Chapter 8: Initial Display of Hidden Power

  Lin Heng secretly observed the "Dragon Slaying Eight Styles" for a long time, and also quietly pondered the cultivation manuals given by his father. He faintly felt that his physical quality had made a huge leap, not inferior to these warriors. Challenging the warriors, he couldn't help but feel apprehensive, but more so eager to try. He wanted to test his own martial value as an ordinary person and whether his feelings were real.

  It's naturally the best if I can exchange blows with a beginner in martial arts like Da Gou.

  The big dog saw him making a move, daring to challenge himself, and the sensitive warrior's dignity was trampled upon without precedent. His furious and venomous gaze seemed to spew out fire, gritting his teeth, proudly displaying an attacking posture, vowing that even if he didn't harm Lin Yang's life, he would still severely disable his hands and feet.

  "Hold on." Wan Wan stepped out to stop them: "The gap between martial artists and non-martial artists is too big. If you fight like this, something bad might happen. The clan's strict rules prohibit internal fighting among martial artists. Although Lin Heng isn't a martial artist, this also counts as disrupting the village's unity."

  "This way, you two fight, but change the way of fighting. I stand here unmoving, and you two use all your strength to attack me with one punch each. If anyone can force me back, that person wins. If both of you can knock me back, then whoever knocks me back further will win. I guarantee a fair fight, absolutely no favoritism."

  "No way!" She had barely finished speaking when the big dog clearly opposed her.

  This way, the outcome can be decided without anyone getting hurt. However, the big dog's intention is to take advantage of the situation and make Lin Huan suffer a bit. If that happens, wouldn't his wish be in vain? Moreover, although Wanwan promised to be impartial, from what was seen earlier, she clearly favors Lin Huan. If later on, when Lin Huan just touches her, she immediately retreats more than ten meters, then he will definitely lose.

  "Men fighting is bound to result in some minor injuries, if you want to try your strength, then let's have a real fight with real swords. If we retreat timidly at the slightest provocation, how can we talk about going into the mountains to hunt and fight against those ferocious beasts?"

  "If not, then this battle cannot be compared." Yanyan said resolutely.

  The big dog thought that he should take advantage of this opportunity to kick Lin Heng out of the Seven Mile Gully, and naturally did not want to give up. Seeing Yuanyuan so determined, he had no choice but to retreat a step.

  "It's also possible this way, but the examiner can't be you, it's best if it's Da Gang Ge."

  Dàgāng is Wǎnwǎn's elder brother, who has always been known for being honest and hardworking. Although he may not be as talented as Wǎnwǎn, he is still one of the most outstanding among his peers.

  He said that, obviously meaning that Yuwen would be biased towards Lin Heng, and didn't trust her. Yuwen's face turned red, but for her, she didn't have such petty thoughts. After all, since it was a duel, fairness was the top priority, no matter how much she sympathized with Lin Heng, that was another story. But Da Gou saying that in front of everyone made it seem like she would definitely help Lin Heng, which naturally made her feel embarrassed as a woman.

  From her heart, she only sympathized with Lin Huan, and didn't have any romantic feelings. Moreover, at her young age, she wasn't concerned about emotional matters.

  "You've chosen Da Ge, so I won't be at a disadvantage. I choose Wanwan. The two of them together will counter our attack, let's see who can shake them off!" Lin Hang said.

  "Two together? That's one, and you can't even shake their fingers. And yet you think you can shake off two at the same time?" Everyone thought this person was crazy, but immediately thought that if it were Yuanyuan and Dagang working together, then Dague would probably not be able to shake them off either. Even if he failed, at most it would be a draw.

  In this way, everyone thinks Lin Huan is being a coward in disguise.

  "Damn it, you're so cunning! You knew that Da Ge wouldn't budge, yet you still added Xian Xian on purpose, making sure everyone would lose..."

  "Cut the crap, if you're not brave enough to fight then just admit defeat, do you need to resort to such petty cleverness?"

  "If he dares to fight Big Dog one-on-one, Big Dog can cripple this coward with just one move!"

  Lin Heng proposed this condition mainly because he had been observing Da Ge and Wan Wan's practice for many days, and he secretly felt that it wouldn't be difficult to defeat any of them with one punch. So he thought of letting them team up, increasing the difficulty for himself, and testing his own limits. Secondly, it was also to give Wan Wan a way out, so she wouldn't be too embarrassed. At first, he didn't think much about it, but after hearing Zhou Bian's disdainful and dissatisfied comments, he thought of this.

  After some discussion, it was finally decided that Da Gang would hold an egg in his hand.

  Two people each hold an egg in their fist and attack each other's eggs with full force. Whoever cracks the other person's egg first wins. If both eggs are cracked, then it's Xianxian's turn to hold the egg.

  The big dog quietly took a deep breath, staring at the position of Niu Dajiang's fist. First, he jumped up, and then like a shooting star falling from the sky, one punch was struck out. A powerful and concentrated energy burst out from his fist, and then in the instant when it accelerated with Niu Dajiang's fist, it fiercely added force once again.

  "Hidden Power! This is the hidden power that can only be obtained after becoming a warrior!"

  Lin Heng looked carefully, and the big dog's energy burst out from his arm, suddenly rising and then rapidly falling, the whole process was clear. It turned out that the power was triggered in this way!

  The ox had long been gathering strength, and his power was naturally greater than that of the big dog. However, his body was in a state of stillness, while the big dog was coming from high to low, from far to near, wrapping up fierce momentum to attack, so it was extremely difficult to protect the eggs in his hands from breaking.

  "Bang!" The big dog's fist heavily smashed onto Niu Dajiang's tightly clenched fist, Niu Dajiang's body shook, his sturdy arm unable to withstand the powerful impact, heavily retreating nearly an inch before stopping.

  Everyone stared at Niu Dajiang's fist, their breathing quickened, his palm slowly opened, and the snow-white egg was intact!

  Everyone applauded in a low voice, and Da Gang was indeed powerful. He stood still like a stake and greeted the big dog with a fierce blow, leaving the big dog helpless.

  It's Lin Huan's turn, and everyone naturally doesn't think much of him. What a joke! Even Da Gouer, such a powerful martial artist, couldn't break the egg in Niu Dagang's hand, let alone Lin Huan, who is basically useless.

  Lin Heng was also somewhat nervous, he slowly took a deep breath and walked up to Niu Dajiang. He stood firm on his horse stance, silently reciting the principles of muscles and bones in his mind, then concentrated his attention and activated those subtle powers that were in a state of combat readiness.

  He took a step forward, ready to strike out with a "whoosh", but his foot landed on a protruding rock.

  His fist was halfway out, his footsteps slipped, and his center of gravity suddenly lost control for a moment. The situation was like a speeding car that suddenly hit a hard object under the chassis and lost its balance. As his body tilted and slid, the power he had accumulated was instantly retracted by more than half.

  The fist "pounced" and barely landed on Niu Dajiang's fist, but Niu Dajiang didn't make a sound, as if he had been lightly tapped by an ordinary person.

  The palm is open, and the egg is intact without any damage.

  "Boom!" Everyone burst out laughing, this was a case of using an egg to crack a stone. If the big dog's attack had posed a huge threat to Niu Dajiang earlier, then Lin Heng's weak strike was like scratching an itch through a boot, with a force so light it was like a small child tapping on a hard wall. This was also due to Lin Heng's lack of experience, as he was using his inner energy for the first time and hadn't undergone systematic training. If everything had gone smoothly, he would have been able to unleash his inner energy, but when faced with unexpected setbacks, he became clumsy and flustered, not knowing how to adapt to the situation or control his movements, causing his stored-up inner energy to dissipate instantly and retreat back into his body.

  His weak and powerless punch was also within everyone's expectations, so to speak. As a result, everyone believed that in this duel, the big dog had nothing to fear and had already won. Lin Heng, on the other hand, was an arrogant clown who didn't know his own strength, like hitting an egg against a rock.

  "Neither of them is rotten, Wannuan, now it's up to you." Dagang handed the eggs in his hand over to Wannuan.

  In everyone's eyes, the key to winning or losing was whether Da Gou could break the egg in Wanwan's hand with all his might, as for Lin Yang, he was almost negligible.

  The big dog also knew that the outcome was decided in this one move, he raised his muscles, skin and internal organs to a peak state, his eyes gleaming with intensity, staring tightly at Yanyan's seemingly weak pink fist. As a young and beautiful girl from Qili Gou, Yanyan's strength was even more superior than Niudajiang's.

  He couldn't even break through Da Ge's fist, let alone Wanwan's defense. He gritted his teeth and stored up energy for a desperate strike.

  He not only wants to save face but also to thoroughly kick this waste Lin Heng out of the Seven Miles! He's a big dog, ashamed to be with such trash.