# CHAMPION PART 35
## Chapter 1010: Human Graveyard!
- **Setting**
- Outside the door of the inner courtyard
- A man leaning against the wall with a purple halberd
- Black-clothed, black-haired man with a faint, slightly evil smile
- **Characters**
- **Lau Thien Tieu**
- Black-haired man with a calm and composed demeanor
- Carries a purple halberd
- Observes Duong Diep with interest
- Challenges Duong Diep to test his strength
- **Duong Diep**
- Observes Lau Thien Tieu
- Recognized for killing a Saint with Half-Saint strength
- Unable to escape from Lau Thien Tieu's attack
- **Plot Development**
- Introduction of tension between Lau Thien Tieu and Duong Diep
- Lau Thien Tieu's acknowledgment of Duong Diep's abilities
- Lau Thien Tieu's decision to test Duong Diep's strength
- The long halberd as a weapon of choice for the confrontation
- Duong Diep's inability to escape the attack, leading to a sense of impending doom
- **Themes**
- Power dynamics between characters
- The inevitability of fate and certain death
- The testing of one's limits and strength
- **Symbolism**
- The purple halberd as a symbol of power and impending danger
- The "Human Graveyard" as a metaphor for the deadly encounters and high stakes