Hearing Lin Chen's words, Xiao Hu snorted coldly: "Lin Chen, don't boost others' morale and undermine your own prestige. I see that Senior Brother Wang Hao's attacks are like waves, how could he possibly lose."
The others echoed in agreement: "Exactly, Senior Brother Wang Hao clearly has the upper hand."
However, just at that moment, there was a change in the situation on the field.
Wang Hao struck down with his sword at Kimura, who dodged with a swift move, ending up behind him.
Before Wang Hao could react, Kimura's katana had already viciously slashed towards his back.
Wang Hao's face drastically changed as he frantically retreated.
Despite that, his shoulder was still struck by the katana, leaving a trail of blood.
Wang Hao, with a sword wound on his shoulder, became even more disordered in his technique while Kimura finally began to counter-attack.
"Pfff! Pfff!" Wang Hao was hit by the blade in rapid succession.
His body was already marked with four or five wounds.
"Bastard, I will make you pay with your life!" humiliated by Kimura, Wang Hao finally erupted in fury, lunging at Kimura with his treasured sword.
This time, Kimura's lips curled into a cold smile, using his blade to block Wang Hao's sword.
Shifting his body to the side, he released a sweeping kick, fiercely landing on Wang Hao's face.
Wang Hao's body flew backwards and crashed heavily onto the ground.
Before Wang Hao could even rise, Kimura had already approached, brandishing the katana with its tip resting against Wang Hao's neck.
"This is supposedly the best your Huaxia has to offer, hardly impressive!"
Lin Chen shook his head in dismay upon witnessing this scene; both Wang Hao and Kimura were actually high-ranking experts in the Cloud Sea Realm, their strengths should have been equal. But this Wang Hao was too arrogant. He underestimated his opponent from the start, attacking fiercely, which instead gave his opponent the chance to capitalize.
What was supposed to be a closely-matched duel ended in such a miserable defeat. Lin Chen could only sigh at Wang Hao's lack of wisdom.
"Haha, is this your Huaxia's best? He's laughably weak." Kimura, having defeated Wang Hao, laughed arrogantly.
The Huaxia martial artists present all wore expressions of humiliation, yet were powerless to do anything.
After all, even the top-ranked Wang Hao had lost; anyone else stepping in would be courting death.
Xiao Hu clenched his fists but lacked the courage to step forward.
In terms of strength, Wang Hao was above him; if even Wang Hao couldn't match this guy, wouldn't he just be inviting more abuse?
"Your Huaxia kung fu is all just flashy but ineffective moves, utterly childish compared to our Island Nation's martial path," Kimura taunted, seeing no one daring to challenge him.
Fairy Mu Yun's face grew even darker, wishing she could get into the arena herself and deal with this scoundrel.
However, being a senior, she could not afford to tarnish her reputation by bullying a junior.
Fairy Mu Yun's eyes fell upon Xiao Hu, but he merely shifted his gaze, clearly not intending to fight.
"What a scoundrel, shrinking before the battle, such a disgrace to the reputation of Dragon Tiger Mountain."
At this moment, Wang Zixuan stood up: "Master, let me face this Kimura."
Seeing Wang Zixuan willing to fight, Fairy Mu Yun nodded in approval, yet she cautioned: "Zixuan, your strength is far less than his, you're no match for him; better to watch from below."
While Wang Zixuan possessed the very Yin body, she had not cultivated it. Even though she had made rapid progress in her Cultivation Technique since ascending the mountain, her power was merely at the Yuan Dan Realm level.
Seeing no one daring to respond, the increasingly arrogant Kimura challenged, "Are there none in Huaxia brave enough to fight? If not, Fairy Mu Yun, why don't you come out and battle me?"
"You think you're worth fighting Fairy Mu Yun, trash? You only just defeated a nobody, and you actually think you're all that?" Lin Chen responded coldly.
"What did you say?" Wang Hao, being supported by someone, turned pale with rage and fumed.
"Hmph, I really don't understand how Shushan managed to train such an idiot like you, bringing shame to our nation's martial arts community," Lin Chen snorted coldly.
"You brat, don't get cocky. If you have the guts, then go up and try!" Wang Hao retorted coldly.
This Kimura is very difficult to deal with; fighting him gives you the feeling that you can't exert your full strength.
When you've exhausted your strength, his attacks become exceptionally fierce.
Lin Chen smiled faintly: "Watch and learn, see how I take care of this trash."
Having said that, Lin Chen strode towards the center of the arena.
Seeing someone else take the stage, the martial artists from the Island Nation boiled with excitement again.
However, when many people sensed Lin Chen's level of cultivation, their expressions changed.
"What's this nonsense, this kid's just at the Yuan Dan stage of cultivation, isn't he just asking for embarrassment by going up?"
"Is this guy so eager to stand out that he's not afraid of losing his life?"
"Not necessarily, Lin Chen did dominate over Wang Hao in terms of aura yesterday."
Whispers and discussions rose up among the crowd.
Seeing someone daring to enter the battle, a fierce grin spread across Kimura's face: "You've got guts, kid, but with your level of cultivation, fighting me is simply courting death."
Lin Chen smiled faintly: "Well, let's try it out then, and see who is courting death."
"Arrogant!" Kimura sneered coldly, his aura surging out, pressing down towards Lin Chen.
Facing such an opponent, Kimura didn't even deign to fight; he intended to squash Lin Chen with his aura outright.
A cold smirk crossed the corner of Lin Chen's mouth, as his domineering aura swept out, towering over all.
When competing with Wang Hao for aura, Lin Chen had some reservations since Wang Hao is a disciple of Shushan, but against Kimura, there was no need for Lin Chen to hold back in the slightest.
Feeling an overbearing and arrogant aura scattering his own and pressing down on him, Kimura's face changed drastically.
He wanted to resist, but alas, there was no chance left for him.
The overwhelming aura like a great mountain crashed down on Kimura.
Under the pressure of this aura, Kimura spurted a mouthful of blood.
Almost at the same moment, Lin Chen didn't give Kimura any chance to counterattack; he shot out like lightning, landing a heavy palm on Kimura's shoulder.
"Crack!" Accompanied by the sound of breaking bones, Kimura's body flew backwards and smashed heavily onto the ground.
Before Kimura could get up, Lin Chen had already dashed out like lightning, stepping on his broken ribs: "Don't move, do you submit?"
This scene happened in the blink of an eye, and before anyone could understand what was going on, Kimura was already under Lin Chen's foot.
The crowd at first went silent, then erupted into thunderous cheers.
Lin Chen's surprise attack was simply too exquisite, not even giving Kimura the chance to react, and had the previously arrogant Kimura pinned under his foot.
Kimura's face twisted fiercely, regretting his carelessness. He never expected Lin Chen to be even better at posturing. If he knew Lin Chen's aura was so strong, Kimura would never have tried to compete in aura with Lin Chen.
"You bastard, you ambushed me," Kimura roared in pain and anger.
"Ambush you? Are you blind? I approached you fair and square," Lin Chen replied, and the force under his foot increased a bit more.
Filled with shock, Kimura had never imagined this young man could be so ruthless.
With his ribs already broken, if Lin Chen applied more force, he might even end up crippled.
"I submit, I submit!" Although Kimura was reluctant, he eventually had no choice but to bow his head and beg for mercy from Lin Chen.