Chapter 56: Lin Fan and Lin Chang'an

"The final match is a duel. First, you must all stand upon the central battlefield. Although the combat area of this stage is about the size of one mu, it cannot accommodate hundreds of you. Therefore, in the first round, there will be a grand melee; the round ends when only twenty people remain in the arena!"

Cui Yongzhou said indifferently.

The geniuses in the arena erupted in an uproar, while the families outside were stunned.

Out of hundreds of people, only twenty would remain at the end? That was far too difficult.

Did this mean nearly ninety percent of the participants would be sent home without even getting a chance to perform?

Cui Yongzhou continued, "Mainly because we do not have enough time to have hundreds of geniuses duel one by one, so we have adopted this method. I hope the various families can understand."

After speaking, Cui Yongzhou cupped his hands toward the crowd with a smile, expressing his apologies.

Heh!

Which of the families would dare express dissatisfaction toward the Cui family!?

How powerful is your Cui family?

The Cui family maintains many external factions; if one were to offend them, they might not even know how their entire clan was exterminated.

Seeing that everyone had been "convinced by reason" by him, the Cui family smiled with satisfaction.

"Hahaha, I admire you, I admire you! Patriarch Cui convinces people with reason; you are truly a role model for our generation!"

Lin Xuan laughed loudly as he cupped his hands toward Cui Yongzhou, his tone dripping with undisguised sarcasm.

Cui Yongzhou's smiling face instantly froze. He could only manage an awkward laugh; he couldn't make a scene in public, so he could only curse Lin Xuan in his heart.

*This bastard is truly thick-headed, saying whatever the hell he wants. Just shut the hell up!*

Lin Xuan, of course, had no idea what Cui Yongzhou was thinking. He felt he had already won just by making Cui Yongzhou feel disgusted.

Regardless, the two families already shared an irreconcilable hatred; it was a matter of one surviving and the other dying.

"Everyone, take your positions on the stage now," Xia Yi said solemnly.

Lin Fan and Lin Chang'an stood together.

"Uncle, this is bad. That Cui Wu, Cui Sheng, and also Yang Hong and Yin Jun... it seems they are all targeting us," Lin Chang'an said, looking around and spotting several ill-intentioned gazes.

"Heh, it's not just them. Didn't you see the look in Bai Yuxiang's eyes? He looks like he wants to skin me alive," Lin Fan joked self-deprecatingly.

Seeing that Lin Fan could still laugh, Lin Chang'an could only smile helplessly. He found himself understanding his mysterious Young Clan Leader uncle less and less.

"The grand melee begins now!" Xia Yi suddenly announced.

As the battle commenced, hundreds of people from different families immediately began fighting. They didn't care who anyone was; they just wanted to throw them off the stage first.

"Get the hell off the stage! Hahaha!"

"Who are you laughing at? You're going down with me!"

"Who are you grinning at? Get down here, now!"

"Dammit, no martial ethics! If you've got the guts, fight me one-on-one!"

"Argh! You're bullying me too much! Take my Lightning Nine-Fold Whip!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The scene was a chaotic mess, a dizzying whirlwind of violence.

Lin Xuan couldn't be bothered to watch the chaos; his eyes were fixed solely on Lin Fan and Lin Chang'an.

The situation for the two of them didn't seem very good.

Because Cui Wu, Cui Sheng, Bai Yuxiang, Yang Hong, and Yin Jun were all closing in on Lin Chang'an and Lin Fan.

"You two little brats... damn it, do I have to force you down, or are you going to jump down yourselves!?" Yin Jun actually had the audacity to look down upon Lin Chang'an and Lin Fan from a central position.

Bai Yuxiang gave Yin Jun a displeased glance, thinking to himself, *Stop acting so high and mighty. My sister is a direct disciple of your Lingwu Sect!*

"Heh, you two... you lost the previous two rounds. What, does it feel like your faces are stinging!?"

Lin Fan lived up to being Lin Xuan's son; his words were just as poisonous.

Upon hearing this, Yin Jun suddenly felt a burning sensation on his face.

It felt exactly as if a slap had been landed upon him, making him desperate to strike back even harder!

"Damn it, you two are looking for death!"

Furious, Yin Jun drew a Grade 7 longsword and charged straight at Lin Fan and Lin Chang'an.

Seeing Yin Jun attack, Yang Hong, the two Cui brothers, and Bai Yuxiang followed suit, drawing their weapons and rushing toward the two Lin youths.

"Defend together! Do not separate!" Lin Fan whispered, taking the lead to intercept them.

Lin Chang'an said nothing but took the words to heart, drawing a long spear and following closely behind Lin Fan.

Lin Fan's weapon was a saber—not a heavy broadsword, but a Tang Horizontal Saber. It was entirely black, one meter and one centimeter long, with a twenty-five-inch blade. It was a Grade 8 Mortal-rank weapon, specially selected by Lin Xuan for Lin Fan.

After all, he was his own son; he had to provide him with some special advantages.

"Slash Decisive Strike!"

With a light grunt from Lin Fan, the Tang Saber instantly unleashed layers of saber light and sword shadows, surging toward the five attackers.

"Boom!"

A massive roar erupted. To everyone's surprise, the five attackers were actually pushed back by Lin Fan's single move. Before they could recover, Lin Chang'an suddenly lunged from above.

"Dance of Lightning!"

This move was slightly less powerful, but it caught the five of them completely off guard.

"Boom!"

Another explosion rang out, and the five were pushed back once again.

In particular, the weakest among them, Cui Sheng, was nearly knocked off the combat stage.

"Hiss—"

Gasps of breath were heard throughout the crowd.

Lin Fan and Lin Chang'an had actually managed to repel Yin Jun and the other four.

One had to realize that any one of those five could easily rank in the top ten among all participants. For the five of them to be pushed back by Lin Chang'an and Lin Fan working together was truly incredible.

"Heh, well done. Brother Lin, your Lin family is truly fortunate to have these two sons!" Shangguan Jian said with praise, stroking the few hairs of his chin.

Lin Xuan also curled his lips slightly. "Hahaha, Brother Shangguan overpraises us. These two boys of my Lin family still have much to improve upon."

Modesty was necessary.

"Hmph, they only repelled them. Once Yin Jun and the others recover, those two boys from the Lin family won't be able to hold them off at all!"

The speaker was neither Cui Yongzhou nor Ba Li, but Bai Lao.

Bai Lao currently found everything about Lin Xuan and the Lin family disagreeable.

Lin Xuan glanced at the Bai family patriarch but chose to ignore him entirely.

Seeing that Lin Xuan had completely disregarded him, Bai Lao's beard bristled with rage, yet Lin Xuan remained unmoved.

Watching this scene, Gong Ling couldn't help but smile.

"That guy is still the same as before; he refuses to suffer even the slightest loss."

Seeing Gong Ling smile, Shen Ao's gaze toward Lin Xuan deepened. *This guy... there's something unusual about him!*

(End of Chapter)