Target: Fusang!

Palms clasped!

Wang Chao narrowed his eyes slightly, and sharp glints shot from the slits. The instant their fleshy palms met, force suddenly burst from the joints of his five fingers!

He wanted to test the skills of this mysterious man who had appeared out of nowhere!

The corners of Gu Shaoshang's mouth curled up. Though he had no intention of challenging Wang Chao now, giving him a slight setback would not be bad!

His shoulders shook, his entire body swelled and stirred, and his clothes fluttered without wind, rustling like crashing waves and rolling tides!

His face still wore a harmless smile, his five fingers locked tight, his strength contained but not released.

Seeing that his opponent did not move, Wang Chao lightly tapped the ground with his toes. His waist and hips trembled, force gathering at his fingertips.

His right arm followed with a small, subtle shake, humming as power erupted. His thick arm became like a lever, seeking to pry Gu Shaoshang off the ground!

Only when Wang Chao exerted his strength did Gu Shaoshang feel a numb, faintly painful sensation in his palm, like an electric shock. Then he gave his arm a light shake.

"What tremendous strength! Even someone born with divine strength wouldn't be this outrageous!"

Wang Chao's eyes flew wide, astonishment appearing on his face. The hand he held did not feel human at all—it felt as though an enormous lathe were powering up!

He hurriedly lifted his waist, and his entire arm went soft as a noodle. His body formed an empty embrace, rising and falling together.

It was as though an invisible ball of lead and mercury revolved and circled within his arms, Chaos concealed in his chest.

At once, his center of gravity became like petals sinking and floating in water, willow fluff drifting in the wind, and like pine orchids rooted in crevices of stone—light or heavy, swift or slow, all at his will!

His whole body seemed to turn into a rubber ball, seeking to shed Gu Shaoshang's immense force!

This was precisely the Tai Chi method of dissipating force. Wang Chao's Tai Chi frame was pure and orthodox; even an expert a level above him could not easily break through it!

Back then, Tai Chi Grandmaster Yang Luchan had once held a great ball of lead and mercury in his arms and toppled the experts of the entire capital!

He forged Tai Chi's mighty reputation, and forged his own invincible name!

"Very pure Tai Chi mercury force! But it won't be of much use!"

Gu Shaoshang's expression did not change. He lightly pressed down with his elbow and slightly lifted his palm. Like the arms of a scale, it made Wang Chao's expression shift; his body rose a little, his toes leaving the ground!

Tai Chi's force-dissipating power was Unrivaled Under Heaven, but Gu Shaoshang's raw strength exceeded everyone's imagination. Even if Wang Chao were to Shatter the Void to See the Indestructible Spirit in the future, he might not defeat Gu Shaoshang in a contest of strength alone!

With Wang Chao's current cultivation, he naturally could not withstand it and was lifted from the ground!

Gu Shaoshang then released his hand and looked at Wang Chao with a smile.

"Fine strength, fine Transforming Force! I lost!"

Wang Chao sighed. Although he did not know why the other party had spared him embarrassment, he sighed inwardly nonetheless. This Youngster was the strongest man he had ever seen in his life!

No! This was simply not strength a human could possess! The moment they joined hands, it felt as if he had been hoisted up by a crane hook lifting shipping containers at a dock!

Even now, his palm was still trembling faintly!

Such unbelievable strength!

The moment they touched hands, Gu Shaoshang knew that if he relied on Transforming Force skill alone, suppressing Wang Chao would likely require several more exchanges. But he naturally would not abandon his advantage, and still chose to overpower him with brute force!

Tremendous power burst from his arm. No matter how pure Wang Chao's Tai Chi mercury force was, his toes still left the ground!

With a single shake of his arm, Wang Chao would have been sent flying!

But Gu Shaoshang had come for a purpose, so naturally he would not damage Wang Chao's dignity. Thus, he merely lifted him lightly before withdrawing his hand.

"So, he's such a Great Master!"

Zhao Xinglong's eyelids twitched, and his entire body tensed.

The two had merely joined hands, and in no more than a few breaths, Wang Chao had actually admitted defeat. It was simply beyond everyone's expectations!

After Wang Chao defeated Sun-style Tai Chi master Zhou Binglin, he had already become a new-generation master. Yet a Youngster had defeated him. Though it had only been a test of hands, it was still far too incredible!

"I merely took advantage of being born with divine strength. In terms of skill alone, I might not necessarily be Wang's equal!"

Gu Shaoshang shook his head and said.

"A loss is a loss! No matter the reason, I, Wang Chao, am not someone who cannot accept defeat!"

Wang Chao smiled, his gaze bright and piercing, without the slightest dejection. Instead, he became even more curious as to why this Youngster had come.

Gu Shaoshang looked into Wang Chao's eyes and spoke, one word at a time.

"I have come for one more matter! I wish to invite you to bear witness!"

"I am going to overturn the Fusang Shrine!"

As Gu Shaoshang's words fell, everyone stood frozen in place. The silence was so complete that not even a crow cawed. No one could have imagined that his target was actually the Fusang Shrine!

Big Stone, among the crowd, suddenly changed expression. He raised his head to glance at Gu Shaoshang, then quietly retreated to a corner.

"Is this guy insane? He's practically courting death!"

This thought suddenly flashed through everyone's minds! They looked at Gu Shaoshang as though they were looking at a lunatic, a madman!

Even though Gu Shaoshang had bested Wang Chao in their test of hands, no one believed he could accomplish it!

Fusang was also a developed nation standing among the world's great powers. Even though it was controlled by the American Empire and had never developed a massive military, it still possessed more than 240,000 troops nationwide!

Their military was small in number, yet its equipment ranked among the best in the world!

Even if an expert could destroy Fusang Shrine, who under heaven could escape the pursuit of Fusang's entire nation?

Even a dozen Embracing the Core experts would absolutely be no match for the military!

In the decades since the founding of the nation, there had been countless Chinese masters—yet which one had ever dared do such a thing?

Wang Chao was stunned. There was an indescribable ease in the young man's words, as though it were no more than a wave of his hand! Deep down, he vaguely began to believe that this person might truly be able to do it!

Then he found himself amused. How could he possibly entertain such an absurd thought?

Fusang Shrine enshrined more than two million Fusang soldiers who had died in battle since the Meiji Restoration! Most of them were soldiers killed while invading the Celestial Dynasty during the War of Resistance against Japan! It even included fourteen Class-A War Criminals such as Tojo Hideki!

It was the symbol of Fusang imperialism! The pain in the hearts of everyone in the Celestial Dynasty!

This could hardly be described as tugging on a tiger's whiskers—it was outright suicide!

"Fusang Shrine..."

Several special forces soldiers in the crowd involuntarily clenched their fists. Even Big Stone in the corner felt his heart tremble!

But when they considered how tightly guarded Fusang Shrine was, overturning it with one man's strength was nearly impossible! They felt this man was truly mad with arrogance, yet they could not help admiring his courage!

How many people had sighed over it in their hearts? How many had dreamed, in their childhood, of trampling Fusang beneath their feet and burning Fusang Shrine to the ground?

As they gradually grew older, those dreams were slowly cast into the deepest recesses of memory...

"Fusang Shrine..." Wang Chao narrowed his eyes, concealing the glint in them and hiding the stir in his heart.

Having walked the Long March alone, Wang Chao deeply understood just what suffering the land of the Central Plains had endured in those years. All of a sudden, he wanted to go along and see for himself.

A smile rose at the corner of Wang Invincible's lips, his heart as firm as a boulder.

"Fine! I'll go with you!"

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