"This..."
Fang Mingjie's face finally turned somewhat unsightly.
If dodging his first sword was luck, then dodging his second sword could not be attributed to luck.
Fang Mingjie finally understood that Lin Fan was not simple.
Fang Mingjie stopped attacking and looked at Lin Fan, saying, "Rumor has it you're a good-for-nothing. It seems the rumor is false, and you've been pretending to be a pig to eat the tiger all along, haven't you?"
Lin Fan shook his head and said, "It's not that I've been pretending to be a pig to eat the tiger, *it's that... you're too weak. Your attacks, they're just too slow.*"
"Is that so?"
Fang Mingjie suddenly started laughing, appearing very pleased, "Perhaps, you won't think so for much longer."
As he spoke, Fang Mingjie slowly raised the longsword in his hand, and powerful energy flowed directly into it. The longsword began to hum as if it had come to life.
At the same time, streams of sword intent sprayed out from the longsword.
"A Second-Order Spirit Sword? Fang Mingjie's longsword is actually a Second-Order Spirit Sword? The City Lord Mansion really is rich and powerful!" many people gasped.
In the entire Heavenly Martial City, a Second-Order Spirit Sword was already an incredible treasure. Many older cultivators didn't have this privilege, and yet now, Fang Mingjie, a junior, was wielding a Second-Order Spirit Sword. Naturally, this surprised and envied others.
Fang Mingjie continued, "Next, I will use my strongest sword. With this sword, I once killed a cultivator who was half-step into Profound Realm, so you should just obediently accept your death!"
The so-called half-step into Profound meant someone with one foot already in the Into Profound Realm.
It's known that the gap between half-step into Profound and Initial Profound Realm is very large. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that a cultivator who is half-step into Profound could easily kill dozens of Initial Profound Realm cultivators at Great Perfection.
And Fang Mingjie had once killed a half-step into Profound expert with this sword?
It was clear that Fang Mingjie's sword was very strong, extremely strong.
However, after hearing Fang Mingjie's words, Lin Fan's face remained calm. He looked at Fang Mingjie and said indifferently, "Come on."
The simple two words showed Lin Fan's disregard for Fang Mingjie.
This made Fang Mingjie even angrier. He sneered repeatedly, "Arrogant indeed. Then, die for me!"
"Reincarnation Channel!"
With a shout, Fang Mingjie slashed out with his sword. All the surrounding sword light disappeared, and a channel of reincarnation seemed to appear in the surrounding space, sweeping directly towards Lin Fan after it materialized.
"No wonder he could kill a half-step into Profound expert. This sword is so formidable?" someone exclaimed in surprise.
The others didn't speak, but their faces showed sympathy.
They thought Lin Fan was doomed.
The Reincarnation Channel quickly reached Lin Fan.
It seemed that in the next moment, the Reincarnation Channel would completely engulf Lin Fan.
If Lin Fan were swallowed by the Reincarnation Channel, he would truly have no escape.
Just when everyone believed that Lin Fan would inevitably be engulfed by the Reincarnation Channel, a tiny thread of spear light suddenly appeared in front of the channel.
This thread of spear light was very weak, only the size of a spark.
At the same time, Lin Fan's voice rang out, "One Element Soul-snatching Spear."
It turned out Lin Fan used the "Soul Essence Spear Technique."
The Soul Essence Spear Technique had ten moves in total, but Lin Fan had only mastered the first move so far.
Although the thread of spear light was small, it gave everyone the uneasy feeling that it was not ordinary.
"Haha!"
Fang Mingjie burst out laughing and said loudly, "It's a joke! You think you can break my Reincarnation Channel with that spark-like spear light? That's ridiculous! Haha, I..."
But before Fang Mingjie could finish, his smile froze abruptly on his face.
Because, to his utter shock, his Reincarnation Channel began to shatter into pieces upon encountering Lin Fan's spark-like spear light.
At the same time, Fang Mingjie felt an overwhelming pressure sweeping towards him, pressure as ancient and primordial as the distant past, making him feel as if he couldn't breathe.
*"Damn it, what the hell is this pressure? Could it be that this bastard's attack also carries pressure?"* Fang Mingjie thought in shock.
What Fang Mingjie didn't know was that it wasn't Lin Fan's attack that contained pressure, but rather Lin Fan's Ancient Martial Soul which always carried pressure.
The spark-like spear light floated towards Fang Mingjie.
Fang Mingjie could only watch as the spear light approached; he couldn't dodge.
Poof...
In the end, the spark-like spear light pierced through Fang Mingjie's heart.
But it didn't end there. To his dismay, Fang Mingjie discovered that the spear light went berserk after piercing his heart, and his heart was instantly torn to shreds.
"You... you..."
Fang Mingjie pointed at Lin Fan, wanting to say something, but before he could, large mouthfuls of blood and pieces of his heart spewed from his mouth.
Everyone below the stage looked on in shock.
They had never imagined that the battle would end this way.
Previously, they had unanimously thought Lin Fan would be no match for Fang Mingjie.
Fang Mingjie's body slowly collapsed, and just like that, he died.
But even in death, Fang Mingjie's eyes were wide open. At this moment, he truly died with a grievance.
Lin Fan looked at Fang Mingjie's corpse and said very calmly, "To be honest, I didn't want to kill you, but since you proposed a life-and-death battle, it showed you had the intention to kill me. I killed you just to resolve future problems."
With that, Lin Fan turned and slowly walked off the stage.
Now, everyone looked at Lin Fan differently. Previously, they had seen him as nothing more than a worthless person, but from his performance, they finally understood that Lin Fan was not as simple as he appeared.
Lin Fan ignored the crowd and headed straight to the Lin Family Head Lin Zhenxiong's room.
Lin Zhenxiong stood with his back to the window, hands behind him. After Lin Fan entered, Lin Zhenxiong said, "Lin Fan, what you did just now was too reckless."
"Oh?"
Lin Fan looked at Lin Zhenxiong's back and just uttered a single syllable.
Lin Zhenxiong continued, "Fang Mingjie is the son of the City Lord Mansion. By killing him so openly, it's like slapping the City Lord Mansion in the face. Before, with your father overseeing things, the City Lord Mansion wouldn't dare act recklessly. But now, with your father likely in danger, they won't let this matter rest."
Lin Fan said indifferently, "I killed Fang Mingjie only to prevent future troubles."
"Troubles?"
Lin Zhenxiong suddenly turned around and asked, "Don't you know that killing Fang Mingjie will only create more trouble?"
As Lin Zhenxiong said this, he stared intently at Lin Fan, as if trying to see through him.
"Hehe!"
But Lin Fan just laughed nonchalantly.
Lin Zhenxiong asked, "What are you laughing at?"
Lin Fan replied seriously, "Grandfather, don't worry. In the past, our Lin Family became the top family because of my father's presence. In the future, let me be the one to hold the fort for our Lin Family! I will make it renowned throughout the continent!"
Lin Fan spoke calmly.
However, his calm tone was filled with confidence.
Lin Zhenxiong wanted to say something, but in the end, he just shook his head and said nothing.