Chapter 397 - 244: Surprise

Chapter 397: Chapter 244: Surprise

’This feeling of being the center of attention isn’t half bad.’

Su Xing gazed at the audience. The astonishment, cheers, and shock of the crowd converged into a tidal wave of sound, crashing over and completely enveloping him.

To be honest, although the battle between Su Xing and Lin Tianhan was intense, neither of them had any killing intent. This meant the fight couldn’t reflect their true combat prowess.

It proved only that Su Xing’s strength had surpassed Lin Tianhan’s. When facing real danger, however, Lin Tianhan’s experience would not necessarily be any less than Su Xing’s.

He had used almost all his strength to beat Lin Tianhan. It might have looked easy, but in reality, it was anything but.

In the future, he would definitely face opponents even stronger than Lin Tianhan. When that time came, Su Xing might not be able to defeat them so easily. He couldn’t afford to be careless.

"Elder Lin, I’ll be taking my leave now."

Su Xing said with a cupped fist salute.

Although he had defeated him, according to the rules of the Extraordinary Realm, Su Xing was now qualified to be considered his senior. Even in terms of their positions in the special organization, they were equals. However, Su Xing understood social etiquette and would never do something so presumptuous to his face.

"Haha, don’t worry about it. With your strength, having you call me ’Elder’ makes me feel a bit shameless. If you don’t mind, Su, just call me Uncle Lin from now on."

Lin Tianhan said with a laugh.

"Alright, Uncle Lin. I’ll head off to rest and prepare for the next match then."

Su Xing nodded.

"Go on, go on."

After Lin Tianhan spoke, the two turned and went their separate ways. Amidst the host’s passionate commentary, they finally disappeared from public view.

"Hahaha, you old codger! Losing to a young kid at your age."

Yao Yixiao burst into laughter as he watched Lin Tianhan approach. This was a stark contrast to the cold, aloof demeanor he had displayed when he first met Su Xing.

Lin Tianhan, however, wasn’t surprised by the Luocheng branch chief’s behavior. This was just his personality, a perfect match for his name, Yixiao—"One Laugh."

"Don’t be so sure. You might not be able to beat him either," Lin Tianhan said without even glancing at the old man. He just sat down in his seat and let out a deep sigh.

Although he hadn’t shown any negative emotions from start to finish, he had been famous since he was young. From the beginning of the Spiritual Qi revival, he had always been known as a genius.

Even though he understood the principle that there’s always someone better, being so mercilessly defeated by a young man caused the self-confidence he had always been proud of to tremble and crack, if only a little.

Yao Yixiao was completely unbothered by this remark. His goal was the Spirit Flower, and he had already reached an agreement with Su Xing back before Desperate Gorge. It didn’t matter which of them won; the outcome would be the same.

However, he was curious about the strength Su Xing had just displayed in the arena. Branch chiefs like him had almost all heard the news that Su Xing had slain two Tier Eights half a month ago.

At first, many had been skeptical. But after Yao Yixiao witnessed Su Xing’s astonishing battle with the Witch Summoner, he immediately realized that Su Xing truly possessed the ability to fight a Tier Eight Powerhouse.

But they could also see that the source power wasn’t emanating from Su Xing himself. Instead, it seemed to be from some kind of special, temporary boosting Secret Technique.

Such Secret Techniques often came with powerful side effects and limitations. Therefore, although Yao Yixiao thought Su Xing’s talent was incredible, he didn’t believe he had reached the same level as himself and the other branch chiefs.

But now, he thought differently. Su Xing had just truly defeated a Tier Eight, and a Tier Eight whom Yao Yixiao knew well. Yao Yixiao was very familiar with Lin Tianhan’s strength, so he asked:

"What’s the deal with him?"

"Why did you lose so easily?"

"..."

Lin Tianhan looked as if he was choking, unable to get a word out for a long time. Finally, he said slowly:

"Because he’s really that strong. And my usual fighting style is close-quarters combat, which was completely ineffective against him."

"Hahaha, what realm do you think he’s at now?"

"I don’t know."

"His strength should be at Tier Eight."

"But his true realm... I can’t quite see it clearly."

Lin Tianhan said grimly.

"Now that’s interesting. I have some information here. When Su Xing joined the Cang City special organization half a month ago, he sent his personal file to headquarters. His realm is written on it," Yao Yixiao said with a smile.

"What is it?"

Lin Tianhan frowned.

"Tier Six. I can hardly believe it myself, but that’s what it says."

Yao Yixiao nodded.

"Tier Six?!"

Lin Tianhan said in astonishment, "Are you kidding me?!"

"If he’s Tier Six, how could he possibly have defeated me?!"

Hearing Yao Yixiao’s words, Lin Tianhan was overcome with shock. His voice couldn’t help but rise a few notches. He quickly realized he had lost his composure and hurriedly asked:

"Is it possible the file is fake?"

"Of course, but it’s not likely."

Yao Yixiao wasn’t bothered by Lin Tianhan’s loss of composure. If he himself had been defeated by a Tier Six, he’d probably find it just as unbelievable as Lin Tianhan. But it was a cold, hard fact.