"Even when Bu Junfeng finally admitted defeat, I still thought he had the strength to fight."
Lin Bai truthfully told everyone present how he had felt at the time.
Some pondered his words, while others thought he was merely being modest. The Moon Sect's Holy Daughter, Li Xuanqiu, smiled and said:
"Brother Lin, excessive modesty is unbecoming of you."
"Since Bu Junfeng was defeated by you, then naturally, that means you were stronger."
"No matter what the reason was, the fact remains that Bu Junfeng admitted defeat in front of all the martial artists under heaven."
Lin Bai smiled and nodded at Li Xuanqiu.
"Miss Li Xuanqiu, you're right. No matter why Bu Junfeng admitted defeat, the moment he did so, it counted as my victory."
"But I'm not being excessively modest."
"I'll tell you the truth..."
Lin Bai's tone suddenly grew serious. He no longer seemed to be joking with the others as he said:
"If Bu Junfeng and I had truly fought to the end, there would most likely have been a scene of mutual destruction."
"If it had been a life-and-death battle in which we threw our lives away, I might have been able to kill Bu Junfeng."
"But in a martial contest between prodigies like this, although everyone keeps calling it a 'battle to the death,' we all know very well that it's impossible for it to truly reach the point of fighting to the death."
Lin Bai's words once again gave everyone present something to ponder.
The Ten Thousand Saints Mountain's Saint Child, Wang Zhengyang, knitted his brows. He repeated Lin Bai's words softly, voicing his confusion:
"Brother Lin means that if this were merely a martial exchange, and you and Bu Junfeng went all out without anyone else interfering, the two of you would