Chapter 139 - Mesa the Bride Stealer

"Hello there Shinji. Where do you think you're going with my woman?"

Hearing Mesa call Cang Yue 'his woman' made Fen Juecheng angry. He had gone through hell and back to get Cang Yue to say yes to his wedding proposal and make sure that this wedding would be the extravagant wedding that the Blue Wind Empire had ever seen and ensure that the Burning Heaven Clan would regain the reputation they lost during the Blue Wind Ranking Tournament. And now Mesa Uchiha, the one person he hates with fiber of his being. The one person who could ruin all his plans to make Cang Yue his woman forever, now stands before him and declared Cang Yue as 'HIS WOMAN'! This was unacceptable! And seeing as how this wasn't the Blue Wind Ranking Tournament anymore, there would be no Mighty Heavenly Sword Villa to get in the way of him destroying Mesa Uchiha in front of everyone, and thus cement his name as the 'number one of the Blue Wind Empire'.

But a moment later, he regained his cool. What could Mesa Uchiha do to him HERE of all places. He was surrounded by 2000 of the Burning Heaven Clan's greatest disciples and he had 8 Sky Profound Realm Elders that had come along with him. There would be nothing he could do. He was surrounded on all sides. Granted, he had taken them by surprise with his sudden entrance. But now, he had walked straight into the den of the lion. And Fen Juecheng would make sure that he would suffer dearly, before he would put him down for good.

"Hahahaha… Mesa Uchiha. To think you're still alive. Well, I wouldn't expect anything less from the Blue Wind Empire's 'number one'." Said Fen Juecheng arrogantly, convinced that he held all the cards.

"Sorry to disappoint you Shinji. You see, I am quite a stubborn fellow to kill. So imagine my surprise when I was gone for just a moment and I come back to see you about to marry my Cang Yue. No, no, no, no Shinji! That's not gonna happen. She is coming with me." Said Mesa.

Hearing this, Fen Juecheng was getting red with anger. Ever since they first met, he kept insulting him, by calling him 'Shinji' and now he even dared to take away his woman from him: "You're courting death! How dare you even utter my wife's name you bastard! Do you even realize where you are! We're no longer at the Blue Wind Ranking Tournament, so no Mighty Heavenly Sword Villa will protect you from me! I will make sure you suffer greatly before I kill you!"

As this commotion was going on, the Burning Heaven Clan disciples and Elders were starting to gather around Mesa and Fen Juecheng. But Mesa on the other hand still remained calm. And so with his trademark smug grin on his face: "Ohh wow, I am so afraid. I am just shaking in my boots." He said in condescending tone, infuriating Fen Juecheng and the rest of the Burning Heaven Clan around them.

"Oh Cang Yue my love. Can you show Shinji how you think about him!" Called out Mesa.

"Gladly my love." Heard Fen Juecheng behind him before suddenly…

*BAM*

He got bitch slapped off of his chariot and straight into one of the Burning Heaven Clan Elders that stood next to him. Looking back with fury, he saw Cang Yue standing on the chariot he was on just now, dusting off her hand and looking at him with a disgusted expression. Everyone there was looking at this happening with shock on their faces. Especially Cang Shuo, whose face was as white as a sheet of paper. He saw the writing on the walls and he knew that all his carefully laid out plans were doomed. Emperor Cang Wanhe on the other hand, was looking at this whole event with a smirk on his face, doing his best to keep himself from laughing out loud. While everyone was distracted by what just happened now, he could feel a gentle tugging on the jade case in his hands holding the Burning Soul Flower. Looking at the case, he saw that it was enveloped in white, wafer thin strings. And so, with a smile on his face, he let go of the jade case and it flew away, taken by the strings and landing in Mesa's hands, who immediately put it inside the Sky Poison Pearl for storage.

Fen Juecheng, red as a tomato, looked back and forth between Cang Yue and Mesa Uchiha, confused and infuriated. It was the day their wedding ceremony was supposed to take place, and Princess Cang Yue, who was supposed to be returning to his clan with him had actually, right in front of him and under the watchful eyes of countless other people, jumped out of the palanquin and punched him in the face after confirming her love for another man.

This embarrassment was even more embarrassing than getting cuckolded ten times in a row!

Even a normal man would not be able to accept this. Let alone him, the young master of the Burning Heaven Clan!

If news of this would spread out. No! News of this would spread out. Then he, Fen Juecheng, the future Master of the Burning Heaven Clan, would be reduced to a laughingstock in front of the entire world.

Looking at Mesa, his rage having pushed him past the brink of insanity, he pointed a shaking finger at him and started shrieking: "Kill him! Kill him now! Kill him!"

The procession of troops brought along by the Burning Heaven Clan to escort the bride had looked at each other in dismay and a loss of what to do, but upon hearing Fen Juecheng's shriek, they immediately moved into action. The dozens of people foremost of the troop rushed forward at the same instance towards Mesa Uchiha. And at this point, from above their heads, a storm swept past. A figure flew past them, reaching Mesa Uchiha first. It was Thirteenth Elder Fen Moran!

Flying at him at top speed, Fen Moran's eyes where bloodshot with rage at this immense humiliation that his Young Master and his clan suffered, and he was determined to make Mesa suffer a thousand death before he would put him out of his misery for good.

Standing there calmly, and with a smirk on his face, Mesa would show them once again why he is number one and why he shouldn't be messed with. Once Fen Moran was close enough, he finally unleashed the ace up his sleeve.

DIVIDE! DIVIDE! DIVIDE!

And with every time his wings glowed and he heard that voice, Fen Moran felt himself getting weaker and weaker, until he couldn't keep the Profound Floating Technique active anymore and crashed face first into the ground, right in front of Mesa. Looking up at him, he saw him smiling at him.

"Hello there." He heard him say before…

HAARGH!

He got kicked in the stomach by Mesa and flew straight into Fen Juecheng, knocking him back to the ground again. The 2000 disciples had by now started a madman's rush at him. But before they even got to within 10 meters of Mesa, they all dropped to the unconscious, foaming at the mouth, shocking everyone present there. Fen Juecheng by now had lost all semblance of sanity. This was supposed to be his day! His day! The day that he would finally marry the love of his life. The day that he would show off the power of the Burning Heaven Clan in front of the people of the Blue Wind Empire and show them that, despite the humiliation of the Blue Wind Ranking Tournament, they were still the mighty Burning Heaven Clan and not to trifled with. And lastly, with this marriage, he would ensure that his Burning Heaven Clan would achieve their aspirations of worming their way into the Imperial Family and expanding their influence to eventually replace the Imperial Family's power and make them nothing but a figurehead.

But now, everything that could go wrong, went wrong in the most horrible way possible. The person he hated the most has returned on his wedding day for crying out loud announcing his love for his future wife, his future wife had returned her feeling of love for him and hit him in the face, turning him into the laughing stock of the entire world. And lastly, all of the disciples that came along were knocked out cold without him ever needing to touch them.

"You know Shinji, this reminds me of that day back in the Heaven Secret Basin Realm when you and the rest of the Burning Heaven Clan group and those morons from the Heavenly Spear Thunderfire Fortress had cornered me and tried to kill me. Only for the roles to end up getting reversed with me killing everyone but you." Said Mesa nonchalantly, dropping a bomb on them that made freeze in place.

"You what!"

"That's right. Fen Moli and those other plebs weren't killed by some Profound Beast. But by me. I just made you think it was some Profound Beast." Said Mesa playfully, while taking out some necklaces. These necklaces were all special made insignias of the Burning Heaven Clan, identifying each member and their position within the Burning Heaven Clan. Even though every member was already known by face by everyone in the Burning Heaven Clan, these necklaces were still issued out and served a ceremonial role. With these necklaces in Mesa's possession, his story checked out. Which means, that the incredible losses they suffered in the Heaven Secret Basin Realm wasn't because of some unfortunate encounter with a Profound Beast, but by him! He was the one that killed Great Elder Fen Moli, Second Young Master Fen Juebi and everyone else.

And with this revelation, all the other Elders who held back and only wanted to ensure Fen Juecheng's safety if Mesa came for him, went mad. They stopped caring about their mission, and madly dashed at Mesa to take revenge for everything. But like Fen Moran before them, they underestimated Mesa Uchiha. And now, they would pay the price.

DIVIDE! DIVIDE! DIVIDE! DIVIDE! DIVIDE! DIVIDE!

And like Fen Moran, they too lost all their strength and crashed into the ground in front of Mesa. And what happened next was… pretty memorable to say the least. As they all crashed into the ground, Mesa shot out strings that wrapped around them, bunched them up together and pulled them towards him. As they flew at him, he c.o.c.ked his right fist, enveloped it in a quake bubble, and when they were right above, he punched out, cracking the air like glass, performing Whitebeard's close range version of his infamous Seaquake attack that he performed on John Giant during the Battle of Marineford. And with this single attack, all seven of them were beaten instantly. And with the brunt of the shockwave being directed into the air, the damages to the ground amounted to nothing more but a tremor, people falling over and some cracks along the ground where Mesa stood. The seven Burning Heaven Clan Elders on the other hand, were severely wounded and thanks to the shockwave were thrown clear into the sky, before falling down like sacks of potatoes.

Fen Juecheng and everyone else were watching with horror at how Mesa so quickly and efficiently dealt with the Burning Heaven Clan Elders. Especially Fen Juecheng who knew that there was no one here to protect from Mesa's wrath and there was nothing he could do to stop him. Cang Yue and Cang Wanhe were very shocked, but instead of horrified, were thoroughly impressed and shocked at Mesa's immense power.

But instead of giving Fen Juecheng anymore attention, Mesa appeared right besides Cang Yue and swept her of her feat, carrying her princess style.

"You look absolutely gorgeous my love." Said Mesa and planted his lips on hers, right in front of everyone and she returned the kiss.

After that, Mesa looked at Fen Juecheng and took the jade case containing the Burning Soul Flower: "Thanks a lot for the Burning Soul Flower Shinji! I really appreciate the charitable gesture." And with that he flew off with Cang Yue in his arms.

As if this whole day couldn't go any worse. Now Mesa had taken one of his clan's greatest treasures and ran away with it, together with his supposedly future wife.

And to finish the icing on this cake, Emperor Cang Wanhe's palanquin arrived next to him and he hear the Emperor tell him in a most contemptuous and sarcastic tone of voice: "What an unfortunate turn of events. To think that Mesa Uchiha was not only alive, but that he has taken away your bride, your clan's greatest treasure and left you behind with nothing, expect humiliation and the knowledge that you are now the Blue Wind Empire's greatest laughingstock."

(A.N.: OUCH!!! Old man! You a total savage! Striking a man when he is down is not cool! Except when it's Shinji. In that case: Wooohhh!! You go old man!)