Chapter 50: Ambushed

  Shen Xiang walked onto the martial stage with a relaxed expression, and didn't feel anxious at all because his opponents were four adults. This calmness and confidence was quite admirable.

  The four men standing on the martial arts stage with Shen Xiang were all twenty years old, but they were slightly shorter than Shen Xiang and their bodies were not as sturdy as Shen Xiang's. They looked much less robust than Shen Xiang.

  The cold and elegant orchid under the stage also looked at Shen Xiang on the stage seriously, using a pair of clear and beautiful eyes to carefully examine Shen Xiang, wanting to see through him, but it was cloudy and foggy, she didn't feel any aura emanating from Shen Xiang.

  "Let's start!"

  As soon as the voice fell, the four men rushed towards Shen Xiang at the same time, with extremely fast speed, and also simultaneously punched out a fist. The fists were condensed with thick true energy, and everyone could clearly see the terrifying true energy emanating from the four fists. These four fists, carrying horrific power, seemed to be able to blast a mountain apart.

  Shen Xiang stood with his hands behind his back, his expression calm and serene. The four fists that were punching fiercely collided with Shen Xiang's body, producing a burst of air waves and triggering a gust of wild wind. The entire martial arts platform shook violently, almost collapsing. In that instant, everyone's heart seemed to have stopped beating. Such a terrifying four punches hitting the same target simultaneously, not to mention a person, even an iron block would be shattered.

  But Shen Xiang didn't flinch, four fists struck his chest and back, he didn't even frown, still standing there with a relaxed face, the entire square suddenly fell silent, everyone was stunned, their faces filled with shock.

  Leng Youlan's eyebrows were tightly furrowed, staring dead at Shen Xiang, but on that mature and coldly proud face was full of surprise. Even she, using up all her true energy, could only barely withstand the four simultaneous punches coming her way. Yet Shen Xiang not only didn't use his true energy to resist, it could be said he hadn't made any preparations at all, and just casually withstood those four punches.

  Shen Xiang didn't use his true energy, and as he stepped into the 8th layer of Mortal Martial Realm, his physical body that had been tempered in the Xianmo Pond became even stronger. The attacks from the 6th layer of Mortal Martial Realm were nothing to him.

  The most shocking thing was the four men who attacked Shen Xiang. When their terrifying blow hit Shen Xiang's body, it was as if a stone had sunk into the ocean, disappearing silently and making them doubt their own strength, while the opponent had only used his physical body to withstand it!

  They all retreated one after another, and it was easy to take them down with a casual attack. The strength of the person who launched the simultaneous attack can be imagined, and they must be incredibly powerful.

  Shen Xiang's eyes suddenly became sharp, and a surge of invisible killing intent burst out from his body, causing the four people to feel a chill run down their spines, as if they had fallen into a hell filled with slaughter. Shen Xiang was like a god of murder, able to easily behead them.

  "Are you going down by yourselves, or do I have to knock you down?" A hint of murderous intent flashed at the corner of Shen Xiang's mouth, which was terrifying. This was a kind of killing aura that he possessed due to his cultivation of the White Tiger Divine Technique's "Killing Heart", which could bring mental pressure to people.

  As soon as Shen Xiang's words fell, the four of them immediately fled in disarray. They had all been under the cover of Shen Xiang's terrifying killing intent, and had long since been tormented to the point of mental collapse, without any thought of resistance.

  From the start, Shen Xiang didn't even lift a hand and scared off those four men, advancing to the top eight! This result was extremely unexpected by everyone, putting even more pressure on those who advanced to the top eight. Facing a monster like Shen Xiang, their chances of winning became even smaller.

  Next, the four groups of people were determined to compete in martial arts, which was still a fixed rule within the Medicine Sect. Shen Xiang didn't say anything, as it made no difference to him who he competed with, and no matter how the Medicine Sect tried to manipulate things, it had no effect on him.

  Shen Xiang's opponent was unexpectedly a member of the Medicine Clan, and seemingly the elder brother of Yao Tianhua, named Yao Cong, who had reached the sixth level of the Martial Realm.

  This was unexpected for Shen Xiang, but he guessed that things wouldn't be so simple. As a master pharmacist, he knew his own strength all too well. The fact that they had arranged for someone from their own family to fight him must mean there was something fishy going on.

  Most of the disciples in the Medicine Family are either cultivating spiritual medicine or learning alchemy, and at first, they will fall behind others in terms of strength. However, the Medicine Family's Yao Tianhua is not only good at alchemy but also has decent cultivation. Unfortunately, he has gone missing now, so there isn't a single outstanding talent that the Medicine Family can take pride in.

  The strength of the Medicine Family lies mainly in using elixirs to recruit other families and attract a large number of warriors to join the Medicine Family.

  Shen Xiang was still in the last game, and tomorrow afternoon there were only two games without Shen Xiang, so he didn't go. He thought it would be better to practice alchemy instead.

  Two days passed, Shen Xiang had lunch and then headed to the Medicine Family. Although he didn't watch yesterday's and this morning's matches, he still found out that the final winners were the Crown Prince and Leng Youlan, and they would be in a group for tomorrow morning's match.

  "This prince and the general's daughter competing in martial arts is quite interesting, I'll have to come take a look tomorrow." Shen Xiang thought to himself as he walked onto the competition stage, waiting for Yao Cong to go up.

  Although Nanwu Country has many martial arts families, it still has an army because in the border areas, they are often attacked by some barbarians.

  As for the contest between Shen Xiang and Yao Cong, everyone thought that Shen Xiang would win. They were just puzzled as to why the Yao family had let Yao Cong compete with Shen Xiang, which was simply a futile effort.

  "It's no wonder that you're the one who made Tianhua suffer a crushing defeat. I hope, Brother Shen, that next time you'll show some mercy." Yao Cong said with a smile as he walked up to Shen Xiang.

  Yao Cong looks a bit like Yao Tianhua, with a hint of arrogance between his eyebrows, but he appears much more stable than Yao Tianhua.

  Shen Xiang didn't expect that a member of the Medicine Family would be so courteous to him, and he also smiled: "Then let's exchange pointers."

  As they spoke, the two of them backed away.

  "Let's start!"

  At this time, Shen Xiang suddenly caught a glimpse of cunning and treachery in Yao Cong's eyes. Shen Xiang was shocked in his heart, he knew that there must be something fishy going on.

  Yao Cong made the first move, taking a flying step to appear in front of Shen Xiang. His fists were wrapped in scorching flames, emitting a wave of thick and intense true energy.

  Seeing the fist coming down, Shen Xiang immediately dodged, but in that instant he went limp all over, unable to exert any strength, and even his true energy couldn't be mobilized, which made him extremely shocked.

  Yao Cong's face suddenly filled with ferocity, and he said in a low voice: "Shen Xiang, you're finished." As he spoke, his fiery fists rained down on Shen Xiang's body like raindrops, wildly pounding him. In just a few moments, Shen Xiang's upper body and head were hit by those violent fists.

  "This bastard, he's actually at the Seventh Layer of the Mortal Martial Realm!" Shen Xiang didn't expect Yao Cong to be hiding so deeply, what made him even angrier was that Yao Cong had used a despicable trick on him, making it impossible for him to mobilize his true energy, leaving his whole body powerless.

  Shen Xiang's physical body was indeed robust. Although he had been hit by the Seventh Layer of Mortal Martial Realm's heavy punches, he did not suffer serious injuries, which also shocked Yao Cong to his core.

  "Was it you who just spoke, spewing out a colorless and odorless poison from your mouth? Paralyzing my meridians, preventing my true energy from passing through them, right?" Shen Xiang said in a low voice, looking at Yao Cong with those clear and calm eyes.

  Yao Cong didn't expect Shen Xiang to discover his trick so quickly, but he didn't respond and continued to crazily punch at Shen Xiang!