The Warrior Breaks the Law with Strength, the Scholar Sows Chaos with Words! The Internet Reacts

Faced with the mysterious author who had written the novel that launched the National Martial Arts genre, the officials in charge could not help frowning. Something about it seemed suspicious.

In the six months since the novel's release, the mysterious Pillaring Grandmaster Li Hansha and the other Transforming Strength Great Boxers had appeared as if out of nowhere. Even with access to vast troves of data, the authorities could find no trace of them. It was as though they were invisible. Wasn't that too strange?!

Did invisible people exist in this world?!

Of course not!!

There could not be that many people with unknown backgrounds, especially not Pillaring Grandmasters and Transforming Strength Great Boxers whose abilities bordered on the unbelievable. Yet the data held no trace of them at all. Something was wrong.

Then there were the "kung fu masters" brought in to assist with the research. They practiced the same kinds of boxing arts, but when they performed the same moves, they displayed none of the destructive power of the National Martial Arts boxers in the videos. It was as if they were practicing something entirely different. According to the analysis, they lacked the vital force at the heart of National Martial Arts and therefore could not bring out its power?!

By this point, the officials in charge had differing opinions about the mysterious author.

"We should make him hand over the specific methods of National Martial Arts! And delete the book! This stuff is too dangerous!"

"Exactly! If everyone starts practicing this National Martial Arts and Central Continent ends up full of boxers like them, any conflict could cause a huge mess. So could people using their strength for personal gain or going down the wrong path..."

"Agreed! Li Hansha and Wang Tianba, the Pillaring Grandmasters hiding in plain sight and in prison, are especially dangerous and unpredictable! If either of them harbors ill intent, the destruction he could cause would be unimaginable!!"

"The ancients had it right: the warrior breaks the law with strength, the scholar sows chaos with words, and Buddha unsettles hearts with compassion! I recommend taking down every related video and finding Li Hansha and Wang Tianba as soon as possible..."

After discussing it at the meeting, the authorities quickly took action. Related videos online were blocked at a visible pace, and discussion topics were shut down one after another. Clicking on them brought up only a 404 page, along with warnings.

—Do not imitate dangerous stunts in videos. If you want to learn traditional martial arts, go to a qualified Martial Arts Gym or training institution!!

And so, in the space of a single day, the videos and discussions that had sparked the National Martial Arts craze vanished. Entertainment gossip soon took over the trending lists. Plenty of netizens noticed, and another heated debate quickly erupted online.

: Holy crap! All the videos are gone already?!

: Someone on Bihū predicted this. Transforming Strength Great Boxers and Pillaring Grandmasters have power far beyond ordinary people, so of course they'd make the authorities wary. If they had malicious intentions, the damage they could do would be unimaginable. With their speed and fighting ability, they'd be practically unstoppable in a city.

: +1 to the person above! I think so too! I just wonder how the two Pillaring Grandmasters and the hidden Transforming Strength Great Boxers will react when they find out.

: Guys, hurry up and download "Dragon Snake"! I still want to learn National Martial Arts from it! Hope the author holds out!!

: Thanks for the reminder! I'm downloading it now!!

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Although the related videos had disappeared, people had already uploaded copies to places like YouTube. Given the speed of the internet, a complete ban was obviously impossible! The videos had also sparked a craze overseas, drawing the attention of countless foreigners!!

Watching the "kung fu" masters spar in the videos, the foreigners could hardly believe their eyes. Before long, "kung fu" looked set to become popular again.

While netizens rushed to download the novel "Dragon Snake," some people managing the internet were frustrated. They soon discovered that they could not delete the novel. In fact, they could not do anything to it at all, as though it existed on an entirely different plane.

Gu Chen saw what was happening online, but his expression did not change. He had expected all of it.

Once National Martial Arts reached the Transformation Level, a practitioner could control every part of his body. He could stretch his muscles and bones to change his height, alter his facial muscles to change his appearance, and more. By the time he was done, he would look like a completely different person.

Of course, Gu Chen had not used Refine Falsehood Into Truth to create Li Hansha, Wang Tianba, and the other Transforming Strength Great Boxers just so they could scurry from hiding place to hiding place. He intended for them to draw the authorities' attention and set the stage for his next plan.

By now, he had accumulated 650,000 Origin Points in total, enough for his next use of Refine Falsehood Into Truth.

Earlier, he had deliberately told Sun Na, Pan Xiaoli, and the others through Li Hansha that the "Heaven and Earth Upheaval was coming" and that a "Great Era Struggle" lay ahead. That, too, had been a seed planted to prepare for his next use of Refine Falsehood Into Truth.

National Martial Arts was still a low-level martial path. Even a Pillaring Vigorous Strength Grandmaster who had attained Indestructible Diamond and reached the mental realm of Shattering the Void and Seeing the Divine would fall to a large-scale attack with artillery shells or missiles.

So the next Supernatural System he planned to bring into reality through Refine Falsehood Into Truth was an upgraded Human Immortal Martial Dao! Its practitioners would be formidable beings who could withstand most firearms with their bodies, live for three hundred years, and wield a variety of offensive techniques.