Chapter 4119: Insight and Lineup

After accepting the bounty mission "Choice of Destiny," Su Xiao accepted the second bounty, "Azguk," without hesitation. The appearance of this bounty was equivalent to letting him obtain a key piece of intelligence for free.

Since the Azguk family had quietly arrived in this world, it seemed that Lady Spider was more like a smoke bomb released by the Azguk family, making the powerhouses of this world think that Lady Spider was the representative they sent, along with Di Luo.

The attitude displayed clearly was that even if they successfully seized the "Heart of the Abyss," they would offer it to the Lord of the Abyss, without the slightest intention of becoming the next Lord of the Abyss, willing to serve as the most loyal hawk and hound of the Lord of the Abyss.

Looking at it now, the facts were not so. The Azguk family not only wanted to seize the "Heart of the Abyss" but were also very determined, which made Su Xiao, who had experienced too many conspiracies, suddenly think of a possibility.

This matter might even concern the Abyss Doomsday Catastrophe.

First of all, the current Star Realm is indeed in a state of severe imbalance between Abyss power and natural elemental power, which is the reason for the Abyss catastrophe. However, the strong aggressiveness of the current Lord of the Abyss also occupies a large part in this catastrophe.

The Arcane Eternal Star is indeed a beast train with no brakes, speeding along, intending to drag everyone into the dark abyss. However, the fact that the Abyss and elemental power became imbalanced so quickly must be due to an existence pushing the waves in the Abyss—that's right, the Lord of the Abyss.

The previous Lord of the Abyss was like this, and the current one is even worse.

Initially, this point could not be determined, but as it was gradually discovered that the current Lord of the Abyss intended to drive the "Super-Giant Ancient Abyss Existences" that were unwilling to approach elemental power to tear and bite the Star Realm after the Abyss invaded the Star Realm, it could basically be determined that the Abyss and elemental power became imbalanced so quickly because the current Lord of the Abyss allowed Abyss power to erode the natural elemental layers of the Star Realm with higher intensity.

Then, the Heart of the Abyss of the Third Epoch has appeared. Whether the next Lord of the Abyss can be sealed, the clash between the new and old Lords of the Abyss, regardless of the outcome, can significantly delay the arrival of the Abyss Doomsday Catastrophe.

Even if this is drinking poison to quench thirst, the strongest hegemonic force in the Star Realm is willing to drink it without hesitation. Moreover, this hegemonic force can crush other major forces, but if they attack in groups, it is not impossible to win.

Does the existence that makes the Arcane Eternal Star invincible in the Star Realm really care whether the Arcane Eternal Star is destroyed? At worst, they can foster a new hegemonic force. It could be the wall-riding expert · Demon Race, or the beauty ceiling · Feather Race, or even the declining Star Race and Soul Race.

The Arcane Eternal Star is not irreplaceable, and the one who can truly threaten that person is not the Abyss catastrophe, but the time passing second by second. However, this person is not in a hurry; he just needs to wait and watch the challengers climbing upward. Of course, if the challenger loses, the other party's causal destiny belongs to him.

Among these challengers, the only one whose causal destiny was not devoured was one person. If it weren't for the fact that the strongest challenger had notarized part of his body to a certain Paradise faction before challenging the Supreme, this challenger would definitely have been left with no bones.

Yes, this challenger was named the First Law-Breaker, and the only part of his body that remained was obtained by Su Xiao through a transaction with "Three Fingers" after it fell into the distant reaches of the Abyss following notarization by the Paradise faction.

And he exchanged for the 【First Right Arm】 with "Causal Runes." What kind of volume of items are "Causal Runes"? Just look at the Second Epoch · Alchemy Lineup to understand.

Even if one seals the Supreme, there is still a huge gap with the Supreme. To put it bluntly, the Peak Realm is really the ceiling of the Star Realm. The strength gap between the tiers mainly depends on accumulation and whether the peak ability is countered. Therefore, calling the Night Mother a newly promoted peak is indeed inaccurate. The only difference between it and other peak powerhouses is accumulation, not realm.

Of course, if one is an "Extreme Realm user," there is no need to consider the problem of peak ability countering. "Extreme Realm users" are hexagonal warriors.

And the Supreme Realm is essentially a super-enhanced Peak Realm. It's not a 1-level promotion, but a 0.5-level promotion. The only two powerhouses who can break this ceiling of the Peak Supreme in the current era—this can also be clearly seen from the attribute description of 【Gift of the Tree】 by the Reincarnation Paradise, which clearly states "has a probability of breaking through the limit," rather than promotion.

The Supreme Realm can easily defeat the peak strength of the Peak Realm, but it definitely cannot kill the Second Epoch · Law-Breaker lineup to extinction just like that. This is also the reason why major forces in the Star Realm dare not have any dissatisfaction with the Arcane Eternal Star on the surface subsequently. The destruction of the Second Epoch · Law-Breaker lineup was too terrifying.

Among the challengers of generations, only the First Law-Breaker was a unique existence among the Supreme powerhouses who challenged the Supreme in past generations. Even after his death, the Supreme did not devour his destiny. Did he not want to? Or could he not? Perhaps the latter is more likely.

A more explicit guess is that the Peak Realm is level 1, the Supreme Realm is level 1.5, then the Supreme Person is likely level 2+1=3. The additional +1 level is brought by the strongest "Star Realm Freeze" ability currently available. Regarding "Star Realm Freeze," the Tuanzhang hasn't found a way to deal with it yet. The only known method is for two "Star Realm Freezes" to cancel each other out.

As for whether the Tuanzhang will fight the Supreme Person, the Tuanzhang doesn't have this idea. The decisive battle with the previous Lord of the Abyss was just a draw. This step wasn't crossed, and the Tuanzhang wouldn't be so irrational as to take the next more dangerous step.

What it's like for a 1.5-level Supreme to hammer a 1-level Peak, then a 3-level Supreme hammering a 1.5-level Supreme is an enhanced version of this, coupled with the despair of the Star Realm Freeze. One can interview Lady Spider and the Night Mother.

If the Tuanzhang in his peak combat period were to face the God of the Underworld, the scene would be quite spectacular. After the Tuanzhang's "External Avatar" is released to the limit, it can be as huge as the Meteorite Star.

At that time, it would be the Tuanzhang's "External Avatar" outside the planet, looking down with lowered eyelids, wielding the power of the world, with a giant hand coming down from the firmament.

The reason the First Law-Breaker became the greatest special challenger is likely that he was not level 1.5, but level 1.6–1.7. Although he was still not the Supreme's opponent, he had the possibility of going further; he just didn't have the time and opportunity.

Not to mention the grievances between the Supreme and the First, in Su Xiao's view, this appearance of the "Heart of the Abyss" is the best opportunity for the Arcane Eternal Star.

If the patriarch of the "Azguk family" really became a Supreme powerhouse capable of challenging the current Lord of the Abyss through the "Heart of the Abyss" and killed the current Lord of the Abyss to take his place, even if the Azguk patriarch still had malice toward the Star Realm, he wouldn't make a move immediately, at least buffering until the end of the Third Epoch to accumulate strength.

As for why the Peak Realm of the Arcane Eternal Star doesn't seal the Supreme Realm, the problem lies here. To challenge the current Lord of the Abyss, one must definitely go deep into the Abyss. The Tuanzhang has a Law-Breaker friend who used "Blue Shadow King" to the limit, demonized to the point of being almost half a Supreme, and helped kill his way into the Abyss to reach the Lord of the Abyss. Who else among the other Peak Realms of the Arcane Eternal Star can do this?

Therefore, the Azguk patriarch, who can enter the Abyss without injury to challenge the current Lord of the Abyss, is undoubtedly the most likely existence to become the next Lord of the Abyss, and also the best choice.

Looking at it this way, the Soul Lord who came to the Meteorite Star is not here to cooperate with the God of the Underworld at all. The collaborator of the Arcane Eternal Star this time is the Azguk family! Moreover, other Peak powerhouses of the Arcane Eternal Star in the Void are ready to descend into this world at any time.

Su Xiao doesn't care whether it is the Azguk patriarch or the God of the Underworld who seals the Supreme. There is no difference for him between the two situations. He has grudges with both sides. Except for him sealing the Supreme himself, all other outcomes mean death.

Su Xiao feels that if the plan of the Arcane Eternal Star is really like this, it is somewhat like a dead horse being treated as a living one. But on second thought, compared to waiting for death, this is indeed better.

Su Xiao finally knows why he has been in the Meteorite Star for so many days and the Soul Lord's side has had no intention of hunting him down. It turns out there is this plan. The current state of the Soul Lord should be quite subtle.

The Soul Lord's power is the orthodox "Ascension Sorcerer" of the Soul Clock Tower, which is to say, the more "Spirit Holes" on the head, the stronger the power climbs in a progressive manner. Coupled with the Arcane Eternal Star secret technique that the Soul Lord uses to devour elements to permanently enhance the soul, this secret technique is further sublimated.

12 "Spirit Holes" correspond to Peak Supreme, while in the ancient era, the strongest Ascension Sorcerer opened the 13th one. Su Xiao has seen this person's skull with his own eyes.

One asks, is the power system of the ancient era stronger, or the current epoch? Actually, it is very difficult to judge. The current epoch is the early Third Epoch, while the ancient era conservatively estimates a span of six to seven epochs or more, so one cannot compare strength, and each Star Realm era has its own brilliance.

Only a notch weaker than the Undead Old Man, the Soul Lord is unfamiliar. It is estimated that his original strength was having opened 12 "Spirit Holes," and he is currently temporarily half-opening the 13th.

A very wonderful situation has appeared. The deadly enemy relationship between Su Xiao and the God of the Underworld must be slowed down for the time being. The reason is to clean up the "Azguk family" first, and then clear the people of the Arcane Eternal Star out, so the "Heart of the Abyss" can possibly belong to one of them.

Previously, the Dark God Sect of this world attempted to temporarily open the Abyss Gate to let the current Lord of the Abyss descend into this world. That time, Su Xiao went directly to the God of the Underworld's lair · Eternal City, and asked the God of the Underworld's daughter, Yero · Ilia, to gain insight into the current location of the Dark God Sect. In that instance, the God of the Underworld chose to turn a blind eye, because if the current Lord of the Abyss came, both sides would be finished.

There is a problem that makes Su Xiao frown, which is whether one of the conditions for the transaction between the Soul Lord and the Azguk family is to help the Azguk family get rid of the "Deep Sea Ancient Urn"? And now, the Soul Lord has clearly fulfilled his promise.

Su Xiao doesn't know the specific plan of both sides. He takes out the "Original Sin Book" and lets it turn to the seventh page by itself.

He stares at the "Deep Sea Ancient Urn" for a moment, and raises his hand to construct a symbol with the Abyss knowledge he has mastered. The meaning of this symbol is:

"Use."

Su Xiao hasn't sealed the "Deep Sea Ancient Urn" for long, and this Great-Daddy-level Original Sin item is essentially not his possession, but he was targeted by this Original Sin item after slaying Lady Spider.

Now that both sides have understood that the other party is not to be trifled with, it is time to try to negotiate and then part ways.

Su Xiao strengthens the sealing power of the other six pages and attempts to open the seal of the seventh page.

Hum!

The air in the room vibrates, viscous like water. Under this refraction, the light presents a ripple sensation in the deep sea. Accompanied by the opening of the book page's seal, the "Deep Sea Ancient Urn" breaks free.

Su Xiao has always held awe for Original Sin items, and therefore, in order to temporarily hold the "Destiny Coin" for 180,000 ounces of Space-Time Power, he chooses to take the risk of freeing up a position. Sealing seven Original Sin items at the same time is very difficult, but from the current point of view, it hasn't exceeded the limit of the "Original Sin Book."

Under Su Xiao's vigilance, the "Deep Sea Ancient Urn" fully reveals its true appearance. This is a deep blue ancient urn with simple patterns, about half a meter high, with seawater slowly gushing out from the inside. After the seawater flows down the outer wall and touches the air, it dissipates into the air.

Just when Su Xiao thinks the "Deep Sea Ancient Urn" will erode him with Original Sin power, a vortex appears a few meters below the ancient urn, and after forming a rapidly rotating vortex, the ancient urn falls freely and drops into the vortex with a pop.

Is the "Deep Sea Ancient Urn" wary of Su Xiao? Actually, it is partly so, but more so, it is staying away from the six others that are sealed. These six guys are in trouble, and they are trying their best to find it to suffer together.

Compared to fighting to the death with the "Original Sin Sealer," returning to continue harming the Azguk family is a better choice. To put it more bluntly, Su Xiao and the "Deep Sea Ancient Urn" bumped into each other and both felt that the other party was not to be trifled with. Well, let's just pretend they never met, as if nothing happened.

Seeing this, Su Xiao lets out a long sigh of relief. As a Peak Supreme, his resistance to Original Sin items is of course not low. The problem is that he is also sealing six Original Sin items. Once the "Original Sin Book" has a problem, he will immediately die without a burial place.

The first to arrive is not Wood, but the Legendary Wizard Sawyer. The once gentle Sawyer has a hurried expression today. Led by Baha, he arrives at the third floor of the cathedral. As soon as he sees Su Xiao, he says urgently:

"Mr. White Night, the worst situation has occurred. Dean Argus and his students have really resurrected the Ancient God of the Old Days · Deep Sea Lord · Ubo-Sathla."

Hearing this news, and thinking of the Curse of the Deep Sea passed down from generation to generation in Inmouth, the occurrence of this situation seems possible.

He certainly knows who the Deep Sea Lord · Ubo-Sathla is. Having used the Eye Ritual for so long, how could he not know this person? This person was the strongest Ancient God of the ancient era, the former Supreme, one of the Old Ones, Ubo-Sathla.

Su Xiao doesn't believe that Ubo-Sathla, who has been extinct and silent for so long, can still be in the Supreme Realm after reawakening. The current Old One · Ubo-Sathla is nine times out of ten in the Peak Realm.

The situation that originally looked clear suddenly becomes confusing. The Peak Team VS God of the Underworld Team pattern suddenly has an extra hidden faction of Spellcasters + Abyss Fish Family, and now there is an awakened Old One.

Thud!!!

A thunderous sound comes from afar. Su Xiao steps to the window and sees a black-blue smoke rising into the sky in the cold frozen extreme zone to the south, forming a giant blade and slashing down fiercely.

At this moment, including the area where the Shelter City is located, the rules of this area have changed. All things have a trend of becoming nether-like. Seeing this, Ignoring Bubu Wang beside Su Xiao's leg, without a word, controls the Shelter City and dives into the Sea of Darkness.

Under the violent vibration, the Shelter City dives into the darkness. Half an hour later, the Shelter City gradually rises from the Sea of Darkness at the original site of the "Barren Stone Mountains," the Sea of Darkness recedes, and the Shelter City · Gran stabilizes here.

A thunderous sound comes from afar. A giant slash from a magic blade flies diagonally toward the horizon. Massive amounts of ghostly green dead souls of the Underworld fly all over the sky. A giant skull phantom appears in the distance, followed by a ghost wolf spider, and the Black Night Demon Brake, coupled with the tall Yellow-Clothed Ancient God phantom, appearing one after another.

Su Xiao knows what the peak ability of the Lord of the Underworld is. It can temporarily awaken powerhouses who died in the world where it is located. The problem is, the one it is fighting this time is the Blade Demon.

If it were before, the probability of the Lord of the Underworld perishing would not be high. The irrational Blade Demon would not hunt down the Lord of the Underworld. But now, the one the Lord of the Underworld is fighting is the Blade Demon who has retrieved some of his self.

Seeing this scene, Su Xiao's eyes narrow slightly. He takes out a communicator and dials it. The voice of Chief Cleric Bergmann comes from inside. This old guy has no sadness for his dead wife. It is also expected; High Priestess Ururoi could even abandon her own daughter, let alone the husband she snatched when she was young.

Su Xiao throws the communicator to Baha. Baha is better at the tug-of-war with this old guy. Baha says:

"Do one thing. After it's done, let your grandson eat another share of causality and occupy two causal seats in the Myriad Races Realm."

As Baha speaks, he looks at Su Xiao for instructions. Su Xiao raises the teacup in his hand, indicating it is fine.

Baha's offer makes Chief Cleric Bergmann on the other side silent. Finally, the old guy gritted his teeth and said:

"Say it, what is it!"

"Within half an hour, send the communicator in your hand to the God of the Underworld."

Baha's handling of things is still very effective. Chief Cleric Bergmann on the other side is silent for a while, and finally curses in a low voice, saying:

"I will die in the hands of you one person and one bird sooner or later."

The other side hangs up the communication. Su Xiao refills the maple tea, and while tasting the tea, looks at the Crystal Princess opposite. Logically speaking, this little traitor should have had her head chopped off by Amu's dark battle axe, but people, after all, have feelings. For example, Su Xiao is very friendly and compassionate, always giving others a chance. For example, the "Eye of the Old Days" that will likely come to this world needs a temporary holder.

Su Xiao is just too "kind" and "couldn't bear" to kill the Crystal Princess. He opens his mouth with a kind smile:

"Everyone makes mistakes."

With Su Xiao's expression, tone, and the words he said, the Crystal Princess's legs went soft on the spot. She didn't collapse on the ground because Amu was pinching the back of her neck.

"I... I was wrong. I shouldn't have betrayed, but you also know that betrayal was not my intention."

"Hmm, I understand."

Hearing Su Xiao say this, the Crystal Princess can no longer act tea-like. She wants to cry out loud now.

"Help me do one thing, and the grievances between us will be wiped out."

"I don't agree, I don't agree!"

"It's fine if you agree."

"But I didn't agree."

Su Xiao waves his hand, signaling Amu to take the Crystal Princess back. He picks up the contract parchment on the table, which contains a series of Crystal Princess's words.

The contract parchment splits into two layers by itself. Strangely, the text on the lower layer only has three words:

"I agree."

A contract is drafted, just waiting for the white-robed sealing master · Turin Black Tower to come to this world in person.

42 minutes later, the communicator in Su Xiao's hand rings. It is Chief Cleric Bergmann. The other party gets straight to the point:

"I am already in the God Tower of the Eternal City, and the God of the Underworld, who will seal the Supreme, is on the throne not far in front of me."

It can be seen that Chief Cleric Bergmann, facing the God of the Underworld, has his desire for survival maximized. Facing the God of the Underworld like this is not shameful.

Su Xiao holds the communicator with one hand and is silent for a moment before saying:

"The Azguk family is all in this world."

The other side falls into silence. After a while, a heavy and majestic voice comes:

"Puguontu (Ancient God Language)."

Under the translation of Chief Cleric Bergmann, Su Xiao knows that this sentence means "Prove it to me."

"Whether you or the Azguk patriarch seals the Supreme is more beneficial to the Arcane Eternal Star."

Having said that, Su Xiao hangs up the communication. He, who has always been silent and speaks little, has spoken his total word count for several days today.

The words he said to the God of the Underworld are simply: weigh the relationship between the Arcane Eternal Star and the Azguk patriarch, and whether the Soul Lord cooperating with you or the Azguk patriarch yields greater benefits. Taste it, taste it carefully.

Just then, Wood walks into the room. Seeing Wood for the first time, one would subconsciously think, why did Wood's grandfather · Old Devil · Mammon come?

"White Night, what are the conditions? Make an offer."

"..."

Su Xiao doesn't speak. He suddenly manifests the "Original Sin Book" and throws it out, and slightly releases the sealing power of the first to sixth pages.

Regarding the six Original Sin items in the "Original Sin Book," Su Xiao actually doesn't know much about them, and even less about their roots. But having sealed these six Original Sin items for so long, he is very certain of one point: five of these six Original Sin items want to break through the seal.

After the Original Sin causality was broken by him, these Great-Daddy-level Original Sin items clearly changed their strategy. Moreover, in the dark, Su Xiao and other holders of Original Sin items have an inexplicable aggregation and coincidence.

Would the Tuanzhang deliberately harm Su Xiao? That's why he introduced the white-robed sealing master · Turin Black Tower to Su Xiao? Of course not. The Tuanzhang just heard that there was a famous blade collector who was in urgent need of money, so he helped Su Xiao get contact information, and didn't participate in the rest at all.

Looking at the Star Realm, how many Original Sin items are there in total? But Su Xiao has successively encountered Lady Spider holding the "Deep Sea Ancient Urn," Wood holding the "Destiny Coin," and Turin Black Tower holding the "Eye of the Old Days."

This clearly has an invisible force that gradually uses Original Sin to aggregate causality, facilitating this scene. And the mastermind behind all this is actually in the "Original Sin Book." That's right, it's the Book of the Dead, the Scarlet Scepter, the Sun Mask, the Nether Bone Ring, the Soul Crown, and the Collector.

Don't be naive enough to think that the Collector will favor Su Xiao. All the Collector's kindness to Su Xiao comes from the satisfaction of his collecting addiction. But after collecting multiple Original Sin items, there is only one thing in the entire Star Realm that can further satisfy the Collector's collecting addiction, and that is the soul of Kuku Lin · White Night, as the strongest "Original Sin Sealer."

Wood subconsciously resists the flying "Original Sin Book," but out of trust in his good teammate before the final powerful enemy falls, he grabs the flying "Original Sin Book" with one hand.

The next second, six Original Sin powers—dark gold, death gray, scarlet, gold, ghostly green, and black-red—spread from the "Original Sin Book," turning into tentacles as thin as hair, drilling into Wood's head through his facial features. Fortunately, Wood is a skull, otherwise he would have suffered.

Ding~

A coin, a circle larger than an ordinary gold coin and with a heavier feel, is pulled out from Wood's painfully opened mouth. The "Original Sin Book" quickly closes, and the new member of the big family, "Destiny Coin," is immediately sealed on the seventh page.

【Warning: You have held the "Destiny Coin," and your destiny will be magnified.】

【Because the "Destiny Coin" is in a sealed state and the sealing force is powerful, the destiny magnification effect of the "Destiny Coin" will be reduced.】

【Because of your -13 million luck, the usage cost corresponding to the "Destiny Coin" in its current state will be invalid for you.】

At first glance, Su Xiao seems to have encountered a "Great-Daddy-level Original Sin item" that is very compatible with him. In fact, this is not the case. He is very certain that this is a trap of the "Destiny Coin." Still, that sentence: losing awe for Great-Daddy-level Original Sin items means death.

Pay attention to the second sentence of the last notification:

"The usage cost corresponding to the 'Destiny Coin' in its current state."

The current state is the key point. Once one feels that they can control this coin, what they face is not the "Destiny Coin" with weakened power in its current state. Once contaminated with the causality of the "Destiny Coin," every period of time subsequently, one must either use it again or destiny will begin to wither, eventually leading to death in a battle with a powerful enemy.

Snap~

Su Xiao closes the "Original Sin Book" with one hand. Just as he

The current state is the real focus. If one truly feels they can control this gold coin, then what they are facing is not the "Fate Gold Coin" that has weakened its own power under the current state. Once contaminated by the causality of the "Fate Gold Coin," one must either use it again every subsequent interval, or their fate will begin to wither, eventually leading to their death in an encounter with a powerful enemy.

Snap—

Su Xiao closed the "Book of Original Sin" with one hand. Just as he was about to submit the "Bounty Mission: Fate's Choice," a prompt suddenly appeared.

【Prompt: You have received a team invitation from Caesar.】

After accepting the invitation, Su Xiao discovered that the members of this team were very...

Leader: Tuanzhang (not currently on Meteor Star).

Team Member 1: Nicholas Caesar.

Team Member 2: Sword Demon.

Team Member 3: Green Gillian.

Team Member 4: Gulu.

Team Member 5: Priest.

Team Member 6: Law-Extinguisher Bai Ye.

Team Member 7: Wandering Hunter Luo Si.

Seeing this team composition, Su Xiao felt bewildered.

Compared to Su Xiao's confusion, the Wandering Hunter Luo Si from Holy Light Paradise was simply stunned. He had no idea what kind of lineup he had just been pulled into by a friend. This team had a Sword Demon, a dead Law-Extinguisher, a living Law-Extinguisher—good heavens, the Law-Extinguisher system was all gathered here—plus him, and then there was the Priest?! On top of that, there was... the Deceiver.

The Deceiver???!

And finally, there was even a... slacker mascot?

Huh??

Wandering Hunter Luo Si fell into a state of confusion. Equally confused was the newly added team member, Magic Scythe Aina. After many years, the Law-Extinguisher, Magic Scythe, and Wandering Hunter were gathered together once again. It is worth mentioning that the Wandering Hunter's ability characteristics are very "old six" (sneaky/underhanded), specializing in traps, ambushes, and sneak attacks; their frontal combat power is not as good as the Magic Scythe's, let alone the Law-Extinguisher, who only fights head-on.

As for the last time the Law-Extinguisher, Magic Scythe, and Wandering Hunter gathered, Green Gillian, who was currently in the team, had the most to say about it, because she not only teased the prettiest Magic Scythe but also beat up the most foul-mouthed Wandering Hunter. The three-party gathering turned into a brawl on the spot.