Chapter 17

"Come fight?"

"Th-this... I'm merely a servant. I-I wouldn't dare. If I accidentally beat you to death, I couldn't bear the wrath of a true disciple senior sister."

Facing Lin Xuan's fierce aura, Niu Fang repeatedly waved his hands, his gaze mocking.

"Yeah, that's the wrath of a true disciple. How could Steward Niu possibly bear it?"

"Ah... isn't this the benefit of finding a backer? That soft rice he's eating is something we could never envy our way into."

"I want a backer like that too. If I could eat that bowl of soft rice, I'd be willing even if I had Ninth-Grade Talent."

"You're ugly as hell, yet you dream beautifully!"

At this moment, several servants had already broken into mocking laughter.

Seeing this scene, Lu Xun's lips curled so hard he was nearly becoming a crooked-mouthed dragon king.

Lin Xuan let out a soft breath. Completely unmoved by the voices around him, he merely looked calmly at Niu Fang.

"Accidentally beat me to death? You think you deserve to?"

"You've been here for years, yet you still strut around the Servant District. Trash like you should have been cleared out of the holy land long ago."

"Unfortunately, you've had good luck and are still swaggering around. But now... I've come."

"Today, I have only one goal, and that is..."

"Beat you to death!"

As Lin Xuan's words fell, Niu Fang's gaze gradually darkened. Killing intent surged in his heart, but he concealed it well and did not reveal it.

What he could not accept most was being called trash by a piece of trash.

He was about to retort.

But Lin Xuan clearly had no intention of waiting any longer. He stomped his foot, and his figure shot toward him.

His speed was astonishing, far surpassing the early stage of the Body Forging Realm.

They were several meters apart, yet Lin Xuan crossed that distance in the blink of an eye.

Niu Fang was thoroughly enraged. The words about to leave his mouth condensed directly into three words.

"You're courting death!"

Immediately afterward, the blood and qi within his body boiled as he raised his hand and threw a punch.

This punch contained seventy percent of his strength. Its powerful force smashed the air apart, producing a deafening sonic boom.

"Boom!"

The sonic boom rang beside everyone's ears, and their eyes widened.

In their minds, they could already see Lin Xuan being beaten to death by that single punch.

"Tiger's Roar Fist!"

At that moment, Lin Xuan also threw a fierce punch, blasting his fist straight toward Niu Fang's.

"Roar..."

Someone seemed to hear the roar of a tiger.

"Overestimating yourself!"

Yet even more people were filled with disdain.

"Bang!"

At the same time, the two fists collided, and their immense force erupted the instant they met.

A ring of air force shot outward, and one figure flew backward, landing several meters away.

"What?"

Below the Life and Death Arena, someone cried out in alarm.

"My god, he actually wasn't instantly killed in one move."

"Interesting. No wonder he dared issue a challenge, but he's still too naive. Steward Niu hasn't even used a martial technique yet."

"Whew..." Yu Bing softly exhaled, and the tension in her heart eased slightly.

"You're not at the early stage of the Body Forging Realm... You actually broke through to the middle stage!"

At that moment, however, everyone heard Niu Fang's startled cry.

Then, one after another, they looked at Lin Xuan in disbelief.

Middle stage of the Body Forging Realm?

He had only entered the sect a few days ago, and he was already at the middle stage of the Body Forging Realm?

One had to know that, as a servant, Lin Xuan had received only a single Body Strengthening Pill.

Ordinary servants with third- or fourth-grade aptitude still needed at least half a year of bitter cultivation after taking a Body Strengthening Pill before they could enter the Body Forging Realm.

But what about Lin Xuan? How was he already at the middle stage of the Body Forging Realm?

If he had merely broken into the Body Forging Realm, it could still be explained by saying he had honed his body to its limit beforehand.

But the middle stage of the Body Forging Realm—how could that possibly be explained?

Even genius was not enough to describe him.

In just a few days after entering the sect, he had crossed two minor realms. He was an absolute Demon, comparable to those with peerless aptitude.

"Not bad!"

"Otherwise, why would I call you trash?"

A mocking smile appeared at the corner of Lin Xuan's mouth.

"My god, it's actually true!"

"No, is he really someone with a crippled physique?"

"There's a problem. The test must have been wrong. Isn't this no worse than peerless aptitude?"

Hearing Lin Xuan admit it, everyone was stunned.

"Damn it!" Lu Xun's heart turned icy as he sent a voice transmission. "Kill him immediately."

Niu Fang froze for a moment, then swiftly came back to himself, killing intent surging in his eyes.

Since he had already made an enemy of such a Demon, he had to strangle him in the cradle.

"Hmph... So what if you're at the middle stage of the Body Forging Realm? So what if you're a prodigy, a Demon?"

"Since you've stepped onto the Life and Death Arena, then die!"

Niu Fang snorted coldly in his heart, but did not say a single word aloud. He stepped forward and took the initiative to attack.

"Steward Niu attacked first."

"Has he... felt the pressure?"

"Lin Xuan, Lin Xuan..."

The servants were shaken, and at this moment, Lin Xuan's name was deeply carved into their minds.

"Good timing!"

Lin Xuan looked at Niu Fang, who rushed at him like an illusion, without the slightest fear.

"Blood Rage!"

With a thought, the blood and qi in his body boiled, and his aura instantly doubled.

"He got stronger again. It's an explosive martial technique—a mastery-level explosive martial technique."

"Fuck, what kind of Demon is this?"

Feeling the change in Lin Xuan's aura, Niu Fang was thoroughly shocked.

He even regretted targeting Lin Xuan. What if, on the day Lin Xuan entered the sect, he had tried to curry favor with him instead of Zhang Tao?

It seemed he had missed his chance to soar into the sky!

Unfortunately, there was no medicine for regret in this world.

His regret instantly transformed into boundless killing intent.

"Raging Wind!"

His thoughts raced, and Niu Fang immediately went all out, unleashing an entry-level martial technique.

A fierce wind rose before Lin Xuan, while Niu Fang's fists flew so swiftly that afterimages appeared.

"Roar..."

The tiger's roar shook the heavens as Lin Xuan raised his fist to meet him, like a fierce tiger descending from the mountains.

"Tiger's Roar..."

"That's a mastery-level Tiger's Roar Fist!"

"My god!"

The servants truly did not know what words could describe their shock.

He had only entered the sect a few days ago? A mastery-level Tiger's Roar Fist, middle-stage Body Forging Realm strength—he was even more terrifying than people who had entered the sect years ago.

A Demon, too much of a Demon!

"Rumble!"

At that moment, the two fists collided, and terrifying air force shot outward.

"Thud, thud, thud..."

Niu Fang staggered back three steps, his face full of shock.

Below the Life and Death Arena, everyone stood dumbfounded.

A late-stage Body Forging Realm cultivator using an entry-level martial technique had actually fallen into a disadvantage.

"Heh heh..."

"Nothing more than this!"

"Die!"

Lin Xuan smiled. Sure enough, it was exactly as he had guessed: he now possessed the ability to fight across realms.

The boost from a mastery-level martial technique truly was no joke.

"Roar..."

The tiger's roar shook the heavens as Lin Xuan charged straight at the stunned Niu Fang.

"Get lost!"

Niu Fang was greatly alarmed. He swung his fists to resist, but was beaten back once again.

"Don't get cocky. Explosive martial techniques have severe backlash—how long can you keep this up? Today, you are definitely the one who will lose."

Seeing Lin Xuan's mocking smile, Niu Fang directly roared.

"Then give it a try..."

Lin Xuan's airy words fell into Niu Fang's ears. At that moment, he seemed to hear a Demon's whisper, and a chill ran through his heart.

"Bang, bang, bang..."

On the Life and Death Arena, Niu Fang retreated step by step. Three minutes flashed by, and Lin Xuan's condition suddenly declined...