Chapter Sixteen: Are You Worthy?

  "Ah." Qin Shan let out a long breath, and for the first time, a smile with a hint of relaxation appeared on his face. His tense body also relaxed.

  Looking at Qin Hao standing proudly on the stage, Qin Shan's heart was stirred up, and then he wiped away a layer of sweat from his forehead, shaking his head with a bitter smile. The current situation was really beyond his expectations: he had clashed with the Lin family, been completely suppressed on the surface, but then Qin Hao suddenly ran onto the stage and fought Lin Bi to a draw; just when he thought the situation was stabilizing, Lin Bi used a top-notch martial art that shouldn't have belonged to the Lin family, again taking the upper hand. When he thought Qin Hao was bound to lose, Qin Hao suddenly revealed his true strength, reversing the situation completely.

  "Qin Hao this kid, is really different from before." Qin Shan said to Qin Yu Xian with a tone of admiration.

  "Hmm! It's different now." Qin Yuxian's mind was a bit disordered, the words Qin Hao had just spoken on stage kept replaying in her mind, her thoughts churning and tangling into a messy knot, unclear and indistinct.

  From now on, leave it to me.

  Qin Hao's words still echoed in her ears.

  She slightly raised her head, her eyes drifting towards Qin Hao on the stage, and murmured in a voice that only she could hear: "Hand it over to you, can I really hand it over to you? Some things, maybe no matter how hard you try, you still can't help."

  A crisp and lively voice trembled slightly, faintly revealing a sense of desolation and fatigue.

  On the martial arts stage, Qin Hao still stood calmly and scanned the entire audience with a composed gaze. The commotion of the crowd below, Lin Bi lying in the distance looking disheveled, and the Lin family's descendants casting him a resentful glance, seemed to have no effect on him whatsoever.

  Taking in everyone's reactions, Qin Hao shifted his footsteps and headed straight for where Lin Lan and her family were seated.

  Qin Hao's footsteps were steady and powerful, each step seemingly carefully measured, while the playful glint in his eyes made Lin Lan's two sons feel a pang of unease, as if they had a thorn in their backs.

  "Qin Hao, what do you mean by this?" Lin Bi's younger cousin, Lin Du, mustered up the courage to ask. Qin Hao's cold smile and teasing gaze made him want to turn around and run away, but he could only muster up his courage and force himself to stay put. At this moment, apart from Lin Bi, he was the only one among the Lin family descendants who could take charge.

  "You think you can challenge all of us?" Blue Family's successor, Lan Yitian, shouted with a fierce gaze.

  "Heh heh. Young Master Lan is quite clever this time." Qin Hao stood in front of Lan Yitian, his eyes gleaming fiercely as he said, "Now, whoever wants to make a move, just come at me directly. You can even take turns, I'll take them all on today."

  As soon as this was said, the square was once again filled with discussions and debates.

  No one expected Qin Hao to say such a thing. It seemed that he actually intended to challenge the two families' elite children with his own strength alone.

  "Is he trying to take on two families by himself? Isn't that a bit too arrogant?"

  "So domineering? This kid has some attitude."

  "This guy isn't out of his mind, is he? So many people have been taking turns beating him up."

  "Hold on?" A black-faced man with a curly beard sneered and said, "Aren't those two families already embarrassed enough? Besides, if Qin Hao beats down a few more, they'll become the laughing stock. The young masters of both families have sent out their best men, but in order to deal with an underage youth, they've even used rotating shifts... If this gets out, heh heh..."

  "Bullshit! Who said Qin Feng's son is a weakling? A 15-year-old with the strength of ten Condensed Profundity martial artists! Even Lin Yu from the Lin family can't compare to him. Just look at his demeanor, it's arrogant beyond measure. Is this guy really a weakling?" A rough-looking man in gray clothes cursed loudly.

  The man in grey clothes said this, and several people around him nodded heavily.

  Most people in the arena were martial artists. In this world where martial arts are revered, those with exceptional strength and talent always receive respect. Qin Hao stood fearlessly in front of the dozens of Lin family disciples, and the formidable aura and bloodlust he exuded at that moment made his fellow martial artists feel a sense of deep admiration.

  So some of them may say things like "arrogant, impulsive", but they can't help but resonate with Qin Hao's move.

  "What? Haven't you decided who goes first?" Qin Hao's gaze swept over Lin Dou and Lan Yitian, who were both fuming: "If you're not afraid of losing face, and want to go up together, I have no other opinion."

  "Qin Hao, don't be too arrogant. Don't think that just because you have the Xingyuan Tenfold Cultivation, you can be overbearing and domineering, looking down on others." Lin Du's fists were clenched tightly, his neck flushed red with rage, his eyes blazing with fury as he glared at Qin Hao.

  "Whether or not someone has the qualifications to be arrogant depends on who their opponent is. Clearly, Qing Xuan's tenth level may not seem like much to others, but if the opponent is you, it's enough." Qin Hao said, no longer paying attention to Lin Du's dark face, and turned his head in the direction of Lan Yi Tian, saying lightly: "Lan Yi Tian, since Lin Du won't go up, then you can. The young master of the Lan family shouldn't be afraid of things, right?"

  "Qin Hao, don't you know what it means to respect your opponent? It's normal for both sides to go all out in a martial arts competition on stage, but after getting off the stage, you keep insulting your opponent. Isn't that too lacking in dignity? Moreover, although the Qin family is not weak, offending both the Lin and Lan families at the same time may not be something you can handle." Lan Yitian said with a frown, his expression cold and gloomy.

  "Respect your opponent?" Qin Hao sneered: "Respecting an opponent also depends on who the person is."

  "Why didn't you say this when you were bullying and outnumbering her? Why didn't you say this when a group of people were recklessly attacking a girl? Why didn't you say this when you were insulting and mocking her without stopping?"

  "Now that you've lost all your advantages, you want to talk to me about respecting your opponent? Lan Yitian, I only ask you one question: are you worthy?" Qin Hao's eyes seemed to flash with a cold current, and the corners of his mouth curled up in a mocking arc.

  This sentence of words that didn't leave any face fell, and Lan Yitian's complexion also became extremely ugly. However, although his heart was raging with anger, he never took a step forward.

  "Too much talk is useless. If any of you want to take action today, then come at me. I'll take you all on at once."

  The overbearing words were like a stormy wind sweeping across the scene at this moment.

  We didn't advertise and don't have any backstage support, if it goes on like this, the tragedy will be huge.