In front of the Stele Tower, Lin Jingyu smiled faintly, glanced at Xu Yang, and said, "I didn't deliberately concede. When we fought back then, I really was no match for Brother Xu. I accepted my defeat wholeheartedly."
Everyone was stunned. Had Xu Yang's talent been underestimated? Even Lin Jingyu said he had accepted his defeat wholeheartedly.
"How could you possibly have lost to him? If he could defeat you, how could he rank only ninety-eighth?" someone asked incredulously.
Even Huo Xiaochेन looked at Xu Yang with uncertainty. Someone who could earn Lin Jingyu's wholehearted acceptance of defeat could not be weak.
Suddenly, a derisive laugh broke the surrounding silence. Luo Ying smiled and said, "You're all so stupid. Didn't you see what's written up there? My junior brother Lin Jingyu is only twenty-one even now, and he fought Xu Yang more than a year ago.
"At the time, my junior brother Lin Jingyu had only just reached major marrow cleansing and hadn't comprehended a martial dao phenomenon.
"Xu Yang had merely cultivated a few years longer than my junior brother Lin and had some talent for body tempering. He defeated my junior brother Lin by relying on his advantage in age and his powerful physique, that's all.
"If they fought again now, my junior brother Lin would defeat him within twenty moves."
Everyone suddenly understood. Only then did they realize they had been overlooking the age gap between Xu Yang and Lin Jingyu. More than a year ago, they too could have defeated Lin Jingyu, the genius now ranked eleventh.
"Twenty moves? He probably wouldn't even last ten!"
"Lin Jingyu has a martial dao phenomenon. What could Xu Yang possibly use to stop him?"
Those around them shook their heads. Having a martial dao phenomenon and not having