Rise from a Poor Family: My Martial Arts Counterattack

Chapter 409 Sima Kong's Confidence
Daliang, Lingxiao City, Canglan Martial Academy...

All the disciples watching the match erupted in cheers, and the outer disciples of the East Sea Divine Palace who were responsible for broadcasting the match were also extremely excited.

With just one more match to go, Lin Chen is about to set a new record of 100,000 consecutive wins to reach the top of Wudao Mountain.

Although they were not martial artists from Daliang, nor from the Canglan Sect, they had spent a few days in Daliang and naturally their hearts were with Lin Chen.

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Linhu Village.

The villagers were also incredibly excited. Perhaps they didn't know what reaching the summit of Wudao Mountain meant, because it was something so far away from them.

Even though these villagers had heard about it from those martial arts masters, they couldn't understand it; they were simply thrilled by Lin Chen's victory.

Mr. and Mrs. Lin held hands tightly. Their son had won, but what made them even happier was that he hadn't been hurt.

"Zhao'er, did you see that? Your uncle won."

Chen Ting shook her daughter's arms. The little girl was startled by the cheers of the crowd, and her face looked a little confused, but after hearing her mother's words, she giggled.

"It's...it's sneaky..."

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Canglan Sect.

Lin Chen came down from Wudao Mountain and saw a quiet courtyard. He smiled and then looked at his master: "Master, I didn't let you down, did I?"

"Hahaha!"

Du Xiaofeng burst into hearty laughter: "You have surprised and delighted your teacher."

Du Xiaofeng had expected his disciple to win, but he hadn't imagined it would be this easy. Zeng Xi had completely overwhelmed him in terms of spiritual attack.

The disciples of the Canglan Sect completely overwhelmed the Qianji Sect in terms of soul attacks. He could imagine how frustrated the elders of the Qianji Sect must be when they found out about this.

"Junior brother, you have truly shocked me."

Chai Daoqi stepped forward and patted Lin Chen on the shoulder. What kind of disciple had his master taken in? He was far too powerful.

"You've only just entered the Innate Realm, yet you already possess such strength. You're no less powerful than those who have been in the Innate Realm for several years."

Chai Daoqi wasn't exaggerating. He knew the situation of the disciples in the sect who were at the Innate Realm. As it stands, apart from a few disciples who have reached the peak of the Transformation Realm, the others might not necessarily have a chance of winning against Junior Brother Lin.

It's not that my junior brother's Boundless Divine Appearance Technique and Azure Wave Finger are particularly strong, but mainly in terms of his soul.

It's easy to advance in one's spiritual realm, but difficult to cultivate one's divine soul.

Do the innate disciples of the Canglan Sect lack resources for martial arts cultivation?
If you want to quickly improve your strength in a short period of time, then you will naturally lack resources. The sect cannot supply them indefinitely. If you want more resources, you can only rely on completing sect missions or traveling to obtain them yourself.

If we take it slow, relying on the resources provided by the sect and searching on our own, we won't run out of resources before reaching the third level of the Innate Realm. Those of us who travel are trying to break through faster.

However, once you reach the Innate Realm, the most difficult thing is the growth of your soul. All resources in the entire Yan Dynasty that can enhance the soul are extremely precious treasures. Even the direct disciples of these elders cannot satisfy their needs with the resources given by the sect or their masters.

This is also why he and his second senior brother chose to travel abroad—to find ways and treasures to enhance their spiritual souls.

Junior Brother's soul is comparable to the late stage of the Transformation Realm. Now he only needs to cultivate step by step, and there will be no problem for him to break through to the second stage of the Innate Realm.

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"Junior brother, you have defeated Zeng Xi. Now you only need one last battle, and this battle will be the most difficult. The opponent you will face has been the number one in Martial Arts Mountain for a full ten months."

Liang Hanyang began to introduce Lin Chen's last opponent, and Qiao Yuan chimed in, saying, "Sima Kong is very strong. He secured the top spot two months earlier than Zeng Xi. Zeng Xi must have challenged Sima Kong."

Qiao Yuan had originally planned to wait until he reached the Innate Realm before challenging the rankings on Martial Dao Mountain, and he paid special attention to the top thirty.

Sima Kong!
Lin Chen also found this name extremely memorable, because it sounded like the kind of name reserved for a prodigy.

Only a genius could suppress this name.

"Master, why can't I see Sima Kong's sect?"

After defeating Zeng Xi, Lin Chen saw Sima Kong's information, but only Sima Kong's name was displayed on Martial Arts Mountain, without any mention of his sect.

"Sima Kong comes from the Sima family. The Sima family has existed in the Yan Dynasty for nearly ten thousand years. Compared with our sects, the family is only slightly inferior in overall strength. In terms of top combat power, the Sima family also has experts of the Ten Thousand Manifestations level."

Du Xiaofeng slowly spoke, saying that there were a few special families in the Yan Dynasty whose strength was only slightly inferior to those of the super sects.

"Sima Kong has not joined any sect because he is waiting for the right price. Many sects want to take him as a disciple, but the Sima family is not satisfied with the treatment and conditions they offer."

"However, if Sima Kong defeats you this time, I'm afraid some sects will become restless and will definitely agree to the conditions offered by the Sima family."

Hearing his master's words, Lin Chen's eyes flickered; he understood what his master meant.

Sima Kong's talent is undeniable, awaiting the conditions offered by various sects. However, the Sima family is not satisfied with the conditions offered. Now, Sima Kong's 100,000-game winning streak has already caused a sensation in the Yan Dynasty. If Sima Kong were to lose to him, it would only elevate Sima Kong's status. "Your challenge to Sima Kong this time should be Sima Kong's last challenge on Martial Dao Mountain. In the months following you, no one will be able to challenge Sima Kong again. Sima Kong will firmly hold the number one position until he turns twenty and leaves Martial Dao Mountain. This means he will receive a special reward from Martial Dao Mountain."

Special rewards?

Lin Chen's pupils shrank suddenly as he recalled the destiny reward that the sect leader had mentioned to him.

To be number one and remain number one until the time one reaches the age of retirement and leaves Martial Arts Mountain, one can receive a destiny reward.

"Therefore, it's not that Sima Kong's conditions were too high, but rather that all the sects were watching and waiting, wanting to wait until Sima Kong held onto first place before making their own conditions."

"That's right, there are completely different things between holding onto number one and holding onto number one."

Du Xiaofeng nodded meaningfully: "When you launched your challenge for 100,000 consecutive wins, all the people under the age of 20 in the entire Yan Dynasty who were confident in their own strength and had never been to Martial Dao Mountain came out to stop you. This means that no one else will follow. Therefore, your battle with Sima Kong will determine who will be the champion of this year's Martial Dao Mountain."

"From this perspective, my decision to start the winning streak challenge actually helped Sima Kong."

Lin Chen smiled. As long as Sima Kong defeated him, the major sects wouldn't have to worry about Sima Kong losing the top spot in the last few months.

For Sima Kong, having a sect provide the necessary conditions in advance would accelerate his cultivation progress. It's easy to imagine that even a super sect would feel the pinch when given the conditions by Sima Kong or the Sima family.

"I will challenge Sima Kong in three days."

Lin Chen made a decision: he would use these three days to exchange the points from Martial Arts Mountain to increase his strength.

Once all the points have been redeemed, challenge Sima Kong.

After several rounds of settlement on the panel, Lin Chen also grasped some patterns: the better the performance, the better the new title after the settlement.

This is why he took on a series of challenges in one go.

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Sima City.

A city named after the Sima family.

Sixty percent of the city's inhabitants are from the Sima clan, and the remaining forty percent are also closely related to the Sima family.

The Sima family has existed for tens of thousands of years in the Yan Dynasty. Its foundation is no weaker than those first-class sects. Its only drawback is that the number of its members is not as large as those sects.

The backyard of Sima Zu's residence.

"Fourth brother!"

Several young men pushed open the door and entered the courtyard. A young man walked out of the house, his face as cold and stern as if carved from jade, with a high nose and a sharp jawline.

"Fourth brother, did you see the fight between Lin Chen and Zeng Xi just now?"

When asked by his elder brothers, Sima Kong shook his head: "I have never seen it."

"Didn't you see it?"

Sima Kong smiled domineeringly: "Zeng Xi challenged me twice and was defeated by me both times. If Lin Chen can't even beat Zeng Xi, then there's no need for him to watch. Even if he defeats Zeng Xi, I'm not afraid."

Upon hearing this, several young members of the Sima family smiled. As expected of the fourth brother, his words were so domineering, and he was indeed the most outstanding genius in the Sima family in the past five hundred years.

There's no need to watch it since it was defeated by Zeng Xi.

Defeating Zeng Xi is also something we are not afraid of.

"Fourth brother, the battle between Lin Chen and Zeng Xi was a pure contest of spirits, and Zeng Xi ultimately lost."

One of them couldn't help but remind them that if Lin Chen had won a Pyrrhic victory, they wouldn't need to worry. However, in this battle between Lin Chen and Zeng Xi, Lin Chen had crushed Zeng Xi simply by relying on his spiritual power.

Zeng Xi's greatest strength was his divine soul, yet Lin Chen defeated Zeng Xi using only his divine soul, which shows that Lin Chen still had a trump card up his sleeve.

"Did the Divine Soul defeat Zeng Xi?"

Sima Kong's face showed a hint of surprise: "In that case, Lin Chen has actually piqued my interest. If he were too weak, I really wouldn't be interested."

As the number one martial artist in Wudao Mountain, and having held the title for ten months, Sima Kong has enough confidence.

Zeng Xi challenged him twice, and he defeated Zeng Xi by going all out.

"From this perspective, Fourth Brother should actually thank Lin Chen. Lin Chen's challenge has put those sects at ease, and they will surely agree to the conditions proposed by the clan. Fourth Brother, you should decide which sect to join then."

"Unfortunately, the Canglan Sect will not offer any more conditions to Fourth Brother. Otherwise, if Fourth Brother were to join the Canglan Sect, the entire Yan Dynasty would probably be in an uproar."

Hearing his brothers' words, Sima Kong smiled. He knew that since he had defeated Lin Chen, the Canglan Sect would definitely not make any more offers to him. Even a super sect couldn't afford to cultivate two super geniuses.

Unless the Canglan Sect abandons Lin Chen, but if the Canglan Sect really does that, it will probably cause unrest among the disciples.

(End of this chapter)