Chapter 42 - Utterly Suppressed
Not only did Wu Shilin think that Lin Haoxue had slipped away, but most people in the crowd thought so as well. They thought that such actions were normal and that Lin Haoxue was impulsive to make such a decision. As a result now when she really had to face them, she was too scared to show herself… After all, it was a normal thing when facing the Wu family whose strength far exceeded her family that she would have stage fright and want to escape.
"What? Could it be that Lin Haoxue ran away?" somebody said.
Originally it was noisy, but suddenly it turned quite.
"Dang, I thought I would be able to watch a marvelous fight. Who knew that the challenger would run away like this."
"Yeah. The Lin family really is good-for-nothing! When they first spread this news, they seemed so certain of themselves. What about now? Where the f.u.c.k is she?"
"It"s obvious that they were just showing off. When faced with a real fight, they escape faster than anyone!"
"Exactly. Now they"re not only shameful but also wasting our time!"
After waiting for a while, people didn"t see Lin Haoxue show up so they were completely disappointed and dissatisfied. They started criticizing the Lin family saying there was nothing good about them and made it seem like the Lin family really had stage fright.
"Zheng family head, what"s going on?"
Wu Haiping asked Zheng Shiling with a sly smile. His implication was obvious, he was implying something like didn"t you think highly of the Lin family? Now, where is she?
Wu Haiping was feeling quite confused. Most people were unaware of Lin Haoxue"s stubborn personality, but he had witnessed it before. To be honest, to say that Lin Haoxue would ever flee before a fight, he couldn"t believe it.
"Wu family head, don"t be hasty. Now since you"re here, why don"t we just wait for a while? I believe you won"t be disappointed." Zheng Shiling said while looking calm. Of everyone that wasn"t from the Lin family, he was probably the person who had the best opinion of Lin Haoxue.
Therefore, he believed that Lin Haoxue wasn"t the type of person who would flee before a fight. However… Where was she!
Thinking of this, Zheng Shiling subconsciously glanced at Lin Geng but saw that he didn"t look worried in the least, and seeing this he felt relieved.
Wu Shilin, who was on the stage, laughed coldly and made fun of Lin Haoxue, "Everyone, as you can see back then she had so much courage to challenge me and yet, she"s not here. I thought the Lin family was about to rise once more, but it really does seem like they"re just good-for-nothing trash."
"Sorry, I seem to be late."
Suddenly, a sharp, clear female voice sounded out. A voice which interrupted Wu Shilin"s next words.
She caught everybody"s eye. She was an absolute beauty with black hair in a white shirt who stood there in the arena platform opposite Wu Shilin. She slowly looked around the crowd seemingly causing the temperature to drop and those who were just berating the Lin family shivered and lowered their heads.
Her imposing manner was so dreadful! This kind of aura, this kind of pressure, couldn"t be from a normal twelve year old girl. Everyone surrounding the stage was shocked, and they couldn"t understand why they were actually scared by such aura. What they didn"t know was that if one had an overwhelming willforce it could make others subconsciously acknowledge allegiance to them without any thoughts of hatred.
"Haha," Zheng Shilin was relieved as he saw Lin Haoxue show up. He stroked his beard, and smiled, "It"s alright. It"s late now and since you are here we can begin."
He was to be the witness and judge at the same time so of course, he had a right to speak. Lin Haoxue"s arrival made him relieved because this little girl hadn"t let him down. Back then when Lin Haoxue had used her own power to fight the He family, he already felt that this little girl was remarkable.
Lin Haoxue stopped looking around and looked at Wu Shilin. The coldness in her eyes didn"t disappear, instead, it became even stronger. She had heard all the insults thrown at her Lin family.
Wu Shilin saw Lin Haoxue"s sharp gaze and felt a bit terrified. However, he quickly calmed down and looked at Lin Haoxue, "You"re Lin Haoxue?"
"I am." Her voice was sharp, clear, and it had a freezing coldness to it.
"I see that you didn"t flee before the battle. This isn"t bravery, on the contrary, you"re just a fool. Now, since you"ve shown up, you won"t make it through in one piece."
"If the whole younger generation of the Wu family is like you then this challenge will be meaningless." Lin Haoxue coldly said while looking at Wu Haiping who was sitting outside the arena.
"You"re seeking death!" Wu Haiping felt that he was being looked down on, therefore he flew into a rage. He angrily shouted, "You"re speaking conceited nonsense. I"ll make you beg for death before I"m done with you!"
"You talk too much!" Lin Haoxue coldly waved her hands as if she were driving away a buzzing fly.
"You!!" Wu Shilin"s face turned green. He"d never been humiliated like this before.
"Let"s begin," Lin Haoxue looked impatient.
This time Wu Shilin didn"t respond. He took a few steps back while he slowly raised his hand. A dazzling golden light shone from his palm.
Gradually, his palm came to look like it was made of gold and filled with power. This was because he had used his profound power to strengthen his already powerful physical strength resulting in a power with enormous destructive potential. This skill could only be used by cultivators who were higher than the Profound Grandmaster realm.
"This is the profound skill Golden Palm, the Wu family"s prized skill. This really is a difficult skill to learn! Unexpectedly, Wu Shilin has successfully learned this skill! He deserved to be called a genius!" Someone from the crowd who knew the details of Golden Palm shouted out.
"It"s just a small achievement. It"s not like he is very brilliant." A young man couldn"t help but say.
"You know nothing. This is a very technical profound skill to use and is considered a top-notch profound skill of the Wu family." The person who spoke stared at that young man and said, "The difficulty to learn this skill isn"t something you can possibly imagine."
"Oh." The young man replied simply and didn"t retort back as he had faith in his senior.
As everybody knows, profound skills are divided into Yuan, Heng, Li, and Zhen these four levels. Every level is further sub-divided into high-quality, medium-quality, and low-quality. As for the cultivation level for profound skills they are divided into Elementary, Small Success, Big Success, and Perfection. Wu Shilin had mastered this difficult profound skill to the Small Success stage. As a cultivator that was at the Profound Grandmaster realm, it was quite amazing to have accomplished such a feat.
On the stage, the golden palm was firmly chopping toward Lin Haoxue"s dainty body and it seemed like it would certainly take Lin Haoxue"s life.
Lin Haoxue just tensely stared at that golden palm, and she didn"t have any intention to dodge.
"Look, it seems like she isn"t going to dodge the attack!" Someone spoke full of surprise as they saw Lin Haoxue didn"t react.
"What is going on here? Could it be that she was startled?"
"I don"t think so. It looks like she has a plan in place."
As the person exclaimed guessing what was going on, many people started talking.
Three meters, two meters, one meter…
It was coming closer and closer, but Lin Haoxue still didn"t react.
Two feet, one foot…
It was still getting closer and closer. When the golden palm was only half a foot from Lin Haoxue"s head, she finally moved. She didn"t dodge, instead, she raised her left hand slowly.
Her small hands were slim and beautiful. Therefore, they didn"t seem to have any chance to oppose that powerful golden hand.
The whole audience was so scared that they all closed their eyes as they couldn"t watch this beautiful girl get so horribly injured.
"Bang!"
Wu Shilin"s Golden Palm struck Lin Haoxue"s slim hand. Unexpectedly, an ear-piercing noise resounded as if iron weapons had struck each other.
Soon, an astonishing scene unfolded. Wu Shilin staggered backwards a couple meters then fell to the ground. He covered his b.l.o.o.d.y palm as his face turned increasingly pale. Soon after he pa.s.sed out.
The outcome of the battle had been decided in an instant.
"Lin Haoxue is quite remarkable. Wu Shillin used his whole power in that palm attack, but it was effortlessly dissolved by her."
"She really rapidly defeated her opponent, so incredible!" Someone exclaimed in admiration.
At this moment, people truly realized what Lin Haoxue was capable of.
"Next," Lin Haoxue said with the same cold expression. She looked as calm as if she were literally doing simple daily activities.
"Humph! What a malicious mindset. How dare you hurt my brother like this! I"ll let you taste my power!!" A raging roar came towards the stage.
"It"s him! Wu Shihe." The twin brother of Wu Shilin and his strength and cultivation realm are not lower than Wu Shilin at all. Now that he saw his brother hurt, a wave of raging anger had been set loose.
"Let"s go." Lin Haoxue said calmly as if she didn"t attach any importance to him.
Wu Shihe didn"t say anything but gave a huge strike with his whole strength. He cultivated Golden Palm too, and it was apparently at a higher stage than Wu Shilin"s. It was dark golden, therefore it was definitely at least at the Big Success stage.
However, just like Wu Shilin, he failed to hurt Lin Haoxue at all. Instead, he fell on the ground with his hand damaged it was just that his perseverance was a lot better than Wu Shilin, so he didn"t pa.s.s out.
"Again," Lin Haoxue looked calm like always.
Now, at this moment, n.o.body would think that Lin Haoxue didn"t know the immensity of the heavens and earth. Even though there were still a lot of people that thought that the Wu family would win in the end, but they all approved of Lin Haoxue"s strength and also of the Lin family.
Winning two battles probably don"t mean anything, but winning two fights so easily definitely meant she was unordinary.
Looking at the little girl in a white shirt who always looked at ease, everyone was amazed. Seems like this little girl"s future would reach heights that none of them could ever imagine.