A fht passed quickly, and the outer sepetition of the Xuan Yi began.

  During this time, with the help of his Senior Sister and Cui Qing'er, Lin Hao, although stuck at a bottlened uo break through, mao refine his spiritual power even further.

  petition day.

  Due to the nearly twenty thousand outer sect disciples of the Xuan Yi, it would take a year and a half if everyoo pete in the arena.

  Therefore, the petition was divided into three stages. The first stage was a cultivatio, eliminating all those below the sixth level of Qi Refining!

  This stage alone eliminated more than half of the partits. The sed stage was a chaotic battle, where all participating disciples were randomly assigo groups for a battle royale. Those who sted until the end could advao the arena petition.

  This stage had a high degree of randomness and some room for maneuver. Partits could temporarily form alliances, increasing their ces of winning pared to fighting alone.

  Lin Hao's luck was det. In his assigned group, the stro oppo was only at the eighth level of Qi Refining, giving him a good ce of winning and advang.

  However, as soon as the chaotic battle began, he was targeted by two cultivators, oall and one short, who surrounded him.

  "Are you tw to gang up on me?"

  "Kid, you got it right. Kneel and beg for mercy, and we'll spare you a beating."

  Heh.

  Lin Hao sneered, seeing through their cultivation levels. Both were at the sixth level of Qi Refining, yet they dared to act so boldly.

  Initially, he thought of taking them down with a single punch, but then he decided to py along. Pretending to be scared, he turned and ran.

  The tall and short cultivators, thinking they had him ered, quickly gave chase.

  In the chaotic battle of a huhose who formed groups targeted those with higher cultivation. Seeing Lin Hao being chased by two at the sixth level, they lost i.

  Huff, huff, huff...

  "Big brother, this kid is slippery."

  After chasing for a long time without catg up, the tall one leaned on his knees, panting heavily.

  "He must be running out of steam. Let's push harder!"

  The short one gritted his teeth, taking out a Spirit Recovery Pill from his ste bag, ready to e it.

  "Hey, dohat."

  In a fsh, Lin Hao darted in front of the short one, snatg the ste bag and the pill from his hands with lightning speed.

  "These are my spoils, so you 't just eat them. But this pill in your hand is dirty, I don't want it."

  ch!

  He crushed the pill in his hand and then kicked the short one, sending him flying several meters.

  "Big brother!"

  Seeing his brother beaten, the tall cultivator's face turned angry. He drew a broad sword from his back, ready to fight to the death.

  But for someo the Great Perfe of Qi Refining, dealing with someo the sixth level was as easy as a father disciplining a child. The tall one didn't even withstand a single move before ending up like his brother.

  The Xuan Yi, to cultivate the disciples' ferocity, allowed anything in the petition except killing.

  Having exposed his strength, Lin Hao chose to keep running in circles even when faced with a dozen attackers.

  His main goal was to waste time, letting other cultivators settle their scores, making things easier for him.

  Li Qiushui, known for her reputation, was a target froup attacks. However, due to her fallen cultivation level, she was eliminated in the chaotic battle of a hundred.

  With nothing else to do, she watched Lin Hao's fight. Seeing him leading a group of people around like walking dogs, she couldn't help but ugh.

  Lin Hao, always atteo the outside, heard his Senior Sister's ughter and immediately waved at her.

  This a, however, annoyed someone.

  In Jiang Mingfei's group, about ten people were his followers. Together, they cleared out external threats, allowing him to cim victory.

  After winning the battle, he thought of pursuing romance, only to see Lin Hao and Li Qiushui exging gnces, whistantly soured his mood.

  "Where did this lowlife e from, daring to flirt with the fairy I've set my eyes on?"

  A rat-faced guy, grinning slyly, said, "Young Master Jiang, that kid is Lin Hao, the follower of Fairy Qiushui."

  "Heh, just a stinking follower, thinking of biting the hand that feeds him." Jiang Miilted his head, thinking for a moment, then said nontly.

  "Go tell Xiao Liu and the others to give that kid a hard time."

  "At your and, Young Master Jiang!"

  ...

  "Huh?"

  Lin Hao frowned, his eyes filled with fusion. Did these dogs eat something wrong? Why are they all ing after me?

  Looking at the thirty or forty people following him, he eechless. He hadn't done anything to stand out, so why was he suddenly the target?

  "Damn, do they really think I'm easy to bully?"

  Annoyed by the chase, Lin Hao stopped abruptly, fag over thirty cultivators alone.

  A burly man stepped forward, speaking fiercely, "Run, kid, why aren't you running anymore?"

  "I'm tired."

  "You little brat, daring to mess with the woman my boss faoday I'll break y!"

  Boss? Lin Hao's gaze darkened as he looked outside the arena, notig someoangling his Senior Sister.

  It was Jiang Mingfei, one of the twelve Great Perfe Qi Refining cultivators ier sect.

  A fsh of killing i crossed Lin Hao's starry eyes as he unleashed his Great Perfe Qi Refining cultivation, his voice cold, "Break my leg, huh?"

  Great Perfe Qi Refining?!

  The surprise on the burly man's face hadn't eveled when he felt a pain in his left leg, losing his band falling to the ground.

  Hiss~

  The croed, amazed at the speed of his sword!

  Jiang Mingfei's pupils tracted, shocked by Lin Hao's cultivation. He fot about harassing the beauty and focused entirely on watg Lin Hao's dispy of power.