Chapter 208 – More Limelight
Xuan Yuan Long attacked with a lot of momentum and power.
However, he had fallen right into Bi Fan’s trap by attacking first, and Bi Fan charged right back at him using the ‘Prancing Tiger’ boxing in full force.
The ‘Prancing Tiger’ technique was tailor made for Bi Fan, and was complementing his style even more now that his strength had increased.
The amazing force which was being displayed by Bi Fan was simply breathtaking; moreover, it seemed that his punches were taking the shape of a Tiger’s shadow, which made the visual display even more marvelous to watch.
Xuan Yuan Long’s face had already gone pale with fright since he wasn’t been expecting Bi Fan to be this strong, and he immediately started backing away; unfortunately for him, he wasn’t even strong enough to get away from Bi Fan.
Although Xuan Yuan Long was a core disciple, he was quite weak in comparison to his peers; so much so, that he wasn’t even remotely qualified to compete in the Jiu Yu Imperial List.
Xuan Yuan Long took out his sword, and started using the ‘Yin Yang Sword’ technique to slow Bi Fan down.
Unfortunately for Xuan Yuan Long, his total strength was far weaker than Bi Fan’s, and even his improvised strategy was unable to deliver him from Bi Fan’s clutches since Bi Fan had already gotten a good hold over this fight.
Soon enough Bi Fan had managed to establish complete control over this contest, leaving Xuan Yuan Long scuttling around the ring in fear.
Bi Fan’s mouth-watering display had already attracted a lot of attention, and several people were watching his fight in awe at the moment.
“Who is this young guy? He’s only in the ‘Enormous strength’ layer right now, and he’s still beating up an ‘Emerging from the Womb’ layer man?! This is unbelievable; I’ve never seen anything like this before!”
“This youngster definitely isn’t from my city…. else I would’ve surely heard about him!”
“Just look at this….. that ‘Emerging from the Womb’ guy can’t even get away from him! He’s being completely overrun!”
“That’s right! This guy isn’t just winning, he’s winning in style!”
The other Wu Ji Sect disciples had no option but to listen to all these remarks, and even though these remarks were turning their faces green with anger, their egos wouldn’t allow them to open their mouths and explain the situation.
It didn’t take long for Bi Fan to win the match since Xuan Yuan Long conceded the fight early, fully aware that he didn’t stand a chance.
Bi Fan had gone all out in this fight, and had demonstrated his true ability and strength.
Bi Fan’s confidence had been growing along with his strength, so much so, that not only was he confident about facing an ‘emerging from the womb’ layer martial artist, he was even confident about winning the fight with ease.
His confidence was the reason behind this amazing display of his.
A lot of eyes were looking at Bi Fan with a timid expression in them; and many of these people had already decided to flee in case they ever ran into Bi Fan since they were too afraid of provoking him.
“This guy is simply too strong…. And he’s only going to get stronger when he enters into the ‘Emerging from the Womb’ layer…. It’s just better to stay away from him altogether.”
Many people were carrying the same idea as this youngster, and several of these people were already considered renowned martial artists in their respective cities.
However, there were still some others who felt that they were powerful enough to contest against Bi Fan; naturally, Bi Fan’s display only incited their desires, and their momentums.
“This boy is fit to be my opponent! I’m going to fight him if I get a chance!”
“He’s strong, and interesting. I like my opponents that way; I’m going to find him, and then I’m going to beat him.”
A lot of sparkling eyes were fixed at Bi Fan, while the momentums of their masters were beginning to break out due to the excitement.
Bi Fan immediately sensed this rise in momentum around him, and quickly isolated each source while making a mental note of their faces for future reference.
Bi Fan could tell by this surge in the atmospheric momentum that several of these people were worth taking note of.
Xuan Yuan Long had not only lost the match, but also a top-grade weapon; this had obviously turned into a ‘double-whammy’ for him.
Since they were inside the Tong City, even Xuan Yuan Long didn’t dare to go back on his word, and he obediently presented Bi Fan with a top-grade weapon called the ‘Devil Annihilation Axe’.
Hatchets weren’t the preferred choice of weapon for the majority of people in this world; so obviously the market price of hatchets was quite low. So much so, that even though this hatchet was a top-grade weapon, it still costed a lot lesser than a sword of lesser quality.
Bi Fan didn’t bother himself much with this since he only intended to send a message to the Wu Ji Sect disciples. Anyway, this hatchet would still fetch him a good enough amount of spars at the right shop.
“Brave Bi Fan, would you interested in acting as the Lord of this ring for a while?” the referee came over and asked.
Bi Fan immediately shook his head and refused.
Bi Fan had already attracted a lot of attention over the course of this one fight; therefore he naturally wanted to avoid more of it since it would only cause unnecessary trouble in the future.
The referee was rather left disheartened by Bi Fan’s refusal, but knew well that he couldn’t force Bi Fan to act as the Lord of the ring.
Bi Fan simply ignored the hateful glances from the Wu Ji Sect disciples, and leisurely walked away.
After seeing the manner in which Bi Fan had defeated Xuan Yuan Long, the rest of the Wu Ji Sect disciples realized that they needed to stay clear of Bi Fan and his team.
“This boy is growing too fast…. We must get rid of him as soon as we can….else he’ll become a big problem for our sect.” Xuan Yuan Long stated in a cold voice.
“You’re right brother. The Tong Tian Storehouse’s opening will be a good opportunity…. There will be several other very strong people there at that time, and we can use some of them to help us out with our dirty work.” Xuan Yuan Feng exposed a sinister smile.
Bi Fan walked out, and then continued to watch the contests along the way.
The Martial Street’s reputation was well-deserved, and many strong youngsters were contesting these rings to test out their strength and luck. The Hong Sect’s scheme seemed to be rather well-intended since it allowed people to train and test their skills whilst allowing the Hong Sect to attracted several talented youngsters into their Sect at the same time.
Bi Fan didn’t even realize that the sun had already started to set, and he seemed rather reluctant to leave.
Therefore, Bi Fan continued to stroll around the area until the rings closed down for the day, and then reluctantly made his way back to the hotel.
Bi Fan walked his way back to hotel rather cautiously since he sensed that he was being followed.
Bi Fan figured that this was due to his display against Xuan Yuan Long, and realized that several of these people would try quite hard to gather more information about him.
Bi Fan knew that it wouldn’t be possible to hide his ident.i.ty for long from these people. Since he knew that it would fruitless to try and avoid exposure, he decided to allow them to track him.
Therefore, Bi Fan ignored his trackers, and made his way back to his hotel.
Jing Feng, Mo Nan, w.a.n.g Zhong, Ji Ying Lan, and Blue Dragon had been anxiously waiting in Hotel Lobby for Bi Fan.
“Don’t worry…. Brother Bi Fan is very strong…. He won’t run into trouble. Just trust me.” Jing Feng was smiling from time to time to rea.s.sure the rest of his company.
“I know that Brother Jing Feng, but I still can’t help it.” Mo Nan anxiously smiled back.
Everyone instantly relaxed the moment they saw Bi Fan intact and back in the hotel lobby.
“Sorry for worrying you brothers… I really am….” Bi Fan apologized.
w.a.n.g Zhong asked: “Why did you get so late brother? Did you run into trouble?”
“I ran into a bit of trouble at one point, but I took care of it. Let’s return to our rooms first, and then we’ll discuss everything.” Bi Fan suggested.
Several people had entered the Hotel’s lobby after Bi Fan; therefore discussing their personal matters in the open wouldn’t be appropriate. Hence, Bi Fan quickly suggested that they return to their rooms since it would best to avoid leaking out their information to the entire city.
Jing Feng and the others were smart enough to interpret Bi Fan’s idea, and they all immediately followed Bi Fan back to his room.
“Brother Bi Fan, I saw several people sneaking into the hotel after you…. Were they all tracking you?” w.a.n.g Zhong asked.
“Probably; that’s why I thought that it’s better to talk here.” Bi Fan nodded as he explained.
“Brother Bi Fan, you were barely out for a few hours, and you’ve already attracted so much attention; you’re truly by idol!” Jing Feng smiled in mockery.
“Don’t make fun of me brother….. I ran into the Wu Ji Sect guys again, and Xuan Yuan Long forced me to fight him… I really didn’t have an option but to accept his challenge. Although I won the match, but I couldn’t help avoiding attracting all this attention from other people.” Bi Fan smiled with guilt.
Jing Feng seemed rather surprised: “Brother Bi Fan, did you really defeat Xuan Yuan Long? Xuan Yuan Long is an ‘Emerging from Womb’ layer martial artist! Wow… how did you beat him?”
“I was lucky brother; it was just a fluke, so there’s nothing worth mentioning about it.” Bi Fan shook his head.
Ji Ying Lan was already admiring Bi Fan enviously: “When will I be able to beat up an ‘Emerging from the Womb’ layer guy? Ah……I’m really waiting for that day to come….”
Bi Fan had been hearing similar things all day long today; therefore he obviously paid no attention to it.
They started discussing proposals for the future once Jing Feng and the others had revealed their findings and experiences.