The clamor on the training grounds gradually faded, but the aftermath of that battle was far from over.
News that Xiao Cheng had crushed Hu Jie spread through the entire Body Sect as if it had grown wings. After all, an eleven-year-old boy with the cultivation of a four-ring Soul Ancestor had defeated a top genius with twin martial souls who was a five-ring Soul King head-on—and that was after Hu Jie had used every trump card he had. Such a record was simply too shocking.
"Have you heard? The Young Sect Master's nephew, that kid named Xiao Cheng, beat up Hu Jie!"
"Of course! I was there and saw it myself! When Hu Jie used that Tornado Mountain-Crushing Charge, I thought Xiao Cheng was finished. But guess what? Light flashed around that kid, and he vanished completely! Then he suddenly appeared behind Hu Jie and knocked him down with one punch!"
"One punch? Seriously? Hu Jie's stomach is known as an 'iron wall'!"
"Absolutely true! I saw it with my own eyes! The silver light on Hu Jie's stomach shattered from that punch, and he flew several yards before passing out on the spot!"
"Hiss—he's that strong? That kid is only eleven, right? He can beat a five-ring Soul King at eleven? Give him a few more years, and who knows how powerful he'll become? Our Body Sect can finally rise again in the future!"
Similar discussions played out endlessly throughout every corner of the Body Sect. Yet Xiao Cheng himself did not pay much attention to them.
At that moment, he stood in a forging room at the Blacksmith Association headquarters, wholly focused on an important task—forging the alloy formula Yuan Hua had personally designed for him: Void Spirit Gold.
This alloy would become the primary material for