Cultivation: I Have a Skill Level Panel

Rumor even had it that he had once defeated several experts at the Half-Step Tongxuan Realm, making his strength utterly terrifying.

"I’ve heard about your strength. It’s quite impressive. I hope you can give me a satisfying fight!"

Wu Wuji’s tall, burly frame, like that of a brown bear, exerted an immense, unseen pressure as he stood upon the stage.

"Just a satisfying fight?"

The corners of Gu Yun’s mouth curled up slightly.

His opponent was strong,

but he was no pushover.

For some reason, ever since he began cultivating the Nine Tribulations Thunder Gang Decision,

his Thunder True Essence had become incredibly potent and domineering.

Combined with the Thunder Gang Body—a Body Refining Martial Technique that had surpassed the Perfection realm—

his extreme lightning speed and his numerous Magic and Martial Techniques gave him an unbelievably solid foundation!

He was a hexagonal warrior, through and through!

"The match... begins!"

After confirming the information on both combatants, the Sect’s Deacon Referee gave the order, signaling the start of the match.

The moment he finished speaking—

BOOM!

Wu Wuji’s True Yuan, at the True Martial Ninth Layer Peak, erupted violently. Like a monstrous flood, the majestic and powerful energy surged outward, impacting the empty space for thousands of yards around him.

Instantly, the surrounding space began to tremble violently.

THUMP! THUMP! THUMP!

A series of deep thuds echoed through the air. Across the stage, the nine-foot-tall giant, Wu Wuji, whose body looked as if it were cast from pure iron, began to transform. His muscles swelled like balloons, glowing with a brilliant, gilded light. The hard, powerful muscles rippled and coiled like horned dragons, audibly striking against one another. His overwhelming vitality surged skyward, as if his body were a furnace, forging refined iron under a scorching sun!

"Fight me!"

Wu Wuji roared, his deep, powerful voice seemingly shaking the very heavens and earth. In that instant, a formidable power swept outward.

It shattered the ground beneath him, sending spiderweb cracks spreading out in all directions!

At the same time, his terrifyingly powerful aura swept across the entire stage.

Even with the stage’s Defense Array in the way, the spectators outside couldn’t help but take a few steps back.

"Who is that? What terrifying power!!"

An elder from another sect, who had come to watch the battle, remarked.

"That’s Wu Wuji, tenth on the Profound Celestial List and one of the top figures in the Inner Sect!

His talent is extraordinary. He reached the True Martial Realm Ninth Layer Peak before the age of fifty.

His strength is on another level; it’s said that even experts at the Half-Step Tongxuan Realm have fallen at his hands!"

"What’s more, he cultivates the Earth Demon Vajra Technique!

His physique is incredibly formidable.

He is practically unrivaled among those at the same level!"

GASP!

’I never expected him to be so powerful.’

’Then Senior Brother Gu... is he...?’

A buzz of discussion erupted from the spectators surrounding the vast stage!

Naturally, the two combatants on the stage, Gu Yun and Wu Wuji, were oblivious to the crowd’s chatter.

Fueled by his immense vitality,

the very space around Wu Wuji seemed to twist and distort.

’Is this... a Body Refining Technique cultivated to its absolute limit?’

Gu Yun frowned slightly.

’His opponent’s immense vital energy feels powerful enough to shatter the heavens,’

’and his incredibly formidable physique exudes an intense, oppressive aura.’

’This man has undoubtedly cultivated an extremely powerful Body Refining Technique!’

Wu Wuji gave no verbal response. Instead, in the next instant, he stomped on the stage. An incredibly powerful force erupted from his feet, instantly shattering the stone slabs beneath him into a spiderweb of countless cracks.

He then kicked off forcefully, his entire body shooting forward like a bolt of blood-red lightning. He tore through the air, carving a long tunnel through the atmosphere that roared like thunder.

Carrying immense power, he appeared before Gu Yun in an instant.

"Beng Mountain!"

A cold glint flashed in his eyes. Clenching his fingers into a fist, he punched forward with the crushing weight of a falling mountain. His fist seemed to pulverize the very air, flying toward Gu Yun with immense and overwhelming Divine Power!

Gu Yun’s eyes narrowed.

’He’s strong. Very strong. Stronger than any opponent I’ve faced before!’

He saw a colossal golden fist, powerful enough to shatter a mountain ten thousand zhang high, tearing through the sky as it blasted toward him. A boundless, heavy pressure crashed down, making it difficult to even breathe!

At that very moment,

Gu Yun’s mind raced,

and he reacted instantly.

He raised a hand, his palm as pristine as jade, and a sudden clap of thunder exploded from thin air.

Countless arcs of lightning, like electric serpents, materialized around him, coalescing into an overwhelming torrent of thunder with the power to shatter anything in its path.

It violently ripped through space as it blasted upward!

BANG!

The Palm Seal, carrying the force of a thousand thunderbolts that seemed capable of destroying everything, collided in mid-air with the fist that could shatter a ten-thousand-zhang mountain.

An earth-shattering explosion instantly erupted. The surrounding space shattered like glass, breaking into countless fragments. Pitch-black abyssal rifts, so dark one couldn’t see one’s hand in front of one’s face, appeared, spewing forth endless, dark gales. A terrifying chaotic energy flow surged out from them like a monstrous beast, horrifying all who witnessed it!

RUMBLE!

The two incredibly powerful attacks clashed wildly in mid-air, creating a thunderous roar so deafening it felt like it would shatter the eardrums of the spectators far outside the stage!

A terrifying shockwave swept out in all directions, threatening to annihilate everything in its path.

A barrier of light rose from the profound Array on the stage, withstanding the incredibly powerful shockwave that seemed capable of total destruction!!

Even so, some disciples in the spectator stands outside the defensive Array were still forced back several steps in alarm, their faces filled with shock and terror.

One of them couldn’t help but stammer, "Th-This... This is too terrifying!"

"To think I could witness such a supreme duel in my lifetime,

it has truly been an eye-opener. Now I’ll have something to boast about to the juniors back in the clan!"

...said a nearly hundred-year-old elder with graying hair, his eyes wide. He was at the Spiritual Martial Realm Peak and hailed from a minor visiting clan. He tugged his beard and spoke with a booming, excited voice.

As the terrifying, lightning-wreathed Palm Seal and the fist that seemed capable of annihilation continued to clash, a fearsome energy storm erupted between them!

’His reputation is well-deserved.

This man is not to be underestimated!’

Wu Wuji was inwardly shocked to see his opponent so easily block an attack comparable to a strike from a Half-Step Tongxuan expert.

Seeing that his first attack had failed,

Wu Wuji immediately launched another powerful offensive.

A vast power, deep as an abyssal sea, poured forth from within him once more.

His immense vitality surged skyward, roaring like a great dragon and causing the space around him to tremble and warp continuously!

His other fist immediately gathered immense might, like that of a dragon-elephant, and began to radiate a vast and brilliant light.

Then, with unstoppable momentum, he blasted it toward Gu Yun!

Gu Yun’s pupils contracted.

The next instant,

reacting on pure instinct,

he vanished,

his body tearing through the air like a bolt of lightning,

leaving only an afterimage behind!

Wu Wuji saw what appeared to be Gu Yun standing frozen in place like an idiot,

the entire figure seemingly devoid of Spiritual Qi, its eyes and face completely vacant!

A powerful force erupted, instantly blasting Gu Yun’s afterimage to dust.

The residual force swept through the area and battered the air, causing a hundred-zhang section of the stage to collapse with a deafening crash!

But upon seeing his fist obliterate Gu Yun, Wu Wuji’s face showed no joy. Instead, he frowned slightly.

"An afterimage?!"

"How can he be so fast!"

Before he could even finish the thought,

the space behind him shattered like a smooth mirror. A figure suddenly appeared as if from a spatial rift.

With a light step that sent ripples through the air, he shot forward, tearing through the sky in a flash.

A flash of lightning streaked through Gu Yun’s eyes, like a thunderbolt tearing through a dark sky, blazing with a dazzling light.

He instantly clenched his fist, gathering thousands of bolts of lightning.

The writhing bolts of lightning emanated a pure, ultimate aura of destruction,

letting out a roar that echoed across the heavens.

Then, he punched. The fist tore through layers of space, descending upon Wu Wuji’s back with the destructive aura of a thunderous Celestial Punishment!

Suddenly, Wu Wuji felt a monstrous pressure surge up from behind him.

He cried out in alarm to himself,

’This is bad!’

...

「Meanwhile」

On a distant VIP platform outside the stage,

a young man lounged on an ornate chair. He was dressed in luxurious brocade robes, with a handsome face and eyes as deep as the stars.

He held a translucent Spirit Fruit in his mouth as he gazed in Wu Wuji’s direction.

"Ling’Er, do you think that fellow can defeat Wu Wuji?"

Behind the young man stood a beautiful, curvaceous maidservant in a long, cyan dress.

"Young Master, that Wu Wuji is exceptionally strong. I’m afraid it will be difficult for this man," her maidservant replied from behind him, her voice sweet.

"Hahaha, that remains to be seen."

"Ling’Er, if you’re wrong,

then I’ll have to punish you properly."

"Come, sit down and give me a massage first," the young man said with a slight smile.

"Yes, Young Master."

"Mmm, ooh~"