Bang! Bang! Bang!
Thunderous impacts rang out across the martial arts arena!
Figures were sent flying one after another!
After flying through the air, they slammed hard into the ground!
Amid the chaos, Lin Feng saw a good opportunity to strike hard. He gave it everything he had, even using his family's martial technique, the Ninefold Rushing Thunder Palm!
With Lin Feng's cultivation, he naturally could not bring out much of the divine-grade martial technique's power, but it could at least double the force of his palm!
Crackle!
Lin Feng thrust his palm fiercely at Lin Heng, and arcs of lightning instantly wrapped around his entire right arm and hand!
The palm strike was clearly powerful!
Lin Heng remained unmoved and showed no fear. He even swung his palm out to meet it!
Boom!!!
Lin Heng's small, fair hand met Lin Feng's large palm, which was wrapped in arcs of lightning!
After the clash, Lin Heng's body remained as still as a mountain!
Lin Feng, on the other hand, saw the lightning on his arm and palm vanish in an instant. His whole body staggered backward, knocking over quite a few people!
"Ah! My arm!"
After falling, Lin Feng clutched his right arm with his left hand, screaming as he coughed up blood!
Lin Feng's right arm had been crippled!
Lin Heng would show no mercy to those who harbored ill intentions!
As for those forced into the fight, Lin Heng would not seriously injure them!
The people on the stone steps all around watched these scenes in stunned silence!
It was one thing for a group of so-called elite geniuses to gang up on a three-year-old child, but they could not even gain the slightest advantage!
They kept rushing at Lin Heng, only to be sent flying by him moments later!
"Th-this is the divine child? He's far too powerful!"
"Being able to beat one would be amazing enough! He actually took on a whole group!"
"Divine child, hurry up and grow up! I want to marry you!"
A female student of the academy shouted.
"Give it a rest. Are you worthy of him?"
Another female student beside her rolled her eyes. She even had designs on a three-year-old child. That was going too far!
Lin Changqing felt as though he could hardly stay seated!
He had thought Lin Heng might be extraordinary, since he was the invincible goddess's son, but he had not expected Lin Heng to be this formidable!
With such strength, it was only natural for him to be a little willful and arrogant!
If another child had this kind of strength, he would probably be even more willful and arrogant than Lin Heng!
Lin Changqing was thrilled, because no matter what, Lin Heng was his son too!
Who would not want to have such an extraordinary son?
Su Song exchanged a glance with his daughter. Father and daughter were both deeply shocked, and their eyes were also full of worry.
Lin Heng was already so remarkable at such a young age. What would he become when he grew up?
No!
They absolutely could not let this bastard grow up!
The Su Clan were not the only ones who thought so. The principal consort, Shi Feifei, felt the same!
A Lin Heng like this had to be nipped in the bud as soon as possible!
Shi Feifei clenched both hands tightly into fists, and the corners of both eyes twitched incessantly!
"Get him! Don't back off!"
"There are so many of us! What are we afraid of?"
"My leg! I think it's broken!"
"Quit your damn screaming! I got kicked in the crotch and didn't even cry out!"
The fighting in the arena continued.
Lin Xuan, who had been flung away earlier, was just as unwilling to accept such a nearly humiliating defeat!
He had intended to teach Lin Heng a lesson, not have Lin Heng turn the tables on him!
As the eldest prince and future ruler of the Chishui Kingdom, Lin Xuan would never allow himself to bear such a stain!
Even though he had already seen how formidable Lin Heng was, he was determined to steel himself and win back his dignity.
Ordinary attacks seemed unlikely to threaten Lin Heng, so Lin Xuan decided to resort to a ruthless move!
He had visited the Lingxi Kingdom some time ago, and his maternal uncle had given him a rather powerful treasure!
It was a gauntlet. Though it was only a mid-grade profound artifact, it was extremely powerful!
A mid-grade profound artifact was also the most powerful treasure someone at the third grade of the Martial Ancestor Realm could activate!
Lin Xuan could not activate treasures of a higher grade, so even if he had them, they would only sit unused.
This gauntlet was different from ordinary ones!
Ordinary gauntlets could usually only increase their owner's punching force. This one had the same power, but could also release four short needles as hidden weapons!
Those needles were all mid-grade profound artifacts as well, and they were highly effective at piercing defenses!
When trading punches with someone, or meeting an opponent's fist in some other way, most people would never expect the opponent's gauntlet to fire hidden weapons.
Thus, the four short needles could catch an opponent off guard in a sneak attack!
The martial arts tournament doesn't allow treasures, any outside help, or sneak attacks, but this fight with Lin Heng isn't a normal match. There's no need to worry about those restrictions!
The invincible goddess has already ascended, and most likely she'll never be able to return. I'm the eldest prince, my mother is the principal consort, and I have the entire Lingxi Royal Clan's support. Even if I "accidentally" kill Lin Heng in the melee, at most Father will give me a token punishment...
At this thought, Lin Xuan steeled his heart and summoned the gauntlet from his Purple Mansion Inner World.
The gauntlet wrapped around his right hand!
He braced himself and charged into the crowd, lunging at Lin Heng!
Whoosh!
Lin Xuan's power surged and flowed into the gauntlet.
Then he swung his right arm, clenched his hand into a fist, and smashed it toward Lin Heng!
Just as he had expected, Lin Heng did not back down!
Lin Heng chose not to dodge and even threw a punch to meet him!
Little bastard, you're too confident and too young!
A cruel, twisted smile appeared at the corner of Lin Xuan's mouth.
No matter how strong your physique is, can it be stronger than a mid-grade profound artifact?
He could already picture the four short needles mercilessly piercing Lin Heng's hand and chest!
However-
What Lin Xuan did not know was that Lin Heng had already formed a divine soul!
A divine soul's perception of danger was extremely keen!
Just as the two fists were about to collide, at the instant Lin Xuan prepared to fire the four needles, a warning flared in Lin Heng's heart!
In the flash of a spark, Lin Heng abruptly shifted his feet and moved his entire body half a zhang to the side!
Whoosh!
Lin Xuan's punch struck empty air, and four short needles shot out of his gauntlet at once!
Fortunately, Lin Heng was young and short, and Lin Xuan had punched downward. That sent the four needles flying downward as well, and they ultimately struck the ground without harming any innocent bystanders!
"You actually used a magic treasure to attack? A hidden-weapon magic treasure, at that!"
Furious, Lin Heng sent Lin Xuan flying with a kick!
The kick struck Lin Xuan squarely in the abdomen with tremendous force!
Lin Xuan's body flew more than ten zhang before crashing to the ground.
Pfft! Pfft...
After landing, Lin Xuan violently vomited mouthful after mouthful of blood!
He could clearly feel that not only had many of his bones been broken and his internal organs badly displaced, but Lin Heng's kick had also destroyed his Purple Mansion Inner World!
His bodily injuries were nothing; they could be healed with high-grade pills!
But once destroyed, the Purple Mansion Inner World was almost impossible to restore to its original state!
In other words, his martial foundation had been crippled!
"Xuan!"
Shi Feifei, who had been sitting calmly until then, could not help springing to her feet when she saw her son suffer such grave injuries.
After a terrified cry, Shi Feifei no longer cared about royal etiquette. She leaped straight into the arena and landed beside Lin Xuan!
Bang!!
Shi Feifei had just crouched down and was about to help Lin Xuan up when another elite genius crashed to the ground beside them.
It was Xue Jing of the Black Tiger Sect!