In Martial Universe, Signed in at the Start with Yao Lao's Ring

Lin Hong and Lin Xia quickly stepped onto the arena.

The referee, upon confirming both participants were ready, immediately announced,

"Begin!"

Their expressions grew serious.

Especially Lin Hong—upon hearing the referee's command, he let out a low shout and wasted no time in revealing his full strength.

"Ha!"

A faint glow emerged from Lin Hong's body.

At the same time, a powerful aura surged from within him.

"Sister Lin Xia, I'm sorry, but my goal this time isn't you."

"So, let's end this quickly."

Lin Hong spoke with confidence, clearly believing in his strength at the seventh layer of Body Tempering.

However, in the next moment, Lin Xia completely shattered his confidence.

A much stronger aura erupted from her body.

Sensing it, the surrounding spectators quickly realized—this was the eighth layer of Body Tempering!

"Hmm. Then let's end this quickly."

The two immediately clashed in battle.

But as soon as the fight began, Lin Xia completely dominated.

Lin Hong was forced to retreat repeatedly under her overwhelming pressure. In the end, he was effortlessly defeated and knocked off the stage.

"I… lost?"

Even as he lay on the ground in defeat, Lin Hong struggled to accept reality.

Lin Xia, however, was unimpressed by Lin Hong's earlier arrogance. Not only did she utterly crush him in battle, but she also delivered a final verbal blow to humiliate him further.

"You couldn't even defeat me, and you thought you could beat Lin Yan?"

"Lin Hong, you really are delusional."

With that, Lin Xia turned and left.

Meanwhile, Lin Hong sat on the ground in disgrace, his expression filled with doubt and frustration.

Her words kept echoing in his mind.

"You couldn't even defeat me, and you thought you could beat Lin Yan?"

"Does that mean… Lin Yan is even stronger than her?"

"Impossible!"

"There's no way someone like Lin Yan could have grown that much!"

Crushed by the reality of his loss, Lin Hong's face turned dark with resentment.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the arena—

Even Lin Zhentian was delighted after watching Lin Xia's performance against Lin Hong.

After all, Lin Xia had given him a truly unexpected surprise.

To reach the eighth layer of Body Tempering at such a young age—

It seemed she was now the strongest among the Lin family's younger generation!

With this thought, Lin Zhentian turned to Lin Ken with a satisfied expression.

"Lin Ken, you've raised an excellent daughter!"

Lin Dong, on the other hand, was also surprised by Lin Xia's display of strength.

After all, even he was only at the seventh layer of Body Tempering.

If he had to fight Lin Xia, he wasn't sure if he could win.

"But if it's Brother Lin Yan…"

"It's hard to say."

Lin Dong muttered to himself.

Lin Xia was indeed strong, but so was Brother Lin Yan.

This made Lin Dong even more eager to see how Lin Yan would fare against Lin Xia in the upcoming matches.

The clan competition continued.

And soon, the most anticipated match of the event finally began.

Lin Yan versus Lin Xia!

Although Lin Xia's previous victory had convinced many that she would win this match as well, there was still a lingering curiosity—

Lin Yan had yet to show his full strength.

Just how powerful was he when he went all out?

Thus, the moment the referee announced their names, excitement surged through the audience.

Lin Xia and Lin Yan quickly stepped onto the stage.

Standing before him, Lin Xia smiled playfully.

"Now I finally get to test just how strong you really are, Brother Lin Yan."

Lin Yan cupped his hands and smiled.

"Please go easy on me, Sister Lin Xia."

But Lin Xia didn't believe a word of it.

Without hesitation, she unleashed the full power of her eighth-layer Body Tempering strength and charged at Lin Yan with overwhelming force.

She showed no mercy.

In fact, it was clear to any observer that she was attacking even more aggressively than she had against Lin Hong.

The reason was simple—she firmly believed that Lin Yan was stronger than her.

So, against him, she had to give it her all.

"Sigh, Sister Lin Xia is really going all out," Lin Yan muttered helplessly.

Yet, despite her ferocious attacks, he effortlessly dodged every strike.

Lin Xia frowned and intensified her offense, but the result remained unchanged.

Just as she suspected—

"Brother Lin Yan, you really were hiding your true strength!"

She now had no doubt—she wasn't his match.

Determined to test him one last time, she unleashed her strongest move.

She pointed a single finger forward, sending a powerful sword aura shooting toward Lin Yan like a bullet.

"Spirit Sword Finger!"

But even this was easily dodged.

Before Lin Xia could launch another attack, Lin Yan suddenly advanced and intercepted her move.

She paused for a moment before sighing.

"I lost."

"Brother Lin Yan, you're a monster."

She shook her head helplessly.

After several exchanges, the difference in their strength was undeniable.

So, instead of dragging things out, she simply admitted defeat.

The audience, however, was left completely stunned.

Everyone had believed Lin Xia's strength at the eighth layer of Body Tempering was already impressive.

Yet she hadn't even been able to land a single hit on Lin Yan.

Just how strong was he? The ninth layer?

That seemed absurd!

"It's actually true… Lin Yan is even stronger than Lin Xia?"

Lin Hong was completely dumbfounded.

Seeing Lin Xia—who had effortlessly defeated him—become utterly powerless against Lin Yan, he realized that she hadn't been lying.

Recalling his own arrogance, he suddenly felt ridiculous.

"So, the fool all along… was me."

Meanwhile, Lin Zhentian was visibly thrilled.

Seated in the main pavilion, he stared at Lin Yan as if he had discovered a priceless treasure.

"Good! Good! Good!"

"Our Lin family is truly blessed!"

He couldn't help but burst into laughter.

Lin Xia had already been a pleasant surprise—but Lin Yan's talent was far beyond even that.

At this moment, Lin Zhentian made up his mind.

From now on, he would ensure Lin Yan received the best resources and training.

Perhaps…

Lin Yan was the future of the Lin family!

"So, it really is true…"

"Brother Lin Yan won."

Lin Dong wasn't surprised.

He had already expected this outcome.

But one thing disappointed him—

Even now, he still hadn't seen Lin Yan use his full strength.

His curiosity only grew stronger.

"Even Sister Lin Xia couldn't force Brother Lin Yan to go all out."

"Could it be… Brother Lin Yan has already reached the Earthly Yuan Stage?"