Tyrant Sky Martial Soul

Chapter 97: Chapter 97 The Feast Begins_1

That Li Xinghui specialized in unorthodox sword techniques, excelling in offense.

If he couldn’t defeat his enemy in a short amount of time, then he was certainly the one to be defeated.

In terms of defense, Gang Qi, and other aspects, this Li Xinghui was much lower than others at the same level, except for his attack, which was outrageously high.

Fighting with such a person, one absolutely must avoid their edge, otherwise, it’s normal to be defeated in one move.

”You’re called Li Xinghui, right?”

Suddenly, not far away, Ling Chen smiled and turned towards the Li Clan’s pavilion to ask.

”Exactly!”

Li Xinghui felt like an unsheathed sharp sword, his voice carrying a chill.

”I heard that last year, you defeated the other three young masters with one move, but that was because I wasn’t there. This year’s contest among the young masters will definitely show you how formidable I, Ling Chen, am!”

Li Xinghui took a casual glance at Ling Chen and shook his head lightly, ”You are indeed strong, but not qualified enough to defeat me. However, him, he’s somewhat inscrutable to me.”

Li Xinghui’s gaze suddenly turned towards Ling Xiao.

Indeed, this man had a discerning eye; although Ling Xiao used the facade of the Peak of Fifth Level Martial Pulse and did not exude any special aura, Li Xinghui still felt his extraordinariness.

Perhaps this was a martial artist’s intuition.

”You!”

Ling Chen’s face suddenly changed.

He hadn’t expected Li Xinghui to belittle him so much, instead giving Ling Xiao such significant acknowledgement.

”Hahahahaha!” Laughter erupted from the Li Clan’s side.

They all felt that Ling Chen was humiliating himself.

”Chen, don’t take it too seriously; it’s just his psychological tactics, trying to disturb your mind,” Ling Tieshou, standing beside Ling Chen, reminded him.

”No need for your reminder. Don’t I know this already? Li Xinghui, you’re bold enough, but in a moment, I will let you know the price of underestimating me,” Ling Chen retorted, gritting his teeth.

After four years of hardening himself abroad, Ling Chen had returned thinking he could sweep across Tianfeng City. Little did he expect to face setbacks within his own family. Now, being looked down upon by Li Xinghui, he was burning with anger, wishing he could step onto the stage right away to demonstrate his formidable strength.

”The one praised by Li Xinghui should be Ling Xiao, right? The one who defeated Ling Feifan?”

In Tianfeng City, which was neither large nor small, completely hiding an incident was practically impossible, especially since the Ling Family’s annual competition had passed for over a month. If no one outside knew that Ling Xiao was the one who defeated Ling Feifan, that would be a joke.

Therefore, Li Xinghui’s words quickly caught the attention of everyone present.

”Peak of Fifth Level Martial Pulse, indeed not a low level, beating Ling Feifan could be possible.”

”I’ve got to spar with him later!”

In Tianfeng City, the number of martial artists at the Peak of Fifth Level Martial Pulse was not small, even among the younger generation there were dozens. None of these individuals conceded to Ling Xiao.

”The City Lord has arrived—!”

Suddenly, a loud voice rang out, instantly silencing the previously noisy scene.

Not far off, the Master of Tianfeng City, accompanied by his beloved daughter Shi Yu Lian, ascended the steps, gradually coming into everyone’s view.

The sound of breathing across the scene suddenly became rapid.

Almost everyone’s eyes turned towards Shi Yu Lian, the City Lord’s beloved daughter.

The number one beauty of Tianfeng City!

The top expert outside of the four young masters.

These titles made Shi Yu Lian seem mysterious and desirable to all.

There were no noisy sounds, only the sound of many people swallowing their saliva.

Shi Yu Lian was tall and slender, her pink dress enhancing her charm and grace.

Her skin was very white, like top-quality suet white jade.

Her smile was affixed to her face, exuding a maturity and seduction that belied her age, like a ripe peach that made people want to take a bite.

Only sixteen years of age, this woman already possessed such beauty; no wonder she was acclaimed as the number one beauty of Tianfeng City.

However, for some reason, upon glancing at Shi Yu Lian, Ling Xiao’s thoughts turned to Ling Yu—these two women were exactly the same type.

He frowned slightly, suddenly losing interest in appreciating the beauty.

Hopefully, Shi Yu Lian only resembled Ling Yu on the surface, and not in every aspect; otherwise, that would be a real pity.

After all, he still admired a woman like Ling Yixue more.

She was not talkative, but her emotions were genuine and uncontrived.

Moreover, Ling Yixue’s beauty was in no way inferior to Shi Yu Lian’s; in some respects, it was even superior.

This so-called number one beauty of Tianfeng City, who knew which bored individuals had chosen her; probably it was to flatter the Master of Tianfeng City.

”Ahem, ahem, Ladies and gentlemen, today I have organized the Grand Tianfeng Event in this place to discover the exceptional talents of our Tianfeng City...”

The voice of the Master of Tianfeng City awakened many who had been completely captivated by Shi Yu Lian’s beauty.

”Ling Xiao, don’t underestimate Shi Yu Lian. Although she didn’t make the ranks of the four young masters, it’s said that she had a fortuitous encounter this past year, and her strength has soared. She fears no one outside of the four young masters,” Ling Yihang couldn’t help reminding him when he saw Ling Xiao’s apparent disdain for Shi Yu Lian. ”And I reckon she’s likely to become the only female ’young master’ this time.”

”Who’s that person?”

Of course, Ling Xiao knew what Shi Yu Lian was made of; with his Mountain and River Martial Soul, none of the young talents present could escape his discerning eyes.

So his attention was quickly drawn to another individual atop the towers of the City Lord’s Mansion.

”That person is called Shi Fei Yu, the adopted son of the Master of Tianfeng City. He ranked third in last year’s Grand Tianfeng Event, and his defensive cultivation technique is quite astonishing!”

”Oh, I see. No wonder I kept feeling he looked somewhat like me,” said Ling Xiao with a smile. In truth, his focus on Shi Fei Yu was because he had sensed a very unique aura from him, unlike that of the human race.

”Probably because both of you have cultivated top-tier defensive martial arts,” Ling Yihang said with a smile before continuing, ”In Tianfeng City, the strongest is the City Lord’s Mansion, which is the Shi Clan; next is the Li Clan, followed by the Wang Clan, with the Ling Family coming last.”

”Why do you say that?” Ling Xiao asked, puzzled.

”This ranking is based on the Grand Tianfeng Event. In the last two years, only Ling Feifan from the Ling Family disciples managed to enter the top ten of the Event, the rest were all beyond the tenth place. The City Lord’s Mansion, on the other hand, had all four contestants enter the top ten, the Li Clan had three, and the Wang Clan two, and even beyond the tenth place, the participants from the Ling Family were at the very end, behind even some of the smaller clans,” Ling Yihang sighed and said, ”You’ve probably heard, the Grand Tianfeng Event determines each family’s status, territory, and resources in Tianfeng City. Our Ling Family has suffered too much in recent years.”

”This session might be different, though,” Ling Xiao said with a smile.

”Hmph, if it were according to the original list of participants, Ling Feng would just be going through the motions, and Ling Yun wouldn’t have made the top ten either, at best it would’ve been me and Ling Chen in the top ten,” Ling Yihang snorted. ”But then they changed the list, and it looks quite good now; apart from Yi Xue, the three of us big guys should have no problems breaking into the top ten.”

”You’re underestimating Senior Yi Xue,” Ling Xiao said with a smile. ”In this event, the Ling Family will definitely have four people entering the top ten at the same time, and the rankings won’t be low either.”

”I’ll believe that since your vision is keener than mine,” Ling Yihang nodded and said, ”Our Ling Family will finally be able to stand tall and proud this time, otherwise, we couldn’t even walk with our heads high on the streets.”