Chapter 139: Divine Driving Mastery
His confidence returned.
"He gave up."
Then they reached the descent.
Yun Wanhe entered the first curve aggressively.
Shen Tian accelerated.
Instead of attempting another pass...
He followed directly behind.
Close.
Too close.
Yun Wanhe could feel the pressure.
Every time he looked into the mirror...
The black car remained there.
He increased speed.
Shen Tian matched it.
He braked late.
Shen Tian braked later.
He used every ounce of past-life experience to choose the perfect racing line.
Shen Tian took a better one.
The final tunnel approached.
Beyond it...
The last straight led directly to the finish.
Yun Wanhe’s breathing became heavy.
"Why? Why is he better at this too!?"
They entered the tunnel.
The sound of both engines multiplied against the walls.
Yun Wanhe remained ahead by half a car length.
He moved to the center again.
Shen Tian stayed behind.
The tunnel exit rushed toward them.
One hundred meters.
Fifty.
Twenty.
At the final moment...
Shen Tian shifted down.
The hypercar’s engine screamed.
He moved left.
Yun Wanhe reacted.
He blocked left.
Exactly as Shen Tian expected.
Shen Tian immediately cut right.
Yun Wanhe attempted to follow.
Too late.
The black hypercar drew alongside him.
For one second...
The two vehicles were perfectly even.
Yun Wanhe looked through the window.
Shen Tian glanced back.
Then smiled and pointed the middle finger.
The black car accelerated.
Not gradually.
Violently.
Its full power finally released.
It surged ahead.
Half a car.
One car.
Three.
Yun Wanhe pressed the accelerator until his foot hurt.
It made no difference.
The finish line appeared.
The crowd saw the two vehicles emerge from the darkness.
They erupted.
"It’s car thirty-two!"
"No, look!"
"The black car!"
"They’re side by side!"
The announcer screamed into the microphone.
"THEY’RE ENTERING THE FINAL STRAIGHT! WHO’S GOING TO TAKE IT?!"
Shen Tian crossed first.
The black hypercar flashed beneath the finish lights.
Yun Wanhe followed less than two seconds later.
The electronic board updated.
First Place: Car 37
Second Place: Car 32
For several seconds...
Yun Wanhe remained inside his vehicle.
His hands stayed on the wheel.
He didn’t move.
He didn’t blink.
He had done everything correctly.
He had dominated every other racer.
He had maintained the lead for nearly the entire course.
Shen Tian had stopped for several minutes...
Then still caught him.
"..."
Yun Wanhe lowered his head.
"Again."
Shen Tian stepped out of the black car.
The gathering exploded around him.
Spectators rushed forward.
Drivers climbed from their vehicles.
Even the race organizers appeared stunned.
"That recovery was impossible!"
"He lost over two minutes! He crossed the mountain section faster than anyone in the event’s history!"
"Did you see the final pass?!"
The announcer hurried toward him.
"Car thirty-seven! What’s your name?"
Shen Tian looked at him.
"Shen Tian."
The reaction was immediate.
"Shen Tian?"
"From the Shen Family?"
"That’s the Shen heir!"
"No wonder that car looked familiar!"
The organizer arrived carrying the prize case.
His hands shook slightly.
"Eighteen million, six hundred thousand yuan. The full championship prize."
He handed it to Shen Tian.
The system notification appeared.
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[Ding!]
[You have intercepted Yun Wanhe’s destined street-racing opportunity.]
[Primary Opportunity Stolen.]
[Public Recognition Opportunity Stolen.]
[Chi Lingxi Fate Connection Redirected.]
[Yun Wanhe has lost 7,500 Fate Value.]
[Current Fate Value: 58,500]
[Reward quality has increased.]
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Xu Ning’s voice followed.
[Congratulations, Host.]
[Because Yun Wanhe’s cultivation and Fate intensity have improved, the system has generated an additional reward.]
[Additional Reward: Divine Driving Mastery]
Shen Tian looked at the notification.
’Didn’t I already win?’
[You were using excellent instincts and Domain perception.]
[Now your driving ability has officially become supernatural.]
Shen Tian smiled faintly.
’Useful.’
Vehicles approached from the mountain road.
The damaged red sports car arrived slowly, guided by race staff.
The moment it stopped...
Chi Lingxi stepped out.
Her friends followed.
The crowd had already surrounded Shen Tian.
People praised his speed.
His control.
His final overtake.
But when the race staff explained what had happened on the mountain...
The reaction changed.
"He stopped during the race?"
"To save another car?"
"Then he still won?"
"That’s impossible."
"It happened."
"The red car would’ve gone over the barrier."
Several spectators looked toward the scrape along Shen Tian’s hypercar.
The damage proved the story.
Heavy Makeup Girl pushed through the gathering.
Her confidence and arrogance had completely disappeared.
She stopped in front of Shen Tian.
For once...
She didn’t seem to know what to say.
Finally...
She lowered her head.
"Thank you."
Her boyfriend stood behind her.
His expression was filled with shame.
"I was an idiot."
Shen Tian looked at him.
"Yes."
The blunt answer caught everyone off guard.
The boyfriend nodded.
"...I know."
"You endangered two passengers because you didn’t want someone to pass you."
Shen Tian’s voice remained calm.
"You shouldn’t race again until you learn the difference between confidence and recklessness."
The boyfriend lowered his gaze.
"I understand."
There was no argument.
No wounded pride.
He had seen the edge of the mountain through his windshield.
He understood exactly how close they had come.
Chi Lingxi slowly approached.
The crowd made room for her.
She stopped several feet from Shen Tian.
Her shoulder hurt.
Her hands still trembled slightly.
But her eyes remained fixed on him.
"You gave up the lead for us."
Shen Tian looked at her.
"There was no lead worth keeping at that moment."
"And then you still caught everyone."
"Apparently."
A few people laughed.
Chi Lingxi didn’t.
She stared at him with an expression Yun Wanhe had never seen directed at anyone before.
Not simple admiration.
Not a small crush.
Something deeper had begun forming.
To her...
Shen Tian hadn’t merely won a race.
He had appeared when she was terrified.
He had placed himself between her and the edge.
He had spoken calmly when she couldn’t breathe.
Then he had returned to the road and achieved what everyone believed was impossible.
Under the bright finish-line lights...
With the crowd praising his name...
Shen Tian looked almost golden.
Not because of wealth.
Not because of his appearance.
Because in Chi Lingxi’s eyes...
He had become the person who could enter chaos and make everything safe again.
A true hero.
Her cheeks slowly warmed.
"Thank you..."
She spoke more softly.
"...for coming."
Shen Tian smiled.
"I’m glad I did."
Behind the crowd...
Yun Wanhe had finally stepped out of his vehicle.
He heard every word.
He watched Chi Lingxi look at Shen Tian.
Watched the admiration in her eyes.
Watched everyone gather around the winner.
No one looked toward second place.
No one praised the driver who had led most of the race.
No one cared that Yun Wanhe had defeated thirty-four others.
Once again...
Shen Tian had appeared at the final moment.
Taken the opportunity.
Taken the reward.
Taken the attention.
And worst of all...
Taken another place inside Chi Lingxi’s heart.
Yun Wanhe stood beneath the dark sky.
His fists tightened until his nails cut into his palms.
"Shen Tian..."
For the first time...
His frustration was no longer simply about losing.
It was becoming something far more dangerous.
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