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

In the small square.

Yuan Geng also unleashed his full power.

His cultivation level at the mid-stage of the Breaking Aperture Realm erupted.

Terrifying true energy surged forth from the acupoints in the limbs and torso, which had already been opened up throughout the body.

They charged towards Gu Chen.

The cultivation technique he practiced was the Golden Body Technique, one of the top techniques of the Golden Palace.

The disciples of the Golden Palace mostly cultivate the power of Geng Metal, which is not only good at attacking but also at defending.

The Golden Body Technique he cultivates can greatly enhance his physical body.

Although it cannot compare to the Copper Body, a divine skill that focuses on physical defense, cultivated by Gu Chen, it is still stronger than the defense of an ordinary mid-stage Breaking Aperture Realm expert.

His martial art is a sixth-grade fist technique called the Breaking Limit Fist.

It emphasizes using supreme fist power, striking with one burst of energy, and breaking through all techniques with a single punch.

With the added power of his Geng metal element, his attack power becomes even more terrifying, carrying an extremely sharp aura.

Gu Chen snorted coldly, and the Azure Dragon and White Tiger phenomena were activated.

Suddenly, the phantoms of a blue dragon and a white tiger appeared behind him, boosting his combat power by two minor realms.

This improved his attributes in all aspects to a level comparable to the early stage of the Breaking Aperture Realm.

Then, Gu Chen activated his Crimson Copper Body, and thirty protective divine runes lit up, with layers of golden light shielding his body. These runes then merged and overlapped, transforming into a thick protective aura that tightly protected his entire body.

Gu Chen drew his Fire Profound Blade and charged towards Yuan Geng to fight.

Yuan Geng rushed forward and leaped up to deliver a punch.

He condensed terrifying Gengjin True Essence and unleashed a punch, creating a giant golden fist in the air that slammed down directly towards Gu Chen.

The air itself seemed to explode and burst.

Seeing this, Gu Chen showed no weakness and directly slashed vertically to block, unleashing the Breaking Illusion Blade.

The blood-red, explosive sword intent merged with his alien true essence to meet Yuan Geng's punch.

boom!

The Geng metal-attribute true essence fist collided with Gu Chen's sword, and both of them were simultaneously blasted away, their sword intent and fist imprint dissipating at the same time.

Yuan Geng took several steps back.

Gu Chen, however, did not retreat an inch.

In their first encounter, Gu Chen gained the upper hand.

A mid-stage Breakthrough Realm cultivator is indeed very strong.

It is several times stronger than in the early stages.

If He Teng had taken Gu Chen's attack head-on back then, he would probably have been seriously injured even if he hadn't been defeated.

Yuan Geng, however, only took a few steps back and was not seriously injured.

The difference between the two is evident.

Yuan Geng's face was grim.

This Gu Chen is truly powerful.

The Supervisory Department did not exaggerate his combat strength or arbitrarily rank him on the Prodigy Ranking; he truly possesses the strength to break through to the mid-stage of the Aperture Realm.

He hadn't held back with that punch, yet he was still at a disadvantage against him.

Today is going to be a tough battle.

He could no longer afford to confront Gu Chen head-on.

His cultivation level is high, and his body has a large reserve of true essence, so he must fight a war of attrition with Gu Chen.

No matter how high Gu Chen's talent was or how strong his martial arts skills were, his cultivation level remained only at the late stage of the True Essence Realm.

Maintaining the ability to unleash powerful martial arts techniques requires a significant amount of energy.

Given Gu Chen's current level of cultivation, he certainly won't last long.

Once Gu Chen's cultivation level is nearly depleted.

He will surely be the one to win in the end.

Ahead, Gu Chen cleaved him back with a single strike.

He continued charging forward, gripping the knife, and then slashed at Yuan Geng again.

Yuan Geng unleashed a sixth-rank movement technique, the Monkey Movement Technique, moving with the agility of a monkey as he dodged to the side while simultaneously throwing a punch at Gu Chen.

Gu Chen missed with his first strike, then turned around and used the Fire Profound Blade to block the punch from his side.

Then he slashed horizontally with his sword.

A blood-red blade intent slashed directly at Yuan Geng.

To prevent him from dodging, Gu Chen continued to slash three times in succession. Several blood-red sword intents pierced through the air and slashed towards him. The four sword intents were like four blood-red crescent moons, cutting and distorting the air wherever they passed.

Block him from all four directions: front, top, left, and right, leaving him with no way to escape.

The only option is to take it head-on.

Yuan Geng sneered.

Gu Chen has truly gone mad.

He unleashed four such powerful crimson sword intents in one go.

It must have taken a huge toll on him.

Even after several more attacks like this, Gu Chen was still exhausted.

He just needs to withstand a few more of Gu Chen's attacks.

He concentrated his power, and the abundant Geng metal true essence surged from his acupoints and dantian, unleashing a full-force punch at the sword intent in front of him.

Gu Chen's sword intent was attacking from the front, top, left, and right. He only needed to confront the sword intent in front of him head-on.

Boom!

A loud bang shook the entire square.

Gu Chen's sword intent was shattered, and Yuan Geng was once again forced back by this sword intent, while the other three sword intents were unstoppable.

They directly ripped open the wall of the mansion behind the square, creating a gap seven or eight meters long.

Gu Chen pressed his advantage and continued his attack.

Taking advantage of the moment when Yuan Geng had just blocked his sword intent, he leaped up and slashed vertically down at him.

Yuan Geng quickly adjusted his stance and threw another punch to meet the attack, while simultaneously leaning his body to the right to take advantage of the terrifying power of Gu Chen's strike.

After sending him flying backward, he leaped to the side, then turned and flashed to Gu Chen's side, unleashing another punch.

Gu Chen saw that the two had almost finished pulling each other apart.

It's time to take him down; let's stop resisting.

Let Yuan Geng's punch land on him.

Just as the punch landed on him.

Gu Chen adjusted the number of protective runes activated on the red copper body.

The protective runes on the copper body were activated up to forty, greatly enhancing the defensive power of the protective true energy condensed by the runes.

Reaching a point where one can ignore attacks from the mid-stage of the Breaking Aperture Realm.

Yuan Geng's punch landed on him, but the terrifying power was completely neutralized by his protective true qi. At the same time, Gu Chen stopped using the Fire Profound Blade and threw it away.

He grabbed Yuan Geng's shoulder tightly with one hand, then clenched his right fist and swung it toward Yuan Geng's face.

Gu Chen's Breaking Illusion Blade has reached perfection in its cultivation, and has condensed the Breaking Illusion Blade Intent.

The intent of the Breaking Illusion Blade is not something that can only be used when wielding a blade.

Once you understand this, you can transform even the smallest gesture—like touching a flower or plucking a leaf—into a blade that can injure people.

It's the same with fists.

Gu Chen's punch carried the intent of the Breaking Illusion Blade, which greatly increased its attack power.

At the same time, behind Gu Chen, the Azure Dragon and White Tiger phenomena exerted their power simultaneously, and the terrifying amplification power fell on him, making the power of this punch enough to seriously injure a mid-stage Breaking Aperture Realm cultivator.

If that punch landed on Yuan Geng, he would definitely not feel good.

But Gu Chen's other hand was gripping his shoulder tightly, like an iron claw, with immense strength, and he couldn't break free at all.

Gu Chen risked taking a punch from him just to keep him under control and then exchange blows.

He must be forcibly suppressed.

The people around sighed.

Unexpectedly, Gu Chen would use such tactics against Yuan Geng.

Gu Chen, in a posture that allowed him to take Yuan Geng's punch head-on, firmly controlled him.

Then he launched a powerful attack.

Gu Chen's defense was too strong; the protective divine patterns on his bronze body had condensed even more than before.

This has given him the ability to withstand attacks from a mid-stage Breaking Aperture Realm cultivator.

Yuan Geng's punch landed on Gu Chen, but Gu Chen was unharmed.

If Gu Chen's punch landed on Yuan Geng, he would be in big trouble.

Yuan Geng's face was grim.

At this point, it was too late to break free from Gu Chen's control; the only option was to confront him head-on.

He activated his Golden Body Technique at full power to enhance his defensive capabilities.

At the same time, the power of Geng metal was added to his entire right arm, and he unleashed the full power of the Breaking Limit Fist.

The terrifying golden fist force, carrying the power to shatter all martial arts, met Gu Chen's punch.

boom!

The two men's fists collided, causing energy shockwaves to ripple outwards, making their hair fly wildly in the wind.

Yuan Geng felt as if his punch had landed not on Gu Chen's fist, but on an incredibly hard piece of steel.

His fist and entire arm trembled incessantly, the force emanating from Gu Chen's fist seeming to shatter his entire arm.

After Yuan Geng made a punch, he quickly withdrew his arm.

Then, with his other arm, he grabbed Gu Chen's left hand, which was gripping his shoulder, and tried to pry Gu Chen's arm off.

No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't pry it open.

Gu Chen sneered, and the second punch followed immediately.

This punch was also amplified by two major phenomena, enhanced by the intent of the Breaking Illusion Blade, and also carried the attack power of a different kind of true essence fused from the four true essences of Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Thunder.

They came hurtling towards him.

In a panic, Yuan Geng swung his right hand, which had just exchanged a punch with Gu Chen and was now weak and trembling, to exchange punches with Gu Chen again.

This is the second time we've exchanged punches.

He wasn't as lucky as he was in his first encounter with the other side of the boxing ring.

boom!

Click!

His entire arm was shattered, with multiple bones broken and tendons snapped, and it hung limply to the ground.

"Ah!" He screamed in agony.

Gu Chen ignored it.

Continue swinging your fist, throwing several punches in succession.

It slammed into his chest.

The impact dented his chest, leaving four or five large craters.

His physical body was subjected to the power of Gu Chen's Breaking Illusion Blade Intent and the power of the alien true essence, which entered his body through his fist and caused crazy damage to his physical body.

The final punch.

Gu Chen released his left hand from his shoulder and punched him in the chest, sending him flying backward.

It crashed onto the bluestone ground more than ten meters away.

His entire body was convulsing.

Blood trickled from the corner of his mouth; it was unclear whether he was dead or alive.