“Jason cousin, for the sake of the Fourth Elder, you’d better just admit defeat and not ruin the harmony.” Richard Bennett was truly arrogant—on the surface, he acted as if he didn’t want to cause trouble, but in reality, he looked down on Jason Bennett.

“Well, since I’m here, if I don’t compete, I’m afraid Grandpa will scold me.” Jason Bennett glanced nervously at his grandfather Simon Bennett. However, William Bennett didn’t see any real fear in his eyes. This guy seemed to be “playing dumb to fool the tiger.”

“Fine, ground sweep kick!” Richard Bennett got angry, snorted, suddenly squatted down, and spun his leg with a gust of wind, trying to sweep Jason Bennett off his feet and show off.

“Ah, so eager to make a move.” Jason Bennett seemed unprepared, hurriedly jumped up in a fluster, and by sheer luck, managed to leap over the attack. Richard Bennett’s face flushed red, and with a loud roar, he launched the Ye family’s mid-tier earth-level martial art, “Tiger Fist,” at Jason Bennett like a tiger descending the mountain.

Martial arts are also ranked, with earth-level being the lowest. Earth-level is further divided into lower, middle, and upper tiers. The highest martial art in the Ye residence is only heaven-level.

Ordinary elders’ descendants can only learn lower-tier earth-level martial arts before reaching the wood-level disciple rank. But Richard Bennett possessed a mid-tier earth-level martial art, likely bought at a high price from an elder of the Ye residence by his family.

However, exchanging earth-level martial arts among Ye family members required the approval of the Law Enforcement Elder. Otherwise, even private teaching would be punished according to clan rules. Because of this, the status of Law Enforcement Elder Andrew Bennett was especially prominent. There was definitely something fishy here—a big red envelope as a bribe was a must.

Of course, if it’s not a Ye family martial art, you can buy it however you want. For example, heaven-level martial arts are available at Yiren Hall, but the key is whether you can afford the price. A set of heaven-level martial arts costs at least hundreds of thousands of low-grade blood crystal coins—something even the wealthy Ye family elders have to think twice about.

Chapter 007: Really Playing the Part

“Ah, Tiger Fist, a mid-tier martial art.” Jason Bennett cried out in panic. As he retreated, his leg accidentally stretched forward, and with a crisp snap, Richard Bennett was tripped and fell flat on his face in a spectacular “dog-eating-mud” move—except he bit the floorboards, not dog poop.

By now, William Bennett was certain that Jason Bennett was definitely “playing dumb to fool the tiger.” This guy was probably the real tough one—he’d have to be careful around him. Focusing his gaze, sure enough, he saw two blood vessels in Jason Bennett’s body swelling and contracting—he was at the second pulse stage. Richard Bennett’s loss was well-deserved.

Richard Bennett tried to spring up, but Jason Bennett had already kicked him hard in the butt. With a thud, Richard Bennett was sent flying off the stage. The guy was stunned, and when he looked up, his mouth was full of blood, staring blankly at the equally bewildered Jason Bennett.

Really playing the part, William Bennett sneered inwardly.

“Uh, I just kicked out randomly. Richard Bennett cousin, how did you end up down there?” Jason Bennett looked completely innocent. But at this point, who would believe he accidentally kicked Richard Bennett off the stage? Only a fool would.

Clap...

Suddenly, thunderous applause erupted, led by William Bennett.

“William Bennett, just you wait...” Richard Bennett’s face was as red as a monkey’s butt, and he had no way to save face. He crossed his arms, glared angrily, and tried to vent his anger on William Bennett. Clearly, he was trying to divert everyone’s attention.

“I’m waiting. Want to have a warm-up match right now?” William Bennett replied calmly.

“Fine, let’s do it now!” Richard Bennett, unable to back down, stomped and jumped onto the stage, pointing at William Bennett.

“Get down! What kind of behavior is this?” Presiding over Arena One, Elder Thompson looked stern.

Hearing this, Richard Bennett quickly jumped back down.

Hahaha, what an idiot...

That’s right, did you think this was your house? This is the Ye family’s clan-wide tournament...

No sense of rules at all—no wonder that old man in his family could never get into the elders’ council, raising such a dumbass son, damn...

The mocking laughter led by William Bennett was especially loud, and Richard Bennett could only glare at William Bennett viciously, grinding his teeth.

Second match: William Bennett versus Emily Bennett.

This match, destined for William Bennett to be beaten up, attracted the attention of most of the Ye family members. That’s because the entire Liu family, led by Liu Xiong, was staring at the stage. As for James Bennett, Richard Bennett, and the others, they had already started jeering from the sidelines, spouting all sorts of trash talk to provoke William Bennett.

“Loser! Hurry up and get off the stage before you get kicked.”

“That’s right, a good-for-nothing with a bloodline test score of zero dares to fight Emily (the Younger)? What a disgrace.”

...

Emily Bennett, with a ponytail and a green dress, looked simple and gentle, and there wasn’t a trace of arrogance on her face despite being the direct granddaughter of the Ye family’s Third Elder.

“William cousin, please go first.” Emily Bennett cupped her fists politely.

“I’m the older one, you’re the younger, so you go first.” Since she was polite, William Bennett was polite as well.

“Alright, then I’ll throw the first punch. William cousin, watch my ‘Floating Leaf Palm.’” Emily Bennett said courteously, flipping her palm. The Ye family’s lower-tier earth-level martial art, Floating Leaf Palm, was unleashed. Her palm moved like a leaf drifting in the wind, looking especially graceful when performed by a woman.

“Five Step Fist, haha, how could such a basic body training technique with no rank possibly stand up to ‘Floating Leaf Palm’?” Elder Simon Bennett laughed.