“What!” The people from the Xiao family were all furious.
This was outright provocation against their Xiao family.
No age limit meant including older generation experts, even Martial Saints.
However, Martial Saints could not act. If they did, the Martial Saint behind Mu Haoran would surely intervene.
As for other older generation experts below Martial Saint, none were a match for Xiao Zihao. How could they possibly be a match for his opponent?
Older generation experts going up would only lose face.
As for geniuses between twenty-five and thirty, the strongest were roughly on par with Xiao Zihao.
Or perhaps even inferior to him. Going up, they would not defeat the opponent either.
Yet as a dominant force, being shouted at with no one able to step forward, where would they put their face?
The Xiao family had never been so humiliated, never lost face like this.
But they truly could not win?
What to do?
They could only endure!
The Xiao family crowd clenched their fists one by one. Even that genius around twenty-eight or twenty-nine did not step forward to fight. He only gripped his fists tightly.
The opponent’s strength was clear for all to see. Going out would only invite humiliation.
At this moment, everyone stared at the Xiao family crowd, making them even more embarrassed.
“Truly ruthless!” the crowd thought secretly. Mu Haoran’s move was a harsh slap to the Xiao family’s face.
“Since there is no one, then…” Lin Xiao said, sweeping his gaze towards the youths from other states. Unable to find a target, he said, “Among the seven major states, who is the strongest youth under thirty? Come out for a fight.”
Lin Xiao directly issued a challenge. Since he had already revealed some of his prowess, he would challenge directly to avoid them coming to his door later.
Among the eight states, he now represented Yanzhou. But as for earning face for whom, he no longer cared.
“Arrogant, too arrogant!”
“Actually challenging across ages, and challenging the strongest genius who swept the eight states. This is truly too arrogant.”
“But he does have the qualification to be arrogant!”
“The strongest genius under thirty is Hong Yixun. Hong Yixun truly swept the other seven states. His strength far exceeds ordinary older generation half-step Martial Saints. He is stronger than that Xiao Zihao. Who knows which of the two is stronger?”
“It’s hard to say. Generally, the older one with higher cultivation, Hong Yixun, should be stronger. But this Mu Haoran fellow is completely unpredictable!”
…
All sorts of heated discussions rang out. The crowd grew expectant. Now Mu Haoran was the strongest genius under twenty-five among the eight states, while Hong Yixun was the strongest under thirty. What would the clash between them be like?
At this moment, in the Youzhou direction, the expressions of the Hong family crowd all turned cold.
“Daring to challenge Brother Hong Yixun. Overestimating himself!” Someone even snorted coldly.
Mu Haoran’s combat power was strong, making them somewhat worried. However, they also had considerable confidence in Hong Yixun.
At this time, a slightly sturdy youth with a somewhat broad face stepped out from the Hong family crowd. He was around twenty-eight years old. His gaze fixed on the youth in the void, six years younger than himself. He said coldly, “Are you sure?”
At this moment, being challenged by someone younger, even if he was somewhat unwilling to fight, he had to step forward.
This situation was clearly disadvantageous to him. If he defeated the opponent, others would only say it was because he was older. It would count for nothing.
But if he lost to the opponent, he would lose even more face.
The perspectives were clearly unequal.
However, forced to step out, there was no choice.
Of course, he also had full confidence in himself.
Even if the opponent was truly very strong and hard to defeat, it would not reach the point where he would lose.
With his strength, remaining undefeated was completely no problem.
“If you do not fight, just admit defeat directly!” Lin Xiao responded straightforwardly.
Hong Yixun was furious and snorted coldly, “Hmph, you asked for this!”
At this moment, Hong Yixun flew out over a hundred li and stopped in the void. He took out a golden longbow from his hand. The golden bow was clearly made from special material.
The thin string on the bow was also golden, appearing extremely sturdy. In Hong Yixun’s hand, he took an arrow and nocked it on the golden bow.
“Slash!”
At this moment, before the bow was even drawn, Hong Yixun’s entire person was like a bow. His special constitution activated. Brilliant golden light radiated from his body. He assumed a horse stance in the void, as if his whole being was a fully drawn bow, filled with infinite power.
“Oh?” Seeing the opponent treat himself as a bow, preparing to shoot, even Lin Xiao could not help but feel curious. These geniuses truly each had their unique aspects.
“Whoosh!”
At this point, the opponent had already drawn the bow. The entire golden bow emitted ten thousand zhang of golden light, illuminating the entire heaven and earth. Terrifying fluctuations surged from the golden bow, rippling in all directions. The void faintly trembled.
“So terrifying!”
The crowd was alarmed. Even from far away, they felt immense pressure.
The people from Yanzhou, as well as those from Canglong Gate, all turned solemn.
On the Canglong Gate side, they all knew that Mu Haoran was Lin Xiao, so they were worried.
After all, they did not know Lin Xiao’s true power.
Amid the continuously increasing might, the golden bow was fully drawn. The void seemed almost unable to contain that power, shaking.
At this moment, Hong Yixun shouted loudly towards Lin Xiao, “I swept the geniuses from other states without even nocking an arrow. The flying arrow is merciless. Take care of yourself!”
With that, Hong Yixun released the full moon bow. An arrow emitting ten thousand zhang of golden light shot through the air, as if to pierce everything, unstoppable.
“Boom!”
At this point, sensing the rough extent of the opponent’s power, Lin Xiao circulated most of his internal power. Fifth-level Martial Emperor realm burst forth. An unparalleled punch blasted through the air.
Although he still did not use any martial technique, relying purely on raw power.
But that fist beam was equally terrifying, like a heaven-spanning rainbow, resembling void thunder punishment. It roared as it struck the incoming arrow.
“Boom!”
A heaven-shaking explosion rang out. Vast shockwaves like ocean waves erupted from the arrow, surging violently in all directions. Terrifying fluctuations exploded.
The arrow was blocked and sent flying back.
However, the fist beam did not fully dissipate. With overwhelming momentum, it pierced through the air towards Hong Yixun.
“What?” Hong Yixun’s expression changed drastically, his face full of disbelief.
This strike of his had nearly drained his power. Yet the opponent had still easily shattered it?
“Slash!”
In an instant, Hong Yixun fiercely poured power into the golden bow in front of him, activating defence. The golden bow in front of him burst with brilliant golden light. Powerful force circulated within. The entire golden bow perfectly blocked the fist beam.
