Chapter 146: Utter crushing
Translator: Lordbluefire Editor: Lordbluefire
2nd dueling platform, Feng Lin vs Feng Zhen!
Since Feng Lin defeated his opponent too quickly, it would take a total of thirty minutes before the system matched him against another participant.
Moreover, as the competition continued, the strength of the participants would only increase and the battles would be even more intense. The duration of their battles would become longer as their consumption rate of energy grew larger.
Feng Lin moved up to the dueling platform. And before the fight began, Feng Lins opponent was consuming potions of life frenziedly, using this time to replenish his nutrients and energy that he had consumed earlier.
Feng Lin didnt hurry his opponent, he simply waited by the side while feeling speechless in his heart.
Rounds after rounds, how long would it need? This caused him to feel extremely impatient.
Situations between life and death were the best for training ones combat prowess and fighting will.
The geniuses in the clan were all nurtured by the clans efforts, and things were too easy and comfortable for them. How would they be able to compare to Feng Lin who had tempered himself through real life-and-death situations, fighting in many bloody battles?
Hence, this resulted in Feng Lins current combat style. It was fine to be relaxed if he didnt act. But the moment he acted, he would make sure to crush his opponents.
These geniuses from the clan, in Feng Lins perspectives, were playing around during combat.
They would even show mercy when exchanging blows and try to avoid harming their opponents vital parts. This made him extremely speechless when he saw it.
Feng Lin, you are a nice person. Next, I will This time around, his opponent, Feng Zhenseeing that Feng Lin was patiently waiting at the side for himhad a good impression of him and wanted to praise him.
Stop! Feng Lin stretched his hand out to stop him from continuing. Dont speak so much crap. Hurry up and begin. After finishing you off, I still have to prepare for the next battle.
You All the words he wanted to say were now stuck in his throat. This Feng Zhen was so angry that he actually laughed.
After finishing me? Preparing for the next battle?
My judgment was truly wrong. I didnt expect this fellow to be so arrogant.
Do you think you will win against me? Let me make use of your carelessness and give you a complete defeat.
Seeing that Feng Lin hadnt entered his combat state yet, Feng Zhen coldly laughed and instantly launched an attack with the entirety of his strength.
Thunderfire Shooting Star!
His countenance turned red as all the genetic might he could muster instantly gushed forth, twisting the space, generating boundless thunder and fire that fell from the sky. The waves of energy were extremely chaotic and were like flood trying to drown Feng Lin within.
Bang, bang, bang!
Feng Lin instantly moved. His punches were like lightning, filling the sky with fist shadows.
That violent thunder and flame had fused into one and struck down, but they were dissipated by Feng Lins normal punch.
The remnant thunder crackled uselessly while embers glowed, scattered around Feng Lin. There wasnt a single charred spot on Feng Lins body.
Feng Lin calmly retracted his fists. He stared at the blackened clothes on his body, feeling somewhat speechless.
Although the Stone Monkey Gene was strong and could resist the rush of different types of energy properties, this ability couldnt extend to his clothes.
What? Feng Zhen was completely stunned as he had never seen such a strong body that could ignore the rush of impact from thunder and fire.
Wasnt this simply invincible?
Swish~
Feng Lin was lazy to talk nonsense. His figure flashed, transforming into a series of after-images as he moved toward Feng Zhen.
How fast! Feng Zhens eyes narrowed, seeing Feng Lins silhouette flashing about akin to teleportation. This made it hard for him to react to.
What?
Fighting in close combat with a cultivator that had a body-strengthening gene? Wasnt this stupidity?
Thunder Protection!
Sizzle~
Sparks flew about. Feng Zhens entire body was shrouded by lightning and thunder, as though he was clad in armor made from electricity.
Swish! His body transformed into lightning shadow and hurriedly shot away.
Feng Lins punch hit an empty space. He was astonished.
Truly, there were no weaklings at this stage of the ranking competition.
This Feng Zhen actually used thunder and lightning to strengthen his cells, allowing him to move at incredible speed.
Feng Lin couldnt help but feel excited. It seemed like he could play around more seriously now.
RUMBLE~
Feng Zhen seemed to have transformed into a lightning hero, circling Feng Lin at great speed. His hand gestures changed as flames gushed forth unceasingly from his palms.
He used lightning to strengthen his body, increasing his speed so that no one could track him, and had completely mitigated his flaw in close combat.
At the same time, he could use flames to launch long-distance attacks to unleash his greatest advantage.
One couldnt help but say that this man had the right idea. By doing this, he was able to maximize his greatest unique point. It was simple and effective, allowing him to strengthen his attacks.
Ordinary experts wouldnt be able to do anything to him.
However, to Feng Lin, all of these were meaningless.
Now that his Stone Monkey Gene had been maxed out, his ability of being impervious to fire and water had also been strengthened to the max. He was already completely immune to ordinary flames.
Unless it was those unique flames found in planetary cores, no matter how fierce the flames were, it would be completely ineffective against him. He felt as though he was soaking in a hot spring, such ordinary flames made him feel comfortable instead.
However, he also didnt wish for his clothes to be burned. Things wouldnt be too nice if he had to stand before everyone stark naked.
He instantly unleashed a barrage of attacks, causing fist shadows to fill the sky, completely stifling these flames.
For interstellar cultivators, energy attacks would consume the most genetic energy.
Feng Lin wasnt anxious to close the distance. He was waiting for his opponent to exhaust himself, slowing down his speed.
There was nothing Feng Zhen could do against Feng Lin. He didnt dare to get near and continued using flames, greatly depleting his store of genetic energy. In the end, the electricity around him weakened as his speed gradually slowed.
A good opportunity! Feng Lin stomped the ground. His muscles tensed and acted as a conduit for the energy in his body which transferred them onto the surface of the ground.
The ground suddenly trembled as Feng Lin shot up into the sky like a cannon.
What? Feng Zhen didnt expect Feng Lin would erupt forth with such a ferocious move. The electricity around his body flared brilliantly as he wanted to dodge again.
However, Feng Lin couldnt even be bothered to play catch with him.
Just stay. A pair of palms stretched out, shining with a jade-like luster, breaking part of the electric shield as he grabbed hold of Feng Zhen.
His hands were like iron hoops, holding onto the vital points of Feng Zhens body. No matter how Feng Zhen struggled, he was like a poor rabbit that was pressed down by the tigers paws. He couldnt move at all.
Feng Lin, victory! Time taken: 12 minutes. The A.I. immediately announced the result.
Although Feng Zhens combat method wasted quite a bit of Feng Lins time, as this was the first time Feng Lin took over 10 minutes to defeat someone, Feng Lins energy consumption wasnt that much at all.
In truth, he didnt even act. Just the immense defense provided by the Stone Monkey Gene was enough to cause his opponent to be defeated without him needing to fight for real.
Feng Lin swept his gaze over to the other participants. Without realizing it, he was already at the final stage. Once the victors among the other participants were decided, the final ten participants would be ranked.
On the arena, other than Feng Lin who could crush his opponents effortlessly, the other supreme geniuses of the clan seemed to have met some unexpected situations.
For Feng Li, his saber arts were sharp, and his slash would manifest formless saber force that projected an imposing aura.
However, his opponent was extremely powerful too. He had a body covered by extremely tough scales which was capable of blocking Feng Lis sharp qi. His claw attacks were extremely ruthless as he parried blows from Feng Li again and again.
For a while, the two seemed to be equally matched.
Swish~
As for Feng Jinpeng, he spread his arms wide, taking on a stance like a bird spreading his wings, as he controlled gales. He was like a golden roc soaring proudly through the sky, swooping down on his opponent.
His opponent was as immobile as a gigantic mountain and had a defense alike an ancient turtle. From the start until the end, Feng Jinpeng wasnt able to find a chance to obtain victory.
The others felt that the clans ranking competition was extremely intense.
However, to Feng Lin, he just watched for a while and found it extremely boring.
The Stone Monkey Gene was a variation-grade and innately, it was already able to suppress several same-grade primeval genes.
To others, the attacking techniques of these people seemed very powerful, but Feng Lin could see that they lacked sufficient killing power.
Due to the influence of his Stone Monkey Gene, his style had always been to overwhelm others with pure strength.
Unless the attacks of these people had high enough intensity to break through his defense, everything would be useless, no matter what techniques they used and how dazzling they might look.
Feng Lin already didnt have the patience to continue waiting. He had to hurry up and settle the troublesome matters in his clan and put in all his effort to participate for the interstellar college exam.
The universe was very vast, and his future had no limits. He didnt wish to remain behind in such a small clan on Earth.
After another half an hour, the top ten participants finally appeared. Feng Li, Feng Jinpeng, and the other acclaimed geniuses all had their names listed in the top ten list. Feng Lin was the only unexpected one.
But when the crowd saw how invincible Feng Lin seemed earlier when he had fought during combat, they naturally wouldnt be blind enough to say that he didnt deserve this.
For the competition between the top ten, the method of choosing opponents would be done by drawing lots.
And just when it was about to commence, Feng Lin took the initiative to walk out, drawing the attention of the entire clan.
His gaze swept toward his nine potential opponents as he calmly spoke, Dont need to draw lots. Just come at me together.
As his voice rang out, the entire space fell silent, so silent that you could even hear a pin drop.