Chapter 1422 - 1425: Wang Bing

"Just as expected... The question is, will Lin Feng dare to accept the Bai Family Master’s challenge?"

A few seconds later, almost all the eyes at the scene turned toward Lin Feng, faces full of curiosity.

Lin Feng felt the whole room’s gaze fall on him. He raised his head slightly, met Bai Yuanshan’s eyes, and saw the somewhat complicated expression on Bai Yuanshan’s face.

Bai Yuanshan’s gaze was very complicated—there was reluctance, and there was expectation. It was as if he hoped Lin Feng would step onto the stage to challenge him, yet at the same time didn’t want to have to face Lin Feng.

Right or wrong aside, this really should be settled, at least let Bai Yuanshan get some closure on his wish! Lin Feng thought so, and was just about to go up as the first challenger to issue a challenge to Bai Yuanshan... however, at that moment, something that surprised everyone happened.

"I’m not all that capable, but allow me to be the first to challenge the Bai Family Master!"

The voice was an extremely gentle female voice. In an instant, everyone turned to look in that direction, faces full of shock...

The speaker was, of course, Wang Bing, the new Sect Leader of the Hong Sect’s third leader, and the only female leader among the Hong Sect’s Thirteenth Hall!

Hearing Wang Bing’s words, Bai Yuanshan was a bit stunned. He thought Lin Feng would come up to take the lead, yet the first one to challenge him was actually Wang Bing? This... Bai Yuanshan didn’t know what to say!

But regardless of what Bai Yuanshan thought, Wang Bing, as a Hong Sect leader, did indeed have the qualifications to challenge for the position of Sect Leader...

So, under everyone’s astonished gaze, Wang Bing walked slowly to the edge of the ring, looked up at Bai Yuanshan on the platform, and asked calmly, "Are you ready?"

Bai Yuanshan looked at Wang Bing, a bit speechless, and said lightly, "Wang Bing... you know I wasn’t waiting for you."

"I know..." Wang Bing’s expression didn’t change. She smiled at Bai Yuanshan, her tone very gentle as she said, "But if I let you, Sect Leader, have a nice, clean duel with Lin Feng, and only then challenge either of you and win the Sect Leader’s position, it would make things seem a bit less than proper, wouldn’t it..."

As soon as she said this, not only Bai Yuanshan, but every Hong Sect brother in the basement was completely stunned...

None of them had imagined that this seemingly gentle woman, Wang Bing, would be this arrogant... In front of so many people, she just came out and said she could take the Sect Leader’s seat, and that she had to be the first to challenge Bai Yuanshan just to avoid things looking improper!

This—this was such a confident, even downright presumptuous statement!

And the one saying it was a woman... Even though Wang Bing was a leader, the Hong Sect brothers still began angrily whispering among themselves.

"This woman is way too arrogant, she’s basically treating the Sect Leader position as something already in her pocket!"

"Is she really that strong? The Bai Family Master is an Innate expert. Even after he beats Lin Feng, he won’t necessarily lose to her. Listening to her, it’s like Bai Family Master plus Lin Feng together still wouldn’t be a match for her?!"

"Don’t forget, all the leaders have the right to fight for the Sect Leader’s position... She’s not just facing Lin Feng and the Bai Family Master... there are nearly ten other leaders! Can she really take on twelve by herself?"

"This woman is way too full of herself..."

...

Their voices weren’t quiet. With Wang Bing’s level of strength, there was no way she couldn’t hear them, yet she didn’t react at all. She kept that gentle smile on her face and quietly watched Bai Yuanshan.

"Sigh... Since you’re this confident, I don’t have any reason to turn you down." Bai Yuanshan let out a faint sigh and said calmly, "Come up, then."

Wang Bing smiled slightly, her steps light as she moved. Her figure shot upward from the ground, twirling gracefully in mid-air before landing lightly on the ring. She stood face to face with Bai Yuanshan, about ten meters apart...

Bai Yuanshan fixed his gaze on Wang Bing, his aura beginning to slowly rise. As the Hong Sect’s Sect Leader, other than Xu Yishan, no one understood Wang Bing’s background better than he did. That mysterious Cultivation Sect was something even Xu Yishan didn’t dare talk too much about.

Bai Yuanshan knew that sect had once done the Hong Sect a favor. That was why Xu Yishan agreed to let Wang Bing—an experienced disciple that sect had sent out into the secular world—become a Hong Sect leader and temper herself in the mortal world!

If Wang Bing becoming a Hong Sect leader was something the elders agreed to under Xu Yishan’s influence, then her fighting for the position of Sect Leader was entirely Wang Bing’s own idea...

As the Hong Sect’s Sect Leader, and also a middle-aged man with a bit of old-school macho in him, Bai Yuanshan naturally didn’t want Wang Bing, whose background wasn’t all that straightforward, to become a sect leader candidate... But the problem was, Bai Yuanshan wasn’t sure he could beat Wang Bing for certain!

That was the real issue... Losing to her would be pretty embarrassing! Bai Yuanshan clenched his teeth, ready to go all out.

Right then, Wang Bing suddenly spoke softly. Her voice was very low; if Bai Yuanshan hadn’t been focused on her, he almost wouldn’t have caught it.

"Bai Family Master... don’t worry, I know where to draw the line. I won’t let you lose too much face. Within a hundred moves, I won’t let you lose to me..."

Wang Bing was smiling, her voice as soft as a breeze... Bai Yuanshan, however, felt like coughing up blood when he heard that!

...

Down below, Xiang Wang frowned slightly and couldn’t help muttering, "That woman really is a bit too arrogant! Mr. Bai is probably feeling seriously frustrated right now."

Lin Feng hadn’t heard what Wang Bing had said to Bai Yuanshan on stage. He glanced at Xiang Wang, asking curiously, "Why do you say that?"

"Boss, you know I can read lips a bit... Just now that woman told Mr. Bai that, in order to save his face, she wouldn’t let Mr. Bai lose to her within a hundred moves!" Xiang Wang said, looking clearly displeased.

Next to them, Zhou Yang and Xie Nan’s mouths twitched slightly; they were a bit stunned. Just imagining the Bai Family Master being looked down on like that by a woman—it was seriously humiliating...

Lin Feng couldn’t help but chuckle. You had to know, for an ordinary person, just lasting a hundred moves against Bai Yuanshan would already be impressive. But Wang Bing not only claimed she’d definitely beat Bai Yuanshan, she was going to control it so that she only defeated him after a hundred moves. That wasn’t something an average expert could pull off; only if Wang Bing was certain she could crush Bai Yuanshan could she do that...

Lin Feng’s lips parted slightly. Thinking about it that way, Bai Yuanshan really was in a pretty suffocating spot!

But the real question was, did Wang Bing actually have that kind of strength?

As Lin Feng was thinking this, Wang Bing and Bai Yuanshan had already started trading blows on the stage...

Their two figures crashed together like bolts of lightning. With each heavy collision, waves of Inner Strength exploded outward, scattering in all directions. The momentum was shocking...

Yet what left Lin Feng the most speechless was that the fight between Wang Bing and Bai Yuanshan was actually completely evenly matched. And Bai Yuanshan was clearly going all out, while Wang Bing still obviously had strength in reserve!

"Looks like Mr. Bai’s situation really isn’t that great..." Zhou Yang had also seen that Bai Yuanshan was clearly falling behind and spoke with a bitter smile.