After the Dragon incident, the Primordial World had shown greater acceptance of the new cultivation philosophy thanks to the stunning performance of the new martial arts. Yet the Conservative Faction's covert activities had only become more frequent. They secretly gathered forces from all sides, intending to give Chen Siyu, Chen Ruixuan, and everyone who supported the new ideas a harsh warning.
One day, while Chen Siyu and Chen Ruixuan were teaching the Lingxi Tribe's people the new martial arts, they suddenly received a mysterious challenge letter. It stated that a martial arts tournament would be held in an open valley outside the Lingxi Tribe. If the people of the new school did not dare accept the challenge, it would prove that the new cultivation philosophy and martial arts were all just empty appearances.
Chen Siyu frowned as she finished reading the letter, but Chen Ruixuan merely smiled dismissively. "Sis, what's there to fear? They're just jealous of how powerful our new martial arts are. Let's go. It'll be the perfect chance to make them admit defeat." Chen Siyu nodded and decided to lead the cultivators who supported the new school to the appointment.
On the day of the tournament, many cultivators gathered in the valley. The Conservative Faction's experts stood to one side, looking arrogant, their eyes full of provocation. On Chen Siyu's side, everyone looked resolute, though they could not help feeling somewhat nervous.
When the match began, the Conservative Faction sent out an expert skilled in swordsmanship. With a longsword in hand, sword qi crisscrossed around him as he charged toward Chen Siyu like a gust of wind. Chen Siyu remained calm and unleashed Dragon's Roar. She flailed her hands exaggeratedly and let out a string of strange roars, as if a massive dragon were truly roaring. The sound contained not only powerful spiritual energy but also an inexplicable sense of comedy, making the surrounding cultivators struggle not to laugh.
The sword qi collided with the roar, and the swordsman was actually blasted back again and again, his face full of disbelief. Seeing this, Chen Ruixuan could not resist teasing him. "Oh? You're done already? Watch my Pretty Me Punch!"
He shouted as he bounced and skipped toward his opponent. The moves of Pretty Me Punch were extremely peculiar—one moment he spun as though dancing, the next he struck all kinds of ridiculous poses. Every punch sent rings of spiritual-energy ripples spreading outward. The swordsman was left dizzy by those bizarre techniques and could not make sense of their pattern at all.
"Hey, look at you—you can't even hold your sword steady anymore. Did my fist technique knock you senseless with how handsome it is?" Chen Ruixuan joked as he fought.
Under Chen Ruixuan's comical assault, the swordsman was riddled with openings. In the end, a punch struck him squarely, sending him crashing to the ground. The Conservative Faction members turned livid, never expecting that this seemingly laughable fist technique would be so formidable.
Next, the Conservative Faction sent out a burly man skilled in earth-element spells. The moment he entered the arena, he summoned enormous boulders and hurled them at Chen Ruixuan. Chen Ruixuan nimbly dodged left and right, all while muttering, "Oh my, such huge rocks. Wouldn't it be awful if they crushed all the flowers and grass?"
Meanwhile, Chen Siyu waited for the right moment and unleashed Dragon's Roar once more. This time, she deliberately made even more exaggerated movements, looking exactly like a painted-face performer in an opera, drawing uproarious laughter from the surrounding cultivators.
Amid everyone's laughter, Dragon's Roar lost none of its power. Its immense spiritual energy shattered the boulders outright and knocked the burly man to the ground as well.
Seeing this, the leader of the Conservative Faction flew into a rage from humiliation and entered the arena himself. He cast a powerful forbidden spell, and the sky instantly darkened as countless black runes flickered overhead.
Chen Siyu and Chen Ruixuan exchanged a glance and decided to join forces. While continuing to unleash Dragon's Roar and Pretty Me Punch, they deliberately made all kinds of absurd expressions and movements. Chen Ruixuan attacked while hopping about like a street performer, while Chen Siyu released her martial arts with loud opera-like roars.
Despite the relaxed and hilarious atmosphere, their new martial arts lost none of their power and remained locked in a stalemate with the Conservative Faction leader's forbidden spell. The surrounding cultivators, whose nerves had initially been tense, relaxed after being amused by Chen Siyu and Chen Ruixuan's performance, and began cheering them on.
The tournament continued amid an atmosphere that was both lighthearted and fierce. The Conservative Faction's secret scheme seemed not only to have failed, but to have made the new martial arts even more deeply rooted in people's hearts. But how could the Conservative Faction's leader give up so easily? He was already brewing an even more vicious plot in secret. Could Chen Siyu and Chen Ruixuan continue resolving the crisis and completely persuade the Primordial World to accept the new cultivation philosophy and martial arts?
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