Bang!
As another bystander was about to say something else, a certain blast sounded off to interrupt the speaker. Cao Yuan, who had only felt a bit nervous and surprised at his base state's power, resumed his test, with this time activating one rune's power.
The lever which previously hovered at 70.3kg, once again began to rise, until it came to a halt at 87.89kg.
This meant that activating one rune added another 25 percent power to his current state in this simulation!
"Would that mean that activating two runes would give me 50 percent power?" Without letting the onlookers get a good grasp on the sudden turn of events, Cao Yaun activated the second rune before releasing a deafening roar as he punched out.
BOOM!!!!
A much more powerful impact reverberated from the young man's attack as he punched the disk, sending it rocking back and forth before the lever shot up, passing the 100kg mark before slowing down.
101 kilograms…
102 kilograms…
104 kilograms…
Finally came to a stop at an astonishing
105.5kg!
By then, every single cultivator present had their jaws drop in shock, with the mouth of some even stretching widely enough that one would think they could stuff an entire papaya fruit inside and suck the juice out with their saliva. Even the entire hall seemed to have gone silent as the stunned crowd gaped at the young man in utter disbelief.
Gulp…
The sound of someone swallowing echoed among the group, with others taking deep breaths.
"Fuck!!"
"Is this the power of an Iron Bone realm cultivator?"
"Curse it, he almost broke the record…"
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN HE ALMOST BROKE THE RECORD?!" Someone else countered, "obviously, the young man has surpassed the record, setting a new impossible-to-surpass record!"
"Damn it, that's right."
"Who the fuck is this guy?"
All of a sudden, the entire hall seemed to erupt in a cacophony of voices as the crowd chattered excitedly while gazing at Cao Yuan. Upon sensing the commotion, Cao Yuan turned around shoving his way out of the dense crowd.
Cao Yaun's body trembled slightly at the imposing gazes as if he was stripped naked in front of a group of dirty old perverts. Although surprised at his own power, the young man was not that surprised. He had already imagined the outcome of activating two runes.
"Hold it right there!"
Before Cao Yuan could get to the hall's exit, his path was blocked by a group of arrogant cultivators. The leader of the group wore the same fine blue robe.
"huh isn't that tao yen from the mountain river sect?"
"yeah.. that spoilt brat!! I wonder what he is up to"
"nothing good I guess"
Looking at the group of disciple blocking cao yaun's path, the crowd suddenly became rowdy again, as they began discussing animatedly between themselve, while clearing a space for them and what ever drama that's about to occur.
Listening to the crowd discussion, cao yaun shifted uncomfortably along the path as he tried to by pass them, but the grouup of disciple refused to budge as they blocked his path in a straight line, while being lead by the arrogant young man with braided black hair.
"what is it that you won't" squinting his eyes, cao yaun stared at the group and tried to recall what he know about the Mountain River Sect. The mountain river sect was founded more than three hundred years ago by an eccentric cultivator known as old Man Qinghe. unlike most sect that focus majorly on martial art techniques, Qinghe devoted his life to the study and raising of spirit fish.
Over the past few years, the sect had became renowned throughtout azure province for one particular specialty, their training and refining spirit fish. though not the strongest sect in Baixun city, the Mountain River Sect held a stable position due to value of their spirit fish. which could be used for dishes, alchemy and medication.
The disciple whose name tag indicated Senior Brother Tao yen glared at Cao Yuan's three-meter frame with an expression of jealousy and hatred. "You absolute fraud! I accuse you of blatant cheating! You obviously used underhanded martial arts or explosive pills to cheat the machine, which is strictly prohibited for raw physical testing in this hall!"
"Yes! you must have cheated!" the other disciples shouted in unison.
Cao Yaun rebutted calmly. "I did not use any martial arts. It was all real physical power."
"Hah! Do you take us for fools?!" Tao Yen scoffed, egged on by his fellow sect members, before giving a loud bark.
"An early Iron Bone cultivator outputting 109 kilograms of raw power?! This is utterly ridiculous and against the natural cultivation laws! I completely reject your shameless accusations. If you didn't cheat, then prove it to us right here. I challenge you to a duel!" Pushed and egged on by his fellow sect members, the disciple strongly disagreed and challenged Cao Yaun to a duel.
"You don't have a choice, coward!" Cao yaun refused and tried to leave by taking another pathy, but Tao Yen sneered as he slid his feet to block Cao Yuan's path once more, his hand resting on the hilt of his sword.
"You have insulted the intelligence of everyone in this hall. I demand that you fight me to clear this fraud, or the Mountain River Sect will ensure you are barred from the city markets!"
Cao Yuan requested to pass and refused the challenge over and over again, trying to find an opening to leave. However, the arrogant disciple refused to let him go, constantly placing himself in his path, demanding that he fight.
Cao Yaun refused the fight over and over, trying to pass, while the arrogant disciple blocked his way, demanding that he have to fight. Seeing that the youth would truly not let him leave without bloodshed, a cold look appeared in Cao Yuan's eyes. After several failed attempts to avoid the duel, Cao Yaun agreed to the fight. "Fine. Let's get this over with." Both men walked to the sparring arena where they would fight. The crowd eagerly followed behind them.
The massive crowd, thrilled by the turn of events, eagerly followed the two young men as they walked to the center Arena Hall used for public sparring. Ling leapt onto the raised stone platform with an agile, flashy flip, landing on it cross-legged and staring arrogantly at Cao Yuan.
"I'll expose your fake strength in front of everyone!" Tao Yen roared as his body blurred with motion as he performed his sect's signature movement, thrusting his hands forward like a striking serpent.
The sect disciple, who had reached the peak Iron Bone realm, led the charge, throwing a confident palm strike. Cao Yaun countered with a simple punch.
The moment the attack drew close to his chest, Cao Yuan simply sidestepped inside the attack range and punched out a direct punch.
Bang!
His fist split the air currents, sending a visible shockwave that crashed into the disciple's torso.
With a sickening sound of breaking barriers, Tao Yen did not even have the chance to scream before being launched backward like a ragdoll, crashing onto the ground of the arena floor. He gasped a few times before ultimately passing out cold. The whole hall went silent once again.
A single punch, and a genius disciple from one of the two city's major sects was felled.