Fantasy: Starting with a bowl, you can exchange it for endless cultivation.

The next day.

In the heart of Jiuwan City, on the largest martial arts arena.

It was packed with people early in the morning.

Wen Wushuang has been releasing information in the past few days.

He will be at the martial arts arena in the city center of Jiuwan City today.

Come and challenge Gu Chen.

Invite all forces in Nine Bays City to come and watch the battle.

All the forces, organizations, and families within Jiuwan City had gathered here early in the morning.

Wen Wushuang is different from Liu Chen, who was defeated by Gu Chen before.

He was a true expert who had broken through to the early stage of the True Essence Realm before the last Heavenly Pride Ranking was released, unlike Liu Chen, who was defeated by Gu Chen just one or two days after breaking through.

His current ranking on the list of prodigies is even higher than Gu Chen's.

During this period, Wen Lingtian, the heir of the Wen family, became the apprentice of Chen Lei, the newly appointed chief of the Night Watch. After establishing a connection with the chief of the Night Watch, he took a tough stance and demanded that all family forces within the entire Desolate State submit to the Wen family.

Twenty percent of their annual income was handed over to the Wen family each year.

This displeased many prominent families.

Today, some powerful families in other cities have heard that Wen Wushuang is coming to challenge Gu Chen.

They all made a special trip to Jiuwan City.

They wanted to see if Gu Chen would be defeated by him today, or if he would come on strong but end up making a big mistake, being defeated by Gu Chen in public, losing face, and having his ranking replaced.

In the audience seats.

The city lord's mansion of Jiuwan City, along with the city guards, the supervisory department, and the members of the Divine Garment Department.

They have all arrived.

These battles between the top talents on the Prodigy Ranking are incredibly exciting and shouldn't be missed.

It is said that the Wen family has now sided with the Crown Prince and is already involved in the struggle for the throne.

There's a big move going on in the desolate state, and they want to see what kind of trouble Wen Wushuang will cause by challenging Gu Chen today.

The Wen family's side.

Wen Wushuang's uncle, a sixth-rank expert, along with Duan Yanxin, the Hundred-Faced Flame Lord, a follower recently recruited by his elder brother Wen Lingtian, and several other members of the Wen family, arrived with him.

They came to witness their young master defeat Gu Chen, the head of the Night Watch.

Gu Chen arrived with a group of Night Watchmen.

And the rest of the Cheng family.

Looking at Gu Chen who was coming over.

Wen Wushuang's uncle, Wen Jiexing, spoke up: "Wushuang, I heard that Gu Chen has mastered the Four Beasts Celestial Phenomenon Technique, the unique skill of the Night Watch Master. Are you confident that you can defeat him?"

"Don't worry, Uncle. Even if he masters that technique, he's still not as good as me," Wen Wushuang replied confidently.

Even if Gu Chen has mastered the Four Beasts Celestial Phenomenon Technique, his cultivation method is still quite strong. Combined with his martial arts, he can still unleash the attack power of a mid-stage True Essence Realm cultivator.

He broke through to the early stage of the True Essence Realm before Gu Chen, so no matter what, Gu Chen could never be his match.

"That's good." Wen Jiexing nodded.

He was afraid that Wen Wushuang would make such a big show of things and end up messing it up.

Not only will he lose face, but he will also bring shame to the Wen family.

In the training ground.

Gu Chen slowly approached the center.

Looking at Wen Wushuang, he said, "Since you're here, let's get out and fight. The sooner we finish, the better!"

He's only at the early stage of the True Essence Realm.

He knocked him down with two punches so he could go back and refine pills.

So as not to delay his ability to make money.

"Outrageous." Wen family area.

Several members of the Wen family couldn't help but snort coldly when they saw Gu Chen being so arrogant.

Those who knew the situation thought Gu Chen had come to accept their young master's challenge; those who didn't would have thought Gu Chen had come to casually defeat a weakling inferior to him.

Wen Wushuang stepped out.

He showed no regard for Gu Chen and spoke indifferently.

He will prove Gu Chen wrong with his abilities.

What a stupid mistake he made.

He thought he was invincible after defeating that good-for-nothing Liu Chen.

They didn't take other early-stage True Essence Realm prodigies seriously.

Ignorance and arrogance come at a price.

He unleashed his cultivation at the early stage of the True Essence Realm, with countless True Essence surging from his body. The earth-yellow True Essence coiled around his fist, and he unleashed a martial art of the first rank of the Traveler, the Earth Element Fist.

He unleashed a punch at Gu Chen.

He held nothing back.

Gu Chen was able to defeat Liu Chen, meaning he was at the same level as Liu Chen, so he wouldn't be arrogant.

He came charging at me with a fierce punch.

The force of the punch made the air explode.

Gu Chen neither dodged nor avoided.

His bronze body now has a protective divine pattern imprinted on it.

With the activation of ten protective divine runes, ten layers of protective light shields were created, rendering attacks from the early True Essence Realm unable to harm him.

Although Wen Wushuang broke through to the early stage of the True Essence Realm before Liu Chen, his strength was not much stronger than Liu Chen's.

There is nothing to fear.

Wen Wushuang's fist approached.

The fist was imbued with powerful true energy, giving the impression of terrifying destructive force.

Gu Chen's ten protective divine runes lit up, forming ten layers of golden light shields on his body.

Boom!

Wen Wushuang's punch landed squarely on the golden protective shield around Gu Chen's body.

The terrifying energy failed to budge Gu Chen in the slightest.

Instead, the force of the backlash from the ten layers of golden light shield on Gu Chen's body sent him flying backward.

He stumbled back more than ten steps before barely managing to regain his balance.

This scene.

This left everyone who had come to watch stunned.

Wen Wushuang just punched Gu Chen. If an ordinary early-stage True Essence Realm expert had encountered this punch and had not resisted, he would definitely have been injured.

On the field, Feng Yuan, the city lord of Jiuwan City, and Pi Kaikai, the commander of the Jiuwan City Guard, who had also reached the early stage of the True Yuan Realm, felt the same way.

If Wen Wushuang's punch had been aimed at them, they would have been injured if they hadn't used martial arts to defend themselves.

Unexpectedly, it had no effect whatsoever on Gu Chen.

Wen Wushuang's punch not only failed to harm Gu Chen in the slightest, but was instead deflected by the recoil force of the golden light shield on Gu Chen's body.

Gu Chen's golden light shield is too strong.

What kind of defensive martial art is this? It's incredibly powerful.

Gu Chen's defensive power completely overwhelmed Wen Wushuang, who was also at the early stage of the True Yuan Realm.

Wenjia direction.

Everyone was shocked. Wen Wushuang's uncle, Wen Jiexing, said in disbelief, "He actually mastered the second stage of the Xuan Tie Crimson Copper Vajra Body, the Crimson Copper Body!"

Gu Chen and his companions knew that they possessed this top-tier body-refining technique from the Body Sect.

Gu Chen had previously been exposed by Liu Chen because of this incident, which almost led to him being targeted by Xu Lei, the envoy of the Body Sect.

Unexpectedly, Gu Chen had just broken through to the early stage of the True Essence Realm and had already mastered the second chapter of this body-refining divine skill, the Crimson Copper Body.

The first body of this divine skill is the Xuan Tie Body.

Once one cultivates to perfection, one can ignore attacks from the fifth level of the innate realm.

The second body, the Crimson Copper Body, can withstand attacks from the fourth stage of the Four Realms of Travelers, the Core Formation stage, once cultivated to the point where 120 protective divine runes are imprinted within the body.

Just as Gu Chen was blocking Wen Wushuang's punch, ten protective divine runes flashed on his body, creating ten layers of protective light shield.

This is the sign that one has cultivated the second body, the Crimson Copper Body, of this body-refining divine skill to the entry level.

All attacks that can ignore the early stage of the True Essence Realm.

He deflected Wen Wushuang's punch.

"What amazing defense." On the training ground, Wen Wushuang steadied himself and looked at Gu Chen in front of him in shock.

What terrifying defense! No wonder they dare to be so arrogant.

Has this meant that the second body, the Crimson Copper Body, of the Body Refining Divine Art of the Body Refining Sect has been mastered?

Before coming, he had investigated Gu Chen's information and naturally knew that Gu Chen had cultivated the Body Sect's techniques.

I never expected that Gu Chen would be so talented, and that he would master the second chapter of this divine skill so quickly.

Having mastered the basics of the copper body, things are getting a bit complicated.

But that punch just now wasn't his full strength.

He also possesses a martial art that allows him to unleash the power of the mid-stage True Essence Realm, since Gu Chen's ten-layered protective shield can withstand the power of the early-stage True Essence Realm.

Then he would use the power of the mid-stage True Essence Realm and see how Gu Chen could stop him!

"Didn't you eat? Is that all the strength you have? Sorry, it's not even enough to tickle me." Gu Chen looked at Wen Wushuang, who had been directly blasted away by him, and said indifferently, "You can't even break my defense, so who gave you the courage to challenge me?"

"Don't be arrogant. I was careless just now. Next, I'll show you my true strength!" Wen Wushuang shouted coldly.