Extreme Martial Artist!
When those four words came from the Magician's mouth, everyone watching Lin Tian's livestream was stunned.
Those four words were both familiar and strange. No one had expected to hear them in such a situation, spoken by an enemy hunting examinees.
"Extreme Martial Artist!"
"Lin Tian is an Extreme Martial Artist?!"
A moment later, all the shock erupted at once.
Lin Tian being an Extreme Martial Artist was absolutely enough to shake all of Blue Star.
Yet it had been exposed in such a setting.
"Why has the Dragon Nation's upper echelon shown no reaction to Lin Tian being an Extreme Martial Artist? We knew nothing about it. Could it be fake?"
A comment raised the question, only to be swiftly refuted.
"Are you stupid? Blue Star's second Extreme Martial Artist, such an important genius would naturally be protected and kept hidden from others."
"Only when Lin Tian possessed enough power to protect himself would his identity be revealed."
"Then how did the Magician learn that Lin Tian was an Extreme Martial Artist?"
The comments questioned it again, but immediately afterward, the same word appeared in everyone's minds—traitor.
"Damn it, a traitor. There really is a traitor within the Qing Province Garrison Army."
Many people were furious over this.
"Hey, hey, stop focusing on being angry! What about Lin Tian? That Magician seems determined to kill him. Blue Star's second Extreme Martial Artist is about to die!"
This comment drew everyone's attention back to the livestream.
On the screen, the Magician looked at Lin Tian with a teasing expression.
"What a pity. I wanted to chat with you a little longer, but there's no more time. Blue Star's second Extreme Martial Artist is about to die by my hand. How exciting."
As soon as he finished speaking, the Magician threw the cane in his hand at Lin Tian. Midair, the cane instantly transformed into a sharp sword and stabbed toward the fallen Lin Tian.
This time, the Magician aimed directly for Lin Tian's heart.
"I truly wanted to witness an Extreme Martial Artist ruling an era. What a pity."
The Magician turned away with a regretful look. His objective had already been achieved.
But just as the sharp sword reached Lin Tian and was about to pierce his heart, a token appeared before Lin Tian's chest and blocked the strike.
"Hmm?"
Hearing no pained groan from Lin Tian, the Magician turned back in confusion and saw the token blocking the sword.
"A life-saving treasure!"
The Magician was aghast. In the next instant, he became an afterimage and arrived before Lin Tian, driving down a punch.
A terrifying shockwave spread outward with the Magician's punch. Every tree within several hundred meters was blown away, and even the livestream drone shattered under that dreadful power.
But when the Magician looked at Lin Tian beneath him, a pale yellow barrier had appeared before him, protecting Lin Tian within it.
"How is this possible? Not even my full-force strike can break it?"
The Magician panicked. He was a Martial Dao Seventh Level grandmaster, yet he could not break through the defenses of Lin Tian's life-saving treasure.
He wanted to attack again, but the token on Lin Tian's chest suddenly radiated a dazzling light.
A brilliant flash burst forth. The token shattered with a bang, and powerful force sent the Magician flying hundreds of meters away, while Lin Tian remained completely unharmed beneath the barrier's protection.
"What kind of treasure is this?"
The Magician was horrified as he flew backward. He could not resist that force at all and could only let his body hurtle away until he crashed heavily to the ground several seconds later.
"Damn it! Why does he have a life-saving treasure on him?!"
After struggling to his feet, the Magician roared furiously. For some reason, he felt as though raging flames were scorching his body from within, making the pain unbearable.
Just as he wanted to charge at Lin Tian again, a terrifying pressure suddenly descended upon him, rendering him unable to move.
"Looks like this life-saving treasure was fairly reliable after all. My painstaking performance wasn't for nothing."
Seeing the Martial Saint Yuanming and the others arrive, Lin Tian slowly stood up. He no longer looked as though he were about to die.
"You! It was all an act?"
The Magician stared in utter disbelief. He could not believe that everything Lin Tian had displayed while facing him had been an act.
"Of course it was an act. Otherwise, how could I catch any fish?"
Lin Tian chuckled, then his mouth twitched as he tugged at the wound on his chest.
"Tarot Society Magician, one of the Tarot Society's twenty-two core members. We caught a big fish."
"Becoming the Magician with Martial Dao Seventh Level cultivation—his talent is quite high."
The Martial Saint Yuanming's expression was icy.
"Ha, hahaha."
"You don't think you can capture me like this, do you?"
Upon hearing the Martial Saint Yuanming's words, the Magician suddenly burst into laughter, and his figure slowly began to disappear.
"Not good!"
"Attack together with me!"
Seeing this, the Martial Saint Yuanming shouted and immediately struck at the Magician with all his strength. The Green Light Martial Saint and the others hurriedly attacked as well.
But to their surprise, their attacks stopped before the Magician.
A figure slowly emerged amid the many attacks.
"Tarot Society—the Hermit. Greetings, everyone!"
"The Hermit!"
The Martial Saint Yuanming and the others were shocked.
"For someone at the Martial Dao Second Layer, the Tarot Society actually dispatched three core members!"
"No, no, no. This is no ordinary Martial Dao Second Layer. He is Blue Star's second Extreme Martial Artist."
"Unfortunately, the Magician was somewhat too arrogant and failed to complete this mission."
The Hermit looked at Lin Tian with regret.
"Hermit, do you still want to escape?"
Seeing the Hermit's manner, the Martial Saint Yuanming roared in fury. His figure flashed before the Hermit in an instant, and a terrifying attack came crashing down.
"Yuanming, there are other examinees here!"
The Green Light Martial Saint shouted and hurriedly stopped the Martial Saint Yuanming's attack.
A Martial Saint from the Garrison Army quickly came to Lin Tian's side to protect him at close range, preventing him from being harmed by a Martial Saint's attack.
Hearing the shout, the Martial Saint Yuanming hurriedly withdrew his strength and glared at the Hermit with fury.
"Haha, you are still the same, bound hand and foot by a swarm of ants."
Seeing this, the Hermit laughed, then looked teasingly at Lin Tian.
"Extreme Martial Artist, you will meet the Magician again. During your four years at Martial Dao University, will you be able to escape the Magician's hunt?"
With that, the Hermit and the Magician slowly vanished.
"Damn it!"
The Martial Saint Yuanming roared. He had failed to stop the Tarot Society members from leaving.
"Yuanming, there was nothing we could do this time. This happened right inside the college entrance examination grounds. Who could have expected the Tarot Society's core members to appear here?"
The Green Light Martial Saint was also furious, though even more regretful.
"Kid, are your injuries alright?"
Knowing that the matter could no longer be salvaged, the Martial Saint Yuanming could only let it go and asked about Lin Tian's injuries.
"Ow, I'm seriously injured. I need more compensation."
Upon hearing that, Lin Tian clutched his chest in pain and collapsed to the ground with a pale face.
"You brat, you're still pretending in front of us!"
The Martial Saint Yuanming was so exasperated that he laughed. Lin Tian had been lively and kicking just moments ago, but the instant he asked that question, Lin Tian started feigning illness.
"Don't worry, you'll be compensated. No matter what, you were the greatest contributor this time."
The Martial Saint Yuanming felt some regret. This time, they truly had hooked a big fish, but unfortunately, they had failed to seize the opportunity.
If they had gone all out against the Tarot Society's Martial Saints, every examinee in the examination grounds would have died. Those were tens of thousands of living lives.
And even if they had truly fought, they might not have been able to keep them behind. The ones who had come were the Tarot Society's Hermit and Tower, whose abilities were extremely unusual.
"Good, then. Don't forget to give me more compensation."
Hearing that, Lin Tian immediately got up and grinned slyly.
At that moment, he was already communicating with the Martial Saint Fancang in his heart.
"Fancang, you left your mark on the Magician, right?"
"I don't want to see the Magician again in the future. Go."
"Yes, Heavenly Lord!"
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