"Haha! This is gold! A Body Tempering Second Layer slag actually dares to talk like that to a Fourth Layer!"
"Tsk, tsk... this guy has serious talent. Even in this moment, he's still finding ways to posture."
"A capable person who postures is awesome. An incapable person who postures is a fool. I think this one is purely a fool."
At this point, the gathered Lingyun Academy students couldn't help but inwardly marvel at Jiang Chen's sheer audacity. The kid was an outrageous phony.
"Jiang Chen, I didn't expect to see you after a few months and find you still this arrogant." Lin Yang's smile was dangerously cold. "If you want to compare movement techniques, we'll compare movement techniques."
He leaned forward, his voice low and laced with malice. "I'll soon show you that you have absolutely no right to be arrogant in front of me!" This time, he was going to avenge every humiliation he'd ever suffered. He would absolutely crush Jiang Chen beneath his heel.
"Are you always this verbose?" Jiang Chen stood with his hands loosely clasped behind his back, his expression cool and utterly composed. "Go on. I stand by what I said: if you can touch me, even if I lose!"
"You just keep posturing. Let's see how long you can keep it up!" Lin Yang snorted coldly.
He moved instantly, reaching out to clamp down on Jiang Chen's shoulder.
He'd barely rushed into range when he suddenly felt his vision blur. Jiang Chen vanished.
When Lin Yang recovered his senses, he realized Jiang Chen had reappeared three meters to his left.
How is this trash so damn fast?
Lin Yang's temples twitched. He immediately sped up and chased after Jiang Chen, his mind discarding his disbelief.
Yet, before his hand could make contact, Jiang Chen's figure vanished again.
Two consecutive attacks, and Lin Yang hadn't even brushed the corner of Jiang Chen's clothes!
"This... this is impossible!" Lin Yang's face was chalk-white. An unbelievable, guttural roar tore from his throat as he rushed at Jiang Chen like a madman. He refused to believe that his Body Tempering Fourth Layer strength couldn't catch up to this Body Tempering Second Layer failure!
The Reveal
Facing Lin Yang's frantic pursuit, Jiang Chen activated the Streamer Phantom Steps. He moved with the effortless grace of a stroll in a garden, keeping a consistent distance. From start to finish, Lin Yang never managed to touch a single hair on his head.
"I'm rubbing my eyes! Jiang Chen's speed is too ridiculous! That's not the speed of a Body Tempering Second Layer waste!"
"What 'Second Layer waste'? His strength is clearly superior to Lin Yang's, and he's cultivated an advanced movement technique! That footwork is no worse than some of the Huang-Grade Advanced techniques I've seen Inner Academy disciples use!"
"Wait, what? He's successfully mastered a Huang-Grade Advanced movement technique?"
"Where is this a waste? This is a bona fide genius!"
Seeing Jiang Chen effortlessly play with Lin Yang like a monkey in a cage, the entire crowd was stunned into silence. A master who had successfully cultivated a Huang-Grade Advanced movement technique was pretending to be a Second Layer waste! A genius who could clearly earn a place in the Lingyun Academy on his own merit was choosing to sneak in through the back door!
What was the definition of "pretending to be a pig to eat a tiger?"
This, the students realized, was the perfect example.
Lin Yang pursued Jiang Chen with every ounce of his energy. Unconsciously, the ten strokes rapidly came and went.
Lin Yang glared at Jiang Chen, who had effortlessly maintained a two to three-meter gap the entire time. Fire burned in his eyes. He knew he had been completely played by Jiang Chen yet again.
"Lin Yang, the ten strokes are over. A wager is a wager. Hand over the Body Tempering Pill." Jiang Chen ignored Lin Yang's enraged stare, crossing his arms and speaking with playful mockery.
Lin Yang threw the jade bottle containing the Body Tempering Pill at Jiang Chen, his expression dark and utterly defeated. He spat a vicious threat at Jiang Chen before quickly turning and storming away.
"Jiang Chen, you just wait for me! This matter is far from over!"