At this moment, Lin Hao stepped onto the battle platform and nodded to Lin Guang.
"Hehe, Lin Hao, I didn't mean to offend you." Lin Guang nodded, without any unnecessary words, his figure flashed, and in the blink of an eye, he had vanished from his original spot.
Fierce Ape Hand!
Lin Guang's right palm flipped out, and an invisible gale howled. The gale was mixed with a terrifying palm strike, the shadow of a raging ape, ready to destroy everything.
Seeing this, the crowd below was slightly startled. Lin Guang's *Heavenly Ape Seven Fierce Fists* had reached a level of perfection. According to this, Lin Hao might not even be able to withstand one move, and could even be seriously injured.
Even the several attendants couldn't help but look sideways, fearing any unexpected incidents. The competition couldn't be watered down; although it was supposed to stop at a touch, there would still be casualties. They had to prevent such situations from happening.
However, Lin Hao's expression remained unchanged, without the slightest hint of fear, and even appeared calm.
Heavenly Wind Palm!
Lin Hao's right arm slightly raised, changing his fist into a palm. His left hand gripped his right wrist, and his right palm suddenly swung.
Whoosh!
The sound of breaking air was continuous, and a fierce storm arose, almost toppling the platform.
As Lin Hao's palm landed, a hurricane rippled through the air, like an endless beast, ready to devour countless lives.
When the two palm strikes met, there was no struggle for dominance, no strenuous battle; it was a one-sided situation. Lin Hao's palm strike, like a fierce wind, destroyed the shadow of the raging ape in an instant.
As for Lin Guang, he was enveloped by the fierce wind, his face filled with shock. He used all his strength to strike several palms, but even so, he could not resist this overwhelming power.
"Ah!"
In the next second, Lin Guang was like a broken kite, his figure drawing an arc in the air before crashing heavily onto the ground below the platform.
"Offended." Lin Hao glanced at Lin Guang indifferently, then floated down from the platform and returned to his original position.
"Lin Hao wins." The attendant in charge of the sixth battle platform looked at Lin Hao deeply and announced his twenty-ninth consecutive victory.
At this moment, the disciples below were shocked and couldn't help but look at each other.
One move!
Just a casual move!
With Lin Guang's peak fifth-level cultivation, he was defeated by Lin Hao in one move. How could this happen!
Even Elder Lin Chen glanced at Lin Hao, but his expression remained unchanged.
Lin Yan'er snorted coldly. She realized she had underestimated Lin Hao. Even a peak fifth-level cultivator was no match for him. However, this was for the best. This way, Lin Tao would personally step in, and then she would see Lin Hao kneeling and begging for mercy.
Among the disciples below, only Lin He was deep in thought. After a moment of contemplation, his face suddenly showed great surprise. He remembered a detail he had overlooked before.
In the Tianrang Mountains, three sixth-level spirit body cultivators had once surrounded and attacked Lin Hao, but in the end, Lin Hao was unharmed... while the three cultivators who pursued Lin Hao perished in the mountains...
At that time, Lin He hadn't thought much about it and hadn't connected it to Lin Hao.
"If those three sixth-level cultivators were killed by Lin Hao, what about the peak seventh-level assassin..." Lin He was greatly alarmed when he saw Lin Hao, who was calm and composed beside him.
However, Lin He was only half right. The three sixth-level assassins who surrounded Lin Hao were indeed killed by him, but the peak seventh-level assassin was killed by a ferocious beast, the human-faced spider, and had little to do with Lin Hao. Only Lin Hao was present when the seventh-level assassin died, and neither Lin He nor Bai Zhanchen saw it.
At this moment, the crowd below was buzzing with discussion, amazed that Lin Hao had defeated Lin Guang in one move. Some of the more discerning disciples seemed to have noticed some 'clues.'
"I understand." An elder elite disciple said, "Back then, Lin Hao must have found a treasure spirit body in the second Earth Gate due to some special reason. However, his talent was mediocre, and he couldn't control it, which limited his development, leading to his inability to advance for many years. But after reshaping his spirit roots, Lin Hao found a common spirit body, which allowed his foundation to burst forth, and his realm and strength increased rapidly."
Hearing this, many outer disciples nodded in agreement, secretly acknowledging that the elder elite disciple's words were reasonable and his insight sharp, able to see the crux of the problem.
After careful consideration, the possibility was over 99%. The reason Lin Hao could defeat a peak fifth-level cultivator was that his foundation was strong enough, and the fragmentation of his spirit roots had turned a disaster into a blessing.
Unfortunately, Lin Hao's talent was ordinary, and he would not have much development. It was likely that once he reached the sixth-level realm, he would be easily defeated.
The competition continued, and each time he stepped onto the platform, he quickly defeated his opponent. His opponents were getting stronger, and there were almost no second or third-level disciples left. Most were fifth-level, mostly at the middle or peak stage.
As for sixth-level spirit body cultivators, Lin Hao had yet to face them. Any cultivator who reached the sixth-level spirit body could rank in the top twenty of the outer disciples, so there were not many.
Unconsciously, Lin Hao had won dozens of consecutive victories without a single defeat.
The sun set in the west, and it was evening. The competition for the day came to an end.
Lin Hao returned to his bamboo house and absorbed the medicinal power of the 'Return True Pill' with all his might.
"If I can absorb all the medicinal power, breaking through to the ninth-level spirit body should not be a problem," Lin Hao thought, but it would take at least a few months.
The second Earth Gate was just a basic tempering of the body for martial artists. A ten-thousand-foot building starts from the ground, and the second Earth Gate was like the most basic foundation. The true qi was extremely weak, and absorbing the medicinal power of the 'Return Essence Pill' was not easy; it required time.
This was still Lin Hao. If it were other martial artists, it might take more than half a year to complete. Of course, if the third Earth Gate were opened in advance, it would speed up the absorption of the pill.
Inside the room.
Lin Hao entered a certain indescribable realm.
The realm of his past life was like an ocean, immeasurable, but the realm of power he could control was very limited.
After a moment of deep thought, Lin Hao understood the reason.
At the peak of his past life, the Nine Heavens Emperor had opened the ninth Heavenly Gate and even attempted to break through to the Ten Directions Heavenly Realm. Logically, the realm of power should have reached an astonishing level. Even in this life, with his second Earth Gate cultivation, a single thought could kill third or fourth Earth Gate cultivators. However, most of this vast realm of power was beyond his control, as if it were separated from his divine soul.
Currently, the realm of power Lin Hao could control was only one in ten billion, but even this one in ten billion was far beyond what ordinary martial artists could compare to. Otherwise, he would not have been able to kill the mummy in the Tianrang Mountains yesterday.
After a long time, Lin Hao opened his eyes and exhaled a breath of turbid air.
"The realm of power I can control now is only one in ten billion of my peak period in my past life. As my strength and realm improve, I will be able to control more of the realm of power..." Lin Hao thought, and he had a clear understanding in his heart.
If he could fully awaken his realm of power and use some divine pills to assist, it wouldn't take long for him to restore his peak combat strength from his past life. However, at present, there was no possibility of this.
First, his past body was incomparably powerful, completely integrated with heaven and earth, allowing him to control the corresponding realm of power. It was not an exaggeration to say it was a god's body. In contrast, his current body was like an ant. Even if he obtained the peak power of his past life, he could not withstand such a great force, and his body would explode. The great force would be enough to level the Yellow Wasteland Continent.
To restore his peak power from his past life, Lin Hao needed two essential conditions: first, his physical body and divine soul must be strengthened to the point where they could withstand such a great force; second, he must fully awaken his past realm of power...
However, both of these conditions were extremely distant for Lin Hao and could not be achieved in a short time.
"Even if I can't meet these two harsh conditions in the short term, my cultivation realm will have no obstacles. At least before reaching the Heavenly Gate realm, there will be no major hindrances," Lin Hao thought, a smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.
The Earth Gate and the Heavenly Gate were two extremes, incomparable. As the saying goes, once you enter the Heavenly Gate, it is like a vast sea. That is the true realm of martial arts. Below the Heavenly Gate, all are ants, easily extinguished with a snap of the fingers.
Moreover, only by truly entering the Heavenly Gate would one have the opportunity to obtain a great inheritance, a level that Earth Gate martial artists could not reach.
Imagine, the birth of a 'Heavenly Spirit Realm' cultivator would already qualify them to establish a sect. The powerful spiritual energy they could wield with a wave of their hand was enough to make Earth Gate cultivators prostrate and worship. What a magnificent sight, even the Heavenly Imperial Family had only a few such Heavenly Gate experts.
"Unfortunately, this region is truly backward, and the spiritual energy is extremely thin. Otherwise, with my realm of power, I could step into the Heavenly Gate in a few months," Lin Hao sighed, feeling very helpless.
That night, Lin Hao focused his mind, contracting the true qi in his body to the extreme, quickly absorbing the medicinal power of the 'Return True Pill.' His realm also improved imperceptibly, reaching the middle of the sixth level, approaching the later stage.
The next day.
The training ground was packed with people. The top sixty had already been decided the previous day. If things went as usual, the top ten would be decided today. At that time, inner disciples would personally observe, and defeating any one of them would allow one to replace them and become a new inner disciple!
The enthusiasm of the outer disciples burned, their blood boiling. Entering the inner sect of the manor was a great honor and a tremendous opportunity. The four major families truly valued the inner disciples, who were the elite of the elite!
Some of the disciples who had lost the previous day looked somewhat dejected. This honor would be out of reach for them this year. They could only strengthen their cultivation and wait for next year's outer sect ranking competition, when they would have the chance to leap from a carp to a dragon.
Not long after, Lin Hao arrived at his seat. Lin He had already arrived early and had advanced to the top sixty with a series of victories the previous day.
As soon as Lin Hao appeared, he felt a chill. His gaze shifted, and he met Lin Tao's eyes.
Immediately, a cold, bone-chilling smile appeared on Lin Tao's lips.