A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage) novel Chapter 2248

"What, are you guys going to disobey me too?"

Chen Jiuzhou got furious when he saw no one move after he ordered them to enter Dragon Gate.

The resistance from Ye Qingtian and the others was already driving Chen Jiuzhou up the wall, so he nearly lost it when the others disobeyed him too.

He got so mad that he was actually prepared to kill someone on the spot.

A man who appeared to be in his thirties stepped forward from the crowd and said with a forced smile, "W-We're scared, Hall Master Chen! Besides, I feel that the opportunity to train in Dragon Gate is far too precious for someone like me. I shall pass this opportunity on to my comrades who are far more excellent than I am."

The remaining dozens of Chinese martial artists who were chosen, too, spoke up and declined the offer.

"H-He's right, Hall Master Chen! An old man like me shouldn't waste such a grand opportunity. You should let the young and talented martial artists enter Dragon Gate instead!"

"I-I would like to withdraw as well, Hall Master Chen. My wife just called. She's about to give birth. I need to stay with her and look after her."

"I'll have to forfeit this opportunity as well, Hall Master Chen. Something urgent came up, so I need to rush back and see my wife. Someone else can have my spot."

More and more of them stepped forward with all sorts of excuses to avoid entering Dragon Gate.

Chen Jiuzhou sneered after hearing what they said. "Give up your spots? What a joke! Dragon Gate is not something you can just give up on so easily!"

His tone was as cold as ice.

Lu Yanxi and the others below Mount Yan felt shivers down their spines when they heard that.

Chen Jiuzhou started walking toward the crowd, scaring them so much that they backed away immediately.

"W-What are you doing, Hall Master Chen? You said the slots to enter Dragon Gate are incredibly precious, didn't you? What's wrong with us giving them up unconditionally?" someone asked in fear, but Chen Jiuzhou was in no mood to say anything further.

Ye Qingtian's speech has completely ruined my plans to use Dragon Gate. It's no longer possible to get these people to enter Dragon Gate willingly. In that case, there's no need for me to keep this act up. I'll just get them in by force instead!

Everyone watched in horror as Chen Jiuzhou charged into the crowd and started tossing them into Dragon Gate one after another.

"What the... Hall Master Chen has gone crazy! Everyone, run for your lives!"

They still remembered how Chen Jiuzhou had severely wounded Sword Saint and the others before tossing them into Dragon Gate.

As if that wasn't abnormal enough, the fact that he was doing it again to everyone else further confirmed their suspicions.

That was when everyone realized that War God and Chu Tianfan were right about Dragon Gate being a trap.

It was not the incredibly rare opportunity that Chen Jiuzhou had claimed it to be. Instead, it was a disaster that would destroy those who entered, and Chen Jiuzhou had been tricking them into entering all this while.

"Run for it!"

"Save yourselves!"

Everyone probably had the shock of their lives at that point.

The place that they once thought was a beautiful dream come true turned out to be something straight out of a nightmare.

That sudden realization shocked them all to the core.

Unfortunately, it was far too late when they realized what was going on.

They used to have someone powerful who would protect them from harm, but they had gotten rid of that person with their own hands.

Chaos and fear were all that remained as they desperately ran for their lives.

What used to be a sacred land for the martial arts world instantly became a living nightmare.

The unsettling sight of gory body parts flying everywhere struck even more fear into the hearts of those who witnessed it.

Only eight individuals survived the Dragon Gate training, which showed just how high its death rate was.

Because they had forcefully increased their cultivation level beyond their bodies' limits, it would be incredibly difficult for them to get stronger anymore.

As the fourth batch of martial artists completed their training, the name list for the fifth batch was released shortly after.

This time, there was a total of fifty martial artists who were chosen.

All of them sank into despair when they saw their names on the list.

Some of them left overnight, some hid themselves deep within the mountains, and some protested the decision openly.

Not a single one of them agreed to the training at all.

The martial arts worlds of China even started forming alliances to go against Chen Jiuzhou.

A group of protesters even showed up at the bottom of Mount Yan to protest against Dragon Gate Project.

They demanded that Chen Jiuzhou step down and destroy Dragon Gate for good.

However, their resistance did not last very long as twenty powerful fighters came rushing over, all of which were supreme grandmasters.

In just one year, China had managed to produce twenty supreme grandmasters with the help of Dragon Gate Project.

Those supreme grandmasters had become Chen Jiuzhou's most reliable subordinates.

Sword Saint and King of Fighters were the ones leading the group.