Wherever Fists and Feet Reached

Watching Chen Tuan charge at him, about to close in within moments, Lu Ren—whose body had now grown to Chen Tuan's size—unleashed a Tongtian Kick like a cannon hammer, erupting upward from below. In that instant, the overwhelming force carried by Lu Ren's massive foot shattered Chen Tuan's protective True Energy barrier and struck him squarely beneath the chin.

Crack!

With the clearly audible sound of bones breaking, everyone heard a teeth-grinding crunch. Chen Tuan's head snapped high, and his charging body was kicked skyward like a ragged sack.

Lu Ren did not hesitate in the slightest. He grabbed Chen Tuan by the ankle and held him suspended in midair. Then, his fists and feet descended in a dense, torrential barrage. Amid a rapid series of crackling impacts, he forcibly pinned Chen Tuan in the air, stopping his fall entirely.

Both sides felt their scalps go numb. They had thought this would be a fierce battle between evenly matched opponents. That spear thrust toward the heavens had erupted with earth-shaking force; merely watching it made them feel they could never evade it.

Yet Lu Ren had simply reached out and caught it, preventing Chen Tuan from advancing even an inch. Then came a scene beyond everyone's imagination: Chen Tuan was subjected to one-sided abuse, utterly unable to fight back.

A battle between Celestial Immortals, if their realms were not too far apart, should have been an extended contest. Yet Lu Ren, a Mid Celestial Immortal, had beaten Chen Tuan—a Late Celestial Immortal just one step away from the pinnacle extreme of the Celestial Immortal realm—until he could not even retaliate, all within moments.

Everyone present fell silent. They asked themselves whether anyone else would have fared better than Chen Tuan, and the answer was absolutely not. Lu Ren's fists carried