Lin Shen: The Strongest Dark Horse? Just a Clown Leaping About!

Dead silence!

Ten long seconds of dead silence passed!

Then the entire "Dragon's Nest" Stadium was instantly drowned beneath an unprecedented tidal wave of frenzied cheers, like a volcano erupting!

"Holy crap—!!!"

"What did I just see?! One punch! Just one fucking punch! A veteran Marrow Cleansing Realm Sixth Level expert got instantly defeated?!"

"Is that damage something a Marrow Cleansing Realm Second Level can deal? You call that Second Level? That's clearly a prehistoric beast wearing a Second Level skin!"

"Too terrifying! Too monstrous! What kind of freak is this Ye Xuan? Wasn't he only at the Marrow Cleansing Realm Second Level not long ago? Did he break through again?"

"Yeah! Even riding a rocket wouldn't be this fast, would it?!"

"He definitely took drugs! No! Even drugs couldn't make someone this fierce! He must have used some forbidden secret art!"

"Who cares what he used! A win is a win! From today onwards, I'm Ye Xuan's diehard fan! This is so fucking exhilarating!"

Countless spectators were flushed red with excitement, screaming themselves hoarse.

Those commentators who had confidently declared that Ye Xuan would Stop Here now looked as if they had each been viciously slapped across the face.

Their faces burned hot, their eyes full of shock and disbelief.

Ye Xuan!

At this moment, that name completely ignited the entire venue!

He was no longer a dark horse, but a beast capable of crushing everything...

A Primordial Beast!

Inside the VIP box.

Unlike the feverish uproar outside that nearly seemed ready to lift the roof off, this place was quiet enough to hear a pin drop.

Lin Yuan still lounged in that lazy posture.

But his previously bored eyes narrowed slightly, and his brow creased almost imperceptibly.

Of course, Ye Xuan's power had not shocked him.

In his eyes, let alone a Marrow Cleansing Realm Fourth Level opponent—even if Ye Xuan ascended on the spot and became a Land Immortal, he would merely be a slightly stronger ant.

The reason he frowned was that, from the punch Ye Xuan had just unleashed, he had caught a trace of...

Discordance.

That power appeared incomparably violent and overwhelmingly mighty.

Yet under Lin Yuan's perception, comparable to a Divine Being's scrutiny, it seemed chaotic and unstable.

It was like a shoddy engine being force-fed the highest-grade aviation fuel.

On the surface, it roared loud enough to shake the heavens, but its internal components were already on the verge of collapse, ready to blow apart at any moment.

"Interesting..."

A playful curve rose at the corner of Lin Yuan's lips.

He could clearly sense that the vital essence within Ye Xuan's body was being burned away and squandered at a rate visible to the naked eye.

That power did not belong to Ye Xuan at all.

It was more like...

Something forcibly stimulated by an external force.

"So that's how it is."

Lin Yuan's gaze seemed to pierce through space, through Ye Xuan's flesh and blood, directly into the depths of his Consciousness Sea.

There, he saw the aged soul trembling in fear while desperately pretending to remain calm.

Extreme Dao Ancestor!

So it really was that old bastard causing trouble.

At the same time, from Ye Xuan's violent spiritual energy, he caught a familiar medicinal scent belonging to the Huangfu Family.

Thousand-Year Fire Lingzhi?

Tsk tsk, to raise a dog capable of biting, the Huangfu Family had really spent a fortune.

One burned his life, while the other supplied the fuel.

The two sides worked together rather smoothly.

Unfortunately...

It was ultimately a crooked path, unfit to grace the stage.

In Lin Yuan's eyes, Ye Xuan was no Martial Artist at all now.

He was more like a puppet manipulated by two external forces!

At the cost of mortgaging his future and burning his soul, he was putting on a self-important show of rising against the odds.

Ridiculous, and pathetic.

"This is... getting more and more boring."

Lin Yuan shook his head, and that faint trace of interest in his eyes swiftly faded away.

He had originally thought this Child of Destiny might bring him some different kind of amusement.

But it was still the same low-grade routine of an "Old Man" paired with a "treasure-delivering boy."

He had no Desire to keep watching.

Just Then, Gu Ningxue pushed open the door and walked in.

She had just finished the second round of matches, once again dispatching her opponent effortlessly in a single move.

"It's so loud outside they're practically tearing the place apart."

Gu Ningxue walked over and sat beside the sofa.

Without a word, she picked up a bottle of Spirit Spring Water and gulped it down, treating the place like her own home.

A few seconds later.

She tossed the empty bottle aside and said as she steadied her breathing, "That Ye Xuan is a little stronger than I imagined. There's something strange about his power."

As a Marrow Cleansing Realm Seventh Level expert, she could naturally see some clues as well.

But her perception was nowhere near as terrifying as Lin Yuan's.

She could only vaguely sense that something was wrong with Ye Xuan's power, without seeing through its true nature.

"Strong?"

Hearing that, Lin Yuan gave a soft laugh, as though he had heard a joke.

"That isn't strength. That's courting death."

He Glanced at the arena below.

At Ye Xuan, who stood bathed in boundless glory, basking in the cheers of the entire venue, his Face Full Of arrogance and smug satisfaction.

His tone was calm, as though he were merely stating a fact.

"Every punch he throws now is another nail hammered into his own coffin."

Lin Yuan's voice was not loud, but every word was like a heavy hammer striking Gu Ningxue's heart.

She abruptly turned her head, her Beautiful Eyes filled with shock!

What did he mean?

He had actually...

Seen through Ye Xuan's true situation so thoroughly?!

"Why don't you explain it a little more clearly?"

Gu Ningxue was intrigued.

"Just watch and see!"

Lin Yuan Yawned.

Faced with this riddle-spewing fellow, Gu Ningxue knew she would not get anything more out of him no matter how much she asked.

Lin Yuan said nothing further.

When he looked again at the peerlessly arrogant figure below the arena, his gaze had changed completely.

It had become a complicated emotion...

Mixed with pity and disdain.

A genius who believed he had reached the summit did not know that beneath his feet lay an Abyss ten thousand fathoms deep.

And the truth behind it all.

Had been seen through at a single glance by the lazy man in the private box.