"Good! Since you insist on this, don't blame me for not holding back!" Hong Longxiang's eyes flashed with a trace of anger and resolve.
He respected his opponent, and even more craved a truly uninhibited duel to prove himself! Chen Xingcai's self-imposed limitations were, in his view, nearly an insult.
Before his words fell, the qi and blood around Hong Longxiang suddenly surged again!
An ancient, vast, and domineering aura, far more powerful than before, erupted like a slumbering volcano!
"ROAR—!!!"
A dragon-elephant roar that seemed to come from the depths of the primordial wilderness pierced through the barrier, making countless people's eardrums ache!
Countless dark golden, complex and mysterious patterns emerged on his skin's surface like natural armor.
Within his eyes, his pupils seemed to transform into molten gold vertical pupils, filled with endless power and majesty!
Tongtian Sacred Body!
This was the supreme battle body he had awakened through life-and-death tempering, purely relying on himself after abandoning external karmic ties!
It was also his greatest reliance for daring to declare "The path to Tongtian is already an invincible road—what need is there to borrow another's blood?"
The moment the Sacred Body activated, Hong Longxiang's aura instantly broke through a certain critical point, as if a humanoid primordial beast had completely awakened.
His pure physical power even caused slight distortions in the surrounding space!
"What terrifying aura!"
"What... what constitution is this?!"
"It feels even more fearsome than the sect-guarding techniques of many body-tempering sacred grounds!"
"This... this is the legendary Tongtian Sacred Body!"
Gasps rang out from below the stage, everyone shocked by Hong Longxiang's sudden eruption.
Chen Xingcai's face instantly became incomparably grave.
She could clearly sense that her opponent's power, speed, defense, and even qi mechanism had all undergone a qualitative leap at this moment!
"BOOM!"
Hong Longxiang moved!
His speed was more than double what it had been before!
Only the echo of a sonic boom remained in his original position, and his entire form appeared before Chen Xingcai as if teleporting, throwing a simple, direct punch!
No technique, no flourishes—only absolute power and speed!
Where the fist wind passed, the air was extremely compressed, emitting a shrill scream!
Chen Xingcai's pupils contracted slightly as she instantly pushed her Graceful as a Startled Goose Art to its limit.
Her figure moved like a startled goose's shadow, retreating at the narrowest of margins, narrowly avoiding this pulverizing punch.
However, Hong Longxiang's attacks came like a storm, without pause!
One punch missed, and the second, third punches followed in quick succession!
His fist force enveloped all directions, as if transforming the entire arena into his domain of power!
Chen Xingcai pushed her movement technique to its peak, like a small boat shuttling through stormy seas, narrowly avoiding fatal attacks time and again.
Her moon-white figure left countless afterimages in the arena, dazzling to behold, breathtaking to witness.
But anyone with discerning eyes could see she had fallen completely into a passive position!
Hong Longxiang's offense was too fierce, too rapid, too wide-ranging, forcing her to constantly evade, leaving her almost no opening to counterattack!
Occasionally, several sharp finger winds or palm strikes landed on Hong Longxiang, striking his dark golden Sacred Body.
But they only produced "ding ding dang dang" sounds like metal clashing, unable to break his defense!
"This won't work! The Holy Maiden is completely suppressed!"
"Hong Longxiang's Sacred Body is too abnormal! Power, speed, defense—almost no weaknesses!"
"Why hasn't the Holy Maiden used her trump card yet?"
Just as everyone was discussing, Hong Longxiang's eyes flashed with light, seemingly catching an extremely subtle pattern in Chen Xingcai's movement transitions.
One punch sealed her retreat while another, like a lurking dragon emerging from its abyss, struck at an extremely tricky angle directly at a point she must defend!
No way to avoid it!
Chen Xingcai's gaze sharpened, her retreat halting abruptly!
She formed her fingers like a sword, and the half of her true essence she could use poured out without reservation!
"HMMM—!"
An incomparably condensed sword gang, seeming capable of severing causality and isolating heaven and earth, suddenly stretched before her!
Heaven-Blocking Sword!
One of the Immortal Spirit Sacred Ground's strongest defensive sword techniques—not for attacking enemies, but specialized in defense.
When cultivated to perfection, it was said to be able to block the collapse of heaven!
"BOOM—!!!"
Hong Longxiang's punch, containing the full power of his Tongtian Sacred Body, slammed heavily onto the brilliant sword gang!
Terrifying energy shockwaves instantly exploded, crashing like solid substance against the A-rank arena's barrier.
The barrier produced a teeth-grinding groan as the light screen flickered madly, as if it might shatter at any moment!
The sword gang trembled violently, its light unsteady, yet it stubbornly withstood this earth-shattering punch!
However, a "just as expected" expression appeared on Hong Longxiang's face.
He took a deep breath, his chest heaving like a bellows.
The dark golden patterns all over his body erupted with piercing light, the fighting intent in his molten gold vertical pupils burning to the extreme!
"BREAK FOR ME—!!!"
He let out a heaven-shaking dragon-elephant roar, his other fist arriving later but faster.
Like a comet striking the moon, with power and speed surpassing everything before, he fiercely struck the same node of the sword gang!
"CRACK—!"
A crisp, heart-wrenching sound of shattering rang out!
That seemingly indestructible Heaven-Blocking Sword gang, like shattered glazed glass, violently collapsed, dissolving into countless points of light!
The fist force continued unabated, like an unbridled primordial beast.
It heavily imprinted on Chen Xingcai's hastily crossed arms!
"THUD!"
A dull impact sounded.
Chen Xingcai groaned, her face instantly turning pale white.
Her entire body was sent flying uncontrollably as if struck by a primordial giant hammer.
She flew back dozens of zhang before stumbling to land.
She retreated another dozen steps with "deng deng deng" sounds.
Each step left a deep imprint in the hard arena ground before she barely managed to stabilize her stance.
The martial attire at her right shoulder had already shattered, revealing an inner armor with dimming spiritual light beneath.
Her shoulder was swollen and red—clearly she had suffered no light injury.
Her qi and blood surged, and a sweet taste rose in her throat as a trace of blood spilled from the corner of her mouth.
Hong Longxiang did not press his advantage.
He stood in place, the surging qi and blood around him slowly calming.
His molten gold vertical pupils returned to normal, though the dark golden patterns still flickered faintly.
He looked at the injured Chen Xingcai, his brows tightly knit.
His voice was grave, carrying a final trace of expectation and puzzlement:
"Now... will you still not use the Supreme Blood?"
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