C9 Shock the Entire Audience

As the room fell into a tense silence, Shen Yanfan's face twisted with rage. With a sudden shout, he launched a powerful punch at Ye Chen. This punch carried the terrifying strength of someone at the peak of the Body Tempering Stage, packing a force of over 2,000 pounds!

Shen Yanfan could already envision Ye Chen's miserable fate. With Ye Chen's so-called weak abilities, he was sure to be knocked down like a beaten dog, maybe even begging for mercy.

Ye Chen stood his ground, unmoving. As Shen Yanfan's punch came barreling toward him, Ye Chen couldn't help but shake his head in disappointment. Compared to the foes he had bested before, like Yang Wei and that spotted blood leopard, Shen Yanfan's attack was laughably weak, not even worthy of a scratch.

With a cold smirk, Ye Chen activated the Nine Dragon Heaven Swallowing Technique, unleashing the power of the fifth level of the Dragon Blood Stage. He countered Shen Yanfan's punch with a force of 15,000 pounds!

The difference in their strength was staggering, with Ye Chen's power outmatching Shen Yanfan's by several magnitudes.

"Boom!"

The room echoed with a thunderous crash as their fists collided with immense force.

Around the Treasure Pavilion, many martial artists were eagerly anticipating the moment when Ye Chen would be sent flying by a punch. However, to their utter disbelief, when the two fists collided, it was Shen Yanfan whose expression changed dramatically. He was suddenly hurled backward like a kite with a broken string, crashing hard onto the ground outside the pavilion.

The crowd clearly heard the sharp crack of bones breaking as Shen Yanfan hit the ground.

"Ah... Ye Chen, you worthless fool, you deserve to die!" Shen Yanfan screamed in agony, his face turning ghostly pale. The intense pain radiating from his right arm caused him to writhe on the ground.

"Ye Chen, how dare you harm the Young Master of the Shen family! You're asking for it!"

The two guards behind Shen Yanfan were momentarily stunned by the scene. Once they regained their composure, their expressions shifted dramatically. Drawing their swords, they charged at Ye Chen with deadly intent. If anything happened to Shen Yanfan at the Treasure Pavilion, they knew they would face severe consequences. They had to capture Ye Chen and hand him over to Shen Yanfan for punishment.

Seeing the scene unfold, Ye Chen smirked, standing perfectly still. He pushed the Nine Dragon Heaven Swallowing Technique within him to its limits, fortifying his body with an impenetrable defense.

Ye Chen was curious to see just how formidable his physical defense had become with the enhancement of the technique. The two guards behind Shen Yanfan swung their long swords at him repeatedly, eventually dulling the blades. Yet, on Ye Chen's body, only faint white marks appeared. His skin remained unscathed.

"A bunch of ants, you're practically begging for death!" Ye Chen sneered, noticing the guards panting heavily, their grips on their swords faltering as they began to tremble.

With a thunderous shout, Ye Chen launched a powerful punch, sending the two guards flying out of the Treasure Pavilion, landing them at Shen Yanfan's feet.

Ye Chen stood with his hands behind his back, exuding a commanding presence like a war god. The Treasure Pavilion fell into a stunned silence before erupting into chaos. No one could believe what they had just witnessed.

Ye Chen, once dismissed as a worthless fighter with his bone structure and martial soul supposedly destroyed, effortlessly defeated Shen Yanfan, the young master of the Shen family, who had reached the tenth level of the Body Tempering Stage. Not only that, but even when two guards, also at the tenth level, attacked him with all their might, they couldn't lay a finger on Ye Chen.

Ye Chen took down Shen Yanfan and the two guards with just two punches! With a single punch, Shen Yanfan was sent flying like a ragdoll. Similarly, with another punch, the two guards were knocked to the ground, landing like lifeless sacks.

This clearly shows that Ye Chen's martial soul and bone structure weren't as damaged as the rumors claimed. Otherwise, how could he have so easily dispatched three fighters at the tenth level of the Body Tempering Stage?

Now, the crowd's previous scorn and glee had vanished, replaced by shock and disbelief as they looked at Ye Chen. It turns out, Ye Chen is still the top talent in the city and remains one of the top ten fighters in the outer sect of the War Cloud Sect.

To defeat Shen Yanfan and his guards with such ease, Ye Chen's abilities must be at least at the third level of the Martial Soul Stage, if not higher!

"This... this can't be happening! How could you, a nobody, possibly defeat me?"

Shen Yanfan, who had been sneering with disdain, now looked utterly horrified as Ye Chen slowly approached him. His entire body trembled uncontrollably, as if he were caught in a fierce storm.

During their recent clash, Shen Yanfan had realized that Ye Chen was far from the washed-up fighter the rumors had painted him to be. Even if Ye Chen's bone structure and martial soul had been shattered, he must have had some other tricks up his sleeve to display such formidable power.

Despair filled Shen Yanfan's heart. If only he hadn't insulted Ye Chen earlier and had simply handed over the iron armor, he wouldn't be lying here humiliated, with the whole city watching him as a laughingstock.

"Shen Yanfan, I warned you. If you didn't back off, I'd show you what real fear feels like," Ye Chen said with a cold smirk.

With that, Ye Chen stepped forward, pressing his foot onto Shen Yanfan's knee. Applying just a bit of force, the immense power within him surged, and Shen Yanfan's right leg crumbled like a piece of tofu, utterly shattered under Ye Chen's foot.

If you look closely, you can even see the pale bone in his right leg. Clearly, Shen Yanfan's entire right leg is utterly ruined. It's been damaged to such an extent that even top-grade healing medicine might be powerless.

"Ye Chen... you bastard, I'll make you pay for this in blood!"

Feeling his right leg almost numb with pain, Shen Yanfan's anger flared. He glared at Ye Chen, his face twisted in rage, and shouted.

"Pay in blood, huh? Didn't expect the Shen family to be such cowards, but you sure talk tough."

"Let's see how long you can keep that up."

With those words, Ye Chen stepped directly on Shen Yanfan's other leg.