novelraw Chapter 642 480: Huai Shoucheng's Duel, Part 2
Chapter 642 480: Huai Shoucheng's Duel, Part 2
The group took the elevator down to the base floor of the tower and stepped out from beneath the tall, pointed arch.
At this moment, the sky was nearing dusk.
If one looked up, they would see many dragon silhouettes appearing at the twilight horizon of the Vast Sea Secret Realm. The scales either reflected light or emitted various hues of Ether, intertwining with the fiery clouds at dusk, creating a dreamy beauty.
Chelina raised her hand.
Buzz—
As the silver ring on the wolf-eared girl's left middle finger glowed, the silver streamlined body of the Hanhai-7, wrapped in liquid metal, appeared before the five of them.
The car's doors slowly lifted upwards, revealing the interior decoration.
Remyu giggled, "Today, Miss Chelina, I'll have to trouble you to send me home again!"
Just as she lifted her leg to climb into the car, she suddenly noticed something unusual beside her.
Because the boy in the trench coat beside her had stopped moving, turned his head, and was looking in a certain direction.
He was making eye contact with someone.
It was a young man, tall and handsome, but with an unshakable gloom and arrogance between his brows.
He stood fifty meters away, seemingly just walking out from this tower as well, and was holding eye contact with Lin Guang.
"..."
Vishdair found this person somewhat familiar, and a thought flickered in his mind, overlaying him with a recently mentioned, unpleasant figure. His eyes narrowed.
One of the three major families of Zhen Sheng City, the Huai Family, Huai Shouren.
The person in front of him bears at least a seventy percent resemblance to Huai Shouren.
His eyes emitted a rich sky blue radiance, silently locking gazes with Lin Guang from afar.
A fierce aura emanated from his body, reaching out towards Lin Guang.
"...."
In an instant, the surrounding atmosphere turned tense and dramatic.
The students and researchers who were about to leave stopped in their tracks involuntarily.
Many curious onlookers had already identified the two parties currently locked in a staring contest.
"Lin Guang."
After a thirty-second stare-down, the handsome yet gloomy Huai Shoucheng spoke first.
His voice was deep, carrying an intentionally suppressed coldness.
"I've heard much about you. I'm Huai Shoucheng."
Indeed.
Speak of the devil.
He is Huai Shoucheng.
The previous Fenghai Province champion, next-in-line patriarch of the Huai family, one of the future power players of Zhen Sheng City.
Lin Guang knew in his heart, this person was precisely the champion of the province competition a year before he participated, Huai Shouren's cousin, Huai Shoucheng.
Remyu blinked her large sky-blue eyes, curiously observing Lin Guang and Huai Shoucheng, while others showed interest in their gazes.
Lin Guang and Huai Shoucheng.
Consecutive provincial champions, destined to stir storms in Fenghai, with undisclosed personal feuds, crossing each other's paths just like castaways.
"How interesting, encountering Lin Guang here."
"If they hadn't met, Huai Shoucheng might have acted like he didn't see anything."
Someone whispered, "So how will it end now? Will Huai Shoucheng simply back down?"
"...I don't think so. Can he swallow this?"
"Which of these geniuses isn't prideful and stubborn?"
"Most of the time, it's just about fighting for a sense of pride."
"What's the use of fighting? Can it help him condense True Intent? Silly."
Huai Shoucheng ignored the murmurs of others.
Or perhaps, he only pretended not to hear, while actually absorbing every word.
His deep eyes locked onto Lin Guang's group, glinting with light, even with the sound of splashing water around him, evidently uneasy.
Lin Guang calmly looked back at him, seemingly unfazed, with only the hidden dark golden flame flickering in his eyes, awaiting his next move.
Truth be told, if there were said to be any personal grudges between him and Huai Shoucheng, there were none in fact; they didn't even know each other.
When Lin Guang emerged in the exchange contest, Huai Shoucheng was likely in seclusion, engraving Dao Marks. As for the rejected attempt to become Kaelis's disciple, the embarrassment was all Huai Shoucheng's doing, having nothing at all to do with Lin Guang.
If he had honestly lowered his head and tended to his affairs, Lin Guang wouldn't have bothered to target him for no reason.
But evidently, the other party thought differently.
—If guessed right, Huai Shouren's nasty character closely related to Huai Shoucheng.
After a long silence.
Looking at the provocative Vishdair, Huai Shouren, with eyes emitting cold light, seemed to finally make a decision: "I want to challenge you."
His voice, though deep, was resonant and assertive.
And the aura originally withheld from his body suddenly exploded with the declaration.
Vaguely, the sound of rushing water from around him echoed through the void, the water-blue radiance burst forth, and a magnificent, sprawling river ghostly appeared behind him as if piercing through the earth.
Moreover, the sky blue multi-layered concentric circle mark representing Long River Chant on his brow was already faintly visible.
Five concentric circles.
Although the outermost circle was somewhat faint, it undoubtedly showed he had nearly engraved up to five foundation Dao Marks.
The Huai family had undoubtedly invested heavily in this young heir, aiming to cultivate him into a Seven-Star.
Instantly, the gathered geniuses around became excited, not intimidated by his aura but rather sensing the tension, their eyes flashing with intrigue and curiosity.