Unleashing Strength

Electric currents wreathed his skin, and the formidable physical strength he had tempered coursed through his entire body. With a crisp, clean straight punch, he met Shi Gang's killing blow head-on!

BANG!!!

An earth-shaking crash exploded across the arena as two supremely overbearing forces collided. The air above the ring shook violently, and the roar swept through the entire underground fighting arena!

The stone slabs at the point of impact instantly burst apart, fine cracks spreading madly outward!

The certainty on Shi Gang's face shattered in an instant, and his eyes filled with disbelief and horror!

His Rock-Shaking Heavy Fist, amplified by a Thousand-Year Soul Ring and bolstered by Rock Barrier, was something no one at his level dared take head-on. Yet this seemingly slight youth had stopped it cold with a single punch!

A savage surge of pure physical might rampaged back through his fist, jolting his arm numb and churning his blood. His burly body involuntarily staggered backward!

Shi Gang took two steps, crushing the stone slabs beneath his feet before he barely steadied his teetering balance.

Bai Yushan, by contrast, stood tall as a pine, rooted to the ring without moving a muscle. He had not retreated half a step, and his stability was terrifying!

With pure physical strength, he had crushed a level-thirty-six defense-type Soul Master head-on!

An uproar instantly erupted below the ring. Every spectator was dumbstruck, their faces filled with shock!

None of them had imagined that, even without his strange lightning, this mysterious newcomer's physical combat prowess could be so terrifying!

Shi Gang completely abandoned his contempt, leaving only the utmost gravity in his heart. He finally understood that his previous two opponents' defeats had been no coincidence. This newcomer's reserves had long since surpassed the bounds of what anyone understood in the tier-three ring!

"You've got something!"

Shi Gang roared in a deep voice. His third Thousand-Year Soul Ring suddenly blazed, and he laid all his trump cards bare!

Third Soul Skill-Ten-Thousand-Jun Rock Pressure!

Vast earth-type Soul Power erupted, and a heavy field of rock force enveloped the entire ring. Invisible might compressed the air, making the whole battlefield sluggish and heavy. The gravitational suppression could greatly slow an opponent's movements and weaken their explosive power. It was his ultimate trump card against any agile opponent!

Crushing pressure instantly locked down Bai Yushan's entire body, attempting to pin him firmly in place!

But rather than trapping Bai Yushan, this suppression set his blood burning for battle!

A drawn-out fight in which he was checked and obstructed held far more value than instantly crushing the weak, and could better rouse the wildness and edge in his bones!

Bai Yushan suddenly drove through both feet, forcibly breaking free of gravity's restraints. He shot forward, charging right into his opponent's face and entering the most dangerous range of close combat!

Close-quarters fighting was dangerous in the extreme, yet it was also the battlefield where Bai Yushan excelled most and fought most dominantly!

Seeing this, Shi Gang immediately raised his fist and swung it across. His heavy rock fist bore the force of ten thousand jun, targeting the vital point at Bai Yushan's neck with an incomparably vicious attack!

Bai Yushan ducked precisely beneath the heavy punch, twisted his waist sharply, and gathered strength in his shoulders and back. A fierce, vicious shoulder strike slammed into a weak point in the armor over Shi Gang's chest and abdomen!

BANG!

A section of the hard rock instantly caved in, and the enormous impact once again forced Shi Gang's massive body backward!

Before he could regain his balance, Bai Yushan's relentless assault followed in a savage, seamless rush!

Straight punches, hooks, elbow strikes, knee thrusts-every move was simple and lethal, every strike fierce and overbearing! Every attack precisely targeted gaps between armor plates and vulnerable joints, striking from tricky angles with the utmost force. Each blow carried the ingrained instincts of top-level life-and-death combat!

THUD! THUD! THUD!!!

Dense, heavy impacts rang out without pause, like thunder crashing into their ears, shaking every spectator to the core!

Shi Gang was forced entirely onto the defensive, struggling to block throughout as he lost ground step by step. His Colossal Rock Body boasted unrivaled defense in the tier-three ring, and attacks from anyone at his level could not breach it. But Bai Yushan's physical strength was far too overbearing. The terrifying impact of every blow penetrated his rock armor, jolting his organs and meridians directly!

In mere seconds, this defensive overlord, once steady as Mount Tai, had his balance completely disrupted. He retreated again and again across the ring, utterly unable to fight back!

Shi Gang gritted his teeth and frantically drove his Soul Power, trying to counterattack and break free. But Bai Yushan's attacks followed an extremely tight rhythm, leaving him no opening to gather strength or adjust. With Electromagnetic Clarity's predictions, every intention behind his movements and every sign of gathering force was seen through in advance and precisely blocked!

Whenever he raised a hand, turned sideways, or channeled Soul Power, a savage attack arrived instantly, shattering the rhythm of his counterattack and sealing off every possibility of turning the fight around!

"Hold it off!!!"

Shi Gang roared. All three Soul Rings blazed at full strength as he poured every last bit of Soul Power into the armor covering his body. The rock's patterns deepened and thickened, pushing his defense to the greatest height of his life as he vainly attempted to withstand the assault until his opponent exhausted himself!

But Bai Yushan's strength was endless. His slight body held an ocean's worth of explosive power, and his attacks remained swift and fierce, showing not the slightest weakness!

Under the savage barrage, fine cracks kept appearing across the hard rock armor. They spread and widened rapidly, bringing the entire defensive layer to the brink of shattering!

The wild madness in Bai Yushan's eyes erupted completely, and all the defiance and fierce courage in his bones awakened!

Crushing the weak was tasteless. Only a head-on fight to the death like this, breaking through defenses with all his might, could fully unleash the surging strength within him!

The next instant, Bai Yushan abruptly drew in his continuous barrage and turned sideways, precisely avoiding Shi Gang's desperate counterattacking knee. The five fingers of his right hand clenched into a fist, every muscle in his body tightened to its limit, and all his strength converged on a single point!

Lightning flickered. A fierce one-inch punch struck precisely at the center of the densest cracks in the armor over Shi Gang's chest!

"Lightning Rushing Thunder Fist!"

CRACK-!!!

A sharp, piercing sound of shattering suddenly exploded!

Shi Gang's proud Rock Barrier and rock armor shattered and collapsed completely beneath that punch! Rock fragments sprayed through the air, and the earth-type Soul Power shield against his body instantly broke apart and dispersed!

The terrifying impact pierced through everything and slammed viciously into his chest!

PFFT!!!

Shi Gang's face turned white as paper, and he violently spat out a mist of blood. His massive body flew backward like a kite with its string cut!

He had no time to make any move to recover. His meridians shook violently, his Soul Power descended into complete chaos and dispersed, and his Martial Soul Possession instantly ended!

BOOM!!!

His heavy body smashed into the edge of the ring, instantly collapsing and cracking an entire stone slab! Shi Gang curled up on the ground, his whole body wracked with pain and devoid of strength, his chest churning without cease. He did not even have the strength to raise a hand and get up!

He looked up at the tall, straight figure in the center of the ring, his eyes holding nothing but utter terror and shock.

The wind stilled and the dust settled above the ring. The clamor instantly fell to nothing.

Bai Yushan stood quietly in place, his slightly rising and falling breath revealing the intense fight to the death that had just ended. The languor in his eyes had completely faded, leaving only the lingering warmth of thoroughly sated battle spirit.

Instant kills never stirred any waves. Only a fight to the death against a powerful enemy, tearing through the utmost defense with his own hands, was a truly hot-blooded showdown!

The deathly silence lasted only a few seconds. The next instant, deafening roars and cheers ignited the entire underground fighting arena!

Every spectator rose to their feet and howled, the boiling waves of sound nearly lifting the roof off the venue!

Instantly killing a powerful enemy was merely a pleasant surprise. Crushing the tier-three ring's top defensive overlord head-on with nothing but physical strength was a truly heaven-defying shock!

The referee was shaken to his core. His gaze filled with awe as he looked at Bai Yushan, raised his arm high, and roared the announcement in his loudest voice!

"The winner of this match is Sea Tiger!!!"

Bai Yushan lowered his eyes and swept a glance over Shi Gang, who lay collapsed on the ground. Beneath his mask, a bold curve quietly lifted his lips.

This fight had finally been somewhat interesting.

He raised his eyes and stared straight at the challengers' passage. His low, hoarse voice, brimming with boundless confidence, rang domineeringly across the entire ring!

"Next!"