Chapter 171: Powerful Crushing (1)

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Li Feiyun’s laughter came to an abrupt halt, replaced by a Killing Intent as cold and tangible as a physical blade.

He stopped wasting words. With a flash of cold light, a longsword shimmering with a green Aura appeared in his hand.

"You dog, I’ll cripple your four limbs first and see how arrogant you can be then."

Li Feiyun shouted fiercely, his body turning into a streak of green light, moving so fast that he left a faint afterimage in his wake.

The tip of his sword trembled, letting out a piercing hum. Streaks of sharp, peerless green Sword Qi, like venomous snakes emerging from their den, struck precisely and ruthlessly toward Chen Chuan’s wrists and ankles.

He was indeed following through on his earlier threat; his first move was intended to sever Chen Chuan’s limbs, causing him to lose all ability to resist and become a lamb to the slaughter.

Below the stage, Zhao Hengjiang was mingled in the crowd, his eyes flashing with pleasure and poisonous resentment.

He clenched his fists tightly, screaming inwardly: "Kill him! Senior Brother Li, kill him! Only when he is dead can the hatred in my heart be extinguished."

He could almost see Chen Chuan’s blood splattering everywhere as he collapsed miserably, and a distorted smile couldn’t help but appear on his face.

In his eyes, and those of the vast majority of onlookers, Chen Chuan—who was merely at the Half-Step Great Power Realm—had absolutely no chance of winning against such a ruthless sword technique from a Great Power Realm Fifth Level powerhouse.

However, facing an attack that would make an ordinary Great Power Realm Early Stage Cultivator pale with fear, Chen Chuan remained as steady as a reef amidst crashing waves, completely unmoved.

Only when the green Sword Qi was about to hit his body did he unhurriedly raise his hand.

"Buzz!"

An Aura far more profound, pure, and vast than that of a Half-Step Great Power suddenly erupted from within his body.

Majestic Spiritual Energy, like a dormant volcano suddenly erupting, formed an invisible force field around him.

"First Revolution, Shaking the Mountains!"

Chen Chuan shouted inwardly as the Spiritual Energy in his body circulated frantically along a profound and mysterious path, a faint golden luster appearing on the surface of his skin.

He didn’t use any weapons, simply throwing out a straightforward punch.

This punch seemed plain and unadorned, yet it contained a terrifying power capable of shattering mountains and cracking stones.

Wherever the fist wind passed, the air was compressed until it let out explosive booms.

"What?"

"This Aura... the Great Power Realm?"

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

When Chen Chuan’s majestic Aura, belonging to a Great Power Realm powerhouse, swept unreservedly across the area surrounding the Life and Death Stage...

The square, which had been as noisy as a wet market, instantly fell into a dead silence where one could hear a pin drop.

It was as if everyone’s throat had been seized; their eyes were wide and round, their faces filled with unbelievable horror.

"First Layer of the Great Power Realm? How could he have possibly made a Breakthrough to the First Layer of the Great Power Realm?" a Disciple cried out, breaking the silence.

"One month! Only one month! To go from Half-Step Great Power to the true Great Power Realm, is this Cultivation speed even human?"

"A monster! He’s simply a monster! The chasm that we’ve struggled for decades to cross, he bridged in just one month?"

"No! It’s possible he’s been hiding his strength all along! Deliberately showing weakness to lure Li Feiyun into the trap!"

Someone quick-witted immediately thought of another possibility and gasped.

"What deep scheming! What ruthless calculation! Li Feiyun is finished this time."

"That must be it! He deliberately signed the life and death waiver just so he could rightfully eliminate Li Feiyun on this Life and Death Stage! We were all fooled by him!"

"It’s over, Li Feiyun fell for it. He thought he was the hunter, but he didn’t realize he was the prey."

The area below the stage instantly erupted into chaos, with cries of surprise and discussion rising like a tsunami.

Everyone’s perspective completely reversed at this moment.

All previous mockery turned into shock and disbelief.

Recalling Chen Chuan’s past monstrous talent-like record of fighting those above his level, now that his true Cultivation was exposed, who would dare say Li Feiyun would definitely win?

At this moment, the gaze the crowd directed toward Li Feiyun turned into sympathy and a hint of schadenfreude.

Everyone felt that Li Feiyun was in for a miserable time!

And in the crowd, the one who felt it most strongly was none other than Su Mengxi.

The moment Chen Chuan’s Aura erupted, Su Mengxi’s delicate body trembled violently. Her pretty face, which had been filled with worry and despair, was instantly replaced by unparalleled shock.

Her beautiful eyes widened as she stared fixedly at the tall figure on the stage, her small mouth slightly agape, enough to fit an egg.

"Great Power Realm? He made a Breakthrough? Or has he been hiding his strength all along?"

A massive surge of joy, like a warm current, instantly washed away the coldness and despair in her heart, leaving her ecstatic.

The person who had caused her so much fear and anxiety—the one she thought was certain to die—had actually given her such an enormous surprise.

But immediately following that, an indescribable annoyance welled up in her heart.

"That bastard! Liar!" Su Mengxi bit her red lip lightly and stomped her foot in anger.

"To have such great strength and yet keep me in the dark so miserably."

"He made me worry for a whole month, and I even gave him the Spirit Transformation Pill, only for it to turn out that he didn’t need it at all."

Thinking about her month of being unable to eat or sleep and her constant state of worry, Su Mengxi’s teeth itched with frustration.

She tightly gripped the jade bottle and swore inwardly:

"Chen Chuan, you bastard! Once you win, just wait and see how I settle this score with you!"

Although she was angry, deep in her eyes, there was an unmaskable joy and a sense of relief.

At the same time, in the corner, Elder Li Yan’s face suddenly became extremely solemn, and a flash of panic even crossed his features.

Huge waves of shock surged in his heart:

"In just one month, it is absolutely impossible to make a Breakthrough from Half-Step Great Power to this level!"

"This boy must have broken through long ago and deliberately hidden it! What deep scheming!"

What made his heart sink even further was that he remembered all the rumors about Chen Chuan: defeating the strong as the weak, and fighting those at higher levels as easily as eating or drinking.

If he could contend with or even defeat stronger opponents back when he was a Half-Step Great Power, now that he had truly stepped into the Great Power Realm, to what terrifying level would his combat power reach?

Li Yan’s heart suddenly tightened, and a strong sense of unease and worry replaced his previous composure.

He looked at the Life and Death Stage anxiously, wanting to call out and stop the fight.

However, that light screen floating above the Life and Death Stage, condensed from the Sect’s Dharmic power, was like a natural chasm that he dared not cross.

The rules of the Holy Land were above all else!

If he dared to openly interfere in a duel where the life and death waiver had been signed, even as an Elder of the Pill Hall, he could never withstand the Sect’s wrath.

"Feiyun, you must not be careless!"

Li Yan could only worry helplessly in his heart, his fists clenched so tightly that his nails almost dug into his flesh.

On the stage, the one who felt the impact most directly and strongly was naturally Li Feiyun himself.