Chapter 52

"Is what you said true?" Su Rong blinked her bright black eyes, her long eyelashes trembling, indicating the turmoil in her heart.

"I have no interest in deceiving you!" Pang Shao looked at Su Rong, admiring her well-proportioned and alluring figure, thinking to himself that she was truly a tempting beauty, no wonder Ye Chu had a secret crush on her. "Putting your hopes on that pretty boy Chen Bowen is giving him too much credit."

"Don't spread such frightening rumors here!" Zhang Suer saw Su Rong's face turn pale and mustered the courage to snort at Pang Shao. She felt that Pang Shao was just scaring them, a man who only harmed women claiming he was stronger than Chen Bowen was as credible as Ye Chu deciding to reform!

"If you don't believe me, just wait and see!" Pang Shao did not explain further, his gaze shifting to the dueling arena.

In the dueling arena, Chen Bowen and Sha Shan fought fiercely, each of their intent energies flying out, creating strong gusts of wind as they moved. Their strength was evenly matched, and each attack made the other's body tremble.

"I didn't expect you to have some skills!" Chen Bowen stared at Sha Shan, his eyes cold, the intent energy surrounding him becoming even more intense, exerting immense pressure as it pressed directly against Sha Shan.

"You're far weaker than me!" Sha Shan laughed loudly. "Let me show you the Mountain Splitting Kick!"

As Sha Shan spoke, the intent energy at his feet suddenly converged, merging with the energy in his legs. He continuously kicked out, sweeping across with a force that truly seemed capable of splitting mountains, extremely domineering. Seeing Sha Shan suddenly display such a powerful foot technique, Su Zhengping and the others stood up abruptly, their faces changing dramatically.

Ye Chu's body also stiffened slightly, his gaze on Sha Shan in the arena becoming more serious: "This is a先天级 (Xiantian-level) martial technique! He, who is only at the Intent Formation stage, can actually use it!"

Ye Chu couldn't help but be surprised. Xiantian-level martial techniques were not particularly rare, but in a small kingdom like Yao and Sha, they were quite rare! Moreover, Xiantian-level martial techniques were generally only usable by martial artists who had reached the Xiantian realm. For those who had not reached the Xiantian realm, special means or circumstances were required to use them, and the cost was significant!

At least in a small kingdom like Yao and Sha, only those from extremely wealthy families would spend such a cost! Even those from wealthy families might not necessarily spend such a cost to have them practice Xiantian realm martial techniques.

For example, despite his wealthy background, Pang Shao did not specifically practice Xiantian-level martial techniques. His grandfather believed that Pang Shao could definitely reach the Xiantian realm, so there was no need to spend a large cost to practice techniques he would eventually learn, and it would be a waste of time.

But the martial practitioner from the small kingdom of Sha had actually practiced a Xiantian-level martial technique and had already achieved a certain level, which couldn't help but surprise Ye Chu.

"I was defeated by his Xiantian-level martial technique!" Pang Shao said angrily. "If I had known, I shouldn't have listened to my grandfather and should have learned a few Xiantian-level martial techniques."

Ye Chu smiled, his gaze returning to the arena. After the Xiantian-level martial technique was used, Chen Bowen found it difficult to keep up, constantly dodging the kicks.

Ye Chu and Pang Shao were not surprised by this outcome. Although Xiantian-level martial techniques could not be used to their full potential by Intent Formation practitioners, they were still far superior to techniques below the Xiantian level. Without a Xiantian-level martial technique, Chen Bowen would find it hard to deal with such a technique!

"Chen Bowen has lost!" Pang Shao looked at the dueling arena, his gaze suddenly shifting to Ye Chu. "Is it possible to defeat the opponent without using a Xiantian-level martial technique?"

"Of course! Even the simplest attack, if you can fully unleash its essence, can completely handle this Mountain Splitting Kick!" Ye Chu smiled. "Xiantian martial techniques are indeed stronger than ordinary techniques, but it also depends on the person using them!"

As Ye Chu and Pang Shao spoke, Chen Bowen was forced to the edge of the dueling arena, with no place to hide, he could only grit his teeth and unleash his energy to meet the attack.

"Come on!" Sha Shan laughed, his leg fiercely chopping down with the power to shatter rocks and steel, striking Chen Bowen's leg.

"Crack..."

Although it was just a slight sound of bone cracking, it was abnormally loud in the dueling arena. The crowd from Yao Kingdom suddenly stood up, watching Chen Bowen, who was on the ground, clutching his leg in pain, their faces showing disbelief.

"This is impossible!"

Not just Zhang Suer and her group, even Su Zhengping and his group couldn't help but stand up straight, their faces changing dramatically, their expressions filled with panic.

"How could Chen Bowen lose! He is the best of the young generation in Yao Kingdom, he should be invincible!"

Everyone stared in shock at Chen Bowen, who was thrown out of the arena, clutching his leg and sweating profusely, their minds in a daze. Chen Bowen's defeat had serious consequences. Would Yao Kingdom really have to cede territory to the other side?

"The young generation of Yao Kingdom is just like this, I heard this is your strongest person? And he is so easily defeated!" The leader of Sha Kingdom laughed loudly, his voice echoing from the city tower, making everyone glare in anger. "Is there anyone else? If not, then admit defeat, cede the city, and send that beauty over."

The arrogant words reached everyone's ears, and Ye Chu's gaze shifted to Su Rong, seeing her pale face and trembling lips.

"Hehe! Looks like your dream lover is about to be taken away!" Pang Shao said with a gloating tone. "What a pity, this woman is so beautiful, I wouldn't want to let her go."

Ye Chu rolled his eyes, naturally knowing Pang Shao's intentions, just wanting him to help save face.

Seeing that Ye Chu was ignoring him, Pang Shao couldn't help but remind him: "You're not really too lazy to act now, are you?"

"Not interested!" Ye Chu wasn't worried about Su Rong. Even if Yao Kingdom really lost, the king of Yao Kingdom wouldn't necessarily cede the city and Su Rong to Sha Kingdom.

Just as Pang Shao continued to try to persuade Ye Chu, a figure shot out and landed in the dueling arena: "I am Ye Tian from Yao Kingdom, I will learn from your great skills!"

The originally despondent crowd from Yao Kingdom, seeing Ye Tian step forward, felt a renewed sense of hope.

"You?" Sha Shan sneered. "Your strongest person, Chen Bowen, couldn't defeat me, you coming here is just following in his footsteps!"

"Just because he is not as strong as me doesn't mean I am not as strong as you!" Ye Tian said calmly, extending his hand with great courtesy. "Please!"

If Ye Tian had said this under normal circumstances, he would have been cursed by Chen Bowen's admirers, but now everyone couldn't help but look forward to seeing if Ye Tian was indeed stronger than Chen Bowen.

"Let's see what confidence you have to say that." Sha Shan laughed, his attacks suddenly becoming more fierce. He immediately used the Xiantian-level Mountain Splitting Kick, clearly intending to kick Ye Tian out of the arena.

"Knowing that the opponent has a Xiantian-level martial technique and still going up, that's asking for a beating!" Pang Shao shook his head. "Your big brother isn't very smart! Just like you..."

But Pang Shao's words were cut short as his eyes widened: "He... he..."

In the arena, Ye Tian, facing Sha Shan's Mountain Splitting Kick, did not dodge. Instead, he flipped his palm, drawing arcs, and directly met the kick.

"This world isn't the only place where you can use Xiantian-level martial techniques in the Intent Formation stage!" Ye Tian said calmly, his attack sending Sha Shan reeling back.

Xiantian-level palm technique!

Ye Chu's eyes lit up, not expecting Ye Tian to also be able to use Xiantian-level martial techniques! This scene excited the entire Yao Kingdom, and they cheered for Ye Tian. Su Rong, standing next to Ye Chu, her face now had a hint of redness, her fists tightly clenched, revealing her inner tension!