Water Reaches Its Channel

"Ahhhhhh!"

Inside the Martial Arts Arena, piercing screams and roars erupted from the throats of every disciple.

In their sensory experience, the earth had been completely rent asunder by Fang Can, and the violent force of his punches had whipped up a raging sandstorm.

Their bodies were already caught within the yellow tempest, suffering pain akin to being carved by a thousand blades.

The perspective peeled away from the disciples, returning to reality.

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The scenery here remained as it was, the breeze still gentle, the sunlight warm; there was no storm to be found.

Yet only Yang Lie, standing at a slightly greater distance, could resist Fang Can's large-scale Heart Manifestation attack with the formidable mental strength of the Fifth Mysterious Barrier.

From his perspective, the movements of the hundreds of martial artists who had been charging toward Fang Can all ceased the moment the latter's fist pressed downward.

Because with that single punch of Heart Manifestation, everyone had fallen into an illusion where their bodies were already dead, dropping to their knees and truly feeling as though they were being sliced to pieces.

It was as if kneeling were contagious; one senior brother after another collapsed to the ground as if struck dead, appearing to worship a deity, their consciousnesses rendered stagnant by that single blow.

"Huu..." Fang Can exhaled a breath of stale air.

That punch just now had consumed over ninety percent of his Heart Manifestation power.

The flesh is the foundation of the heart, and the heart is the extension of the flesh.

At this moment, he had not even reached the First Mysterious Barrier, so he had barely managed to execute it once.

The effect of such intense consumption was significant; under his hard crowd-control, the hundreds of people on the scene had been plunged into a state of mental stagnation for a full dozen seconds.

In such a long span of time, Fang Can could have taken a blade and decapitated every one of them, and it would have been easier than killing hundreds of running pigs.

The power of Heart Manifestation is truly terrifying; when experts above the Eighth Mysterious Barrier unleash it, it would only be more horrifying than his.

Before the Heart Manifestation is exhausted, he could kill as many ordinary martial artists as came at him.

This is also why only Heart Manifestation can contend with Heart Manifestation.

Silence, deathly silence...

These people remained trapped in that death-like state for nearly half a minute before they gradually regained their senses, subsequently staring at Fang Can with horrified eyes.

"This is actually Heart Manifestation." Yang Lie felt an incomparable sense of jealousy at this moment.

The situation of awakening Heart Manifestation before even reaching the First Barrier was unheard of; for someone like him, who was still struggling at the Fifth Mysterious Barrier in his forties or fifties, this talent was devastatingly demoralizing.

When everyone on the scene recovered from the shadow of near-death, they all gazed at Fang Can with complex expressions; they knew they had been thoroughly and utterly defeated.

A zero-barrier martial artist who had awakened Heart Manifestation—"genius" was hardly enough to describe him.

They felt their mental cultivation of the past few days had been completely shattered, and they would likely need a long time to recover.

Suddenly, someone laughed out loud: "Hahaha, this world has truly gone mad. A son beating his father—sigh, I'll just let you have this one."

This voice immediately made the surrounding Martial Arts Hall disciples realize something: "The Role-Playing Method, is it the Role-Playing Method? Thank goodness, our minds are saved!"

The next moment, these disciples seemed to fall into a frenzy, hundreds of them collectively suffering from hysteria and beginning to babble incoherently.

"Hysteria! Ugh! It wasn't Fang Can who defeated me at all; it was I who defeated Fang Can, hahahaha!"

"That's right, that's right! It was a good fight; I already beat him so hard he fell into a stupor and couldn't think, yeah!"

"Hahaha, I am the one in the Martial Arts Arena who fought a hundred alone! What Fang Can? I don't know him, I don't know him at all!"

Hysteria, absolute hysteria. Yang Lie watched the scene, which resembled a mental rehabilitation center, feeling speechless.

What Role-Playing Method? In front of a Heart Manifestation expert, such feigned madness and stupidity were completely useless, because your heart would honestly respond to the underlying fear.

Sure enough, without any wasted words, Fang Can squinted at the entire crowd, releasing his remaining Heart Manifestation power.

The next moment, the scene from when Manager Gu Shuqi had come to give his speech was replicated once more.

Fear, extreme fear, spread from the bottom of everyone's hearts. The crowd, who had just been indulging in "mental victories," lost their reason once again and plunged into terror.

Having exhausted the last bit of his Heart Manifestation, Fang Can felt a sense of emptiness in his heart. Although his physical stamina hadn't been drained, a weariness welled up from within.

As expected, driving Heart Manifestation at a low realm was a bit too forced; it would be better once his body improved in the future.

Fang Can pondered this and opened his panel, but the Description Bar caught him off guard.

Flesh Alienation: 10.2%

"Did I break through the First Mysterious Barrier?"

Fang Can was stunned, staring at the alienation percentage, completely bewildered.

He clearly remembered Jiang Ning'an once saying that there would be obvious obstacles before breaking through the First Mysterious Barrier, and one would need to rest for two or three days to regulate their spirit before making a final push.

Yet he hadn't felt anything just now; how had the progress reached the 10% threshold so naturally?

Although he had guessed that his body would constantly strengthen during combat, because there were no obstacles, he had assumed his realm hadn't reached the requirements for the First Mysterious Barrier.

"Is Senior Jiang lying to me, or is my talent just too high?" Fang Can pondered in his mind, ultimately adopting the possibility that his talent was peerless.

After all, compared to the former, the latter conclusion made him seem a bit cooler.

"Fang Can." Seeing the battle conclude, Yang Lie hurried forward: "Haven't you only been practicing martial arts for a few days? This martial prowess of yours, and this Heart Manifestation..."

"Instructor Yang, didn't Hall Master Li already tell you that my talent is peerless?" Fang Can retorted with a solemn expression.

"Geniuses do not follow common logic. If you cannot even believe the facts you see with your own eyes, then what is the point of practicing martial arts or seeking the Dao?"

For a moment, Yang Lie was left speechless. Fang Can's words were no different from the lessons he himself had taught just days ago, yet the roles had reversed, and now he was the one whose resolve was shaken.

"Regardless, the potential you have displayed is too terrifying. I must go and consult the Sect Master," Yang Lie informed him.

"Do not wander about for the time being. Return to your room and wait for me; someone will come to fetch you when the time comes."

Fang Can nodded lightly, having long anticipated this decision from Yang Lie.

He was not following the path of an ordinary mortal; there was no need to hide or hold back, only to wait for a sudden outburst to show off and slap faces.

A true genius should be number one at every step of their growth, climbing steadily until they reach the pinnacle of the martial path.

As for the Sect Master persecuting him? Only a Sect Master with a hole in his brain would try to kill a peerless genius within his own sect; if one didn't want talent, why bother building a faction at all?

An emperor might be jealous of the virtuous and capable because he had already reached the summit, and merit that overshadowed the master would threaten his position.

But this Tiger Fiend Sect couldn't even crack the top ten within the Great Yan Kingdom; how could they possibly stifle a genius of their own?

If the Sect Master were truly sensible, he would be willing to take him as a master.

Once Fang Can became invincible in the future, he could easily lead the Tiger Fiend Sect to soar to the heavens.

That would be far better than merely occupying a hundred-mile radius as they did now.

Therefore, having just finished showing off in front of the entire new generation of the Tiger Fiend Sect, Fang Can returned to his small room without a shred of pressure to take a nap, preparing to restore his mental energy.

On the other side, the mindset of the Tiger Fiend Sect Master, upon receiving Yang Lie's report, was entirely different.