Chapter 380 - Lin Mu Versus Pigu Shan

Lin Mu too nodded his head in approval as he would have done the same and would not have held back for something like 'gentleman's etiquette'.

Beilao Xin was taken away to be treated and Enlai Lan went back to his seat while the audience cheered for him. Lin Mu looked on and saw that the referee was about to pull out another match up.

"The next fight will be Pigu Shan and he will be fighting… Mu Lin!" The referee announced.

Lin Mu's eyes lit up as his turn finally arrived. His opponent was Pigu Shan who was one of the three people that had joined at the last moment and was one of the aristocrats. Lin Mu had seen this man's previous fight, and it had been about ten minutes long.

Pigu Shan was a thin man who was fast and used his high agility to move around his opponent while sneaking in quick attacks. He used finger stabs as his preferred attacking technique and it was a physical skill that used spirit qi.

Lin Mu had seen one of his attacks shattering the sternum of the previous contestant and knew that they were quite strong.

Wu Hei leaned towards Lin Mu a bit and whispered to him, "brother Lin Mu better finish this fight quickly, if you can. Best not to expose too much…" 

"I understand." Lin Mu replied before standing up and walking down.

"Is that Mu Lin?" The people from the audience finally noticed him.

"Wait, wasn't he sitting at the top with the Wu family and the Tri cauldron Peony sect?" Another person said feeling surprised.

The people who had taken Lin Mu lightly in the first round were now looking at him with serious gazes. They had not expected that someone from the top would actually be fighting themselves. 

"Who is he representing here?" Enlai Lan asked the referee, feeling intrigued by this.

"Lord Mu Lin will be representing Lord Wu Hei." The referee said a bit more respectfully.

"Oh?" Enlai Lan raised his brows as he had not expected this.

'So this is what Wu Hei prepared for us, huh? Still shouldn't be a problem to defeat a brat at the qi refining realm.' Enlai Lan thought to himself.

Pigu Shan was already standing at the ring as he was sitting in the front row from the start. Lin Mu took his place opposite to him and greeted him. 

"Please guide me, Lord Pigu Shan." Lin Mu stated.

"Same here, Lord Mu Lin." Pigu Shan said shortly before getting read.

His attacking stance was a bit different as he held one arm above his head straight while the other was behind his back. Lin Mu on the other hand stood there casually and waited for the referee to start.

"FIGHT!" He ordered.

"Take this…" Pigu Shan said before attacking with his signature finger stab.

The attack came towards Lin Mu's chest, but before the man could even take a second step, he shuddered. Multiple tendrils of spirit sense came out of Lin Mu's body and covered every side of Pigu Shan. Lin Mu was observing each and every movement of his in detail.

Lin Mu sensed the spirit qi that was flowing from the man's meridians into his fingers and how it circulated in a unique pattern. But this was not the entirety of the technique, as one hidden aspect of it was that the technique generated a counterforce in the legs that made the user lunge forward.

This was how the technique had a strong momentum. The qi circuit in the hand was merely to reinforce the fingers and make them rigid temporarily. 

Now with his sense completely focused on Pigu Shan, Lin Mu analyzed the trajectory of the attack and swiftly dodged it by simply leaning to the side and not even moving from the place.

~Tear~

The sound of a cloth tearing was heard as Lin Mu had grasped Pigu Shan's hand, which had come towards him. But the momentum of his hand had caused the sleeves to be pulled back due to Lin Mu's grip and resulting in them tearing.

"WHAT!" The people in the Audience said in astonishment.

"Brother Mu Lin is impressive…" Wu Teng praised.

"Senior brother, what is this technique that Lord Mu Lin used?" one of the junior disciples of the Tri cauldron peony sect questioned.

The senior brother in question had a few drops of sweat on his brow as he looked at Lin Mu with even more shock than others. Instead of answering his junior disciple, he turned to Fa Shiu.

"Senior brother, was that…" He was about to ask when he got interrupted.

"Yes… that was no technique but just basic agility. He merely used his spirit sense to grasp the trajectory before dodging it." Fa Shiu stated.

Wu Hei on the other hand nodded his head in approval as this was perfect to conceal the true capabilities of Lin Mu.

On the ring, Pigu Shan was able to get hold of his wits a fraction of a second later, after Lin Mu had gripped his hand.

"Let GO!" he said before pulling his hand, but found unable to do so.

It was as if a pair of Iron vice grips were clamping his hand and he couldn't break free.

"I'm afraid, I'll have to end it here." Lin Mu said shortly before moving.

~Shua~

The corners of his sleeves and the end of Lin Mu's robe waved in the air as he spun around, and tossed Pigu Shan out of the ring, like a baby chick.

~Thud~

Pigu Shan fell to the ground face first and was knocked out due to a concussion. 

The audience was dumbstruck, as this was not how they had expected the fight to go. Even Enlai Lan was astounded by this, as he knew the amount of strength that would be required to do something like this. Though the thing was… Lin Mu had not even used spirit qi!

"The winner is Mu Lin!" The referee declared and the audience broke out in cheers.