This was a battle fought solely with the power of ancient martial arts. Neither of them used any fancy techniques; their first move was a brute-force punch.

"They're evenly matched!" Ji Shuo's pupils shrank. He had thought he could easily overpower his opponent with his pure ancient martial arts fighting style, but when they actually clashed, he discovered the terrifying power of his opponent's blood and qi.

"Triple shackles, very powerful!"

Jiang Yuan also took a deep breath and focused his mind. He did not have formal ancient martial arts training, but he cultivated the self-healing potential, one of the three most powerful potentials of ancient martial artists. This was one of the important reasons why he was able to be on par with Ji Shuo.

"Haa!" Ji Shuo unleashed a fierce attack, his physical body striking out horizontally.

When he sparred with Jiang Yuan, he felt as if he had returned to the Wenshan Dao Sect, where there was no fighting, only stronger clashes of ancient martial arts.

Upon returning to the Ji family, he forgot his original intention for ancient martial arts, because he had reached a dead end in the path of ancient martial arts. His talent was no longer sufficient to support him in unlocking the higher nine layers of shackles, so he began to look for shortcuts in the Spirit Awakening System. However, this search completely made him lose sight of his original intention for ancient martial arts.

Stay true to your original aspiration, and you will achieve your goal!

In the instant he threw the punch, he rediscovered himself, the self who had once been willing to give up everything for ancient martial arts.

"Strong Blood!"

Jiang Yuan's fighting spirit soared, and he activated the imitation skill of Blood Secret, one of the nine arts of the human race.

The two engaged in the most primal form of combat, each punch landing with a brutal, visceral force, an incredibly exhilarating experience.

Sitting to the side, Liu Zhaodi watched intently, her gaze following Jiang Yuan. She thought shyly to herself, "Savage battle, but why do I like it so much?"

"You bitch, let me go! We made a bet, you can't cheat like this!" Shen Qian cursed as she was hanging upside down.

Liu Zhaodi glanced at the two who were still locked in a fight, guessing that they would continue for a while, and then swayed over to Shen Qian. "Hey, look at that man, isn't he handsome!"

"Get lost!" Shen Qian was almost ready to shake herself up and bite the smug Liu Zhaodi.

"Don't be angry! If you're not happy about it, you can go find a boyfriend to beat me up!" Liu Zhaodi squatted down and looked at Shen Qian with a grin.

Shen Qian gritted her teeth and remained silent.

"How about this, you cheer for my husband, I'll put you down, and we'll go see together!" Liu Zhaodi whispered to Shen Qian, having a sudden inspiration.

Seeing that Shen Qian still didn't speak, Liu Zhaodi continued, "We've been old friends for so many years, and even though we've been competing with each other for so long, you still can't beat me. Why don't we shake hands and make peace? What do you think?"

Although the Liu family is from Fengdu, Liu Zhaodi attended university in Nancheng, where she happened to be in the same year as Shen Qian. The clash between these two exceptional women was bound to cause some conflict, and thus, the two had a long-standing feud.

"Don't think I can't see it. You and that pervert aren't boyfriend and girlfriend at all!" Shen Qian sneered, completely ignoring Liu Zhaodi's advice.

"Then will you cheer for my husband?" Liu Zhaodi poked Shen Qian's cheek with her finger, and then deliberately wiped her hands on Shen Qian's skirt, as if she wanted to wipe off the makeup stuck to her hands.

"Get lost!" Shen Qian refused to back down, her momentum still strong.

Upon hearing this, Liu Zhaodi smiled, and then suddenly unleashed a powerful burst of soul energy, stunning Shen Qian into unconsciousness.

"If you're not cheering, why are you still babbling on to me? Haven't you had enough of my beatings yet?" Liu Zhaodi clapped her hands, appearing nonchalant, then skipped away to continue being a cute, infatuated spectator.

A battle between evenly matched ancient martial arts practitioners is not a quick contest; it is more like a protracted war, where it depends on who can't hold on and whose energy and blood weaken first.

Jiang Yuan wasn't in a hurry to end the battle. The battle of ancient martial artists fully mobilized their qi and blood, which allowed the mutated five elements bloodline that was being activated to operate at high speed, which was of great help to him at the moment.

After a stalemate of twenty minutes, Ji Shuo's expression became even more solemn. He couldn't imagine that someone who had only broken two of the shackles could last longer than him, who had broken three.

"Jiang Yuan, even I can't control this next move. Are you sure you want to continue fighting me?" Ji Shuo stepped back, staring intently at Jiang Yuan.

"You mean you're afraid of hurting me?" Jiang Yuan's lips curled up, his face behind the mask exuding confidence.

"Although I have only mastered one-tenth of its secrets, it is the top secret technique of my Wenshan Dao Sect, and its power is unfathomable!" Ji Shuo said solemnly, not as if he were joking.

"A battle is about going all out! What, do you, Ji Shuo, look down on me? Or do you think you can easily beat me?" Jiang Yuan smiled with a hint of sarcasm.

"Go for it!" Liu Zhaodi shouted from the sidelines, then added a soft nickname at the end in a voice only she could hear.

"Go ahead and make your move, or you'll lose badly!" Jiang Yuan said coldly. He hadn't even used his strongest offense and defense, so the chances of Ji Shuo turning the tide were extremely low.

The God-Slaying Spear and the Ultimate Armor gave him extraordinary combat power, but neither of them has been used yet, which can only mean that Ji Shuo is a bit too confident.

Ji Shuo's eyes turned sinister, and he finally snorted coldly, "Then don't blame me for being ruthless!"

Jiang Yuan was on high alert when he saw Ji Shuo clench his fists in mid-air, and a layer of white and reddish bone material covered his fists.

"Bone Secret - Wrath!"

Flame patterns emerged from the bone layer of Ji Shuo's hand. His fist struck with a violent, primordial aura. In Jiang Yuan's eyes, it was as if he were facing a colossal beast from the mountains and seas.

"This is one of the Nine Arts of the Human Race!" Jiang Yuan came to a shocking conclusion: Ji Shuo had used one of the most mysterious Nine Arts of the Human Race in ancient martial arts.

"Arm guards!"

As the attack came, Jiang Yuan instinctively glanced at the dragon-patterned arm guard in his hand. If he used Iron Bone to block it, he could definitely withstand the attack without any damage, but that would be different from what he had said before.

"I'll defeat you with ancient martial arts!"

Jiang Yuan gritted his teeth, and at the moment when the two shackles were fully released, he vaguely felt the third shackle loosening.

It was as if, if he simply reached out and pushed open the last door, the third layer of bone shackles would be completely unlocked for him.

"Still dare to lose focus? Then I'll take you away completely!" Ji Shuo's face was ferocious. The flame patterns on his hand had spread from his fist to other places, and even his whole body showed signs of becoming half-beast.

"Bone Secret, huh! Then let's see whose Nine Arts are stronger!" Jiang Yuan gritted his teeth and directly used his mutated Five Elements Bloodline to activate his powerful blood.

Although the Blood Technique is a replica of the Nine Arts, it still possesses the power of the Blood Secret and is not without a chance of victory against the Bone Secret.

"You're courting death!"

As Ji Shuo's fist landed, Jiang Yuan didn't flinch and met the punch head-on.

The powerful blood energy clashed with the terrifying, almost demonic bone fist, and Jiang Yuan's once invincible fist met its match this time.

The bone fist repelled Jiang Yuan with overwhelming force, and when the flame patterns felt they had the upper hand, they followed Jiang Yuan's fist, trying to devour him.

"You think you've won?" Jiang Yuan's eyes widened, and a dragon's roar came naturally. When the dragon's roar appeared, the savage beast on the bone fist trembled, and Jiang Yuan seized the opportunity in that instant.

"Two Forms Stance!"

The power that had been shattered in Jiang Yuan's right hand flowed through his shoulder into his left, brewing up an even more powerful strike.

"I might lose, but you will definitely die!" Jiang Yuan's killing intent surged, and he punched Ji Shuo in the head.

"Bone Secret - Black Tortoise!"