After fifteen years of cultivation, he finally reached the pinnacle of the first rank!

Chapter 298 Competition
Standing next to Huo Shan, Huo Mu's face was tense. She gripped a silver spear that was taller than her with one hand, and a hint of shame and indignation flashed in her dark eyes.

She was defeated by the girl in the white dress in less than three moves. She only regretted that her martial arts talent was not high enough and her marksmanship was not strong enough, which brought shame to the already declining Huo family.

Even so, this spirited young girl still wanted to fight, showing a willingness to become more courageous after each defeat.

At this moment, Huo Mu took a step forward, gripping his spear.

However, Huo Shan stopped him the next moment, frowning as he said:

"Don't be impulsive. You are no match for her. Even if you fight countless times, the outcome will not change. In fact, you are more likely to get hurt."

Upon hearing this, Huo Mu gripped the spear in her hand, her expression shifting for a moment, but she ultimately lowered her head gently.

She knew very well that if she attacked again, she would still lose, and that would only embolden Dugu Yan and his ilk.

She's still too weak!
But just then, a casual voice suddenly drifted into her ears:

Do you want to win?

Upon hearing this, Huo Mu's youthful face immediately changed expression, and she hurriedly looked around.

At this moment, his father Huo Shan and Huo Qifeng both had angry expressions, but showed no signs of anything unusual.

The girl in the white dress and Dugu Yan and the others opposite them wore mocking expressions, completely looking down on the Huo family members in the courtyard building, appearing extremely arrogant.

Huo Muxiu frowned, her gaze shifting as she looked at Li Musheng and Shen Anran sitting in the hall.

Then, her gaze finally fell on Li Musheng.

However, the unfamiliar young man was petting a large black cat and seemed completely oblivious to what was happening around them.

Seeing this, Huo Mu withdrew her gaze, hesitated for a moment, and finally bit her lip and nodded almost imperceptibly.

"Since you want to win, I'll teach you a few tricks."

The light, airy voice came again, and Huo Mu looked around in surprise, but couldn't figure out where the voice came from at all.

And it seemed that no one in the entire courtyard building could hear this sound.

Huo Mu was extremely intelligent, and in a flash, he guessed that the other party must be a master.

"what should I do?"

Huo Mu moved his lips slightly and asked in a very low voice.

However, no matter how low her voice was, it could not escape the ears of Huo Shan and Huo Qifeng, who both looked at her suspiciously.

"Mu'er, what are you saying?"

Huo Shan asked with a furrowed brow, and Huo Mu's expression changed. He immediately replied with a quick wit:

"Father, I mean, what should we do next?"

Upon hearing this, Huo Shan didn't suspect anything, but sighed with a grim expression and said:
"Now the only option is to ask my uncle to come."

As he spoke, he glanced at Huo Qifeng, and seeing the other nod, he hurriedly prepared to leave.

At the same time, Huo Mu heard that somewhat ethereal voice again:
"Don't just stand there. If you want to win, you have to take action first."

Upon hearing this, Huo Mu's gaze sharpened, and then he nodded slightly.

The instant Huo Shan left, she stomped her foot, brandished her silver spear, and suddenly charged forward, attacking the girl in the white dress opposite her.

"Not a coward!"

Seeing this, the girl in the white dress raised an eyebrow, swung her long sword upwards, and rushed out as well.

The sword's energy surged, carving a cyan sword mark in the air and whipping up a fierce gust of wind to strike the attacking purple figure.

"Mu'er, no!"

At the same time, Huo Shan, who had noticed this scene, suddenly stopped walking away, while Huo Qifeng had already taken action to stop Huo Mu.

"When it comes to competition among the younger generation, we elders should just watch."

The old man in blue narrowed his eyes, pointed his finger and slashed, creating a terrifying sword aura chasm in the air, which blocked Huo Qifeng's path.

Huo Qifeng's expression changed immediately, and he had no choice but to stop in time to defend. However, he was clearly no match for the old man in blue robes. He was blasted several feet away by the powerful sword energy before he finally stopped.

In that brief moment, Huo Mu was already wielding a long spear and engaging in combat with the white-clad girl from the Dugu family.

"Move two steps to the left, lower the spear tip, and retreat five steps to block the sword."

"Roll twice to the right, parry with your gun, roll once forward, and then thrust your gun with all your might to the left rear. That's how you win."

Just as Huo Mugang charged out with his gun, that light, airy voice slowly rang in her ears.

The other party was actually teaching her how to make moves step by step, and explained all her moves and steps at once, even saying that she could defeat the girl in the white dress in just a few moves.

Although Huo Mu found this extremely unbelievable, her memory was excellent.

hum!
At this moment, the girl in the white dress came closer, but with incredible agility, she dodged Huo Mu's swift thrust with a spear that seemed to leap out of the sea.

The next moment, the girl in the white dress drew her sword without hesitation and slashed at Huo Mu's shoulder.

To her surprise, Huo Mu suddenly shifted two steps to the side, narrowly avoiding her sword strike.

The girl in the white dress frowned immediately, but soon she spotted the opening in Huo Mu's lower body and turned around to thrust her sword straight at his kneecaps.

However, to her great surprise, Huo Mu actually lowered the gun barrel in advance, directly blocking her sword with the tip of the gun.

Although the opponent couldn't withstand the powerful force of my sword and was knocked back five steps, he did indeed precisely block my sword strike, which was originally destined to hit.

"What happened? Was she hiding her true abilities just now?"

The girl in the white dress frowned, her gaze sweeping over the purple figure, when suddenly her eyes darkened.

"No matter how well you conceal your true abilities, you are no match for me."

The girl in the white dress immediately became extremely serious. Her figure transformed into a white afterimage, and the sword in her hand split into three, unleashing three sword beams that directly enveloped Huo Mu, who was retreating backward.

However, to the girl in the white dress’s disbelief, Huo Mu seemed to have anticipated her attack the moment she made it.

He simply rolled twice on the ground and easily deflected her almost flawless sword strike.

"I do not believe!"

A look of surprise and anger flashed across the white-skirted girl's face. Then, she moved swiftly and appeared behind Huo Mu. She gripped her sword with both hands and, without any fancy moves, slashed down vertically.

However, the next moment, she stared wide-eyed as Huo Mu raised his gun with both hands to block, perfectly deflecting her sword strike.

"how is this possible?"

The girl in the white dress was momentarily stunned.

"careful!"

Just then, a voice suddenly rang in the white-dressed girl's ear.

At the same time, a sharp, incomparable silver light suddenly appeared in front of her, piercing towards her heart.

"This……"

The girl in the white dress, regaining her senses, immediately looked terrified and tried to block with her sword, but it was too late. However, at this critical moment, Dugu Yan appeared in front of her in an instant, gently reaching out and pinching the spear tip that was about to pierce the girl between his fingers, preventing it from advancing even an inch.

Then, he flicked his finger, and the silver spear flew out, taking Huo Mu, who was holding the spear, flying backward as well.

Click!

Huo Mu's body crashed into the wooden pillar of the small building, shattering it into pieces before finally coming to a stop.

"Dugu Yan, you are shameless! How could you use such a heavy hand on a junior!"

Huo Shan was furious and rushed to Huo Mu's side to check his injuries.

Huo Mu simply wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth, then slowly rose from the ground. Her petite figure coldly stared at the white-skirted girl standing beside Dugu Yan, and said:

"I won!"

Upon hearing this, the entire courtyard building fell silent instantly.

Huo Qifeng and Huo Shan's eyes showed worry, but even more so, shock and confusion.

They had all witnessed the fight between Huo Mu and the girl in the white dress.

Huo Mu, whose strength was originally far inferior to that of the girl in the white dress, was able to accurately calculate every move she made, thus winning with a single strike.

Her performance was truly unexpected!

The members of the Dugu family looked extremely grim. Huo Mu's ability to defeat the white-clad girl, whose martial arts level and swordsmanship were superior to hers, was clearly unexpected.

Before this, when the two fought, the other party couldn't even withstand three moves from the girl in the white dress. In such a short time, the difference was so great, which was really too unbelievable.

"This is not her true strength. Someone must have intervened to help her. The fight just now doesn't count."

Dugu Yan squinted at Huo Mu, who was being supported by Huo Shan, and spoke coldly.

Then, he looked around and said in a deep voice:
"Which secretive gentleman intervened in the fight between juniors? It's far too ungentlemanly of him."

Upon hearing this, Li Musheng, who was sitting on a bamboo chair petting a cat, raised an eyebrow and then stopped.

The big black cat noticed that Li Musheng had stopped petting it, and immediately raised its head in confusion to look at him. Then, its pair of bright green cat eyes darted around.

At the same time, Huo Mu found that the ethereal voice from before rang in his ears again:

"You said you wanted to take on all four of them by yourself."

……

Huo Mu: ...

The little girl in purple, with blood trickling from the corner of her mouth, stood there, clearly stunned and dazed.

Then, she stiffly moved her gaze, scanning the white-skirted girl, the boy, Dugu Yan, and even the blue-robed old man who had previously sent Huo Qifeng flying with a single sword strike...

"One against four...it must be them, right?"

Huo Mu's tanned face was clearly a little dazed, but she wasn't afraid to compete with the girl in the white dress.

But she wasn't a reckless fool; she was self-aware.

She simply couldn't bring herself to harm martial arts masters like Dugu Yan and the old man in blue robes, because she simply didn't dare.

……

"Don't be afraid. This is the perfect time for you to hone your skills by taking on four opponents at once."

However, at this moment, that casual voice rang in Huo Mu's ears again.

Upon hearing this, Huo Mu bit his lip and then wiped away the blood that kept spilling from the corner of his mouth.

Clearly, she had suffered serious internal injuries from Dugu Yan's attack.

Huo Shan, standing to the side, continuously channeled his martial arts true energy into the other's body, and whispered:
"Mu'er, you did a good job. Step back and heal your injuries for now. We elders will handle things here."

After saying that, Huo Shan turned to look at Dugu Yan opposite him with a gloomy expression.

If the other party dared to bully his daughter and hurt her, he would fight them to the death!
“Dugu Yan…”

Huo Shan was about to declare war on the other side when he was interrupted by a slightly childish female voice beside him:

"All of you from the Dugu family, come at me all at once! I'll take on all four of you by myself!"

……

For a moment, the entire courtyard building fell into a sudden silence.

Although Huo Mu's voice was not loud, it clearly reached the ears of the group of people around him.

The next moment, everyone turned their heads and looked at the figure of the girl with a ponytail.

But she slowly straightened up, and although blood was still oozing from the corner of her mouth, she quickly sucked it back in.

Huo Mu's slightly immature face and his pair of dark eyes were fixed on Dugu Yan and the others.

Clearly, what she just said was directed at them.

"Mu'er, what nonsense are you talking about?"

Huo Shan immediately reached out and touched his daughter's forehead, thinking that she had been injured in the head by Dugu Yan's attack earlier, and hurriedly said:
"No, I have to take you to see a doctor first."

As he spoke, he immediately tried to help Huo Mu leave.

However, Huo Mu reached out to stop his father, gritting his teeth and saying:

"I'm not leaving. I'm going to beat all four of them up!"

"Nonsense! Huo Shan, why don't you take Xiao Mu'er to the best hospital in the capital? Her brain injury can't be delayed!"

Huo Qifeng immediately shouted, then wished he could slap Dugu Yan to death.

To inflict such severe harm on a little girl, even to the point that she is mentally impaired, is utterly heinous and deserving of death!
Meanwhile, the four members of the Dugu family all frowned, their expressions varying.

A look of surprise and doubt flashed in Dugu Yan's eyes. He had already held back a lot when he attacked Huo Mu before, so he shouldn't have caused such a serious injury to the brain.

Another point is that, as he just mentioned, there are experts secretly helping Huo Mu. Although he was trying to save face for his group, he felt that such a possibility could not be ruled out.

At this moment, both the girl in the white dress and the other boy looked at Huo Mu with mocking expressions.

The girl in the white dress, in particular, was unsure why Huo Mu's strength had suddenly increased so dramatically that he could defeat her.

But given the opponent's strength, how dare they utter such arrogant words? Even if they truly have a master backing them, how could a little girl who is only at the Acquired Realm of Martial Arts possibly defeat Dugu Yan and the Dugu family elder with his exceptional swordsmanship?
As for the blue-robed elder from the Dugu family, he lowered his gaze and completely ignored Huo Mu's words.

He had already secretly surveyed the surroundings and found no fluctuations of martial arts true energy transmission, nor was anyone hiding nearby.

In his opinion, the master that Dugu Yan spoke of did not actually exist.

Huo Mu's victory over the girl in the white dress was probably just luck, or perhaps she made a breakthrough in the Huo family's spear technique under pressure.

After all, the Huo family's legendary spearmanship once shook the entire martial arts world of Dali!

(End of this chapter)