Clang! The metal shield dented deeply, but the imagined scene of the person beneath it being smashed into a bloody pulp did not materialize.
"Handsome!" Yuwen Xin drew his knife and rubbed his eyes in disbelief. He wondered if he had seen wrong or what. In his memory, Tang Yingjun had performed well, but not to such an outrageous degree.
But now, who would believe that this person, who had just broken through to the fifth rank a moment ago, actually blocked the full-force attack of an eighth-rank savage beast?
"Hmm!" The beast's breath was drawn out, as if even he hadn't expected this outcome.
However, the next second, the shield, which had been dented, along with a chubby person, was thrown into the safe zone, while in its place stood a proud and aloof figure.
"It's him!"
At this moment, everyone understood that it wasn't Tang Yingjun's outstanding defense that blocked the earth beast's full-force attack, but rather that someone else had taken the hit for him.
“There is no energy fluctuation. He is an ancient martial artist!” Yuwen Xin’s pupils shrank. He had heard of the existence of ancient martial artists before, but he did not expect them to appear in Camp 39.
"He is a martial arts practitioner!"
Five short words caused a huge uproar. During the catastrophe, the name of the ancient martial arts practitioners spread throughout the world. Without the assistance of these mysterious ancient martial arts practitioners, even a million-strong army with full armor could not have established a safe zone in just one day. And such a being appeared here. Isn't this the savior of Camp 39?
"Brother Yuan! Awesome!" The chubby guy was wincing in pain, but he still cheered him on from within the safe zone.
"So you're the native powerhouse of this world?" The earth beast looked at Jiang Yuan and sneered.
Jiang Yuan haphazardly stuffed a few meatballs into his mouth. Ancient martial artists rely entirely on physical strength in battle, so their requirements for food are extremely high. The meatballs on his body were all provided by the Holy Spirit Beast he had killed last time, and each one was equivalent to a pound of meat.
"To actually feed on the Holy Spirit Beast, you do have some guts like my savage beast clan!" The Earth Beast immediately recognized the origin of the meatball in Jiang Yuan's hand.
"Too bad you look decent enough!" Jiang Yuan grinned and mocked.
"What do you mean?" The earth beast sensed the sarcasm in the words.
"Otherwise, it will be another delicious dish!"
Jiang Yuan leaped up, his fist aimed straight at the head of the earth beast.
"Damn ant, how dare you treat a savage beast as food! Today I will devour you alive!" The earth beast roared in fury. Even if he was stupid, he could understand what the other party meant.
Although the savage beasts are beasts, they are humanoid, only retaining some of the characteristics of beasts. They are more like the demons of ancient mythology, who appear in human form after transforming.
"Break the shackles of blood!"
"Break the shackles of flesh!"
With his blood rushing to his head, the Great Wilderness Body Tempering Technique was reduced to an empty shell due to the lack of divine power, just like before it was awakened. It had the hardness, but the core was not able to supply enough energy. Fortunately, Jiang Yuan was now an ancient martial artist. After breaking two shackles, his physical strength increased dozens of times, which was enough to support him to complete the battle.
"Get out of my way, you ants!"
The earth beast threw a punch at Jiang Yuan, but Jiang Yuan blocked the first punch. The huge size difference between the two highlighted the violent aesthetics of the contest of strength.
"Secret Technique - Blood Enhancement!"
Jiang Yuan was single-minded; at this moment, all he wanted to do was use the power of ancient martial arts to subdue the savage beast before him.
Although divine power includes physical power, its system is fundamentally different from that of ancient martial arts. Physical power, when analyzed in depth, is still a type of energy, while ancient martial arts are purely physical strength.
Strength doesn't depend on your physical constitution. The power you unleash with ten points of strength is only related to your cultivation techniques and skills. The better your cultivation techniques, the stronger your strength will be.
Ancient martial arts, on the other hand, are related to your physical potential and life genes. Ancient martial arts require continuous strengthening of the physical body and optimization of one's own genes, allowing one's life level to constantly break through. It's like a bomb: for the same size, an ordinary person fills it with gunpowder, but an ancient martial artist fills it with enriched uranium—this is the difference in life level.
One man and one barbarian fought fiercely, and the others were not just spectators, because the beast tide never stopped; this was not a war fought by one person alone.
"The rest of you, stay away from the beasts and rebuild your defenses to resist the beast tide!"
"And the Beast Ladder! All psionicists, bombard it with all your might!"
Human potential is limitless in war; even those who were previously timid and hesitant to take action are now bloodthirsty.
Jiang Yuan was blasted into the dust once again, but this time the dust carried a thick bloody aura. The physique of the savage beast was far superior to that of ordinary monsters. This kind of creature was an existence on par with the Holy Spirit, possessing high intelligence and astonishing combat power.
"Again!" Jiang Yuan rushed forward in one stride.
When the strong are angry, they draw their swords against the stronger; when the weak are angry, they draw their swords against the weaker.
Jiang Yuan has his own beliefs: he can lose, but he will never allow himself to be unable to stand up again.
His heart rate increased, the gene serum he had taken took effect at this moment, and his physical body underwent a comprehensive enhancement. He broke free of the sixth degree of the second shackle.
The nine shackles can be considered unlocked if each shackle is partially opened. Jiang Yuan's previous flesh shackles were not fully unlocked, but now, under the bombardment of the savage beasts, his flesh shackles are beginning to loosen.
"Mountain-Shaking Fist!"
The earth beast's body shimmered with light patterns, and it grinned cruelly, saying, "One strike will send you to hell!"
A fist bigger than Jiang Yuan's head appeared in his pupils. Suddenly, the punch thrown by Nan Guishan Tower appeared in his mind. Ancient martial arts have no skills, and those skills that are opened from the core and require energy to use are not suitable for ancient martial artists. However, the absence of skills does not mean that Jiang Yuan cannot use them.
He had once pondered the power burst in Nan Gui Mountain. Wasn't that a skill? And one that ancient martial artists could use?
"After fighting for so long, it's time to settle things!" Jiang Yuan revealed an excited smile. Facing that invincible fist, he did something that surprised everyone.
Head-on clash!
That's right, he wanted to defeat the savage beast in front of him in the most powerful way.
"Fist One!"
That punch had no name; Jiang Yuan simply gave it a code name. Every ancient martial artist needs to forge their own path in martial arts, and so did he. This punch would be the beginning of his martial arts journey.
"This is insane!"
Yuwen Xin stared blankly at the strongest attacks unleashed by the two. He had read the data before, and there was no creature of the same level that could rival a savage beast in terms of physical strength, not even a holy spirit!
Right now, there are indeed no ones of the same level, but a madman two levels lower is fighting with a savage beast. Either he's gone mad, or the world has gone mad.
The fists collided, the dull thud sounding like a heavy hammer blow to the hearts of those around them.
The next second, Jiang Yuan's arm was broken into several pieces and thrown out like a tattered sack, the sight of blood splattering was too painful to watch.
The savage beast on the other side retreated dozens of meters, clutching its chest and kneeling on the ground.
"This is hidden force!"
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