Extreme Almightiest Young Master

Chapter 1203 - 1201: Challenging Everyone

"Lanlan, you... come back!"

It’s not just the Family Heads of the other three Prominent Families who disagree, even Xia Yuntian couldn’t hold back at this moment. Looking at Xia Lalan, he didn’t know what to say. Xia Lalan used to be the number one talent in the Hidden World, but that was in the past. Now, Xia Lalan is merely at the early stage of the Transcendent Realm. Suddenly running out to join the ranking competition, isn’t this madness?

For a moment, Xia Yuntian was truly stunned. He couldn’t understand why Xia Lalan, who was doing fine, suddenly acted crazy. Why did she ask to participate in the ranking competition? With Xia Lalan’s current strength, she really doesn’t qualify for the ranking competition. One misstep could lead to disaster, he really didn’t want Xia Lalan to participate.

Xia Lalan wants to participate in the ranking competition?

What exactly is going on?

What... what does she mean by this?

...

Apart from the four Family Heads, everyone else turned their eyes to Xia Lalan, not understanding why she would do such a thing. They all wondered if Xia Lalan had really gone mad...

However, Xia Lalan did not pay attention to what others were saying or their puzzled looks. She continued firmly to the four Family Heads, "Who says I’m not qualified? Doesn’t the adult group competition require participants to be under 25 years old from the Prominent Families? I’m only 20, why can’t I?"

Xia Lalan, of course, knew what everyone was thinking, but she didn’t want to explain too much right now. Even if she did, no one would believe her. Once the fight started, everything would be up to her to decide. And she had this confidence.

"Xia Lalan, you didn’t participate in the elimination round just now, so you’re unqualified for the ranking competition. We can overlook this tomfoolery this time, just step down now!" As soon as Xia Lalan attempted to retort, Gu Nanshan said coldly. He was truly angry now. He didn’t expect Xia Lalan to cause trouble at this juncture. At this moment, he would not allow anyone to break the rules.

But no sooner had Gu Nanshan finished speaking, before anyone else could say anything, Xia Lalan immediately spoke up, "The reason I didn’t participate in the elimination round just now was because I disdained it. If you’re not convinced, I’ll challenge all sixteen of the finalists alone. Doesn’t that qualify me? Don’t tell me you don’t even have the guts to accept my challenge—one against sixteen!"

After saying this confidently to Gu Nanshan, Xia Lalan immediately turned her head towards the sixteen ranking competition participants, speaking to them directly. With these words said, those sixteen would definitely accept her challenge. Even if the Family Heads wanted to intervene, they couldn’t, and with that, her goal would be achieved. As for everything else, she was too lazy to bother with it and didn’t care to.

Indeed, as soon as Xia Lalan’s words came out, they immediately provoked the anger of the sixteen strong contenders of the adult group ranking competition!

"Xia Lalan, don’t be too arrogant. You were indeed the number one talent of the Hidden World before, but now you are nothing. By what right do you challenge us? As I said before, you are not qualified!" Gu Shengwu got truly angry at this point. Being looked down upon by a woman like this, how could he swallow his pride? Xia Lalan indeed used to be formidable, but now she’s nothing, and it’s widely known. How can he not be infuriated by her current statement!

"Xia Lalan, just with you wanting to challenge us all, have you gone mad? Do you think you’re still the Xia Lalan of the past?" Wearing a pale yellow robe and looking defiant yet with a somewhat gloomy air about him, Kong He also mocked Xia Lalan from the side. He, too, was furious now. As the top talent of the Kong Family, when had he ever been scorned like this? He truly didn’t understand how Xia Lalan had suddenly gone insane—how could she utter such words otherwise!

"You alone challenge us all? Such arrogance!"

"Xia Lalan, you are no longer the number one talent of the Hidden World. Do you still consider yourself mighty?"

"Wanting to challenge us all, have you lost your mind? With your strength, you can’t win against any one of us!"

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The rest of the top sixteen contestants also expressed their indignation at this moment. They, too, were angered. Among these top sixteen, there were no weaklings anymore—the weakest were all late-stage Transcendent Realm experts, definitely not something the early-stage Transcendent Xia Lalan could contend against. To now say such provocative words; what exactly was Xia Lalan thinking? Could it be that Xia Lalan had really gone insane!

It’s widely known in the Hidden World about Xia Lalan’s incident where, inexplicably, her cultivation remained stagnant at the early stage of the Transcendent Realm. Now, to suddenly come out and challenge these experts who were in the late stage of the Transcendent Realm or even Half-Step to Minute Subtlety Realm—what is this if not madness!

Lin Feng, seeing everyone’s reaction, revealed a smile on his face. Only he knew Xia Lalan’s current strength. He was looking forward to the moment when Xia Lalan dealt with these so-called experts, wondering what expressions they would have...

"Whether I’m qualified or not is my own business; you don’t need to worry about it. You just need to say whether you dare to accept my challenge. There’s no need for all this prattle. Of course, if you all are afraid to accept, that’s fine by me. That would just prove that you all fear our Xia Family, that you all fear me!"

Xia Lalan didn’t bother with everyone’s doubts, speaking to them very composedly, with even a hint of a smile on her face. She didn’t need to say much to these people. As long as they agreed to the challenge, she would handle the rest. Once she cleaned up these people, the number one place in the adult group competition would belong to the Xia Family! That was what she was concerned about. As for the rest, she really didn’t have the time to care.

When Xia Lalan made this statement, it instantly enraged many geniuses, including Gu Shengwu, and even Xia Tong flushed with anger. Although they were both from the Xia family and hoped that the Xia family could achieve first place in the adult group competition, being so blatantly ignored by Xia Lalan was truly infuriating. It was one thing to be overshadowed by Xia Lalan in the past, but now, as the most outstanding female talent of the Xia family, she certainly didn’t want to be suppressed by Xia Lalan again!

But she was a member of the Xia family, and at this time, she couldn’t afford to say anything even if she wanted to. All she could do was watch Xia Lalan with resentful eyes. If looks could kill, she would have killed Xia Lalan countless times over!

Xia Tong was at a loss for words, but Gu Shengwu couldn’t possibly stay quiet. Looking at Xia Lalan, he was nearly bursting with fury, not understanding why Xia Lalan would utter such madness. Thus, he coldly asked Xia Lalan, "Xia Lalan, have you gone insane? Are you sure you want to challenge all of us? What if we accidentally kill you?"

Gu Shengwu’s message was clear: You, Xia Lalan, want to challenge all of us, fine! But you better be prepared to die. If Xia Lalan was really seeking death, he wouldn’t mind lending a hand!

"Xia Lalan, do you truly wish to challenge all of us?"

"Xia Lalan, have your nerves failed you? Do you even have the strength to back it up?"

"I respected you before, but now I realize the famous Xia Lalan is actually a lunatic!"

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At this time, Kong He and the other top sixteen fighters also expressed their opinions. They all treated Xia Lalan’s words as nonsense. No sane person would do such a thing. They were sixteen experts at the late stage of the Transcendent Realm, and even practitioners in the Infinitesimal Realm would have to be cautious facing them. But Xia Lalan, just at the early stage of the Transcendent Realm, wanting to challenge them all was sheer nonsense and wishful thinking!

Gu Nantian and Kong Lifeng watched on the side with smiles on their faces. Things had reached this point, and they were just waiting for the others to severely injure or kill Xia Lalan. They estimated that the Xia family would be driven mad by such an outcome, which was quite an agreeable scenario for them.

At this moment, Song Wuya’s frown was as deep as a knot, unsure of what to do. There were five members of the Song Family among the top sixteen. If they really started fighting and injured Xia Lalan, would Lin Feng lose his temper? Thinking of this made him even more nervous, hoping that this time Xia Lalan would voluntarily withdraw; otherwise, he really didn’t know how to handle the situation afterward.

Hearing Xia Lalan’s words, Xia Yuntian suddenly became as stiff as a wooden man, never expecting that today Xia Lalan would repeatedly utter such absurdity. He thought Xia Lalan was a good child before, but how did she become so crazy being together with Lin Feng? Challenging sixteen people all by herself - what was this girl thinking? This was nothing but seeking death!

With this in mind, he was ready to rush forward to pull Xia Lalan back, but as soon as he was about to do so, he was pulled back by Lin Feng. Looking at Lin Feng, Xia Yuntian was stunned, not understanding why Lin Feng would stop him.

"Don’t worry about her, just watch," Lin Feng said indifferently to Xia Yuntian. Xia Lalan’s current strength was not a cause for concern; they just needed to wait for the outcome.

Hearing Lin Feng say this, Xia Yuntian was immediately confused. He genuinely did not understand why Lin Feng was so confident in Xia Lalan. After all, Xia Lalan was just at the early stage of the Transcendent Realm — how could she possibly deal with those sixteen people? It was simply impossible. What exactly was Lin Feng implying?

Before he could ponder further, Xia Lalan’s voice rang out again.

"Why so much nonsense? Give me a direct answer, are you accepting the battle or not? If you can kill me, no one is to blame, but I’m afraid you don’t have the capability!" Xia Lalan said while looking at Gu Shengwu and the other sixteen experts, shaking her head and laughing scornfully. The thought of these sixteen wanting her life was utterly fantastical. She no longer wished to say more but was ready to deal with these people using her true strength.

"I, Gu Shengwu, agree!"

"I, Kong He, also agree!"

"How could I, Gu Qing, miss such an event!"

"..."

...

Upon hearing Xia Lalan’s words, Gu Shengwu and the other sixteen immediately made their stance known. At this juncture, there was no way they would back down. If these sixteen were intimidated by an early Transcendent Realm practitioner, they would never be able to stand tall in the Hidden World again! In their eyes, Xia Lalan was simply courting death. The sixteen of them together wouldn’t just consider Xia Lalan at the early stage of the Transcendent Realm, even if she were at the early stage of the Infinitesimal Realm, she could not possibly defeat them. Since Xia Lalan was intent on courting death, they certainly wouldn’t miss this golden opportunity!