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"Thunderbolt Fist!"

Wu Hai shouted sternly.

A surge of violent spiritual energy suddenly erupted around him, interspersed with faint flashes of purple lightning...

A terrifying gale swept over him, its immense power almost blasting Ye Chen apart with a single punch.

The disciples watching the spectacle felt their scalps tingle and their hearts pound...

"Thunderclap Fist, this is a high-grade Yellow Rank martial skill, only inner disciples are qualified to practice it..."

"Senior Brother Wu is going to kill us! Has he gone mad?"

"There's no need for such a brutal attack between fellow disciples..."

"Oh no! Senior Brother Xu Xiao is going to suffer this time. I wonder if his frail little body can withstand it..."

"As expected of someone in the Foundation Establishment stage, their attacks are so fierce, far beyond what we can compare to."

...

Ye Chen looked at the oncoming gale and the visible lightning, which looked quite frightening, and couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

"You've got some skills..."

Previously, he would have struggled to withstand such martial arts techniques, but since embarking on cultivation and gaining spiritual power, he has nothing to worry about...

Although he is currently only at the Qi Refining stage, in terms of spiritual power, even a peak Foundation Establishment cultivator might not be stronger than him...

Breaking through to the twelfth level of Qi Refining alone consumed hundreds of Grade-Five Spirit Replenishing Pills, not to mention the hundreds more he consumed later in his attempt to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage...

"Gather!"

Ye Chen shouted in a deep voice, raising his hand to gather spiritual power...

The next second, a spiritual energy shield suddenly gathered in front of him!

"Bang!"

Wu Hai punched the spiritual energy shield, producing a loud bang...

The flashes of lightning vanished without a trace, and the power of the punch was completely extinguished.

The spiritual energy shield was only slightly weakened, remaining completely intact...

"this..."

Everyone present was stunned by what they were seeing...

"How is this possible? He... he actually withstood Senior Brother Wu's Thunderclap Fist with just his spiritual power..."

"Am I seeing things? Such a powerful punch couldn't even break through a basic spiritual energy shield?"

"What a joke! Could it be that Senior Brother Wu went easy on you? All bark and no bite?"

"This shouldn't be... That punch was enough to kill a Qi Refining stage cultivator, yet it couldn't even break through Senior Brother Xu Xiao's shield..."

Many disciples rubbed their eyes, thinking they were seeing things...

This was completely unexpected!

They all thought Ye Chen was going to get beaten up, but to their surprise, the spiritual energy shield he casually conjured easily withstood the attack of a Foundation Establishment stage expert...

In an instant, everyone's gaze towards Ye Chen changed...

"Senior Brother Xu Xiao is quite impressive..."

"When I saw him defeat Long Aotian with his groin-striking kick yesterday, I thought he only knew these underhanded tricks. I didn't expect him to have real skills..."

"Is Senior Brother Xu Xiao really only at the eighth level of Qi Refining? He seems more like a Foundation Establishment cultivator to me."

...

Wu Hai stood there stunned for a moment, staring at Ye Chen in disbelief, his mind completely blank.

The spiritual energy shield in front of him was like an impenetrable iron wall, impossible to penetrate...

His prized Thunderclap Fist was simply blocked...

"How could this happen..."

Wu Hai said in shock.

The art of being absent-minded...

Ye Chen looked at him with disdain and curled his lip.

"So this is all there is to mid-Foundation Establishment..."

"Didn't you eat?"

"With such weak fists, how dare you come out and flaunt it?"

Wu Hai: ? ? ?

Hearing Ye Chen's mockery, Wu Hai was instantly enraged. A surge of anger rushed to his head, and his eyes practically spit fire as he glared at Ye Chen...

"You son of a bitch..."

"court death!"

Enraged, Wu Hai swung his fist again...

Ye Chen didn't give him a chance; the instant he spoke, he had already thrown a punch...

"Take this punch first..."

As soon as he finished speaking, a gust of wind swept over him...

Without spiritual power, relying solely on physical strength!

Wu Hai's heart skipped a beat, his expression changed drastically, as if he sensed danger, and he hurriedly tried to dodge...

"No..."

Before he could even dodge, Ye Chen's fist, as big as a sandbag, slammed into him...

"Bang!"

In an instant, Wu Hai's figure flew out like a kite with a broken string...

Before the disciples watching the commotion outside could react, they saw Wu Hai's figure growing larger and larger.

"Holy crap, they're coming for us..."

"Get out of the way..."

The disciples hurriedly dodged, none of them intending to catch the person...

"Thump!"

Wu Hai rushed through the courtyard gate and collapsed onto the roadside outside, unconscious without uttering a sound...

"hiss!"

A collective gasp rippled through the crowd...

The disciples present were all dumbfounded.

"This... Senior Brother Wu was sent flying with a single punch? Am I dreaming?"

"Wasn't Wu Hai supposed to be at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage? How come he's so weak? He couldn't even beat Senior Brother Xu Xiao, who's at the eighth level of Qi Refining..."

"One punch kill! Senior Brother Xu Xiao's punches are too ferocious..."

"My God! To defeat a mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator with Qi Refining cultivation is something that has never happened before in the outer sect."

"I think I just heard a cracking sound. Senior Brother Wu must have broken a few bones this time."

...

The disciples who had come to watch were all stunned...

No one expected Ye Chen to be so formidable, easily defeating a Foundation Establishment expert whose strength far surpassed his own...

He crippled the person with just one punch...

In the courtyard...

Ye Chen slowly withdrew his fist, glanced at Wu Hai who was unconscious outside the door, and couldn't help but purse his lips.

"this one?"

"I thought he was so tough, turns out he's so weak?"

"If you don't have the skills, don't try to take on challenges like others..."

Although he hadn't used his full strength, he deliberately went a bit overboard, wanting to teach his opponent a lesson...

Just because you broke a few bones doesn't mean you can be bullied...

Regardless of who instructed him, since he wanted to attack him, Ye Chen naturally wouldn't be polite.

There were many disciples watching, but if it were nighttime and no one was around, he might even want to kill the other person...

To avoid leaving any future trouble for yourself.

Ye Chen turned to look at Lü Luo beside him and waved to him.

"Give me the storage bag!"

He couldn't wait to take stock of his spoils...

That punch wasn't a waste; he gained another inner disciple's storage bag, which will likely contain a considerable amount of spirit stones and pills...

"Huh? Okay..."

Lu Luo was still a bit dazed. He had been worried that Ye Chen would get beaten up, but who knew that Ye Chen would take down Wu Hai with a single punch...

My mind just couldn't process it for a moment...

Is Senior Brother Xu Xiao really that strong?

The moment he came to his senses, he hurriedly tossed all three storage bags he was holding over...

For a fleeting moment, Lu Luo even hesitated whether to hand over his storage bag as well.

If he waits for Senior Brother Xu Xiao to come and snatch it, won't he get a beating?