Chapter 1449 - 1426: Jaw-Dropping
The spectator seats were in uproar, eight thousand jin?
What is Ye Huan trying to do here, embarrassing himself, overestimating his abilities, deliberately showing off?
Many were puzzled, and then the next second, Ling Zhiyuan stood in front of the eight thousand two hundred jin boulder, which made their expressions playful!
Clearly, these two are having a "contest of skills"!
Perhaps Ye Huan doesn’t have the guts to "compete" with Ling Zhiyuan, but Ling Zhiyuan, for the sake of rivalry, is definitely up for battling Ye Huan to the end!
The key point is, don’t be fooled by Ling Zhiyuan’s unimposing physique, resembling a delicate young master; he’s actually a renowned power-type genius of the Ling Family!
His overall strength ranks fifth in the Ling Family, but his power ranks in the top three!
He’s seven years older than Ling Fufu, and now his strength is closing in on a higher tier Divine King. Two years ago, during a power test, he achieved an astonishing result of ten thousand jin!
With two years having passed, Ling Zhiyuan’s power must have soared, making him even stronger!
Some started analyzing:
"Do you think Ye Huan plans to drag cousin Zhiyuan down, and make both of them fail together, is that why he chose to smash the first stone weighing eight thousand jin?"
"What do you mean? Are you suggesting that Ye Huan knows he’s bound for defeat against Ling Zhiyuan, and realizing his own lack of ability in the test, decided better to shatter rather than endure, consciously choosing a heavy stone to provoke cousin Zhiyuan to choose an even heavier stone, so both would end up losing?"
"Wow, your analysis makes sense! In doing so, Ye Huan’s loss won’t look that bad, leaving him with the reputation of making it 50-50 with cousin Zhiyuan! It’s just a pity, his view is too small, he picked merely an eight thousand jin stone which can’t really trap cousin Zhiyuan, haha!"
"This kid is hoist with his own petard!"
The crowd jeered.
At this moment, Ling Zhiyuan took the initiative!
"Hah!" Ling Zhiyuan stepped forward with his right leg, charging energy with his iron fist near the waist, shouting out loudly, then unleashed a power-packed, storm-raising Vajra Fist!
The moment he touched the eight thousand two hundred jin boulder in front, it shattered into rubble!
Ling Zhiyuan returned to his normal stance, pretentiously opened his folding fan, fanning a few times, seemingly satisfied, nodding twice before turning, looking at Ye Huan, smirking mischievously: "Kid, didn’t see that coming, did you?"
"Idiot."
Ye Huan disdainfully spat out two words, making Ling Zhiyuan’s face turn green with anger.
Damn, this kid’s hanging by a thread yet dares to retort?
"What’s so arrogant, if you’ve got the guts, then smash the stone in front of you!" Ling Zhiyuan was seething, smoke coming out of his neck, looking comical.
Ye Huan glanced at him with a look akin to observing a clown, then turned back, nonchalantly punching out without gathering power, seemingly soft.
Right when Ling Zhiyuan and the audience were about to ridicule Ye Huan for surrendering and setting himself up only to suffer, a shocking scene unfolded!
Ye Huan’s soft punch, upon touching the boulder, unleashed terrifying power, instantly demolishing the eight thousand jin boulder, leaving nothing behind, turning it into dust floating in the air!
"..."
The place fell into a deathly silence!
Everyone was dumbstruck!
Holy crap, could this be real?!
An eight-thousand-jin stone, obliterated with one punch till no trace remains?
Not a mistake, right?!
This kid isn’t overestimating his abilities, not intending to perish alongside Ling Zhiyuan, but actually has some skill?
Inadequate strength, yet he can smash an eight-thousand-jin stone?
There’s no doubt, this kid is likely a specialized strength-focused Ancient Martial Artist, and cannot compare to the top-tier Ling Family Ancient Martial Artists with all-rounded development.
Those focusing on training strength typically have around eight thousand to eight thousand eight hundred jin of power at the Initial Tier Divine King level, so simply thinking about it, the crowd understood, though they still believed the ultimate winner would definitely be Ling Zhiyuan.
Meanwhile.
Ye Huan retracted his punch, gave Ling Zhiyuan a mocking glance, then directly bypassed this clown, proceeding to the nine thousand jin stone.
Leaping one thousand jin, unprecedented in the venue!
"Damn it, what’s the arrogance for, I also can smash an eight-thousand-jin stone into rubble." Ye Huan’s eyes made Ling Zhiyuan very uncomfortable, his face fell sullen, snorted coldly, heading to the nine thousand five hundred jin stone!
It’s about saving face for oneself and offering incense for the Buddha!
Ling Zhiyuan reckoned he must crush Ye Huan to make Ling Fufu change her view of him.
He also put on a casual appearance, no longer gathering power, but secretly accumulated power, punching out, smashing the nine thousand five hundred jin boulder!
Then, casually retracted his fist.
Acting like nothing had happened.
Provoking thunderous applause from the crowd, everyone thought Ling Zhiyuan was truly badass, casually demolishing a nine thousand five hundred jin boulder.
But little did they know, Ling Zhiyuan was merely feigning nonchalance while in reality, his fist was already red and swollen, painfully making him want to jump up and down?
Nevertheless, Ling Zhiyuan felt his effort worthwhile, having outdone Ye Huan!
But what happened next once again shocked the entire place!
Only to see Ye Huan stepping away from the nine thousand jin boulder, going to the ten thousand jin massive boulder, then stretched out two fingers to swiftly jab towards it!
In a flash, the boulder crumbled into pieces of varying sizes, shattered in the intense explosion, scattered around!
"Holy crap! How can this be?!"
Ling Zhiyuan couldn’t hold back, exclaiming in shock!
Before he finished speaking, Ye Huan was already moving to the front of the eleven thousand jin boulder!
"What, you aren’t daring enough to take on the challenge?" Ye Huan turned to look at Ling Zhiyuan, teasingly speaking.
"Damn it, who wouldn’t dare, I’ll fight you to the end!"
Ling Zhiyuan glared in fury, storming off to the twelve thousand jin stone, again feigning calm, punching firmly.
The result being, this punch landed, the stone remained unscathed, conversely making his fist swell like a stone, causing him to howl in pain, clutching his fist and hopping around nonstop to relieve the ache!
Noticing everyone casting odd glances his way, Ling Zhiyuan hurriedly forced himself to calm down, using half his strength to strike the stone!
The result was again the stone remained intact, only appearing a few very fine cracks!
Ling Zhiyuan then realized, without exerting his full strength, it was impossible for him to smash the twelve thousand jin stone in front, he gritted his teeth, shouted, almost high-tier Divine King aura burst from his body, using all his power, smashing the boulder!
The result was greatly beyond his expectations, leaving him dumbfounded!
Because his full-force punch couldn’t destroy this twelve-thousand-jin boulder!
Only leaving a few massive cracks on the surface of the boulder!
Of course, this represented that he no longer qualified to continue the test!