82: Chapter 82 One Punch Decides the Outcome

"A game?"

"What kind of game?"

The crowd's gazes fell upon Elder Mu Shan.

What kind of game was Elder Mu Shan coming up with now? It wouldn't be another one where they were thrown into a mountain to catch certain Spirit Beasts, and they couldn't finish until they caught them, right?

If it was that kind of game again, then forget it.

They remembered the last time; many of them had been trapped in a mountain for three whole months.

If the Sect Head hadn't intervened in the end, they didn't know how long it would have taken to find that Spirit Beast.

"It's very simple. Defeat these two people while at the same Realm. If you defeat either of them, you can obtain a spot for the Thunder Origin Pool."

Elder Mu Shan pointed at Lin Ming and the other, saying to the crowd present.

A spot for the Thunder Origin Pool.

This instantly made the people present boil over with excitement.

You have to know that even for them, as Disciples of the Yongzhen Sect, obtaining a spot for the Thunder Origin Pool was extremely difficult.

Now, there was a spot for the Thunder Origin Pool right before their eyes, how could they not be excited?

But at the same time, many people became curious about the identities of Lin Ming and Su Lianxue. Could they be the new Disciples Elder Mu Shan had taken in?

Otherwise, Elder Mu Shan wouldn't be like this.

Two people?

Wait.

Lin Ming was stunned for a moment. If he hadn't heard wrong, Elder Mu Shan said two people, but the person who needed to go to the Thunder Origin Pool was Su Lianxue. What did that have to do with him?

He didn't need to enter the Thunder Origin Pool.

"Sister Mu, did you make a mistake?"

Lin Ming immediately said to Elder Mu Shan.

Sister Mu?

Such an intimate form of address made the crowd even more curious about Lin Ming's identity.

They had originally thought Lin Ming was Elder Mu Shan's apprentice, but now it seemed that wasn't the case.

"That's right, as long as you defeat these two, you can obtain a spot for the Thunder Origin Pool."

Elder Mu Shan confirmed.

"But they each only have one spot on them."

"Each of the two is limited to ten challengers."

Elder Mu Shan added the rules.

"Elder Mu, what is the background of these two?"

One person couldn't help but ask.

Since they weren't Elder Mu Shan's Disciples, then whose Disciples were they?

"These two are the Disciples of Peak Master Zichen from Yuanxu Mountain," Elder Mu Shan said, her lips curling slightly upward.

"Peak Master Zichen?!"

"Is that the Peak Master Zichen who achieved a Breakthrough to Nirvana and became a Nirvana Ancestor?"

"Oh my, how can we fight that? Disciples of a Nirvana Ancestor."

"That Peak Master Zichen's strength is already extraordinary; his Disciples are probably no different."

"However, I don't seem to have heard of the names of these Disciples much."

"Perhaps they have been cultivating in seclusion in their Sect, the type who don't show their true colors."

"..."

The revelation of Lin Ming and Su Lianxue's identities immediately caused a sensation.

The news that True Monarch Yunhua, the Peak Master Zichen of Yuanxu Mountain, had achieved a Breakthrough to Nirvana Ancestor had reached their Yongzhen Sect.

Now, the Disciples of this Nirvana Ancestor had appeared in their Yongzhen Sect, and they even held spots for the Thunder Origin Pool.

"You go first, report your strength," Elder Mu Shan said, pointing at Su Lianxue.

Su Lianxue stepped forward.

"Su Lianxue, Body Tempering ten times, please advise."

Su Lianxue said to the crowd present.

"Body Tempering ten times! I knew the Old Ancestor Yunhua's Disciples were not ordinary; her Body Tempering Realm has actually reached ten times."

"Ten times! There shouldn't be many people on the mountain who have reached ten times Body Tempering, right?"

"Last time I tried to attempt the tenth Body Tempering, I lay in bed for half a year before I barely recovered."

"Currently in the Sect, among those still in the Body Tempering Realm, there seems to be only one person who has reached ten times Body Tempering."

Ten times Body Tempering, as far as they knew, there seemed to be only one person in the entire Yongzhen Sect right now.

They could find a pile of those with nine times Body Tempering.

As for those among the nine times Body Tempering who wanted to attempt the tenth, they were few and far between; basically, maybe one in a hundred.

Currently, the success rate of ten times Body Tempering in the Yongzhen Sect was less than ten percent, and failure could even affect subsequent cultivation.

This made most people start Spirit Guidance after reaching the ninth Body Tempering Realm.

But there were still some who would attempt the tenth Body Tempering.

"Ten people. Whoever wins will get one chance at the Thunder Origin Pool. Those with less than eight times Body Tempering, don't come up and embarrass yourselves," Elder Mu Shan said.

For the time being, no one stepped forward.

On one hand, there weren't many practitioners in the Body Tempering Realm at the Martial Arts Arena.

On the other hand, Su Lianxue's identity, as well as her ten times Body Tempering, discouraged many people.

This caused the Body Tempering Realm practitioners present who met the criteria to choose to wait and see.

Time passed minute by minute, and two quarters of an hour passed in the blink of an eye.

Su Lianxue stood alone on the Martial Arts Arena, looking as if she were lonely.

"What? You were scared off so easily?" Elder Mu Shan said with a playful tone.

If they were scared off just like this, that would be a bit boring. This wasn't the scene she had envisioned.

"I'll come."

At this moment, a Young Man rushed over from the outside.

He didn't say a word and climbed onto the Martial Arts Arena, facing Su Lianxue directly.

Since no one was going up, he would be the first one to stick his neck out.

"Shen Lixuan, Body Tempering nine times, please advise."

Shen Lixuan looked at Su Lianxue and said.

Ten times Body Tempering, so what?

It wasn't as if ten times Body Tempering couldn't be defeated. After all, they were both in the Body Tempering Realm. He believed that facing an opponent with ten times Body Tempering, he had the strength to fight.

He also wanted this spot for the Thunder Origin Pool.

"Please advise."

Su Lianxue said again.

"Good."

Elder Mu Shan nodded.

With Elder Mu Shan's order, this exchange officially began.

However, Shen Lixuan drew a knife from his waist and slashed at Su Lianxue without holding back at all.

Seeing this, Su Lianxue stepped back a little to dodge the opponent's attack.

But this was just the beginning; Shen Lixuan wanted to firmly grasp the initiative of the battlefield in his own hands.

To this end, he chose to attack continuously, using the first strike as a means to put Su Lianxue in a passive state, so that the subsequent direction could be partially controlled in his own hands.

The thought was indeed beautiful.

But Su Lianxue would not act according to his thoughts.

Seen it.

Su Lianxue seized the opportunity, took a step forward, and arrived in front of Shen Lixuan.

A punch fell, landing directly on the opponent's chest.

In response, Shen Lixuan was too late to dodge and was hit directly by this punch.

For a moment, Shen Lixuan's Qi and blood vibrated, and his body couldn't stop retreating, falling directly off the Martial Arts Arena and onto the ground.

One punch decides the outcome.

From beginning to end, Su Lianxue only threw this one punch, and the battle ended.

This also made the people around a little surprised.

Shen Lixuan, with nine times Body Tempering, was defeated so simply? Was the gap in strength between the two that big?

But some people also saw a few clues.

Shen Lixuan's defeat was indeed due to the gap in strength, but there was another major reason.

That was that Shen Lixuan had been seen through.