At this moment, everyone's gaze towards Chen Xiao had completely changed.
No one dared to underestimate the man who stood upon a Grandmaster any longer!
Chen Xiao, with a faint smile playing on his lips, looked towards the Scorpion Man and the wicked monk Yuan Chen, who stood beside the Dragon King.
"I told you to come at me together long ago. Now, you don't even have the chance to do so!"
Upon hearing this, the wicked monk Yuan Chen's eyebrows shot up in anger. He roared, "Brat, don't be arrogant. Don't think you're invincible just because you defeated the Flying Heaven Bat!"
"His highest ranking on the Heavenly Ranking is outside the top one hundred, while I was already in the top fifty twenty years ago!"
Chen Xiao twisted his neck and stretched his arms, saying with a casual air, "If you want to fight, then fight. So much nonsense. Even though there are only two of you left, I still advise you to attack together. It'll save some time!"
Yuan Chen leaped off the platform abruptly, his sleeves billowing.
"This infuriates me! If I don't rip your head off and use it as a ball today, my life will have been lived in vain!"
As he spoke, his body suddenly erupted with surging vital energy, and a ball of golden light rose around him!
Immediately after, his muscles swelled, and with a "bang," his monk's robe was torn apart and exploded into pieces.
Yuan Chen stood with his upper body bare. His muscles were bulging and knotted, filled with explosive power, and a layer of golden light covered them.
The golden light shimmered as if his entire body was made of gold.
The Scorpion Man was slightly stunned and then murmured, "Master Yuan Chen is boastful with his words, but he immediately revealed his ultimate technique, the Arhat Vajra Body. It seems he also knows that kid is not easy to deal with!"
The Dragon King glanced at the Scorpion Man and asked indifferently, "What percentage of victory do you think Yuan Chen has?"
The Scorpion Man was slightly taken aback and quickly replied respectfully, "Although that kid is powerful, Master Yuan Chen's Arhat Vajra Body is an unbreakable golden form. As long as the golden form is intact, Master Yuan Chen will be in an invincible position!"
The Dragon King stared at the Scorpion Man, "I asked you to tell me the truth."
The Scorpion Man's expression shifted slightly. He cautiously said, "If you ask me... Master Yuan Chen and that kid are at most fifty-fifty, or even thirty-seventy..."
The Dragon King shook his head, clearly unsatisfied with the Scorpion Man's answer.
"In my opinion, Master Yuan Chen has no chance of winning."
The Scorpion Man looked incredulous. What was wrong with the Dragon King? He was already so pessimistic about his own people before the fight even began. This wasn't like him at all!
Seeing the Dragon King's serious expression, he dared not ask further and could only silently watch the duel between Yuan Chen and Chen Xiao.
As the wicked monk Yuan Chen unleashed the Arhat Vajra Body, his movements clearly became much slower.
This was the price paid for using the unbreakable golden form. While the Arhat Vajra Body granted him immense destructive power and monstrous defense, it also sapped his speed and agility.
He walked towards Chen Xiao step by step, leaving an imprint on the ground with each stride.
Chen Xiao narrowed his eyes slightly, a disdainful smile appearing on his face.
"I thought you had some formidable skill. Isn't it just using your internal energy to weave yourself a sweater? Look at you, so proud!"
Yuan Chen was slightly stunned because Chen Xiao's words, though crude, were not without reason.
With just one sentence, he had exposed the secret of Yuan Chen's Arhat Vajra Body.
It turned out that the so-called Arhat Vajra Body was achieved by stimulating the internal energy within the body to form a thick defensive layer that covered the muscles.
Moreover, Yuan Chen's internal energy was pure, vast, and extremely fierce, which was why his Arhat Vajra Body could become an unbreakable golden form.
It was no exaggeration to say that even a high-speed train at full speed crashing into him would leave him completely unharmed!
"Brat, are you still talking tough when death is at your doorstep? Now, with just one palm, I can slap you to death!"
Chen Xiao laughed, "With your turtle-like speed, you think you can slap me to death?"
"No more nonsense. You wicked monk carries too much karmic sin. Today, I, this young master, will act on behalf of heaven!"
As he spoke, Chen Xiao reached out and grasped the void.
"Cang Lan Zhen Wu! Fifth Form!"
"Tide Rises! Heaven-Shattering Sword!"
As Chen Xiao's voice echoed, a monstrous wave suddenly surged behind him!
Yuan Chen sneered, "Manifesting vital energy into form? Heh, young people are still young. They just want to show off, wasting their vital energy on these flashy gimmicks. It seems your victory over the Flying Heaven Bat was just luck. I overestimated you!"
"Flashy gimmicks?"
A cold smile played on Chen Xiao's lips. "Then take a closer look and see if this is truly a flashy gimmick!"
Yuan Chen peered closely and his expression changed drastically. "What? What's going on?"
After all, he was a master ranked in the top fifty of the Heavenly Ranking. His vision was different from others, and he quickly noticed something amiss.
He realized that the monstrous wave behind Chen Xiao did not require Chen Xiao's internal vital energy to sustain it. Instead, a continuous stream of vital energy from the outside was entering it.
"Wait... is this, the power of the river?"
An expression of disbelief appeared on Yuan Chen's face.
Outside the pleasure boat, the vast river flowed. At this moment, the river surface began to tremble violently.
And the spiritual energy within the river, which Yuan Chen referred to as vital energy, was continuously pouring into the monstrous wave behind Chen Xiao!
Chen Xiao smiled faintly. "Heh, as expected of a master in the top fifty of the Heavenly Ranking. You actually noticed this. I'm starting to admire you a little!"
"Brat, where did you learn this evil art?"
Yuan Chen had roamed the martial world for decades. This was the first time he had encountered an art that could directly absorb the power of rivers for its own use. He had never even heard of it before.
"Martial art? Heh!"
Chen Xiao let out a disdainful laugh. "With your limited perspective, you can only think of such terms as 'evil art'! You're just a commoner!"
"Today, let me, this young master, tell you. What I am using is, immortal arts!"
What? Immortal arts?
"Nonsense! Are you an immortal then!"
When Yuan Chen, a man with such high self-regard, encountered something he couldn't understand, he could only resort to curses.
Chen Xiao shook his head. "Forget it. No matter how much I say, it's like playing the lute to a cow. People like you, who only know the most basic, trash martial arts, will never understand."
Yuan Chen almost spat out a mouthful of blood. Damn it, you call this trash martial arts?
He was about to curse when, at that very moment, the monstrous wave behind Chen Xiao suddenly parted to the sides. A sharp sword, about three feet long, flew out from the water curtain and directly into Chen Xiao's hand.
The sword was enveloped in swirling mist and water vapor, appearing as if it did not belong to the mortal world.
Chen Xiao wasted no more words. Holding the sword, he slashed down.
"Heaven-Shattering Sword, cut down all evil, slash!"
Chen Xiao swung his sword, as if tearing through the air. The surging killing intent washed over everyone's vision.
The rolling tide wrapped around the blade, heading straight for Yuan Chen's unbreakable golden form!