"Qin Family's Qin Lie, get up here and die!"
Lu Changsheng's clear, domineering voice exploded above Tianyang Plaza like thunder from the Ninth Heaven.
In an instant, all was silent!
Countless martial artists looked toward the Green-Robed Figure at the center of the battle platform, their eyes filled with astonishment. This brat was only at the eighth level of the Core Condensation Realm, yet he still dared to take the initiative and provoke Qin Lie?
"Hahaha! A mere ant of the Core Condensation Realm dares leap about so wildly before me? I had planned to let you cling to life a little longer, but since you are in such a hurry to die, this young master will grant your wish!"
A cold smile hung at Qin Lie's lips. His figure flashed like lightning, instantly landing in the center of the battle platform.
Boom!
The moment his words fell, the hard bluestone beneath Qin Lie's feet exploded, sending shattered rocks flying. His entire body turned into a crimson streak of light, tearing through the air with a shriek as he charged straight at Lu Changsheng!
"Heavenly Profound Jade Breaking Hand!"
Qin Lie wasted no words. The contempt he had accumulated in his heart only made him want to crush this Green-robed Youth who did not know the immensity of heaven and earth into dust!
His right arm shot up, his five fingers clawed. Dazzling jade-white light instantly enveloped his entire palm, turning it jade-like, as though it had been carved from the finest mutton-fat jade. It radiated an indestructible aura that also contained terrifying penetrating force!
"Gasp! Could that be the Heavenly Profound Jade Breaking Hand, one of the Qin Family's secret ultimate techniques?!"
"I never expected him to use such a killing move right from the start. It seems Qin Lie has truly been enraged!"
"Hehe, this Zhou Family son-in-law is probably finished! I heard the Qin Family's Heavenly Profound Jade Breaking Hand is invincible against all things and can shatter gold and break jade!"
Cries of alarm rose and fell. The Qin Family members wore cruel, delighted expressions, as though they could already see Lu Changsheng's chest pierced by that jade hand and his heart crushed in a bloody scene.
Yet in the face of such a formidable martial technique from Qin Lie, Lu Changsheng's gaze remained as still as an ancient well.
He withdrew his left foot half a step and rooted himself firmly. His right palm traced a perfectly rounded arc before him as the spiritual power within his body—tempered by Solar True Essence and dense as liquid mercury—surged forth!
"Raging Waves Palm, five palms stacked!"
Boom!
There was no earth-shattering display, only five visible yet intangible palm seals instantly forming and stacking atop one another before Lu Changsheng!
The palm seals did not spread apart. Instead, like true ocean waves, the rear waves drove the front waves onward, each wave rising higher than the last!
A terrifying palm force, heavy and vast, continuous and unending, instantly surged forth like a tsunami, smashing head-on toward that jade-white clawing hand!
Bang—
The two palms collided, but there was no anticipated destruction like dry weeds and rotten wood. Blinding light erupted from the center of impact! A violent shockwave of energy burst outward like a tangible ring!
The hard bluestone battle platform let out a cracking groan under unbearable strain. From the point of collision, spiderweb-like fissures spread several zhang in an instant!
Thud! Thud! Thud!
The two figures were simultaneously blasted backward by the terrifying recoil!
Lu Changsheng retreated seven steps. Each step left a distinct cracked footprint in the hard stone, and while his green robes fluttered wildly, his breath remained completely steady.
Qin Lie retreated five steps. Each step shattered the stone beneath him and sank deep into it. When he steadied himself, a flicker of genuine astonishment crossed his eyes for the first time.
His Heavenly Profound Jade Breaking Hand had actually been blocked head-on?
Moreover, the power contained in the other's palm technique stacked layer upon layer, each wave stronger than the last, until even his arm felt numb and sore!
"Hmph! I did not expect you to possess a little brute strength after all!"
Qin Lie shook his slightly numb palm, his face once more assuming a cold, arrogant expression.
"It seems this young master's warm-up is over. Next, I will show you what true despair is!"
Before his words had even faded, Qin Lie's figure suddenly blurred!
His body seemed to melt into the flowing wind. At a bizarre speed too swift for the naked eye to catch, he instantly closed in before Lu Changsheng!
"Wind Sword Finger!"
Swish! Swish! Swish!
Qin Lie brought two fingers together. Sharp, peerless cyan astral winds curled around his fingertips, like an unrivaled sword drawn from its sheath. Moving at extreme speed, they instantly stabbed at several vital points around Lu Changsheng's body!
The air was effortlessly torn apart, producing piercing whistles! Every finger strike contained frightening sharpness capable of piercing metal and stone, of slicing through spiritual power!
"So fast!"
"That is our Qin Family's high-grade movement technique, Ghost Shadow Steps, paired with Wind Sword Finger—the ultimate weapon for close-quarters combat!"
"Let's see how that brat dodges this!"
The Qin Family clansmen sneered.
In contrast, seeing Qin Lie's attack so fierce, the Zhou Family clansmen grew secretly tense.
Especially Zhou Qingtian. Naturally, he could tell that Qin Lie's foundation was exceptionally solid, and every one of his martial techniques possessed tremendous power.
In the arena...
Swish, swish, swish!
Facing those finger shadows that were nearly like a raging storm, Lu Changsheng stood unmoving as a mountain. A dragon shadow emerged beneath his feet—this was the Soaring Dragon Steps!
His body swayed slightly, shifted sideways, and leaned back. Every movement was exquisite down to the finest detail. Though he seemed to be in peril time and again, he always evaded the lethal finger winds at the very last instant with the smallest possible motion.
The hems of his green robes were grazed by the fierce finger winds, instantly splitting open in several places, yet he himself remained utterly unharmed!
"Pretty quick at dodging, aren't you? This Movement Martial Arts of yours is not bad, but let's see whether you can take this move of mine!"
A ruthless glint flashed through Qin Lie's eyes as he changed his fingers into fists! His fist momentum abruptly became fierce, tyrannical, wide-open and forceful!
"Eight Extremes Sky Rending Fist!"
His fist winds howled, carrying the faint wail of space being torn apart! Eight fist shadows condensed to the extreme were like eight enormous hammers that shook heaven and earth. Sealing off all of Lu Changsheng's paths of escape, they crashed down with the force to crumble mountains and split the earth!
This was the Qin Family's tyrannical fist technique, renowned for its strength!
"Wind Thunder Fist!"
Lu Changsheng gave a low shout. He no longer chose to evade, instead intending to clash fiercely with Qin Lie head-on!
Both fists shot out. His punches appeared unhurried, yet they arrived after their launch and before their target could react. Upon his fists was no longer wind or thunder alone, but wind and thunder intertwined!
Cyan whirlwinds coiled around dazzling silver arcs of lightning, releasing thunderous booms as they fearlessly met the eight Sky Rending fist shadows!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Fist met flesh!
Force against force!
In an instant, several muffled thunderclaps seemed to explode simultaneously at the center of the battle platform! Violent currents of force raged madly like an uncontrolled hurricane!
The two figures continuously crossed paths, collided, and separated amid dazzling energy light!
Every collision made the hearts of countless martial artists below the platform pound wildly!
"He blocked it! He blocked it again!"
"My heavens! Is he really only at the eighth level of the Core Condensation Realm?!"
"His physical strength, his spiritual power... he can actually clash head-on with Qin Lie of the Divine Palace Realm without falling behind?!"
"Where did the Zhou Family find this monster?!"
At this moment, cries of shock and heated discussion swept across the entire plaza like a tsunami. Everyone was stunned by this scene that overturned all common sense.
An eighth-level Core Condensation Realm cultivator was clashing head-on with the Qin Family genius at the first level of the Divine Palace Realm. Even after the latter had used two powerful martial techniques, he showed not the slightest sign of defeat?
This was simply inconceivable!
"Damn it! There is something strange about this brat!"
On the Qin Family platform, Qin Tianba's expression was so gloomy it seemed water could drip from it. The arrogance on the other Qin Family elders' faces gradually vanished, replaced by solemnity.
"Lie'er has not used his full strength yet! What are you panicking for!"
Qin Tianba forcibly suppressed the unease in his heart and spoke coldly.
Yet the fists he clenched tightly revealed how unsettled he truly was.
"Hahaha! Delightful! Now it is my turn to attack!"
Lu Changsheng laughed heartily.
He clenched both fists, and the Dragon Elephant Spirit within his chest was instantly awakened!
"Roar!!!"
A dragon-elephant roar, as if from the primordial wilderness of ancient times, suddenly exploded from Lu Changsheng's chest!
A visible golden ripple spread outward in all directions from Lu Changsheng in an instant.
The robes over Lu Changsheng's chest stirred despite the absence of wind. An ancient, majestic dragon-elephant phantom that radiated the aura of suppressing all heavens and worlds flashed behind him, then vanished.
At this moment, Lu Changsheng felt as though his body were filled with boundless strength!
This power was bestowed upon him by the Dragon Elephant Spirit within his body!
"Hm?"
Qin Lie's expression changed. He suddenly sensed that Lu Changsheng, after unleashing Dragon Elephant Power, had abruptly begun to give him a feeling of danger.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Lu Changsheng swung both fists. With every fist shadow he launched, the void was violently twisted. Every strike contained Dragon Elephant Power!
The fierce fist shadows bombarded him like a torrential storm. Qin Lie's expression changed drastically in an instant, because Lu Changsheng's fist force was simply too terrifying!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Qin Lie continuously blocked the attacks, but Dragon Elephant Power was unimaginably terrifying. Each time he shattered a fist shadow, the blood and qi within his body churned without end!
"Damn it!"
Warning bells rang wildly in Qin Lie's heart.
At that moment, Lu Changsheng continuously gathered Dragon Elephant Power into his fist, which instantly turned golden!
Boom!
This punch blasted forth with a sharp explosive roar!
Wherever the fist passed, the air twisted, and even tiny spatial cracks flickered into existence before vanishing!
This punch carried the transformed physical strength Lu Changsheng had gained after refining Solar True Essence, the will of the Dragon Elephant Spirit to suppress all things, and the indomitable ferocity of the Wind Thunder Fist as it crashed toward Qin Lie's chest!
Qin Lie's pupils shrank to needlepoints!
In his haste, he could only cross his arms before his chest. Crimson spiritual power surged madly forth, condensing into a thick shield!
Bang!
Crack!
The sound of bones breaking rang out with crystal clarity!
"Ugh, aaah—!"
At that moment, Qin Lie released a miserable scream. His arms twisted at unnatural angles, and the shield shattered instantly!
His entire body was like someone struck by a charging primordial savage elephant, flying backward like a cannonball!
His body traced a long bloody arc through the air before slamming viciously into the edge of the battle platform dozens of zhang away!
With a thunderous crash, the hard bluestone ground was smashed into a deep pit, and dust filled the air!
Gasp—!
The entire Tianyang Plaza fell deathly silent, leaving only the sound of countless people drawing cold breaths...
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