Chapter 57

That strike… Gu Yang actually blocked it!?

And it carried true essence!

If any other top disciple had faced that strike, they wouldn’t have had a chance…let alone blocked it head-on.

But Gu Yang… did it!

And judging by his expression, he seemed relaxed!

That was what truly shocked everyone!

They had expected Gu Yang to be crushed by that strike.

But instead…

It was a tie?

This…

Countless faces showed disbelief.

Yun Hai’s eyes widened.

He blocked it!?

How was that possible!?

Then his gaze sharpened.

“That punch… its power is insane!”

He had seen Gu Yang defeat Qi Tianhe with thirty percent fist intent, but he had only guessed its true power.

After all, he hadn’t faced it himself…until now.

Now that he had faced it personally… Yun Hai finally understood just how terrifying the power behind that punch truly was.

Even so, his expression turned grim in an instant.

How humiliating!

He was a dignified Core Formation cultivator, yet his attack had been effortlessly blocked by someone at the third level of True Condensation?

Unacceptable!

Absolutely intolerable!

“I want to see how you block this one!”

Yun Hai’s face twisted in fury.

His true essence surged once again.

In the next moment, he swung his blood-red broadsword with force.

A terrifying aura instantly gathered around it.

But this time… something was different.

A mysterious force quietly clung to the blade.

The broadsword let out a thunderous roar…echoing across the entire arena!

It was…

Twenty percent blade intent!

On the dueling stage, Yun Hai’s true essence erupted violently.

Above his head, waves of blood-colored energy gathered.

He gripped the blood-red broadsword tightly.

Twenty percent blade intent burst forth!

The aura radiating from Yun Hai stunned countless core disciples below.

Especially those from Baiyang Sect.

“That’s the Blood Slaughter Blade!”

“That’s Senior Brother Yun’s signature move!”

“A mid-tier Earth-grade blade technique…he once used it to seriously injure a fellow Core Formation cultivator!”

“Senior Brother Yun is going all out!”

They looked on with excitement, faces glowing with anticipation.

Meanwhile, the disciples of Liuyun Sect clenched their fists, their expressions filled with worry.

Gu Yang had already surprised everyone by blocking Yun Hai’s earlier strike.

But this time…

Could he block it again?

On the dueling platform, blood energy churned.

Waves of murderous aura surged from the crimson mist.

Yun Hai’s eyes turned cold.

He raised his hand slightly.

Instantly, all the blood energy condensed onto the blood-red broadsword.

Ssshh!

“Blood Slaughter Blade!”

Yun Hai growled.

A massive wave of blood energy wrapped around a thick crimson blade aura, surging toward Gu Yang like a towering mountain!

The blood aura soared skyward.

Even just facing it, one could feel the crushing pressure bearing down!

Gu Yang narrowed his eyes.

He had to admit…this strike was terrifying.

True essence, a mid-tier Earth-grade blade technique, and twenty percent blade intent…

Combined, even an ordinary second-level Core Formation cultivator wouldn’t dare take it head-on!

However…

To Gu Yang, that was all it was.

A cold smirk appeared on his face.

He raised his fist again.

His action drew gasps from the crowd.

“Again?”

“This strike is nothing like the last one…why hasn’t he drawn his sword?”

“Gu Yang’s being reckless!”

Many core disciples voiced their concerns.

Some even said outright that Gu Yang was arrogant and overconfident.

This was a strike infused with twenty percent blade intent and an Earth-grade technique!

And Gu Yang still planned to counter it with his bare fists?

Was he asking for death?

Yun Hai also sneered coldly at Gu Yang’s move.

“Foolish!”

“So-called prodigy? Looks like that’s all he is.”

“A coward who doesn’t even dare draw his sword!”

He looked on with disdain.

But just as Gu Yang’s fist was about to collide with the mountain-like blade aura…

Something changed.

A mysterious force erupted from his fist.

But this time…

It wasn’t thirty percent fist intent.

It was…

Forty percent!

The moment forty percent fist intent surged onto Gu Yang’s fist, an unimaginable force exploded forth!

In the next instant…

His fist slammed into the terrifying blade aura.

And then…

A shocking scene unfolded!

Gu Yang’s fist shattered the blade aura like it was nothing!

The collision lasted less than ten seconds!

The blade aura disintegrated instantly!

It happened so fast that neither the audience nor Yun Hai had time to react.