"I thought this kid might have some skill to dare challenge Liu Yong, but it turns out he's foolish. This isn't a challenge, it's clearly suicide."
"It just started and it's about to end—really boring. I even postponed my task to watch the excitement, and this is what I get?"
"Everyone disperse, it's a waste of time."
Below the duel platform, the crowd watched Lin Chen and Liu Yong's battle. Seeing Lin Chen attempt to receive Liu Yong's attack barehanded, they derided Lin Chen's actions, mocking him for seeking death.
Liu Yong also sneered at Lin Chen's barehanded reception, agreeing that Lin Chen was courting death.
If Lin Chen used swordsmanship, he might have been able to contend with him for a while.
But Lin Chen chose to fight him with fists, which was undoubtedly suicide. Lin Chen was absolutely incapable of withstanding this blow.
To know, his treasured knife was a supreme grade among sixth rank magic artifacts, comparable to some ordinary seventh rank magic treasures. For Lin Chen to be so arrogant, attempting to receive this blow barehanded, Liu Yong planned to break Lin Chen's arm in two.
As he thought this, Liu Yong's knife fiercely struck Lin Chen's fist, immediately creating a metallic clash sound.
Clang—
Liu Yong felt as though the knife struck a rock hard and indestructible; the envisioned scene of slicing Lin Chen's fist into pieces did not occur.
Though his broadsword cut a line on Lin Chen's fist, the power in Lin Chen's punch shocked his treasured knife away.
Moreover, the immense counter-force caused a notch in his treasured knife, the blade crumbled and flew apart.
"How is this possible!?"
Liu Yong gazed at his broken knife, his face showing extreme astonishment.
Is this guy still human? His physical body is astonishingly tough.
Liu Yong had heard Lin Chen's physical strength was formidable but never imagined it could be this tough, directly resisting his peak sixth rank magic artifact.
Below the duel platform, the martial artists who previously ridiculed Lin Chen now witnessed the battle on the platform, falling silent in astonishment.
"No way, am I seeing things? That kid actually received Liu Yong's blow with bare hands?"
"I saw it too; it's true, this kid's physical body is extremely strong."
"Isn't this kid's cultivation only at the fifth level of the Nirvana realm? How could he have such strong physical strength? Liu Yong is one of Yunlong City's Top Ten Heroes."
"Yes, such an unbelievable occurrence, seeing is believing."
"..."
Below the duel platform, surrounding martial artists looked at Lin Chen and Liu Yong's battle, each one was shocked.
And below the duel platform, Zi Ling was stunned silent by the battle's result between Lin Chen and Liu Yong.
She originally thought Lin Chen agreed to fight Liu Yong out of pride, as young people tend to be rash, unable to withstand provocation.
So she secretly planned to immediately intervene and rescue Lin Chen if he was in danger.
But who could have expected the result of this fight to be so surprising.
For some reason, Zi Ling's perception of Lin Chen completely changed on the inside.
Now when she looked at Lin Chen, she felt Lin Chen might actually win this match.
This time Yellow Hall really gained big, recruiting such a Heavenly Pride.
At first, Zi Ling didn't think much about it; Lin Chen was willing to join Yellow Hall, and Yellow Hall certainly welcomed him, despite the difficulty in recruiting disciples.
Upon seeing Lin Chen's fifth-level Nirvana realm cultivation, neither Zi Ling nor Cheng Liang ever considered Lin Chen to be highly capable.
Yet now, Lin Chen's performance has changed her view.
Even when Zi Ling herself was at Lin Chen's realm, she did not possess such powerful skills.
In other words, Lin Chen's talent far exceeds Zi Ling.
With this thought, Zi Ling's mouth couldn't help but tilt upward.
But, that being said, Lin Chen having such skills at a young age is both a blessing and a curse.
That being Lin Chen has greater combat abilities compared to peers, which might bolster his arrogance.
If one is excessively arrogant, it is not a good trait.
Take Lin Chen's behavior in the Law Enforcement Hall for instance, he probably isn't aware of how many people he's offended, and perhaps the entire Heaven Hall holds a grudge against him.
Lin Chen's opportunistic methods are also not his true strength.
But now, Zi Ling felt Lin Chen might not be as dreadful as she imagined.
Also, from the current situation, Zi Ling realized she might not understand Lin Chen well enough.
Whereas Yu Weilian and Yang Minghui seemed to have long anticipated Lin Chen defeating Liu Yong.
This shows enormous faith in Lin Chen to have such thoughts.
"This guy always amazes, probably will brag before us when he returns."
Yang Minghui, looking at Lin Chen dashing and smashing Liu Yong's broadsword, snorted softly.
"Ha, how's that, does Sister Yang perhaps wish Lin Chen to be defeated by Liu Yong?"
Yu Weilian covered her mouth, looking at Yang Minghui.
Their gestures and smiles instantly attracted covetous glances from several male disciples around, their eyes full of undisguised greed.
Some martial artists even intended to approach secretly, planning to act directly.
However, just when they were ready to cause trouble, a figure appeared before them, making those who had designs on Yu Weilian and Yang Minghui retreat immediately.
It's a joke; Zi Ling is famously known as a tigress in the Outer Sect, who dares to provoke her? She can beat even elders fiercely.
Thus seeing Zi Ling protect Yu Weilian and Yang Minghui, no one dared approach further, let alone harbor thoughts for the two women.
If provoked by Zi Ling, that would be dreadful.
After all, having your career jeopardized due to being blinded by beauty was not worth it.
Getting beaten up by Zi Ling at least sets back one's cultivation by several years, spending months bedridden.