The entire Haisha Sect training ground sank into a near-frozen, deathly silence.
The sound of wind and breathing seemed to have been completely severed by that single spear thrust.
Hundreds of gazes were nailed to the figure standing upright with spear in hand at the center of the field, and to Chen Lin, sprawled miserably more than ten zhang away.
"Cough... cough cough..."
Chen Lin's violent coughing and ragged gasps were exceptionally piercing amid that absolute silence.
He barely propped himself up. All color had drained from his face, leaving only horror and disbelief.
After that brief dead silence came an enormous uproar that erupted with a bang!
"No... impossible! Senior Brother Chen Lin... lost?!"
"Boundless Vast Sea... was... was broken by one spear strike?!"
"What did I just see?! Senior Brother Chen Lin's sword was knocked from his hand!"
"This Chen Qing... what spear technique was that?! What kind of force was that?!"
The voices of discussion were like floodwaters bursting through a breached dam, instantly sweeping away the training ground's silence. The roaring din nearly overturned the sky.
Many disciples unconsciously crowded forward, craning their necks to see more clearly, their faces filled with immense shock and confusion.
Zhao Yun in the crowd had long since lost the ability to think. Her mouth was wide enough to fit an egg inside as she clutched Zhou Yu's arm tightly.
"He... he defeated Senior Brother Chen Lin? Defeated Chen Lin, the 'Sea Overturning Sword'?!"
She muttered it over and over, as if unable to comprehend the meaning of those words.
Zhou Yu looked as though she had been struck by lightning, standing frozen in place with her mind utterly blank.
The youth before her, standing with spear in hand and carrying an unshakable aura like a mountain range, overlapped with—and