Judging by Chen Shan's performance in the first two trials, Dong Xueqi and the mysterious senior with the aged voice had always believed his body cultivation was far beyond the Sixth Layer of the Void Refinement Realm!
He had handled the backlash from the Nine-Pattern Astral Gate with ease and passed through the Thousand-Weight Astral Passage without a scratch. Only a Body Cultivator at the eighth or even ninth layer of the Void Refinement Realm could have shown such composure and strength.
Now he had deliberately understated his cultivation. If his lie was exposed, he might easily defeat a puppet at the Sixth Layer of the Void Refinement Realm and seem to have gained a tremendous advantage. In truth, he would have suffered a disastrous loss—
It would enrage the Silver Puppet, causing its cultivation to surge to the peak of the Tenth Layer of the Void Refinement Realm. Then it would strike with all its might and kill Chen Shan in one blow!
"Forgive me, senior."
While Dong Xueqi wavered between hope and fear, her heart uneasy, Chen Changming cupped his fist toward the Silver Puppet and suddenly attacked.
He moved like lightning, his figure closing in like a ghost. His fist carried a fierce gust of wind as it drove straight toward the Silver Puppet's chest.
Chen Changming wanted to defeat the puppet in a single strike, so he secretly raised his strength to the Seventh Layer of the Void Refinement Realm. He meant to settle the fight with one decisive blow, crushing the Silver Puppet with thunderous force before it had any chance to change tactics.
Seeing Chen Changming's startling speed and ferocious approach, the Silver Puppet hurriedly raised its right arm and punched to block.
Two iron fists whistled toward each other and collided viciously in