C13

The cool wind was still there.

The crowd was in an uproar.

There were far fewer participants waiting to participate in the Large Competition.

With the exception of those who have already completed the test, there are already some who have not yet abstained from taking part in the test.

After experiencing the performances of two powerful figures from the Gaia and Philip clans in succession, many people began to hesitate. The competitors who were originally in their turn also began to shrink back.

After waiting a little while and seeing that no one was around, Rincewind prepared to go up on stage, only to be caught off guard.

According to Cohen's memory, there would be a gathering of the seven great clans every once in a while. As an outstanding disciple of the third generation of the Moutts family, he had participated in it several times, and although he had never been interested in these matters, he could still barely recognize some of the important descendants and the clans that he belonged to.

After looking through Cohen's memories, Link learned that the Beetle Family had a long and very strange heritage. Every generation of the family would have at least one child with a strong fire attribute talent, and this strange phenomenon was like a blessing from the heavens, allowing the Beetle Family to stand at the top of the Wind City's major powers. In addition, even a lowly servant like the Beetle Family would always have a fiery temper. They fought bravely and did not fear death, giving the Beetle Family the most disreputable reputation amongst the citizens of the Wind City.

The red-haired boy should be called Fia or Fyas, there was a problem with Cohen's memory here. Link rubbed his forehead speechlessly, and while Link was hesitating, the red-haired boy had already quickly walked up to the stage. While everyone was still immersed in the great shock brought by Daley, he quickly stopped in front of the testing stone.

A similarly majestic "boom" resounded, bringing with it a burst of bright yellow light!

The crowd burst into soft cries of alarm!

Then came the buzzing of intense discussion!

Following that was a new round of chaotic cheers!

He saw the red-haired boy return to the back of the Beetle family representative with a complacent expression, but he did not see the helplessness on the latter's face. He probably did not know that so many people did not see his performance, and even knew that he might not care about it.

Two level three Xiong Li geniuses appeared in succession, pushing the scene to the limit. Even the commoners who knew that the genius warriors who appeared first could not stop celebrating without any suspense.

It had been too many years since such a thing had happened in the Wind City. It could be called a grand event. This was a year where many geniuses gathered.

After two consecutive shocks, the remaining seven clans of the Wind City — the Morgan Family, the Truths Family and the Gaia Family — all appeared on stage one after another. Shockingly, there were three figures emitting orange rays of light. Normally, these existences were qualified to compete for the slot, but at this moment, they had lost all of their radiance and were reduced to nothing.

It was in this atmosphere that Linke began to walk towards the high platform. Behind him, a large number of participants gave up and sadly left.

The platform was around 11 to 12 meters high. Lin Ke climbed up the stairs leisurely for more than a minute.

They laughed when most of them began to notice the handsome young man with the beautiful blond hair who was swaying onto the stage.

Some mocked him for daring to step on the stage while intentionally delaying the match, while others laughed at how he was still putting on a show even now. Some even simply mocked his noble demeanor. In short, they laughed.

He was here to put on a show.

It was just competing for a slot.

The view on the high platform was very good. The entire square was filled with people, and the noise seemed to have distanced itself from him. A cool breeze brushed against his face, making him feel extremely comfortable.

There was a buzz of discussion from below the stage as he stretched.

But then, the discussion came to an end.

This was because they saw many light green, visible, tiny wind blades revolving around his body like naughty fairies. As he approached the stone, the wind blades became denser and denser, almost enveloping him within, making it hard to see clearly!

"Spellcaster!" He is the caster! " The people close to the stage cried out in alarm, and soon after, more and more people began to cry out in alarm!

For ordinary people, being able to meet a professional was already considered good luck. To be able to witness the existence of an enigmatic spellcaster and hear it from those who did not come to watch the test was truly a very honorable thing.

In the eyes of the commoners, the spellcasters had always been synonymous with mystery and power. They had appeared in all the important historical events and played all sorts of decisive and important roles. They had stirred up the storm, they had brushed off their clothes, they were noble and rare, they were eccentric and powerful.

But now, they saw a young spellcaster who was not yet eighteen years old. He did not look as thin and frail in his black robe as in the legends, nor as gloomy and unapproachable as in the stories.

He was sunny, handsome, and had an extraordinary bearing.

He wanted to give the commoners under the platform time to look. Of course, after the event, there would be people who would tell them that the person who cast the spell on the platform was Master Cohen of the Moulth Family. However, no one would know that in order to maintain the brilliance of his body, he was almost exhausted.

Finally, Lin Ke felt that if he continued to act cool, he probably wouldn't be able to strike out a proper wind blade. When he calmly walked back to the Second Elder's side, he raised his right hand and a light green flow of energy condensed in front of him, forming a bright green wind blade. It was like a reaper's scythe was whistling across several meters in an instant, ruthlessly smashing onto that invisible barrier!

It stirred up a bright yellow light!

Rank 3 Bear Strength, caster!

A storm was brewing on the high platform.

The light green wind blades surrounding Lin Ke began to slowly dissipate.

With a calm demeanor, he turned around, leaving the cheering crowd behind him an unforgettable view of his back, and then walked toward the gathering place of the aristocrats, all the way until Second Elder calmly bowed in front of him, before giving a slight bow to the surrounding representatives who were all looking at him.

Under the gazes of countless people, the calm atmosphere caused many people to silently praise their excellence.

"Sure enough," an old man who had a head full of white hair nodded to the second elder, "The Rhine Family's Patriarch has a successor."

The Second Elder smiled and bowed, "You are too kind. The young talents of the Beetle Family are equally outstanding and make us seniors ashamed!"

"He's indeed outstanding, I heard that young master Cohen is only fourteen years old this year," A voice filled with a strange aura could be heard from not too far away, causing the representatives of the large families present, especially the second elder, to frown. "What a terrifying talent, it's very possible that he'll become the number one person in the Wind City someday.

Link followed everyone's gaze and saw that it was actually the Fei Li Family's representative for the competition, Loke.

Perhaps the rest of them, including Rhine and the six elders, were not aware that the Fei Li family had hurt Cohen to such an extent, but Link had never forgotten that it was a matter of life and death.

Although he had also benefited from this to come to this world, this did not prevent him, as a member of the Moutes family, from being filled with indescribable hostility towards the Philip family.

Obviously, the Fei Family hadn't forgotten.

They knew that this enmity could not be resolved, especially with Lin Ke's strength and potential. This enmity was even deeper, and no one knew that they had been waiting for the Mouths family to take revenge on them. However, they discovered that the other party had yet to take any action, causing some of the clan members to be unable to sit still.

"Loke, be cautious. Don't use childish provocation to bring disaster upon your family," the second elder warned.

"It's just a few truths, if you don't like it, I won't say it," Loke laughed contemptuously.

"If a clan has a perfect system of inheritance and the correct attitude in dealing with things, they should be able to handle all kinds of situations without falling down. If not, then they should die."

"That is precisely the reason," the old man from Beit family said with a high-spirited attitude, although he looked old, but his spirit was still very good. Perhaps the old man was already used to being tyrannical, and his tone was even more impolite than Kohl's, "The strength of a family is decided by the internal forces, and they always keep their eyes on the things in other people's bowls. They don't even know how they died."

Loke's face was flushed red, but he did not dare to act impudently in front of the two great families of military and political power.

He first bowed in apology to the Second Elder, then saluted in the direction of the representatives of the several big families, "The elders have taught the Fei Li Family to keep a low profile. Uncle Loke was afraid that I would be too proud so he used Master Cohen's outstanding skills to wake me up, but it seems that he has misunderstood everyone. So Uncle Dali is here as a substitute to apologize to everyone!"

"You're quite sharp tongued," the old man snorted disdainfully. He didn't care about his elder's attitude at all. Fortunately, Ke Er and the second elder just nodded and let it go.

The war of words seemed to end just like that, but the nobles were afraid that there would be some ripples.

Lin Ke sneered and glanced at Daley. Then, he respectfully saluted to the latter to express his thanks.

This was not the first time that an important member of the Gaia family had shown goodwill to him. He knew how to be grateful.

Just when the people in the aristocratic circle thought that this year's competition would end and they would return home, something shocking happened.

Just now.

A petite and frail little girl stepped onto the stage.

He waved his hand and the testing stone emitted a green light that filled the sky!

Fourth Stage Bear Strength!

Even Lin Ke was somewhat shocked.

Although he had not been in this world for long and had only been in contact with training for a few days, he could clearly feel the boredom and difficulty of training from Cohen's memories.

Those who could successfully stimulate their energy to become a professional were almost all chosen from a thousand miles, each of them had extraordinary talent, but those who managed to become a professional were few and far between. This was because each step forward required one to go through a bottleneck, and the higher one's cultivation level was, the more difficult it would be for them to break through the bottleneck. Among the bottlenecks in the same realm, there were two bottlenecks that were particularly difficult to overcome. One was the three-to-four bottleneck from the low level to the middle level, and the other was the six-to-seven bottleneck from the middle level to the high level. These two huge bottlenecks were almost as difficult to overcome as the "hurdles" between the two realms.

Similarly, the changes brought about by overcoming these two special bottlenecks are enormous. If ordinary advancements could be said to be the accumulation of changes in one's strength time and time again, passing through these two special bottlenecks would mean a qualitative change in one's strength and a tremendous difference in strength that ordinary cultivators could not express.

And this girl who had the qualification to participate in the Large Competition, in other words, she hadn't even reached eighteen years of age yet and was only a commoner. She had already passed the bottleneck of three to four and had reached the first rank of the middle stage of the Power Bear! Fourth Stage Bear Strength!

This had never happened before in the history of the Wind City's test!

It has to be known that whether it is the spellcasters or the combatants, three to four and six to seven is extremely difficult.

If one were to say that a third stage Xiong Li might not necessarily be able to beat a second stage Xiong Li, then the difference between the two was the same. A fourth stage Xiong Li against a third stage Xiong Li would lose much of his suspense.

Lin Ke stared at the slightly nervous and thin back. For a moment, he found it hard to believe. What kind of power would be contained within that petite and thin body to be able to reach such a level? And what had she experienced in her life to be able to burst out with such a dazzling brilliance at this moment?

There was no lack of astounding geniuses anywhere, he sighed in his heart.

However, was this talent a blessing or a curse for a girl of commoner origin?