Murong Qiang's face turned red, "Sorry, I've offended too many people. My defense is strong, but the ones I've offended are all high-level masters of the Netherworld, and even some quasi-supreme masters. These guys have incredible abilities. Some can launch a single sword attack that not only damages your surface but also harms your internal organs. It's terrifying. Our equipment forging technique only allows us to cultivate inner strength and external weakness, which is the only way to defend against such a fearsome attack. Otherwise, there's only one path - death. So I have no choice but to forge a suit of battle armor for myself."

  When he heard Murong Qiang's words, Yuan Ye's eyebrows were tightly locked, as if he had fallen into deep thought.

  Murong Qiang looked at Yuan Ye's thoughtful expression and smiled: "The inner strength and outer weakness of refining equipment and body, in fact, is to refine one's tendons and bones to be as hard as a divine weapon, but the skin on the outside is no different from that of an ordinary person. This is the highest realm of refining equipment and body. As the saying goes, as long as you don't hurt your tendons or bones, it's not a big deal. Ordinary people are like this, let alone us martial artists. As long as our tendons and bones are undamaged, even if we're cut by ten or eight swords, we'll recover quickly. As for the outside needing to be indistinguishable from ordinary people, it's mainly considering some everyday needs, such as being intimate with a lover. If one's whole body is hard like steel, how can they make love? As long as one place isn't soft, that's enough, right?"

  Murong Qiang smiled wickedly at Yuan Ye, while Rui Xi beside him blushed and ran out. But Yuan Ye still frowned tightly.

  "Hey, I've made it clear enough, why are you still pretending to be profound!" Mu Rongqiang said discontentedly.

  "What you said about the attack surface, internal organs will also be injured. How is this done?" Yuan Ye looked at Murong Qiang with a serious face, without any of his usual joking around.

  "This is also very strange, too sinister. You say our ordinary attacks are all from the surface, a sword can only pierce your skin first, then it can pierce into the flesh, followed by tendons and bones, and finally internal organs. Internal organs are protected layer by layer, and at the same time, they are the most fragile and important. As long as there is a slight bit of force in the attacking method, that's a serious injury. But some masters' kung fu is extremely sinister, they can actually attack your skin and even simultaneously with you clashing swords, making your internal organs bear the same attacking power as the surface, who can withstand it?"

  "Then can you demonstrate that attack for me?" Yuan Ye said immediately.

  Murong Qiang's face stiffened: "What kind of joke is this, if I had such a powerful sword technique, why would I be crippled and have my cultivation reduced by half, from ancient immortal to martial lord. Once upon a time, a late-stage demon god just swung his sword over, one sword and I almost lost my life. Just seeing that sword suddenly fast and slow, the sword shadow fluttering and chopping over, it looked like there was no attack power, who knew it was so sinister."

  "Swift and slow, the sword's shadow flickers! The second sword of the Demon-Sealing Sword Technique, Yuan Chen, I've always been unable to grasp its subtleties. So that's how it is, so that's how it is!" Yuan Ye muttered to himself as he stood up from bed.

  "Hey, where are you going?" Murong Qiang immediately called out to Yuan Ye.

  "I'm afraid this Hundred Heroes Great War, the first non-Chiang Kai-shek winner is me. But to determine the number one, it'll take at least three months. Don't disturb me during these three months, I need to focus on my cultivation."

  "Not yet, I just finished bandaging your wound." Murong Qiang wanted to say something else, but Yuan Ye had already left the room.

  Outside the city of Hunuo, in a dense forest, Yuan Ye was alone, sometimes closing his eyes to think quietly, sometimes stretching out his hand to gesture back and forth, sometimes picking up a branch, leaping into the air, slashing and stabbing with his sword, each move sending a burst of energy flying out. Every time he made a move, it was slightly different from before, but Yuan Ye was desperately trying to comprehend the essence of the second sword of the Demon-Sealing Sword Technique, the original shock.

  Three months later, in the largest arena of Kurogane City,

  "Cheers!"

  Jiang Zan let out a low shout, his right leg transforming into a whirlwind as he kicked a black-clad man flying, instantly producing the sound of shattering bones.

  One move decided the outcome, and the big man shouted loudly: "I admit defeat!"

  But Jiang Zan didn't stop at all, his body shape instantly caught up with the black-clothed big man, his right hand turned into a silver light, and in an instant, he pierced the black-clothed big man's chest. He crushed his heart.

  Pong!

  Jiang Zan kicked out the black-clad man directly from the arena with one leg.

  "Jiang Zan wins! Liao Ai dies in battle. According to the rules, the 101st ranked player will be promoted to the top 100 and have the qualification to participate in the dazzling competition of the top 100, competing for the right to enter the City of Hope. Jiang Zan will face Cen Sen tomorrow, and the winner will have the direct qualification to enter the City of Hope." A white-robed elder announced immediately.

  At this moment, two men came up and carried the corpse of the black-clothed big man away. As for Jiang Zan, if he didn't surrender immediately, he would definitely not survive. He was a person from Gongyang Prefecture, and almost all the officials and nobles in Luozhou were watching this duel. His goal was to defeat all his opponents with overwhelming power and behead them all.

  His adoptive father, Cui Zhihao, gave him the opportunity to enter Hope City this time, and also gave him a command, that is, to show off the military power of Guyang Prefecture to the entire Hunluo Province. Anyone sent by Guyang Prefecture can look down on the entire Hunluo Province, who made you Hunluo Province the weakest among the nine provinces? From the comparison of martial arts to now, Jiang Zan has perfectly completed more than half of the task given to him by his adoptive father, except for those who surrendered and were not killed. No opponent can survive under his hands, and each time it is done beautifully, even without using weapons.

  The opponent is too weak, really too weak. The strongest one is only Wu Jun Zhongfeng, and Wu Jun has no chance against Wu Emperor at all.

  "Hey, old man, I'd like to fight that what's-his-name Shimizu right now. As for me killing this trash and wasting a bit of energy, it doesn't matter. Even if I only use 50% of my strength, none of you in the state of Junluo can be my match." Jiang Zan called out to the referee with an arrogant tone.

  The old man's face showed an awkward smile and said, "Cen Sen was severely injured in a fight with his opponent yesterday and cannot participate in the battle for now. The final battle will have to wait for five days."

  "So long? Are you all so weak in Luo State? I came here to exercise my muscles, but none of you can even get on stage. This is the elite of Luo State, how laughable."

  The scene suddenly became noisy. This is simply a blatant contempt for the entire Hunluo State. Many people even questioned why Governor Xu Qian allowed an outsider to fight here.

  "Dad, look! It's too much! Let someone go up and beat him to death, beat him to death!" The little devil girl shouted again, waving her small fists on the stage.

  "I'm done, I've been in Luo State for thirty years and no one under the age of thirty can be my opponent. Because there is no martial emperor under the age of thirty in Luo State, let the senior masters go up, even if they win, it's still laughable." Sighed Xu Qian, the lord of Luo State.

  "Dad, why did you still let him participate in the mixed Luo state competition? Although you and Master Cui Zhihao are fellow disciples, but..." Xu Ziying also asked doubtfully on the other side.

  "I didn't know that letting an outsider become the number one in Hunan Province would be a huge loss of face for me. You think I have a good relationship with Cui Zhihao? Wrong, he used despicable means to harm my second brother Rui Guangde's family back then, and several of us brothers cut off all ties with him. This time, I agreed to let his adopted son come here to show off, wasn't it for the sake of you two?"

  "For us?" Xu Zi Jing looked at his father in surprise.