After the brief exchange, Yang Ye was certain that Zhou Yu’s strength was at the peak of Postnatal Ming Jin, not Postnatal An Jin.
In his eyes, the moment the opponent made a move, he would surely go all out, without holding back.
After all, Yang Ye was, in his own right, a master of Postnatal An Jin. How could Zhou Yu possibly hold back when facing such a formidable opponent?
The difference between the peak of Postnatal Ming Jin and Postnatal An Jin, though seemingly slight, was in reality, vastly significant.
With this understanding, Yang Ye could accept the situation.
A Postnatal Ming Jin peak martial artist in his twenties, while rare, was by no means as eye-popping as a Postnatal An Jin martial artist of the same age.
The record held by the Heavenly Master Li of Longhu Mountain remained unbroken!
Thinking this, Yang Ye’s confidence surged.
His next move should be enough to defeat the opponent!
No!
Not should, but absolutely would!
Furious Zhen Qi surged within his body, which Yang Ye controlled, concentrating it into his fist.
The power of an An Jin martial artist’s fist, infused with Zhen Qi and reinforced by Gang Fist, was incredibly fearsome!
He could now, in a true sense, deliver a blow that struck through obstacles!
“You are already amazing, but unfortunately, it’s not enough!”
Yang Ye sneered, his fist wind instantly closing in on Zhou Yu’s head.
This strike would inevitably decide the victor!
An An Jin martial artist fighting a Ming Jin martial artist, wasn’t that as easy as playing?
Zhou Yu, having believed the words of other family retainers, thought that he had just entered the early stage of An Jin, his realm unstable, and his strength not fully unleashed.
He hadn’t expected, however, that even in such a state, Postnatal An Jin was not something Postnatal Ming Jin could contend with!
The latter’s plan to build his reputation on this was doomed to fail!
However!
Just as Yang Ye’s smile froze on his face, believing himself victorious, he was shocked to find the young man before him vanish into thin air!
“Shun Shen Yin Ti Shu?” Yang Ye found it incredible.
He instinctively linked Zhou Yu with ninjutsu.
Because only ninjas understood such flashy, yet ultimately impractical, combat tricks.
But all unorthodox methods were false in the face of absolute strength!
Yang Ye believed this implicitly.
“Hey? How long are you going to stare blankly at where I just was?”
Yang Ye: ???
He turned around in astonishment.
Seeing Zhou Yu looking at him with a helpless expression, he was so enraged that his lungs felt like they would explode.
“You only know how to dodge, yet you dare to mock me? What kind of man are you? Have the guts to stand still, and let’s have a real fight!”
Hearing Yang Ye’s angry words, Zhou Yu’s lips twitched.
In his entire life, this was the first time he had heard of a martial arts competition where one party was forbidden to dodge the opponent’s attacks and had to endure them.
Wouldn't that just make them stationary targets?
What was the point of such a competition?
Zhou Yu looked at Yang Ye with pity.
This guy’s brain wasn’t quite right, not his fault for being stupid.
“What is that look in your eyes?” Yang Ye pressed on.
His previous attack had missed Zhou Yu by even a hair, and the surrounding onlookers had already let out boos.
His face felt burning hot, as if he had been slapped by these people.
“Your brain isn’t working well, you don’t understand people, and you lack the ability to read the room. If you continue like this, you’ll suffer great losses sooner or later. Forget it, since I’m feeling kind, I’ll help you this time.”
Zhou Yu shrugged, feigning a sigh.
“Hahaha! You’re too funny, help me? How will you help me? Do you think you can actually defeat a Postnatal An Jin expert?” Yang Ye pointed at Zhou Yu and burst into laughter.
At this moment, his vanity of having advanced to Postnatal An Jin was about to reach its peak satisfaction.
As a retainer of the Sun family in Linggu City, he hadn’t made any progress for years. This time, with heaven’s grace, he was determined to enjoy himself to the fullest!
And those who had mocked him before, Yang Ye intended to get even with them all!
“Alas, you keep emphasizing Postnatal An Jin, but your actual strength doesn’t even reach fifty percent of the power of an early-stage Postnatal An Jin martial artist.”
Zhou Yu continued to sigh, “I didn’t defeat you directly before because I was afraid you would lose too miserably and embarrass the Sun family of Linggu. Who knew, not only did you not appreciate it, but you also taunted me. In that case… I won’t hold back anymore.”
“Hold back? You shouldn’t…”
Before Yang Ye could finish his sentence, he saw Zhou Yu’s figure already closing in on him.
Such speed!
This time it wasn’t a direct disappearance, but a series of afterimages!
In other words, what Zhou Yu possessed wasn’t the ninja’s invisibility and instantaneous movement technique, but pure speed!
“It’s just Postnatal An Jin, don’t act like everyone else isn’t one.”
As Zhou Yu spoke these nonchalant words, he channeled a bit of Zhen Qi and struck Yang Ye’s chest with a palm.
The latter, unable to react in time, felt a sharp pain in his chest.
Immediately after, Yang Ye’s body was sent flying back several meters, landing amidst the crowd.
The onlookers, seeing that they were almost caught in the crossfire, quickly scattered.
“Hiss!”
Yang Ye clutched his chest, gasping for air.
Even breathing was painful now.
At this moment, Zhou Yu, as the victor of this match, said to Lin Weidong not far away, “Old Lin, the outcome is decided. You should quickly send someone to take him away and care for him properly. His injuries are not severe; he’ll be fully recovered after lying in bed for one or two months.”
“Why aren’t you going?”
Lin Weidong was momentarily stunned.
After coming to his senses, he quickly ordered some soldiers to carry the Yang Ye, who was lying on the ground, away.
Zhou Yu was a divine doctor, and his injuries, no one would know better than him.
Meanwhile, the retainers of the surrounding families, their mouths agape, finally closed at this moment.
“I really didn’t expect that kid to actually win against Retainer Yang.”
“His final palm strike was undoubtedly An Jin! We all misjudged him earlier; this kid is a Postnatal An Jin martial artist!”
“Heavens, if this news gets out, wouldn’t the entire ancient martial arts world go crazy?”
“Were we slapped in the face? This speed is too incredible…”
“Zhou Yu, Divine Doctor Zhou. Strange, I’ve never heard of a divine doctor surnamed Zhou in Yunhai before. I wonder which family is surnamed Zhou.”
The other family retainers heard this speculation and were all aghast.
A family surnamed Zhou…
The Zhou family of Jiangnan?
“Could he be from the Zhou family of Jiangnan?” someone questioned.
“Impossible, the Zhou family of Jiangnan is a super-first-class force. They wouldn’t let a family disciple be a member of the observation delegation for this freshman training camp.”
Hearing this explanation, everyone nodded in agreement.
The facts were indeed as stated.
As a super-first-class family, the Zhou family naturally looked down upon the seats in the observation delegation that only first-class families contended for.
And this so-called seat didn’t mean much.
It would only serve to strengthen connections with the Dragon Country’s authorities.
“In my opinion, he must have taken some medicine that forcibly stimulates a martial artist’s potential. Wasn’t that what happened with Qi Wu Zhe two years ago? A Postnatal An Jin martial artist in his twenties, a genius more terrifying than the Heavenly Master of Longhu Mountain, how is that possible?”