"How can this be?" Xu Ye's expression changed suddenly.

The two of them had been fighting for a long time, and Lin Chen's aura should have been getting weaker, so how could it be growing stronger?

Xu Ye felt that no matter the power, speed, or the aura of Lin Chen's attacks, they were all continuously climbing.

For a moment, Xu Ye felt the pressure of defense becoming greater and greater, and even when he pushed his Tai Chi Palm to the limit, he couldn't fend off Lin Chen's onslaught.

"This guy is simply a monster."

By now, Xu Ye's face was also drenched in sweat, and defending became more and more strenuous.

"There's just one step away from the realm of Dan Yuan... Breakthrough for me, breakthrough."

Lin Chen took a deep breath, frantically drawing the spiritual energy within his body.

Actually, after absorbing the heart of the fire spirit and the heart of the gold spirit, the spiritual energy in Lin Chen's body could be said to be endless.

For an ordinary person, such a desperate expenditure of energy would have long since exhausted their spiritual energy.

"Xu Ye, quickly stop him, Lin Chen is using you to break through!" Just at that moment, a voice flashed through Xu Ye's mind.

"Yes, Sect Hierarch," Xu Ye's face changed slightly.

After hearing the reminder from the Sect Hierarch, Xu Ye's expression turned ugly, "This guy actually wants to break through during the fight."

Xu Ye's mission was to exhaust Lin Chen's spiritual energy and stamina, and if possible even to severely injure Lin Chen, to allow Bai Ling to ascend to the position of the next Sect Leader of Kunlun smoothly. But after exerting so much effort, he ended up aiding Lin Chen's breakthrough.

The now increasingly sullen Xu Ye couldn't have imagined in his wildest dreams that Lin Chen could be so cunning, to have played him so thoroughly.

"Lin Chen, this is where it ends!"

Xu Ye's expression turned stern, and the Tai Chi disc beneath his feet suddenly began to spin at an astounding speed.

"Infinite Thunder!"

This time, Xu Ye dared not hold back any longer, raising his aura to the extreme, his body flashed with streaks of black light.

Almost in an instant, those streaks of thunder, like numerous black giant pythons, lunged towards Lin Chen.

"Damn! Just a bit more."

Lin Chen had just felt that he was on the cusp of a breakthrough, but faced with Xu Ye's powerful attack, he had to temporarily suppress his momentum.

"Black Thunder!" Lin Chen's gaze slightly sharpened.

Just as Lin Chen was about to evade, suddenly his heart of thunder seemed to be stimulated by something, and it began to tremble violently.

"How can this be!"

While Lin Chen hesitated, the black giant pythons had already tightly wrapped around him.

The black thunder, like chains of steel, tightly bound Lin Chen.

Seeing this scene, Tang Bao'er, Zhang Yu, and Zhao Xiaohua all changed their expressions.

"Are we going to lose?"

Everyone watched with bated breath as Lin Chen was ensnared by the black thunder.

"Is it over?" Zhao Xiaowen closed her eyes in resignation, as mocking voices began to ring out around her.

"Lin Chen's strength is indeed good, but he still falls short of the Tian Jiao from other races!"

Bai Ling let out a breath of relief, this fellow has finally been defeated by Xu Ye.

But at that moment, suddenly, the black thunder enveloping Lin Chen began to crackle with popping sounds.

Followed by that, cracks started to form on the streaks of thunder, and they rapidly expanded.

Boom!

Accompanied by a muffled sound, the black thunder shattered instantly.

Lin Chen walked slowly from the dissipating black mist, his body glowing faintly. His original black hair had turned golden, and his eyes sparkled with gold.

A profound aura radiated from him, interacting with the Purple Flame Golden Fire that enveloped him, forming a nearly suffocating power.

At this moment, Lin Chen exuded an aura akin to that of an ancient war god.

Lin Chen's gaze sharpened, and with a swift motion, he unleashed a palm strike. The golden-purple flame, with the might to destroy worlds, shot toward Xu Ye.

"Dan Yuan realm, this guy actually advanced to the Dan Yuan realm."

The entire audience was in an uproar.

Many clan leaders were so astonished that they stood up.

Wherever the Purple Flame Golden Fire went, it seemed that even the air was burned into nothingness.

Xu Ye looked at the scene in shock, his face pale, even forgetting to resist.

Just as the Purple Flame Golden Fire was about to engulf Xu Ye, it suddenly stopped one meter in front of him.

Overwhelmed by the power, Xu Ye knelt on one knee, chuckled bitterly, and said, "I lost!"

Boom!

In an instant, all the flames disappeared, and Lin Chen's hair and body returned to their original state.

"This guy isn't even twenty years old, and he's already in the Dan Yuan realm."

"Damn impressive, this guy actually advanced during the battle."

The referee looked at Lin Chen with a strange gaze, as if seeing a monster, and after a moment, he announced, "Lin Chen wins."

A buzz of discussion arose from the crowd, "No wonder this guy said he was going to take first place, it seems he really has the strength!"

"I wonder who is stronger between him and Bai Ling!"

Below the stage, Tian Jiao like Xiao Jian had strange expressions on their faces, realizing for the first time that Lin Chen was the true monster among them, despite them always being considered the prodigies of the supernatural world.

"We won!"

Tang Bao'er stood up excitedly, and Zhang Yu also let out a sigh of relief.

No matter what, they had not anticipated the battle between Lin Chen and Xu Ye to be so fierce.

Bai Ling's expression grew uglier and uglier, his eyes swirling with killing intent.

"This Lin Chen is indeed a trouble, what if he is in the Dan Yuan realm, as long as I use my secret weapon, you're still trash in front of me!"

Lin Chen's gaze swept over the crowd, and this time, he saw a familiar figure, Zhao Xiaowen.

At that moment, Zhao Xiaowen was looking at him affectionately, with a faint smile on her face.

Lin Chen smiled towards the stands, "Xiaowen, wait for me, in three days I'll take you home!"

The competition continued, with the third match being Zhao Xiaohua against Xiao Jian.

Due to the exceptional excitement of the previous two matches, people were filled with anticipation for the third one as well.

Even though Xiao Jian had lost to Lin Chen, his strength was still top five, and Zhao Xiaohua had blasted her opponents off the stage with just one move throughout the competition, so everyone was curious to see if she could maintain her one-hit record against the powerful Xiao Jian.

Xiao Jian looked at Zhao Xiaohua with icy eyes and said coldly, "You might as well step down yourself, I don't like hitting women as a principle."

Now Zhao Xiaohua's popularity was also soaring, even becoming the new goddess to many men, and with Lin Chen's precedent, Xiao Jian naturally did not want to be notorious for bullying a goddess.

Zhao Xiaohua looked at Xiao Jian with disdain and, without saying another word, walked towards him.

"Hey, I've warned you, if you come any closer, don't blame me for not being polite."

No sooner had his words fallen than he found Zhao Xiaohua disappear from her original spot.

In the next instant, Zhao Xiaohua had already appeared behind Xiao Jian.

With a "thud," Xiao Jian was kicked off the stage like a ball.

The audience was stunned: "Is it over just like that?"

Xiao Jian's face was pale as he stood up from the ground, almost on the verge of tears from how suffocating the loss was.

The referee looked at Zhao Xiaohua with a peculiar expression, her movement had been so fast that even he hadn't seen how Xiao Jian got kicked off the stage.

"Zhao Xiaohua wins the third quarter-final!"

As soon as the referee's announcement rang out, deafening cheers erupted from below the stage, "Sister Hua is mighty, Sister Hua is awesome, Sister Hua, Sister Hua, I love you, just like a mouse loves rice!"

Lin Chen shook his head helplessly at the crazy shouts of her fans when suddenly, a figure brushed past him.

It was Tang Bao'er's next opponent, Wu Dong. Suddenly, Lin Chen's face changed dramatically, sensing a dangerous aura emanating from this person.