88: Chapter 88 What? Is this all the strength you've got?

"As expected."

Seeing his flame storm torn open, Zhao You was not surprised.

Triple Sword Intent was indeed not that easy to deal with.

But his methods were not limited to this.

"Return!" Zhao You let out a soft shout.

The flame storm immediately condensed behind Zhao You, forming a giant flame Dragon—a giant flame Dragon gathered from the storm and flames.

"Go!" Riding the wind, the giant flame Dragon charged toward Lin Ming to swallow him.

It was at this moment that Lin Ming sheathed his sword.

Lin Ming suddenly put away the sword in his hand.

This scene immediately left the crowd below the Martial Arts Arena somewhat astonished.

To have fought until this point, at such a critical juncture, Lin Ming actually put away his weapon.

Could he be planning to admit defeat?

Of course, this thought was only fleeting; having fought until now, they did not believe Lin Ming would admit defeat.

It was likely some other method.

Instead, Lin Ming extended his left hand and raised a single finger.

With one finger falling—

"Void Tribulation Finger?! This brat actually knows it?!" Elder Mu Shan exclaimed as she watched that finger and the power radiating from it.

Her suspicion had come true; this brat had really learned that old woman's Move.

The giant flame Dragon directly collapsed.

This finger landed on the giant flame Dragon, which had no power to resist; its flames disintegrated and dissipated between heaven and earth.

Moreover, the attack from this finger was not yet over, heading straight for Zhao You.

Zhao You had not expected his Move to be so fragile, but he quickly reacted.

This battle was not yet over.

"Merge!" Zhao You clapped his hands together.

A cyan barrier quickly condensed in front of him, providing protection.

However, in the face of Lin Ming's finger, this cyan barrier appeared somewhat fragile, shattering at the slightest touch, completely unable to block Lin Ming's finger.

"Not good."

The threat of death.

Zhao You actually felt the threat of death.

He had only felt this sensation from those few freaks who were also in the Spirit Platform Realm.

In other words, Lin Ming was at the same level as them.

What kind of joke was this?

This guy was only at the Spirit Platform Fourth Heaven Realm; how could he have such strength?

With the barrier shattered, he didn't have time to use other methods, and just as he watched the finger descend, Elder Mu Shan appeared.

Elder Mu Shan's figure appeared between the two. After seeing her, Lin Ming withdrew his hand, and the power of the Void Tribulation Finger dissipated on its own.

"I didn't expect you to have learned even this Move." Elder Mu Shan looked Lin Ming up and down and said.

"Just good fortune," Lin Ming said with a smile.

Even if Elder Mu Shan hadn't appeared, Lin Ming would have eventually dissipated the power of the Void Tribulation Finger.

An invisible force lifted Lin Ming and Zhao You, steadily bringing them back to the ground.

"I lost," Zhao You said after a moment of silence.

He had indeed lost; he could not block the power of that finger.

"Elder Mu Shan intervened personally; what was that finger of Lin Ming's?"

"I don't know, but I think that finger must be very strong."

"That's just stating the obvious. If it weren't strong, do you think Elder Mu Shan would have intervened personally?"

"With Zhao You defeated, there are only a few people left who can fight against this guy."

"I'm afraid so. I wonder if they will appear."

Inside the Sect main hall, Sect Master Wan Chuan and several Elders were watching a light screen in front of them, which displayed the scene on the Martial Arts Arena.

"Void Tribulation Finger; it seems Yuanxu Mountain has hidden quite a few Disciples," Sect Master Wan Chuan said with a smile.

"It is just right to dampen the arrogance of these people," an Elder nodded and said.

"Has the glazed heart liquid been sent over?" Sect Master Wan Chuan turned his head to look at an Elder and asked.

"It has already been sent, and he has begun preparing," that Elder nodded and said.

"Very good."

...

"Next." After pretending to rest for half an hour, Lin Ming asked the people present.

No one answered the challenge.

Among the Spirit Platform Realm Disciples present, the strongest was Zhao You, who had been defeated by Lin Ming.

Since even Zhao You was defeated, they would likely just be defeated if they went up, so they simply didn't go up.

However, they certainly didn't want the spot for the Thunder Origin Pool to be taken away by an outsider just like that.

One of the two spots had already been taken, and it was taken by someone who had defeated a Disciple of the same Realm.

For them, as Disciples of the Yongzhen Sect, this was more or less displeasing.

With one spot remaining, they still hoped it would be taken by someone from their own Sect.

Therefore, they placed their hope on those few people—the ones whose strength was above Zhao You's, the strongest among the Yongzhen Sect's Spirit Platform Realm practitioners.

Some Disciples had even started to actively contact those people.

Half an hour passed, and no one answered the challenge.

"What? Is that all the strength you have?" Before Lin Ming could speak, Elder Mu Shan spoke first, saying with a hint of mockery.

"I will come. Ren Xuan, Lingtai Eighth Layer, please advise."

Perhaps it was to delay time, or perhaps it was because of Elder Mu Shan's mockery.

Ren Xuan jumped directly onto the Martial Arts Arena to challenge Lin Ming.

Three swords.

Lin Ming only used three swords to knock Ren Xuan down.

Since then, another half an hour had passed, and no one answered the challenge.

"One last hour." Elder Mu Shan gave a time limit.

If it continued like this, it might not be finished even by tomorrow. She didn't want to waste so much time, so she simply set a time limit.

One hour passed.

None of the people they were expecting appeared; they were either in seclusion or out on missions.

"Alright, that is all for now," Elder Mu Shan shook her head and said.

This battle should also come to an end.

"You all should go back and practice well, so you don't continue to embarrass yourselves in the future," Elder Mu Shan said to the crowd present without any politeness.

In fact, she had initially harbored the thought of letting Lin Ming make a fool of himself, and incidentally recording the scene of Lin Ming being defeated.

But she didn't expect Lin Ming to give her a surprise.

Triple Sword Intent, Void Tribulation Finger.

Especially the latter, which could be considered the signature Move of that crazy woman.

Lin Ming had actually learned this Move.

This caused her initial plan to fail, but she quickly reacted by using Lin Ming to properly motivate these Spirit Platform Realm Disciples.

As for the spot for the Thunder Origin Pool, giving it away was fine; it wasn't anything particularly important anyway.

Elder Mu Shan's words caused the Spirit Platform Realm Disciples present to show looks of resentment on their faces.

Some of them were indeed dissatisfied with their own strength, but of course, some also believed that the strongest among them had not yet taken action, and once the strongest among them acted, they would not necessarily lose to Lin Ming.

But since things had reached this point, they could only accept it for now.

And apart from the Body Tempering Realm and the Spirit Platform Realm, the Disciples at other Realms were also filled with various emotions.