"I want to fight ten of you!" Chen Kong's voice was low and serious, shocking everyone present.
Was he really going to fight ten people?
Everyone had thought that Fu Qing was joking, but Chen Kong, this impulsive youngster, was determined to follow Fu Qing's orders.
This was Yunxiao Palace, one of the four great sects! Just among the personal disciples of the elders, they could easily find ten grandmasters above the seventh rank.
Not to mention, there was the top disciple Chu Chenzi, a ninth-rank grandmaster. Was Chen Kong really not out of his mind?
But Chen Kong was only a third-rank grandmaster, challenging ten opponents who were at least four ranks higher than him?
"Chen Kong! Are you sure you're not joking?" Chu Chenzi's face darkened. Chen Kong's words felt like an insult to him.
"No." Chen Kong shook his head, succinct and firm.
"Is he crazy? He actually said he wants to fight ten of us? Who does he think he is? Senior Brother Chu Chenzi can easily handle him with one hand!" The disciples of Yunxiao Palace were furious.
Chen Kong was too arrogant, completely disregarding them.
"This is Yunxiao Palace, not Imperial Academy!"
Indeed, this was Yunxiao Palace, not a place where Chen Kong could run rampant.
At Imperial Academy, besides the few senior disciples of Han Kongming's generation who were above Chen Kong in cultivation, no one else could compete with him.
Even in terms of actual combat strength, aside from Han Kongming, no one was confident in challenging Chen Kong.
But the disciples of Yunxiao Palace didn't know this. It was the first time they had heard someone make such an outrageous demand in their Palace.
Chu Chenzi took a deep look at Chen Kong, recalling what his master Xuanqing had instructed him earlier. His master had told him to meet some of their unreasonable demands.
This must be what he meant.
"Alright, since you are a guest from afar, Yunxiao Palace will accept your challenge!" Chu Chenzi nodded. "Qingfeng, Qingxuan... step forward."
With that, Chu Chenzi called out ten disciples, all above the sixth rank.
"You will spar with our guest, Chen Kong."
In the end, Chu Chenzi didn't choose to participate himself. As the top disciple of Yunxiao Palace, he couldn't lower himself to join a ten-on-one fight.
"Thank you." Chen Kong nodded.
The ten disciples surrounded Chen Kong, forming a circle.
Seeing this, the others stepped back to give them space to fight.
"Begin," Chu Chenzi ordered. The ten disciples activated their true qi, grabbed suitable weapons from the racks, and charged at Chen Kong.
Yunxiao Palace followed the Daoist principle of embracing diversity. The disciples used a variety of weapons: swords, sabers, spears, and even exotic ones like the duster whisk.
But without exception, they had all mastered advanced techniques and powerful martial skills. Their combined attack was formidable and overwhelming.
This was the foundation of a great sect. They had more than one technique surpassing the Earth grade.
One disciple wielding a duster whisk unleashed his true qi, causing the whisk's countless threads to expand wildly, forming a massive net that covered the sky and aimed to trap Chen Kong.
Simultaneously, sword and saber lights, nearly ten feet long, roared towards him, no less powerful than those of Yuan Sword Sect or Tiandao Sect.
Once the whisk's net ensnared Chen Kong, he would have no choice but to withstand the attacks.
"Can Senior Brother Chen Kong withstand this?" The disciples of Imperial Academy couldn't help but worry.
These were ten opponents with higher cultivation levels than Chen Kong, and their attacks showed no mercy.
Even a single attack could leave someone seriously injured. And these were ten attacks!
At this moment, they also blamed Fu Qing a bit. Making Senior Brother Chen fight ten people, how could they see any hope of victory?
"Junior Brother Mo, what do you think?" Han Shu asked softly, also worried about Chen Kong.
Mo Qingkuang, his eyes fixed on the disciples of Yuan Sword Sect, replied nonchalantly, "Don't worry, he'll be fine."
Chen Kong was no ordinary person; he was an Earth Spirit Body. The most direct manifestation of a Spirit Body's power was invincibility within the same rank. Only another Spirit Body could contend with him.
The Spirit Body's comprehension of martial skills, cultivation speed, purity of true qi, and endurance in battle were incomparable to non-Spirit Body warriors.
With just these ten people, despite their higher cultivation levels, their attacks might not even penetrate Chen Kong's defense.
Another Spirit Body like Mo Qingkuang, despite exchanging blows with Chen Kong, ultimately could not injure Chen Kong. The duel ended in a draw, with both sides exhausting their true qi.
In the arena, Chen Kong did not dodge or evade, allowing himself to be wrapped up by the countless white threads, forming a cocoon.
"He got hit!"
Chu Chenzi was startled. Was it really that easy? Was Chen Kong doing this on purpose? Or was he not as formidable as his reputation suggested?
Chu Chenzi was well aware of the strength of his junior brother using the duster whisk.
This duster whisk technique primarily focused on control. If someone got locked down by it, even Chu Chenzi himself would struggle to break free, let alone Chen Kong.
And there were still other attacks from his senior brothers to follow. Chen Kong had no way to avoid them, his defeat was inevitable!
Worry showed in Chu Chenzi's eyes.
He only hoped his senior brothers could hold back a bit, to avoid accidentally killing the top genius of Imperial Academy and causing a conflict between the two factions.
Brilliant knife lights and lightning-fast sword auras followed, along with spear shadows as swift as swimming dragons!
They almost simultaneously hit Chen Kong, who was restrained by the duster whisk, causing a massive explosion!
"Damn!" Chu Chenzi was horrified and wanted to rush in to save him.
Chen Kong's arrogant words had angered the disciples of Yunxiao Palace, and they did not hold back, going all out.
This could spell disaster for Chen Kong.
"Fu Qing, your disciple!" Zhou Xuanqing asked in horror.
While aware of his disciples' strength, he knew it wasn't easy to break through the Earth Spirit Body's defense. He wasn't worried about Chen Kong's life.
However, he could sense that Chen Kong, having taken this wave of attacks head-on, was completely unscathed!
What a terrifying defensive power!
Fu Qing pretended to be humble and smiled, "He's just a bit more resilient."
But everyone could see the smug look on his face.
Others might not know, but how could he not?
Over the past year, Chen Kong had been diligently practicing the Withering and Flourishing Sutra, and his daily sparring partner was his Martial Emperor-realm teacher, Fu Qing himself.
Having been beaten half to death by Fu Qing every day, Chen Kong didn't take this level of attack seriously at all.
"What's the situation?" Everyone wondered.
As the smoke from the explosion gradually cleared, Chen Kong's figure was revealed.
Everyone gasped in astonishment, completely unharmed!
Chen Kong still stood in his original spot, not having moved an inch. His hands were raised as if supporting the sky, and in front of him was a golden true qi shield, standing like a barrier.
Not only was there not a scratch on his body, but even his all-black combat uniform was unwrinkled.
It was as if the fierce wave of attacks had never happened at all.