Chapter 54 - Revealing Outstanding Talent

Chapter 54 – Revealing Outstanding Talent

Translator: Mr Voltaire

Editor: Phoobiee

The 2 youths faced off against each other on the stage, neither of them backing down.

“Hmph, what arrogance. I’ll see if you can continue to act like this later.” Fang Hao coldly harrumphed and ignored Xiao Yun, and drew his lot.

Xiao Yun also drew a lot.

Fang Hao took out a wooden card. “Stage 2, number 4.”

Xiao Yun also took out a wooden card, with his stage number and order on it. “Stage 4, number 5.”

“What a pity we aren’t able to fight immediately. I hope you won’t lose immediately,” Fang Hao said as he gave Xiao Yun a sideways look. He did not try to hide the condescension within his eyes, as if he did not place Xiao Yun in his eyes at all.

“Ignorant.” Xiao Yun calmly smiled and did not pay any more attention to Fang Hao. Now that his talent had returned, who did he need to fear? As such, he didn’t bother to say any more.

There were 5 stages in total, and after all the lots were drawn, the youths started to compete.

This was quite an exciting competition – after all, all of them had decent talents, and were all geniuses within their families. However, those who were in the Innate realm were still in the minority. There were less than 20 people who had stepped into the Innate realm, and the others were all at the Ninth Layer of Body Tempering. Some of them were young geniuses from normal families who had stepped into the Innate realm through their own efforts.

Fights happened simultaneously on all 5 stages, and after each round, Body Tempering realm cultivators were eliminated one by one. Finally, on Stage 2, Fang Hao stepped out to fight. His opponent was also an Innate realm cultivator. Just as they started, he easily defeated him in just a single strike. It was evident just how powerful Fang Hao was.

“I lost.” That youth frowned as he sighed, “Brother Fang is simply too talented, and isn’t someone I can compare with.” The person left the stage.

“This Fang Hao is so strong!”

“Of course. Fang Hao has awakened a Martial Spirit, so he’s much stronger than cultivators with the same cultivation, and can even fight against those with higher cultivation.”

“Looks like Fang Hao’s destined to become the champion.” Below the stage, the crowd was in a heated discussion.

“Young master Fang Hao is so cool!”

“Wouldn’t it be great if I could be married to him.” At the same time, many young women stared at Fang Hao with infatuation. In their eyes, Fang Hao was the pride of the heavens and was their prince charming.

“Young master Fang Hao is so amazing. It looks like he’s stepped into the middle stage of the Innate realm.” Lin Xiao Man batted her eyelashes as she smiled in satisfaction. “Haha, Shi Yan, your big brother Xiao Yun definitely won’t be able to take a single blow from Fang Hao.”

“Hmph, you have no eyes.” Yan Shi Yan rolled her eyes at Lin Xiao Man as she said, “My big brother Xiao Yun’s incredibly strong.”

“He’s strong?” Lin Xiao Man returned the eye-roll. “Did he drug you or something?”

“You’re the drugged one,” Yan Shi Yan said with an expression of displeasure. “What’s so good about that Fang Hao? Didn’t he just awaken an Ice Martial Spirit? My big brother Xiao Yun also has a Martial Spirit…”

“Shi Yan, is there a need to say so much?” Beside her, Yan Shi Fei smiled. “We’ll see the results soon, which will tell all.”

“Oh.” Yan Shi Yan brought her lips together and smiled as she said, “Hehe, just you wait.”

“ That Xiao Yun definitely gave her a love potion. I need to prevent them from meeting in future. ” After hearing the discussion between her daughter and Lin Xiao Man, a look of worry appeared on Madam Yan’s face. She simply didn’t believe that Xiao Yun could contend with Fang Hao. When she thought to the fact that Xiao Yun had somehow stepped into the Innate realm, she shook her head, feeling incredibly confused.

At this moment, someone yelled out, “Xiao Yun’s going on stage!”

“What? Xiao Yun’s going up?” The gazes of the entire arena fell on that stage.

Xiao Yun leapt onto the stage, looking incredibly cool and calm, his eyes filled with confidence. At the same time, another youth appeared opposite him.

“This is Zhou Lin, the Zhou family’s genius. It’s said that he has stepped into the Innate realm.” The crowd’s eyes lit up, looking incredibly excited. “Haha, Xiao Yun ran into Zhou Lin in his first fight. Let’s see how he does. If he loses here, then all that talk about his talent returning will simply be a joke.”

“Zhou Lin has long since stepped into the Innate realm, and should be at the middle stage of the Innate realm by now. Xiao Yun’s definitely going to lose.”

The mocking voices continuously sounded out; no one believed that Xiao Yun, who had been trash for 8 years, would be able to defeat Zhou Lin.

On the stage, Zhou Lin narrowed his eyes as he gave a condescending smile. “Isn’t this our genius Xiao Yun? What a coincidence that we’d meet in the first round. Please go easy on me!” Zhou Lin spoke quite loudly, and wanted not only Xiao Yun, but everyone else to see how much he looked down on Xiao Yun.

“Zhou Lin, was it?” Xiao Yun wasn’t angry, and after looking at the youth in front of him, he spread out his hands as he said, “You can attack.”

“Hmph, I’ll teach you a lesson.” Zhou Lin felt quite infuriated when he saw how calm and cold Xiao Yun seemed.

After speaking, his eyes became cold, and his body trembled as a burst of Essence Qi raged within his body. As he shot out his palms, the might of the Innate realm burst forth, the shockwaves causing even the air above them to tremble.

Eight Extremes Palms!

Zhou Lin swept his palms around, causing Essence Qi to swirl around; it became a realistic-looking palm that shot out.

The palm strike gave off a mighty air, and the Essence Qi was like a massive wave, striking fear into anyone who faced it.

In just an instant, Zhou Lin had shot out almost 6 palms. The palms seemed to merge into one, giving off an even more impressive sensation. It seemed like a ferocious beast in the ocean that was completely unstoppable.

“This is the Eight Extremes Palms, and is the Martial Skill that made the Zhou family famous. Every style is incredibly powerful, and each palm strike is more powerful than the last, bringing out a person’s full power. It’s said that if all 8 of the Eight Extremes Palms are unleashed, that sort of power will completely wipe out anyone of the same cultivation.” The crowd cried out when they saw all the palms Zhou Lin was unleashing.

“This Zhou Lin can unleash 6 palms at once; this sort of talent is inferior only to those who have awakened Martial Spirits.”

“Zhou Lin has used his trump card from the very beginning; it looks like he’s trying to defeat Xiao Yun in a single blow!”

“Haha, this Xiao Yun’s definitely going to lose. With the Eight Extremes Palms, Zhou Lin can blow away anyone at the early stage of the Innate realm.” The crowd went crazy and their roars seemed to thunder to the heavens, causing the entire arena to go into a frenzy.

The palm image was incredibly fast, and before the first palm had arrived, the rest layered upon it, giving off the sensation that it could not be blocked. Xiao Yun felt an immense pressure.

The 6 palm strikes were not merely in a straight line, but the berserk Essence Qi also sealed off any escape to Xiao Yun’s left and right. Evidently, Zhou Lin wanted to finish him off in 1 shot.

“The Eight Extreme Palms are pretty decent.” Facing such a powerful attack, Xiao Yun’s eyes remained calm. Although Zhou Lin’s attack was incredibly fast and gave off an immense pressure, he did not seem nervous at all.

Xiao Yun’s spirit energy was incredibly powerful, and the instant Zhou Lin attacked, he had already grasped where the Essence Qi was the weakest. Under his spirit energy’s detection, almost all of the gaps in Zhou Lin’s attack were revealed.

“You wanted to defeat me in a single strike to make a fool out of me? Very well, I’ll return that back to you.” Xiao Yun’s eyes became serious, and as the palm image swept towards him, his body flashed; he passed through the palm image like a swift dragon and shot his palms out.

Dragon Snake Dual Travel!

Bang!

Xiao Yun’s palms swept out, drawing 2 arcs which smashed into where Zhou Lin’s attack was weakest, then broke through.

In just a single breaths’ time, Xiao Yun appeared right before Zhou Lin.

Because Zhou Lin had just continuously used 6 styles of the Eight Extremes Palms, his aura was extremely unstable, and he was trying to quickly recuperate.

“How could you break through my Eight Extremes Palms?!” Suddenly, Zhou Lin’s pupils contracted as he stared in shock. He was extremely proficient with the Eight Extremes Palms, and although he couldn’t use all 8 styles, the might that his attack gave off was not weak at all. How could an ordinary person break through it? And yet, this youth in front of him had broken past it, and was right in front of him!

Xiao Yun replied, “What’s so difficult about breaking through your palm technique? There are heavens beyond the heavens, and people beyond people. You think you’re invincible?”

The youth spoke incredibly calmly, and as he finished saying the last word, his hands moved as a gust of Essence Qi swept out like a furious viper. Zhou Lin could only feel a powerful wind sweeping towards him before a powerful force savagely smashed onto his body.

Bang!

A muffled explosion sounded out, and Zhou Lin felt as if he had been whipped by a massive dragon-snake’s tail, fracturing and shattering his bones. He was sent flying backwards like a broken kite, and he felt a sweetness in his throat as he coughed up a mouthful of blood.

Zhou Lin’s face was extremely pale and blood dripped out of his mouth as he fell.

“This…” Seeing this scene, the people who had been laughing at Xiao Yun became silent.

“What’s going on?” The crowd was incredibly shocked, and the entire arena fell silent. It was as if these people couldn’t believe what they had just seen.

Zhou Lin had evidently used the Black grade Martial Skill Eight Extremes Palms, which was extremely powerful, so why had he lost? What’s more, he had lost to trash who hadn’t progressed at all in 8 years. This caused everyone to feel incredibly dumbfounded.

Bang!

Only when they saw and heard Zhou Lin heavily fall to the ground did this strange atmosphere dispelled.

Only when they saw the youth howling on the ground did the crowd realise that Zhou Lin had truly lost, and to Xiao Yun at that.

Whoosh!

Almost everyone in the arena sharply inhaled.

Following this, everyone looked at the youth who remained standing on the stage with looks of incredulity. The youth was standing there with a cold look on his face, his hands behind his back as he calmly looked at Zhou Lin who was lying raggedly on the ground. “You lose.”

Xiao Yun’s words were incredibly cold, and had an air of certainty.

Xiao Yun was like a king who had returned, and wanted to announce to the world that he had returned.

“It’s truly not simple to defeat Zhou Lin in a single blow!”

Everyone muttered as they stared at the youth on the stage, “Is this truly the trash Xiao Yun?”

“How is it possible for you to defeat me?” Zhou Lin struggled to get up, a look of unacceptance on his face. He savagely glared at Xiao Yun like a wounded animal. The humiliation from losing made him almost lose his mind, as if he had fallen to the bottom of a ravine. That feeling almost caused him to go insane.