“Examiner, I am ready.”
To the surprise of Gong Sunsheng, Xu Taiping not only did not show the slightest fear in response to his threat, but instead, a strong fighting spirit surged in his eyes, as if he couldn’t wait to fight him.
“Gong Sunsheng, are you ready?”
The examiner nodded slightly at Xu Taiping, then turned to look at Gong Sunsheng on the other side.
“I am ready.”
Gong Sunsheng put on a pair of gloves made of spirit beast fur, then squinted his eyes and assumed a boxing stance.
“Now that both sides are ready, let the match begin!”
The examiner’s voice spread throughout the Sword Control Platform in an instant through a transmission talisman.
“Boom, boom!”
Almost as soon as his voice sounded, two extremely intense fluctuations of Qi burst open on the stage, creating ripples of power, followed by a “roar” echoing on the platform.
Gong Sunsheng unleashed a furious lion shadow formed by his boxing Qi, and punched towards Xu Taiping.
This was Gong Sunsheng’s ultimate skill, the Lion-Killing Fist.
This boxing technique, because it required the use of True Qi to perform and also involved the use of spell incantations during cultivation, could no longer be considered a martial skill, but rather a spell.
“Boom!”
Before the punch even landed, the lion shadow formed by his boxing Qi had already opened its blood-filled mouth and pounced towards Xu Taiping.
This kind of True Qi-conjured shadow was not an illusion, and its power was almost equivalent to a physical attack.
“Bang!”
But to everyone’s surprise, Xu Taiping directly shattered the lion shadow formed by True Qi with a single strike.
Following that, Xu Taiping’s figure suddenly disappeared from where he was standing.
In the blink of an eye, he enveloped Gong Sunsheng with dozens of boxing shadows.
“It’s just an illusion!”
Gong Sunsheng snorted coldly, ignoring the boxing shadows around him, and instead focused all his strength on punching Xu Taiping.
“Bang, bang, bang!”
But before his fist could reach Xu Taiping, the boxing shadows instantly turned from illusion to reality.
One heavy punch after another ruthlessly struck Gong Sunsheng, causing his protective Qi to burst and his body to fly backward.
“Good!”
In the stands, Zhao Linglong cheered loudly for Xu Taiping, ignoring the gazes of those around her.
Jin Hezhi’s expression, on the other hand, was somewhat unpleasant.
“That was not just an illusion. The reason so many boxing shadows appeared was entirely because Taiping’s punching speed was too fast, so fast that ordinary people’s eyes couldn’t keep up.”
Qingxiao nodded in satisfaction.
“After all, boxing is ultimately a martial skill. Although Gong Sunsheng was expelled and had his cultivation of high-level spells erased, even low-level spells are not something a mere martial artist can break through.”
At this point, Jin Hezhi sneered.
His lack of confidence in Xu Taiping was not entirely due to bias.
“Clang!…”
Just as the group was talking, a golden light suddenly lit up on the stage, and Gong Sunsheng was enveloped in a golden light shield.
“He actually re-cultivated the Golden Bell Shield at the foot of the mountain?”
Senior Sister Ziyan frowned at this moment.
The protective power of the spell Golden Bell Shield was much stronger than that of the Golden Bell Talisman, and it was not something that could be easily broken.
“Bang!”
At this moment, another one of Xu Taiping’s Bull Horns Collapsing Mountains heavily struck Gong Sunsheng’s body.
However, not only was Gong Sunsheng unharmed, but the boxing Qi condensed around Xu Taiping’s fist was also directly dispersed.
“The martial skill Green Bull Fist can’t break through the spell Golden Bell Shield.”
Qingxiao also frowned at this point.
“If he can’t even break through the Golden Bell Shield, the outcome of this match is already decided.”
Jin Hezhi opened his folding fan with a “snap,” then smiled and waved it gently.
“Roar!”
As if to confirm Jin Hezhi’s assessment, just as Xu Taiping’s boxing was blocked by the Golden Bell Shield, Gong Sunsheng’s Lion-Killing Fist, which had been gathering strength, along with the roar and the boxing Qi condensed into a lion shadow, suddenly smashed towards Xu Taiping’s chest and abdomen.
“Bang!”
This punch heavily struck Xu Taiping’s abdomen.
“Crack!…”
Just as Zhao Linglong was nervously breathing, thinking that Xu Taiping would be seriously injured by this punch, she suddenly heard the sound of ice cracking on Xu Taiping’s body.
Looking closely, large chunks of ice crystals suddenly fell from Xu Taiping’s body, as if a plaster mold was falling off a sword embryo.
“The Profound Ice Armor of the Twilight Glow Technique?”
Xu Ziyan suddenly stood up.
“The ability to condense ice armor around the body means that he has fully comprehended the true meaning of the second level of the Twilight Glow Technique.”
Qingxiao’s eyes also flashed with excitement.
To cultivate the Twilight Glow Technique to the second level and to fully grasp the true meaning of the Twilight Glow Technique were completely different things. Only by fully comprehending the true meaning of the first level of the Twilight Glow Technique could one condense Qi into ice, and only by fully comprehending the true meaning of the second level could one condense a Profound Ice Armor on the body.
Although this Profound Ice Armor was not particularly hard, it could help a cultivator block an attack in a critical moment.
Just like what Xu Taiping had just done.
“Boom!”Almost the instant the Xuanbing Armor shattered, Xu Taiping’s fist suddenly swung out.
With a loud “bang,” the fist heavily smashed into Gongsun Sheng’s body.
Despite being protected by the Golden Bell Shield, Gongsun Sheng was still forced to retreat several steps under the immense force of the Charging Bull Formation.
“Boom!”
And in the moment he was unsteady, Xu Taiping’s aura around his body suddenly surged.
Immediately after, his figure flashed from its original spot, with the phantom of a Green Bull manifesting around him.
Then, he began to rapidly alternate left and right punches, one after another, heavily smashing into Gongsun Sheng.
“Bang bang bang!”
Amidst the thunderous noise, from a distance, Xu Taiping at this moment resembled a ferocious Green Bull, ceaselessly charging forward.
Gongsun Sheng had no chance to counterattack, only able to defend with the Golden Bell Shield.
“This is the first time I’ve seen someone practice the Charging Bull Formation to such an extent.”
Although Xu Taiping still hadn’t broken through Gongsun Sheng’s Golden Bell Shield, Xu Ziyan was still shocked by the ferocity of Xu Taiping’s punches on the Sword Control Platform.
“How did he discover the Green Bull Fist had such power?”
She turned her head to look at Dugu Qingxiao beside her.
“Perhaps… it’s simply because the Green Bull Fist was the only martial skill he could afford.”
Dugu Qingxiao stared unblinkingly at Xu Taiping on the platform, murmuring to himself.
Upon hearing this, both Xu Ziyan and Zhao Linglong beside her were stunned.
Indeed, how much Merit currency could a youth with no one to rely on, living alone in the deep mountains, earn from a few acres of medicinal garden in a year?
Perhaps even the Green Bull Fist was obtained through his scrimping and saving?
“Little Taiping, all of this is what you deserve, do not give up!”
Watching Xu Taiping on the platform who was still desperately throwing punches, Zhao Linglong murmured to herself.
“Bang!”
And at that moment, just as Gongsun Sheng suddenly took a fierce step to the side, his feet nailed to the ground like iron stakes, he then brought his palms together and bellowed:
“Immovable as a Mountain!”
As soon as the words fell, a bright golden light suddenly shone around him, and his body, like a stone statue, remained unmoved no matter how fierce Xu Taiping’s punches were.
This guy, he actually cultivated his Golden Bell Shield to the Immovable as a Mountain level?
The faces of Zhao Linglong and the others changed dramatically.
Could the Green Bull Fist break through Gongsun Sheng’s Immovable as a Mountain?
A look of worry immediately appeared on Dugu Qingxiao’s face.