bait the Silas Matriarch into a fight, essentially.
Unfortunately, even if Matriarch Nephi was aware of her intentions, her pride in her prophecy could not allow her to back down.
she was indeed a
Martial Artists respected power.
was a
that she could not run
wanted to truly earn the respect of her peers in the Kandrian Empire, she would have to demonstrate her power and earn
"So be it. I shall demonstrate the superiority of
with a
extravagant
"Hehe, then let's begin!"
Mountain of Fortitude and the Flickering Elder narrowed their eyes as
"Why not?!"
destroy half the Kandrian Empire. If you want, you can fight her yourself in
the
turned to the matriarch with a mischievous grin. "I'll see you
"Which battlefield?"
find a place and
WHOOSH
She was gone.
sigh,
wasn't curious as to how
prophecy Martial Path was undoubtedly very potent and high-grade with versatile
an edge against the Martial Sages of
the Sage Realm just a few years ago. That was definitely a disadvantage compared to her peers, who had had more time to acclimatize to the power of the
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