Zhao Wuji Beaten to a Pulp? Self-Created Soul Skill! Mystic Jade World-Suppressor! Shatter!

The moment his words fell, everyone present was jolted to the core!

A level thirty-nine peak Soul Elder challenging Zhao Wuji, a level seventy-six assault-type Soul Sage, one-on-one!

Madness!

This was a complete and utter disregard for Shrek!

Zhao Wuji had lived for decades and presided over Shrek for many years. He had always been the one reprimanding juniors and intimidating others.

When had he ever been publicly provoked and ridiculed like this by a mere twelve-year-old child who appeared to possess only peak Soul Elder cultivation?

In an instant, boundless fury rushed to his head.

"You insolent brat!"

Zhao Wuji's furious roar shook the sky, making the surrounding air tremble violently with a deep hum.

Seven soul rings erupted beneath his feet—yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black—layer upon layer of heavy, dazzling light.

The overwhelming pressure of a level seventy-six assault-type battle Soul Sage crashed over the entire field like a tsunami, making the lower-level examinees' legs go weak as they instinctively crouched and retreated.

The dark Vajra Bear Martial Soul possessed him instantly. Zhao Wuji's body swelled by several feet, knotted muscles bulging layer upon layer as stiff black bear fur covered his entire body. His savage aura locked tightly onto Gu Qing in the arena.

"Today, I'll teach you exactly what it means to respect your elders and know the immensity of heaven and earth!"

Before he had finished speaking, Zhao Wuji stomped down hard with his right foot!

With a thunderous boom, the stone-paved training ground cracked into a web of fractures, shattered rocks flying into the air.

His massive body carried the force of a thousand jun, his fists wrapped in howling gale-force winds as he unleashed a fierce, tyrannical full-power strike straight at Gu Qing's head and chest!

As the thunderous echo reverberated, Zhao Wuji's heavy fists were already right before him. The wild wind struck his face, their might terrifying!

In everyone's eyes, a full-force punch from a Soul Sage could shatter metal and stone and grievously wound a Soul Ancestor. A mere Soul Elder would surely be defeated in an instant, bones broken and tendons torn!

Faced with the Soul Sage's heavy fist, powerful enough to smash metal and stone, Gu Qing did not meet it head-on. His body suddenly grew light, his footwork becoming ethereal and traceless.

Second Soul Skill: Sky-Vaulting Void Step! Its extreme burst of power erupted instantly!

The pure speed of his fleshly body was completely unleashed. Without releasing even a trace of Soul Power, he relied solely on the terrifying speed erupting from his muscles and bones. His step tore through the air, and his figure instantly blurred!

Only a vivid afterimage remained where he had stood. His true body had already become a traceless black shadow, effortlessly evading the killing strike and accurately circling to Zhao Wuji's blind spot. The entire evasive sequence flowed like water, impossibly fast.

"What speed?!"

Zhao Wuji's pupils contracted sharply, his heart quaking. Even his Soul Sage-level dynamic vision could not lock onto the youth's trajectory at all!

Outside the arena, every examinee and every Shrek teacher and student held their breath, their eyes filled with astonishment.

They had watched the battlefield without blinking. They had assumed that, facing a Soul Sage's furious assault, Gu Qing would surely have to activate his Soul Power, light up his soul rings, and summon his Martial Soul to defend himself!

Yet from beginning to end, there had been no Soul Power fluctuations in the air, no soul rings shining around him, and no Martial Soul phantom on his body. There was nothing at all—not the slightest phenomenon associated with a soul master's battle!

Everyone was utterly dumbfounded. Without Soul Power protecting his body or soul skills enhancing him, how had this youth evaded a Soul Sage's full-force strike?!

But how could they know that Gu Qing's Martial Soul was the most unusual kind of all—a full-body Body Martial Soul, the Mystic Jade Body!

It had now reached Silver-grade awakening. Its origin was hidden within his flesh and blood, and every soul skill enhancement had fused into his physique. There were no outward signs of a soul master at all, so others could only regard it as extreme physical cultivation.

Before Zhao Wuji could turn around, shift his attack, and steady himself, Gu Qing had already closed in and sealed off the blind spot in his defenses. The instant he moved into close range, incomparably condensed force erupted from his fists and feet!

Third Soul Skill: Mystic Jade Shatter! Full-power eruption!

An extreme close-range assault formed in an instant. The fully compressed physical force of the Mystic Jade Body carried four effects—armor-piercing, penetration, internal explosion, and amplified pain—striking exclusively at the weakest points in the Vajra Bear's defenses, where skin and flesh connected and muscles met!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Dense, heavy punches exploded through the air. Every strike landed at a precise and vicious angle, not competing in brute force, but breaking defenses alone!

The limitation of level thirty-nine Soul Elder cultivation still remained. Gu Qing could not shatter Zhao Wuji's bones and tendons or inflict severe internal injuries, but his penetrating force was enough to tear through the hardened outer bear fur and protective Soul Power!

Fine blood marks instantly spread across Zhao Wuji's back, shoulders, and neck, tiny beads of blood slowly seeping out.

More deadly still was the force that penetrated his body, erupting on a small scale within his flesh and meridians. Combined with the extreme amplification of pain, it became wave after wave of piercing agony that burrowed deep into his muscles, spreading through his body with his blood and energy and throwing his mind and vital energy into chaos!

Every muscle in Zhao Wuji's body tensed rigidly, his brow twisted into a tight knot. He was furious, irritated, and utterly aggrieved.

His body, tempered to be as invulnerable as vajra, normally bore the bombardment of Soul Kings and Soul Emperors without leaving a mark. Yet today, a youth showing no trace of Soul Power had repeatedly broken his defenses, wounded him, and tormented him without end!

"Brat! You're courting death!"

Enraged, Zhao Wuji completely lost control. He stopped holding back as Soul Power surged around him. He turned, swept out, crushed forward with heavy fists, and unleashed chain after chain of Soul Power shockwaves!

Tyrannical, overwhelming attacks filled the sky and blanketed the entire battlefield. Every strike carried the horrifying force to split the earth, determined to take down the junior who had toyed with him in a single punch!

Yet the Sky-Vaulting Void Step continued flowing beneath Gu Qing's feet, pushing his pure evasive speed to its utmost limit.

His figure moved like wind and shadow, weaving and pulling through the dense storm of violent attacks. He advanced and retreated as he pleased, every dodge precise to the extreme, never touched by even the slightest aftermath of an attack.

The entire scene was absurdly strange: the Soul Sage's might towered into the heavens, attacks filled the sky, while the youth drifted lightly through them, evading, closing in, and wearing him down. Throughout it all, there were no soul rings and no Martial Soul.

No matter how wide everyone opened their eyes, they could not see the slightest battle phenomenon. They could only watch helplessly as a level seventy-six Soul Sage was dragged around, toyed with, and repeatedly wounded by a level thirty-nine Soul Elder!

Everyone present was left staring in stunned disbelief, their ingrained understanding of soul masters completely overturned.

Ma Hongjun's mouth hung open as he froze in place. "A level thirty-nine Soul Elder... using physical speed to toy with a Soul Sage, and even breaking Teacher Zhao's defense and injuring him? This is way too ridiculous!"

At the edge of the crowd, Zhu Zhuqing's gaze trembled violently, her body tightening slightly.

As a fellow agility-type soul master, she understood the limits of speed better than anyone. Yet she had never seen anyone control pure evasive speed to such a degree. It completely surpassed all understanding of fighting across ranks, every instantaneous movement refined to the utmost.

After a long struggle, Zhao Wuji's body was already covered in countless fine blood marks. He looked battered, yet none of the wounds were serious.

But the accumulating pain had seeped deep into his flesh, disrupting his blood and energy. His breathing grew heavy, cold sweat covered his forehead, and humiliation and rage thoroughly burned away his reason.

Gu Qing, meanwhile, had spent the entire battle weaving around him, drawing him out, and probing at close range. His eyes only grew brighter.

Countless extreme exchanges of offense and defense, penetrating strikes that broke through defenses, and condensed force had finally brought the fist-path insights he had accumulated for so long to complete perfection.

The Self-Created Soul Skill that had been stuck at a bottleneck for so long finally crossed the final threshold at this moment, taking perfect form!

Gu Qing abruptly retreated, drifting down to the ground. He no longer continued dragging Zhao Wuji around and toying with him.

He raised his eyes toward Zhao Wuji, who was frustrated, enraged, and covered in fine wounds. His calm voice rang clearly across the entire field. "The warm-up is over. Now, take one move from me!"

The moment his words fell, the air over the entire training ground abruptly froze into deathly silence. Everyone was astonished—Gu Qing had only been warming up?

Still, no soul rings lit up and no Martial Soul rose. Yet a pure, overwhelming fist-path presence that transcended rank and Soul Power quietly spread from Gu Qing, suppressing all around him!

This was Gu Qing's self-created supreme ultimate technique, perfected after countless battles by combining the cultivation method of the peerless Tang Sect with the extreme physical foundation of the Mystic Jade Body, the lightning-fast ambush momentum of the Sky-Vaulting Void Step, and the killing power of Mystic Jade Shatter-Pierce:

Mystic Jade World-Suppressor!! Shatter!!