Chapter 176: You Were Wrong

Nie Yunzhuo wore a sneer. "Since you had the guts to step onto the stage, I'll let you have three moves."

As he spoke, spiritual energy surged from his body, swirling around him. His formidable cultivation at Foundation Establishment Stage Seven formed a spiritual energy barrier. For opponents of lesser strength, he could stand still and they wouldn't be able to budge him in the slightest.

Jiang Fan remained expressionless and said faintly, "It would be best if you used your full strength."

Nie Yunzhuo laughed heartily. "Use my full strength against you? Are you underestimating me, or just flattering yourself? Even if I let you have ten or a hundred moves, you wouldn't be able to do anything to me. Giving you only three moves already makes me seem narrow-minded."

At this point, Jiang Fan shook his head. "Alright then, I hope your bones are hard enough!"

With that, he didn't even use spiritual energy! He darted like a shooting star, appearing before Nie Yunzhuo, relying solely on his powerful physique and the high-grade Profound-level body cultivation technique. "Nine Forms of Battle Heaven! Mountain Destroyer!"

As the first of the nine forms, its power was the lowest. But combined with his formidable physique, the explosive force it generated was extremely fierce!

Bang—

With just one punch, Nie Yunzhuo's spiritual energy barrier shattered on the spot, like a wisp of smoke. The fist struck directly into Nie Yunzhuo's abdomen.

Ugh—

The sudden, forceful blow struck Nie Yunzhuo before he could even react. The intense pain churned his stomach. His body doubled over like a shrimp, and he gagged, spitting out large amounts of foul matter.

This scene stunned everyone present.

Chen Siling's beautiful eyes widened, and she tugged at Xu Youran's sleeve. "Youran, I'm not mistaken, am I? Jiang Fan injured Nie Yunzhuo without even using spiritual energy?"

Xu Youran was equally astonished, but then she remembered Jiang Fan's previous hunting gains and suddenly understood. "No wonder Xiaofan is so strong. It turns out he cultivates a powerful body tempering technique."

Standing not far away, Nie Yunxi, who had been closely watching Jiang Fan, fearing that Nie Yunzhuo might severely injure him, also widened her eyes. She even wondered if she had seen incorrectly! Jiang Fan actually possessed such a powerful body cultivation technique?

Behind the rockery, Shi Kaitian looked astonished. "My goodness! No wonder this kid dared to challenge a Foundation Establishment Stage Seven cultivator; he was hiding an excellent body cultivation technique! To cultivate body techniques to this extent, he'd be considered a rare genius even in the Giant Sect."

He turned his head to glance at Li Qingfeng, about to say something but held back.

Li Qingfeng, looking ashamed, felt a pang of regret. "I didn't even realize he was such a promising candidate for body cultivation techniques. Had I known earlier, I should have taken him as a disciple."

Shi Kaitian sighed. "Never mind. My peak isn't proficient in teaching body cultivation techniques. Even if you had taken him, you would only obscure his brilliance. Go and call a halt. This child's body cultivation is hard-won; don't let him be ruined by your disciple."

Li Qingfeng quickly replied, "Yes."

Although Jiang Fan's body cultivation technique was astonishing, no one believed he could truly contend with Nie Yunzhuo. That was just Nie Yunzhuo's moment of carelessness. Once he recovered, Jiang Fan would be in for a rough time.

Indeed! Nie Yunzhuo wiped the filth from his lips, his face filled with vexation. He was clearly enraged out of humiliation. He intended to humiliate Jiang Fan but was instead injured by him!

"You..." Nie Yunzhuo pointed at Jiang Fan, about to angrily reprimand him, but he realized that he himself had boasted and given Jiang Fan three moves, rendering him speechless for a moment.

Jiang Fan said calmly, "I told you to use your full strength. If you hold back again, I won't be polite."

Nie Yunzhuo laughed in anger. "You just took a tiny advantage while I was careless! Do you really think you're that great? Fine! I'll show you the true power of Foundation Establishment Stage Seven!"

He held nothing back. Spiritual energy surged forth, and he immediately launched a mid-grade Profound-level palm technique. "Falling Wild Goose Palm!"

Jiang Fan also held nothing back. "Cloud Collapse!"

Bang—

With a dull thud, under this palm strike, both sides were evenly matched. This greatly astonished Nie Yunzhuo. "How is that possible?" He had used his full strength, yet Jiang Fan had effortlessly blocked it!

Nie Yunxi's pupils widened. "My brother, when serious, still can't decisively suppress him? How can this be?"

Outside the rockery, Li Qingfeng, who was about to step forward and stop them, stood frozen as if he had seen a ghost. Shi Kaitian also widened his old eyes. "No way? This kid's body cultivation technique is that strong? He can directly contend with a Foundation Establishment Stage Seven cultivator just by relying on body cultivation? Even the Giant Sect has few disciples like this!"

He glanced at Li Qingfeng again. This time, he couldn't help but criticize. "You really misjudged him."

Li Qingfeng smiled awkwardly, his heart filled with even deeper regret for being too careless and not checking if Jiang Fan had a talent for body tempering.

On the arena, Nie Yunzhuo was shaken. The image he had envisioned of completely crushing Jiang Fan, stepping on his head, and thoroughly humiliating him, was far from easily achievable.

He was serious now! "Sky Shattering Palm!"

Jiang Fan also continued his moves. Each move was fiercer, each move more powerful than the last! "Cloud Breaker!" "Thunderbolt!" "Wind Shear!"

In contrast, Nie Yunzhuo only had three palm techniques. Facing an increasingly powerful Jiang Fan, he panicked, constantly screaming "impossible" in his heart. But the truth was brutal!

Jiang Fan's eighth form slammed into his chest. Pfft—

The violent palm force instantly injured his internal organs, sending him flying backward, spitting blood. The sparring match ended!

Jiang Fan, complete victory!

Silence fell over the surroundings, broken only by the chirping of birds in the distance. Nie Yunxi's mind went blank. Her own disciple, a favored son of heaven at Foundation Establishment Stage Seven, had actually lost to Jiang Fan, who had no spiritual root? Was she dreaming?

Xu Youran and Chen Siling, meanwhile, had stars in their eyes, their faces beaming with pride. This was their man! He remained silent until he made a stunning impact!

Behind the rockery, Li Qingfeng was starting to doubt his life. "He... he completely defeated my disciple?" Nie Yunzhuo was his proud disciple, an experienced one at that! And Jiang Fan was just a new disciple! Yet the battle was a one-sided crushing defeat! For a moment, he couldn't tell who was the senior disciple and who was the newly initiated one between Jiang Fan and Nie Yunzhuo!

Shi Kaitian was utterly shocked. "Damn it! That brat Liu Wenchen, he looks honest, but he's full of tricks! I wondered why he'd take in a disciple without a spiritual root! So he must have discovered early on that this kid, though lacking a spiritual root, was a top-tier body tempering prodigy! That's why he quietly took him in!"

Li Qingfeng suddenly understood. He couldn't help but complain, "What a masterful trick! If we hadn't discovered this by chance today, we would have all been fooled by him!"

He glared at Jiang Fan, feeling quite displeased. This kid had such talent back then, why didn't he say anything? If he had, would I have left him unwanted in the square? "I'll call him over for questioning!"

At this moment, a change occurred on the arena.

Jiang Fan gazed indifferently at Nie Yunzhuo, who was spitting blood and lying on the ground. "Out of consideration for you being on the same peak as my two wives, I'll let you off this time. I hope you have the self-awareness to stop bothering them."

Having said that, he walked towards Xu Youran and Chen Siling with his hands behind his back.

A tremendous sense of humiliation surged within Nie Yunzhuo. He failed to teach Jiang Fan a lesson; instead, he was taught one? Why? Why!

A vicious glint flashed in his eyes. Taking advantage of Jiang Fan's back being turned, he suddenly sprang up, striking a palm at his back with a ferocious roar. "Go to hell!"