Chapter 667: Chapter 368: Unyielding Jade Bones Ye Honghui, Fierce Battle Begins, Xue Jing’s Fist (4K)
Extreme Martial Ascension Palace, forty-six thousand and one levels.
Level Master Dojo.
In the spacious dojo, two figures sat facing each other, with a tea table set between them.
Both were young men appearing younger than thirty. The slightly older-looking short-haired young man reached for the teacup in front of him. His motion was casual and ordinary, yet his hand was terrifyingly steady. Until he brought the teacup to his lips for a drink, the surface of the tea remained undisturbed, as if it were fixed within the cup.
“Brother Ye, why did you agree to Xue Jing’s challenge?”
After swallowing the tea and savoring the aftertaste for a moment, the mature short-haired young man asked.
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Ye Honghui was holding the teapot, pouring more tea for the other.
He was an exceptionally thin man, devoid of the robust and full-bodied physique typical of a martial artist. Wearing an old white martial arts uniform, one could clearly observe the shape of his ribcage from the side-open chest area—so thin as if in a state of severe malnutrition.
His exposed palms, feet, head, and neck were all nearly skeletal, and had his complexion and eyes not been vibrant, he could easily have been mistaken for someone with anorexia.
“This kind of challenge from a young man has no benefits if won, it’s simply taken for granted. But if lost, one becomes a stepping stone for the other’s reputation… There seems no need to fight.”
The short-haired young man was caressing the teacup with one hand as he spoke.
“Do you think I would lose, Fan Gu?” Ye Honghui said.
His voice was surprisingly clear and pleasing to the ear, unlike his withered appearance.
Fan Gu fell slightly silent before speaking, “Of course I don’t think you’ll lose, but in all things there is always a ‘what if’… I’ve recently heard some rumors.”
“Some people who took the joint exam with Xue Jing almost view him as a divine being… It is said that even Li Suisui was defeated by him.”
Ye Honghui sipped his tea lightly and said, “I know far more than you think.”
“Not only did he defeat Li Suisui… he also killed Cease-Blades’ ‘Lion Eye’.”
Fan Gu frowned, “That Ultimate Breaker?”
Ye Honghui nodded.
Fan Gu tapped his knee and asked, “How did he do it, by ambush? Stealth attack?”
“Direct confrontation, beat him to death alive.”
Ye Honghui stated.
“The report from Li Suisui described the process clearly… he took part in surrounding ‘Lion Eye’, but according to him, he hardly helped at all; it was mostly Xue Jing who dealt with him.”
Fan Gu’s expression became more solemn, “To face an Ultimate Breaker head-on and beat him to death…”
Ye Honghui continued, “This man seems to be a very special Blessed One, possessing at least five to six bizarre God-Given Secret Arts.”
“Brother Ye, then aren’t you in a difficult position now…”
“In the Rivers and Lakes, we are not masters of our own fate,” Ye Honghui pinched his teacup.
“The Secret Martial Society wants to kill him, but he has now successfully emulated that one, forming a golden body, under the aegis of the Venerable, the Secret Martial Society can no longer openly target him, and the Extreme Martial Ascension Palace is currently one of the few places where it’s openly legitimate to strike him down.”
“Of the nine hundred Level Masters, including myself, one-third have some affiliation with the Secret Martial Society… These people have all received directives from the Society, to ensure they take down Xue Jing at all costs.”
“Others might refuse, but I can’t. The Secret Martial Society helped me perfect the ‘Unyielding Jade Bones’, allowing me not to follow the demonic paths like my predecessors. This time, I must give it my all.”
Hearing this, Fan Gu frowned, “In a life-and-death fight, we martial artists are already at a significant disadvantage facing a Blessed One. With Xue Jing capable of killing an Ultimate Breaker, this might be a dangerous bout for you.”
“That’s not necessarily true.” Ye Honghui’s lean fingers caressed the teacup.
“The Extreme Martial Ascension Palace is a Sacred Land for martial artists; no one can use anything beyond their own Physical Strength here, otherwise, they will be expelled by Xuanling.”
“And if we’re talking about purely martial arts techniques… my Kungfu Body just happens to have what it takes to restrain him.”
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His hair flowed with a fine vermilion glow, seemingly hot enough to burn, as Xue Jing walked along the corridor on the forty-six thousand and first level of the Extreme Martial Ascension Palace in his fiery hair and blazing eyes form.
“Xuanling, don’t you have anything to say?”
In the silence, Xue Jing suddenly spoke.
The pleasant feminine voice responded, “What would you like me to say?”
Xue Jing thought for a moment, then asked, “My current posture, in your view, does it also belong to ‘martial arts’?”
He was aware of the rules of the Extreme Martial Ascension Palace, which allowed for the full expression of one’s Physical Strength but forbade all other types of maneuvers.
However, after displaying the unconventional skill “True Red,” Xuanling had not said much, implicitly permitting it.
This puzzled Xue Jing. He had been ready for Xuanling to disallow the use of “True Red.” Though with his regular state, facing a Level Master was still a stretch for him, by employing “Twin Lifes,” he might still have had a chance to win.
Of course, he was also prepared to argue that “True Red” was an explosive martial arts Ultimate Skill of his, not some strange power…
Yet unexpectedly, Xuanling hadn’t questioned it at all, just implicitly allowed its use.
“So-called ‘martial arts’ is the human exploration of one’s limits, expressing the ultimate, solely belonging to human power,” Xuanling responded.
In other words, as long as it’s purely a force formed by your own body, purely your own power, it does not break the rules of the Extreme Martial Ascension Palace.