I Cheated While Cultivating

As for Wang Xiuye, Zhou Heng had quite a good impression of him.

During these days on the boat, he had had some conversations with Wang Xiuye, although this man was a bit too utilitarian in seeking connections with renowned figures in the martial world, he still possessed a sense of fairness and justice.

Zhou Heng followed Chu Qingchuan to an arena not far away.

When Zhou Heng saw the two figures moving and shifting on the stage, his gaze immediately became grave.

Li Wuwang was strong!

Stronger than he had anticipated.

Wang Xiuye was actually getting pressed and beaten.

“Hsss, does Li Wuwang really have such strength?!” Chu Qingchuan too was shocked, staring at the two on the stage with a surprised look, involuntarily exclaiming, “Li Wuwang’s spear technique, at the Lower Third Rank level, can already be called the pinnacle.”

At this moment, the battle between Li Wuwang and Wang Xiuye on the stage had actually reached its climax.

Wang Xiuye had already manifested his inner scenery, enhancing his strength. As he flipped and struck with his palms, he produced bursts of sound, stirring up fierce winds and waves of energy like a tsunami, extremely ferocious.

Furthermore, he wore a pair of gloves on his hands that were clearly not ordinary, increasing the power of his “Mountain Moving Twelve Palms,” each palm strike seemed to possess the great power to move mountains and shake the earth.

Such strength could not be described as anything but strong, worthy of the fourteenth place on the public ranking, indeed living up to the title “Three Palms Shaking Mountains.”

However, the Li Wuwang he was up against was even stronger, wielding a spear about a zhang in length. This spear was made of a special material, its whole body like white jade, yet incredibly hard and sharp.

Li Wuwang was known as “Dragon Spear,” and in his hands, the White Jade Great Spear truly became like a white jade dragon, twisting and soaring. The cold gleam from the spear tip’s attacks were precise, each thrust hitting Wang Xiuye right where his palm techniques were most vulnerable.

No matter how Wang Xiuye changed his moves, Li Wuwang was able to instantly adapt the spear techniques in his hands and respond accordingly. He seemed like a veteran of countless battles, turning the spear in his hands as if it were an extension of his arm, effortlessly countering any attack.

It was as if there were no techniques that could penetrate Li Wuwang’s spear method, which was like the dance of a jade dragon. Even as Wang Xiuye exerted all his energy, he couldn’t inflict the slightest damage on him.

The most crucial point was that, from the beginning to the end, Li Wuwang hadn’t even manifested his inner scenery. This meant that he still had reserve strength, without going all out, he could overpower Wang Xiuye, who held the fourteenth position on the public ranking.

“I heard that ‘Three Palms Shaking Mountains’ once said that he and I, I am not worthy to be compared with Zhou Heng,” Li Wuwang said with a light laugh while flicking his spear to counter Wang Xiuye’s attacks, “Now, how would you evaluate me?”

He had spare energy to talk??

Seeing this, the audience watching the battle couldn’t help but gasp in shock as they observed Li Wuwang, whose breathing remained quite stable. They all felt a shiver in their scalps.

Wow! That’s incredibly strong!

On the other side, Wang Xiuye was already panting heavily, his inner qi rising, even starting to emit smoke from the top of his head, while Li Wuwang, who had the upper hand, still looked so relaxed?

The gap in their strength was truly immense.

Even Zhou Heng felt a bit surprised.

In his eyes, Li Wuwang’s strength clearly exceeded the ordinary.

Li Wuwang seemed to have extremely rich combat experience, which did not match his public debut time and age.

The proficiency of techniques can be trained, the depth of inner strength can be trained, even the spirit and will can be honed through self-cultivation, but real combat experience must be earned through actual battles.

Even Zhou Heng, his own experience in battle truly began to enrich after his fight with the Chang Xing Sect.

Before that, in face-to-face confrontations, he more often relied on crushing his opponents with powerful techniques.

To put it simply, it was “clearing the screen with big moves.”

Now, he had gradually transitioned to being able to vary his techniques in multiple ways and angles, in order to deal with different situations.

He wasn’t just about using “big moves” anymore.

But Li Wuwang’s traceable debut was only a few months ago, and the first time he appeared before the public, he was already Seventh Rank, with only a few battles known to people.

From the moment Li Wuwang made his debut, he entered the top twenty of the public ranking, with no known master or past, and a mysterious identity.

Such a person would definitely attract a lot of attention, and those who could truly spar with him were certainly not weak, so each of his fights would be observed by many and almost none would be unknown.

Unless Li Wuwang had already experienced numerous battles before his debut, with potentially dozens or even hundreds of Martial Artists at the Peak of the Seventh Rank to spar with him, it would be hard for him to have such combat experience now.

“This is a man with secrets,” Zhou Heng’s curiosity was piqued.

He was somewhat looking forward to a match with Li Wuwang. He even had a feeling that perhaps he could completely perfect that move he created in a fight with Li Wuwang.

That move summarized the essence of all the Martial Arts he had learned, with the core will of the Martial Path he wanted to take as the inspiration. It was a creation that “encompasses everything.”

Bang!!

Just at that moment, a muffled sound came from the stage.

Wang Xiuye placed both hands on Li Wuwang’s spear but was picked up and thrown off the stage by a thrust, crashing into a wall not far away, embedding directly into it.

He lost.

He lost conclusively.

Defeated with almost no chance of retaliating.

Beneath the stage, the crowd couldn’t help but exclaim in admiration.

“Li Wuwang is truly exceptionally strong, to win against Wang Xiuye so effortlessly. He will be the fourteenth on the public ranking next term,” they exclaimed.

“He’s not just fourteenth, I think it won’t take long for him to reach the top ten.”

“What do you think about Zhou Heng compared to him?”

“Zhou Heng? Although he’s strong, he is, after all, only Eighth Rank on the Martial Path, so there’s a gap compared to Li Wuwang.”

“I feel like there’s a match to be had, didn’t you watch Zhou Heng’s recent bout with Chu Qingchuan? He was just as impressively strong!”

“No way, Li Wuwang was clearly at ease just now, his strength is unfathomable. Perhaps if Zhou Heng steps into the Seventh Rank there might be a fight to be had, but I fear not at the moment.”

“Zhou Heng has yet to construct his Inner Scenery. Compared to a Seventh Rank, his methods fall short and he’s probably not Li Wuwang’s match.”

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Perhaps it was because Zhou Heng had just fought Chu Qingchuan.

There were still many here discussing who was more formidable between Zhou Heng and Li Wuwang.

The general consensus was that Zhou Heng wasn’t a match for Li Wuwang.

This made Chu Qingchuan very angry.

Indeed, it wasn’t Zhou Heng who had said anything, but rather Chu Qingchuan who couldn’t stand it first.

He didn’t think he was weaker than Li Wuwang, yet now people felt Zhou Heng was no match for Li Wuwang, and he had been defeated by Zhou Heng. Weren’t they implying he was inferior to Li Wuwang?!

Zhou Heng was somewhat amused.

However, he didn’t rush off to challenge Li Wuwang. Instead, he first went over to the wall that Wang Xiuye had been embedded into and pried him out.

The main reason was Li Wuwang had just fought. Fighting him now, Zhou Heng felt it might be unsatisfying.

Yet, Li Wuwang on the stage had already noticed him.

“Zhou Heng!”

Li Wuwang stood on the platform, holding his Dragon Spear and pointing it at Zhou Heng. He flicked the spear tip, tilted his chin up slightly, and said indifferently, “You, get up here.”

The crowd immediately erupted with excitement. They had been anticipating this battle, and to their surprise, Li Wuwang had just issued the challenge.

“Oh?” Zhou Heng raised an eyebrow, turned to look at Li Wuwang on the platform, and chuckled, “You’ve just had a battle, don’t you need to rest a bit?”

“A battle?” Li Wuwang shook his head at the comment, swept a glance at Wang Xiuye whose face was still somewhat pale, and laughed, “Was that a battle just now? It was merely the disposing of a little insect.”

“You!” Wang Xiuye was immediately furious. He had never expected Li Wuwang to be so arrogant.

“You’re going a bit too far, aren’t you?” Chu Qingchuan also furrowed his brows.

“What, can’t your pride as a disciple of a Great Sect and noble family handle being defeated by an ordinary martial artist like me?” A cold smile appeared on Li Wuwang’s face, as he continued, “Don’t tell me, in your hearts, a common martial artist like me has no right to defeat you? Should people of your noble birth always naturally stand above?”

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Wang Xiuye and Chu Qingchuan were both stunned, taken aback that they had suddenly been accused of discriminating against common martial artists. They found themselves at a loss for words.

Zhou Heng was also surprised. Li Wuwang’s tactic of turning the tables was somewhat reminiscent of a keyboard warrior from an online forum. To deal with such a person, one didn’t need to reason with him.

He simply needed to be beaten up.

Thus, Zhou Heng leaped onto the platform, chuckled, and said, “If I defeat you now, will you again claim that a true disciple of a top Martial Dao Sect is suppressing an ordinary martial artist?”

“With you?” Li Wuwang burst into laughter as if he heard a funny joke. His gaze suddenly turned cold as he said, “A mere Eighth Rank on the Martial Path, who gave you the courage to talk to me like this?”

“Are you a bit mentally unstable?” Zhou Heng’s eyes narrowed slightly.

He acutely sensed that whenever Li Wuwang spoke provocatively, there seemed to be an imperceptible fluctuation of Divine Soul, and Li Wuwang’s arrogant and presumptuous behavior seemed far from normal.

“Enough talk, let’s fight!” Li Wuwang snorted coldly, not engaging with Zhou Heng’s words. With a flick of his White Jade Great Spear, it surged forward like a dragon emerging from the sea, instantly aiming for Zhou Heng’s head!

“A very nice spear,” Zhou Heng smiled. He was quite satisfied with the spear Li Wuwang thrust at him. Although it didn’t involve any anomalies or manipulation of the world’s vital energy, the power and sharpness were concentrated to an extreme.

It was stronger than every strike Wang Xiuye had faced before.

“This is exactly what I wanted!”

Zhou Heng laughed aloud, stepping forward to meet Li Wuwang’s spear thrust. Right away, he raised his right hand as his aura suddenly surged overwhelmingly.

This aura was immensely vast, as if encompassing heaven and earth.

And he, the “person”, stood in the center of heaven and earth, evolving all things, embracing everything!

With just one palm!

It seemed to encompass all the techniques and transformations of Li Wuwang’s spear thrust, even overshadowing Li Wuwang’s very existence!

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ps: What do you all think this palm technique will be called?