Qi Cultivation Practitioners had bodies that completely outclassed ordinary people in every respect.
For an existence that had achieved Grand Completion in Qi Cultivation—
The probability of an ordinary person successfully killing one with the firearms of this era was basically infinitesimally close to zero.
At that very moment.
On the expansive martial arena, broad enough for a hundred mad bulls to gallop wildly—
Guo Decheng was bare-handed, while Li Shuwen held a long spear.
They stood fifty paces apart. Li Shuwen had already taken up his stance, facing the enemy as though confronting a great threat, while Guo Decheng was completely relaxed, standing casually. Rather than waiting for a challenge, he looked as if he had come out for a spring excursion.
Strong!
Incredibly strong!!
As a grandmaster-level figure who had studied martial arts to the point of near obsession, absorbed the strengths of countless martial schools, and integrated martial practice into every movement of daily life, Li Shuwen did not even need to exchange blows. Just by arriving in Jinling and seeing the Qi Cultivation Practitioners with his own eyes, he could understand just how powerful these extraordinary martial artists truly were.
It was as if the strength of dragons and elephants had been compressed into human bodies, tempering them into beings made of rubber reinforced with steel plates!
Before this absolute strength and overwhelming physical disparity—
The record of Li Shuwen instantly killing Dongyang martial artists and accurately striking flies out of the air with his long spear had become utterly insignificant.
And now...
Before receiving Bestowing Martial Arts, he, Li Shuwen, would challenge someone who had achieved Qi Cultivation Grand Completion with a mortal body.
Of course, it was not entirely accurate to call it a mortal body.
Others could neither see nor sense it, but