Chapter 141: Concede!
Chapter 141: Concede!
“To defeat you, actually only requires one move!”
Qin Li’s cyan long gown remained completely undisturbed, and he stood in the arena with calm composure, speaking mildly.
Over there, two figures shot up like shooting stars and lightning, instantly catching Xiahou Feng’s body and landing on the ground. Their gaze toward Qin Li was already filled with killing intent!
In the huge Martial Training Arena, thousands of people all widened their eyes and opened their mouths, their eyes full of unbelievable expressions. A deathly silence fell.
But immediately after, everyone opened their mouths and cheered wildly!
It felt like a roaring mountain and a surging sea.
Chen Yihan and the old principal of the Advanced Academy, Elder Yi, who were originally sitting there, now couldn’t help but stand up. They looked at the young man standing with his hands behind his back in complete astonishment. Their powerful hearts, belonging to Heaven Rank Martial Artists, beat heavily in their chests. Their hearts… were filled with shock!
Even Crown Prince Zhao Xinghe stood up in disbelief and shouted “Good!” But his voice was already drowned out by the waves of cheers.
After shouting, he felt it was inappropriate and sat down resentfully. He glanced around and found that no one had noticed his loss of composure.
Everyone cheered wildly. These genius students, who usually looked down on everyone and acted superior as if nothing could shake them, were now so excited they couldn’t contain themselves. They cried tears and cheered madly, many not even knowing what they were shouting.
The roaring sound even shot up into the sky!
The entire Imperial Capital, Azure Dragon City, seemed to tremble for a moment in that instant.
Many people looked toward the direction of the Advanced Academy with puzzled expressions, not knowing what had happened there.
Xiahou Feng’s face was as pale as gold paper. He opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of blood. When he opened his eyes, they were completely bloodshot. At this moment, his heart was full of countless whys!
Why? He clearly only had Earth Rank strength, yet he could break through my Heavenly Rank defense?
Why? Were his movements so fast that I couldn’t even react in time?
Why? Was his strength so great that the kick felt like it was about to shatter all my internal organs?
Why? Why? Why!
“Young Master, let’s go kill him!” The twelve clansmen, all with Heavenly Rank strength, had gathered around Xiahou Feng. With just one order from him, they would immediately charge forward and tear this person who dared injure their Young Master to pieces!
Xiahou Feng felt his internal organs churning again. He spat out another mouthful of blood, along with some blackish blood clots. Clearly, he had suffered serious internal injuries!
Xiahou Feng raised his arm and weakly waved his hand. After spitting out the second mouthful of blood, he felt much better. He took the supreme healing medicine handed to him by a Protector beside him and swallowed it in one gulp.
A stream of heat spread through his entire body from his throat, and his severe injuries immediately eased somewhat. He finally let out a long breath and said, “Do not.”
“Young Master!” Two young men who also possessed Heavenly Rank strength had faces that turned extremely unpleasant. With reddened eyes, they angrily said, “We cannot let this kid go!”
At this moment, Chen Yihan, Elder Yi, and several other old men whom Qin Li had never seen before walked over from around the Martial Training Arena and stood beside Qin Li.
Their intention was very clear: they would protect this young man at all costs!
What was this? This was a national treasure! In the hearts of Chen Yihan and the others, this young Marquis was even more precious than a national treasure!
The visitors from the Land of Mystery had huge, powerful backings behind them. They wore dazzling, dazzling auras on their heads. They possessed astonishing, peerless martial skills. Though young, their strength was so great it made people tremble with fear. Who would dare provoke such people? Even if they were incredibly arrogant and looked down on everyone, no one dared to confront them.
But deep down, whether it was Chen Yihan, Elder Yi, or these Heaven Rank Martial Artists who kept coming to Qin Li’s side, who among them felt good about it?
The stronger the martial artist, the more genius they were, the more sacred and inviolable their dignity was!
But if the other side’s fists were bigger than yours, infringing upon your dignity and trampling your bottom line, what could you do?
If not for this young Marquis who appeared out of nowhere, imagine what a huge blow it would be to all the genius students in the Advanced Academy when these proud visitors from the Land of Mystery left?
Some would rise up because of this, but more would certainly be unable to recover from the setback!
Therefore, this young Marquis must be protected even at the cost of their lives! Because only someone like him represented the future hope of the entire nation!
Only he deserved to be called a true legend!
At this point, Xiahou Feng used a little bit of strength. His hunched body straightened slightly, but what followed was a bone-chilling cold that swept through his entire body!
He tried hard to control his anger, humiliation, and the immense, overwhelming sense of powerlessness.
In order to destroy this young man in one strike, he had already used all of his Heaven Rank Third Tier strength! He could even swear that this was the most thorough and complete display of his abilities since he was a child!
But… he lost!
He lost so miserably, so easily!
The other’s words: “To defeat you actually only requires one move.” They were like a sharp knife, brutally stabbing into Xiahou Feng’s seemingly proud but actually fragile heart.
This kind of pain was far greater, countless times greater, than the physical pain!
“Do not kill him.” Xiahou Feng shook off the support of the two Protectors and slowly walked toward Qin Li.
In the spectator stands, the huge, tide-like cheers immediately quieted down. People became nervous again. After all, the dozen or so people following that young man all looked hostile. Even from a distance, one could feel the powerful aura and… the soaring anger radiating from them!
But fortunately, many Heavenly Rank experts had also gathered around Qin Li. From the stands, students occasionally gasped in surprise because they recognized, among the elders gathered around Qin Li, their own Ancestors who hadn’t shown themselves for many years.
It seemed that this battle was no longer just about the students’ pride or the Princess’s freedom. It had even gone beyond just the national face of the Azure Dragon Kingdom.
It had escalated to an unbalanced confrontation of power between the Mortal World and the Land of Mystery!
Lands of Mystery, Reclusive Clans, were spread across every corner of the Tianyuan Continent. Almost everyone who reached a certain level would hear some rumors about them. But very few knew where the entrance to each Land of Mystery was. Those who accidentally entered a Land of Mystery often had only one opinion about it—everyone there was terrifyingly strong!
But even the weak had dignity, let alone these Heaven Rank Martial Artists from the Mortal World.
In the eyes of these Heaven Rank Martial Artists who rushed over upon hearing the news, this young man had salvaged the dignity of all Mortal World martial artists. This battle was even like a silent shout to those Lands of Mystery!
You may be strong, but we are definitely not weak either!
Looking at the tense Mortal World Heaven Rank Martial Artists, Xiahou Feng’s face suddenly showed a faint smile. There was mockery in it, and seemingly… self-mockery as well.
Just before this battle, he hadn’t regarded these Mortal World Heaven Rank Martial Artists as worthy of his attention at all. He was only twenty years old and already a Heaven Rank Third Tier Martial Artist. But these Mortal World Heaven Rank Martial Artists, weren’t they all old folks in their seventies, eighties, or even over a hundred? Occasionally, one might encounter a young Heaven Rank Martial Artist who could be called a genius, but that would be a man in his fifties. And even that was considered remarkable!
Therefore, Xiahou Feng had always looked down on Mortal World martial artists. He believed he had the right to despise them!
Because, by comparison, he was the true genius!
He slowly walked up close to Qin Li. The corners of his mouth twitched violently a few times. Thinking was one thing, but actually admitting his defeat in front of this person was another matter.
“Have you come to fulfill your promise?”
As if wishing him dead, Qin Li rubbed salt into Xiahou Feng’s wound.
Xiahou Feng’s originally pale face suddenly flushed bright red. Two cold, fierce lights shot out from his eyes. The Protectors from the Xiahou family who had come with him, following his gaze, all released astonishing auras!
Without a word, Chen Yihan and Elder Yi instantly erupted with the aura of Heaven Rank Ninth Tier!
This aura almost solidified into a tangible force, sweeping over them like a vast, powerful ocean.
The atmosphere suddenly became heavy.
Xiahou Feng’s chest heaved sharply a few times. Then, he gently waved his hand. The people behind him reluctantly withdrew their auras, resentful.
Chen Yihan and the others on this side also breathed a sigh of relief and retracted their auras. After all, these people had formidable backgrounds. If they could avoid making deadly enemies, it was better to leave some room.
But if the other side went too far, then, even if it meant a fight to the death, they would battle them!
They were all Heaven Rank Martial Artists; when it came to fear… who would really be afraid?
“I lost!”
Xiahou Feng did not say these three words lightly. Originally, he thought admitting defeat in public would be an immense embarrassment, even harder to bear than death.
But after speaking these three words, he found he wasn’t as upset as he had imagined, though the great sense of humiliation remained.
Then, Xiahou Feng turned toward the spectator stands and slowly said, “You are the true geniuses. I was wrong. I am the fool.”
From the stands, no sounds of mockery came. Instead, it was very quiet.
The students of the Empire Advanced Academy, in their bones, which one of them wasn’t extremely proud? In terms of strength, they truly couldn’t compare to this Xiahou Feng. So, hearing Xiahou Feng’s apology didn’t bring any sense of pleasure; instead, it filled their hearts with a huge sense of frustration.
This frustration also turned into immense motivation! At this moment, almost the vast majority secretly vowed to cultivate desperately!
Someday, when they encountered someone like Xiahou Feng again, they would stand tall, look them straight in the eye, and loudly say to them: “I am a genius!”