As Takashi took the stage, the originally bustling martial arts arena suddenly fell silent. Takashi walked up to the power-measuring stone stele, his right hand grasping the purple-black iron club, and with a loud crash, the club directly shattered the ground tiles and stuck into the ground.

  Tuo Ku rubbed his fists, and the joints made a crackling sound like small thunder.

  His right leg stretched out, slowly sinking into a horse stance, he took several deep breaths, letting his breathing reach a state of complete calmness. At this moment, he was like a majestic lion conserving its energy, brewing its fatal blow.

  All the onlookers, including several high-ranking generals and people like Liang Long and Zhou Yu, were holding their breaths waiting for Taokui to make his move.

  "Ka-ching!"

  As the joint cracked again, Takashi clenched his right fist, raised it to the level of the punching bag, and then slowly pulled it back.

  "Cheers!"

  Takashi let out a loud roar, his legs and waist moving in unison, his right fist shooting out like a meteorite. A deafening crash echoed through the air as the entire stone pedestal began to shake violently, as if it was about to shatter into pieces. The crystal pillar's radiance burst forth like a fountain, shooting up to a height even greater than Takashi's own stature.

  9 feet 5 inches, 9 thousand 500 pounds!

  The entire arena was in an uproar, this achievement had already exceeded the limits of a martial artist in the Body Tempering stage. Even a peak Circulating Pulse martial artist could only achieve a result of 8,000 catties at most.

  Including the martial artists of the later stages, it is also difficult to exceed 9,000 catties, because as martial artists progress to the later stages, they increasingly rely on their true yuan, and the growth of **'s power has a limit, after approaching this limit, it becomes difficult to increase again.

  Even Qinzhi's teeth strength may not be able to withstand Takusu's power.

  People couldn't help but look at Lin Ming, and indeed, he was once known for his incredible strength. However, 9,500 kilograms was simply like a massive mountain, making it too difficult to surpass!

  "Lin Shidi, it's your turn." Takashi rubbed his fists. He was very satisfied with this result, previously when he tried it himself, the best score was only 9,500 pounds.

  Lin Ming stepped onto the stage, one hand resting on the stone stele as he shook it slightly to test the strength of the Binding Law Array. Feeling that it was still acceptable, he should be able to withstand his own power.

  Everyone held their breath, waiting for Lin Ming's attack, and seeing how much he could achieve.

  Lin Ming relaxed his mind and body, and his body loosened up like a bow. The "Hunyuan Lianquan Jing" was originally a physical cultivation method, and cultivating it would make one's true yuan thick and powerful. For the "Hunyuan Lianquan Jing", there were no limits to the human body. After condensing the pulse, one could temper their marrow, and after tempering their marrow, they could open up the eight gates of evasion. The nine palaces of the Dao corresponded to the heavens and the earth, and at that time, the human body would be able to move mountains and rivers, break through the sky and pluck stars, all relying on one's power alone.

  Of course, Lin Ming is still far from this realm. However, over the past few months, he has absorbed a large amount of Qi and blood energy, and after being tempered in the trials of life and death, the Qi and blood within his body have become like rolling thunder, constantly simmering with explosive power that cannot be released, making him feel unfulfilled.

  Take a deep breath, weight shifted onto legs. Spine arched like a bow full of energy. With a loud shout, Lin Ming suddenly sprang out a step, his body charging forward like a lion pouncing on a rabbit, his fist like a dragon bursting out of the ocean, carrying an unstoppable momentum, fiercely striking the punching bag.

  "Boom!"

  Ten thousand kilograms of force burst out, the punching bag produced cracks under the huge impact, the black stone monument shook violently, and the crystal pillar instantly rushed to one zhang two feet, but this was the limit of the measuring stone monument's range!

  "Bang!"

  With a faint sound like shattering glass, the crystal pillar burst open, and countless true yuan stone powder floated down like stars in the sky!

  At this moment, all the audience were stunned.

  "Did you shatter the crystal pillar?"

  "This crystal pillar can withstand a force of 10,000 catties, yet it was shattered?"

  Qinzi's eyes widened in shock, and she kept saying that Lin Ming was born with divine power, but no one knew the extent of his divine power. Shattering a crystal pillar weighing 10,000 to 20,000 kilograms required at least 13,000 kilograms of force!

  With a mere strength of 13,000 catties, it's rare not only in the Tianyun Empire but also throughout the entire Tianyuan Continent! Because after reaching the Xiantian stage, a martial artist's strength basically no longer increases.

  Even if it's a congenitally extreme master, the strength won't exceed 10,000 catties.

  "Tsk tsk tsk, a beast is just a beast after all. It's indeed impossible to judge them with human standards. I wonder what kind of fodder they were raised on."

  Murong Zi, on the other hand, has a strong adaptability. After marveling at it for a moment, she quickly accepted this fact and wouldn't be too surprised no matter what happened to Lin Ming. If one day Lin Ming didn't come up with something that went against common sense, Murong Zi would probably be surprised instead.

  However, at this time, Bai Jingyun beside Murong Zi was staring blankly at the black stone monument in the center of the field, lost in thought. In fact, a strength of 10,000 to 13,000 jin cannot represent how strong one's combat power is, but only explains that Lin Ming has a special physical constitution, innate divine power, or perhaps he had eaten some kind of powerful heavenly material or earthly treasure. Yet Bai Jingyun still had a peculiar feeling...

  Lin Ming definitely still has many unknown trump cards! His strength is absolutely more than what he has revealed so far.

  But reason told her that even if Lin Ming could instantly kill a master at the peak of Condensation, he wouldn't be able to kill Ouyang Yuhua in that situation. However, Lin Ming himself was an existence that defied common sense, and what he did couldn't be predicted by common logic.

  Tuō Kǔ gazed at the scattered True Origin Stone powder and the black Measuring Strength Stone Stele with cracks, let out a gentle breath, smiled and shook his head. "I concede, I'm thoroughly convinced! Even if I reached the peak of Condensed Pulse, being able to exert 10,000-20,000 jin of strength would be my limit. It's fundamentally impossible for me to shatter the Crystal Pillar. Lin Shidi's physique leaves me speechless!"

  A stone monument one zhang two chi in height is not something that can be easily created, and 10,000 to 20,000 jin can be said to be the limit of human physical strength.

  Lin Mingdao said: "Actually, Taoku Shixiong doesn't have to pursue power blindly, he can consider putting in some effort elsewhere. Power ultimately has its limits."

  For the warriors of the Tianyuan Continent, if they don't know how to activate the Eight Gates and Nine Stars of the Dao Palace, then cultivating their strength will be futile. In the Body Refining stage, there is still some use for it, but once one truly enters the Post-Heaven stage, a power less than 10,000 jin is negligible.

  "Alas, I'm aware of that. However, my strength is my forte, and other aspects, I'm not skilled in. Let's break through the Condensation Period first, and consider other things later."

  Tuokuo is already twenty-one years old, and it's estimated that he won't break through the Condensation Period until he's twenty-three or four. At this age, for a major sect, he has basically lost his value as a cultivator. However, if he were to give up on the sect and join the military instead, Tuokuo would definitely become a fierce general who excels at killing.

  Imagine him on the battlefield, with one stick he sends the enemy commander flying along with his horse, the kind of morale boost that comes from such a scene is something that even a martial artist who has cultivated their True Yuan to its peak cannot achieve.

  Although Taoku can't enter the sect, he is destined to be prosperous and wealthy for life, and even being one of the top ten generals is not a problem. This is also the ultimate in the secular world, and will become the faith of countless Tianyun warriors.

  Staying in the secular world is not bad either, with ease and dignity, there are still one or two hundred years of glory and wealth to enjoy, being admired by others, with many wives and concubines.

  On the contrary, if one pursues martial arts to the extreme, it is destined to be a bumpy road! Exploring the mysterious realm, seeking opportunities, and fighting with others, nine deaths and one life! The dull and tasteless cultivation must be able to withstand loneliness. Although wealth and honor are within reach, enjoying them at the same time also corrupts one's will to fight. For a martial arts master, closing oneself off for ten or twenty years, not knowing the taste of meat for ten years, is just a normal day.

  To defy fate, to break free from the cycle of life and death, one must endure this pain and loneliness. Especially after Lin Ming met Mu Qianyu, he became even more determined to pursue the ultimate in martial arts.

  The morning mushroom doesn't know the waxing and waning of the moon, the earthworm doesn't know the spring and autumn. A worldly person who has reached the pinnacle of power, even if it's Qin Xiao, the great general who guards the country, is nothing but a mere 200-year lifespan. To someone standing at the peak of martial arts, that's just an earthworm, at most, the king of earthworms.

  The Nanguo witch god has lived for at least 30,000 years, leaving behind 72 witch god towers that will last forever.

  What was it like for the descendants of the Tianyuan continent thousands of years ago? They could only hear some vague and unsubstantiated legends, without even being able to see any written records. As the saying goes: "Paper lasts for a thousand years, silk lasts for eight hundred years." Silk books would rot after eight hundred years, and paper books could only be stored for a thousand years at most. How could there possibly be any written records left from thousands of years ago? Even the legends that have been passed down are mostly fabrications by later generations.

  Lin Ming did not want to return to dust after hundreds of years, he wanted to jump out of the cycle and see what it would be like when martial arts reached its peak.

  When Lin Ming stepped down, Zhao Jifeng and Jiang Bin, who had recovered, saw that Lin Ming already had a sense of fear, and the previous thought of resistance had long been put away.

  Although the strength of 13,000 jin may not necessarily mean great power, the visual impact of shattering a crystal pillar on a testing stone monument with one punch is too strong.

  Is this still human? Who has ever seen a crystal pillar being shattered in normal times? Not even heard of it.

  When they saw Lin Ming coming over, the two of them hastily stood up and slunk away, following a non-human being, under enormous pressure.

  "Lin Ming, take a moment's rest and regulate your internal energy," said the elder judge.

  Lin Ming shook his head, "I haven't consumed anything, no need to rest, I can fight now."

  "Let's take a break!" said Ling Sen, wearing a black uniform and carrying his signature thousand-pound heavy sword on his back. "I want to have a good fight with you at your peak state, even if I lose!"

  Lin Ming smiled, "Alright, to be honest, I've been expecting a showdown with you since the moment I first saw you!"

  Lin Ming first met Ling Sen during the entrance examination of the Seven Xuanwu Academy, and Ling Sen's appearance left a deep impression on Lin Ming. As the eldest senior brother of the Tianyi Branch of the Seven Xuanwu Academy, his status was unshakeable.

  At that time, for Lin Ming, such a character was an unattainable existence. However, it was also at that time that Lin Ming made up his mind to one day stand on the same stage as Ling Sen and have a real fight!