Silence—
The atmosphere in the arena became somewhat awkward for a moment.
What had been expected to be a completely one-sided match—
A dignified Imperial Capital prodigy, a Wang Family heir, had not only failed to win quickly against an unknown civilian genius with no background or backing, but had even... fallen slightly short in their clash of strength?
No one dared to speak.
Yet Wang Zhong seemed to hear the whispers in everyone's hearts, and his expression turned exceptionally ugly.
"Is this some kind of secret art that bursts forth with power?"
He could sense that Lin Yuan's sword finger just now had seemed like a light stroke, yet it actually contained tremendous strength far beyond his own—probably over ten million jin!
Such an enormous increase could only be achieved through certain special Stellar Force Secret Arts that erupted with power.
Of course, there was also the most orthodox method—the fourfold exertion granted by Perfect-Grade techniques!
With Lin Yuan's full strength being no more than 2.5 million jin, fourfold exertion put him right at the threshold of ten million jin.
But Wang Zhong refused to believe it.
A mere civilian genius, lowborn, without guidance from famous masters or all kinds of cultivation resources—how could he possibly comprehend a "Perfect-Grade" technique?
That was a realm even he had never glimpsed!
His intense pride naturally made him believe that Lin Yuan had used some special Stellar Force Secret Art capable of explosively increasing strength.
"Heh heh."
Lin Yuan merely chuckled and could not be bothered to say more.
Against this sort of so-called prodigy who thought too highly of himself, words were superfluous. Only by using his fists, using his strength to beat him into complete submission, could he make him afraid!
"Very good."
Lin Yuan's attitude made Wang Zhong's gaze