After breaking up with my girlfriend, I became a Great Sage of the Demon Clan.

The people from Xiluozhou on the side looked at each other. Zhao Wen, who was in charge, and his great-grandson were also preparing to capture Zhou Yan. Now, Xiluozhou and Yindizhou were in the same boat, and they had to keep Zhou Yan here no matter what, and then force him to admit that he had defeated Su Bijun by despicable means.

The Su family's reputation must be preserved.

"interesting……"

Just as the gleaming rope was about to wrap around Zhou Yan, a hand reached out from behind him and grabbed it.

Zhou Yan turned around and saw a bald man with a rather old-looking face.

The bald man, holding the rope, looked around with a smile.

"Are the people of Indiana such sore losers?"

As the bald man spoke, waves of dense yin energy spread outwards, causing the Indians and Westerners who had been surrounding Zhou Yan to disperse.

This man was Guo Zhengliang, one of the three City God bloodline members of the Senate of the Eastern Xia United States, and considered a formidable fighter among all demigods.

Zhang Ye's father stepped forward and spoke righteously.

"If it were a fair and square victory, we would have nothing to say, but this guy..."

Zhang Ye's father pointed at Zhou Yan.

"Bi Jun fell without doing anything. She won by despicable means. Guo Chenghuang, are you so incapable of accepting defeat that you insist on letting someone who won through such despicable means walk away?"

The bald man smiled faintly.

"You think despicable methods are despicable methods? Fine, tell me now, what despicable methods did Zhou Yan use!"

Zhang Ye's father remained silent.

"The bald-headed City God Guo shouted loudly."

"Interesting. Even courts need evidence to convict people. None of you can explain what underhanded methods the other party used. You just want to arrest someone based on what I think, what I believe?"

Bald-headed Guo Chenghuang had tried sweeping people from other Indian states, including West Roosevelt.

Don't you feel guilty?

Some young people in Indiana looked embarrassed. They hadn't actually seen Zhou Yan use any despicable methods to win against Su Bijun, and their reason for arresting Zhou Yan was simply "I think he did."

Wu Quxing, who was watching the show outside, waved his fan and shook his head.

“The Indians are ugly, ugly. Never mind, I’m afraid you’ll arrest me later and say I’m an accomplice. I’m leaving, I’m leaving.”

Wu Quxing closed his fan and gracefully departed.

The other dignitaries also sensed that something was amiss, so they kept quiet and walked quickly toward the entrance of Zhangjia Community.

They were also afraid that once they left, they wouldn't be able to leave.

When the Celestial castes in Indiana saw these people leaving, their hearts sank.

The best course of action now is to arrest Zhou Yan, torture him, and force him to reveal his "despicable methods," then expose them to everyone present so that they know Zhou Yan did not win against Su Bijun and that Zhou Yan is a despicable person.

But now that he's gone, I'm afraid that by the next day, all the high-ranking officials in Zhongzhou City will know that Zhou Yan defeated Su Bijun.

So, why not stop these high-ranking officials and dignitaries from leaving?

No, no, no, that would be too offensive.

"Heh, do you know whose people we are?"

Lin Anru, carrying Su Xiaowan, walked up. This demigod of the Xiangliu bloodline kicked away several Indians surrounding Zhou Yan, swaggered to Zhou Yan's side, and then spat out.

"Come on, come on..."

Lin Anru patted her on the head.

"You want to kill me, huh? Come this way! I've put my life on the line, so come and take it if you dare. I'll trade my life for the sudden death of your whole family. It's not a bad deal!"

If Lin'an were to die here, even if the Heavenly Gods of the Indian Continent were not consumed by the Vermilion Bird's wrath, they would still be skinned alive by the Vermilion Bird.

The remaining Indians and Western Roosevelts looked at each other, and eventually the younger people focused their attention on their elders.

They would arrest Zhou Yan and Lin Anru whenever their elders gave the order.

"Alright..."

A sigh came from the house where the flash rope had been thrown earlier.

"Let's go, let's go, let Zhou Yan leave."

Zhang Ye's father shouted towards the house.

"Bi Jun didn't lose, Zhou Yan cheated!"

The sound came from inside the house again.

"I'll ask about this when Bijun wakes up, Zhou Yan, remember that..."

The sounds coming from inside the house turned cold.

"You didn't win, and Bijun didn't lose. Time will prove who the winner is."

Zhou Yan didn't bother to respond; he simply turned and walked out of the Zhangjia Community entrance.

Lin Anru caught up, and when she reached Zhou Yan's side, she laughed and said.

"You were so cool just now, damn, if I were half as cool as you, my life would be worth it."

Zhou Yan said smugly.

"Unfortunately, you probably won't be able to do it in this lifetime."

Lin'an was not convinced.

How do you know I can't do it?

If Lin An's own awakening level were higher, he could do something similar to Zhou Yan. Xiang Liu's bloodline is close to that of a god, no less than the Red-Bottomed Macaque, and perhaps even stronger.

Guo Chenghuang, who had previously come to Zhou Yan's rescue, also walked to Zhou Yan's side. At the same time, he looked back and saw that the people from Xiluozhou and Yindizhou were still in the same place. These people stared at Zhou Yan, who was leaving, with resentment in their eyes. Some of them were clenching their knuckles until they turned white, and some of them were trembling slightly all over.

Guo Chenghuang turned around and said to Zhou Yan.

"Be more careful after you go to the Wutong Hotel."

Zhou Yan respectfully addressed Guo Chenghuang.

"I understand, I'll be careful. I was fortunate to have the City God's help earlier."

Guo Chenghuang shook his head.

"I'm so grateful that you were able to defeat these guys in Indiana who want to turn back the clock. It's only right that I give you a hand. And your caution is probably not the kind of caution I'm referring to."

Zhou Yan looked puzzled.

Guo Chenghuang explained.

“Su Bijun is the Holy Maiden of the Miro Cult, a natural-born divinist. Such a person cannot fail, cannot be disgraced, and must be like a divine idol. If you shatter the idol, the core interests of the Indian Heavenly God Family will be damaged.”

Zhou Yan found joy in it.

"I see. If the losses weren't unacceptable, why would they be so unwilling to accept defeat?"

Guo Chenghuang asked in return.

"Do you know how someone who can't accept defeat will cope with losing?"

Zhou Yan pointed to himself.

"Assassination?"

Guo Chenghuang shook his head.

"No, killing you won't help, and it will only offend Suzaku. The right thing to do is to smear you. They will say that you have been despicable since childhood, raped classmates, bullied the weak, engaged in school bullying, were racist, and killed people everywhere because of your status as an Awakened. Then they will find some of your relatives and friends to spread bad things about you."

"When you become a universally recognized villain, even if people at the bottom of society know that you beat Su Bijun, as long as they cheer and say that you won by despicable means, or even deny your victory, others will believe them and join the people of Indiana in discriminating against and slandering you."

Guo Chenghuang sighed again. He had served in the Senate for a hundred years and had seen many such tactics of slandering and attacking political enemies.

Therefore, when people from Indiana said that Zhou Yan hadn't won, he realized that they were trying to bribe various media outlets to dig up/fabricate dirt on Zhou Yan.

Chapter Twenty-Seven: Violence

Ten days later.

Wutong Hotel.

Zhou Yan sat in front of his computer in his bedroom.

A video is playing on the computer screen. In the video, a young man who is about the same age as Zhou Yan is crying and talking to the camera.

"Zhou Yan is a bastard. He bullies me at school all day long, takes off my clothes at night, and writes on my body. He even takes my food money..."

Zhou Yan chuckled.

The young man then flipped through another video, this one featuring a beautiful young woman who was also crying as she spoke to the camera.

“Zhou Yan is a violent maniac. I was forced by him to be his girlfriend. Being his girlfriend and sleeping with him was one thing, but he beat me every day.”

The young woman then pulled out a stack of hospital test reports.

"This is the test report from the hospital after I was beaten by Zhou Yan."

Zhou Yan flipped through another video, this one featuring a middle-aged man who was covering his face and crying.

"My son was killed by Zhou Yan, but the court acquitted Zhou Yan because he was an Awakened One, sob sob sob..."

The nine-colored deer walked up to Zhou Yan and asked him with its head down.

"Brother, what are you looking at?"

Zhou Yan said nonchalantly.

"Watching others slander me."

"Slander? What did they slander about you, brother?"

Zhou Yan reached out and stroked the nine-colored deer's furry head, smiling faintly.

"They said I was a violent maniac, a murderer, or something like that."

Ten days have passed since Zhou Yan defeated Su Bijun. In these ten days, just as Guo Chenghuang said, the Su family has started spreading rumors about him. They are trying to portray him as a tyrannical, greedy, and evil person who does all sorts of evil deeds.

Because of class conflict, the common people, who already had a deep aversion to the awakened, immediately accepted Zhou Yan's villain persona. For this reason, Zhuque even approached Zhou Yan to ask if he could help delete the posts and quell the online public opinion.

Zhou Yan refused, and even asked Zhuque to help him amplify his violent persona.

That's all for now.

Zhou Yan held the phone up to his face. The screen showed a private WeChat chat interface with two location records.

Zhou Yan grinned.

After defeating Su Bijun and returning to the Wutong Hotel, Zhou Yan discovered that he had actually gained 2% of his awakening power.

This 2% awakening level increased all of Zhou Yan's attributes by 500, added one character to the Great Evolution keyword, making it able to add four keywords to himself, and doubled the duration to ten minutes, while the cooldown time remained unchanged at thirty minutes.

I haven't broken the zero mark yet in adding keywords to other people's accounts.

But that's enough.

Are you slandering me?

I'll just smear you in return.

……

Taiyang Street, Zhongzhou City.

Dongfang Shuo was shopping with his girlfriend in a high-end handmade clothing store. As members of the Celestial caste in Indiana, their way of shopping was a little different from the norm. They would walk into the clothing store, look at the clothes, and buy everything that wasn't ugly before moving on to the next store.

As they walked to the next clothing store, Dongfang Shuo's girlfriend hugged her boyfriend, looking very happy.

"Little Shuo Shuo, you're going to become a national idol soon. I don't know if I'll still be able to have you then."

In two days, the demigod competition of the four schools will begin. With the preparation of the demon-level awakener, this demigod-level competition has already attracted national attention, and the viewership rating is destined to exceed 60%. As long as you perform well in this competition, gaining fans will be a piece of cake.

Dongfang Shuo wanted to say that he would not abandon Su Bijun after starting a relationship, but a picture suddenly flashed through his mind: Zhou Yan standing on the ground and Su Bijun kneeling on the ground.

Dongfang Shuo's expression darkened.

If all four academies had a monster student like Zhou Yan, then their line of work would be...

Dongfang Shuo suddenly stopped, and the image of Zhou Yan standing in his mind suddenly overlapped with the figure in reality.