True energy?
War God?
Wasn't Jiang Wuming a nine-star martial artist?
How did he suddenly become a War God?
As true energy surged from Jiang Wuming, everyone except Li Guyi, Li Liany, Zhujian, Ye Zheng, and Ye Feng was once again shocked, their hearts filled with endless questions!
Even Gu Tianlong was no exception!
At that moment, he even thought he was hallucinating!
Hallucination?
As the word "scram" left his lips, Jiang Wuming turned sharply, raising his right arm in a swing. His right hand formed a palm, true energy surging from its center, and he unleashed a slap!
With this palm strike, Jiang Wuming only utilized his internal energy cultivation technique, not any powerful martial arts moves!
Boom!!
Accompanied by a deafening roar, the giant dragon formed by true energy and airflow in front of Jiang Wuming exploded, vanishing into nothingness as if it were made of paper, shattered by Jiang Wuming's palm strike!
The true energy dragon exploded, and the airflow swept in all directions, like a hurricane!
"Crack!"
Immediately, the sound of breaking bones echoed.
At the center of the storm, Gu Tianlong's dragon claw, formed with his full true energy, was repelled. The true energy in his right hand instantly dimmed, his hand bones snapped, and blood gushed out.
Jiang Wuming's right palm continued forward, ruthlessly slamming into Gu Tianlong's chest, instantly piercing Gu Tianlong's true energy defense and shattering several ribs in his chest.
"Pfft—"
Gu Tianlong spewed a mouthful of blood, his body instantly contorted like a cooked shrimp, and then he was sent flying backward.
Dragon War Xuanhuang.
One of the three forbidden techniques of the Dragon Gate's supreme art, "True Dragon Treasure Technique"!
A casual palm strike from a youth shattered it!
This outcome stunned everyone present!
The vast scene fell silent.
"What happened?"
The representatives of the noble families, the young disciples, and the non-core members of the Li family stared blankly at the bloodied, flying Gu Tianlong, their hearts filled with this question!
As ordinary people, they had all been astonished by the true energy dragon that Gu Tianlong had conjured, believing it to be a divine technique!
However—
In the blink of an eye, Gu Tianlong was sent flying back, bleeding!
This contrast left them all dumbfounded!
"Is Jiang Wuming also a one-star War God?"
"And he shattered Gu Tianlong's forbidden technique, Dragon War Xuanhuang, with a single move?"
Concurrently, including Ye Kunlun, all the descendants of martial arts factions widened their eyes!
None of them had broken through to the one-star War God realm yet, so they couldn't clearly see the process of Jiang Wuming and Gu Tianlong's exchange. They could only grasp the general idea, knowing that Gu Tianlong had used "Dragon War Xuanhuang."
Originally, before Jiang Wuming revealed his true face and made a move, they all believed Jiang Wuming was doomed!
In the end, in a flash, Jiang Wuming stood tall and unscathed, while Gu Tianlong spat blood and was sent flying. This left them incredulous!
Compared to them, the representatives of the martial arts factions, including Long Yongjie, Kong Ming, and Cang Mu, felt an even greater shock!
This was because they had seen the entire process of Jiang Wuming's exchange with Gu Tianlong.
Or, more accurately, the process of Jiang Wuming breaking the move.
A casual palm strike.
This was Jiang Wuming's method of breaking the move!
One had to realize that it was Dragon War Xuanhuang, and the user was Gu Tianlong, who possessed a cultivation at the ninth stage of the one-star realm!
Even a two-star War God couldn't break such a move with a casual palm strike!
Only Li Liany and the other four remained calm.
This was because they knew the young man's true identity and strength!
Compared to the enemies from that battle, Gu Tianlong was utterly insignificant.
In Jiang Wuming's words, Gu Tianlong was not worthy of challenging him!
As for Gu Tianlong…
Flying backward and bleeding, he looked at the proud Jiang Wuming with wide, stunned eyes, as if his soul had been extracted. His mind was completely consumed by one thought: how could he be this strong?
"Bang!"
Gu Tianlong's response was a dull thud.
After flying dozens of meters and experiencing the sensation of flight, he landed on an octagonal table in the lawn in front of the main villa. The table split in two, breaking from the middle, with tableware scattering everywhere.
Gu Tianlong was buried on the lawn by the table and tableware, his chest a bloody mess, appearing miserable and disheveled!
"Ah—"
This sudden scene jolted everyone out of their shock. The guests near the octagonal table cried out in surprise, instinctively getting up to dodge.
"What exactly happened?"
"How did Gu Tianlong lose so suddenly?"
"Could it be that Jiang Wuming is a one-star War God and hid his strength, catching Gu Tianlong off guard?"
…
At the same time, the descendants of the martial arts factions, looking at the miserable Gu Tianlong, couldn't help but voice their doubts.
"Amitabha, Jiang Wuming is actually a ten-star one-star War God. This is too heaven-defying!"
Immediately, a voice rang out, belonging to Yuan He.
As a descendant of the Buddhist sect, Yuan He's knowledge surpassed that of ordinary martial arts descendants. He had seen ten-star one-star War Gods in the Buddhist sect, and he vividly remembered that encounter—the aura of that person had made him tremble!
And the aura Jiang Wuming exuded was no less than that of the ten-star one-star War God expert from the Buddhist sect Yuan He had seen back then!
At this moment, while he appeared to be clarifying the doubts of the martial arts descendants, he couldn't help but exclaim in admiration!
Even though he wasn't passionate about martial arts and even seemed somewhat unmotivated, he was still shocked by Jiang Wuming's strength!
After all, Jiang Wuming was only twenty years old!
A ten-star one-star War God at twenty years old, what did that even mean?
"Ten-star one-star War God?!"
Hearing Yuan He's words, the descendants of the martial arts factions were stunned again.
Even Ye Kunlun was no exception!
Yesterday, after learning that Gu Tianlong was a nine-star one-star War God, although he had been blustering due to his personality, he had been inwardly discouraged!
Now, with Jiang Wuming being a ten-star one-star War God and casually breaking Gu Tianlong's forbidden technique, it was a devastating blow to him!
He, like Ye Feng in the previous period, was on the verge of a mental breakdown!
Ye Feng, on the other hand, wore a blank expression.
Having witnessed Jiang Wuming's peak combat strength during his trip to South Port, his mindset had long since collapsed!
Everything Jiang Wuming had done just now, while shocking to others, was not even considered basic operation in his eyes!
As everyone outside the main villa was in a state of bewildered disarray, the main villa's garden remained in dead silence. Everyone gazed at Jiang Wuming's proud back, speechless.
"He… he's actually a ten-star one-star War God?!"
Soon, the silence in the main villa's garden was broken by Li Guyi's second brother.
Although he wasn't a martial artist, he had a deep understanding of martial arts and knew the meaning behind the words "ten-star one-star War God."
"A ten-star one-star War God at such a young age is truly incredible!"
Kong Ming, an elder of the Buddhist sect, couldn't help but sigh, indirectly echoing Li Guyi's second brother. In his heart, he compared Yuan He and Jiang Wuming, even contemplating going back to find the abbot of the Buddhist sect and have Yuan He stripped of his successor status!
"He is only twenty years old. This is an unprecedented legend!"
Kun Mu, the sect leader of Kunlun, also spoke, his words filled with disbelief.
Even with the facts laid out before him, he felt everything was too dreamlike!
A ten-star one-star War God at twenty years old, who would believe it if it were said aloud?
Among the martial artist guests in the garden, only Zhujian maintained a calm expression.
Not only did he know Jiang Wuming's true identity and his incredible feats in the South Port battle, but his master, Qi Wufu, had made an astonishing deduction based on that battle: Jiang Wuming might have broken through to the eleventh stage, which only existed in theory and legends!
If this information were made public, what kind of scene would it create?
Zhujian looked calmly at Jiang Wuming's back, recalling his master Qi Wufu's words, and couldn't help but speculate.
Whoosh!
Immediately, before Zhujian could find an answer in his mind, the calm expression on his face vanished instantly!
Because.
Long Yongjie, the Grand Elder and acting sect leader of the Dragon Gate, took a step forward and, as if using the technique of shrinking the ground into an inch, instantly lunged towards Jiang Wuming!
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ps: Wishing all brothers and sisters a Happy New Year and all the best! Thank you for your long-term support!
In the past year, due to various reasons, the author, "Madness," has not been in the right state, especially with the terrible updates.
In the new year, "Madness" has decided to turn over a new leaf and start anew, writing this story with heart while also accelerating the updates, aiming to finish it this year!
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