"How dare you call me an idiot?"

Upon hearing Wang Ruoxie's mocking words, the young man's face suddenly darkened, and a cold killing intent emanated from his body.

Turning his gaze, he asked Zhong Wuchang, "Senior, can we start now?"

"No need to ask me. As long as you are both prepared, you can start anytime."

Zhong Wuchang said indifferently.

Having received Zhong Wuchang's response, a cold smile flashed in the young man's eyes as he turned to Wang Ruoxie and said, "Kid, I had originally planned to give you a chance to live, but since you don't cherish it, you can't blame me."

Then, leaning closer to Wang Ruoxie, he whispered, "Killing you means that ship will also belong to me, Zhu Jun."

As the young man's voice fell, he suddenly punched toward Wang Ruoxie, intending to launch a surprise attack while Wang Ruoxie was unprepared.

"This guy is finished. At such close range, combined with Zhu Jun's surprise attack, there's no way he can withstand it."

Seeing this, the crowd's eyes narrowed slightly, thinking to themselves.

In almost everyone's view, facing Zhu Jun's surprise punch, Wang Ruoxie was undoubtedly unable to resist.

After all, Zhu Jun had the Ninth Layer Cultivation of the Essence Pill Realm, while Wang Ruoxie only had the Eighth Layer Cultivation. There was already a significant strength gap between them, and now Zhu Jun launched a sneak attack; Wang Ruoxie was undoubtedly doomed.

However, in the crowd, Bai Yinyin looked at Wang Ruoxie with a peculiar expression, not believing that Wang Ruoxie would be unable to react to Zhu Jun's sneak attack.

It should be noted that back when Wang Ruoxie was at the Seventh Layer of the Essence Pill Realm, he had already killed Ximen Yao, who had the Ninth Layer Cultivation. Now that he had broken through to the Eighth Layer, his strength must be much stronger than before. How was it possible that he couldn't handle Zhu Jun, whose strength was far inferior to Ximen Yao?

"Boom!"

With a thunderous sound, Zhu Jun's fist instantly struck Wang Ruoxie's body, with terrifying power erupting as if it was going to shatter Wang Ruoxie into pieces.

The crowd seemed to see the scene of Wang Ruoxie being reduced to dust.

However, in the next moment, everyone's eyes froze there, for they saw Wang Ruoxie still standing intact.

Even his clothes showed no signs of damage, as if Zhu Jun's punch hadn't landed on him at all.

Though the violent Vigorous Qi blew Wang Ruoxie's hair into disarray and his clothes flapped wildly, his body remained as steady as a mountain, standing quietly in place.

He looked at Zhu Jun indifferently, his eyes gradually revealing a hint of mockery.

"With this level of strength, you want to kill me? Too weak."

Wang Ruoxie ridiculed Zhu Jun with disdain.

"Impossible... How can this be..."

Zhu Jun stared at Wang Ruoxie with disbelief, his heart fiercely shaken.

He had thought that his punch would easily kill Wang Ruoxie, allowing him to acquire the ship.

However, he never imagined that his punch couldn't even harm Wang Ruoxie, not even showing a single tear in his clothes.

Despite not using full strength in that punch, it should have been enough to easily kill any Eighth Layer Essence Pill, yet it didn't touch him at all, leaving Zhu Jun unable to accept this.

At this moment, Zhu Jun's heart was full of terror.

In fact, not only Zhu Jun, but most of the people around also looked at Wang Ruoxie with shocked eyes.

They clearly hadn't expected such an unbelievable result.

"His physical body... is so powerful."

Bai Yinyin whispered, her eyes filled with awe as she looked at Wang Ruoxie.

Although she knew Wang Ruoxie's power was horrifying, even suspecting his strength had surpassed the ordinary half-step Qi Condensation stage, she hadn't anticipated his physical body would also be so formidable.

Just how strong Wang Ruoxie's body was is something even he wasn't entirely sure about; he only knew that with his current physical strength, even the top-tier half-step Qi Condensation might not easily injure him.

His body had been constantly refined by the Blood God Essence Blood. Each time he absorbed Demon Beast Essence Blood and Martial Cultivator Blood Soul, his physique grew stronger. Now, having reached the Eighth Layer in cultivation, his body was naturally even more formidable.

Coupled with wearing the top-grade Celestial Artifact level Black Tortoise Battle Armor, in terms of defense alone, the Black Tortoise Battle Armor wasn't much weaker than ordinary Lower Grade Sacred Artifacts.

Although Wang Ruoxie wasn't sure about the current limit of his defense, he knew Zhu Jun's strength couldn't break through it.

"Originally, even if you lost, you could still live, and as long as you lived, there would be hope. With your talent, you might have had a great chance of passing the next trial to join the Black Dragon Guard. But unfortunately, you have no chance because I'm going to take your life."

Wang Ruoxie's cold gaze landed on Zhu Jun, and he slowly uttered with indifference.

Since Zhu Jun wanted to kill him, Wang Ruoxie naturally wouldn't show mercy.

"Take my life?"

Hearing Wang Ruoxie's words, Zhu Jun's heart trembled uncontrollably. If the opponent had said this before the fight, he would have mocked his overconfidence.

But after that punch, he understood that his opponent wasn't threatening him; Wang Ruoxie truly intended to kill him and had the capability to do so.

"Star Shattering Finger."

With Wang Ruoxie's light exclamation, his figure suddenly flickered, transforming into a shadow, and in an instant, he appeared before Zhu Jun.

"Swoosh!"

In the next moment, his finger, now gleaming in a brilliant silver, pierced through Zhu Jun's Heart Vein.

The terrifying power rampaged within Zhu Jun, recklessly destroying his vitality.

"Pft..."

A mouthful of blood spewed from Zhu Jun's mouth as he stared at Wang Ruoxie with endless hatred, though a hint of regret also lurked in his eyes.

Had he known earlier about his opponent's formidable strength, he wouldn't have provoked him, nor would he have coveted his ship.

Soon, the light in Zhu Jun's eyes dimmed, his vitality faded, and he ultimately fell dead to the ground.

"Dead!"

Glancing at Zhu Jun on the ground, everyone's hearts shuddered.

Just a single finger killed a Ninth Layer Essence Pill cultivator like Zhu Jun; this individual's strength far exceeded an ordinary Ninth Layer Essence Pill, possibly reaching half-step Qi Condensation.

Many people's expressions grew solemn.

This was the first battle of the third-ranking match, and death had already occurred, suggesting that the upcoming battles might become even more brutal.

"Zhu Jun is dead, eliminated."

At this moment, as Zhong Wuchang's voice sounded, they saw that Zhu Jun's name on the Jade Disc disappeared.

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