The names on the holographic screen finally froze.
[First Arena: Lin Feng (Jiangnan City) vs. Wang Pan (Vajra Gate)]
At the sight of this matchup, a burst of noisy discussion immediately erupted from the stands.
"Wang Pan? The Wang Pan known as 'Indestructible Vajra,' whose defense is invincible among peers?"
"Now this will be a good show! Lin Feng's attack power is plain for all to see, while Wang Pan's defense is famed far and wide—a clash between spear and shield!"
"I'm backing Wang Pan! Even Peak Martial Artists struggle to break his defense. Lin Feng is only a Late Stage Martial Artist, after all!"
"Don't forget how Lin Feng defeated Shi Meng! His lightning power seems to counter body-tempering techniques!"
Under everyone's gaze, Lin Feng remained calm as he walked step by step toward the first arena.
On the other side, a bald young man built like an iron tower, his skin gleaming bronze, also strode onto the arena with the bearing of a dragon and tiger. It was Wang Pan.
His gaze at Lin Feng was filled with gravity, but even more with absolute confidence in his own defense.
After confirming that both sides were ready, the referee loudly announced, "The match begins!"
"Roar!"
Wang Pan moved first. Rather than charging straight ahead like Shi Meng, he stomped fiercely. The muscles all over his body bulged, and the bronze gleam beneath his skin flared brilliantly, as though he had truly turned into a body of metal!
An aura as heavy as a mountain spread outward. What he had unleashed was Vajra Gate's ultimate art—the Indestructible Vajra Body!
And judging by his mastery of it, he was far more accomplished than Shi Meng had been!
He clenched both fists and assumed a defensive stance, his voice deep as a tolling bell. "Lin Feng! I know your lightning is formidable, but my Indestructible Vajra Body has reached the pinnacle of Minor Mastery. Today, I'll show you what absolute defense truly means! If you have the ability, then break it for me!"
He actually intended to take Lin Feng's attack head-on, using it to prove the strength of his defense!
Lin Feng looked at Wang Pan, whose aura was profound and sturdy as a fortress. His eyes remained calm and unruffled.
He did not even use a devastating move like Wind-Thunder Strike. He merely slowly raised his right hand and spread his fingers.
"As you wish."
Before his words had faded, purple-black Wind and Thunder True Qi instantly gathered in his palm. Yet it did not form a lightning sphere or a fist aura. Instead, it transformed into countless purple-black electric snakes, each as fine as a strand of hair yet incomparably condensed!
The electric snakes let out scalp-numbing hisses, writhing through his palm as though they possessed lives of their own.
The next moment, Lin Feng gently pushed his palm forward.
"Wind-Thunder Bind."
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—!"
The countless purple-black electric snakes seemed to receive an order and shot forth in an instant, so fast they exceeded the limits of the eye!
They did not attack in straight lines. Rather, as if possessed of intelligence, they traced countless bizarre arcs through the air, winding toward Wang Pan from every direction like a net cast over heaven and earth!
Wang Pan's expression changed slightly. He had not expected Lin Feng's method of attack to be so strange!
With an angry roar, he drove the Indestructible Vajra Body to its utmost limit. The bronze radiance on his skin blazed even brighter as he attempted to withstand it head-on.
However, the instant those purple-black electric snakes touched Wang Pan's body, there was no violent explosion of clashing energies. Instead, like maggots clinging to bone, they nimbly coiled around him!
Every electric snake contained pure wind and thunder power, combining lightning's paralysis with Wind Fiend's corrosive penetration!
"Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle—!"
A teeth-grinding sound rang out!
Wang Pan's Indestructible Vajra Body, proclaimed invincible among those of the same rank, saw the bronze glow over his body dim at a visible rate the instant it came into contact with the wind and thunder power!
The countless tiny electric snakes sought out every weakness in his protective aura, drilling in wildly, corroding it, and destroying its internal structure!
"What?! Impossible!"
Wang Pan's face drained of color in horror. He could feel his protective aura being dismantled from within by an incomparably tricky and vicious force!
Even more terrifying, an intense numbness spread through his entire body along those electric snakes, slowing the circulation of his blood and qi until even his thoughts seemed a beat behind!
He wanted to struggle, wanted to erupt with true qi and shake off these ghostly things, but his entire body seemed trapped in an invisible mire. Every movement became incomparably slow and stiff!
Lin Feng stood where he was, his right hand loosely clenched as if he held countless invisible threads in his grasp.
His eyes were indifferent as he watched Wang Pan struggle within the electric net, his aura swiftly withering. Then he slowly uttered one word:
"Contract."
"Hum—!"
The countless purple-black electric snakes wrapped around Wang Pan suddenly contracted inward!
Like a net of destruction abruptly tightening!
"Crack... pfft!"
The bronze radiance covering Wang Pan's body shattered completely like fragile glass!
His massive body trembled violently once. His eyes rolled back, and he spat out a mouthful of white foam carrying the scent of scorched electricity. Then, like a golden mountain collapsing and a jade pillar falling, he crashed to the ground and passed out on the spot!
His body was covered in dense blackened marks, as though pierced by countless fine needles.
The entire venue fell deathly silent!
From the start of the match to Wang Pan's collapse, the entire process had taken no more than five breaths!
Wang Pan, Vajra Gate's genius proclaimed invincible in defense among his peers, had not even managed to launch a proper attack before Lin Feng completely dismantled and instantly defeated him in a manner none of them could comprehend!
This was no longer a clash between spear and shield. It was crushing suppression from start to finish!
"F-First Arena, Lin Feng, victory!" The referee stood stunned for several seconds before recovering enough to announce loudly, his voice carrying a trace of disbelief.
"Wah—!"
After the brief silence came an uproar and cries of shock like mountains collapsing and seas roaring!
"An instant kill! Another instant kill!"
"What kind of martial technique was that? It wasn't traditional lightning-based attack at all!"
"Wang Pan's Indestructible Vajra Body actually crumbled like it was made of paper?!"
"Too strong! Just what level has Lin Feng's strength reached?"
In the stands, countless spectators sprang to their feet in excitement, wildly shouting Lin Feng's name.
All the earlier voices of doubt vanished completely at that moment.
The examinees at the other arenas, who were either preparing for their matches or had just begun, were also drawn by the commotion. When they saw Wang Pan's miserable state, every one of them sucked in a cold breath. Their gazes upon Lin Feng filled with deep wariness and dread.
Zhao Feng stood holding his sword, watching Lin Feng's departing figure as he walked down from the arena. His expression was incomparably grave as he muttered in a low voice, "To think wind and thunder power could be used with such exquisite precision... His progress is too fast."
Qin Wushuang still wore a smile, but the starlight flickering in his eyes brightened slightly. He gently stroked his chin and said in a voice only he could hear, "Interesting. Not only is its power fierce and forceful, it also possesses control and corrosion... It seems I underestimated him before."
Ignoring every gaze and discussion around him, Lin Feng calmly returned to the resting area and closed his eyes to recuperate, as though he had merely done something trivial.
His first battle had established his authority, with remarkable results.
He knew that after this battle, those opponents who still harbored luck or looked down on him would have no choice but to reassess his strength.
And the matches to come would only grow more interesting.
On the light screen, the matchups for the next round began to scroll.
Lin Feng's name flashed across it once more.
His next opponent was Chen Feng—from Tianyao Martial High School, who had likewise easily defeated his opponent and was now glaring at him with venomous eyes!
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