Chapter 82: Feigning Weakness!

"Right? Right? You feel the same way I do, don't you? This Ye Yuan is indeed a genius, but he's too impetuous. I reckon it's because he rose too fast."

Zuo Bugui chattered on endlessly, but Long Tang seemed indifferent. The two had formed a tacit understanding, always chatting in this manner whenever they met.

"What you say may be true, but judging from his life-and-death battle with Fei Qingping last time, Ye Yuan is someone who plans before acting. He wouldn't be so reckless as to seek death." Long Tang held his ground.

"Alas! Why are you so stubborn? How about we make a bet? I've been coveting your Spirit Essence Pill for a long time." Zuo Bugui was as flippant as ever.

"A bet?" Long Tang glanced at Zuo Bugui, his gaze deep.

"Yes, a bet! Don't you think Ye Yuan has a trick up his sleeve to turn things around? Let's wager on the outcome of their fight. What do you say?" Zuo Bugui met Long Tang's gaze openly, not hiding his desire for the Spirit Essence Pill.

The Spirit Essence Pill was a second-grade pill awarded to Long Tang by the Martial Arts Academy. It could increase a Liquid Realm martial artist's success rate by seventy percent when breaking through a minor bottleneck!

For the geniuses of the Martial Arts Academy, this pill was nothing short of a divine elixir for breaking through realms!

Geniuses like Long Tang and Zuo Bugui already had a much higher chance of breaking through bottlenecks than ordinary people. With the help of the Spirit Essence Pill, breaking through was almost a sure thing!

Even for a major bottleneck like breaking through from Liquid Realm third layer to fourth layer, the Spirit Essence Pill had a forty percent efficacy, showing how powerful it was!

However, even in a place like the Martial Arts Academy, the Spirit Essence Pill was extremely rare and rarely distributed to students.

Long Tang had only obtained one Spirit Essence Pill because he had won first place on the Martial Arts Ranking.

He had never been willing to use it, but Zuo Bugui had been eyeing it for a long time.

Long Tang looked at Zuo Bugui and suddenly smiled: "Alright, I'll take that bet! But what are you going to use as a stake?"

Since Long Tang was staking the Spirit Essence Pill, Zuo Bugui naturally had to offer something of equal value.

Long Tang's ready agreement surprised Zuo Bugui.

He had thought Long Tang would never agree and had only brought up the bet to provoke him. He never expected him to actually agree.

"Haha, since you're so straightforward, I can't be too stingy, right? Last time in the Boundless Trial, I was lucky enough to obtain a second-grade peak Rhinoceros Beast Inner Core. That should be enough as a stake, right?" Zuo Bugui laughed, feeling like he had pulled off a clever trick.

Long Tang's expression changed: "I didn't expect you to have such a good thing! A second-grade peak Rhinoceros Beast Inner Core is certainly enough."

A second-grade peak Rhinoceros Beast was equivalent to a human martial artist at the Liquid Realm peak, but its combat power was stronger than a human at the same realm. It was difficult to hunt such a beast without a Crystal Condensation Realm martial artist.

The Rhinoceros Beast Inner Core could be used to refine a second-grade superior pill, so it was naturally priceless.

Zuo Bugui curled his lips and said smugly: "I never thought you, Long Tang, would be clever all your life but make a foolish mistake now! Your Spirit Essence Pill will soon be mine, hahaha! Look at Ye Yuan now—he can't even lift his right arm, can he? What's he going to..."

Zuo Bugui's words were cut short because the battle between Lin Tiancheng and Ye Yuan had taken an unexpected turn!

Lin Tiancheng had exchanged seven or eight blows with Ye Yuan, gaining the upper hand, and Ye Yuan's right arm was nearly crippled.

A cruel smile curled at the corner of Lin Tiancheng's mouth as he unleashed another Thunderous Fist.

At that moment, Ye Yuan couldn't even lift his arm!

Lin Tiancheng seemed to envision a rising genius being crippled by his fist.

Ye Yuan appeared to have no other option. Unable to move his right arm, he raised his left arm.

Ye Yuan struck out with his left palm, clashing once more with Lin Tiancheng's Thunderous Fist.

Everyone thought Ye Yuan was doomed under this blow, but to their astonishment, Lin Tiancheng's body flew backward over ten zhang!

"Pfft!"

Lin Tiancheng spat out a large mouthful of blood in midair, staining his clothes red.

"Eight... Eightfold Wave! Was that just now... Eightfold Wave?"

"This... how is this possible? He comprehended Eightfold Wave in just one month? Is he even human?"

"This guy... doesn't belong to the human category at all! Too monstrous! Even Senior Brother Long would have to feel ashamed before him, right?"

Ye Yuan's Eightfold Wave caused a stir among the onlookers; everyone was discussing it.

The Eightfold Wave of the Overlapping Wave Heart Palm, a martial skill almost impossible to comprehend, had been mastered by Ye Yuan within a month!

If they knew that Ye Yuan had already comprehended Eightfold Wave when he killed Fei Qingping, who knows what they would think.

It wasn't that Ye Yuan was a masochist who liked being beaten; it was that Lin Tiancheng was truly too strong!

If Ye Yuan had used Eightfold Wave from the start, Lin Tiancheng certainly wouldn't have fought him head-on.

Once Lin Tiancheng was on guard, even if Ye Yuan used Eightfold Wave, it wouldn't pose much of a threat to him.

In the end, Ye Yuan's realm was too low!

Sixteen times the force of a Qi Yuan Stage Six cultivator could indeed kill a Liquid Essence Stage One martial artist, but Lin Tiancheng wasn't a dead man!

Known as the strongest at the Earth level, Lin Tiancheng wasn't a half-baked fighter like Zhang Heng! How could someone called the strongest at the Earth level in the Elixir Martial Academy, where geniuses were as common as clouds, be a good-for-nothing?

Ye Yuan had noticed this from the moment he first faced Lin Tiancheng.

So he had been feigning weakness all along, making Lin Tiancheng let his guard down.

Ye Yuan's Yin-Yang Split Flow technique was superb, so using his left hand or right hand didn't make much difference to him.

Using his left hand to execute the Overlapping Wave Heart Palm was no less powerful than with his right!

With this palm, Ye Yuan mobilized almost all the yuan energy in his body. Lin Tiancheng, caught off guard, was severely injured by Ye Yuan!

When Ye Yuan was at Qi Yuan Stage Four, he could kill a Liquid Essence Stage One martial artist in the Phantom Spirit Tower.

Now that he was at Qi Yuan Stage Six, one could imagine how powerful this palm strike was!

Lin Tiancheng was sent flying over ten zhang and crashed heavily to the ground, motionless and unconscious.

Silence fell all around; everyone looked at Ye Yuan as if he were a monster.

In the attic, Long Tang laughed heartily, a rare sight: "What a fine Eightfold Wave! What a fine feigning weakness! In both cunning and strength, Ye Yuan is top-notch—truly a formidable opponent! I look forward to your rapid growth and a battle with me one day!"

Zuo Bugui opened his mouth, then closed it again.

He still couldn't believe what he had just witnessed; the contrast was too great!

That was the Overlapping Wave Heart Palm, known as the hardest first-grade martial skill to practice in the Elixir Martial Academy!

How could that guy Ye Yuan have comprehended Eightfold Wave so quickly?

"Heh, it seems you won't have a chance to get my Spirit Yuan Pill," Long Tang said, teasing Zuo Bugui.

...

Ye Yuan did not relax; he knew this palm strike was not enough to kill Lin Tiancheng, so he moved to deliver another palm.

With a flash, he appeared before Lin Tiancheng and struck out with another palm.

"Boom!"

A large hole was blasted into the ground!

He had missed Lin Tiancheng!

Several zhang away, Lin Tiancheng glared at Ye Yuan with venomous eyes and roared, "Ye Yuan, you leave me no choice!"