Chapter 591
Maneuvering
"It's here! Yue Zhongtian's Cloud-Shifting Technique!"
"So fast! Such unpredictable movement! I can't even see where he is!"
"He even closed his eyes! This is an extreme demonstration of his mastery of soul perception!"
"No wonder he dared to make that kind of bet! With a move like that, let alone one move, even ten or a hundred moves would be hard to touch him!"
"Jiang Xuan is probably really going to suffer a loss this time!"
The entire audience erupted in commotion, with many who knew about this secret technique exclaiming in surprise, finally understanding the source of Yue Zhongtian's confidence.
With his eyes closed, Yue Zhongtian's figure flashed and darted across the arena like a streak of light, as he let out a triumphant laugh.
"Jiang Xuan! Come on! Let me see how you defeat me in one move! Your attacks can't even touch the hem of my clothes!"
He tried to provoke Jiang Xuan with words and disturb his mind.
However, faced with Yue Zhongtian's dazzling and bizarre movements, as well as his jarring provocation, Jiang Xuan's lips merely curled into a cold smile.
He didn't look at the dazzling afterimages, nor was he provoked by the other party's words.
His hands slowly rose in a strange and ancient trajectory.
In an instant, the "storm millstone" within his body, like a whirlpool of a storm, spun and boiled wildly at an unprecedented speed! The vast and pure azure spiritual energy, like a flood bursting its banks, surged up his arms along the unique and complex energy flow path of the [Nine Shaking Heavens Collapse Path], finally converging on his palms!
"Om-!"
An indescribable, heavy, oppressive, and terrifying aura, seemingly capable of crushing everything, suddenly spread out from Jiang Xuan's center! The azure spiritual energy on his palms suddenly became incredibly dazzling, as if it had transformed into two miniature azure suns. The light and pressure emanating from them instantly plunged the entire noisy martial arts arena into a deathly silence!
Everyone who sensed this aura, whether ordinary spectators, participating cultivators, or even great cultivators like Liu Wujun and Wei Lingzhen on the white jade platform, had their expressions change drastically at that moment!
"This aura..."
A sharp glint flashed in Liu Wujun's eyes.
Wei Lingzhen paused slightly as he stroked his beard, his eyes filled with astonishment.
Du Dongtu sat up abruptly, a serious expression on his face.
They all clearly sensed that what Jiang Xuan was currently using was no ordinary secret technique! The artistic conception and power contained within it made them all feel a sense of unease!
"First move - Mountain Splitting Collapse!"
Jiang Xuan silently chanted in his heart, his hands, which had gathered terrifying power, suddenly clenched into fists, and then, facing the void in front of him that was flashing with light and shadow, he simply and unstoppably pushed out with a will to destroy everything!
It didn't target any specific afterimage; it simply crushed the area covered by Yue Zhongtian's movement technique!
"Boom—!!"
The moment the fists were thrust out, the air in front of them seemed unable to withstand the terrifying force, emitting a burst of sound like shattered glass, as if it could not bear the strain!
Wherever the fist passed, the void seemed to collapse slightly, the light distorted, and a visible, extremely condensed bluish-black fist wind swept across the front half of the entire arena with an incomparably domineering posture, like a divine mountain being pushed aside or a celestial river bursting its banks!
Yue Zhongtian, who was smugly weaving through the air and thinking himself invincible, suddenly felt an unprecedented and deadly sense of crisis rise from the depths of his soul the moment he pushed out his fists! He felt as if he was being stared at by a giant beast from the primordial era. No matter how he changed his position, that terrifying sense of oppression followed him like a shadow, omnipresent!
He was horrified to discover that his prized [Cloud Shifting Technique] had lost its effectiveness against the sweeping dark blue-green fist wind! The fist wind was not attacking in a straight line, but rather like a raging torrent, filling and crushing every inch of space in his area!
He felt like a small boat adrift in a raging storm, surrounded by destructive forces. Any attempt to dodge or maneuver was utterly meaningless under such indiscriminate crushing power!
"not good!"
Yue Zhongtian's expression changed drastically. He could no longer maintain his dazzling movement technique and forcibly interrupted the [Soaring Cloud Light Technique]. The golden light around his body surged to its maximum. He concentrated all his spiritual energy in his arms, crossed them in front of him, and tried to withstand this unavoidable attack!
"Bang—!!!"
The dark blue fist wind, like a real mountain, slammed into Yue Zhongtian's crossed arms as he tried to block!
"Crack!"
The sickening sound of bones cracking was subtle yet clear!
"Wow!"
Yue Zhongtian felt an indescribable force surge into his body like a prehistoric beast, his blood and qi instantly churning and boiling. A sweet taste rose in his throat, and he couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood! His thin figure staggered backward uncontrollably like a kite with a broken string, his feet carving two deep furrows in the specially made arena floor, sparks flying and lightning flashing all the way!
The entire audience gasped in shock at what they saw, their eyes wide with astonishment!
However, just as Yue Zhongtian's figure was about to be completely blasted out of the arena by the terrifying fist wind, he suddenly let out a roar like a wounded beast, forcibly twisted his body, poured all the remaining spiritual energy into his feet, and firmly nailed them to the light shield with spiritual patterns on the edge of the arena!
"boom!"
His back slammed heavily against the spirit pattern light barrier with a dull thud. His face turned ashen, blood kept spilling from the corner of his mouth, and his arms hung limply at his sides, clearly broken. But he... ultimately did not fall off the stage!
With his profound cultivation at the Earthly Realm and his will to fight to the death at the last moment, he actually withstood this terrifying punch and was not directly knocked away!
He raised his head, his bloodshot eyes fixed on Jiang Xuan, who was still in a punching stance in the center of the arena. His eyes were filled with horror, resentment, and a hint of... the madness of surviving a catastrophe.
Yue Zhongtian mustered his last bit of strength and clung tightly to the edge of the ring, trying to withstand the terrifying punches that felt like the impact of a prehistoric beast.
He originally thought that with his powerful cultivation at the Earthly Realm, even if he was injured by taking this attack head-on, he would not be directly blasted away.
However, he greatly underestimated the destructive power contained in the first move of the [Nine Shaking Heavens Collapse Path], "Mountain Splitting Collapse"!
That dark blue fist wind was not a simple spiritual energy impact; it contained a domineering will of "annihilation" and "crushing"! When this power was truly applied to his body, Yue Zhongtian was horrified to discover how ridiculous and insignificant his so-called resistance was!
He felt as if he wasn't being attacked by the wind of a fist, but rather being crushed by an ancient divine mountain that had fallen from the sky and carried immense force!
Every bone in his body was creaking under the strain, as if it would shatter completely at any moment! His face was contorted and deformed from the extreme pain and the pressure of the force, and fine cracks were even faintly visible on the surface of his skin, as if it would explode at any moment!
Under the horrified gazes of nearly 100,000 spectators, Yue Zhongtian's desperate resistance seemed as insignificant and helpless as a duckweed swimming upstream or an ant trying to shake a tree in the face of the sweeping dark blue fist wind.
"puff--!"
It was all in vain!
He could only hold on for less than a breath before Yue Zhongtian could no longer hold on. He suddenly coughed up a large mouthful of blood, which even contained fragments of internal organs! His crossed arms, which were already broken, went limp and his entire defense collapsed instantly!
The next moment, his thin body was struck as if by an invisible giant hand, completely losing control. Like a broken sandbag, he was violently thrown into the air by the terrifying aftershock of the punch! He spun uncontrollably several times in the air, finally tracing a tragic arc. With a loud "boom," he crashed heavily onto the ground more than ten feet away from the arena, kicking up a cloud of dust.
Upon landing, Yue Zhongtian convulsed violently, like a fish out of water, struggling but unable to even lift a finger. He could only slump there, his eyes unfocused, filled with endless pain and despair.
quiet!
A deathly silence enveloped the entire Qingyun Square!
Everyone was so shocked by the incredibly impactful scene before them that they were speechless!
Inside the assessment area, those cultivators who had previously doubted Jiang Xuan's strength or thought Yue Zhongtian had a chance were now as if they had been choked, swallowing their saliva unconsciously, their eyes filled with fear and disbelief.
one move!
A move made with bare hands!
Not only did he defeat Yue Zhongtian, who was at the Earthly Realm, but he also blasted him off the stage in such an absolutely crushing and almost cruel way! Even Yue Zhongtian's famous and exquisite [Cloud Shifting Technique] seemed so pale and powerless under that punch!
Is this really... the kind of power a cultivator at the Gang Realm can possess?!
On the white jade platform, after a brief silence, Liu Wujun slowly exhaled, his eyes flashing with a sharp light, and said in a deep voice.
"The secret technique used by this boy... is by no means ordinary. Its artistic conception is ancient and domineering. It is probably some kind of top-level offensive technique that has been lost for a long time!"
Wei Lingzhen and Du Dongtu exchanged a glance, both seeing deep shock in each other's eyes.
They recalled Jiang Xuan's duel with Huang Jianchen in the arena. Although he had displayed great strength then, it was far from being as terrifying as the power contained in this punch and the will that seemed to want to destroy everything! This was not the kind of power that a teenager at the Human Realm could control!
Du Dongtu grinned, a mixture of schadenfreude and wistfulness in his voice.
"That kid Yue Zhongtian... he really lost everything this time! He lost the bet, he failed the assessment, he had to give away 10,000 gold coins, and most importantly, he's completely lost face!"
Wei Lingzhen shook her head slightly, her tone carrying a hint of regret, yet also a touch of sternness.
"This child is arrogant and haughty, with his eyes on the top. This setback may not be a bad thing for him. If he can learn from this experience, smooth out his rough edges, and focus on his cultivation, with his talent, at only sixteen years old, he can still have a promising future if he takes the exam again next year."
The deathly silence in the arena was finally broken by a deafening uproar!
"My God! Just one move! It really was just one move!"
"Bare-handed, he blasted away a cultivator at the Earthly Realm! Is Jiang Xuan even human?"
"Yue Zhongtian's Cloud-Light Transformation Technique was completely useless! It was directly broken by brute force!"
"That's too domineering! Too forceful!"
"This is a true genius! Compared to his punch, all those so-called geniuses' performances, including defeating opponents across realms, are utterly insignificant!"
"Now I finally understand why he dared to agree to that absurd bet... He wasn't arrogant, he really had the ability!"
Countless voices of discussion, exclamations, and praises intertwined and converged into a rolling wave of sound.
With this earth-shattering punch, Jiang Xuan perfectly demonstrated to everyone what a true genius is and what absolute dominance is!
On the arena, Jiang Xuan slowly withdrew his fist, and the terrifying aura emanating from his body receded like a tide.
His expression remained calm, as if he had just done something insignificant.
He did not immediately return to the assessment area, but instead walked down the stage unhurriedly and came to Yue Zhongtian, who was slumped on the ground like a dead dog.
Looking down at Yue Zhongtian, whose eyes were unfocused and whose face was full of resentment and pain, Jiang Xuan spoke in a calm tone.
"I warned you before that some schemes will only make you lose worse. You provoked me first, and I'm just retaliating in kind."
He paused, then added.
"Also, don't forget to send someone to deliver the ten thousand gold coins after the assessment."
After saying that, he even reached out and gently patted Yue Zhongtian's immobile shoulder before turning around and calmly returning to the assessment area under the watchful eyes of a crowd of people with incredibly complex emotions.
Watching Jiang Xuan's departing figure, Yue Zhongtian's face turned ashen, his lips trembling as he tried to say something, but in the end, all that came out was a sob filled with humiliation and despair.
Only now did he truly understand the terrifying sharpness and ruthless, vengeful nature hidden beneath Jiang Xuan's calm demeanor! His own petty cleverness was utterly a joke in the face of absolute power!
He closed his eyes in despair, his heart filled with regret.
This time, he not only lost everything, but also became a stepping stone for Jiang Xuan to gain fame.
In this battle, Jiang Xuan's [Nine Heavens Shaking Collapse Dao] was displayed for the first time, causing a great sensation! The power of that "mountain-shaking" strike was deeply imprinted in the hearts of everyone present.
Many who initially looked down on Jiang Xuan because of his "arena advertising" or thought his actions were absurd now subconsciously hid their contempt, no longer daring to show it. The deterrent power of strength often changes people's opinions more effectively than any words.
When Jiang Xuan returned to the assessment area, the way the surrounding cultivators looked at him had completely changed.
It was a look that mixed extreme fear, awe, and even a hint of terror, as if looking at a humanoid monster.
Even top experts like Xue Shaolin and Yu Wenjing, who had already entered the Heavenly Gang Realm, looked at Jiang Xuan with unprecedented solemnity and importance.
They realized that this young man, who was only at the Human Realm cultivation level, possessed a monstrous talent far exceeding their expectations! (End of Chapter)