My Co-renting Lady Boss
Chapter 335 - 0335: After the Young One, Comes the Old One

Chapter 335: Chapter 0335: After the Young One, Comes the Old One

As soon as Ma Benyue finished speaking, a dark shadow flashed in front of him, followed by countless fists enlarging before his eyes.

"Ah..."

Ma Benyue’s scream and the crisp sound of a slap echoed throughout the venue.

Everyone was stunned, no one had expected the imposing Ma Benyue to be viciously beaten by Tang Ming, who grabbed him by the collar from the get-go, giving him no chance to fight back.

"Has this lad transcended beyond being a martial artist already?" Ma Tong, who had been indifferent until now, suddenly stood up and exclaimed in shock:

"Such a young martial master, that’s ridiculously heaven-defying!"

"Grand, grandfather, this, please make him stop!"

Ma Gangjian stammered, never having dreamed that his father, who he viewed as a god of war, would actually be thrashed by Tang Ming.

"Stop, he is no match for you," Ma Tong urgently yelled.

After delivering another fierce punch, Tang Ming finally released Ma Benyue’s collar, sneering to himself:

"A mere peak of Nine-star dares to pose in front of me; do you not realize that your old man has already reached the Half-step Martial Master level!"

"You, you..." Ma Benyue fell to the ground, his face swollen, several front teeth missing, his eyes blackened from the blows, his whole face resembling a pig’s head.

"What do you mean ’you’? It was after you said to start that I began, so this can’t be considered a sneak attack."

Tang Ming brushed off his hands and said with a smile, "I’ve won, now the rights to develop the slum area are mine."

"Good!" At this moment, the crowd finally reacted, clapping and cheering wildly; although the scene wasn’t blood-boiling, it was immensely satisfying indeed.

"Hold on." A figure leaped onto the stage; it was none other than the Ma Family’s elder, Ma Tong.

"Old sir, may I help you?"

Tang Ming looked at the old man with interest, sensing danger from him, yet feeling extremely excited at the same time.

Since his breakthrough, Tang Ming had not yet had a formal duel with a martial master, and although he was only a Half-step Martial Master, he believed that with his combat experience and unique physical constitution, he could definitely contend with an Initial Rank Martial Master, only he had never had the chance to try it out.

"Young man, as a high-level martial master, isn’t it a bit unfair for you to bully my son, a Nine-star Martial Artist?"

Ma Tong gazed at Tang Ming with a solemn expression, addressing him as ’young man’—such was the advantage of strength, even the Family Head had to treat such a young martial master with great respect.

"Old gentleman, that statement of yours is somewhat humorous!" Tang Ming laughed, speaking mockingly:

"Ma Benyue, being the head of the Ma Family, chose to strike against me, a youth under twenty. Isn’t he the one exploiting his seniority? Moreover, it was he who challenged me first, how can that be seen as me bullying the weak?"

"Quibbling words. You knew well the gap between him and you, yet why did you still accept the challenge?"

While Tang Ming’s words were sensible, Ma Tong had to defend the family’s honor in front of all these people.

"Sorry, I genuinely didn’t know the extent of our disparity." Tang Ming curled his lip, speaking as if aggrieved:

"Ma Benyue challenged me so confidently, I actually thought he was a martial master strongman; little did I know he was only a martial artist."

"You..." Ma Tong was suddenly at a loss for words, much like they didn’t know Tang Ming was a martial master, Tang Ming also had every reason not to know Ma Benyue’s cultivation level. Had they known Tang Ming was a martial master, even with several times the courage, Ma Benyue would not have dared to provoke Tang Ming.

"Further discussion is pointless, I have already won, and the development rights of the shanty area are now mine. If there’s nothing else, let’s sign the transfer contract, shall we?"

Tang Ming waved his hand, not wanting to waste more words.

"No, your strength differs too greatly from Benyue’s, this duel was too unfair, I..."

Ma Tong pulled a long face, intending to deny the outcome of the match.

"Are you trying to be dishonest?" Tang Ming sneered, "Is this what the renowned Martial Arts Family stands for, no credibility? We had agreed in front of so many people that I and Ma Benyue would duel for the rights to develop the shanty area. Now that I’ve won, does the Ma Family intend to go back on its word?"

"What if we go back on it?" Ma Gangjian hissed through clenched teeth.

"You try being dishonest and see what happens." Tang Ming’s expression turned cold as he spoke with a menacing tone, "I, Tang Ming, am a lone man, whereas your Ma Family is large and established. If you don’t give me an explanation today, from now on, I will focus solely on killing members of your Ma Family, and we’ll see how many of you are enough for me to kill."

"You dare..." Ma Gangjian roared instinctively.

"Shut up." Ma Tong immediately glared at Ma Gangjian, knowing better than anyone what a martial master represented, especially a solitary and powerful one, which was most troublesome.

Martial Arts Families were generally populous, with many branches, but having even one martial master in such a family was remarkable, and the others depended on this martial master for survival and growth.

If any martial master truly targeted a Martial Arts Family, apart from the martial master able to defend themselves, all other family members would likely be killed. This demonstrates why martial masters hold such high status.

Even the nation hopes martial masters will establish schools and develop families, because this is the only way to impose restrictions on martial masters and make them considerate.

At the same time, this is why, despite hostilities, many Martial Arts Families do not easily engage in open combat, because if the opposing family’s martial master escapes, the other family will eventually be annihilated.

"Heh, Grandpa, your grandson is quite arrogant!"

Tang Ming glanced weirdly at Ma Gangjian and then looked towards Ma Tong.

"The child is ignorant, I hope you, young brother, won’t take it to heart," Ma Tong said with a slight smile, squinting his eyes.

"I agree to relinquish the development rights of the shanty area to you. These were the agreed terms before Ma Benyue’s duel with you. However, given today’s situation, I would like to have a exchange with you. After all, there aren’t many chances for martial masters to spar."

"Why should I fight you?"

Although Tang Ming also wanted to measure himself against the opponent, he feigned reluctance.

"Because you can stop our Ma Family from developing the shanty area, my Ma Family is equally capable of interfering with your development of the area."

Ma Elder confidently stated, "The Ma Family still has some power in Songlan City, and we have quite a few experts. If these people were to interfere collectively in developing the area, even you, as a martial master, might find it troublesome, right?"

Upon hearing this, Tang Ming frowned. He could stop the Ma Family’s projects, and naturally, the Ma Family also had the ability to obstruct other developers. Moreover, being a Martial Arts Family in Songlan City, if they really committed themselves to meddling, it truly would be a major problem.

"If I win in a battle against you, then our Ma Family will continue to hold the development rights for the shanty area, and you must refrain from interfering in this matter. If you win, then I, Ma Tong, here guarantee that no matter who takes over the project of the shanty area in the future, my Ma Family will definitely not interfere."

Ma Tong outlined his conditions with a calm demeanor.