Ling Tieshou coldly snorted and strengthened his aura. In addition, a vague shadow of a giant materialized behind him.
This fierce momentum was the true essence of the Giant Spirit Divine Palm!
“What great momentum! Much stronger than that trash Ling Chong’s!”
Ling Xiao’s spirit was shocked. Ling Tieshou was indeed powerful.
Standing opposite of him, Ling Xiao felt a huge pressure.
Ling Chong could never have achieved this.
“Giant Spirit Divine Palm, First Style!”
Ling Tieshou took a step forward and thrust out this palm. His figure moved with it, quickly approaching Ling Xiao.
Just the wind produced by this palm prevented people from easily breathing.
Ling Tieshou had only displayed the first style, but it was still several times stronger than anything Ling Chong had produced.
However, Ling Xiao was no longer Rank One Martial Vein trash.
He lightly exerted his legs and quickly retreated. This palm attack was very ferocious, so he didn’t want to take it head-on.
After all, the annual competition was right around the corner; he didn’t want to expose his full strength now.
It would be enough to withstand ten moves.
“What a good movement technique!”
“Ling Tieshou’s movement technique is also not weak!”
Ling Xiao kept retreating, dodging Ling Tieshou’s attacks. However, the other party wasn’t a vegetarian. His speed actually increased by two to three times, pressuring Ling Xiao.
“Amazing! This is the true strength of the Elite Hall’s fourth rank. It isn’t bad!”
Ling Xiao was a little surprised.
Although Ling Xiao hadn’t used his Landscape Martial Soul or the <Bull Demon Technique> and only used <Soaring Cloud Steps>, Ling Tieshou truly was capable since he had pushed him to this extent.
Ling Xiao even imagined that he faced a giant instead of Ling Tieshou.
“Heh, heh, show me your full strength!”
Thinking this, Ling Xiao poured out his true qi and used <Soaring Cloud Steps>’s third heavenly step to further increase his speed.
“Boom!”
Ling Tieshou’s first palm failed to hit him, striking the ground instead and cracking the thick slabstone.
“Hahaha! Senior apprentice brother Tieshou, I’m here. There’s no need to vent your anger on the innocent stones.”
Although Ling Tieshou was angry, he knew brute force alone wouldn’t win.
Therefore, he immediately adapted.
“Giant Spirit Divine Palm, Ninth Style—Inescapable Net!”
A palm shadow covered the sky. Its fearsome aura revealed no weak points.
Ling Xiao couldn’t help but take a deep breath. He then hastily increased the flow of his true qi and employed <Soaring Cloud Steps>’s fifth heavenly step. His speed increased yet again.
A strange scene appeared.
Although Ling Tieshou and his huge pam shadow continuously chased him, they never managed to meet.
As for Ling Xiao, he fled here and there like a cunning swallow.
“If you are capable, then fight him face-to-face. Can you only run around?”
In this situation, Ling Chong angrily gnashed his teeth.
“Are you joking? When he can’t even brush my clothing, why should I fight him? I’m good at movement techniques; why shouldn’t I use them?”
Now, Ling Xiao was trying to fool everyone into thinking that besides movement techniques, he was only average in all other aspects.
In any case, winning against Ling Fei and taking cheap advantage in the Crouching Dragon Mountain Range were absolutely impossible without a good movement technique, so there was no point in hiding it.
If he pretended otherwise, he wouldn’t be able to convince anyone.
“He actually is leisurely enough to talk. This fellow’s movement technique might be better than Ling Fei’s!”
“Yes, it’s been six moves, but Ling Tieshou hasn’t even touched him!”
The disciples couldn’t help but cry out in alarm.
“What should we do, Big Brother Feng? How can this little beggar be so powerful?”
Ling Yu was somewhat flustered.
“Why are you afraid? Why should we fear a fast movement technique? There are many ways to deal with movement techniques. Otherwise, Ling Fei would have already become the first ranked of the Elite Hall!”
Although Ling Feng said this, he too was somewhat nervous at heart. Ling Xiao’s progress made him uncomfortable.
As for who was the most terrified, it was naturally Ling Chong.
Originally, he had thought that so long as his cousin took action, a fellow like Ling Xiao would definitely be easily captured.
He wouldn’t need more than a couple moves, let alone ten.
Nevertheless, his cousin had already used six moves but had yet to hurt even a hair of Ling Xiao. This made him pale in fright.
In the midst of this chase, Ling Tieshou revealed his seventh move.
“You are amazing! Truly amazing! But, it’s useless to only dodge!”
After his seventh move, he suddenly stopped and made a strange gesture.
“Big Brother Feng, what is Ling Tieshou doing?”
“That is a secret technique Ling Tieshou mastered——Instant Hit!”
“Instant Hit?”
“Yes, it can instantly increase his speed by more than ten times and is meant to deal with speed-type opponents! When I experienced this move in the past, I almost suffered a defeat. This time, Ling Xiao will be finished for sure.”
After explaining this, Ling Feng smiled. He wanted to see Ling Xiao being slammed to the ground by a palm.
“Instant Hit- Giant Spirit Divine Palm!”
After charging his true qi, Ling Tieshou suddenly flew forward.
Because his speed was too fast, it looked like teleportation.
Therefore, it was called Instant Hit!
There was no time to think. Sensing an enormous threat, Ling Xiao used <Soaring Cloud Steps>’s sixth heavenly step!
His speed immediately increased by several times!
“A miss!”
“Heavens, what kind of movement technique did he cultivate? This speed is too fast. Is it an advanced movement technique?”
“Again! I refuse to believe this! Instant Hit!”
Ling Tieshou didn’t give up. Although he had used Instant Hit just now, he had only displayed 70% of its might because he had wanted to quickly recover and immediately continue beating Ling Xiao down after hitting him once.
However, he was now annoyed by his mistake and directly went all out.
“Ling Tieshou is irritated!”
“However, if this attack fails, he can only passively accept a beating since his true qi will be exhausted.”
“I think that Ling Xiao is also at his limits. This ninth move will determine the victor.”
<Soaring Cloud Steps-Flood Dragon Transformation>!
Ling Xiao feared that if he didn’t increase his speed, he would certainly be hit.
Therefore, he decisively used the movement technique he had obtained not long ago.
He seemed to turn into a flood dragon with the entire sky as his ocean.
He easily dodged Ling Tieshou’s attack with a graceful movement.
Then, he firmly planted his feet on the ground.
At this moment, Ling Tieshou lay limp on the floor, panting. His complexion was deathly pale.
“Ten moves! You’ve lost!”
Although Ling Xiao had also seriously depleted, he was in much better shape than Ling Tieshou.
He walked over to Ling Tieshou. Lightly patting his face, he consoled, “I guess the fourth ranker of the Elite Hall is only so-so.”
“You!” Although his eyes shot flames of rage, Lhe was powerless to resist.
He had been too impatient. If not for his continuous display of his secret technique “Instant Hit,” he would definitely not have ended in such a miserable state.
However, there was no medicine for regret in this world. A defeat would always be a defeat.
Honestly speaking, if Ling Tieshou had fought in a calm manner, Ling Xiao wouldn’t have defeated him so easily without using all his abilities.
But who had asked for Ling Tieshou to try to defeat Ling Xiao in a single attack? Wasn’t this an example of it ‘serving you right for doing something so stupid’?
This scene stunned the watching disciples.
