Outside the stone platform, Lin Hong staggered to his feet, his expression slightly crazed.
"I'm at the Body Tempering Seventh Level. How could I possibly lose?"
The surrounding gazes made Lin Hong feel as though thorns were pricking his back. His expression shifted repeatedly before he suddenly let out an angry roar. Stomping on the ground, he charged onto the stone platform again and launched a frenzied attack at Lin Yi.
Seeing this, Lin Yi shook his head slightly. He swung his palm, unleashing Eight Desolations Palm. The fierce palm wind struck toward Lin Hong's chest!
"Get lost!"
A furious shout suddenly rang out. A figure descended from above, grabbing Lin Hong by the shoulder and lifting him aside, while the other hand clawed toward Lin Yi's arm like an eagle's talon!
"Lin Mang, stop!"
The sudden turn of events shocked everyone in the Trial Hall. Lin Ken could not help shouting angrily.
Lin Yi had been prepared. While Lin Mang reached for Lin Hong, he abruptly pushed the Yuan Power within his body to its limit. With a light tap of his toes against the ground, he shot backward, narrowly avoiding Lin Mang's grasping hand.
"You get lost too! Don't touch my son!"
At the same time, Lin Xiao's figure flashed over and landed between Lin Yi and Lin Mang.
"Lin Xiao, do you really think you're my match now?"
Seeing Lin Xiao intervene, Lin Mang sneered. Yuan Power surged through his palm as he struck furiously toward Lin Xiao.
"Get lost!"
Facing Lin Mang's attack, Lin Xiao neither dodged nor evaded. He threw a punch that collided heavily with Lin Mang's.
"Bang!"
A fierce shockwave suddenly spread outward, sweeping all the dust from the stone platform.
Then, everyone once again saw in disbelief that Lin Mang had actually been sent flying off the stone platform!
Lin Hong, who was in Lin Mang's hand, was also shaken loose and crashed heavily onto the ground like a dead dog.
Lin Xiao, meanwhile, stood steadily in place, blocking the aftermath of the clash for Lin Yi behind him.
Lin Ken, who had originally intended to go up and help, abruptly froze in place.
At the chief seat, Lin Zhentian had been about to erupt in fury, but the anger on his face abruptly stopped.
"Your strength has recovered?!"
After landing, Lin Mang staggered as he steadied himself, his heart trembling violently.
"That's right! This was a match between the juniors. Why did you interfere? Did you really think my son and I were easy to bully?" Lin Xiao glanced at Lin Mang and said calmly.
In truth, Lin Xiao's strength had not only recovered to the Heaven Origin Realm but had improved somewhat as well. He was now at the Mid Heaven Origin Realm. Naturally, Lin Mang, who was only at the Early Heaven Origin Realm, was no match for him.
Upon learning that Lin Xiao's strength had recovered, Lin Ken and Lin Zhentian were both overjoyed. Lin Zhentian even leaped directly onto the stone platform to personally examine Lin Xiao's condition, after which his face flushed with excitement.
The invited guests in the Trial Hall were also deeply shaken.
They understood that with Lin Xiao's recovery, the Lin Family's strength had risen considerably once more.
After Lin Zhentian's excitement subsided, he could not help giving Lin Mang a harsh scolding.
"Father, let's put this aside for now. There are quite a few guests here, and the Clan Competition hasn't finished yet," Lin Ken reminded Lin Zhentian in a low voice as he approached him.
"Continue the Clan Competition!"
Lin Zhentian took a deep breath and suppressed the various emotions in his heart before speaking loudly.
After saying this, he returned to the chief seat.
Lin Mang and Lin Xiao followed close behind. When Lin Mang left, he did not forget to take the more seriously injured Lin Hong with him.
After that, under Lin Ken's supervision, the Clan Competition continued.
Before long, the five finalists had been determined.
Aside from Lin Yi, Lin Dong, and Qing Tan, the remaining two were Lin Xia and a Lin Family youth named Lin Chen.
With the five finalists decided, the Clan Competition entered its final stage.
After a round of drawing lots, Qing Tan was extremely lucky to draw a bye.
Lin Dong's opponent was the youth named Lin Chen.
The remaining two, Lin Yi and Lin Xia, naturally became each other's opponents.
After the lots were drawn, the match between Lin Dong and Lin Chen began first.
Lin Chen's strength was at the Body Tempering Sixth Level, while Lin Dong had barely broken through to the Body Tempering Seventh Level the day before the Clan Competition.
In this match for a place in the top three, Lin Dong easily secured victory.
However, what everyone in the Trial Hall looked forward to more was the match that would follow.
One of the competitors was Lin Xia, known as the number-one junior of the Lin Family. The other was Lin Yi, who had defeated a Body Tempering Seventh Level Lin Hong in a single move.
Without a doubt, the champion of this Clan Competition would emerge from among these two.
Amid everyone's anticipation, Lin Xia gave her slender waist a twist and floated onto the stone platform like a butterfly. Her graceful yet spirited figure caused the eyes of many young men to light up.
Seeing this, Lin Yi also leaped lightly onto the stone platform.
"Although I know I may not be your match, I still want to fight you and see how large the gap between us is. Let's begin!"
When Lin Xia saw Lin Yi take the platform, she immediately assumed an attacking stance and spoke seriously.
"Please, Lin Xia," Lin Yi said with a slight smile, extending his right hand toward her.
"Be careful!"
Lin Xia gave a light shout and moved nimbly toward Lin Yi. Her slender, elongated fingers pressed together like an eagle's beak as they struck heavily toward his chest!
It was one of the Lin Family's second-grade martial arts techniques, Spirit Sword Finger!
This martial art did not appear particularly fierce, but once mastered, the fingers became like sword blades, possessing extraordinary power.
Lin Yi shifted slightly, avoiding the attack from Lin Xia's two fingers with his chest. At the same time, his right palm swept sideways and struck her wrist accurately.
In an instant, Lin Xia felt a powerful force surge from her wrist. The force spread up along her arm, leaving the entire limb numb and instantly robbing it of sensation.
Before she could react, Lin Yi's other palm had already struck her shoulder.
"Thump, thump, thump!"
A tremendous force struck her shoulder. Lin Xia's body immediately retreated uncontrollably, again and again, until she reached the edge of the stone platform and barely managed to steady herself.
In truth, this was because Lin Yi had held back.
"I admit defeat!"
Lin Xia gave Lin Yi a deep look before lightly leaping off the stone platform.
"Lin Yi wins!" Lin Ken loudly announced the result before looking toward Lin Chen and Lin Xia. "Do you two still want to continue?"
"I wonder what level of Body Tempering Qing Tan is currently at," Lin Chen asked Qing Tan after hesitating briefly.
Qing Tan blinked and said, "I'm the same as Lin Dong. We're both at the Body Tempering Seventh Level."
"Alright, then I won't humiliate myself," Lin Chen said with a bitter laugh upon hearing this.
When Lin Xia heard Qing Tan's words, she was also surprised. She had not expected even Qing Tan to catch up with her. She immediately announced that she was forfeiting as well; she did not want to suffer another blow.
Lin Ken then looked toward Lin Yi, Lin Dong, and Qing Tan. "Do the three of you still want to draw lots?"
"No need. Lin Yi and Lin Dong are both much stronger than me. I'm already very satisfied to rank third," Qing Tan said with a smile as she waved her hand.
Lin Dong also shook his head. "I've sparred with Big Brother in private, and I've never won even once."
"In that case, Lin Yi is the champion of this Clan Competition. Lin Dong and Lin Qing Tan rank second and third. If no one has any objections, then this Clan Competition ends here!" Lin Zhentian stood from the chief seat and said with a smile.
After Lin Zhentian finished speaking, the Trial Hall fell silent for a moment before erupting once more. Many people could not help discussing the results in low voices.
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