Chapter 187: Burning Battle Energy

"Lin Pheng, brother, I challenged you to exchange pointers but you haven't replied to me yet. At least, you should fight me first and then challenge Brother Meng Chong." said Pheng Xiao mockingly. When Meng Chong heard these words, he nodded and said: "He's right, Lin Pheng. Are you trying to escape the fight by changing the subject? You should first defeat Brother Pheng Xiao and then challenge me."

A moment ago, Meng Chong was at loss for words and had nothing to say but now he had an opportunity." What you mean to say is you'll only fight me if I defeat him?" said Lin Pheng in a mocking tone while looking at Meng Chong. Meng Chong avoided Lin Pheng's eyes and looked hesitant. Immediately after, he nodded and said: "Indeed.

Pheng Xiao wasn't weak. He was at the peak of the sixth Ling Qi layer. He hadn't seen Hei Mo and Lin Pheng's fight and knew very little about it but he had heard the news that it was a draw. Besides, Lin Pheng was still at the fifth Ling Qi layer at the auction market. Meng Chong didn't believe that Lin Pheng, was able to defeat a cultivator at the peak of the sixth Ling Qi layer after such a short time such as Pheng Xiao.

The second prince was overestimating Lin Pheng's strength. Pheng Xiao would humiliate him.

The crowd was looking at Lin Pheng. The second prince was particularly kind to Lin Pheng which caused some of them to be in a bad mood. they would gladly watch if Lin Pheng could be humiliated.

Lin Pheng sipped his glass of alcohol with a cold aura around him. Immediately after, he slightly raised his head, glanced at the crowd and finally looked at Pheng Xiao.

Lin Pheng had no choice but to humor him since Pheng Xiao really wanted to use Lin Pheng to show his strength.

"Where do we fight?" asked Lin Pheng indifferently which surprised the crowd. Excitement immediately flashed through their eyes. Lin Pheng had accepted the challenge.

Pheng Xiao was also a bit surprised. He smiled immediately after, and said: "Watching a battle from the pavilion while drinking some alcohol is a very pleasant thing to do. The landscape is wonderful. We could take advantages of the bamboo rafts on the lake, what do you think?"

"Alright." replied Lin Pheng indifferently. The crowd was sneering at him. Who didn't know that Pheng Xiao had a hurricane spirit and that he was extremely powerful? Choosing the lake as a battlefield would give him a huge advantage. Lin Pheng had surprisingly accepted.

"Alright, I'll go first." Pheng Xiao's silhouette flickered and in the blink of eye, he appeared on a bamboo raft outside of the pavilion. Then, the crowd saw the bamboo raft move with precise skill towards the center of the lake.

"What a nice agility technique." the crowd was amazed. They then looked at Lin Pheng to see if they could catch his surprise but Lin Pheng's face didn't reveal shock. He looked expressionless and calmly stood up.

He slowly walked towards the edge of the pavilion and jumped onto a bamboo raft. Immediately after, the bamboo raft started moving slowly towards the center of the lake. His movements were extremely ordinary and didn't look beautiful and elegant, which made the crowd look at Lin Pheng with disdain.

It seemed like Lin Pheng was definitely going to lose that battle. Many people were even regretting that Pheng Xiao had challenged Lin Pheng before them. If they had challenged him first, they could have gained the prestige and been in Pheng Xiao's position.

After Pheng Xiao arrived in the middle of the lake, he turned around. While standing on the bamboo raft, he looked at Lin Pheng and a smile appeared on his face.

"Lin Pheng, brother, I heard that your strength was exceptional, but today, it seems like it was unjustified. How should I dispose of you?" said Pheng Xiao jokingly. At that moment, he wasn't acting politely anymore, he was now showing his true colours.

"However you wish." said Lin Pheng as indifferently. He was extremely calm. The crowd found Lin Pheng's mind hard to fathom. He was indeed mysterious.

"Hehe, it feels like we are like old friends even though this is the first time we have met, so I will not make you suffer too much. I will cripple your cultivation and let you live." said Pheng Xiao while smiling evilly. His heart was filled with malicious intent. Having accepted his challenge on the lake was an extremely reckless decision.

If he hadn't put on his façade of kindness, how could he possibly get such an opportunity?

"Didn't you just say that the purpose of that battle was to exchange pointers? Why is it that you are talking about crippling my cultivation?" asked Lin Pheng indifferently yet his heart was filled with extreme coldness.

These noble cultivators were all the same, really arrogant and considered other people's lives as trash. Their hearts and morals were disgustingly rotten. It was the first time that Pheng Xiao was meeting Lin Pheng, they didn't have any hatred between them, and yet he was already talking about crippling his cultivation as if it was something ordinary.

When Pheng Xiao heard Lin Pheng, he couldn't help but heartily burst into laughter. The other people in the pavilion were also laughing. Lin Pheng was really a fascinating and amusing person.

"What's so funny?" asked Lin Pheng indifferently which made Pheng Xiao stop. He looked at Lin Pheng and said: "I said I wouldn't kill you, I am showing mercy."

While talking, he moved his hand and a sharp wind rushed straight towards Lin Pheng's bamboo raft.

"boom!"

Lin Pheng's bamboo raft was broken into pieces. Water burst into the air surrounding Lin Pheng's body.

But the crowd only saw that Lin Pheng was surrounded by a wall of water and didn't know if he was alive.

Only when the wall of water fell down once again, they saw that Lin Pheng's bamboo raft was already broken and that Lin Pheng was still standing there motionless.

"If you don't try your hardest, how do you plan to fight against me?" asked Pheng Xiao while laughing and looking at Lin Pheng. He had accepted to fight on the lake, Lin Pheng was asking to die.

"Do I even need to use any effort against someone like you?" said Lin Pheng indifferently. A terrifying battle energy surrounded his body and like a fire spread around him and through the atmosphere.

Lin Pheng took few steps on forward. He was skillfully and elegantly walking on the water.

When the crowd sensed Lin Pheng's battle energy, they were stupefied. A moment before, Lin Pheng was as calm the lake and now he was releasing battle energy that was sharper than a sword.

Besides, the battle energy was growing even more intense with each of his steps. It was causing their hearts to race.

"Huh?"

Pheng Xiao frowned and looked at Lin Pheng. Lin Pheng looked elegant and agile and his battle energy was piercingly sharp.

"Whoosh!" Pheng Xiao swiped his hand forwards and two sharp hurricanes rushed straight towards Lin Pheng.

Lin Pheng moved his hand at incredible speed and a wave rose from the lake. That wave seemed like it had transformed into a sharp sword which stopped the hurricanes.

"boom!"

Lin Pheng continued moving forwards. Immediately, the wave crashed down and disintegrated Pheng Xiao's bamboo raft.

The crowd was amazed by Lin Pheng's movements. At that moment, Lin Pheng was surrounded by huge waves roaring across the lake. It seemed like the lake had turned into an enraged dragon under Lin Pheng's feet. His battle energy was still burning outwards and now covered the entire lake.

Pheng Xiao's facial expression drastically changed. He now had an extremely ugly expression. He looked gloomy as if he had just realized how terrifying Lin Pheng's power was.

At that moment, Lin Pheng looked determined, his mouth slightly opened and he said coldly: "I first admitted defeat, not because I was scared but because I thought that fighting was pointless. Since you really wanted to fight against me, I accepted."

While talking, Lin Pheng moved forwards again, it seemed like he was unceasingly moving and suddenly his silhouette looked like it had disappeared.

"Pierce."

Lin Pheng's voice spread through the air. The crowd couldn't see where Lin Pheng was. Besides, at that moment, Pheng Xiao was dumbstruck. Lin Pheng looked like a terrifying warlord. Lin Pheng's body was faintly discernible and an incomparably huge amount of battle energy was moving towards him. Pheng Xiao could not tell where the battle energy was coming from, but he could feel the danger rushing towards him.

"Retreat."

A hurricane emerged in the atmosphere and Pheng Xiao rushed backwards. A moment after, his body intensely shook and he loudly groaned. A strong sword Qi had pierced into his body and completely destroyed his Qi passageways before piercing his dantian.

"I didn't want to fight, not out of fear but out of disdain for pointlessly fighting." The crowd looked at the two silhouettes. Lin Pheng attacked again, he pointed his finger at Pheng Xiao and deadly energy crashed into his body.

Lin Pheng did not want to fight against Pheng Xiao, that's all. Defeating Pheng Xiao was an extremely easy thing to do.

Pheng Xiao had provoked Lin Pheng. After Lin Pheng had accepted the challenge, he had acted even more wildly and wanted to cripple Lin Pheng's cultivation. Lin Pheng instead had crippled Pheng Xiao's cultivation and returned the favour.