"Lei Ting, go on, what are you waiting for?"
Suddenly, Lei Ting, who had been looking awkward, stumbled forward as a kick landed on his back, but he didn't dare to retaliate, nor did he dare to get angry.
He knew who had kicked him.
Turning around, he saw a woman, even taller and more imposing than him, glaring at him with furious eyes.
"Sister... with so many people watching, can you not kick me..."
"I've been hitting you since I was little, why can't I hit you now?"
Lei Xin's eyes were wide like copper bells, giving the impression that she could smash Lei Ting with a mountain if they disagreed.
"Last time, people from the Water Hall blocked the entrance to the Lei Hall, and you, the Hall Master, didn't even show up to confront them. I, a weak woman, had to do it. Are you even a man?!"
Seeing Lei Xin's imposing demeanor, capable of uprooting mountains and overshadowing the sky, everyone couldn't help but look away, fearing that this "weak woman" might think they were disobedient and beat them up too.
"Sister, I was in seclusion..."
"Last time, you didn't dare to come out to defend the honor of the Lei Hall, and now it's about defending your own honor. Do you still want to be a turtle hiding in its shell? If you continue to be this timid, just hand over your Hall Master position to Wan Lei."
Upon hearing this, Lei Ting stiffened his neck, showing a rare bit of backbone in front of his older sister.
"You... stop scolding me. I am, after all, a Hall Master of the second tier. I don't even take a mere Wan Lei, who joined less than half a year ago, seriously. Xing Chen lost to him because of elemental attribute counteraction. He and I are both of the lightning attribute, so there's no counteraction. Watch me beat him until his teeth fall out."
Following this, Lei Ting let out an arrogant snort, turned his head, and shouted towards the Creation Tower,
"Disciple Lei Ting requests to fight in person!"
Inside the Creation Tower.
When Wan Lei saw the person in front of him wearing the same clothes as himself, he knew it was the Hall Master of the Lei Hall. He hadn't expected to encounter him this time. Although they had never met, he was still part of the Lei Hall, so he decided to wait for the senior to make the first move. To show respect. However, after a moment, the figure opposite him actually dissipated. Seeing the person reappear opposite him, Wan Lei knew that the Hall Master of the Lei Hall had also decided to fight in person.
"Wan Lei, you've been quite famous recently."
Lei Ting, carrying a heavy axe, sized up Wan Lei opposite him.
"Junior disciple greets the Hall Master."
Wan Lei politely cupped his fists and bowed.
"You... you've disrupted my mood. You should have provoked me, insulted me, said that I, this Hall Master, am nothing, worthless, and then angered me. That way, it would be easier for me to fight you."
Wan Lei looked at Lei Ting in shock.
"You see, it's not easy for our Lei Hall to have a prodigy, and I've been arranged to fight you before I could even get to know him. You're putting me in a difficult position. If I defeat you, you're quite talented, and leaving such a blemish on your combat record would make it hard for me, your senior brother, to bear. If I don't defeat you, I don't want to lose my Hall Master position, or my sister will definitely beat me to death when I go back. How about this, you concede. Come back tomorrow, and they'll find you a different opponent. It's better for everyone. What do you think?"
Looking at Lei Ting, who was ordinary yet confident and even considerate of him, Wan Lei couldn't help but chuckle.
"Well... Hall Master senior brother, is there a possibility that you might be defeated by me?"
Upon hearing this, Lei Ting laughed heartily, then waved his hand.
"Impossible, absolutely impossible. You defeated Xing Chen because of elemental attribute counteraction, but you and I are both of the lightning attribute, so there's no reason for counteraction. Moreover, I am a Hall Master of the second tier, and someone like Xing Chen, who is at the bottom of the third tier, cannot be compared to me. Don't think that just because you defeated him, you can defeat me."
Wan Lei sighed. Big brother, if it were someone else, it might not be so easy for me to defeat them, but you don't know, what I counter best is the lightning attribute...
"Then what if I really defeat you?"
"Then my sister will kill me."
"You keep mentioning your sister, who is she? So violent?"
"Hmph, who in the Five Elements Hall doesn't know my sister? She is the sixth disciple of the Hall Master, Lei Sheng, Lei Xin."
"Is she the one who's like a girl next door, who can uproot mountains and overshadow the sky?"
Wan Lei accidentally spoke his true thoughts, causing Lei Xin outside to widen her eyes. Amidst the muffled laughter from the crowd, Lei Xin's face turned red, and she silently remembered Wan Lei's name.
"Which disciple are you?"
A Hall Master should at least be a direct disciple, right?
"I am the eighth disciple. When the Hall Master returns and takes you as a disciple, you will be the tenth disciple." Oh, right, there's also a ninth senior sister who is in seclusion, attempting to break through to the Immortal Realm.
Seeing that this Hall Master was quite cheerful and was also the brother of Lei Xin, who had helped him before, Wan Lei didn't want to make an enemy of him.
"How about this, Hall Master senior brother? I'll defeat you and advance to the final round, but the Hall Master position will still be yours. I don't want it, how about that?"
"Hearing you say that, you're still going easy on me? Hahahaha, come on, little Wan Lei, let me see how strong this origin-level talent is, the one who's been causing such a stir in the Five Elements Hall."
"Then please, Hall Master, make the first move."
Wan Lei stood with his hands behind his back, then felt he might be showing off a bit too much, which wasn't ideal, so he cupped his hands again.
Lei Ting became serious, took his axe in hand, and said earnestly,
"Wan Lei, if you defeat me, you'll become the Hall Master. But I won't go easy on you just because you are my Lei Hall disciple. I will still go all out. The Hall Masters of the Five Elements Hall are all earned through strength."
Wan Lei nodded silently. This senior brother was a good person, just a bit too talkative, like a villain.
Seeing that Wan Lei genuinely had no intention of making the first move, Lei Ting decided to act first. Instantly, powerful lightning erupted from his body, transforming into a thick bolt of lightning that fiercely attacked Wan Lei. The first move was merely a probe.
Wan Lei, seeing this, sighed, reached out, blocked the ferocious lightning, and absorbed it without reservation.
"Heh heh, you've got some skill, kid, watch this!"
Lei Ting roared, and the heavy axe in his hand was instantly filled with lightning, the entire sky being covered by lightning. Then, the boundless, ferocious lightning transformed into a colossal axe, a hundred feet tall, and swung down towards Wan Lei. The axe, capable of shattering space, instantly arrived before Wan Lei.
Wan Lei simply raised his hand again, and to the astonishment of the onlookers outside, caught the giant axe with one hand. Then, the lightning-infused giant axe dissipated with a roar, transforming into bolts of lightning that entered Wan Lei's body.
Sigh, this senior brother is truly a good person. Knowing that the final round would be a tough battle for me, he came specifically to deliver lightning power. But there's no need for that, senior brother. I have the cosmic seed within me, and my energy is inexhaustible.