At the same time, when Cui Hao saw this scene, his pupils abruptly contracted and his expression changed at once.
"How could this be?"
"He's also at the Qi Refining level. How could he take care of Kong Ning with a single punch?"
Cui Hao muttered to himself, his heart deeply shaken.
One had to know that even if he had acted himself, he could not have defeated Kong Ning so easily.
After all, Kong Ning was at the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining.
Yet Chen Changqing had suppressed him with just one punch!
"There's something strange about this kid!"
After thinking it over briefly, Cui Hao immediately came to that conclusion.
He felt that Chen Changqing's strength was probably far more than merely the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining.
At the same time, Liu Ruyan's heart and mind were profoundly shaken when she witnessed this scene.
"This?"
"Kong Ning at the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining lost to a single punch?"
"Junior Brother Chen... just how strong is he?"
Liu Ruyan murmured softly, increasingly feeling that she could not see through Chen Changqing.
At this moment, Kong Ning had already crashed onto the ground nearby. Without even letting out a miserable cry, he fainted on the spot.
Chen Changqing's gaze remained calm as he turned his eyes toward Cui Hao.
"The person you sent out was neither pleasing to the eye nor useful."
"How about... you come at me yourself?"
As he spoke, Chen Changqing crooked a finger at Cui Hao.
At the sight, Cui Hao's expression darkened to the extreme. He ground his teeth, looking as though he wished he could swallow Chen Changqing alive.
"Form the formation!"
"Join me in teaching this arrogant brat a lesson!"
The next moment, Cui Hao roared.
Rather than choosing to fight Chen Changqing alone, he called on the other disciples to form a formation against him.
Boom! Boom!
Upon hearing Cui Hao's command, the remaining Second Courtyard disciples drew their longswords one after another.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Within mere moments, the sword formation led by Cui Hao had taken shape.
Looking over, Sword Qi interwove into a net.
Chen Changqing stood where he was, his expression still unchanged. Calm as drifting clouds and a gentle breeze, he said:
"You don't dare fight me one-on-one."
"Senior Brother, your Foundation Establishment cultivation was cultivated for nothing!"
Upon hearing this, Cui Hao turned red with rage. He did not respond, merely shouting coldly:
"Rise!"
Then, under Cui Hao's control, the sword formation bore down directly upon Chen Changqing.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Whoosh...
In an instant, sword light cascaded like a waterfall, brimming with chilling killing intent!
Liu Ruyan's lovely face paled at the sight, and even her heartbeat quickened.
"The Seven Kill Sword Formation?"
"Cui Hao actually intended to kill?"
Liu Ruyan was horrified. Naturally, she could see that the sword formation Cui Hao and the others had deployed was extraordinarily powerful. Those at the Qi Refining level would likely find it difficult to survive beneath this formation!
The more she thought about it, the more worried Liu Ruyan became, yet she was utterly helpless.
Chen Changqing remained standing in place, his expression as calm as ever.
Faced with the Sword Qi blotting out the sky and covering the earth, he showed no reaction.
As the sword formation bore down upon him, Chen Changqing casually threw out a Thunderclap Divine Fist.
Boom!
As the punch flew forth, lightning surged!
Immediately afterward, a visible fist force tore through the sky.
Wherever it passed, Sword Qi shattered and formation patterns collapsed!
"This?"
"How is this possible?"
Cui Hao's pupils trembled violently. Before he could react, the longsword serving as the core of the formation in his control snapped with a sound.
Boom! Boom...
Close behind, the savage fist force swept forth like a mountain flood bursting through its banks.
Pfft! Pfft...
The several Qi Refining disciples controlling the sword formation all spat blood and flew backward.
At the same time, Cui Hao too was blasted backward by that terrifying fist force. His abdomen churned like rivers and seas, and his five viscera and six bowels seemed as if they had all shifted out of place.
Before he could steady himself, Chen Changqing's figure abruptly vanished from where he stood.
When Cui Hao looked again, Chen Changqing had already dashed in front of him.
"S-So fast!"
Looking at Chen Changqing, who had appeared before him like a ghost, Cui Hao's heart and mind shook violently.
Chen Changqing gave Cui Hao a cold smile, then threw out a straight punch.
At the sight, Cui Hao's face filled with horror. In his panic, he hurriedly raised his hands to defend himself.
Bang!
A terrifying explosion of force rang out.
The air exploded, and shockwaves rolled.
"Ah!"
Cui Hao screamed as his body shot backward like a cannonball, smashing heavily into the mountainside.
Afterward, Chen Changqing walked straight over. Looking at Cui Hao, whose breath was faint, he directly seized the points within Cui Hao's Identity Token.
"If you want to seize someone else's points, you must be prepared for your own points to be seized."
After leaving behind those words, Chen Changqing turned and walked away with easy grace.
Cui Hao stared at Chen Changqing with bloodshot eyes. Yet he had never expected that, with his dignified Foundation Establishment Early Stage strength, he would be defeated by a single punch from Chen Changqing, who was only at the Qi Refining level!
"N-No way!"
He could not stop shaking his head, unable to believe such a reality.
On the other side, Liu Ruyan was likewise stunned by the scene before her, her face full of disbelief.
Chen Changqing had not only broken the Seven Kill Sword Formation with one punch, but had also defeated Cui Hao of the Foundation Establishment Early Stage with one punch.
When Chen Changqing approached, Liu Ruyan's red lips parted slightly, her beautiful eyes filled with shock as she stammered:
"Junior Brother, you..."
Chen Changqing paid no mind to Liu Ruyan's shock and said indifferently:
"How did Senior Sister end up being targeted by them?"
Liu Ruyan forcibly suppressed the shock in her heart and gave a bitter smile.
"I had originally led several junior brothers from the Seven Courtyards to hunt Realm Beasts, but we encountered a joint attack from disciples of other courtyards and were eventually separated."
"Here, I ran into Cui Hao and the others from the Second Courtyard again."
"They saw that I was alone, so wicked thoughts naturally arose in their hearts. They wanted to seize the points on me."
Chen Changqing nodded, then took the Identity Tokens of the other Second Courtyard disciples and let Liu Ruyan take the points inside them.
For this, Liu Ruyan was naturally deeply grateful, and her favorable impression of Chen Changqing rose sharply.
Next, Chen Changqing and Liu Ruyan traveled together, seizing points from disciples of other courtyards everywhere they went.
After a round of plundering, the points in Chen Changqing's Identity Token had reached 2,300.
On the plaza outside the Void Realm.
As Chen Changqing's points soared, his ranking on the Scoreboard rose once more, immediately stirring all the courtyards.
"Look! Chen Changqing rose again!"
"This?"
"Second place?"
"Hiss..."
"Since when did the Seven Courtyards produce someone like this?"
"Chen Changqing? We've never even heard of him before!"
"..."
In the Seven Courtyards Area, Elder Willow Wood stroked his beard and laughed heartily, even the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes stretching open.
"Good, good! That brat Changqing has truly brought this old man glory!"
The elders of the other courtyards all wore dark expressions at this moment.
The Seven Courtyards had always been at the bottom among the Seven Outer Courtyards. Now that Chen Changqing had risen like a dark horse, they naturally felt displeased.
At the same time, within the Void Realm.
Chen Changqing and Liu Ruyan arrived at a valley shrouded in mist.
From afar, they saw many people gathered there.
"So many people are confronting one another here?"
"Could it be that some treasure was discovered?"
Chen Changqing narrowed his eyes, considering that possibility.
At the outskirts of the valley, disciples from every courtyard stood ready in grim formation.
Within the inner valley, four figures stood suspended on swords.
Chen Changqing was no stranger to one of them. It was none other than Qing Yang, the chief senior brother of the Seven Courtyards!
Below the valley where the four were confronting one another, an object emitted brilliant golden light, dazzling to the eye.
It was not difficult to see that beneath the veil of golden light lay a priceless treasure.
Qing Yang and the others were clearly confronting one another here for that very object.
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