Yan Wuji's momentum rose from one peak to another, completely surpassing the category of a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, capable of contending even against newly entered Golden Core Cultivators.

Crack.

Cracks appeared on the arena under his tremendous power. Yan Wuji's body was enveloped in flames, and under the crimson fire, the Fiery Rock Armor that originally covered just his skin expanded significantly, becoming a thick protective shell.

With this, wanting to injure Yan Wuji would require breaking through this hardened layer of rock outside, making it significantly difficult.

Shen Wang squinted his eyes; this seems to be a secret technique executed through the bloodline, unleashing Golden Core Level power without any assistance from magical artifacts or external aids. Is this the foundation of a Major Sect?

"Senior Brother Yan has used his ultimate move, it looks like he wants to end the battle quickly."

"With the Fiery Rock Battle Body activated, his combat power rivals that of a Golden Core Cultivator; very few of the same realm can withstand it."

"The methods this person used before were unremarkable; he probably can't resist now."

Those familiar with Yan Wuji were not optimistic about Shen Wang, thinking the fight would soon be over.

"Heh heh."

Yan Wuji let out a strange laugh, sprang from the ground, shattering the arena, his body rapidly charging out like a scorching wave with oppressive force, his fist like an iron hammer slamming down fiercely.

The flaming fist passed through an afterimage, slammed down with a boom onto the stage, instantly shattering a large area.

If it weren't for the specially made arena, outside of it, such a punch would create a ten-zhang wide pit easily.

Shen Wang was forced to use the Ghost Shadow Step, dodging the powerful explosive strike.

However, he didn't retreat far, his figure appearing on the flank.

Yan Wuji's body had grown larger, his explosive power stronger, yet his flexibility had decreased, appearing somewhat clumsy in the face of the Ghost Shadow Step.

Almost simultaneously, he mobilized the Red Dragon Qi, gathering his power, ferociously punching at his ribs.

With a crackling sound, among the shattering noise, dark red fragments fell.

Shen Wang frowned, stepping back to avoid Yan Wuji's counter elbow strike, seeing he merely broke a small piece of rock at his ribs without injuring the main body.

"The defense is quite strong, it's tough to break through."

Shen Wang couldn't help but think of Xie Xianlong, that guy was wearing the Hundred Tempered Battle Armor for strong defense, while this person relied on their own skills, more flexible, with rich combat experience; using something like the Detonator Talisman to solve this would likely be very difficult.

"Don't run!"

Yan Wuji's explosive power was strong, his straight-line speed still very fast, catching up to Shen Wang, using his hands across the air, targeting Shen Wang's head, forcefully closing in to smash.

Rivers of red Qi emerged from Shen Wang, his arm and leg muscles bursting with power, a gleam flashed in his eyes as his arms spread outward.

Bam!

Almost simultaneously, as the arms clashed together, there was a crunching sound from Shen Wang's bones, threads of red Qi shattered under Yan Wuji's power, causing Shen Wang to feel a terrifying squeezing force.

Luckily, his outward stretching action provided more support than clasping hands, successfully resisting and then kicking out a foot, colliding with Yan Wuji who did the same.

Boom!

The forces from both sides collided completely, causing the arena to tremble violently, two fire attribute powers eroding each other, emitting a series of explosive boom sounds.

Amidst the blaze, both parties separated quickly, Shen Wang retreated a bit more, yet still eliciting a burst of astonishment from the audience below.

"Damn, he can still withstand that? Is his physical body that strong?"

"With such a powerful physique, this must be at least a mid-grade Dharma Body, could that be cultivated at Foundation Establishment Level?"

"When did the Dragon-Suppressing Force become so formidable, allowing a Foundation Establishment Cultivator to coalesce a mid-grade Dharma Body?"

The crowd buzzed with surprise and discussion.

They were quite shocked; usually, Dharma Bodies can only be cultivated at Golden Core Level, for a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, only if possessing special bloodline or having reached a certain proficiency in body refining techniques, could they preemptively achieve it.

But this typically only applies to low-grade Dharma Bodies, advancing further would be exceedingly difficult, unless possessing truly unique bloodlines, essentially needing to achieve Core Formation later, preferably as a specialized Body Refining Cultivator.

Thus, they were somewhat surprised to find that Shen Wang's physical body strength had already reached this level,

Let alone them, Yan Wuji, stopped by Shen Wang's physical blocking, was even more unable to remain calm, as he looked at Shen Wang, who seemed to only use the Dragon-Suppressing Force, gritted his teeth saying, "How exactly did you achieve this?"

"Through much body refining to reach it."

Shen Wang replied indifferently, while in fact, it was due to his breakthrough, where mana tempered his body, transforming and evolving to this further stage.

This person wasn't aware, and he had no way to explain more, but rather needed to be cautious, to prevent suspicions of hidden cultivation level due to his physical prowess.

Thinking here, he deemed he shouldn't overperform, deliberately letting out some blood, appearing injured from the head-on clash.

This made the observers find it more reasonable.

"He was still injured, previously should have been enduring forcefully, I actually thought he had cultivated a mid-grade Dharma Body."

"Although not, it should be close, still very remarkable."

"With such strength, he has enough to enter the top ten; it's hard, Array Refining Pavilion hasn't had such an outstanding disciple in years."

"No wonder the Pavilion Master recruited him, surely brings us pride."

The reasonable conclusion did not garner any disdain, but rather the admiration of the masses.

After all, Shen Wang still hadn't used his most skilled array, yet he could contend evenly with Yan Wuji, how many in the Inner Sect could afford to disdain him?

Shen Wang opted not to continue the head-on clash, but rather relied on the Ghost Shadow Step to maneuver, using deft force to tackle brute strength; although he was somewhat less in momentum, he consistently could easily meet the attacks, not being knocked off the arena, it wasn't deemed his loss.

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