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Stones shattered and flew across the sky, and before the aftermath had dissipated, the blurry shadow in front of Superior Xuanming flashed and vanished, as Su Changkong employed “Shrinking into Inches” to appear before him.

His right fist smashed straight out with visible rifts emerging in the void between his fingers, the mystery of this punch involving space itself, a Pseudo Divine Skill of ’Level’.

As if Superior Xuanming had no time to react, Su Changkong’s furious punch struck right at his chest!

“Crack!”

With the bursting sound, the space around Superior Xuanming appeared to explode in a series of bursts, with dense cracks viciously spreading across the ground. The vibrational force of the punch, resonating like a sound wave, disintegrated everything, penetrating Superior Xuanming’s body, threatening to make it explode into dust and fragments.

Yet to everyone’s surprise, while the ground where Superior Xuanming stood had been destroyed by the overflowing force, he took Su Changkong’s punch, which contained the force of Divine Skills, without moving an inch, as if the astonishing punch had no power at all.

“Huh? Did he neutralize the force of my punch?”

Su Changkong could feel it clearly, the figure in front of him was like a vast ocean, swallowing and neutralizing the force of his punch, channeling it into his Dantian without a hint of being shaken.

“This Superior Xuanming… is also a Great Grandmaster who has cultivated a Pseudo Divine Skill!” Being able to neutralize Su Changkong’s punch, imbued with the mystery of a Pseudo Divine Skill, there was no doubt that Superior Xuanming had also cultivated Martial Arts to the Level of Pseudo Divine Skills!

In the past, those who could cultivate Martial Arts to the realm of Pseudo Divine Skills with their own talent were all considered peerless geniuses, with the hope of achieving the status of Martial Saint!

“Fire Sha Palm!”

Superior Xuanming’s right palm was already condensing True Qi, drawing in massive amounts of nature’s spiritual energy, transforming it into a blood-red flame, filled with an intense heat that scorched the spirit and the Sea of Consciousness, as he struck out with his palm.

The oncoming flames were like a volcanic eruption, possessing an unstoppable force, and anyone who dared to stand in their way would be reduced to ashes!

“Boom!”

As he pushed out with this palm, the flames exploded, and the void trembled severely. Buildings ahead were blown away, burning fiercely in the flames. Within a ten-yard radius around Superior Xuanming, boiling flames engulfed the space, and the air itself was ignited!

The Heavenly Corpse Old Man drifted backward, an expression of amazement on his face: “Such profound inner strength… Not particularly mysterious, but supported by his voluminous True Qi, it possesses the destructive power nearly matching that of a Pseudo Divine Skill!”

The strength of a Pseudo Divine Skill lies in its mystery, being the embryo of Divine Skills, harnessing tenfold the killing power from a fraction of the force!

Yet Superior Xuanming, merely relying on his profound inner strength, was able to unleash nearly tenfold the power with a casual strike, which was undeniably terrifying.

For someone like Superior Xuanming who could absorb other’s inner strength and use it for himself, the depth of his inner strength was unparalleled under that of a Martial Saint!

Superior Xuanming’s astonishing palm strike missed, and leveraging the agility of “Divine Deer Steps on the Sky,” Su Changkong moved with ease.

Five Animal Frolics. Violent Bear Shakes the Earth!

Amidst the blazing flames, the nature’s spiritual energy fluctuated violently, and a Giant Ape seven or eight zhang tall emerged within the flames. It stood upright and slapped downwards with its bear paws from a commanding height, furiously striking!

“Crack crack crack!”

Before the paw even landed, the immense pressure already caused the ground where Superior Xuanming stood to collapse violently, the air squeezed to the point of bursting with continuous sonic booms!

“Come then!”

Superior Xuanming, with his hair whipping about, didn’t dodge or evade, as he countered with the stance of “Heaven King Held the Tower,” his palms thrusting upwards, rolling flames swirling and howling, forming a scorching sun.

“Boom!!”

When the disproportionately sized forces collided, the scorching flames soared into the sky, covering the heavens above. The water vapor in the air evaporated completely, the ground shook and cratered, and a shockwave spread out, destroying everything within a hundred yards.

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Rows of houses were damaged, rockeries and trees exploded into dust, and the entire Huangquan Sect could feel the earthquake-like tremors!

“Could this be a Martial Saint in combat?”

Witnessing this terrifying scene, the elders of the Huangquan Sect felt their scalps tingle and their hearts almost stopped beating from afar.

The figure of Superior Xuanming, already a renowned powerhouse of the Demon Path, and that black-clothed youth who killed their Sect Master, also seemed overwhelmingly powerful, as if two legendary Martial Saints were in battle.

They felt relieved that they hadn’t attempted a costly siege against him in response to Huang Jingsha’s death, for otherwise, they would have been the ones to die!

“What exactly is Dao Wufeng’s background? The Martial Arts he displayed is none of the Unparalleled Techniques or Semi Ultimate Skills that I know of…”

Amidst the turbulence, the Heavenly Corpse Old Man stood tall, his face showing a contemplative expression.

Su Changkong, possessing a Pseudo Divine Skill, should have cultivated Unparalleled Techniques and Semi Ultimate Skills to the levels of Great Achievement and Perfection. The Heavenly Corpse Old Man, with his extremely long life, vast experience, and knowledge of various major families and sects’ Martial Arts, was unable to discern Su Changkong’s abilities!

Naturally, the Heavenly Corpse Old Man wouldn’t know that what Su Changkong deployed wasn’t any sort of Unparalleled Technique, but merely the commonly seen Health-preserving Fist.

“Superior Xuanming’s body is like a black hole, capable of swallowing and neutralizing any attack he withstands…”

Locked in combat with Superior Xuanming, Su Changkong’s mind was also heavy.

This was Su Changkong’s first time facing a Great Grandmaster who similarly cultivated Martial Arts to the level of Pseudo Divine Skills—Superior Xuanming was indeed not to be underestimated!

Demon Ape Capturing Space!

Behind Su Changkong, the giant bear transformed into a black Giant Ape, whose arms squeezed, folding and compressing the space around Superior Xuanming into a mass.

“Roar!”

The nature’s spiritual energy within hundreds of zhang surged at Su Changkong’s command, controlling it; his right fist carried the sound of White Tiger Roars and Kills, thundering through heaven and earth, like a raging tiger piercing through the void, fiercely striking the chest of Superior Xuanming who was trapped and sealed.

“Rumble!”

In the sound of an explosion, Superior Xuanming was sent tumbling through the air like a cannonball, smashing through wall after wall as if they were tofu, flying out a hundred zhang before crashing into the sea outside Huangquan Island, shattering a docked wooden boat into splinters and stirring up sky-high waves, spreading chaotic ripples.

But in the next second, Superior Xuanming leaped up from the sea, stepping on the surface of the water, which quickly returned to a calm state, undisturbed and smooth as glass!

Superior Xuanming’s face was filled with a cold murderous intent as he gazed at Su Changkong, “Your Martial Arts are comprehensive and varied, capable of dealing with most situations… But they also seem broad and not fine-tuned, their power quite ordinary among Unparalleled Techniques and Semi Ultimate Skills, unable to break through my cultivation technique!”

His voice carried through the air, like a mountain cry and a tsunami.

Superior Xuanming was indeed speaking the truth. Su Changkong’s Five Animal Frolics five moves each had their strengths—body movement, Qinggong, and offense—a formidable combination in unity. Yet when deconstructed, in the realm of Pseudo Divine Skills, they seemed to lack oppressive power; being well-rounded sometimes also meant being mediocre.

“Let me show you… what a true Pseudo Divine Skill is!”

Superior Xuanming’s long howl burst forth, and from his Dantian, a black Pill emerged, no larger than the tip of a thumb, yet it gave off a feeling of vastness like a deep sea, causing the sea surface under his feet to dent downwards, as if pressed by a weight of ten thousand jun!

(Stay tuned for the next chapter update on Qidian Chinese Network, scheduled for the 21st at 22:00)

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