Pay to Cultivate Immortality? My Sect is Completely Free - Chapter 153

Chapter 153 Doubt: He Must Be Over the Age Limit!

“Get up there!”

An elder of the Sacred Tiger Sect shouted at another young man.

“What? Me?” The youth hesitated. “But… I’m only at the Fifth Layer of Golden Core. I don’t think I’m strong enough… I’m afraid…”

“Trash! We don’t need you to win. Just focus on dodging and wearing down his energy!” the elder snapped angrily.

“Alright! I’ll give it a try!” The young man took a deep breath and grit his teeth as he stepped forward.

“Heavenly Dao Sect, Xiao Yan, ready for your guidance!”

Seeing someone appear on the field, Xiao Yan raised his Mysterious Iron Ruler, presenting the pre-duel salute.

“Sacred Tiger Sect, Lin Shan, at your service!” The young man returned the gesture with a fist salute.

“The match begins!”

As the start command was given, Lin Shan took a deep breath and instantly transformed his body into a flash of electric current, rushing forward at incredible speed.

This was the Sacred Tiger Sect’s high-level footwork technique, the Lightning Flash Step!

Lin Shan’s body seemed to become a Thunder Serpent, each flicker covering hundreds of yards—astonishingly fast.

“What an incredible speed! No wonder this is one of the Sacred Tiger Sect’s supreme secret techniques!”

Everyone around praised the incredible speed, but their expressions quickly turned to disbelief before they even finished speaking.

Sure, the speed was fast—but where was he running to?

Instead of charging straight at Xiao Yan, Lin Shan was circling around the edge of the Grand Plaza!

“Hmm? Using speed to wear down the Heavenly Dao Sect disciple’s stamina?”

Someone caught on and showed a thoughtful look.

It was indeed a clever tactic. According to the rules, as soon as Xiao Yan steps off to rest, he can’t return to the arena, meaning the Heavenly Dao Sect would lose a powerful fighter.

If he doesn’t rest, then he has to keep fighting continuously, risking exhaustion.

Xiao Yan remained silent, watching Lin Shan circle around him from afar.

He understood perfectly well—Lin Shan’s plan was to drain his stamina!

“Good strategy, but has all my training running around Heavenly Dao Mountain every day been for nothing?” Xiao Yan smiled and suddenly flashed forward.

His speed surged dramatically, turning into a blur as he instantly caught up to Lin Shan!

Startled, Lin Shan instinctively stopped circling and raised his weapon to block.

But Xiao Yan’s movement was elusive—he slipped around to Lin Shan’s side, then swiftly struck from behind.

“Bang!”

Lin Shan was sent flying off the arena, crashing into the crowd from the Sacred Tiger Sect.

It was another instant kill!

“Isn’t this guy supposed to be a strength-type? How is he so fast too?”

“Hmm? Aren’t those with great strength usually slow, and those fast usually weak?”

“Both strong and fast… What the hell is going on!”

The Sacred Tiger Sect members were stunned. They had expected Lin Shan to at least put up a fight or at worst just wear down his opponent a bit more, but they never imagined he’d be taken down so easily.

“This time, you go!”

An elder of the Sacred Tiger Sect frowned and ordered another disciple.

“W-What…”

The disciple hesitated.

“What, scared?” The elder sneered coldly, his face full of disdain.

“Fine, I’ll go!” The young man grit his teeth and accepted.

The fifth disciple of the Sacred Tiger Sect stepped forward.

The fifth disciple of the Sacred Tiger Sect hit the ground!

The sixth disciple stepped up.

The sixth disciple was blasted into the air!

The Sacred Tiger Sect…

“Bang!”

Xiao Yan delivered another powerful flying kick, sending the disciple soaring into the sky before he violently crashed into the Sacred Tiger Sect’s resting pavilion and passed out.

Heavenly Dao Sect’s Xiao Yan.

Eight battles, eight victories!

All one-hit kills!

If you count Zhang Goudan’s win as well, the Heavenly Dao Sect had already won nine out of ten disciple matches!

“This…”

Everyone’s faces shifted from shock to stunned disbelief. Damn, this is way too unreal!

If they hadn’t seen it all with their own eyes, they’d have suspected the Dominating Heaven Sect was rigging things to swindle their spirit stones!

By now, everyone understood—it wasn’t that the Sacred Tiger Sect’s disciples were weak, but that the Heavenly Dao Sect’s disciples were just too strong!

Neither the power nor the speed Xiao Yan displayed looked like anything a Golden Core cultivator could possess, let alone someone at the Golden Core Sixth Layer!

In the sky, Venerable Xuan Ba frowned deeply.

At this point, the Heavenly Dao Sect’s chances of winning were growing stronger and stronger, and his bet with Su Bai was about to be lost!

Of course, until the very end, the outcome was still uncertain.

If Xiao Yan was the Heavenly Dao Sect’s strongest disciple, then the Sacred Tiger Sect still had a chance to turn things around!

No, not just a chance—a guaranteed comeback!

Because the Sacred Tiger Sect’s Eldest Senior Brother had yet to appear!

The Sacred Tiger Sect’s top prodigy was a renowned figure throughout the entire Southern Xuan Prefecture!

“There’s only one match left. Hurry it up—I’m eager to get back home for dinner!”

Xiao Yan stood on the arena, sounding a bit impatient.

Eight straight wins—this really was exhilarating!

The other disciples of the Heavenly Dao Sect were filled with envy; they too wanted to step forward and challenge the prodigies from the various sects of Southern Xuan Prefecture. But Xiao Yan had already swept through alone, leaving no opportunity for them.

“The genius disciples of the Venerable’s sect— I thought they’d be stronger, but it turns out this is all they’re capable of?” Xiao Lingxi said with some disappointment.

“It’s not that they’re weak; it’s that we’re too strong. No—more precisely, our Heavenly Dao Sect’s Immortal Techniques are too powerful!” Zhuge Feng responded.

In the face of the Heavenly Dao Sect’s Immortal Techniques, could the techniques of other sects even still be called Immortal Techniques? They were nothing more than trinkets nobody would want even if they were given away free on the roadside.

“But we still can’t be careless. Among the Sacred Tiger Sect’s lineup, there is one disciple whose strength is considerable. He’s been watching calmly all this time and must have reached the Nascent Soul Realm,” Zhuge Feng added.

At this moment, the Sacred Tiger Sect’s top disciple, their Eldest Senior Brother Wu Yong, was preparing to step into the fight.

The last match was about to begin, and besides him, the Sacred Tiger Sect had no one else who could go up against Xiao Yan!

“Wait!”

Suddenly, a Divine Transformation Elder from the Sacred Tiger Sect spoke up. His voice rang loudly across the entire Grand Plaza, not only stopping Wu Yong in his tracks but also drawing everyone’s attention.

“Venerables, this junior dares to raise a question regarding the Heavenly Dao Sect’s disciple Xiao Yan!”

The Elder’s face darkened as he addressed the Venerables watching from above.

“Oh? What kind of question? Tell us,” Venerable Xuan Ba said with interest.

The Sacred Tiger Sect Elder glared fiercely at Xiao Yan and said, “I suspect that this young man’s age exceeds the limit!”

“The tournament rules clearly state that participants in the disciple battles must be under one hundred years old. Anyone over that age is prohibited from competing!”

“Our Sacred Tiger Sect’s Immortal Techniques are among the best in the world, and it’s extremely rare to cultivate a Golden Core peak or even a Nascent Soul prodigy under one hundred years of age. How could a sect from Southern Ridge like the Heavenly Dao Sect possibly produce such a genius in such a short time?”

“Therefore, I, the Old Man, conclude that his age definitely exceeds one hundred years. He must have altered his appearance to look younger and is here to bully the younger generation!”