Chapter 869:
As a Golden Core expert, the Great Elder naturally possessed a set of advanced Lightweight Body Skills, enabling him to move like a ghost, leaving no trace on the snow.
At this moment, the Great Elder’s idea was simple: take advantage of Lin Tian just having reached the Golden Core stage, when his strength was still unstable, and cripple him directly.
Suddenly, the Great Elder sensed something amiss with Lin Tian. He stopped in his tracks, his eyes widening like copper bells, then showing an expression of disbelief.
At this moment, Lin Tian’s state was rapidly climbing, directly rising from the Initial Stage Golden Elixir to the Middle Stage Golden Elixir!
He had directly crossed a minor realm!
Lin Tian turned completely flushed, his muscles bulging, instantly transforming from a delicate youth into a muscular hulk. His entire body brimmed with a sense of power.
"This... how can it be?"
The Great Elder gulped down a mouthful of saliva with difficulty, then rubbed his eyes and looked at Lin Tian again, finding him still at the Middle Stage Golden Elixir. His heart sank halfway!
Twenty years ago, the Great Elder had advanced to the Initial Stage Golden Elixir, and now he had reached the middle stage. The hardships he endured were known only to himself.
Even if Lin Tian had a cultivation technique that temporarily boosted strength, it was absolutely impossible for it to enhance him this much. The difference was as vast as the clouds and mud!
"Kid! What kind of sinister cultivation technique are you using?" the Great Elder couldn’t help but ask.
Lin Tian replied, "You think I’m like you, always thinking about sinister methods? I’m using a righteous cultivation technique. Even so, I still haven’t gotten serious!"
"..."
In fact, this cultivation technique that allowed him to directly increase a minor realm came from the "Tyrant Emperor’s Record." Back then, he used it to boost his strength and kill that mysterious person from Sakula Country.
Having just advanced to the Initial Stage Golden Elixir, his perceptive abilities had also drastically improved. He was very aware that he was not a match for the Great Elder, so he had no choice but to elevate his strength to the Middle Stage Golden Elixir.
"Old man, come on, let’s have a fight. I don’t believe you can still bully me like you did just now!" Lin Tian beckoned provocatively at the Great Elder with a finger.
"Courting death!"
The Great Elder muttered grimly, then his strength also began to surge. However, he didn’t boost as immensely as Lin Tian; he only reached the peak of the Middle Stage Golden Elixir.
At the top of the ladder, it’s hard to take another step.
This cultivation technique couldn’t directly jump a minor realm, naturally lagging far behind Lin Tian’s.
Lin Tian’s expression grew unpleasant; he hadn’t expected to underestimate this old man, who also possessed a similar cultivation technique, proving that Golden Core experts were not to be underestimated.
Without a word wasted, the two of them quickly engaged in a fierce battle... except their naked state was somewhat uncivilized...
The Great Elder skillfully used a multitude of techniques; from the start, punches, palms, and kicks were employed, constantly forcing Lin Tian back, as if an adult were bullying a child.
Like a raging storm, like heaven collapsing and earth cracking, like flying sand and rolling stones.
The Great Elder was fully immersed in his own rhythm, a smile of satisfaction on his face, utterly delighted.
His momentum formed, whether with punches, palm techniques, or kicks, attacking continuously without a break, effortlessly flowing like water.
The Great Elder’s heart was filled with satisfaction!
Let you act cocky again, kid!
Act some more!
Lin Tian mostly used his hands to block, barely keeping up with the Great Elder’s rhythm, though his arms burned with pain, then turned numb, as if those arms weren’t his own.
"Hahaha, what joy, truly gratifying!"
The Great Elder laughed wildly, finding this fight incredibly satisfying!
Lin Tian, this Golden Core expert, seemed fake; he was more like a sandbag, letting himself be punched and kicked at will, beaten however the Great Elder saw fit!
In past matches with others, such situations rarely occurred since he was the number one figure in Luoyan Dock, the acknowledged top expert! Those reclusive, cultivating monsters didn’t count.
But fighting Lin Tian was different; after enduring so much provocation recently, the Great Elder had a hatred buff added, making the fight feel utterly exhilarating!
"Kid, fight back! Weren’t you just acting tough? Come, hit me, haha, can’t touch me, can you?"
The Great Elder’s fists rained down on Lin Tian like a storm, laughing with joy, wishing nothing more than to humiliate Lin Tian all night long!
Bang!
Lin Tian struck back, no, more accurately, he kicked.
He suddenly kicked at the Great Elder’s crotch!
"Ah~~~~~"
A sharp cry erupted from the Great Elder’s mouth, nearly bursting Lin Tian’s eardrums.
No idle onlookers poked their heads out in Wangfu Zhuang. After all, this was Wangfu Zhuang, where people with status and prestige in Kanyue City lived. Who would meddle in this?
Even if someone died, it was probably a common sight to them, right?
The Great Elder’s stormy, stone-crushing assault was interrupted because he immediately retreated dozens of meters, maintaining a safe distance from Lin Tian, his body twitching uncontrollably. Still, their naked state was quite improper.
Even as a Golden Core expert, faced with a second destruction of his critical area, the Great Elder couldn’t endure!
"Lin Tian!" the Great Elder gritted his teeth, calling out vehemently.
"Grandpa’s here!" Lin Tian looked at the Great Elder, smiling, "But it was you who told me to fight back."
"Shameless!" the Great Elder accused, pointing at Lin Tian’s nose, "You’re already a Golden Core expert! How can you use such underhanded tactics! Where’s your sense of elegance? How did you, such a shameless person, reach the Golden Core stage!"
The Great Elder felt devastated, now completely ruined, unable to rise again.
Lin Tian tilted his head, thought for a moment, and said, "I was punched into the Golden Core stage by you. Have you forgotten?"
"Cough, cough, cough..." The Great Elder choked on the words, coughing violently, nearly spitting blood. Was there anything more infuriating than this?
"You want to kill me, and I want to kill you. At such a life and death moment, even underhanded tactics have their place! You could have kicked me there too; you clearly had a great chance just now. If you’d kicked, I’d be convulsing on the ground now. But you didn’t because..."
The Great Elder glared at him fiercely, waiting for the rest.
Lin Tian paused, then said, "Because you’re too naive!"
The Great Elder flushed, but not from embarrassment; it was from anger. This kid had called him naive twice already! His old dignity was almost entirely lost!
"Damn it! If I don’t ruin you today, I won’t quell my anger!"
As a master, a Golden Core master, the Great Elder always held a certain air.
He carried himself aloof and refined, always acting like a reclusive sage, regardless of time or place, always doing things with high style.
But today, he didn’t know how many foul words he’d uttered, which was very rare before.
Today, his composure was pushed beyond its limits by Lin Tian’s provocations.