Chapter 4 The Power of Genesis Runes

Great Zhou Mansion, Martial Arts Field.

On the other hand, there were many spectators below the stage. From time to time, a few cheers would erupt, and among them, there were a few young and pretty girls, whose beautiful eyes were looking around, causing the youths on the stage to become even more enthusiastic. Each of them would use their own methods to show off their skills.

In this Great Zhou Mansion, the popularity of the Martial Arts Field was obviously not weak.

When Xu Lin slowly and unhurriedly ascended onto a Martial Arts Stage, the news of him fighting with Zhou Yuan had already spread throughout the entire Martial Arts Field under his secret manipulation.

"What?" His Highness Zhou Yuan wants to fight with Xu Lin?! "

"How is this possible!?" His Highness Zhou Yuan has not even opened his meridians, but Xu Lin has already opened two! "

"This Xu Lin is truly bullying others, he must have used some despicable method to force His Highness Zhou Yuan."

"…"

When the many students heard the news, they immediately let out shocked cries. Some commoner students even started to fight for Zhou Yuan, just that this kind of fight was too unfair.

For Open Meridian People, every time a meridian was opened, the body's quality would increase accordingly, and the strength, speed, reaction rate, and so on would all far surpass those of Close Meridian People. It could be said that one person who had opened a meridian would be able to easily defeat dozens of Open Meridian People s.

Xu Lin stood on the stage, and upon hearing these voices, he smiled faintly. Regardless of what the people around him said, after today, the matter of Zhou Yuan being beaten up by him, will definitely spread throughout the entire Great Zhou Mansion. This will undoubtedly cause a blow to the latter's reputation, and become a joke in the mouths of the people.

As Xu Lin's malicious thoughts were churning, the black mass of people surrounding his stage suddenly split apart, revealing a skinny youth who slowly walked over.

The young man was slightly thin and had a scholarly air to him. He had a gentle and refined temperament, and he looked like a weak scholar.

It was naturally Zhou Yuan.

Under the gazes of everyone around him, Zhou Yuan headed straight for the Martial Arts Stage that Xu Lin was in.

"Your Highness." Behind him, Su Youwei followed closely with a slightly anxious look on her face. It was obvious that she still wanted Zhou Yuan to give up on the idea of fighting Xu Lin.

"At this time, I cannot retreat, otherwise, I would have become Your Highness who escaped the battle." Zhou Yuan smiled at Su Youwei.

Su Youwei stopped and bit her lips. She knew that if Zhou Yuan carried this reputation, it would be a huge blow to his reputation.

Su Youwei raised her head and looked at Xu Lin who was on top of the Martial Arts Stage. In that moment, she squinted her eyes, and faintly, there was a sharp look in her eyes.

"Your Highness, I was the one who failed this time and caused trouble for Your Highness. In the future, I will not be careless anymore, and I will not show any mercy." Su Youwei said softly.

Previously, the reason why she lost to Xu Lin was because she did not attack him viciously. Otherwise, Xu Lin would not even have the chance to use the Origin Weapon.

Zhou Yuan was startled, he blinked his eyes at Su Youwei and said: "We are friends, it is only natural to solve some troubles for friends."

With that, he stepped into the Martial Arts Stage.

Su Youwei looked at his back and smiled slightly, warmth flowing out of her heart, but she lowered her eyes, she had already made up her mind, if Xu Lin dared to hurt Zhou Yuan, she would let the latter know what revenge was for the little girl.

"Yo, Your Highness actually dared to come here, I thought you would secretly run back to the palace." Xu Lin smiled as he looked at Zhou Yuan who was standing in front of him, and teased him.

"It seems that you have a lot of confidence in yourself." Zhou Yuan said as he gently straightened his sleeves.

"I never thought that even Your Highness would become so angry at her, it's just that she's not very rational." Xu Lin shrugged his shoulders, obviously treating Zhou Yuan's impulsive actions as just trying to win his favor.

"Let's begin." However, Zhou Yuan didn't have any intention to waste words with him. Extending his legs, he grabbed onto the ground like an old tree, then waved at Xu Lin: "I'll let you attack first."

When these words came out, the surrounding youths and girls of the Martial Arts Stage all looked at each other. They simply could not understand what Zhou Yuan was thinking about.

"Since Your Highness wants to quickly lose face, then I won't be polite." Being looked down upon by Zhou Yuan in such a way, Xu Lin's heart was filled with rage, he let out a cold laugh, and fiercely stomped his foot on the ground, while his figure shot out like an arrow, his five fingers clenched into a fist, a fist aimed straight at Zhou Yuan.

This punch of his brought with it a current of air and was full of power. Even if it was a rock, a crack would still appear on its surface.

Seeing the incoming punch, Zhou Yuan did not dodge, but folded his arms in front of his body, and maintained a defensive posture.

However, his attitude caused the people below to be unable to bear it. With Xu Lin's physique that had broken through two meridians, this punch would probably break Zhou Yuan's bones.

Under the nervous gazes of many people, Xu Lin seemed like a fierce tiger leaving the mountain. His menacing punch landed heavily on Zhou Yuan's arms without any restraint.

Dong!

A low and deep voice rang out, and then, everyone saw as expected, that Zhou Yuan's feet had directly carved a few meters into the ground with a mark, before he was barely able to stabilize his body.

"Ah!"

A blood-curdling screech rang out.

However, it was not released by Zhou Yuan, but by Xu Lin who had released a ferocious punch earlier.

Everyone watched dumbstruck at the scene, Xu Lin held his fist, and continued to scream miserably, his entire fist was red, as though he had smashed onto fine steel.

"You! What are you hiding in your sleeve?! Despicable! " Xu Lin was in so much pain that tears almost flowed out as she roared at Zhou Yuan.

The surrounding people also looked at Zhou Yuan in astonishment. Could it be that Your Highness had some tricks up his sleeves?

Amidst the whispers of the crowd, Zhou Yuan slowly lifted up his sleeves. Soon after, everyone saw that on his arms, there was actually a complex light pattern which emitted a faint black light. The light pattern spread out and eventually covered both of Zhou Yuan's arms.

"This …"

Many students stared at the complex light pattern in shock. In the end, someone suddenly cried out: "That is the Iron Skin Mark that the lecturer previously taught!"

Everyone suddenly realized that it was the Origin Mark!

Su Youwei's tensed up heart was finally at ease at this moment as she heaved a sigh of relief and said in a displeased tone, "So it turns out that Your Highness is already able to inscribe Origin Mark onto his body."

"You, you actually managed to inscribe a Origin Mark on your body?!" Xu Lin also recovered from his shock, looking at the black Origin Mark on Zhou Yuan's arms, he asked in disbelief.

Although he had already seen inscribing Iron Skin Mark in the church, it was only on the jade board. If he wanted to inscribe it on the body, then he would have to be proficient in the acupuncture points and even the meridian channels of the human body, in order to avoid being injured by the Origin Mark. Thus, inscribing the Origin Mark on the body was much more difficult than inscribing on the jade board.

But just as they were unable to even inscribe the Origin Mark on the jade board, Zhou Yuan had already begun to learn how to use it … The gap between them was not small at all.

"Do you really think that I'm powerless before opening my meridians?" Zhou Yuan laughed.

Xu Lin's face was ashen, as he felt a sense of anger from being played around with, and said coldly: "Do you really think that by relying on a Iron Skin Mark, you can win against me today?"

"I'll show you the difference between Open Meridian People and Close Meridian People!"

"Open the meridian!"

Following Xu Lin's explosive shout, a faint light started to appear around his body, the dust under his feet was swept up, and all the Origin Qi in the world started to follow his breath and enter his body.

Swoosh.

At this moment, the clothes all over his body started to flutter.

On the surface of his skin, there was a faint glow. Everyone could feel that Xu Lin's aura had explosively increased at this moment.

The expressions of many students slightly changed. At this time, Xu Lin's body already had Origin Qi flowing through it, and when the Origin Qi flowed through his veins, it would undoubtedly cause Xu Lin's strength and speed to increase exponentially.

Amidst the serious gazes of the students, Zhou Yuan also stared at Xu Lin, and muttered to himself: "Opening two meridians huh …"

"I let you attack me earlier, so this time, it's my turn."

The moment he said that, Zhou Yuan stepped on the ground and rushed towards Xu Lin.

"Arrogant. The current you, your speed, strength, and physical fitness are not even a tenth of mine. You still dare to attack?" Seeing Zhou Yuan rushing over, Xu Lin immediately sneered.

"Is that so?"

The corner of Zhou Yuan's mouth seemed to be smiling.

In the next moment, a faint light suddenly appeared at the place where his feet were naked.

Swish!

Zhou Yuan's body seemed to have become a lot lighter at this moment, his speed suddenly increased, and he rushed out like a cheetah.

"That is …" That's a Light Body Mark! " Someone with sharp eyes saw the light pattern on Zhou Yuan's bare feet, and immediately screamed.

As they were shrieking, Zhou Yuan, who was already very close to them, suddenly jerked his shoulders, and a faint light began to radiate from under his clothes. Although they couldn't see it clearly, everyone could clearly feel that Zhou Yuan's fist, which he swung, was currently filled with a kind of unreasonable strength.

"Bull Mark!" The scream came again.

Iron Skin Mark, Light Body Mark, Bull Mark!

At this time, even Su Youwei couldn't help but cover her small mouth with her hands as her beautiful face was filled with incredulity. This was because in the span of a few breaths, Zhou Yuan had activated three Origin Mark s in succession.

In other words, the three Origin Mark s that the instructor had taught him had already been completely mastered by Zhou Yuan and had even been used on him.

Boom! *

Under the stares from the crowd, the fist of Zhou Yuan, who was controlling three Origin Mark in succession, and his overbearing strength, landed heavily on his body in an incomparably violent manner in front of Xu Lin's shocked eyes.

Dong!

Under the assistance of the three Origin Mark, regardless if it was speed, strength or physique, Zhou Yuan's current strength was no longer inferior to Xu Lin's. Therefore, the moment this fist fell, Xu Lin felt a huge force rush over, and after that, his body directly flew out, smashing heavily onto the ground outside the Martial Arts Stage.

Outside of Martial Arts Stage, the bustling noise had turned silent at this time. Many of the youths and young girls were staring at Zhou Yuan who was on stage with expressions of disbelief.

No one had expected that this would be the result of the exchange.

On the Martial Arts Stage, Zhou Yuan slowly retracted his fist. The light pattern on his arm seemed to have exhausted all of its energy and quickly disappeared.

He rubbed his wrist and then jumped down from the Martial Arts Stage. He extended his hand and took out a jade tablet from Xu Lin's bosom.

"If you can't even beat someone who has yet to open his meridians, you'd better not embarrass yourself by taking the exam." Zhou Yuan smiled as he stared at Xu Lin.

Hearing that, and feeling the ridiculing gazes from the crowd, Xu Lin's heart stopped. He could not help but spurt out a mouthful of blood, and his vision darkened, and he immediately fainted.

He knew that from tomorrow onwards, he would probably become a fresh joke in the mouths of all the students in Great Zhou Mansion.