"Come on, stop dawdling, hurry up and help me set foot on the path of invincibility!"
Mu Jinyu glanced at Gu Rulong and Chen Huaiyu, noticing their hesitation to come up, he said impatiently.
"Hmph, arrogant!"
Hearing Mu Jinyu's words, Gu Rulong and Chen Huaiyu's faces turned even uglier.
What did he mean by saying they should help him reach the path of invincibility together?
Did he mean that they, these Heaven's Pride, were just meant to be his stepping stones?
Originally not wanting to team up against an enemy, Gu Rulong and Chen Huaiyu found themselves surprisingly united in mindset. No matter if it was a chaotic battle or having to team up against a foe, they both decided to take down Mu Jinyu first!
"Swish swish!"
The two of them took a step and instantly leapt back onto the Ascending Dragon Platform!
Seeing them finally daring to come up to the Ascending Dragon Platform, Mu Jinyu casually remarked, "You specialize in strength and speed, don't you?"
"Then come at me together! Let me see how much your strength and speed fall short of mine!"
"Hmph, boasting!"
Regardless of whether it was Gu Rulong or Chen Huaiyu, upon hearing Mu Jinyu's words, they couldn't help but bristle with anger!
What did he mean by letting him see how much their speed and strength fell short compared to his?
With just that one sentence, he outright assumed they were inferior to him!
His attitude was just like a teacher evaluating a student's grades, assessing their strength and speed, and then offering them some suggestions!
If it were directed at ordinary people, it might have been justified, but they were all peers and Heaven's Pride. This was an intentional humiliation!
Even though his pure physical strength and Supreme Sky Godspeed were indeed slightly superior to theirs, the gap wasn't so vast as between a student and a teacher!
Gu Rulong no longer hesitated, shouting angrily, and began using the "Dragon Elephant Prison Suppression Scripture," along with the secret techniques of the Dragon Elephant Sect.
Suddenly, with a ripping sound, his upper garment shattered, revealing his dragon-like, robust muscles. Then, Gu Rulong performed hand seals, and his spine quivered like a great dragon, seemingly ready to pierce through the sky at any moment!
"Ha!"
Gu Rulong shouted again, his entire body roaring with demonic Qi as he strode towards Mu Jinyu to attack!
In the past, Gu Rulong had faced Mu Jinyu and understood that his pure physical strength alone would likely not match up to him.
But the secret techniques of the Dragon Elephant Sect allowed him not to directly compare pure physical strength but to combine his True Yuan, Qi-Blood, and pure physical strength.
Originally only possessing the power of five elephants, as he activated the secret techniques, overlaying True Yuan and Qi-Blood, he could now even lift a True Dragon's dragon corpse!
Even when battling a Flood Dragon, he remained unfazed!
He had truly transformed into a humanoid violent dragon, possessing the power of a Flood Dragon!
"Boom boom boom!!"
As Gu Rulong charged at Mu Jinyu, the Ascending Dragon Platform, usually stable amidst the battles of numerous Heaven's Pride and monsters, began to tremble slightly, as if it might crash down from the sky!
It was evident how terrifying Gu Rulong's brute strength was at that moment!
The spectators watching were startled and frightened!
"This brute is truly terrifying when he goes berserk!"
The spectators murmured softly.
At this time, a stream of Dragon Qi flowed in, stabilizing the Ascending Dragon Platform, bringing it back to steadiness.
"Ha ha!"
Gu Rulong reached Mu Jinyu, his massive iron fists, no less than large earthen pots, ferociously struck out, much like a charging bull aiming to bring the heavens down!
It was indeed the martial technique of the Dragon Elephant Sect, the "Great Strength Savage Bull Fist"!
The name suggested it was a Lower Yellow Grade fist technique, but in reality, this fist technique was among the rare supreme-grade Earth-level martial arts in Kunlun Ruins!
Practiced to a masterful skill level, it could easily collapse mountains and split peaks!
"Ha ha ha, this is indeed a rare encounter where I find someone capable of matching my pure physical strength..."
Mu Jinyu, seeing Gu Rulong's iron fists recklessly striking like an eagle soaring across the sky, resembling the horns of an antelope, radiating a profound martial intent, laughed heartily, then raised his palm to clash head-on with him!
"Bang!"
"Crack!"
As fist and palm collided, even though Gu Rulong's iron fists could fiercely battle Flood Dragons, he found he couldn't penetrate Mu Jinyu's bare palms, instead feeling like hitting divine iron, causing his own Qi-Blood to surge unsettlingly...
"Clomp clomp clomp..."
Gu Rulong wanted to hold on, hoping to exchange one more blow with Mu Jinyu, but as Mu Jinyu pushed forward with his bare palms, an overwhelming force rushed towards him, immediately making him succumb, spraying a mouthful of blood and taking several steps backward!
"How is this possible?!"
A crazed disbelief roared in Gu Rulong's heart!
This punch of his had the strength of one Jiao, why couldn't he take down Mu Jinyu, why did it cause himself to cough up blood and retreat instead?
Could Mu Jinyu, at just eighteen years of age, have already achieved one Jiao's strength in pure physical terms?
Pure physical strength, where one thousand pounds equals one Horse's strength, ten Horses make one Elephant, and one Elephant equals one Jiao...
It seemed quite straightforward and easy, but in reality, improving physical cultivation even a little was exceedingly difficult.
One Jiao's strength was a full one hundred thousand pounds!
A casual punch without using True Yuan carried a force of one hundred thousand pounds. What armored vehicle could withstand such devastation?
A light punch or kick, what mountain could block its path?
That is to say, there are no roads in this world, and the steps I take create the paths!
If one concentrated purely on cultivating inner strength without focusing on body refining, generally, cultivators at the Divinity Transformation Realm would only have a strength of four or five Horses!
Cultivators at the Fanxu Realm would only achieve one Elephant's strength, barely possessing ten thousand pounds of force in the later stage!
Gu Rulong had painstakingly tempered his physical body and finally achieved the power of five Elephants!
Yet Mu Jinyu, at merely eighteen, possessed one Jiao's strength. Was he a born Divine Body?
Gu Rulong was unaware that in their previous clash at the inn, Mu Jinyu had not yet achieved one Jiao's strength in pure physical terms.
After refining Phoenix Saliva Grass and undergoing Phoenix Blood Body Tempering, his pure physical strength rose from the power of six Elephants to seven!
He should have been at a disadvantage compared to Gu Rulong under the effect of the secret technique!
But just then, Mu Jinyu was blessed by Earth Pulse Dragon Qi, enhancing his cultivation from the Sixth Layer of the Fanxu Realm to the Seventh!
Yet this Dragon Qi blessing did not merely enhance his cultivation but also tempered his physical body. Since it was Dragon Qi, it aroused the Dragon Qi remaining from when he cultivated in the Dragon Marrow Immortal Spring, enhancing him to the Power of Nine Elephants!
In this form, purely from the physical standpoint, he could rival a Flood Dragon that had the potential to transform into a True Dragon!
And in the Transforming Dragon Platform, Mu Jinyu also comprehended the True Dragon Art, further amplifying his strength.
And just moments ago, Mu Jinyu's fortuitous encounter in activating the "Dragon Transformation Scripture" yielded a full three-layer enhancement!
Without considering speed and cultivation, the increase in his pure physical strength combined with a three-layer increase took him to the strength of One Jiao and Two Elephants!
With such an overwhelming force, Mu Jinyu slapped his palm with immense power, shattering Gu Rulong's formidable iron fist against his pair of physical palms, causing a shock that made Gu Rulong's Qi-Blood surge chaotically and made him rather uncomfortable...
"Thud thud thud..."
Gasping for breath, Gu Rulong couldn't withstand it, and blood gushed out from his mouth, forcing him to retreat several steps backward!
"How is this possible?!"
Gu Rulong couldn't believe what happened in his heart!
His punch had the force of one Jiao, why couldn't he defeat Mu Jinyu with that?
Had Mu Jinyu achieved one Jiao's strength, just at eighteen years old, and turned it into a natural Divine Body?
Gu Rulong did not know that earlier in the inn, when Mu Jinyu clashed with him, he'd managed to reach seven elephants in power from six due to training at the Dragon Marrow Immortal Spring!
He was already supposed to be inferior when not using the secret technique!
But just moments ago, the infusion of Earth Pulse Dragon Qi enhanced Mu Jinyu's cultivation from the Sixth Layer of the Fanxu Realm to the Seventh Layer!
The infusion of Dragon Qi further integrated with the remnants of Dragon Qi still lingering deep in his bones from his cultivation at the Dragon Marrow Immortal Spring, advancing his power to the Power of Nine Elephants!
In terms of pure physicality, he was already comparable to a Flood Dragon on the verge of transforming into a True Dragon!
Moreover, Mu Jinyu perceived the True Dragon Art within the Transforming Dragon Platform, further enhancing his strength and power.
And just now, with a stroke of luck, when activating the "Dragon Transformation Scripture," Mu Jinyu achieved the enhancement of three full layers!
On top of his speed and cultivation advancements, his pure physical power increased by three layers, reaching a power equivalent to One Jiao and Two Elephants!
With such tremendous power, Mu Jinyu's palm strike met Gu Rulong's head-on, underlining his dominance.
At that moment, Mu Jinyu suddenly felt a sense of unease as if someone was gazing at him, and squinted his eyes, preparing for a confrontation given that Chen Huaiyu had already vanished from view while Mu Jinyu was engaged in the clash with Gu Rulong!