167: Chapter 169 Lin Kuang Wins the Championship

"Jie jie jie—"

Li Ming let out a signature villainous laugh, indicating he was about to use his move!

"I originally thought your cultivation was low and didn't want to use this move to bully you, but you've given me surprises time and again!"

"Don't blame me for being heartless; the Cultivation World respects strength! Let me teach you this truth in advance!"

"And let you know the truth that there is always a heaven beyond heaven!"

"Come! Let me—let you feel my Lions Fang!"

A phantom of a lion faintly emerged from the lightning behind Li Ming. His Aura surged, and his power rose to a new level as he threw a heavy punch toward Lin Kuang.

Lin Kuang had already exhausted most of his spiritual energy to wear down his opponent; now he could only meet the attack head-on.

"Hula hula—" Li Ming threw punch after punch against Lin Kuang's sword, and Lin Kuang could only struggle to parry.

"I'll see how much longer you can hold on!"

"Ah—"

Li Ming's heavy punch struck Lin Kuang's chest, breaking his defense and sending him flying heavily into the barrier.

"Pfft—" Lin Kuang spat out a mouthful of blood.

Blood? He hadn't seen it in a long time!

"What? Lin Kuang is injured!" Yu Xiaotang immediately jumped up, wanting to fly into the arena!

At that moment, Xiao Rou and Li Li held her back.

"What are you doing? Don't stop me! He's hurt!" Yu Xiaotang looked at them with reddened eyes and roared in anger.

"Sister Xiao Tang, the match is still ongoing. If you charge in, it'll be the same as Lin Kuang forfeiting. He worked so hard to get this far, let him try!"

"But he's already injured..." Yu Xiaotang said heart-wrenchingly as she watched Lin Kuang's legs trembling. "It's just a match, there's no need for this!"

"But Sister Xiao Tang, you know Brother Lin Kuang's personality. He's so stubborn. If you charge up there..."

"True! He never does anything he's not sure of. Let him try this time!" Yu Xiaotang clenched her fists tightly; now she could only choose to believe in Lin Kuang.

"You're at your wit's end, surrender!" Li Ming looked down at the injured Lin Kuang and said with contempt, "Losing to me is not shameful; just practice more!"

The Sacred Beast power within Lin Kuang's Bloodline felt his tenacious refusal to lose.

Lin Kuang's Aura began to skyrocket.

"This power is...?" Lin Kuang also noticed something was wrong with his body as a powerful force slowly rose within him.

...

"Who dares to harm him?" Xia Qianzhen sat angrily in the center of the Holy Beast Tower. She felt Lin Kuang's injury and was remotely activating the power within his body.

...

"This power..."

"Good! Beauty Xia, I'll allow you to remotely support me when I mess up! Let him get a good look at our hot-blooded combo skill!"

Most Cultivators would have chosen to give up after being injured to this extent, as it was only a match after all, but Lin Kuang was different.

Even if he weren't injured, he wouldn't give up. Moreover, now that his Holy Beast Bloodline had been activated and he finally had a chance to experience this power, how could he possibly quit?

"Hmm? Divine Beast Bloodline?" Bai Zhi suddenly stood up from her seat, using her Divine Sense to observe Lin Kuang.

This Aura... yes, it was definitely the Holy Beast Bloodline! Bai Zhi hadn't expected him to possess such a thing.

Holy Beast Bloodlines were extremely rare in the Qiongming World. This matter had to be reported. Bai Zhi's original thought of killing Lin Kuang was instantly discarded!

She immediately left the venue and flew toward the Xuanwu City Lord's Mansion.

"Hahaha! You still won't surrender? It seems you really are stupid, actually dreaming of a cross-realm challenge! I'll just have to teach you a lesson!"

"Fine! Fellow Daoist Lin, take this final punch of mine! Then lie on the ground and watch me take the championship! Golden Lions Fang!"

Li Ming used Fusion on all his spiritual energy and threw his final punch.

Just as everyone thought Li Ming was certain to win, Lin Kuang slightly sidestepped, caught a flaw in Li Ming's move, and then tightly gripped his longsword to stab toward his opponent's back.

Combined with the boost of Spatial Power from the Holy Beast Bloodline, the power of this strike was five times what it had been before.

One strike! It broke through Li Ming's defense and struck him heavily.

"Ah—"

With a scream, Li Ming's body went limp, and he collapsed to the ground.

That single strike didn't just defeat Li Ming; it also pressed the mute button on the entire audience.

Finally, the head referee was the first to react!

"The match is over! Congratulations to Fellow Daoist Lin Kuang for winning the championship!"

"The champion of today's Xuanwu Grand Competition has been born! It is Lin Kuang!"

After the referee announced Lin Kuang as the champion, the cheers from the crowd were loud enough to nearly blow the roof off the venue.

"He won? He won?" Yu Xiaotang didn't react at first, stunned for a moment before shouting excitedly, "Lin Kuang won! He's the champion!"

She then leaped over the railing in front of her and jumped down. A shattering sound followed as she broke through the protective shield and rushed toward Lin Kuang.

Xiao Rou and Li Li hurriedly rushed over to check: Wasn't this protective shield supposed to withstand attacks from fourth realm Cultivators? Why did Yu Xiaotang break it in one go?

She just rushed straight in! It seemed Yu Xiaotang was no ordinary Cultivator either, with strength not inferior to Lin Kuang's at all!

"Mmph—mmph—"

In the observation room on the opposite side, Li Dou wanted to jump up and celebrate, but unfortunately, he was being held down firmly.

"I told you, don't get too excited!" The doctor shook his head as he looked at Li Dou, who wanted to celebrate but was powerless, and then released the Seal.

...

The cheers of the crowd only gradually calmed down after the award ceremony for Lin Kuang was over.

After Xiao Rou and Li Li expressed their congratulations to Lin Kuang, Li Dou and the doctor finally walked over slowly under the escort of Liu Ruyan.

Li Dou had his arms crossed over his chest, his limbs trembling slightly to show his excitement. He spoke slowly, giving Lin Kuang quite a shock.

His tone was very calm, completely different from before: "Congratulations to Fellow Daoist Lin for taking the championship!"

"This also shows I didn't misjudge; I truly have no talent..."

"Watching your match, I also realized something. There's no need to force myself into a path that doesn't suit me! I know I was wrong!"

Hmm? What was going on? Was the treatment that fast? Had he gained such insight so quickly?

Li Li was also shocked. In the past, her brother would have jumped up, grabbed the other person's hand, and started begging piteously.

The doctor smiled slightly. He had performed one intensive isolation treatment yesterday and another today, and even used a Seal on him during the match.

It seemed the treatment results were decent...

Yesterday, after Li Dou saw those he had injured, he also learned about his sister privately paying their medical expenses and found out that their parents had already passed away.

He said to his sister earnestly, "Sister, why were you so foolish? You could have told me about those things!"

Li Li didn't say anything. She guessed that the Cultivation Alliance had told her brother the news of their parents' death!

"Sigh! In the past, I was too obsessed and did many wrong things. Now, I will actively undergo treatment and won't cause you any more trouble!"