Chapter 153 - 150 Burning Sky Martial Scripture

Chapter 153: Chapter 150 Burning Sky Martial Scripture"Is Heavenly Martial Hall really out of contenders, to casually send a little lackey like this?" Seeing Ye Xuan ascend the high platform, a smirk of disdain quickly surfaced on Lin Yan’s lips. "A little lackey?" Ye Xuan’s expression became quite interesting, as if it was always he who used to call others that, and now, unexpectedly, he was the one being called a lackey. "Little guy, your uncle here has come to the stage to play with you. Whether I’m a lackey or not, you’ll find out soon enough. Considering you’re still young, I’ll let you take three moves first." Youthful arrogance is quite normal, but this Lin Yan in front of him was perhaps a bit too arrogant. "Here we go again." Hearing Ye Xuan’s words, Ling Qianxue’s pretty face involuntarily twitched, her chest heaving with agitation. If it weren’t for the crowd around them, she would have really liked to pin Ye Xuan down and give him a beating. This battle was now about the reputation of Heavenly Martial Hall, and yet Ye Xuan was treating it so frivolously, even uttering something as suicidal as letting his opponent take three moves. Lin Yan was no ordinary opponent; even Ruan Jingtian had been defeated in just a few moves. How could Ye Xuan afford to take him lightly? The other disciples of Heavenly Martial Hall also looked at Ye Xuan somewhat oddly. The latter was about the same age as Lin Yan—offering to let him take three moves because of his ’young age’ seemed nonsensical. How could they know that Ye Xuan, having lived two lifetimes, was naturally not as young as he appeared? He indeed had the qualifications to say such things and was not entirely mocking his opponent. "Courting death!" Lin Yan’s face immediately darkened. This guy, who was evidently about the same age as him, dared to humiliate him openly. Among those in his age group, he had never feared anyone. Ye Xuan daring to let him make three moves was simply courting death. Without another word, he moved, "whooshing" out with a surge of blazing red True Qi concentrated at his fist, like a tidal wave, roaring and surging. He wanted to see how the other party would let him take three moves. "Fierce Shadow Divine Fist!" With a loud shout, Lin Yan struck out at Ye Xuan. The powerful force of the punch, wave after wave, left behind a series of afterimages, the power was astonishing. With a calm expression, Ye Xuan only moved when the punch was about to hit him square in the face. His figure shifted like a ghost, leaning back as if drifting away, keeping the roaring punches always at a distance, never fully landing on him. Boom! After drifting back several meters, Ye Xuan suddenly turned, his right foot sharply tapping on the punch, propelling his body into the air. Hmph! The first move missed. The ferocity in Lin Yan’s eyes intensified. At the instant Ye Xuan took to the air, he too kicked off the ground and leapt up, his fierce punches sent hurling towards Ye Xuan once again. Bang bang bang! This time, Ye Xuan did not dodge, but struck out with both palms, his bare hands acting like sponges against the punch, instantly dissolving its force into nothingness. The speed slowed, the punch swept past Ye Xuan. The second move passed, but the third came abruptly. Just as Ye Xuan had dissolved the second punch, Lin Yan, using his palm as a blade, struck without pause towards Ye Xuan’s abdomen, clearly premeditated. Below the stage, the expressions of many disciples from Heavenly Martial Hall changed slightly, even Ling Qianxue tensed up. These three moves weren’t easy to gift, and indeed as she had anticipated... With a palm strike landing successfully on Ye Xuan’s abdomen, a smile emerged at the corner of Lin Yan’s mouth. He wanted to see how this fellow would deal with it now. However, the smile had only just appeared when it froze instantly. Before he could react, the Ye Xuan whose abdomen he thought he had struck, exploded with a bang and suddenly vanished. This sudden turn of events stunned most of the audience, even Lin Yan, who was involved, was stunned for a moment before swiftly turning his gaze to the other side of the high platform. There, Ye Xuan stood unharmed. "It was just an illusion..." Lin Yan’s face gradually darkened. After a moment, he forced out a few grudging words between his teeth. Seeing that grim face of Ye Xuan’s, Ye Xuan couldn’t help but smirk. They really thought he was that easy to manipulate, but without adequate confidence, how could he possibly offer to let his opponent take three moves? "This guy, not seeing him for half a month, his strength seems to have made quite the advancement..." From the front row seats below, Leng Ruofeng’s eyes showed considerable admiration. That last move had fooled even him; such tactics were indeed clever. "I let you take three moves. Now, it’s my turn to loosen up a bit." Ye Xuan cracked his knuckles, appearing to get a bit more serious. "Damn you, you think you’ve definitely won against me? What just happened was only a slight test of my skill. Now, I’m going to make you regret, regret underestimating me!" Lin Yan, provoked by Ye Xuan’s attitude, was a proud son of Wildfire Sect, and being repeatedly humiliated by some unknown upstart like Ye Xuan was utterly intolerable. Boom! His True Qi seemed to explode from within, and amidst it, there was a thread of scorching breath. The raging flames converged on his right fist, and even the air twisted rapidly under the high temperatures. "Wildfire Split!" Lin Yan, who was nearly enraged, was merciless this time. His crimson fist thundered out, powerful enough to pierce through mountains. Boom! The violent fist wind, containing astonishing power, exploded forth. Its speed was as fast as rushing thunder. In the next breath, it had already reached Ye Xuan’s chest, the sharp sound of tearing wind piercingly spreading across the platform. Snap! However, in the next instant, the ferocious and scorching fist wind suddenly froze. Lin Yan’s pupils contracted sharply; he saw that Ye Xuan’s palm, which appeared somewhat reddened, was evenly blocking his punch. That power, which could pierce through mountains, was forcefully resisted by him. Lin Yan’s pupils suddenly narrowed. Without any fancy moves, the other party actually caught his punch head-on. The power unleashed casually was in no way inferior to his! "Fire Demon Undying Body!" With a shout, his abundant True Qi surged within Lin Yan’s skin, turning it as flushed as his hair. Not only did his appearance change, but his body’s aura drastically strengthened. Under the empowerment of such tyrannical Martial Arts, Lin Yan wasted no more words. With a stomp on the ground, he burst forth and threw a straightforward punch directly toward Ye Xuan’s heart, striking with lethal ferocity. Ye Xuan’s reaction speed was incredibly fast. Just before the punch could hit him, the Spiritual Edge Sword already unsheathed from behind him, chopping down vertically with might enough to split mountains. Thud! A thunderous boom erupted, as Lin Yan’s punch strength was dispersed by the sword light, and Ye Xuan’s sword light scattered in the explosion wave. The shockwave spread, and both parties were forced back. However, Ye Xuan only took two steps back, while Lin Yan stumbled back seven or eight steps. "How is that possible?" Lin Yan found it hard to accept. After a significant increase in momentum, he was still not a match for Ye Xuan in this head-on confrontation. This was supposed to be his forte. Now, facing an Inner Hall Disciple of Heavenly Martial Hall, could it be that he had completely lost his edge? "You try taking one of my swords." This time, after breaking Lin Yan’s punch strength, Ye Xuan initiated the attack, flinging dense sword blades at Lin Yan and quickly closing the distance. "Scram!" Lin Yan launched his fist continuously, his punch strength instantly peaking. It felt like an immense river, torrents unstoppable, crushing all forms of attacks. Boom! Boom! Boom... Fists and sword collided continuously, sparking brilliant embers. The scorching air waves caused dense cracking on the platform’s surface, slicing in every direction. "Hit!" The Spiritual Edge Sword bent, and Ye Xuan, pinching with his left hand, launched two Great Jade Spirals from close range, piercing through the air. "Not good!" Lin Yan did not expect Ye Xuan to have such a move up his sleeve. He barely managed to dodge the first Finger Light, but it was too late to avoid the second, which broke through his Protective True Qi, leaving a hole from the impact and spurting a streak of blood. "What? Disciple Lin Yan is injured?" "With dual focus, a mere finger from his left hand wielded such formidable power. Haven’t you all noticed? From start to finish, Ye Xuan always had a slight advantage. No matter how much Lin Yan enhanced his strength, he couldn’t turn the tides." "That seems to make sense. Doesn’t that mean Lin Yan is not Ye Xuan’s match?" "That’s not necessarily the case. It’s too early to conclude. Don’t forget, Lin Yan still has a trump card. He might not lose yet." Among the disciples of the Wildfire Sect, a wave of uproar erupted. Clearly, Lin Yan’s injury was unexpected, but they were not entirely disheartened, waiting to see if Lin Yan’s final assault could turn the battle in his favor! "Damn it!" Lin Yan could be said to be extremely frustrated in this fight. It seemed as though with every move he made, Ye Xuan’s attacks were slightly stronger, shattering his offensive while he, in turn, could not unsettle Ye Xuan at all, like a child fighting an adult, unable to land a hit. "I must win today, even if it exhausts all my True Qi!" Wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, Lin Yan’s gaze darkly fixed on Ye Xuan. His eyes twinkled, and the skin on the surface of his body twitched intensely. As his Hand Seal transformed, boundless flames that seemed as red as blood, almost like an Array, spread out from his back, eerie and mysterious. The large spread of fire covered a significant portion of the sky. "It’s the signature Martial Arts of the Wildfire Sect, the Burning Sky Martial Scripture!" Ling Qianxue and others suddenly changed their expressions, clearly recognizing the Martial Arts Lin Yan was using. Just as Heavenly Martial Hall had the Nine Heavens Thunder Scripture as their defining martial art, the Wildfire Sect naturally had its own powerful techniques, with the Burning Sky Martial Scripture being one of the strongest. "Be defeated!" With a fierce light in his eyes, Lin Yan did not give Ye Xuan a moment’s response, and the vast Fire Formation from the sky above crashed down viciously toward Ye Xuan!