At the same time, when Cui Hao saw this, his pupils suddenly 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 filled with shock.
One had to know that even if he had made the move himself, he could not have defeated Kong Ning so easily.
After all, Kong Ning was at the Qi Refining Ninth Layer.
Yet Chen Changqing had suppressed him with just one punch!
"There's something strange about this brat!"
After thinking it over briefly, Cui Hao immediately came to that conclusion.
He felt that Chen Changqing's strength was likely far beyond the Qi Refining Ninth Layer.
At the same time, Liu Ruyan was deeply shaken when she witnessed this scene.
"This?"
"Kong Ning at the Qi Refining Ninth Layer couldn't withstand a single punch from him?"
"Junior Brother Chen... just how strong is he?"
Liu Ruyan murmured softly, feeling more and more that she could not see through Chen Changqing.
At this moment, Kong Ning had already smashed into the ground not far away. Before he could even let out a scream, he had fainted on the spot.
Chen Changqing's gaze was calm as it shifted to Cui Hao.
"The person you sent out was neither good-looking nor useful."
"How about... you come at me yourself?"
As he spoke, Chen Changqing crooked a finger at Cui Hao.
At the sight of this, Cui Hao's face had already darkened to the extreme. With his teeth clenched so hard they ground together, he looked as though he wanted to swallow Chen Changqing whole.
"Form the formation!"
"Join me and teach 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!"
In only a few breaths, 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 unchanged as he said lightly, "You don't dare fight me one-on-one."
"Senior Brother, your Foundation Establishment cultivation was cultivated for nothing!"
Hearing this, Cui Hao was so enraged that his face turned red. He did not respond, merely shouted 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 poured down like a waterfall, brimming with killing intent!
Liu Ruyan's lovely face drained of color at the sight, and even her heartbeat quickened.
"The Seven Kill Sword Formation?"
"Cui Hao actually intends to kill him?"
Liu Ruyan was horrified. She naturally recognized the formidable power of the sword formation Cui Hao and the others had unleashed. Anyone at the Qi Refining level would likely find it hard to survive beneath it!
The more she thought about it, the more worried Liu Ruyan became, yet there was nothing she could do.
Chen Changqing remained where he stood, his expression as calm as ever.
Faced with the Sword Qi that covered the heavens and earth, he showed no reaction.
As the sword formation came crashing down upon him, Chen Changqing backhandedly threw out a Thunder Fist.
"Boom!"
The punch flew out, and 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 that possible?"
Cui Hao's pupils shook violently. Before he could react, the main formation sword under his control snapped with a sound.
"Boom boom..."
Right afterward, the berserk fist force swept outward 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 was also blasted backward by that terrifying fist force. His stomach churned like rivers and seas, and his internal organs felt as though they had been knocked out of place.
Before he could steady himself, Chen Changqing's figure suddenly vanished from where he stood.
When Cui Hao looked again, Chen Changqing had already rushed in front of him.
"S-So fast!"
Looking at Chen Changqing, who had appeared before him like a ghost, Cui Hao was profoundly shaken.
Chen Changqing gave Cui Hao a cold smile, then backhandedly threw out a straight punch.
Cui Hao's face filled with terror. In his panic, he hurriedly raised his hands to defend himself.
"Bang!"
A terrifying explosive sound from the punch rang out.
The air burst apart, and waves of force rolled outward.
"Aah!"
Cui Hao screamed as his body flew backward like a cannonball, smashing heavily into the mountainside.
Afterward, Chen Changqing walked straight over. Looking at Cui Hao, whose breath was weak, he directly took the points from Cui Hao's Identity Token.
"If you want to rob others of their points, you must be prepared to have your own points robbed."
After leaving those words behind, Chen Changqing turned away with easy grace.
Cui Hao glared at Chen Changqing until his eyes nearly split apart. He had never imagined that he, a dignified Foundation Establishment Early Stage cultivator, would be defeated by a single punch from Chen Changqing, who was only at the Qi Refining level!
"N-No way!"
He kept 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 shattered the Seven Kill Sword Formation with one punch, but had also defeated Cui Hao at the Foundation Establishment Early Stage with one punch.
When Chen Changqing approached, Liu Ruyan's red lips parted slightly. Her beautiful eyes were filled with shock as she stammered:
"Junior Brother, you..."
Chen Changqing paid no heed to Liu Ruyan's shock and merely asked, "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 was originally leading several junior brothers from the Seven Courtyards to hunt Realm Beasts, but we were ambushed by disciples from other courtyards and eventually got separated."
"Then, here, I ran into Cui Hao and the others from the Second Courtyard."
"Seeing that I was alone, they naturally harbored ill intentions and 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 claim the points within them.
Liu Ruyan was naturally extremely grateful for this, and her favorable impression of Chen Changqing increased greatly.
Next, Chen Changqing and Liu Ruyan traveled together, robbing disciples from other courtyards of their points 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 surged, his ranking on the Points Leaderboard rose once again, immediately causing a stir among the courtyards.
"Look! Chen Changqing has risen again!"
"This?"
"Second place?"
"Hiss..."
"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 Liu Mu stroked his beard and laughed heartily, even the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes smoothing out.
"Good, good! That boy 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 ranked at the bottom among the Seven Outer Courtyards. Now that Chen Changqing had risen like a sudden army, they naturally found it displeasing.
At the same time, within the Void Realm.
Chen Changqing and Liu Ruyan arrived at a valley shrouded in mist.
From afar, they could see many people gathered there.
"So many people confronting one another here?"
"Could it be that they discovered some treasure?"
Chen Changqing narrowed his eyes, considering that possibility.
At the outskirts of the valley, disciples from every courtyard stood ready in strict formation.
In the inner part of the valley, four figures stood suspended on flying swords.
One of them was no stranger to Chen Changqing. It was Qingyang, the senior brother of the Seven Courtyards!
Below the valley where the four faced off, an object emitted resplendent golden light, dazzling to the eye.
It was not hard to see that beneath that golden radiance lay a great treasure.
Qingyang and the others were clearly confronting one another here for that very object.
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