Pursue to Sword Summit

Chapter 165 - Seizing first place

It was only when Jin Feiyang's body heavily fell to the ground and smashed a huge pit into the ground that everyone woke up from the sound. They had truly seen Lin Mo unleash his divine might once again, defeating last year's first place winner without any chance to retaliate.

Jin Feiyang had indeed been knocked down, he had been struck down by his own enemy that he had underestimated, and even more so by Lin Mo's powerful attack, the latter had decided everything. Although Jin Feiyang had been slightly careless, but with Li Chen's previous battle, he had already displayed a considerable level of strength, but he never thought that the moment Lin Mo got on stage, he would be left with no chance to resist.

The current Jin Feiyang regretted that he had not even had the time to use his battle skill, as he had already been severely injured by Lin Mo. If not for the fact that he also had a defensive armor on him, he would have been badly beaten up by Lin Mo today.

Unfortunately, his defensive armor's level was too low and was only able to absorb about half of Lin Mo's energy. His body still fell down from the heavy blow, and there were some internal injuries.

Jin Feiyang could not fight anymore, he did not know, and he did not understand how he lost so badly. He himself was the clearest, peak late stage of nourishing qi, his opponent was below the Innate realm, yet Lin Mo actually punched him down. Could it be that Lin Mo had already broken through the Innate realm?

Jin Feiyang's face was filled with disbelief. A young man who had broken through to the Innate Realm, could only be found in the Lingyun Sect, but such a peerless genius would never appear in any of the other sects. How could he not be shocked by the fact that such a top-notch genius had appeared in a mere Fourth-rank Sect?

's performance could be considered perfect, and there were simply no flaws at all. Knocking him down with one punch, was already enough to show just how strong he was, but Knocking Jin Feiyang out with one punch, could only be said to be a genius that this Peppermint was no longer able to walk out of.

"Lin Mo is really too scary, to think that he could actually knock Jin Feiyang down, and more so knock him down with a single strike. How strong is he exactly?"

The people below the stage finally regained their senses from the shock as they discussed amongst themselves.

"I never thought that he would hide it so well. Although Jin Feiyang is already extremely careful, Lin Mo's strength is just too strong. Even if Jin Feiyang uses all his strength, he's still not a match for Lin Mo."

"I never thought that such a peerless genius would appear in our Great Ming Country. I think that Lin Mo will definitely be a new peerless Saint Ranker in the future."

"From my point of view, there should be more Saint Rulers than just that. They should be stronger than the rest of the Rankers in Great Ming Country, reaching a higher realm."

Everyone was praising Lin Mo, talking about his future prospects. Princess Ming Yi, who was on the stage, was also staring blankly, she was not much better than the spectators below, until she saw Jin Feiyang being blasted straight to the sky. She was instantly dumbfounded.

Was this still the Lin Mo she knew yesterday? He seemed to have become someone else entirely. How could he have such a monstrous strength? Although the Great Elder could already see that he had improved, this level of improvement was too terrifying.

"This brat has greatly exceeded my expectations. His performance is already something that Peppermint has never done before, and Jin Feiyang is merely a supporting role in front of him." Great Clan Elder Li Feilong praised repeatedly, he did not expect Lin Mo's performance to be so outstanding.

Ming Yi was secretly delighted, and said complacently: "Great Elder, Princess, my eyes aren't bad right? In a moment, I have picked a peerless genius, and now no one will dare to discuss my choice anymore right?"

The Great Clan Elder laughed, "Right now, who would doubt Lin Mo's strength, they are most likely already afraid. I, Lin Mo, must report this to the Sect Master, and tell him to take Lin Mo in as a disciple no matter what."

Ming Yi hurriedly said: "I will do that, don't disturb my master for now, I have a way to make him join Lingyun Sect, I don't believe that he will reject Lingyun Sect's generous offer."

However, Li Feilong laughed: "Princess, don't be so sure about this, Lin Mo has such strength, he definitely has the help of an expert, and might not be worse than our Lingyun Sect. In the worst-case scenario, he might really reject us."

"I don't care. I want him to agree, or else I will not let them leave." The Princess said in a domineering tone.

Li Feilong knew the princess' temperament and could only smile. Then, he looked at Lin Mo who was on the stage, whose eyes were completely red. It was just that he no longer had the power to fight, which was already extremely difficult for him to get up from the ground.

From then on, Jin Feiyang no longer had his position, and replacing it was Lin Mo, an even more powerful young genius who had already lost all light.

They wanted to stop Jin Feiyang and Lin Mo from continuing to fight, because they could see that if Lin Mo were to attack again, it was possible to destroy Jin Feiyang completely. The transparent membrane obviously did not wish for the sect's most outstanding disciple to be crippled like that.

Jin Feiyang did not attack, he already did not have the chance to, but he was somewhat unwilling. Looking at Lin Mo, he said with a bitter smile on his face: "Lin Mo, I thought I was really strong, but I didn't think that you would really let me experience the meaning of there being a mountain outside of the mountain. Your strength is already something I cannot compare with, and even within the Great Ming Country, there is no such opponent.

Jin Feiyang had already confirmed his lifetime's goal, which was to chase up and defeat Lin Mo. If it was before, he wouldn't have such a ridiculous thought, but now, he felt that this goal was too high of a goal, and it was possible that he wouldn't even be able to accomplish it.

Lin Mo was still in favor of someone who was confident. He nodded and said: "Then I'll wait for you to challenge me, but I suggest that you have the confidence to do so again. Otherwise, you'll lose really miserably like today."

Jin Feiyang repeatedly nodded his head: "I will do this, I will not make myself lose in such a miserable way again."

Jin Feiyang finally left the competition grounds with unsteady steps. In his heart, he no longer had any thoughts of killing Lin Mo, nor did he have any trace of Zhang Li and the others.

That was Liu Feng, and seeing Lin Mo's terrifying performance, sweat started trickling down his face. Even though had been cultivating in the Lingyun Sect for so many years, it would still not be an easy feat for him to defeat Jin Feiyang, but Lin Mo had knocked his opponent down with a single punch, and he knew full well that Lin Mo's strength was enough for him to enter the ranks of the Lingyun Sect's core disciples.

Although Liu Feng had also broken through the Innate Realm, he was only ranked tenth among the core disciples, and there was still a huge difference between him and an expert. If he was allowed to fight with Lin Mo, he didn't even know if he would be able to defeat him.

could be said to be the strongest person in all of history. If anyone else wanted to enter the Lingyun Sect, they would have to first enter the outer sect disciples, then the inner sect disciples, and then finally the core disciples. Even an expert like Jin Feiyang would have to start from the inner sect disciples, and only after he had broken through from the Innate realm, would he have the qualifications to enter the ranks of core disciples.

With regards to this, Liu Feng only felt that the pressure on himself was too great. This time, he could no longer think of ways to deal with Lin Mo, and very likely, he would need the help of his senior brothers.

As long as he could get to have a disciple, there shouldn't be any problem at all winning against him. Because even though Lin Mo was very strong in the outside world, in the Lingyun Sect, he could only be a subordinate to others.

Lin Mo defeated Jin Feiyang and was about to step down, but was stopped by Great Clan Elder Li Feilong: "Disciple Lin Mo, please wait."

Lin Mo turned his head to look and saw the Great Clan Elder walk down from the judge's seat, arriving in front of him. His face was filled with a warm smile, Lin Mo's impression of this Li Feilong was not bad, at least he felt that Li Feilong was a decent person.

However, his strength was still something the current Lin Mo didn't dare hope for. The Great Clan Elder was the strongest person below Sect Master of the Cloudsoaring sect, his strength was already at the peak of the late stage of the Spirit Connection realm, and he could break through to the Absolute Saint at any time. The moment the Great Clan Elder appeared, there was an invisible aura around him, which allowed Lin Mo to feel a shocking power.

It was just that they were normally very weak. It was not possible to tell that Li Feilong smiled and said to Lin Mo: "Lin Mo, you are the most outstanding disciple I have ever seen, so obtaining first place today is well-deserved."

Lin Mo immediately said: "Great Clan Elder is praising me, disciple is just lucky."

Li Feilong immediately laughed: "You do not need to be modest, everyone here can see clearly, your strength is extraordinary, let me announce that you are this year's first in Peppermint."

After saying that, Li Feilong faced the stage and said with a deep voice: "I announce the names of the top three disciples of Peppermint. The third place, Immortal Sword Sect Disciple Qin Xinyin."

After hearing this, Qin Xinyin, who was below the stage, was also excited, she almost teared up. This was something she never dared to think about, she had actually done it.

Then, Li Feilong continued to announce: "Second place: Storm Sect's disciple Jin Feiyang."

However, when the disciples of the Storm Sect heard this, none of them were happy at all, because they were clearly first place, yet they were forcibly snatched away by someone. Furthermore, their disciple Jin Feiyang had been severely injured, so how could they be happy?

Even though everyone knew who the result was, they still wanted to hear Great Elder Li Feilong announce it himself. Only then, would it seem even more real.

The Great Elder also coughed, "Now, I declare that Peppermint's number one is the Immortal Sword Sect's disciple Lin Mo."

Everyone applauded for Lin Mo. Many of them were like worshippers of Lin Mo, as they clapped enthusiastically with reddened faces, thinking that Lin Mo had brought honor to Great Ming Country, that Great Ming Country had finally found a real hope.