"Gang Qi Realm Third Layer, how can this be?" In a corner below the Life and Death Battle Platform, Ouyang Xue's face turned deathly pale, as if struck by the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder.

Originally, Duanmu Jie's strength was already terrifying enough to easily crush Ye Chen.

But now, his cultivation had broken through again, stepping into the Gang Qi Realm Third Layer.

In this way, Ye Chen had absolutely no hope of surviving.

"Alas! It seems even the heavens want Ye Chen to die!" In the gilded hall, Ouyang Zhong couldn't help but sigh, his expression utterly despondent.

He truly hadn't expected that in just one short month, Duanmu Jie's cultivation would break through from the Gang Qi Realm Second Layer to the Gang Qi Realm Third Layer, possessing Nine Feet Gang Qi.

Even if Ye Chen had truly cultivated the Ancient Golden Elephant Technique to Great Success Realm this month, he still had not the slightest hope of defeating Duanmu Jie.

So, at this moment, Ouyang Zhong no longer blamed Ye Chen.

Because, no matter how hard Ye Chen tried, he could not change his fate of being killed by Duanmu Jie, so he might as well enjoy his last moments.

"Junior Sister Duanmu, the talent of your Duanmu Family really cultivates at an astonishing speed! At this rate, he might just need a year or two to step into the Half-Step Celestial Spirit Realm." Beside him, Soul Palace Master Chen Fei spoke with admiration.

"Senior Brother Chen, you flatter us. Duanmu Jie awakened the Golden Dragon Lion Bloodline, and his cultivation speed is not something that trash like Ye Chen can compare to. Even if Ye Chen were given a few more years, he still wouldn't be Duanmu Jie's match, let alone now." Duanmu Ying sneered coldly, her eyes filled with deep mockery.

"It seems the outcome is decided. Ouyang Zhong, you should start preparing Ye Chen's funeral arrangements." Soul Palace Master spoke with a mocking expression.

Like Duanmu Ying, he also coveted the cultivation resources of the War King Hall.

So naturally, he hoped for Ye Chen to die at Duanmu Jie's hands.

That way, Ouyang Zhong would lose hope completely and allow students from other factions to move into the War King Hall.

By then, their Soul Palace could claim a large share of the cultivation resources.

"Alas! It seems our War King Hall's luck has run out, and no matter how hard I try, there's no saving it." Ouyang Zhong sighed helplessly in his heart, as if he had aged dozens of years.

The reason he recruited the talented body refiner Ye Chen was to hope that he could stem the tide and lead the War King Hall back to glory.

But today, Ye Chen was about to die at Duanmu Jie's hands, and his hopes naturally became a bubble.

"Hmph! Once that waste Ye Chen dies, Ouyang Zhong will definitely allow students from our Profound Sword Peak to move into the War King Hall. If within ten years they can't produce an Immortal Seed, they will be completely expelled from the Celestial Flame Academy. I refuse to believe Ouyang Zhong won't compromise." Duanmu Ying sneered internally, as if everything was under her control.

"Ye Chen, you've lived long enough. It's time to join your parents. Let Duanmu Jie send you off. To die at his hands is no disgrace." At this moment, Ye Lin'Er's lips curled in deep mockery, looking at Ye Chen as if he were already dead.

She could finally fulfill her wish of getting rid of Ye Chen, the thorn in her side.

"Ha! Trash, do you still think you have a chance to defeat me? In front of my Nine Feet Gang Qi, your proud body is a joke. What can you fight me with?" Above the Life and Death Battle Platform, Duanmu Jie's tall figure was enveloped in a powerful golden Gang Qi, like a deity of slaughter descended, grinning fiercely at Ye Chen.

"Is Nine Feet Gang Qi really so remarkable? If I go all out, I can kill you as easily as slaughtering a dog." Facing Duanmu Jie's mockery, Ye Chen's expression was one of extreme disdain, his tone domineeringly fierce.

Although Duanmu Jie's breakthrough to the Gang Qi Realm Third Layer caught him slightly off guard.

However, he had now cultivated the Human Emperor Body to the Second Level of Dragon Elephant Realm. If he unleashed all his inner strength, not just Duanmu Jie, even an ordinary Half-Step Celestial Spirit Realm expert would be within his confidence to defeat.

Therefore, he truly did not regard Duanmu Jie.

However, the Human Emperor Body was incredibly heaven-defying. Unless absolutely necessary, he would not easily unveil its full power.

Otherwise, others would surely deem him a monster.

If caught the attention of those Celestial Spirit Realm experts, it would be troublesome.

"Haha, this trash still dares brag at a time like this, truly makes me laugh."

"I want to see if he can still be arrogant later." Ye Chen's words sparked uproarious laughter from the students of Profound Sword Peak.

"This pathetic waste only knows how to boast, truly disgracing our young lady. I really don't want to see him anymore." The black-clad maiden spoke with extreme disdain, utterly disappointed in Ye Chen.

If not for the face of her young lady, she would have already left, not caring about such a person's life or death.

"Hmph! Trash, at a time like this, you still don't recognize your own weakness, truly pitiful! Since that's the case, I'll let you understand your foolishness and incompetence." At that moment, a terrifying gleam erupted in Duanmu Jie's eyes, causing souls to tremble involuntarily.

Rumble.

In the next moment, the golden Gang Qi around him surged towards Ye Chen like a tide, the momentum overwhelmingly grand, shaking the entire Life and Death Battle Platform.

At this moment, he didn't use any martial arts technique but simply wielded the power of Gang Qi to attack Ye Chen.

Because, in his eyes, this waste Ye Chen wasn't even qualified to warrant the use of martial arts techniques.

He merely needed to use the power of Gang Qi to easily crush his opponent.

"You think you can defeat me just by using Gang Qi? You're overestimating yourself." Ye Chen laughed coldly.

Zizizi.

In the next instant, an incredibly vast True Qi surged out from Ye Chen's body, enveloping him entirely.

At the same time, he activated the Perfection Realm "Thunderstorm Swordsmanship," with strands of purple lightning shooting from his palm, forming a Thunder Sword Aura four zhang long, exuding a sharp and unparalleled aura.

"What? True Qi from fifty Sea of Qi, Ye Chen's cultivation has actually reached the True Qi Realm Tenth Layer, how is this possible?" The onlooking students' pupils shrank violently, their bodies all stiffening in place, looking as if they had seen a ghost.

One must know, a month ago, Ye Chen's cultivation was clearly only at the True Qi Realm Seventh Layer, and he could only utilize True Qi from thirty-five Sea of Qi.

But in only a month, he had opened fifteen more Sea of Qi, increasing their number to fifty.

This cultivation speed is simply terrifying.

Even the top prodigy of Celestial Flame Academy, Chu Feng, couldn't open Sea of Qi at such a rapid pace as Ye Chen.

"The Spiritual Waterfall, it must be the Spiritual Waterfall that boosted Ye Chen's cultivation so rapidly."

"That's right, it's said that cultivating in the core region of the Spiritual Waterfall accelerates the opening of Sea of Qi by dozens of times more than outside. It seems to be true." Many students started discussing.

"Fifty Sea of Qi? I didn't think a waste like you could cultivate so quickly, but even if you have fifty Sea of Qi, so what? Crushing you is still effortless for me," Duanmu Jie said coldly.

In fact, even he was taken aback by Ye Chen's cultivation speed.

To know, even with his awakened Profound Level Grade Five Bloodline, his speed at opening Sea of Qi was far inferior to Ye Chen's.

He really couldn't understand why Ye Chen, a waste who couldn't even awaken a bloodline, could cultivate faster than him, a heaven-sent genius.

However, none of that mattered anymore.

After all, Ye Chen was going to die by his hands today, no matter how fast his cultivation speed was, it wouldn't help him.

Rumble.

In a flash of light and fire, golden Gang Qi surrounded Duanmu Jie like a raging storm, appearing in front of Ye Chen, crashing down on him.

This power of golden Gang Qi had definitely reached the Power of Four Hundred and Fifty Tigers, easily crushing someone like Duanmu Xiong.

And Ye Chen, though his True Qi was much more abundant than a month ago, it couldn't significantly enhance his combat power.

So, to resist Duanmu Jie's Gang Qi was utterly impossible.

"Is that so? Then open your eyes and watch carefully." Facing Duanmu Jie's Gang Qi, Ye Chen appeared extremely calm, with a mocking smile at the corners of his mouth.

Roar.

The next moment, a loud and clear elephant roar reverberated from Ye Chen's body, shaking the heavens as if thunder exploded, causing pain to the eardrums of the crowd.

Soon after, behind Ye Chen, a phantom of an Ancient Golden Elephant appeared, dozens of zhang tall, emitting an immensely terrifying aura that made souls tremble.

"It's the top-tier Body Refining Technique from the War King Hall, 'Ancient Golden Elephant Technique.'"

"Rumor has it that Ye Chen has cultivated this technique to the Small Success Realm. It seems true." Many students exclaimed.

"Hmph! So what? The Small Success Realm 'Ancient Golden Elephant Technique' can at most enhance Ye Chen with the Power of a Hundred Tigers. To fight Senior Brother Duanmu, he's far from enough." A student from Profound Sword Peak sneered, full of disdain.

With a loud bang.

Just then, the Purple Thunder Sword Aura in Ye Chen's hand collided fiercely with Duanmu Jie's golden Gang Qi, creating a deafening noise.

The next moment, Duanmu Jie's golden Gang Qi was split in half by the Purple Thunder Sword Aura as if it was made of paper, bypassing Ye Chen without doing him any harm.

"What? Senior Brother Duanmu's Gang Qi was actually blocked by that waste, how is this possible?"

"The power he unleashed, could it really be nearing the Power of Five Hundred Tigers?" The students of Profound Sword Peak had their smiles frozen on their faces, filled with disbelief, as if they had swallowed a handful of dead flies.

"It's the Great Success Realm 'Ancient Golden Elephant Technique,' Ye Chen actually reached Great Success in less than twenty days." In the grand and magnificent hall, Ouyang Zhong couldn't help but stand up from his seat, his eyes wide open in disbelief.

To know, in the past month, Ye Chen had definitely not spent more than twenty days cultivating in the Cyan Wood Spirit Pool, maybe only sixteen or seventeen days.

Yet he had cultivated the 'Ancient Golden Elephant Technique' to the Great Success Realm.

This speed is simply horrifying.

Even the third-generation Hall Master of the War King Hall took about two months to cultivate the 'Ancient Golden Elephant Technique' to the Great Success Realm.

Compared to Ye Chen, there's just too much of a gap.

"It seems that Ye Chen really took only three days to reach the Small Success Realm in the 'Ancient Golden Elephant Technique' initially! Alas! If he continued cultivating in the Cyan Wood Spirit Pool, he might have achieved Perfection of the 'Ancient Golden Elephant Technique' within a month! Unfortunately, nothing can be done about it now." Ouyang Zhong sighed, his eyes filled with deep regret.

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