Jiang Li did not use his spiritual energy, but pressed forward purely with his physical strength. The opponent, on the other hand, combined all his strength and used the method of unloading force to continuously transfer Jiang Li's strength to the ground.

Judging from the numbers, Jiang Li's punching power is undoubtedly stronger, but the opponent's various methods are enough to offset this disadvantage.

Two pieces of material that were harder than steel squeezed each other, making a creaking sound that made one's teeth ache. It was as if some solid metal object was slowly deforming under the huge pressure.

Jiang Li's strength was still increasing. Under the pressure of the huge force, Master Liaoyuan's chest had already stopped rising and falling. However, for a monk, not breathing for more than ten minutes would not cause any significant trouble.

However, it can be seen from this that the opponent's defense is so high, the secret is still in the Zen of the hands. In terms of physical strength, he is obviously far from being comparable to Jiang Li.

Jiang Li also discovered that the energy contained in Yuan's body seemed to be able to only passively withstand attacks, and could not actively attack.

It seems that this is also the reason why the opponent has been just defending in many battles.

However, some doubts also arose in his mind. The requirements for the qualifications to practice the Hand-joining Zen are very high, and the difficulty of practice is very great. Not only does it require the hands to be joined together for a long time, but it may also require the assistance of some other spiritual medicines.

In this case, although the defensive ability is indeed exaggerated, if it is really only passive defense, this secret practice is also a bit useless. Can a Zen skill that can only defend really become one of the unique skills of Cihang Temple? As Jiang Li's strength gradually increased, he finally reached the upper limit of the hand-to-hand Zen.

After a loud bang, the golden light on the monk's body dimmed, the rocks under his feet collapsed, and he fell backwards into the big hole behind him that was destroyed by the force release.

Jiang Li's extraordinary strength is not so easy to block even with the combined hands Zen.

But this small advantage did not make him happy. Looking at the smoke and dust rising from the big pit, Jiang Li frowned.

He knew exactly how much strength he had used just now, and estimated that he could kill the dragon turtle with one punch.

But the power of that punch just now seemed to be a little unsatisfactory, as if... something was missing.

Although it was not very obvious, Jiang Li, who had been banging his head against the mountains and the ground for many years, still keenly noticed that something was wrong.

But where did the disappearing power go?

In the smoke and dust, the golden figure walked out again, still with a steady step and a composed demeanor, but there was a fist mark on the chest that had not yet disappeared, which was particularly conspicuous in the golden light.

"Ahem, a great reputation is a real one. Master Jiang's fists are indeed amazing."

After coughing a few times, the other person's lungs, which had been squeezed by the huge force, finally opened up and his breathing became smoother.

"I can still hold on, please feel free to punch me."

Monk Liaoyuan walked in front of Jiang Li again. He was actually fine after taking such a punch. He just stood there motionless, continuing to wait for Jiang Li to punch him.

This confident and even eager look gave Jiang Li some ideas.

When something is out of the ordinary, there must be something fishy going on.

It seems that directly attacking the opponent seems to have very poor results.

So based on the principle of blocking whatever the opponent wants, I'm afraid it's not a wise choice to continue punching.

After thinking about it, Jiang Li suddenly stepped forward, grabbed the opponent's wrists with both hands, and then slowly began to exert force, trying to pull the opponent's palms apart.

It's just the Zen of putting your hands together. How can you do Zen if you can't even put your hands together? The two hands that were put together looked like they were cast directly from molten iron. The two palms pressed together seemed to be one, so tight that it was unbelievable.

But in Jiang Li's hands, even if it was a real iron hand, as long as it wasn't too thick, he could tear it apart! Golden sparks began to burst out from the gap between Yuan's palms. The gap opened up little by little, and finally, the five-year-long combined Zen was finally broken by Jiang Li's brute force.

When his hands separated, the feeling of being one with the whole body disappeared instantly, which meant that the opponent's defensive ability should have been ineffective.

Alas, a sigh.

"Unfortunately, I'm still a little short of it. That's all. Thank you, Mr. Jiang, for helping me break through the Zen."

Master Liaoyuan's hand-joining Zen was broken, but instead of getting angry, he thanked Jiang Li.

Jiang Li was not too surprised by this, and there was no joy of victory in his expression, but rather a bit of solemnity.

Because although the state of Zen meditation has disappeared, the state of joining the palms together does not seem to be just a defense, but also a kind of shackle.

The power entrenched in the opponent's body not only did not dissipate, but instead began to boil violently from its original calm state due to the opening of the Zen shackles.

With his biological instinct, he sensed that something bad was about to happen.

With Jiang Li still holding both of his wrists, his right hand suddenly swelled up, and the volume of his entire arm expanded three times! Jiang Li's hand around his wrist was directly bounced off by this.

Then the left hand, left foot, right foot, the whole body!

As the power boiled, the monk Liao Yuan, who was originally similar in size to Jiang Li and still within the normal human range, began to expand continuously.

The bones grew thicker and longer at a speed visible to the naked eye, the distinct muscles swelled and knotted, and even the gentle face that looked like a crown of jade became hideous and terrifying under the influx of some kind of power.

Everything about him was growing like crazy except his hair.

The gentle monk actually transformed into a muscular giant over two and a half meters tall! But this was not the most important thing.

Right in front of Jiang Li, the other party's aura cultivation began to rise steadily. In a short time, without giving people any time to prepare themselves mentally, he broke through the limit of the Qi training period and entered the foundation building stage! The surrounding spiritual energy immediately reacted. With the monk Liaoyuan as the center, a spiritual energy vortex automatically appeared. The rich spiritual energy in the secret realm of the medicine garden poured into his body to fill the needs of building the foundation, which made the already fierce aura rise further.

This monk Leyuan was actually breaking through the foundation-building stage! Jiang Li was stunned. Shouldn't this on-the-spot breakthrough be something that only a time traveler like him could enjoy?

He had been thinking about whether he should just break through in the arena. At worst, he could move on to the foundation-building arena and continue fighting.

Later, because of the news about Dao Jiguo, he gave up this plan.

Why did I give up and let the other party do this?

This monk Le Yuan had been hiding in the tenth arena until the very last moment when he made his move. He wouldn't have intended to rely on a breakthrough at the last minute to secure his victory.

After all, if you break through too early, you may be asked to switch to the foundation-building stage arena to fight, and you will lose your advantage. But if it is the last game, there will be no such trouble.

It seems that no one is much dumber than anyone else these days. Even the monks in Cihang Temple can count on their abacus with their hands making clanking sounds.

But who can tell me why this kind of change will occur after the hand-joining Zen is broken?

Master, oh master, your habit of speaking half of your sentences is really a bit deceptive.

If I hadn't exploded once in advance and gained some new status blessings, I might have been in trouble this time.

"Master Jiang, my Hand-to-Hand Zen has been broken, and I will attack now!"

As his body grew bigger, Liao Yuan's voice became muffled. He squeezed his uncomfortably large hands and posed in an enlarged version of the Vajra pose.

"Master Liaoyuan is trying to break through the foundation, right? Building the foundation of Taoism cannot be taken lightly. Master, please break through first. I, Jiang Li, will never take advantage of you."

But what Jiang Li said at the first moment showed a very righteous and gentlemanly demeanor, which won the favor of many senior cultivators.

His performance can be regarded as implementing the principle of friendship first and competition second. Even if the opponent's breakthrough brought about a change in strength, it may lead to his direct defeat.

But in order to help his fellow Taoist build his foundation smoothly, he did not choose to rush forward and disrupt the breakthrough. Instead, he decisively allowed the other party to break through with peace of mind.

You know, now is the critical moment to compete for the output share of the secret realm of the medicine garden, and it also represents the battle for the top spot of a full 10% share.

Especially when compared with the cultivators from Bailian Mountain, he is infinitely better.

But in Jiang Li's mind, he believed that he would not lose anyway, so it would be a good idea to increase his reputation and favorability.

"Master Jiang, I admire your generosity. But my practice is special, so this matter is fine. But you, the donor, please be careful."

Buddhist monks are Buddhist monks.

When a normal person is in this kind of rampant state with rapidly increasing strength, even if he does not lose his mind and cannot distinguish between friend and foe, he will at least become emotionally agitated and irritable.

But this Leyuan, with a monstrous body over two meters and five hundred, the words that came out of his mouth were still so calm and indifferent.

This shows how important it is to cultivate your state of mind.

"In that case, come on!"

As soon as the words fell, the distance between them disappeared instantly!

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The two fists, one big and one small, collided violently, and a momentary vacuum appeared in the air at the point of collision.

A deep crack appeared between them, and then quickly spread to both sides, eventually completely penetrating the entire ring. The spreading energy directly tore the ring in half.

Both sides took a step back in the collision, but the next moment they were close again and launched an extremely fierce short-range attack.

Jiang Li was shocked. After the Heshou Zen was broken, the energy released was so huge that it exceeded his imagination.

With the help of that power, Le Yuan transformed into a little giant and successfully broke through the foundation building. He fought with Jiang Li fist and foot, and for a while, they were evenly matched and there was no clear winner!

Jiang Li was even forced to use a little spiritual energy to bless himself.

It is extremely unreasonable to be able to achieve this level.

Who is Jiang Li? He is someone who can confront the cultivators in the Void Dan realm head-on or even defeat them.

Although he is only using his physical strength and a small part of his spiritual energy now, he is still far from his strongest fighting power.

But being able to fight him head-on and not be at a disadvantage is definitely not something that an ordinary foundation-building person can do.

The energy released was very huge, but Jiang Li was still confused about where the energy came from.

This monk Liaoyuan is not very old, and he has only been practicing for five years. During these five years, he has been able to practice to the peak of the Qi Refining Stage and be able to break through to the Foundation Establishment Stage at any time, which is already very good.

Where did he get the time and energy to accumulate another energy that almost exceeded the foundation-building stage? Bang, bang, bang! Jiang Li punched the opponent's chest three times in a row.

Not only did he break two of his bones, but he also left a large swollen and bloody fist mark.

The state of breaking Zen by the Heshou Zen is indeed very powerful, but in contrast, the previous almost unsolvable defense has also disappeared.

Bang! The basin-sized fist hit Jiang Li's abdomen fiercely, and the transmitted force instantly shattered the rock under his feet.

Jiang Li flew backwards and took several steps in the air to offset the force and pounced again.

Soon, the rock arena was no longer strong enough to support their fight.

Both sides had no choice but to rise into the air and continue their brutal exchange of punches in the air.

When moving in the air, Jiang Li, with the Cloud-Walking Boots, can still move as if he is down to earth. Both in terms of strength and flexibility, he is better than his opponent.

But he did not choose to win by dodging. Although the opponent's fist was large, its strength was not enough to break through his defense. Even if it occasionally caused a small scratch, it would recover in the blink of an eye.

After another twenty breaths of quick attack, the little giant-like body of Monk Liaoyuan was already covered with wounds.

The patches of blue-black blood swelling made his body look even bigger.

On the other hand, Jiang Li, while floating in the air, had slightly heavier breathing but his clothes were not torn at all.

That's because the clothes Jiang Li is wearing now are all woven with the roots of the Nine Nether Wood according to the clothes for inner disciples. They are extremely tough and have very good defensive capabilities.

Now, he no longer has to worry about his clothes getting torn apart every time he fights.

Jiang Li touched his abdomen where he had just been punched, and showed a thoughtful expression.

In the quick attack just now, he was hit by at least twenty punches from the monk Le Yuan.

When that force hit him for the first time, he already noticed something strange.

After eating more than twenty times, Jiang Li finally came to his senses.

The force that hit him each time was not a single one, but was the result of hundreds or even thousands of smaller forces being integrated together to strike.

It was just that because those forces were integrated in a highly consistent direction, he did not discover it at the first time.

Combined with the fact that part of Jiang Li's power inexplicably disappeared when he attacked the opponent before.

In this way, Jiang Li finally understood where the energy in the other person's body came from.

Now the Heshou Zen finally lives up to its status in Cihang Temple.

In the state of Zen, he continuously absorbs external attacks, and then stores them in his body. When his Zen power is broken, they all burst out at once.

Jiang Li has already seen the effect. Not only can it greatly increase combat power, but it can also directly improve cultivation and break through realms.

This powerful cheating-like effect is worthy of its difficult training conditions and its status as a secret practice.

However, any outbreak must have a time limit.

It had only been about two minutes since Le Yuan's Hand-to-Hand Zen was broken, but Jiang Li had already clearly felt that the power from the opponent's fists had weakened a little.

After five years of accumulation of Heshou Zen, let’s see how long you can last.

After taking a breath and adjusting for a while, the two sides moved closer in tacit understanding, and the two fists collided violently again.

Snap!

But this time, the middle finger bone of Monk Liaoyuan’s right hand was broken directly.

When the power difference between the two sides is not big, it is natural to have the advantage if the force hits.

With this finger bone as the starting point, the balance of victory and defeat between the two sides was completely tilted!

Comrades, what do you want?

(End of this chapter)