The scorching sun hung high in the sky. The sky was like an oven, exuding scorching heat. It was forty-five to forty-six degrees Celsius.
The earth seemed to have been scorched, dry and boiling hot. However, it was bustling with people. There were robust youths, sharp youths, and even children who were still wet behind the ears.
"Ha!" "Pa!" …
Sparring and practicing martial arts were in full swing. They were not affected by the scorching weather at all.
This was a martial arts field.
"Big Brother Lin Feng!" A clear voice sounded from afar.
In the crowd, a young man holding a long spear and wearing ordinary clothes with a height of about 1.7 meters could not help but stop stabbing his spear when he heard the voice. At this moment, he turned around to look. The one who called him was a tall and sturdy young man. He was 1.9 meters tall, and his bulging muscles showed his strength.
"How was it, Ah Niu?" Lin Feng smiled and wiped the sweat on his forehead.
"Passed, passed!" The sturdy young man called Ah Niu excitedly clenched his fists. "Ten seconds, just enough to reach the standard of an intermediate apprentice!"
Lin Feng put away his spear and nodded. "It's about time. Whether it's strength or physical strength, you have long exceeded the standard."
Ah Niu gratefully said, "Speed has always been my weakness. This time, it's all thanks to Big Brother Feng's willingness to teach me the skills. Otherwise, I don't know when I could become an intermediate apprentice."
Lin Feng heard this and could not help but smile. "The skills are only supplementary. The key is that you really have the strength."
"Thank you, thank you Big Brother Feng." Ah Niu kept thanking him, bowing and retreating happily.
Lin Feng smiled. As long as he humbly asked for advice, he would naturally be happy to guide him.
After all …
Everyone was like this.
Wasn't he like that in the past?
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"How was it? I said that Big Brother Lin Feng is powerful, but you didn't believe me." A young man wearing a blue vest laughed.
"I believe, I believe!" Ah Niu nodded repeatedly. "Big Brother Lin Feng is really too powerful. Not only is he strong, but he is also so nice."
"Hehe, I've also consulted Big Brother Lin Feng before!" The young man in the blue vest said, "There are only five senior apprentices in the whole Lin Village. Brother Lin Feng is not only the youngest, but also the easiest to talk to. He's from a poor family, just like us."
"No wonder." Ah Niu nodded.
The Lin Family Village was a small, unremarkable mountain village on the edge of the Martial Heaven Continent. It was located on one of the short mountains in the Qihuo Mountain Range. There were over a thousand families here.
In the continuous Qihuo Mountain Range, almost every small mountain had a clan, and the Lin Family Village was only one of them.
However, it was the same no matter which clan it was. The clansmen had been training their physique since they were children and learning combat skills. They strove to be able to leave the mountains before the age of thirty and become martial artists to bring glory to their ancestors!
However, it was easier said than done …
"I heard that Lin Nanhu has already reached the standard of a preparatory martial artist. Is that true?"
"It's true. Both the Qihuo Martial Arts Hall and the Tianwu Chamber of Commerce are fighting for him!" Ah Niu's eyes lit up. He looked forward to it and said, "It'll be great if I can join one of them someday."
"Hmph, he's just relying on his father. We spent so many resources on him and he only reached the standard of a preparatory martial artist at the age of twenty-two." The young man in the blue vest snorted and said, "Big Brother Lin Feng has already become a senior apprentice at the age of fifteen. I guess he's not far away from becoming a preparatory martial artist."
"I'll work hard too!" Ah Niu clenched his fist and took a deep breath. "Big Brother Lin Feng can rely on himself to train. I'll definitely be like him!"
"Let's work hard together!" The young man in the blue vest smiled and waved his fist.
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"Hey, Ah Feng, you've become a role model." Not far away, a young man walked over with a smile.
"Why? Are you jealous, Ah Jie?" Lin Feng smiled and looked into the distance. Looking at the happy faces of Ah Niu and Ah Jie, he said softly, "Actually, it's not a bad thing for them to have a goal to chase after."
"You brat, you're so arrogant just because I praised you, ha!" Lin Jie smiled and hit Lin Feng's chest with his right hand. However, it was as if he had hit an iron wall. The back of his hand went numb and he grimaced.
Lin Feng smiled. He and Lin Jie were neighbors and had a very good relationship.
They played together and practiced martial arts together.
Their 18 years of relationship were like brothers.
Looking up at the scorching sun, Lin Feng subconsciously pressed his lower abdomen with his left hand and his right hand holding the gun tightened. He patted Lin Jie's shoulder and said, "Let's go."
"Eh? Oh. "Lin Jie also looked up at the sky with a look of realization.
When they were about to leave, a commotion suddenly came from not far away. Lin Feng's expression suddenly changed and he stopped to look at the noisy place.
He saw four young men with ugly faces arrogantly and domineeringly dispersing the crowd as if they were driving away flies. Everyone retreated to the left and right in fear and made a path for them. They were indeed angry but did not dare to say anything.
Lin Feng's eyes were bright as he looked straight at the center.
It was a burly young man with a strong back and a strong waist. His muscles were as solid as rocks and his arrogant expression showed that he was superior.
Holding the long spear tightly, Lin Feng gritted his teeth and said, "Lin Nanhu!"
Lin Jie's eyes widened and he hurriedly said, "Feng, quick, let's get out of the way!"
The crowd moved away, causing Lin Feng and Lin Jie to suddenly be like obstacles in the middle of the road. It was quite an "eyesore". Lin Jie pulled Lin Feng's clothes with all his strength, his face full of fear. However, Lin Feng was like a thousand-year-old pine tree, standing majestically.
Give way?
Why should he give way? Even if he was the clan leader's son, so what?
With a cold gaze, Lin Feng stared straight at Lin Nanhu like a cheetah.
The scene from three years ago was still fresh in his mind, and he had never forgotten it …
Until now, when he recalled the scene of Lin Nanhu teasing his blind brother, Lin Feng's heart felt as if it was on fire. His eyes were bloodshot, and he wanted to skin him alive!
"I will never let anyone bully my family!" The long spear in Lin Feng's right hand trembled slightly.
His belief was incomparably firm.
No one could waver it.
"What is Lin Feng doing?"
"His head is caught in the door. Is he trying to provoke Lin Nanhu?"
"He's just a fool. Who can he blame for his own death?"
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All kinds of disdainful ridicule and sighs of pity sounded in his ears, but Lin Feng was not moved at all. He would not give way at all.
To him, giving way was equivalent to retreating and being afraid.
Indeed, he was not as strong as Lin Nanhu.
But so what?
If Lin Nanhu dared to come, he dared to fight!
Even if he was seriously injured, he was fearless!
…
Seeing that Lin Nanhu and Lin Feng were getting closer, the crowd had different expressions. Some were secretly anxious for Lin Feng, and some were waiting to watch a good show.
Everyone knew Lin Feng's strength. He was an advanced Warrior Apprentice.
However, Lin Nanhu's strength had already reached the standard of a preparatory Warrior Apprentice.
He was courting death …
This thought appeared in everyone's mind. Lin Nanhu was the local tyrant of the Lin Family Village. He could get whatever he wanted. Who would dare to provoke him?
Seeing that the two were getting closer and closer, suddenly —
Swoosh! Lin Nanhu and his group, who were walking in a straight line, made a strange turn, as if avoiding an obstacle, and went around Lin Feng like a pole.
"What?!"
Everyone was dumbfounded. They looked at each other, dumbfounded. Their mouths were agape, and they looked extremely comical.
No one expected that the arrogant Lin Nanhu, who had always been arrogant and domineering, would cower in front of Lin Feng and retreat?
What was going on!
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"Phew …" Lin Jie let out a long breath and looked at Lin Feng. After a moment of silence, he shook his head and said, "Feng, forget it. Let it go."
Looking at Lin Nanhu's back, Lin Feng's expression was indifferent.
Three years ago, he was only an intermediate-level Warrior. For the sake of his younger brother, Lin Yun, he faced Lin Nanhu, who was already an advanced Warrior Apprentice, and his four intermediate-level Warrior Apprentices. He fought one against five and recklessly fought with all his might …
That battle was incomparably intense.
"Let it go?" Lin Feng sneered and said coldly, "When I have enough strength, I will make my younger brother pay back ten times the humiliation he suffered!"
A fierce light flashed in Lin Feng's eyes. He did not hide his deep hatred.
He did not care if others mocked or even insulted him.
However, if his family was bullied, even if it was just insults, he would not tolerate it!
No matter who that person was!
"You!" Lin Jie shook his head and said speechlessly, "You are usually very amiable and easy to talk to, but when it comes to your family, you seem to change into a different person. That Lin Nanhu was unlucky to meet a lunatic like you who protects his family."
Lin Feng smiled indifferently.
Protect his family? So what!
As a man, protecting his family was his duty and instinct.
He was indeed a little paranoid and stubborn, but …
"That is the real me, Lin Feng." The faces of his family appeared in his mind, and Lin Feng felt warmth in his heart.
His poor family made him mature early. Lin Feng had to take care of the whole family when he was very young.
His family was his reverse scale, and no one could touch it!
"Let's go." Hugging Lin Feng, who was standing like a statue, Lin Jie smiled bitterly and said, "Do you still remember seven or eight years ago, when Tyrannosaurus Rex mocked your father for being a cripple? At that time, you, who was two heads shorter than him, actually went berserk in front of everyone in the martial arts club. You beat him black and blue, and even broke two of his ribs."
Lin Feng could not help but smile.
After that incident, everyone looked at him with a hint of awe.
"Not long ago, your sister sprained her leg, and Little Mai carried her back out of kindness. You thought he was molesting your sister and beat him black and blue without a word."
"Don't talk about it anymore." Lin Feng's face turned red. This was indeed an embarrassing incident.
"There was another time …"
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No one could see that Lin Nanhu's fists in his trouser pockets were clenched so tightly that his veins were exposed. The questioning and confused voices around him were like sharp thorns stabbing into his heart, making him short of breath. His chest heaved up and down as he tried to suppress his anger.
No one in the entire Lin Village hated Lin Feng more than he did.
Resentment!
Deep resentment from the bottom of his heart.
Although he had won the battle three years ago, he had suffered unprecedented shame and humiliation!
"Damn it, that mad dog!" Lin Nanhu gritted his teeth as he touched the pain on his face that seemed to be fresh in his memory.
If he could, he would have killed Lin Feng long ago!
However, there were rules in the clan, and he was not an exception just because he was the son of the clan leader.
"I'll put up with you for another half a month, Lin Feng. As long as I pass the Preparatory Martial Artist Assessment of the Xiaoyang Martial School, I'll see how you die!"
Lin Nanhu's eyes shone with a cold light, carrying a deep malevolence.
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"Feng, it's your coming of age ceremony in half a month. Have you decided who you want to marry?"
Lin Jie's eyes lit up and he said enviously, "You're the strongest in this year's coming of age ceremony, so you'll be the first to choose. De will be the second, and I'll be the third. Only Yi 'er and Xiaolu are acceptable on the female side. When it's time for me to choose … Alas!"
As he spoke, he could not help but show a bitter face and said gloomily, "It's a pity that I can only choose a slightly more pleasing one from a pile of wild chrysanthemums. Oh … Piggy, her figure is a little too round. Xiao Mei, there's a big black mole at the corner of her mouth. Ah Xiang, I heard that her feet are smelly …"
Lin Feng smiled faintly and did not interrupt Lin Jie. This was a rule set in the clan long ago. Once the clan's disciples completed the New Year's ceremony, they would immediately get married.
For the prosperity of the clan and the reproduction of the clan, it was understandable.
"There's still half a month left!"
Lin Feng thought to himself. He had never told anyone his thoughts, including his parents, younger siblings, and even his best friend, Lin Jie.
He was not going to participate in the coming of age ceremony, but the Preparatory Martial Artist Assessment!
He knew himself well. Although Lin Feng was young, he was quite precocious. It was precisely because children from poor families took charge of the family at an early age.
Even in such a small and weak clan like the Lin family, Lin Feng's family conditions were at the bottom. His father's legs were crippled and needed someone to take care of him. His younger brother was born blind, and his younger sister was still young. His mother, with her thin and weak shoulders, supported the family by waking up early and sleeping late. She worked hard to take care of the family of five for eight years. She suffered for eight years, and her body was like the clothes that were mended again and again, tattered.
Lin Feng, at the age of 13, supported the whole family. When his mother collapsed from exhaustion, he really grew up.
The scene of that day was still vivid in his mind —
He knelt down deeply in front of his tearful father and mother, hugging his younger siblings and crying bitterly as he made a vow.
"Father, mother, I will take care of you, I will protect my younger siblings, I will protect this family!"
"I will definitely become a real indomitable man!"
This was a man's tears, this was a man's promise!
Five years was like one day. No matter how hard and tiring it was, this thought, this vow, had never wavered in Lin Feng's mind.
And in the Tianwu Continent, there was only one way to stand out and change one's destiny …
"I will definitely become a Martial Artist!" Holding the long spear tightly, Lin Feng's eyes were resolute and his expression was resolute.
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In the dense forest, the trees towered to the sky, and there was no end in sight.
A huge black shadow staggered over, its steps heavy and powerful. Its heavy breathing was accompanied by a low growl. Its appearance directly covered all the light.
It was a huge black bear that was at least 20 meters tall. Its entire body was covered in black, steel-like fur. Its palms were incomparably huge, and its lower limbs were thick and solid. Up close, it looked like two black pillars that reached the sky, releasing an unparalleled power, giving people a feeling of incomparable surging flames.
A pair of crystal blue eyes emitted a fierce light, staring at a small mountain that was not much taller than itself, faintly emitting a cold killing intent.
"Roar!"
Its palms slapped its chest angrily, and its whole body was completely straightened, causing this black bear to look a little taller than before. Its originally clumsy legs suddenly sped up, like a huge tank rushing out of the forest!
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Lin Feng and Lin Jie were walking on the mountain path, on the way home.
Suddenly —
"Boom!" "Kaboom!" …
Lin Feng's expression changed, and he felt a violent roar.
The earth seemed to be shaking, and the whole small mountain seemed to be continuously hit by a huge hammer, as if a natural disaster was coming.
"It's coming, it's coming again!" Lin Jie's eyes widened, and a flash of horror flashed across his eyes.
Of course, Lin Feng knew what Lin Jie was talking about. He subconsciously raised his head and looked up. At this time, the color of the sky had changed, and a layer of white fog covered the vision. It gradually became thicker, and the area it covered became wider and wider until all the light was blocked.
Energy Shield.
That was what the clansmen called it. Once there was danger, the Energy Shield would be activated, revealing a milky white like egg white, and shrouding the whole mountain.
"So powerful!" Lin Feng's eyes flickered.
The shaking was incomparably intense, as if layers of waves were covering the sky, covering the earth and sky. Lin Feng was in a sorry state, and his body was swaying as if he was drunk. However, Lin Feng stood upright, his legs nailed to the ground, and did not move at all.
"Pa!" "Crash!" …
Leaves, gravel, and broken branches kept falling from the sky, as if hailstones were falling.
Lin Feng suddenly opened his right hand, and a piece of gravel the size of a cobblestone was caught in his hand, and he threw it casually.
"Why is the movement so big this time?" Lin Feng frowned, and suddenly —
His eyes shone with a cold light!
"It's the source of the earthquake!" Lin Feng looked into the distance, and as if he had thought of something, he suddenly rushed out like an arrow leaving the bow.
"Hey, Feng, where are you going, wait for me!"
"Oh my god!"
…
Shuttling through the mountain forest like an agile cheetah, Lin Feng did not care about the gravel and broken branches. With his current physical strength, these could not hurt him at all. At most, they were just obstacles.
The further down the mountain he went, the more intense the shaking was. The earthquake shook the mountain, as if the whole mountain was about to collapse.
"Whoosh!"
Landing on flat ground, Lin Feng's speed increased again, and in an instant, he reached the limit. The milky white light shield in front of him became brighter, like a piece of cheese emitting a faint luster. At that moment, Lin Feng heard an explosion, and his right eardrum instantly buzzed.
As if a hurricane had blown past, Lin Feng stood in the same place in a daze, and his eyes widened as he looked forward.
"This is …" Lin Feng was stunned.
There seemed to be a trace of aura left in the air, and that mysterious and powerful force made his heart inexplicably shocked.
It was a warrior!
And it was an extremely powerful warrior!
Although it was a test of luck, Lin Feng really did not expect to 'meet' a warrior.
At that moment, an earth-shattering roar sounded in his ears. It was the sound of an angry beast, and it went straight to the sky.
"Ah!" In a split second, Lin Feng reacted from the shock. His eyes were wide open, and he used all his strength to rush forward. The milky white light shield in front of him was very close, and he could reach out and touch it. The closer he got, the lighter the milky white color became, and it showed a transparent luster. It was like a piece of glass as thin as a piece of paper, showing everything in the outside world.
Lin Feng's pupils were completely dilated, and he saw —
A scene that he would never forget in his life!
A spear.
That was an extremely fast spear.
But in his eyes, it was extremely slow. Lin Feng could even see the moment of the shot, forming a huge gap that was suffocating.
Turning into a stream of light, this terrifying spear directly pierced the heart of the nearly 20-meter-tall black bear. The sound of the explosion was like thunder, and there was still a lingering sound. The huge bloody hole was three meters in diameter, and bright red blood flowed out. It was appalling, and Lin Feng had goosebumps all over his body.
"Boom!"
The huge black bear's body fell into the mountain forest, causing the ground to sink. The mysterious warrior, holding a long spear, landed beside the corpse, like a small person, and there was a huge difference in size.
However, it was this terrible contrast that made Lin Feng's heart beat faster and his blood boil.
Was this what it meant to be a warrior?!
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