Fist Shatters Hard Qi Cultivation!

"Good... very good. Lei has roamed the martial world for many years, but this is the first time I've seen such a death-seeking junior. Since you want to die, I'll grant your wish. Are you ready?"

Lei Meng's eyes gleamed coldly as he spoke in an icy voice.

Lei Meng was furious. In his eyes, Tang Jie had come here deliberately to cause trouble. Since that was the case, he couldn't blame Lei Meng for showing no mercy!

"Come on. Give it everything you've got!"

Tang Jie stood where he was without moving, letting Lei Meng make the first move.

The hundreds of martial artists present watched the scene with strange expressions. In their eyes, Tang Jie was simply courting death. Even if he were beaten to death, he would have no one to blame but himself!

"Then I'll grant your wish!"

Cold light flashed in Lei Meng's eyes. He suddenly let out a low roar, and a surging force burst forth.

"Riiip!"

The clothes on Lei Meng's upper body were forcibly torn apart, revealing a body covered in muscle. Every muscle on him resembled a lump of rock, faintly glimmering with a metallic sheen and giving off an indestructibly hard sensation!

"Lei Meng's Hard Qi Cultivation is even stronger than it was ten years ago!"

Seeing this, Bai Yuanhua's expression grew solemn. He had fought Lei Meng ten years ago, and he had won that battle. But Lei Meng was now far stronger than he had been back then.

Lei Meng stood two meters tall, and coupled with his rocklike muscles, he looked hardly human at all. He resembled a demon beast—a powerful demon beast.

"Roar!"

Lei Meng let out a low roar and stamped down with one foot. The hard stone ground caved in, leaving a footprint several inches deep. Then, roaring, he charged at Tang Jie, thrusting a fist nearly twice the size of an ordinary person's straight at Tang Jie's chest!

Lei Meng's entire two-meter-tall body was like that of a ferocious beast. His sheer presence alone was enough to inspire fear and make it difficult for anyone to even think of resisting!

Whoosh!

As the punch shot forward, the air itself rang with a sharp sound. His hardened fist rubbed against the air, and faint wisps of white smoke rose from it.

As someone who cultivated Hard Qi Cultivation, Lei Meng's fists were completely different from an ordinary person's. They were like enormous chunks of iron. With the same amount of force, a flesh-and-blood fist and an iron block striking the body naturally had utterly different destructive power.

Provoked by Tang Jie, Lei Meng had already used ninety percent of his strength in this punch. He held nothing back, determined to let everyone know what happened to those who dared make a fool of him, Lei Meng!

Many people could no longer bear to look at what was about to happen. Taking Lei Meng's punch head-on would likely be fatal even for a martial artist skilled in body-tempering techniques.

"Boom!"

The punch crashed into Tang Jie's chest with a muffled thunderclap, as though it would punch straight through his body.

But something that left everyone dumbfounded happened. Tang Jie was not sent flying as they had imagined. Instead, he remained standing where he was, taking Lei Meng's punch head-on without moving even an inch!

If not for the muffled impact of the fist that had just struck Tang Jie's chest, the many martial artists would have thought Lei Meng had held back!

"Wh... what's going on? Even a demon beast would be unable to emerge completely unscathed after taking the sect master's punch head-on, let alone a human!"

"Ma... maybe he's already suffering internal injuries and is only forcing himself to hold on!"

The many martial artists of Xuan Shi Gate widened their eyes at the sight. They could hardly believe that Tang Jie had truly endured Lei Meng's heavy punch!

"Im... impossible! I used ninety percent of my strength in that punch, yet he took it without circulating even the slightest bit of internal energy. Did he withstand my punch purely with his body?"

Lei Meng was undoubtedly the most shocked of them all. His heart was filled with extreme astonishment. He had used ninety percent of his strength in that punch. Having cultivated Hard Qi Cultivation to its peak, his punch carried far more than ten thousand pounds of force. Even a physically powerful demon beast would never have emerged completely unharmed after taking it!

Yet Tang Jie had not even activated his protective inner force. He had withstood the punch purely with his body, as though... Tang Jie's body was even tougher than a demon beast's!

"Just so-so... it only caused me a slight ache." Tang Jie frowned, dissatisfied with Lei Meng's performance. Lei Meng's punch had been like a child hitting an adult. To Tang Jie, it was simply too weak. It had only caused him a slight ache and had not even been able to shake him!

It was not that Lei Meng was too weak. Rather, Tang Jie's body had become far too powerful. Every inch of him was filled with Pure Yang Boyhood Qi, which had strengthened all his physical abilities. And that was without even mentioning that Dragon-Elephant Prajna Art had reached the eleventh level, the third of the ultimate three levels. Tang Jie's physique was several times stronger than that of a peak first-rank demon beast.

Even an ordinary person wielding a knife would have difficulty cutting through Tang Jie's muscles!

"Big Brother Tang... caught Lei Meng's punch so easily? Even Father couldn't do that!"

This sight left Bai Fenghua shaken. Her father, Bai Yuanhua, was one of the foremost Martial Arts Grandmasters among all the martial artists in Peerless City, yet even he absolutely could not withstand a punch from the immensely powerful Lei Meng with his body alone.

"Good!"

Bai Yuanhua's eyes lit up as well, and he praised Tang Jie profusely. He had fought Lei Meng ten years ago and knew that Lei Meng's strength was no empty boast. But Tang Jie before him was even more unfathomable. Not only was his internal power profound, he also seemed to have cultivated some kind of body-tempering technique, allowing him to withstand Lei Meng's heavy punch with his body alone!

A trace of disappointment flashed through Tang Jie's eyes. "You're done. It's my turn now!"

"Crack, crack!"

As he spoke, Tang Jie clenched his five fingers into a fist. It was as though the air between his palm and fingers had been crushed, producing a succession of explosive cracks. Within Tang Jie's body, it seemed as though dragons and elephants were roaring. His next strike was certain to shake the heavens and split the earth!

"What?"

Lei Meng's expression changed drastically. He wanted to dodge, but then remembered that this was a rule he himself had set. If he dodged in front of so many disciples, his reputation would be utterly ruined, and he would find it difficult to establish himself in Peerless City.

"Boom!"

After gathering his strength, Tang Jie suddenly threw a punch. It was like a gale had been whipped up. Before the fist even arrived, Lei Meng already felt a fierce wind rushing against his face!

Lei Meng secretly regretted setting such a rule, but it was too late for regrets now. He could only grit his teeth and withstand it head-on!

"Hard Qi Cultivation!"

Lei Meng let out a low roar and pushed his Hard Qi Cultivation to the limit. The muscles throughout his body became as hard as rock and metal, while his arms, thicker than an adult's thighs, crossed before his chest. He intended to receive Tang Jie's punch head-on!

"Bang!"

Under the watchful eyes of hundreds of martial artists, Tang Jie's fist slammed heavily into Lei Meng's crossed arms. The explosion rang out like thunder!

At that moment, Lei Meng was completely stunned. The instant Tang Jie's fist struck him, the sensation made him remember something from his childhood.

When Lei Meng was young, he had been playing in the street when a speeding carriage struck him and sent him flying. Many of his bones had broken, and fortunately, his physique was different from an ordinary person's, allowing him to survive. Now, after Tang Jie's punch struck him, the sensation was exactly the same as when he had been hit by that carriage as a child!

"Crack, crack, crack!"

Lei Meng's arms emitted explosive sounds like beans popping in a pan. His burly body flew backward. The domineering force of the punch broke both his arms before crashing into his chest, making him spew mouthfuls of blood.

Bang!

Lei Meng's two-meter-tall body was sent soaring through the air. He flew nearly twenty meters before crashing heavily to the ground.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Lei Meng's eyes bulged wide as he tried to crawl up from the ground, but the agonizing pain in his arms and chest made him cough repeatedly, spitting out mouthful after mouthful of blood.

"Mon... monster..."

At last, Lei Meng painfully forced out those two words. But he could hold on no longer. His head lolled to the side, and he completely passed out, utterly unconscious!

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