Chapter 219: Invincible Physical Body
Qi Yufei erupted with astonishing Sword Qi from his body, leaped into the air, and was already on the arena.
That aura locked onto Su Yan without any concealment, the provocative intent clear even to the disciples watching from below the stage.
“Su Yan, come up!”
Qi Yufei wanted to redeem his previous shame; Armored Beast True Intent emerged behind him, and a massive body with an aura like a mountain range enveloped the arena.
At his side, a gray-white old ape carrying a cyan vine-wood long sword stood by.
“Interesting.”
Such intense anger also drew the attention of several Head Seats.
Su Yan’s expression was calm as he took a step forward, and he was already on the arena.
Qi Yufei’s aura had no effect on him at all; with just a wave of his hand, he dispelled the aura around him.
“Kill.”
Qi Yufei knew Su Yan’s prowess; his eyes were like sharp swords, a sharp glint flashed by, and the long sword in his hand slashed out.
Mountain-Splitting Sword.
Massive Sword Momentum immediately pressed down, as if to crush Su Yan.
Su Yan’s eyes narrowed slightly; he raised his hand and remotely grasped out a massive hand seal.
With a huge boom, it blocked the Sword Momentum and shattered it in mid-air.
The crowd gasped; Qi Yufei was at Spirit Merging Stage Great Accomplishment, yet with such strength in his attack, Su Yan hadn’t even summoned True Intent Realm.
Qi Yufei’s face darkened, knowing he had no retreat.
He swung the long sword in his hand, slashing out several more attacks.
The Sword-Bearing Ape at his side charged from the left, its body like a mountain, swinging a great sword in its hand, poised to pounce and kill.
Under such Sword Momentum, Su Yan was like an ant in the sea, seemingly about to be overwhelmed by the attacks.
On Qi Yufei’s left, Armored Beast True Intent was like a mountain, also swinging huge beast claws toward Su Yan.
The three attacks had already reached right in front of him; everyone broke into a cold sweat for Su Yan.
Qi Yufei was indeed worthy of his steady 13th place ranking; such attacks were enough to defeat the vast majority of same-realm Martial Artists.
However, that did not include Su Yan.
Heavenly Python Dharma Body!
Five Poisons Body Forging Scripture!
Poison Dragon Golden Body!
Su Yan activated his Hardening Cultivation Technique; three fierce and majestic Python Beasts emerged from his body, led by the Black Gold Ancient Python, flanked left and right by the Rainbow Mountain Boa and Ghost Water Toad Python, resembling a divine general.
Su Yan’s eyes were sharp as blades as he said, “Your attack has decent power.”
As the words fell, he raised his hand and threw a punch.
Rumbling like thunder, the attack was shattered by Su Yan’s bare fists.
That slash capable of splitting mountains could not harm Su Yan’s fist in the slightest.
The Sword-Bearing Ape charged fiercely right up to him, its great sword pouring down Demonic Essence.
Su Yan didn’t dodge at all; the three Python Beasts coiled upward, transforming into a Dharma Body.
A huge boom rang out, like a golden bell shattering, numbing everyone’s ears.
Looking back at the arena, the great sword was halted in mid-air, unable to advance an inch.
Su Yan’s Dharma Body moved slightly, but it wasn’t damaged in the slightest.
“My turn.”
Su Yan raised his hand to form hand seals; immediately, mountain ranges whistled around him, and True Essence surged out from his body, transforming into one ferocious Tiger Beast after another.
One, two, three…
In mere moments, twenty Tiger Beasts had gathered in front of him, forming a dark golden great seal.
Hundred Tiger Army Breaking Seal!
The crowd was shocked; the Hundred Tiger Army Breaking Seal had already flown out, smashing into the old ape’s sword.
With just one strike, like a mountain collapsing, the old ape was sent flying, and the vine-wood sword in its hand shattered.
At this time, Armored Beast True Intent had closed in, but Qi Yufei felt the intent to retreat and hurriedly ordered Divine Union.
In single combat, he was definitely no match for Su Yan; only Divine Union could give him a chance.
However, Su Yan saw through his thoughts.
He just shook his head slightly: “Why waste time.”
He took a step forward, like a phantom, instantly arriving in front of the Armored Beast.
This was not some Movement Technique, but extreme speed from his exceptionally strong Physical Body.
Qi Yufei was greatly alarmed and immediately controlled the Armored Beast to defend; thick True Essence gathered like an orange-yellow earth wall, and the scales on its illusory body also reached their peak.
Not enough!
Su Yan’s eyes were calm as he punched down; instantly, the Armored Beast exploded violently, turning into a cloud of dispersing True Essence mist.
Qi Yufei had no time to respond and was instantly hit by backlash; his meridians were thrown into chaos, and under the True Essence impact, he suffered internal injuries.
Su Yan moved and arrived in front of him.
Qi Yufei struck out desperately, his long sword sweeping through the air, carving out ten-zhang-long Sword Qi.
Su Yan waved his hand and slapped it, shattering the Sword Qi on the spot.
He reached out and grabbed Qi Yufei’s shoulder, then threw him off the arena.
All the watching disciples fell silent, staring in shock at the fallen Sword-Bearing Ape on the stage and Su Yan standing with hands behind his back.
The match had just begun, and it was already over?
“Strong, too strong!”
Almost everyone’s mind held only this one thought.
Not just these watching disciples; Yuan Yi, Lan Yunyue, and others who had already finished their matches had extremely grave expressions.
“We’re in trouble.”
After a long while, Zhao Mingcheng spoke gloomily; Suo Yunyi smiled bitterly: “This was just the power of his Physical Body; even an Upper Second-order Sharp Weapon wouldn’t be much better, right? Unless…”
Unless using a Third-order Spirit Artifact!
Almost everyone had this thought; to break Su Yan’s formidable Physical Body, it seemed only a Spirit Tool would do.
At least a Half-step Spirit Tool.
That stuff wasn’t cheap, and they might not even have it.
Unlike the reactions from the Tiger Ranking group, on the Head Seat dais, everyone’s eyes lit up with surprise.
“Heavenly Python Dharma Body has already fused three Python Beast Spirits; Five Poisons Body Forging Scripture is probably at Transformation Realm level too… Senior Brother Gu, with such good Body Cultivation talent, why not transfer to my Fuyue Peak? In no more than 300 years… no, 200 years, you’ll surely cultivate 《Fuyue True Spirit Art》 to Great Accomplishment, step into Dharma Aspect Realm, and then move mountains and slay enemies—that’ll be impressive.”
Du Rushan was an honest man, but seeing Su Yan’s Physical Body Cultivation, he was truly moved.
Five Poisons Body Forging Scripture, Heavenly Python Dharma Body, and that Golden Body—which was easy to cultivate?
But Su Yan was different; his three Physical Body Cultivation manuals were clearly at an extremely high level, and it was faintly visible that this kid had also cultivated some other Hardening Cultivation Techniques.
Look at him: only at True Intent Realm Spirit Merging Stage, yet dual cultivating five or six Hardening Cultivation Techniques, each profound, almost perfectly integrated with his body.
This was what they called genius!
“Du Rushan, you thick-browed big-eyed guy aren’t a good one either; Fuyue Peak has Hardening, but does my Guizang Valley not? And one must transfer to your Fuyue Peak to practice Hardening?”
Gu Sanqian snorted coldly, expressing his dissatisfaction.
Du Rushan reacted and showed a somewhat embarrassed expression.
“Alright, Junior Brother Du just spoke too quickly.”
Chu Qidao stepped in to smooth things over; glancing at Su Yan on the arena, he also felt surprised—this disciple had given him too many surprises.
“Junior Brother Gu, that flash of scale patterns earlier—wasn’t that Junior Brother Tai’s inheritance?”
Though the aura flashed by, Chu Qidao’s senses wouldn’t be wrong; that domineering aura was too familiar.
“It was Senior Brother’s inheritance.”
Everyone’s expressions varied, eyes narrowing; White Python Peak’s Zhu Zhilan said: “If this kid grows up, Senior Brother Tai’s Poison Dragon Valley inheritance can return to our sect, and Nine Peaks Sect will have nothing to say.”
Suddenly, Qin Lifu opened his eyes slightly, showing a puzzled expression: “Junior Sister Bi said he has Innate Martial Body; since it’s Moon-Eating Worm’s perception, it should be accurate. But with such Hardening talent, what ancient Insect Beast bloodline could produce this effect?”
“Great Accomplishment Gold Devouring Insect, devours all things, impervious to Dao Soldiers—truly an indestructible Physical Body.”
Yuan Lan subconsciously named it; they had all heard of such Fierce Insects.
“Not necessarily.” Bi Qingman pondered: “Dragon-Eating Worm, Mountain-Swallowing Worm, and other Insect Beasts all have immortal bodies, supremely powerful; based on this judgment, it’s hard to pinpoint one or two.”
The few discussed among themselves; on the arena, the referee Elder finally let Su Yan step down to rest.
As soon as Su Yan reached the high platform, he drew countless gazes.
“You beat Qi Yufei badly; not sure if he can rebuild his sword heart.”
Xia Wan’er smiled and came over; Su Yan shook his head: “If he can’t even pass this hurdle, that’s not on me; I didn’t use any other means.”
Everyone’s expressions were odd; not using other means was what made it soul-crushing.
Why was Qi Yufei like this?
It was all nurtured by Sword Momentum: charging forward relentlessly, breaking all things—that was his current conviction.
Build up aura, accumulate Sword Intent, and only after deeper comprehension does one temper the edge, advancing step by step in cultivation.
But now, before peaking the momentum, he was defeated so badly—who knew if he’d be crippled.
“Junior Brother, you hid your cultivation from us so well; when you fought Azure Dragon Peak’s Qing Tianyu, your strength was probably beyond 57th place already.”
It was Suo Yunyi speaking; now, anyone who still believed Su Yan hadn’t hidden his strength and had broken through to this level in just two or three months was a fool.
Su Yan smiled: “The rankings are set by the Elders; it has nothing to do with me.”
Amid the chit-chat, the matches were nearing their end.
Gu Songde was a cut above, having cultivated Silver Toad Transformation to Transformation Realm; Yin Soul Silver Toad True Intent fused with a Second-order Late-stage Giant Shield Toad, defeating Yao Yunzhou’s attack in one go.
The remaining three matches also had winners decided among the disciples; thus, the first day’s fights came to a temporary close.
Thirty had been decided, exactly one-to-one, with no byes.
Yin Mingchen had people reassign opponents based on corresponding numbers.
Soon, the updated opponent list appeared on the stone tablets of the Nine Tablet Spirit Platform.
The top ten disciples weren’t all matched against each other.
Among the people Su Yan knew, Xia Wan’er was up against 7th-ranked Qiao Panyan: one from Overturning Sea Peak, the other a heavenly prodigy daughter of Azure Dragon Peak.
Both women, this match drew attention from many disciples, with the highest buzz.
After Gu Songde’s win, his next opponent was former Tiger Ranking 17th, Lü Qingzhou.
Su Yan had little impression of Lü Qingzhou’s methods; he was a Fuyue Peak disciple with steady, solid strength and a firm foundation.
Su Yan had a premonition that his senior brother was in for trouble.
Yuan Yi was against 7th-ranked Wang Kun; Suo Yunyi against a former 27th-ranked disciple.
As for Su Yan, he was matched against an Overturning Sea Peak disciple, former 20th-ranked Wang Dongcheng.
With opponents set, everyone dispersed; after one night, back at the Nine Tablet Spirit Platform, it was still surging with people.
Yin Mingchen hosted from the center, shouting loudly, and the crowd took the arenas one after another.
The fights were far more intense than yesterday; those remaining all had some skill.
At this point, to win, one had to show something.
Yuan Yi unleashed seven swords, transforming into Greedy Wolf, clashing with Wang Kun.
The two fought over fifty exchanges; Wang Kun was worthy of 9th place, his cultivation at Spirit Merging Stage Perfection.
He coordinated with Tiger Beasts in constant attacks, but his opponent was Yuan Yi.
No one knew what method he used, but Yuan Yi’s Physical Body was as hard as refined steel, overpowering Wang Kun in direct clashes.
Ending even before Yuan Yi was Lan Yunyue.
One Sword Smoky Clouds, dreamlike and illusory.
In an instant, she defeated her opponent.
Gu Songde clashed over a hundred exchanges with his opponent; ultimately, the Giant Shield Toad couldn’t withstand the attacks and was directly defeated.
As Su Yan took the stage, Wang Dongcheng was already waiting.
“I’ve long heard of Junior Brother’s great name; finally meeting you, your bearing is indeed extraordinary.”
Wang Dongcheng cupped his hands politely.
Su Yan returned the gesture: “Senior Brother flatters me; please make your move.”
Su Yan didn’t attack first; after all, it was an arena, not a grudge match—give the opponent a chance to show.
Unexpectedly, Wang Dongcheng grinned broadly: “I concede this match.”
The crowd buzzed; the nearby referee frowned slightly: “Wang Dongcheng, are you sure?”
Wang Dongcheng nodded: “Yes, Elder. My strength was originally weaker than Senior Brother Qi Yufei; even Senior Brother Qi couldn’t break Junior Brother’s defense—how could I? Rather than drain Junior Brother, better let him save strength to harass Senior Brother Yuan Yi and the others.”
Everyone’s expressions were odd; clearly a polite and open-minded guy, but it sounded like stoking the fire?
Su Yan was somewhat amused; luckily, the referee nodded: “This match, Su Yan wins.”
The two stepped down; Suo Yunyi, having finished his match, was already below.
“Hiss, I wanted to see your trump cards, but you didn’t even make a move. Done for—if I face you next, I’m definitely out.”
“Hard to say.”
Su Yan smiled; Suo Yunyi changed the subject: “Come on, that girl Xia Wan’er is fighting Junior Sister Qiao—let’s watch the fun.”
Suo Yunyi led Su Yan straight to Xia Wan’er’s arena, which was packed with people; some disciples even climbed onto their Contracted Beasts for a better view.
Amid the crowd, discussions arose: some saying Xia Wan’er was stronger, others Qiao Panyan, mixed with talk of beauty.
Su Yan raised an eyebrow: “Aren’t they afraid of getting killed by the Head Seats when they get back?”
Suo Yunyi chuckled: “Youthful infatuation—what’s to say? Aren’t you curious who the Tiger Ranking’s second beauty is?”
By consensus, Tiger Ranking’s first female disciple was Lan Yunyue.
Though she didn’t talk much and had a cold temperament, her aura was outstanding, and her strength top-notch.
But the second spot was always debated.
Xia Wan’er’s straightforward personality and killer figure, Qiao Panyan’s soft demeanor like a girl-next-door—each had their charms, fueling much discussion.
Though from Azure Dragon Peak, Suo Yunyi was a thrill-seeker at heart.
“Junior Brother Su, who do you think will win between them?”
