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"I will take their burden. If you want to spill blood, fight me and kill me, but let them live," he said. "Make them your subordinates… but please, let them live."
"I am not the one who should decide this in the end…" Maria replied. "Our previous battle was quick because that idiot attacked us without hesitation. Wu Lieng, come forward."
Wu Lieng and his disciples stepped forward, Little Black looming behind them.
They stared at the Iron Fist Sect Master and his overwhelming Aura.
"Wu Lieng… So the rumors are true. You really aren't dead," the Sect Master said. "And four disciples are still alive… I see. That explains why they've been causing so much trouble up there."
"Indeed…" Wu Lieng sighed.
A heavy, awkward silence stretched between them.
Then Wu Lieng sighed again.
"Fine…" he said. "Fine… let's have that battle you mentioned."
"Truly? Thank you so much." The Sect Master bowed deeply to Wu Lieng.
"But I will fight too," Wu Lieng declared, stepping forward.
