Chapter 503 - 225: Hundredfold Speed of Sound, a Despairing Back Figure
Chapter 503: Chapter 225: Hundredfold Speed of Sound, a Despairing Back Figure
"How is that possible? Isn’t he running on the ground?"
"How could he catch up to Xia Lianxue, who’s flying!"
High in the sky.
For the first time, a flicker of emotion appeared on Xia Lianxue’s face.
She could clearly feel a frenzied, unparalleled gust of wind howling toward her from behind.
She had already pushed her Wind Element to its absolute limit.
In her mind, no one in her generation—not even the equally unfathomable Xiao Lingchen—could possibly catch her in a pure contest of speed when she was one with the wind.
However, in the very next instant.
A blurry black shadow, without any warning, flashed right past her side!
Xia Lianxue’s pupils, like icy pools, suddenly contracted!
In the observation hall, tens of thousands of spectators fell silent at the exact same moment.
An expression of indescribable shock was written on every single face!
He overtook her!
Despite the huge distance he’d been behind, and despite his opponent displaying a seemingly unbeatable talent for speed, Lin Ye had somehow managed to pull ahead!
At first, when they saw the enormous gap between the two, almost everyone believed the outcome of this speed contest was already decided.
No matter how world-shaking Lin Ye’s previous performances had been, a gap like that couldn’t be closed by brute force alone.
But now, they all realized with astonishment.
This contest truly had no suspense left.
But the winner was the complete opposite of who they had expected!
To pull off such a heaven-defying comeback in such a short amount of time could only mean one thing.
There was an absolute, chasm-like gap between their speeds!
Xia Lianxue hovered in mid-air, watching the figure that had just flashed past her—without even a backward glance—before disappearing over the horizon once more.
A layer of bone-chilling frost finally settled over her perpetually frozen face.
’She... would not allow it.’
’She would absolutely not allow any peer to surpass her!’
’She was born destined to stand at the pinnacle of all geniuses, to look down upon the masses!’
Xia Lianxue closed her eyes, her vast Spiritual Power instantly spreading out to sense the residual aura of the figure.
The next second, an even deeper shade of surprise surfaced in her icy eyes.
’Nothing!’
’There wasn’t the slightest trace of Wind Element Gang Sha aura left behind!’
This meant that the opponent who had instantly surpassed her didn’t even have the speed-oriented Wind Attribute in his Gang Sha!
This completely overturned her entire worldview.
In her world, extreme speed was inevitably linked to the Wind Element or space-type abilities.
But this Lin Ye...
His Gang Sha didn’t even contain the slightest hint of any elemental aura!
’Did he really surpass me using pure physical strength??’
"What exactly is his peak speed?"
From the main seat, Zhu Mingyi turned his head and asked the aide behind him.
"The technical department should have the results by now, right?"
The aide’s expression was a bit strange. He reported in a low voice, "Sir, the tech department... has run into some difficulties."
Zhu Mingyi raised an eyebrow. "What kind of difficulties?"
The aide gathered his thoughts before explaining, "According to the tech department’s analysis, Lin Ye’s current method of movement is a cycle: an instantaneous burst of super-high speed, followed by a short period of coasting at a constant velocity to decelerate, before connecting to the next burst."
"We’ve already calculated his average speed during the coasting phase. It’s about ten times the speed of sound."
"But... as for his peak velocity during that instantaneous burst, the data from the speed sensor was so absurd that the system immediately flagged it as an error and automatically deleted it..."
Hearing this, Zhu Mingyi actually let out an exasperated laugh.
"Absurd?"
"How absurd could it be? Let’s hear it."
In the hall, those near the front rows who had been straining their ears to eavesdrop all showed curious expressions.
They also wanted to know just what this "absurd" speed really meant.
The aide looked at the data the tech department had just sent to his personal terminal before finally speaking.
"Sir... at that moment, the instantaneous burst speed captured by the sensor was..."
"Mach 108.9!"
The curious look on Zhu Mingyi’s face completely froze the moment he heard that number.
He had imagined Lin Ye’s speed would be absurd, and he had even prepared himself for a number that would shatter common sense.
But he never expected it to be *this* absurd!
After a deathly silence, Zhu Mingyi heard a collective sharp intake of breath from behind him.
He knew the people behind him had been eavesdropping the whole time.
But at this moment, he too was completely shaken.
"A hundred times the speed of sound? That’s another figure approaching the Celestial Human Realm!"
"That’s too exaggerated... No wonder the system immediately flagged it as an error!"
"It must be a reading error, right? Even if he could punch straight through a wall before, I don’t believe he can actually move at a hundred times the speed of sound!"
Just as everyone was reeling from the number, their worldviews shattered and beginning to question reality, the perpetually silent Yi Jiugao suddenly spoke slowly.
"Perhaps... that reading... wasn’t a mistake."
His voice wasn’t loud, but it carried clearly to everyone’s ears, bringing the budding uproar to an abrupt halt.
Huh?
Not a mistake?
Everyone’s gazes subconsciously converged on the dean of the Longyin Branch, waiting for him to continue.
Yi Jiugao’s eyes remained locked on the main screen, watching as Lin Ye’s figure erupted in another burst of speed, transforming into a blurry black line and vanishing beyond the camera’s range.