Chapter 336: Show of Strength, Surprising Everyone
When Wu Dao mentioned that today was the day of the duel between Lin Yan and Jiang Hao, Lin Yan smiled and said, "If the day has come, let's compete."
Wu Dao smiled and then turned to the blind elder, asking, "Won't you come to watch as well? After all, a boy who could comprehend the Great Desert Sutra will make this fight extraordinary."
The blind elder shook his head and said, "No, even if I don't go, I know this fight will show that scene again..."
Wu Dao smiled wryly, "Alright, if you don't want to come, we will go."
The blind elder nodded, and his gray, pupil-less eyes stayed fixed on Lin Yan as if he were evaluating him.
Wu Dao led Lin Yan to the place where Jiang Hao was waiting for the duel.
Jiang Hao was chatting and laughing with other disciples, confident that he would win the fight. He didn't know Lin Yan's level since he hadn't seen him before, but as the first disciple of Chen Zhen, he assumed Lin Yan's level was at least six yuan. He believed Lin Yan would be a six-yuan warrior at best, similar to him. Moreover, Jiang Hao had been in the Desert Palace for a long time and had learned various techniques, while Lin Yan had only just arrived and couldn't have learned much yet. That's why he was confident in his victory and that Lin Yan would have to give up his position as the first disciple.
At that moment, Lin Yan arrived with Wu Dao and Chen Zhen. Seeing him, Jiang Hao insisted, "Remember, the loser must fulfill the promise and give up the position of the first disciple."
Lin Yan smiled bitterly at Chen Zhen, who responded with a smile, "Go, but don't hurt him badly."
Lin Yan nodded and stepped onto the stage to face Jiang Hao. As he did, someone in the crowd exclaimed, "That's the one who absorbed all the pill current in a week!"
"How dare Jiang Hao face him? Doesn't he know that Lin Yan has already reached the Grandmaster of the Profound Realm?"
Hearing this, the crowd became agitated, questioning whether Jiang Hao could defeat someone at the Grandmaster of the Profound Realm with only seven yuan of Nirvana.
These words reached Jiang Hao's ears, and he immediately felt immense pressure. "Grandmaster of the Profound Realm... That's impossible! You're too young to reach that level!" he said fearfully.
Jiang Hao had lost all his arrogance and was terrified of Lin Yan's level. Lin Yan, with a slight smile, released his energy, flooding the stage with a powerful force that astonished everyone. Even Ying Huanhuan, the girl in red, was impressed, not by Lin Yan's strength but by the intensity of his desert energy.
"His desert energy... How could it become so strong in such a short time?" Ying Huanhuan thought. "Even if he absorbed the pill current, that should only have helped his energy, not his desert energy... This boy is a mystery..."
On the stage, Lin Yan said, "Let's begin."
Jiang Hao was paralyzed for a moment but decided to fight. Clasping his hands together, he directed a light filled with desert energy toward Lin Yan. Lin Yan disintegrated it with a single palm, releasing a wave of energy that destroyed Jiang Hao's attack.
Then, Lin Yan began using the Great Desert Sutra, deploying the Demonic Eye of the Desert.
With Lin Yan's eyes closed, gray lines began to extend from the center of his forehead.
When Lin Yan opened his eyes, the gray lines on his forehead mysteriously opened, and soon after, a gray light concentrated and transformed into a triangular gray eye on his forehead.
As the gray eye appeared, the space around Lin Yan distorted, and an extremely terrifying wave of destruction began to expand rapidly.
The moment the gray eye appeared, all the disciples were stunned.
Even the other four direct disciples of Chen Zhen were drawn by this wave.
Seeing the gray eye on Lin Yan's forehead, they exclaimed, "That's... the Demonic Eye of the Desert!"
With those words, everyone was even more shocked: "This is impossible! How could someone comprehend something so terrifying...?"
Ying Huanhuan was left speechless, not knowing how Lin Yan had achieved it but recognizing that she had underestimated him this time...
Chen Zhen and Wu Dao, from the platform, watched Lin Yan with satisfaction: "Zhou Tong, finally, there is a disciple who can match you or even surpass you..."
The blind elder, although not present, perceived everything that was happening through his spiritual energy. Seeing Lin Yan comprehend the Demonic Eye of the Desert, he nodded and said, "This boy... is definitely special... Wu Dao, you have brought a good talent to the Desert Palace..."
After opening the third eye, the terrifying wave moved toward Jiang Hao. But just before reaching him, Lin Yan withdrew his power and then jumped off the platform.
Jiang Hao was left sitting on the ground, stunned.
Regaining his composure, Jiang Hao shouted at Lin Yan, "Why didn't you attack?"
Lin Yan turned his head and smiled, "Because we are comrades of the Desert Palace. This is just practice, not a fight to the death."
Jiang Hao smiled bitterly and then said, "Alright, since I lost, I will fulfill my promise and accept what you decide."
Lin Yan responded, "If you insist, I only ask that you don't underestimate others. They are not always as weak as you think."
Jiang Hao scratched his head and said, "Alright, I will."
With that, the duel between Lin Yan and Jiang Hao came to an end.
The disciples who watched were impressed by Lin Yan's attitude and began to like him for his manner.
The other four direct disciples of Chen Zhen approached to congratulate him after the duel.
Chen Zhen and Wu Dao also smiled at Lin Yan and said, "It seems that our Desert Palace will finally stop being in the last place."
In the distance, the leader of the Sky Palace watched Lin Yan: "I didn't expect this boy to progress so quickly. It's a pity I didn't recruit him earlier... It seems the Desert Palace will produce talents this time..."