161: Chapter 163 The Shameless Fighter

"I didn't expect that you would actually make it to the semi-finals!"

"I didn't expect you to break through the ranks with only a third realm cultivation! However, it was all forced up by Medicinal Pills!"

"I'm not like them; I rose up step by step through actual combat!"

"Compared to me, they are more than just a little bit behind! Especially you, with your shallow Foundation—you're even worse than them!"

Before Li Dou even began his battle with Lin Kuang, he started lecturing him.

"Whether I'm worse or not, we'll have to clash to find out." Lin Kuang was speechless and didn't want to waste words on the guy.

"Young people are too impetuous! You don't even have a bit of patience. Pi Luolang, defend!"

Unlike his master, Pi Luolang was very steady; he calmly blocked Lin Kuang's first few attacks.

"What is this?" However, the sharp-eyed Li Dou quickly noticed something was wrong. Lin Kuang's attacks were essentially soft and weak, seemingly more aimed at exhausting Pi Luolang's stamina.

"Haha! It seems you really are weak. Let yourself become a stepping stone on my path to the championship! Pi Luolang, use Scorched Earth Impact!"

Li Dou didn't care about anything else and prepared to defeat his opponent with a full-strength strike.

Lin Kuang smiled slightly; the opponent had finally fallen for it! After so many battles, Lin Kuang had learned to use various tactics with great flexibility.

The tactic this time was to feign weakness first, then catch the opponent off guard!

Li Dou was almost obsessed with this championship and couldn't be bothered with anything else.

Lin Kuang's longsword had already lunged toward Pi Luolang! Moreover, the spiritual power that erupted was not at all inferior to a fourth realm Cultivator.

"Not good! Pi Luolang, get away!"

After taking a hit from Lin Kuang's sword, Pi Luolang dodged and pulled back.

Li Dou wasn't a pure brute; he also knew that Lin Kuang was currently unstoppable. He had to play to his strengths and avoid his weaknesses while looking for an opportunity to attack.

This was his usual approach: go for a killing blow against the weak, and use indirect combat and sneak attacks against the strong!

However, he never imagined that Lin Kuang was a man covered in buffs. With various speed and strength bonuses, his speed and power already surpassed a fourth realm Early Stage Cultivator.

Pi Luolang's attack momentum didn't decrease, yet he couldn't touch Lin Kuang.

Seeing his Spirit Beast's attacks miss time and again, Li Dou began to panic.

"How is this possible? He's only at the third realm? How can he be faster than the fourth realm Pi Luolang?" Li Dou grew flustered as he watched Lin Kuang's speed.

"As expected of Lin Kuang! So fast?" Yu Xiaotang watched the stage with her chin in her hands; Lin Kuang was like golden lightning flying back and forth through the air.

Suddenly, the airborne Lin Kuang's eyes flashed, and he pounced toward Pi Luolang like a giant Dragon.

Boom—

As the smoke cleared, Lin Kuang had defeated Pi Luolang with a single fatal blow.

"Wow! The first winner of the semi-finals has been born, and it is... Lin... Kuang!"

"Let us shout his name: Lin Kuang... Lin Kuang!"

"Lin Kuang! Lin Kuang!"

The entire venue erupted in cheers for Lin Kuang!

"Lin Kuang won! Yay!"

"Lin Kuang, you truly are the man I've set my sights on!"

Seeing Lin Kuang win, Yu Xiaotang jumped up in excitement.

Xiao Rou looked at Li Li, who had a complicated expression, and tugged at Yu Xiaotang's skirt.

This made Yu Xiaotang notice Li Li nearby, and she scratched her head. "Sorry! I didn't mean it like that..."

"Isn't this the result we wanted from the start?" Li Li wasn't dejected; instead, she gave a slight smile.

"The point was to make my brother give up completely and let him understand that there is always a higher heaven."

"..."

"Well, if you can think of it that way, that's great! Let's go down and celebrate for Lin Kuang, shall we?"

"Sure! Let's go!"

Xiao Rou and Yu Xiaotang walked ahead excitedly because Lin Kuang only needed to fight one match today, so they could go find him directly.

Li Li walked slowly behind, her mind still dwelling on the matter of helping Lin Kuang relax last night, and the faint blush on her face deepened again.

...

While the crowd on the stage was shouting Lin Kuang's name, Li Dou ran up to Lin Kuang with an air of excitement.

"Hey! Hey! Fellow Daoist, you are really strong. To be able to defeat my Spirit Beast with a third realm cultivation! You're truly too powerful!"

"I see that this must be related to you being a Disciple of the Sword Sect. Does your Sword Sect have some powerful Cultivation Technique?"

"Can you teach me after you win?"

"By chance, you've also stayed at my house for a few days, so you should know that our family is not ordinary!"

"Teach me a few more techniques, or give me a few Medicinal Pills, and I'll definitely take the championship next time!"

"I finally understand the Foundation of a great Sect now. For example, this Spirit Beast of mine was given to me by the previous champion."

"What a pity! Its limit is just like this!"

"But I'm different! I'm a Cultivator, I'm very talented! It's just that I haven't had anyone to guide me!"

Lin Kuang didn't expect the other party to be so thick-skinned, shamelessly asking him for so many things. What was even more ridiculous was that this Spirit Beast wasn't even his own.

He had obtained it through shameless begging as well.

This Spirit Beast was capable of winning a championship before and had no small potential, yet after following him, it could only stop at the semi-finals.

What did that prove? It was Li Dou who was no good! He refused to work hard himself and pinned all his hopes on the Spirit Beast!

He even felt that his Spirit Beast was the one that wasn't good enough.

"You are damn thick-skinned!" Lin Kuang didn't give him any face just because he was Li Li's brother.

"Can't you see? It's been so many years! You've been stuck here—is it a problem of resources?"

"It's that you aren't suited for this path at all! Look at this Pi Luolang; he originally had the potential of a champion, but look what you've raised him into!"

"You subject him to hellish training every day, but is it useful? In the end, on the competition field, if it weren't for his high cultivation and suppression effect—"

"Did you see him use a single skill? He's exhausted to death, yet you still won't let him go! You are so headstrong that you've not only dragged your family down but you're also living a muddled life!"

"I'll say just one thing! Even your younger sister is stronger than you!" Lin Kuang shook his head and added, "Clearly an Alchemist, yet you insist on doing all this nonsense. In the end, you've become like this—a thick-skinned bastard!"

Li Dou thought that because of the relationship between Lin Kuang and Li Li, he could get things if he went up and asked. Who would have thought he would receive a face-full of verbal abuse instead?

Li Dou's head buzzed instantly, and he immediately retorted from the bottom of his heart.

"I don't have a problem! It's just that this Spirit Beast is too weak! It's just because I don't have Medicinal Pills! It's because..."

"I beg you, I beg you to give me some pills, or give me a powerful Spirit Beast!" Li Dou had lost his mind for the sake of the championship and directly hugged Lin Kuang's leg, pleading.

"Your great Sect isn't short of pills and Spirit Beasts, right?"

"If all else fails, I'll give my sister to you! Anyway, it's useless for her to stay at home!"

"What? You scumbag! You can actually say something like that?"