Ling Tieshou snorted coldly, and his aura suddenly became even more powerful, with a giant shadow faintly visible behind him.
The wild and fierce momentum was the true essence of the Giant Spirit God Palm!
"Impressive momentum, much more formidable than that waste Ling Chong!"
Ling Xiao’s spirit was invigorated, he had to admit, Ling Tieshou was indeed formidable.
Standing opposite, Ling Xiao could clearly feel a tremendous pressure coming head-on.
This was something Ling Chong could never achieve.
"Giant Spirit God Palm, the first move!"
Ling Tieshou stepped forward and then sent out a palm strike, his figure moving along with it, rapidly closing the distance with Ling Xiao.
The palm wind rushed towards his face, so oppressive it made it hard to breathe.
This was just the first move, but when Ling Tieshou used it, it was several times stronger than Ling Chong.
Ling Xiao was no longer the waste with only the first level of Martial Veins from the old days.
He lightly tapped his foot on the ground and rapidly retreated; Ling Tieshou’s palm was fiercely powerful, and Ling Xiao did not want to confront it head-on.
After all, the annual competition was nearing, and there was no need for him to reveal all his strength at this time.
Surviving ten moves would be enough.
"What outstanding light-work skill!"
"Ling Tieshou’s light-work skill isn’t weak either!"
Ling Xiao continued to retreat, attempting to dodge Ling Tieshou’s palm strike. However, the latter was obviously not a pushover, his feet fiercely powered up, and his speed suddenly increased two to threefold, pressing in directly.
"Impressive! This is the strength of the fourth-ranked in the Elite Hall, indeed not bad!"
Ling Xiao felt somewhat surprised.
Although he had not used his Mountain and River Martial Soul or the Bull Demon Technique, relying solely on the Soaring Cloud Step to evade the attacks,
Ling Tieshou had managed to push him to this extent; Ling Tieshou truly had some skill.
Sometimes Ling Xiao even felt that he was not facing Ling Tieshou but a giant!
"Heh heh, let’s see if I can force out all your strength."
With that thought, Ling Xiao increased his True Qi and advanced the execution of the Soaring Cloud Step to three-step sky, his speed rising once again.
Ling Tieshou’s punch ultimately failed to hit Ling Xiao, slamming into the ground instead, shattering the stone tiles that were a full foot thick.
"Hahaha, Brother Tieshou, I’m over here, don’t take it out on the bricks."
Ling Tieshou was infuriated, realizing that brute force was probably not going to secure a victory.
So he immediately switched to another combat method.
"Giant Spirit God Palm ninth move, Sky-Net!"
When this move was executed, the sky was filled with palm shadows, seeming to leave no room for flaws.
Ling Xiao involuntarily inhaled a breath of cold air and hurriedly upped his True Qi, using the five-step sky version of the Soaring Cloud Step, speeding up once more.
Thus, an odd scene unfolded.
Ling Tieshou persistently pursued, while his palm shadows enveloped Ling Xiao.
Ling Xiao, on the other hand, darted about like a sly swift.
"Have the guts to fight me head-on, what’s with all this running around!"
Seeing this situation, Ling Chong was grinding his teeth in frustration.
"Ridiculous, I’ll fight him head-on when he can touch my clothes. My advantage lies in my movement techniques, why shouldn’t I use it?"
Right now, Ling Xiao was creating the illusion for everyone that aside from his impressive body movement technique, his other skills were mediocre.
After all, from the confrontation with Ling Fei and the so-called advantage-taking at Fulong Mountain Range, lacking competent movement techniques would be unacceptable.
Therefore, by acting this way, he was certain to convince everyone.
"He can still find the leisure to speak, his body movement technique might be even more formidable than Ling Fei’s!"
"Indeed, it’s been six moves already, and Ling Tieshou hasn’t even touched his clothes."
The disciples of the family couldn’t help but exclaim.
"What do we do, Brother Feng, how can this beggar be so powerful!"
Ling Yu was clearly panicking.
"What’s there to fear? Merely being fast with body movements isn’t of much use. There are many ways to deal with speed, otherwise Ling Fei would have become the number one in Elite Hall long ago!"
Although Ling Feng spoke with confidence, he felt similarly tense inside. Ling Xiao’s improvement gave him the unsettling feeling of being watched.
It was extremely uncomfortable.
The most panicked, though, had to be Ling Chong.
He had thought that as long as his older cousin stepped in, someone like Ling Xiao would certainly be easily defeated.
There wouldn’t even be a need for ten moves.
But now, with six moves already gone by, and his cousin having not even touched a single hair on Ling Xiao, the situation was alarmingly unexpected for him.
In this chase and pursuit, the seventh move came quickly.
"You’re very strong! Really very strong! But just dodging is useless!"
At the seventh move, Ling Tieshou suddenly stopped his attack and then made a strange hand gesture.
"Brother Feng, what is Ling Tieshou doing?"
"That’s the secret technique Ling Tieshou has mastered—Instant Strike!"
"Yes, it can instantly increase speed by more than ten times, specially designed to counter opponents with speed! I’ve experienced it before and almost lost to this move. Ling Xiao is definitely done for this time."
After Ling Feng finished speaking, he revealed a smile, eager to witness the scene of Ling Xiao being blasted to the ground with a single palm.
"Instant Strike: Giant Spirit God Palm!"
As Ling Tieshou’s True Qi accumulated to a certain extent inside his body, he seemed to suddenly fly forward.
Because the speed was so fast, it looked like it happened in an instant.
That’s why it’s called Instant Strike!
There was no time to think; feeling the immense threat, Ling Xiao once again raised his "Soaring Cloud Step" to the Six-Step Sky level!
His speed also suddenly increased by several times!
"My god, what kind of body movement technique has this Ling Xiao cultivated? That speed is too fast, could it be a high-level technique?"
"Again! Instant Strike with ten levels of strength!"
Ling Tieshou didn’t give up. Though he had used Instant Strike just now, he had only used seven levels of his strength, as he still wanted to have follow-up attacks.
But because he missed, he became furiously embarrassed and directly used ten levels of his strength.
"Ling Tieshou is really angry now!"
"But if he misses this attack, his True Qi will be completely drained, and afterward, he can only passively take hits."
"I think Ling Xiao has also reached his limit, this move is the ninth, so the winner should be determined now."
"Soaring Cloud Step: Transforming Dragon!"
Ling Xiao could feel that if he didn’t continue to increase the speed of his "Soaring Cloud Step," he would undoubtedly be hit.
So he resolutely used the body movement technique he had just broken through not long ago.
In that instant, his whole person seemed to transform into a Flood Dragon, with the entire sky as his ocean.
He actually evaded Ling Tieshou’s attack with a movement almost beyond description and stood firmly on the ground.
Meanwhile, Ling Tieshou had already collapsed to the ground, gasping for air, his complexion pale.
"The tenth move! You’ve lost!"
Although Ling Xiao was also severely drained, he was in a much better state than Ling Tieshou.
He walked over to Ling Tieshou, gently patted his face, and said, "The fourth in Elite Hall, just so-so, huh."
"You!" Ling Tieshou glared, flames of anger in his eyes, yet he was helpless.
He had been too hasty. If he hadn’t consecutively used the secret technique "Instant Strike," it definitely wouldn’t have ended this way.
But there’s no medicine for regret in this world; a loss is a loss.
Honestly, if Ling Tieshou had been more composed, it would have been really difficult for Ling Xiao to win unless he used all his abilities.
But who could blame Ling Tieshou for trying to overwhelm Ling Xiao in one hit? That’s what they call courting disaster!
This scene left countless disciples of the Ling Family dumbfounded.