Fist Breaks Sword Edge

"Trash like Li Mingyu actually failed to beat you to death. How useless. No one has ever walked away alive from beneath this lady's sword!"

"Get lost while I haven't lost my temper yet. Not just anyone is qualified to exchange moves with me."

Her tone was arrogant, her expression composed.

Wang Xuance could not help but sneer. Before his Vajra Fist had reached mastery, he would never have dared provoke this woman.

But now, his Vajra Fist had already reached mastery.

He stepped forward, his body like a flood dragon extending its claws. In a flash, he closed in, raised his fist high, and smashed it toward Hua Ruoxi's head with unstoppable force.

His face twisted savagely, killing intent brimming.

"Bold!"

Wang Xuance's swift movement made her heart jolt. Before his fist even struck, its force had already crushed the color from her face, making the blade in her hand tremble involuntarily.

She swung it in a full circle and sent it crashing straight toward Wang Xuance's fist, intending to sever his hand and bones along with it.

"Clang—"

A string of unimaginable sparks erupted in the air.

"What?!"

Hua Ruoxi cried out. The Azure Rainbow Sword in her hand, capable of slicing iron like mud, had barely struck his fist when it seemed to collide with a heap of rock and iron, releasing an extraordinary metallic clang.

Wang Xuance twisted his fist, then his left fist smashed into the blade with irresistible force. Without the slightest resistance, it struck the sword cleanly into two pieces.

Hua Ruoxi slid backward several meters. The broken sword in her hand still carried ferocious, unmatched force. The clothing on her slender arm was utterly shredded, exposing swaths of pale skin, while beneath it, flesh violently rippled as if pierced by arrows.

Scarlet blood dripped onto the arena with soft patters.

The might of a single punch was savage to such a degree!

[True Martial Qi +100!]

[True Martial Qi +100!]

[True Martial Qi +100!]

"Whoosh!"

Wang Xuance flung away the broken sword in his hand. It stabbed straight into the arena floor, trembling violently with a low hum.

"Hisss!!!"

After a brief stunned silence, the crowd beneath the stage collectively sucked in cold breaths.

"Just who is this hero? The force of one punch actually snapped a sword blade! Could he be a disciple from one of the city's major families?"

"Tsk tsk, how powerful. You cannot judge a person by appearance, nor measure the sea with a bucket. Though he is only at the Two-Knock Blood Pass, he is enough to contend with someone at the Three-Knock Blood Pass!"

"This martial meet truly has crouching tigers and hidden dragons. Two martial artists at the Two-Knock Blood Pass have forcefully eclipsed the several great martial halls!"

"Li Mingyu of the Flying Fish Martial Hall ought to count himself fortunate. He never forced this man to reveal his full strength, so he managed to save himself quite a bit of face!"

"Indeed. With the strength he has shown now, Li Mingyu would likely have been seriously wounded by a single punch!"

Not far away, Li Mingyu, who had defended the arena several times in a row, heard the ridicule from below and his face immediately darkened. Fairly speaking, if he fought Hua Ruoxi of the White Ape Martial Hall one-on-one, the odds of victory would be no more than even.

But he absolutely could not wound his opponent in a single exchange.

A flicker of shock and confusion flashed through his eyes as he looked at Wang Xuance.

"Alas, these two at the Two-Knock Blood Pass are both no weaker than us at the Three-Knock Blood Pass. If we were at the same realm, we would have lost beyond all doubt!"

Wang Xuance had actually shattered Hua Ruoxi's sharp sword with one punch. Their superiority had been decided the moment they met.

Most of those beneath the viewing stands looked at Wang Xuance with concealed dread, imagining what would happen if that punch landed on their own heads.

At the White Ape Martial Hall's encampment, many disciples were furious and indignant, accusing Wang Xuance of concealing his strength and playing the pig to eat the tiger, claiming it violated the tournament rules.

To shatter a sword blade barehanded with a single blow, without relying on any weapon, he had to be a martial artist who had entered the Fetal Breath Realm.

"Enough! That kid with the green face truly possesses the strength of the Two-Knock Blood Pass!"

Mo Wushuang spoke slowly, immediately silencing them all.

What he said next left them even more shocked and frightened.

"This man's comprehension is extraordinarily astonishing. The Vajra Fist he practices has most likely reached the mastery stage!"

"His fist force has transformed into astral force, fierce and peerless. Your senior sister naturally cannot defeat him!"

"Pfft!"

Hua Ruoxi spat out a mouthful of blood. The blood in her chest surged in reverse, like a trapped beast struggling wildly to survive, driven mad before its instincts.

The fist force that had invaded her body continuously stirred up her circulation of blood and qi. It left this exceptionally gifted woman not daring to make the slightest movement, able only to suppress the fist force with all her strength.

Wang Xuance himself was also stunned by the tremendous power of his strike. The Vajra Fist at mastery was terrifyingly powerful.

"And the skin on both my fists has become tougher!"

Battle intent blazed in his eyes as he walked toward her step by step.

That punch had contained his full strength. Since it had broken her sword, it had naturally also driven that mountain-toppling, sea-overturning force into her body.

By his estimation, Hua Ruoxi had to be suppressing the immense fist force within her with all her might right now, utterly unable to defend herself.

Thus, his sleeves whipped violently. His fist force surged like a roiling tide, his twin fists blasting forward like cannons breaking through a formation as his body shot out.

"Swish!"

He leaped high into the air and smashed down toward Hua Ruoxi's head. If it struck, her head would surely burst into pieces like a watermelon!

The girl stood rooted in place. She could not move, lest the fist force within her run rampant, yet she could not remain still either, for Wang Xuance's fist was already upon her.

A tiger before her and a wolf behind her, she could only close her eyes and await death.

"Die!"

Wang Xuance grinned savagely. Killing intent filled his chest, and he showed not the slightest mercy.

The flower-like, jade-like woman was about to die beneath Wang Xuance's fist.

The next moment, a helpless sigh sounded beside Wang Xuance's ear.

"Ah, enough."

Mo Wushuang rose from his seat. Taking one step forward, he vanished from where he stood.

Wang Xuance's vision blurred. At some point, a middle-aged man in blue brocade robes had appeared before Hua Ruoxi. With a single palm raised in support, he saved the girl!

Wang Xuance felt as though his fist force had encountered a fierce wind, its power continuously weakened.

What left him helpless was that if he forcibly increased his fist force, that "wind force" would most likely injure him instead.

"Hmph!"

Wang Xuance stopped and withdrew his strength, gliding backward like a dragonfly touching the water.

Mo Wushuang nodded at the sight, then looked toward the disciple behind him and smiled helplessly.

"Girl, your master has broken the rules for you!"

He pointed a finger at her brow. A warm current flowed like a gentle stream, dissolving the powerful fist force within her body.

The girl closed her eyes, and her body immediately went limp as she collapsed into his arms.

"General Li, forgive this old man for breaking the rules out of concern for his disciple. The White Ape Martial Hall admits defeat in this match!"

"Since you know that, shouldn't you leave something behind as a gesture?"

General Li narrowed his eyes and spoke without the slightest courtesy.

"Heh—"

Mo Wushuang flicked his sleeve, tossing a bulging money pouch toward Wang Xuance.

"Kid, take these one hundred taels of pure silver as compensation!"

Having said that, he carried the girl off the stage.

This sudden turn of events left the crowd below looking at one another, many of them feeling that the White Ape Martial Hall was truly thick-skinned.

When your disciple was endangering another's life, you did not intervene. But when your own disciple's life was in danger, you broke the rules.

"Hmph! This general will warn all the martial halls once more: if anyone interferes again, do not blame Li for showing no mercy."

"Clang—"

Two bu-shaped short halberds emerged from the pouch in his sleeves and fell to the ground. His gaze swept across the six martial halls, his manner drawn swords and bent bows, utterly uncompromising.

"Rip!"

Wang Xuance tore open the money pouch, revealing two lumps of silver ingots. Beneath the rising sun, they gleamed with silver light, each stamped with the character "Yuan," signifying that they could circulate throughout Blue Orchid Continent.

"Tsk tsk, that's quite generous. A hundred taels of pure silver!"

He tucked them inside his clothing, his expression calm as he slowly breathed in and out, waiting for the next person to take the stage.

His gaze involuntarily turned toward the martial arts template.

[Wang Xuance]

[Dragon Elephant Grand Stance]: 100/3000 (Beginner).

[Tortoise-Snake Great Stance]: 0/6000 (Mastery).

[Crane Form Grand Stance]: 1800/3000 (Proficient).

[Vajra Fist]: 700/6000 (Mastery).

[Great Arm Scripture]: 0/2000 (Beginner).

[True Martial Qi]: Three hundred and sixty.

When Mo Wushuang had blocked his fatal strike against Hua Ruoxi with a sweep of his sleeve, his True Martial Qi had surged by one hundred and sixty strands in an instant. It truly could not be called anything less than a fortuitous opportunity.

It was even more than what he had gained the other day by escaping alive from the hands of those three old bastards!

It seems that the stronger I become, the more True Martial Qi I will gain from fighting experts!

As Wang Xuance pondered, a thunderous roar suddenly exploded beside his ears. He could not help turning toward its source.

"You dare take the stage with strength like that? I truly wonder who gave you the courage!"