Chapter 46

If it were them, they absolutely would not have dared.

Yet Lin Xuan had done it. Most crucially, Su Ding fell silent, his gaze growing ever colder, but he did not say a word.

Only after a long while did he say icily, "Once you enter the outer sect, you will die!"

Lin Xuan curled his lip. "Once I enter the outer sect, every last one of you will die!"

You were arrogant? I was even more arrogant than you!

With the Soul Suppressing Pagoda on him, Lin Xuan was confident that as long as he was given time, he would grow to heights beyond everyone's reach.

Of course, he would have to fight for that time himself.

Xiao Yu'er was not here, so Ice God Peak certainly could not offer him protection.

But do not forget—there was still Luo Tongtian at the outer sect's Martial Pavilion.

Lin Xuan was confident that if he displayed his cultivation progress, Luo Tongtian would not simply stand by and ignore him.

To any faction, a "genius" was worth more than countless ordinary disciples.

"He's too arrogant!"

"Sure enough, how could someone with peerless talent possibly have ordinary people around him?"

"Maybe it won't be long before he enters the outer sect. What will happen then?"

The menials were filled with complicated feelings.

"Good. Very good. I'll wait for you to enter the outer sect!"

Su Ding's voice was low, and anyone could hear that he was forcibly suppressing a towering rage.

Lin Xuan turned his head, too lazy to look at him again. His gaze landed on Sun Liang at the side.

"Outer sect's Sun Liang—Life and Death Battle. Do you dare accept?"

He had spoken those familiar words not long ago.

But when he said them again now, no one dared look down on him anymore.

Sun Liang took half a step back in horror, his eyes flickering.

The pride he had carried as an outer sect disciple vanished without a trace in that moment.

He no longer dared answer. He had even forgotten that just moments ago, he had been frustrated over failing to kill Lin Xuan and claim Senior Brother Liu Yan's reward.

"What? You don't dare anymore? Weren't you pretty arrogant? Aren't you a follower of Liu Yan, the outer sect's eighth seat? Was Liu Yan blind to take a fancy to trash like you?"

Seeing Sun Liang's expression, Lin Xuan immediately began to mock him.

"Shut your mouth! Is Senior Brother Liu Yan someone you can even mention?"

Su Ding shouted heavily.

Lin Xuan could not be bothered with him and continued staring at Sun Liang. "Come on, step up here. Prove that your Senior Brother Liu Yan wasn't blind—or do you also think he was blind, taking a fancy to a good-for-nothing like you?"

"Lin Xuan..."

Sun Liang's eyes nearly split open. Lin Xuan was completely roasting him over a fire—his intentions were truly damnable, truly damnable.

But after those words left his mouth, he had no idea what to say next.

"Get up there and kill him!"

Su Ding's voice rang out at that moment.

"Senior Brother..."

Sun Liang looked at Su Ding in disbelief. With a minor mastery-grade Profound-tier movement technique, and the strength to crush Ling Chao even after he had taken a Bloodburst Pill, he simply could not beat him.

Moreover, Lin Xuan had drawn his blade earlier, which meant he still possessed blade-type martial arts. He had yet to use his strongest move.

There was a chasm as vast as heaven and earth between Body Tempering and the Blood Refining Realm, but for prodigies with astonishing combat power, that rule simply did not apply.

"I told you to go!"

Su Ding spoke coldly, his eyes fixed dead on Sun Liang.

Sun Liang shuddered all over and retreated half a step.

Seeing this, Su Ding's gaze turned even colder. He lowered his voice and said, "The duration of that explosive martial skill of his is over. His aura is already fading. With your cultivation, killing him will be more than enough."

"W-What?"

Sun Liang froze, then hurriedly looked at Lin Xuan.

Then his eyes lit up. At that moment, even he could sense that Lin Xuan's aura was slowly declining. Not only that, but the decline was accelerating.

"Good!"

The opportunity was rare. A sharp gleam burst from Sun Liang's eyes. "Lin Xuan, do you really think I, Sun Liang, am afraid of you? Your time to die has come."

"I accept your Life and Death Battle!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Sun Liang leaped onto the arena in one step. His qi and blood surged wildly around him, fully revealing the aura of the Blood Refining Realm.

At that moment, Lin Xuan's aura had also fallen to its lowest point. The Blood Rage state shut off completely, and his face turned deathly pale.

"It's over!"

"The time limit on his burst-type martial skill is up. Lin Xuan is in danger."

"Reckless—far too reckless. With talent like that, he could have become a Core Disciple in the future, perhaps even contended for the position of Holy Master."

"Young and hot-blooded, young and hot-blooded indeed!"

Among the menial disciples were no lack of sharp-eyed individuals, and they had all keenly seen through Lin Xuan's condition.