Chapter 56 – Entering the Stage (6)
Unfortunately, his prayer was not answered. Wang Lin’s eyes lit up, and with his attraction technique, he formed a hand and grabbed Yang Yi. Then, a stink bomb was thrown into the air. It flew in an arc and landed on Yang Yi’s head.
Yang Yi felt the space around him shrink, as if the air was being sucked out, and a force was pressing down on him from all sides, immobilizing him. He could only stare as the stink bomb fell towards him.
With a loud bang, Yang Yi was hit by the stink bomb. His entire face turned black and his body emitted a disgusting stench.
He didn’t care about his black face or the stench. His face was filled with horror. When he felt the squeezing force loosen slightly, he used all the strength in his body to break free. His heart pounded as he thought, “This Dragon-Capturing Hand is too strong. I’ll lose no matter what. Alright, let’s go all out!”
Wang Lin smiled faintly at Yang Yi and said, “There are still more than ten seconds left. You can continue.”
Yang Yi gritted his teeth and spat out a red light. The red light expanded and turned into a long, sword-shaped red light that flew toward Wang Lin with powerful sword energy.
Meanwhile, he moved again and threw a handful of amulets. All of the amulets grew and activated techniques that rained down on Wang Lin.
Wang Lin sneered. He activated his attention-getting technique and formed a hand. He waved it, shattering all the talismans in the air. He then created another hand and grabbed the red light.
The red light disappeared, revealing its true form. A red flying sword! The flying sword stopped in midair and continued to struggle. Wang Lin observed the flying sword and discovered that it contained a sliver of divine sense, like a stink bomb. He easily erased the divine sense remaining on it and used a bit more force with his attraction technique. With a cracking sound, the flying sword split in half and fell to the ground.
Yang Yi’s expression changed drastically and he coughed up a mouthful of blood. He took a few steps back and said, “Brother Wang’s ancient technique, Dragon Capture Hand, is very powerful, but I won’t admit defeat! The one who defeated me wasn’t you, but your ancient technique!”
Wang Lin was stunned, but he smiled. “The ancient technique Dragon Capture Hand? This is the first time I’ve heard of it!”
“Hmph, you don’t have to deny it. Your Dragon Capturing Hands are already known to my uncle-master!” Yang Yi walked down from the stage, and all the Xuan Dao Sect disciples moved aside. The stench on his body was truly too pungent.
Elder Ouyang’s face flushed slightly. He coughed and said stiffly, “Junior Wang Lin, the technique you used is truly the Dragon Capturing Hands. This ancient technique is extremely unfathomable and powerful. I’ve only heard of it in some ancient texts. I never expected the Heng Yue Sect to still possess a technique that has been lost for thousands of years. It’s no less powerful than the powerful sects from 500 years ago!”
As he continued speaking, even he himself began to believe it. Even if it wasn’t the Dragon Capture Hand, it was definitely an ancient technique, or it wouldn’t be so powerful.
Wang Lin was stunned. He had practiced this fascinating technique for over 20 years in the dream world, so its power wouldn’t be weak.
This was just a small matter. What was important was that this battle made Wang Lin realize his current strength. Situ Nan had previously said that Wang Lin was at the half-circle of the Spirit Movement stage, which was the 14th layer of Qi Condensation in the State of Zhao. This meant that he was one step away from reaching the peak of Qi Condensation.
As for why he felt like he was still in the 3rd layer, even Situ Nan couldn’t guess what was wrong. Wang Lin had once brought up what Brother Zhang had said about severing one’s mortal ties, but, with a face full of disdain, Situ Nan had told him that there was no such thing. It was just a rumor spread by the juniors of these small cultivation countries. Cultivation was a heaven-defying act. These small matters were completely insignificant.
He stated that, in his home country, there was a cultivator at the Soul Formation stage, but he could not let go of his family ties, so he stayed at home and enjoyed life with his family, and, in the end, he still achieved Soul Transformation after several years.
This kind of lifestyle would eventually become very boring. After all, a cultivator’s lifespan is much longer than that of most people, so to ordinary people, cultivators seem unconcerned with these things.
Situ Nan finally concluded that this had something to do with the Heaven Defying Bead. Because Wang Lin had been cultivating so much in the Heaven Defying Bead space, it had caused a disconnect between the dream space and the real world. Thus, even though Wang Lin’s true strength was at the 14th layer, his body only showed that he was at the 3rd layer.
After a while, the desync will go away, so it’s not a big deal.
With the strength of the 14th layer of qi condensation and more than 20 years of hard work on the attraction technique, it is no wonder that his strength will cause people to have crazy guesses.
Huang Long narrowed his eyes and said to Wang Lin, “Wang Lin, is the technique you used really an ancient technique?” Right now he was not in the mood to find out what the technique was called, but he wholeheartedly wanted to make the Xuan Dao Sect lose face.
Wang Lin shook his head and smiled, “Sect Head, the technique junior used is definitely an interesting one. As for the Dragon Capture Hand, this disciple has never heard of it before.”
Huang Long secretly praised Wang Lin for his intelligence. He looked at the three Xuan Dao Sect elders and laughed. “Friend Ouyang, I can tell you that this technique isn’t the Dragon Capturing Hand, but the most basic technique of my Heng Yue Sect: the attention-grabbing technique. Your disciples can’t even defend against the most basic technique of my Heng Yue Sect, and you made up this Dragon Capturing Hand to justify it.”
Elder Ouyang was quite embarrassed, but on the surface, he couldn’t back down. He retorted, “Friend Huang Long, you don’t have to deny it. Hmph, I’ve already seen it. This is the Dragon Capturing Hand!”
Dao Xu laughed and said to Sect Head Huang Long, “Sect Head, I think that name is quite good. How about we change the name of the attraction technique to Dragon Capture Hand?”
Huang Long’s eyes lit up as he looked at Dao Xu with praise. He said, “Good! From now on, my Heng Yue Sect’s fascinating technique will be renamed Dragon Capture Hand. I would like to thank the Xuan Dao Sect for this name!”
The faces of Elder Ouyang and the other two elders were filled with bitterness. They shook their heads silently.
Wang Lin stood on the stage, contemplating. After the last two matches, he had gained great confidence in his strength, but his opponents were too weak to test his full strength. Although his spiritual energy was on the same level as someone at the 14th layer of Qi Condensation, he was somewhat lacking in terms of technique. He only had proficiency in the pull-pull technique.
In order to test how strong he really was, he suddenly said, “Fellow senior brothers of the Xuan Dao Sect, you can all come forward at once.”