Infinite Professions

"How is this possible!?"

Witnessing this scene, not only Long Jianfei, but also Fengming Jun and others in the background, as well as the audience outside the arena, were all dumbfounded, unable to believe it.

Twelve Celestial Gates Golden Bell Shield!

As martial cultivators, everyone was more or less familiar with this ancient divine skill from Dharma Martial Mansion.

This technique uses the Golden Bell Method to cultivate the defense of the Twelve Celestial Gates; six gates are external, manifested as Qi Essence, while the remaining six gates are internal, integrated with the skin, flesh, blood, bones, marrow, and Yuan, forming an internal six-layer defense that not only repels attacks but also counters the force back, devastating the enemy.

If practiced together with the other three divine skills of Dharma Martial Mansion, the Yijinjing, Bone Marrow Cleansing Scripture, and Child’s Skill, one could reach the Zen Martial Extreme Realm of Dharma Martial Mansion, cultivating the Vajra Indestructible Body, which is incredibly strong and unbreakable.

From this perspective, it was only natural for this person to withstand Long Jianfei’s killer sword strike; after all, even if the external six gates were shattered, there were still the internal six-layer defenses of skin, flesh, blood, bones, marrow, and Yuan. Resisting someone with only Tier Six Cultivation like Long Jianfei should be easy, right?

But the reality was not so.

This internal six gates Qi shield could not necessarily only be maintained internally; when necessary, it could also be shifted externally, forming the Twelve Celestial Gates defense at the cost of exhausting one’s blood essence and Inner Yuan, to create the strongest Twelve Celestial Gates Qi shield.

The rebound force of the Golden Bell is formed by the inner six gates. Once the inner gates are shifted outward, the rebound effect disappears, replaced by the twelve-layer extremely sturdy Celestial Gate defense, suitable for blocking overwhelming and difficult-to-ward-off attacks, focusing solely on defense without counterattacks.

He did precisely this just now.

Whether it was Fengming Jun’s Phoenix Dance Heaven Slash, Xiong Canghai’s Heaven and Earth Devouring Strike, or Delia’s Black Tortoise Spirit Gathering Cannon, the power of their attacks all reached Tier Eight, even being extremely terrifying within Tier Eight.

Such powerful attacks could not be blocked by the external six gates defense alone, not to mention that he was also restrained by the Seven-Star True Dragon Seal and the Profound Celestial Sword Realm, unable to mobilize the full power of Heaven and Earth to reinforce and restore the Celestial Gate defense.

Therefore, just now, he employed the most powerful measure of the Twelve Celestial Gates Golden Bell Shield, at the cost of consuming a large amount of his Qi and blood Inner Yuan, transferring the internal six gates outward to merge with the external six gates for defense, barely offsetting the killer strike from the three - Fengming Jun, Xiong Canghai, and Delia.

Although the fatal strikes from the three were countered, his Twelve Celestial Gates defense finally broke, with both external force cut off and severe depletion of Inner Yuan, making it exceedingly difficult to recover in a short period. This prompted Long Jianfei to seize the opportunity and attempt a killer strike, hoping to take his head.

But now...

In the battlefield, a sword thrust straight, striking at the opponent’s middle pill.

The Upper Pill is the head, the Lower Pill the abdomen, and the Middle Pill the chest, one of the three vital points of a cultivator.

Such a sword strike, stabbing at the chest, pierced through clothing but failed to break the skin and flesh, as if met with steel, unable to advance an inch.

This result was unacceptable to Long Jianfei.

He had clearly seen just now that to block the killer strikes of the three, the opponent had already transferred the inner gates outward for full defense. After the Qi shield was broken, the Inner Yuan should have been almost depleted, at its weakest. Even if his sword couldn’t kill him outright, it should at least pierce the Middle Pill, dealing severe damage.

But now it couldn’t even break the skin and flesh!

How is this possible?

Long Jianfei found it hard to accept, but reality was just like this.

For a mountain of nine zhang, defeated at the final step!

After all the scheming, it still ended in failure.

And the reason for the failure...

"Vajra Indestructible?"

"This person not only cultivated the Twelve Celestial Gates Golden Bell Shield, but also trained in a body refining technique of equal or even greater strength, reaching the state of Vajra Indestructible among them."

"Even if the Celestial Gate Qi shield is broken, and the Inner Yuan and Qi and blood are severely depleted, the physical body remains extremely strong, withstanding Long Jianfei’s subsequent killer strike."

"Such ability..."

"Who exactly is this person?"

Outside the battlefield, everyone exclaimed, finally discerning the crux.

With the Celestial Gate Qi shield broken, he still managed to fend off the subsequent killer strike. Without a protective treasure, the only explanation was an absolutely strong physical body.

But how could a single person reach such heights?

If it were the likes of Tier Twelve Immortal Demon Gods and Buddhas, there would be no problem, with endless lifespan and ample time for careful refinement and enhancement in all aspects, it would make sense.

But is he a Tier Twelve Immortal Demon God Buddha?

No, he’s not!

He’s just a newly admitted student in the Martial Mansion of Tier Six!

Where does he get so much time, so much energy, so many resources to build such a foundation, such a cultivation body, to train in such martial arts, such divine techniques?

Twelve Celestial Gates, Vajra Indestructible, Heavenly Gang Sha Body, Divine Will Power, Commanding Heaven and Earth, Eternal Vitality...

Any one of these would take years of painstaking cultivation for a single person, how can he encompass all these, excelling in every field?

This is just too over-the-top!

How could there be such an existence in the world?

If there were, with such power, why would you not go to the Imperial Capital, not go to the Divine Martial Celestial Palace, or any of the other super first-class academies, but instead choose Xingyi Martial Mansion?

You don’t catch tiny fish this way!

Everyone was shocked, with a strong urge to curse.

And in the battlefield...

"I don’t believe it!"

"Dragon Soaring Over Nine Provinces!"

Long Jianfei roared furiously, unwilling to accept such an outcome, uniting man and sword, he spun and aimed to forcibly break his opponent’s middle pill.

"Boom!!!"

But unexpectedly, as the blade turned, an explosive force surged out like thunder and fire, blasting him along with his sword away.

"Huh!!!"

After repelling his opponent, Shen Hex did not pursue further but instead wielded his right hand, gathering the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi to restore his damaged cultivation body.