Star Martial Soaring Cloud

Ling Cheng and Yuan Kong looked at each other, exchanging a knowing glance. The smugness and disappointment in their eyes were obvious. Finally, they shook their heads helplessly.

"See! I told you Wang Xiao was a complete blockhead!"

The two were even secretly planning whether to beat up Wang Xiao after the event to appease the crowd's anger.

But in an instant, the smugness on their faces vanished completely.

"What? You're giving Lu Yang one hand?"

Even Xiao He, who was usually calm and collected, frowned and looked at the two of them with a puzzled expression, saying in an almost murmured voice, "Did I hear that right?"

Wang Xiao nearly beat a Dragon Gate Transformation Realm expert half to death with a single punch.

Now someone actually wants to give him one hand?

Yun Yi is truly arrogant, arrogant to the core.

At this moment, Ye Jingxing, the head of the Ye family, was still standing on the arena, and the vice dean of Jixia Academy was also sitting on the high platform.

If it were someone else, even if they were angry, they would certainly restrain their temper, be cautious in their words and actions, and dare not act recklessly in public.

But Yunyi refused.

"Oh, then I won't take advantage of you. I accept the challenge, and in this battle, I won't use any supernatural powers against you." Wang Xiao's calm voice slowly rang out, yet it carried a sharp, confrontational edge: "After all, I'm number one; using supernatural powers would be a bit too much of a bully, wouldn't it?"

Everyone had, of course, heard Wang Xiao's joke about his understanding of rankings, and the whole room burst into laughter. But the laughter quickly subsided because everyone realized that this was no joke; it was a direct confrontation.

You're arrogant, I'll be even arrogant; you're domineering, I'll be even more domineering.

The entire stadium erupted in cheers.

Although today's grand event was full of twists and turns and surprises, which broadened everyone's horizons, it was still a duel after all, and it felt like something was missing without the fighting.

The reason everyone came was to see these geniuses clash in a brutal, hand-to-hand combat.

Everyone's curiosity was piqued.

Wang Xiao stirred up the storm of the assessment, giving everyone countless surprises, but that still couldn't stop everyone from exploring him.

After all, he never actually made a move from beginning to end, so what is his true combat strength?

Does his arrogance stem from his own strength, or from the backing of the geniuses of the Demon Island?

The problem is, connections are just connections; once you're in the ring, fists are the only thing that matters.

Yun Yi grasped this point precisely.

"This is going to be interesting!" someone shouted from the crowd, their voice filled with excitement.

"Thirty against one hundred and one, a difference of seventy places, they're not even in the same league, what's so interesting about that?" someone questioned.

"Didn't Young Master Yunyi give him one hand?"

"The most outrageous thing is Lu Yang himself! He actually said he doesn't use supernatural powers?"

"Could it be that he doesn't possess any supernatural abilities at all? So he deliberately provoked him like this, hoping that Young Master Yunyi wouldn't use them either?"

"Stop guessing! We'll find out the truth when we fight!"

Discussions rose and fell, a mix of doubt, ridicule, and anticipation.

On the arena, Yun Yi stood proudly, his left hand behind his back, his eyes arrogant and full of contempt as he stared at Wang Xiao in front of him.

"Do you know what the most tragic thing in life is? It's mistaking someone else's strength for your own."

As soon as he finished speaking, he gently lifted his right foot and took his first step forward steadily.

Boom-!

The entire arena trembled.

It wasn't an illusion; it was a real tremor.

The vibration did not come from the force of the footsteps, but from a kind of momentum.

An invisible yet palpable sense of oppression permeated the space.

It was as if Yun Yi's feet weren't on the arena, but on their hearts.

An endless, overwhelming pressure surged forth from Yun Yi like a tidal wave, crushing towards Wang Xiao.

He wasn't targeting the audience, only Wang Xiao, but the aftershocks of that pressure still made the people around the ring unconsciously take a step back.

In martial arts duels, the first contest is about momentum, then strength, and finally technique.

He is building up his momentum.

This is a common tactic used by cultivators in duels. By layering footwork, momentum, and rhythm, they can elevate their spirit and energy to their peak in a short period of time.

This is not just a psychological deterrent, but a real accumulation of power.

With each step he took, his blood and energy became more vigorous, his will became more concentrated, and his boxing intent became more complete.

He wanted to use his absolute arrogance to overwhelm Wang Xiao, making him lose his composure before the battle even began, and instill fear in him from the bottom of his heart, causing him to collapse without a fight!

One step, two steps, three steps...

Yun Yi's aura was rising steadily. His back was straight, and every muscle was twitching slightly in rhythm.

As he took his ninth step, Yun Yi seemed to transform into an ancient demonic mountain that suppressed all ages, majestic, imposing, and domineering! It exuded a powerful force that commanded reverence.

A massive mountain loomed ahead.

That wasn't a metaphor; it was a genuine feeling.

An invisible mountain is expanding outward from the arena.

It oppresses the air, oppresses the light, and oppresses everyone's breath.

The people on the stage had retreated to the sidelines.

Zhang Yue, ranked ninety-first, suddenly let out a muffled groan. The sound was very soft, but it was extremely jarring in the otherwise silent arena.

Zhang Yue's face turned as pale as paper, and a trickle of blood oozed from the corner of his mouth.

His body trembled violently, and he staggered back three steps, almost falling to the ground.

He was caught in Yun Yi's trap.

They were utterly defeated by that overwhelming force, like Mount Tai pressing down on them.

This scene made everyone present gasp in shock.

Even those standing on the edge of the ring were injured by the aftershocks?

What kind of terrifying pressure did Wang Xiao, who was facing Yun Yi head-on, endure?

But Wang Xiao's expression didn't change at all.

He didn't even take a step back, his expression remaining calm.

Wang Xiao was well aware that as Yun Yi continued on his path, his momentum would only grow stronger.

When he stops, it will be a thunderous strike with fully charged power, the accumulated strength will be poured out in that instant, like a flood bursting its banks, unstoppable.

But Wang Xiao made no attempt to stop him; he smiled.

That smile held anticipation, joy, and even a hint of impatience.

It's like a person who has been starving for a long time finally getting a sumptuous feast.

After Dongji Island, he basically didn't make any more moves.

I thought the Jixia Academy assessment would be a fierce and exciting competition, but it turned out to be just a battle of wits, with no chance to actually fight.

The long-suppressed fighting spirit was fully awakened at this moment.

He could clearly feel his blood boiling and surging rapidly, and every muscle and bone in his body stirring and screaming.

He's in the limelight today; if he continues to hide his talents, it will only bring him more trouble.

He must reveal some of his strength.

Not all of them are needed, but they need to be enough to inspire fear.

Hit a punch, lest a hundred punches come!

One battle established his prestige and intimidated all the heroes!

He took a full eighteen steps to land!

Yunyi finally stopped!

His spirit and energy reached an unprecedented level of unity, his power was fully accumulated, and his momentum was overwhelming!

He made his move.

There are no superfluous moves, no fancy hand seals.

Only one punch!

Simple, direct, and unpretentious.

But it was precisely this punch that dimmed the light on the entire arena.

It was as if all the light was being drawn away by his fist.

Only Yun Yi's unstoppable fist remained in the world!

A layer of eerie black light lingered on the crystal-clear fist surface. The black light was restrained and heavy, as if it were carved from the purest black jade, beautiful yet deadly.

Concealing within the dark light was a terrifying power capable of shattering mountains and crushing metal and stone, which slammed down fiercely towards Wang Xiao's head!

Facing this deadly punch, Wang Xiao neither dodged nor avoided it; he raised his fist and met it head-on.

Clench your fist, lower your arm, and push forward.

Everyone felt that Wang Xiao's movements were very slow.

He clenched his fist so slowly that everyone could clearly see how he did so.

He pushed the arm so slowly that everyone could see how he did it.

There was no eruption of qi, no burst of sharp energy, and no flash of lightning.

That was just an ordinary punch; even a disheveled child could make the same move.

This punch could absolutely not withstand Yun Yi's powerful and heavy punch.

But the next second, something completely unexpected happened!

The anticipated crushing, flying backwards, and severe damage did not occur.

boom--!

The two fists collided, and a resounding clang of metal clashing exploded outwards.

Wang Xiao remained completely still.

His feet seemed nailed to the ring, and he didn't even bend his knees.

On the contrary, Yun Yi, who was throwing a punch with all his might, stopped.

He certainly didn't want to stop, but he had to.

He had accumulated eighteen steps, and his overwhelming momentum, like a mountain pressing down, was abruptly cut off.

The entire room fell into a deathly silence.

"What kind of monsters are these two people in terms of their physical bodies?"

"This is outrageous! The texture of this collision doesn't feel like flesh and blood at all!"

"It feels like two pieces of divine iron have collided!"

"What are their bodies made of?"

Compared to the shock of the others in the audience, Yun Yi was even more surprised.

He knew better than anyone the weight of his punch.

The Yun family's Canglang Fist emphasizes a continuous, layered, and unbroken flow of punches.

Up to nine waves can be stacked, with each wave being several times the length of the previous one.

The first punch is just the beginning, a test, a prelude. The real killing move is yet to come. The moment the fists make contact, a continuous wave of punches will surge into the opponent's body, destroying their meridians and internal organs from within.

This is the most terrifying aspect of the Canglang Fist.

Many people blocked the first punch, but died in the subsequent waves of hidden force.

However, at this moment, Yun Yi sensed something was amiss.

The instant the two fists collided, a deep, thunderous sound emanated from Wang Xiao's fist, accompanied by a peculiar frequency of vibration.

The vibration carried a vast and immense force, raging and flowing backwards along his arm!

Then, something unbelievable happened.

This force directly shattered all the subsequent punches that had not yet been unleashed within his body, leaving not even a trace of aftershock!

"So it was you! I misjudged you!" At this moment, Yun Yi certainly knew who had truly taken his punch yesterday. "But did you really think that taking one of my punches meant you understood my abilities? You underestimate me!"

Wang Xiao was also secretly surprised.

He never expected that Yun Yi's physical training had reached such a level, almost on par with his own.

Their family's heritage is indeed not to be underestimated.

In the instant that thought flashed through his mind, a deafening tiger's roar exploded from Yun Yi's body.

roar--!!!

The tiger's roar shook the heavens, its power awe-inspiring the surrounding wilderness!

The sound didn't seem to come from his throat; it was more like it burst forth from his bones, muscles, and blood all at once.

With that tiger's roar, endless golden light rose from Yun Yi's clenched fist, and a huge, majestic tiger phantom materialized.

The tiger's head is majestic, with the character "王" (king) on ​​its forehead burning with blood-red flames, and its eyes, like copper bells, are full of savagery and cruelty.

Its fangs were bared, and its ferocity was overwhelming!

"Is this his supernatural power? It doesn't look like ordinary magic!" someone in the audience asked doubtfully.

"No!" Someone knowledgeable immediately corrected, "This is the Yun family's top-tier body-refining secret technique—Soul-Guiding Body Refining! It uses one's own pure soul power as a foundation, subdues the soul spirits of exotic beasts, and tempers and integrates them into the physical body day and night, making them one with the body, thus maximally strengthening the foundation of the physical body and making one's physical body incredibly powerful."

"So that's how it is! In other words, Yun Yi refined the soul of an extremely powerful tiger king into his own body. No wonder his physical strength and power far surpass those of his peers, making him virtually unbeatable!"

The phantom of the tiger king suddenly opened its blood-red maw, revealing its gleaming white fangs, and swallowed Wang Xiao whole!

But everyone noticed that Yun Yi did not show any joy on his face.

On the flank of the arena, Ling Cheng, Su Qinhe, and the other geniuses from Demon Island all looked up at the arena, showing no sign of worry.

Everyone noticed something was wrong and looked up in astonishment.

"How could that be?"

"What was just swallowed was merely an afterimage?!"

"Just how fast was he?! It was practically invisible to the naked eye!"

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Wang Xiao stood quietly above the arena, his clothes fluttering in the wind, his posture relaxed and composed.

"Refine the body with the soul, and merge the spirit into the body." Wang Xiao looked down at him with a hint of understanding in his eyes, and pondered to himself, "It is quite similar to the method I use to temper my physical body."

With his mind made up, he did not remain in the air any longer, but instead plummeted down like a meteorite.

As he fell, his right hand suddenly shot out, and the vital energy within his body surged wildly in that instant, condensing into a huge palm print in his palm.

The palm print swelled in the wind, transforming in the blink of an eye into a dark cloud that blotted out the sun and enveloped Yun Yi below.

The palm print, formed from concentrated vital energy, slammed down with immense force.

Yun Yi remained unmoved.

He didn't even look up.

Just as the dark cloud-like palm print was about to land, Yun Yi's fist suddenly slammed into the sky.

At the same time, a deafening tiger roar erupted from his fist, louder and more ferocious than before, as if hundreds of tigers were roaring at the same time.

The tiger king's phantom swelled several times over again, radiating golden light and overwhelming power. It leaped into the air, carrying an indomitable aura, and charged straight at Wang Xiao's giant hand!

"boom!"

Two immense and unparalleled forces collided violently.

The sound was so loud that it could no longer be described as just a "sound".

A shockwave, visible to the naked eye, spread outwards from the point of impact in all directions.

The light was as bright as day, so blinding that everyone had to close their eyes—even when shielding their eyes with their arms, the light still penetrated flesh and bone, turning the world before them a ghastly white.

Click!

A faint sound of void cracking could be clearly heard, and the entire Chengzheng Square shook violently, with the ground trembling slightly.

A violent and boundless energy wave swept out from the arena. If it weren't for the top-level protective array around the arena, which firmly locked in all the residual power, the 100,000 spectators below the stage would probably have been blown away by this wave of energy!

"You think I didn't notice you?"

When the blinding light faded, everyone discovered that the two people in the room were not facing each other vertically as they had imagined, but rather standing side by side.

Their fight did not stop because of the bright light.

Wang Xiao's right fist was poised to strike, still carrying some residual force, but it was blocked less than three inches from Yun Yi's chest.

It wasn't blocked, but rather "stuck" by a strange force.

Yun Yi's clothes were torn open by the impact of the punch, revealing the skin underneath.

The skin had a strange gray color, rough and thick, like a layer of natural armor.

On the surface of that gray skin, a deep indentation had been formed, a clear fist mark pressed out by Wang Xiao's powerful punch!

The depressions in the gray skin are healing, like rubber that has been pressed down slowly springing back to its original shape.

"Who says there can only be one way to guide a soul into a body?" Yun Yi sneered, his eyes flashing with sharpness.

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly straightened his waist and abdomen, and the second layer of soul power hidden in his body erupted. An irresistible force exploded from his body, which forcefully sent Wang Xiao flying backward!

Wang Xiao's body soared through the air, and with a graceful turn, her legs drew a beautiful arc in the air before she landed back on the ground with ease and grace.

"Young Master Yunyi possesses not only the soul of the Tiger King!" someone exclaimed from the audience, "but also the soul of another demonic beast! That's the power of the Rhinoceros King!"

"Dual souls in one body! He actually refined the souls of two different demonic beasts!"

"No wonder his physical body is so powerful. One tiger king is for offense, and the other rhinoceros king is for defense. He is perfectly balanced in both offense and defense!"

"How can we fight like this? Lu Yang can't even break through his defenses, can he?"

Wang Xiao landed without pausing for a moment.

The moment his toes touched the ground, he shot out again like lightning, leaving only an afterimage in place, while his true form reappeared in front of Yun Yi, launching another attack!

"It's useless." Yun Yi's face was full of arrogance, his tone filled with absolute confidence. "With dual soul protection, my physical defense is indestructible. You can't break through my defenses. No matter how you struggle, it's all in vain!"

"Yeah?"

A wicked and sharp smile curled at the corner of Wang Xiao's lips. Just as his fist was about to strike Yun Yi's chest, he suddenly changed his move.

Change "click" to "knock".

The originally fierce and domineering straight punch instantly retracted its force and changed its momentum, no longer attacking head-on, but instead transforming into a light and short drumming motion!

One finger, one tap, one knock – short, swift, precise, and cunning!

This is a move that no one else can understand at all.

But in Wang Xiao's own mind, the significance of this move was crystal clear.

He once thought he was invincible in terms of physical strength, but the series of battles in Lishan made him pay a heavy price. No matter how tough his body was or how strong his skin was, his internal organs, meridians and blood were ultimately his weak points!

The outer layer of the body can withstand immense force and vibrate through the bones with hidden power, but it can also penetrate deep inside and severely damage the internal organs!

Your physical body is incredibly hard.

No problem.

Where are your internal organs?

I will not break your skin, but only shake your bones and injure your internal organs!

In the blink of an eye, Wang Xiao's figure flickered, and he had already delivered more than ten punches to Yun Yi's chest and back.

His speed was astonishing, so fast that most people present couldn't even see his movements.

They heard a series of dull thuds, like someone beating an invisible war drum on a ring.

Each tap landed precisely on different points on Yun Yi's body: Tanzhong, Juque, Zhongwan, Mingmen, Zhiyang, Lingtai... These points seem random to ordinary people, but if someone well-versed in medical principles were here, they would be astonished, because those are all the body surface projection points corresponding to the internal organs.

Moreover, the force with which Wang Xiao struck was not constant.

His blows varied in intensity and speed; some were as light as a dragonfly skimming the water, while others were as powerful as a giant hammer striking a drum.

These ten or so punches were not independent attacks, but a complete sequence, a carefully designed resonant sequence.

Each punch is powerful and concentrated, with hidden strength that penetrates deep inside without breaking the surface!

"You're too slow."

As Wang Xiao's calm voice fell, his final punch landed firmly on Yun Yi's chest, right in front of his heart!

Bang!

An extremely restrained inner force suddenly erupted and poured into Yun Yi's body!

Yun Yi's body trembled violently, and his blood and qi surged within him.

It was an uncontrollable tremor that erupted from deep within the body.

He could no longer maintain his balance and his body began to fall backward uncontrollably!

One step, two steps, three steps, four steps, five steps!

He stumbled back five steps before he could barely steady himself.

The next moment, a bright red liquid slowly overflowed from the corner of his mouth, dripping down, dazzling and eye-catching.

P.S.: Sorry for the lateness. I wanted to capture a different feeling in each fight scene. I wonder if I've managed to write it down?