Liu Yunche smiled at this. He rose and pushed open the courtyard gate, and Shi Qingyue came into view.
"Qing Yue, it has been a long time."
Shi Qingyue grinned. "After more than ten days of seclusion, I finally broke through to Silver Muscle."
"Have you broken through too, Yunche? If you are still at Copper Muscle Realm, I can suppress you with one hand."
As soon as he finished speaking, Shi Qingyue stood tall with his spear in hand and laughed heartily.
Liu Yunche smiled faintly. "Then I fear I will disappoint you, Qing Yue."
As he spoke, Liu Yunche clenched his right hand into a fist, and a dazzling streak of silver suddenly surfaced beneath his skin.
That gleaming, translucent muscle-light was not the faint shade of someone newly entering Silver Muscle. It was condensed and substantial, the lustrous sheen of Silver Muscle brimming with blood and vitality.
Shi Qingyue's laughter at the doorway abruptly caught in his throat.
The smug brightness on his face froze in an instant. His body stiffened, and his pupils suddenly contracted.
The confident smile at the corner of his lips vanished completely, leaving his eyes filled with disbelief.
He had secluded himself for more than ten days, tempering his flesh day and night and consuming several precious medicines before he had barely managed to step into Silver Muscle.
He had thought that once he emerged from seclusion, he would surely have Liu Yunche firmly beneath him. He had even planned to use his newly attained Silver Muscle Realm to tease his friend.
Yet he had never expected...
The other party had also broken through to Silver Muscle!
And judging by how condensed that muscle-light was, Liu Yunche's Silver Muscle was even more stable and more profound than his own!
Shi Qingyue's grip