166: Chapter 166 Defeat Cangyue

On the arena stage.

After another straightforward, hard-hitting clash, the two separated once more using the force of the counter-shock.

Each retreated several steps, panting slightly as they adjusted the somewhat turbulent blood and qi within their bodies.

Cang Yue looked toward Qin Yan with a solemn gaze; the latter's aura remained steady, and the absolute confidence Cang Yue had felt when first stepping onto the stage was gone.

Qin Yan's strength far exceeded his estimations!

Moreover, he realized that the Body Tempering Martial Art Qin Yan practiced, the Nine Revolutions Golden Body Spear, was clearly of a higher grade than his own "Kunlun Mountain-Shaking Punch"!

The killing moves they both employed were quite similar, both involving the layering of aura to instantaneously boost explosive power.

However, he could only layer ten stacks of punch aura, while Qin Yan was already able to layer twelve stacks of Spear Aura!

This kind of martial art, which could increase power linearly or even geometrically through layering...

Were without exception top-tier existences at the peak of the pyramid among Body Tempering Martial Arts!

Like Lu Youyou's "Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique," where she grew braver with every strike and each hammer blow was stronger than the last, or Liu Ruyan's "Ice Soul Cold Light Sword," where each form surpassed the previous in power.

The aura layering used by him and Qin Yan followed the same principle: the more layers, the more terrifying the power!

"I wonder to what level Qin Yan's comprehension of the 'Nine Revolutions Golden Body Spear' has reached..."

Cang Yue pondered silently.

The major martial arts universities spared no effort in gathering intelligence on well-known opponents.

Since Qin Yan had fought multiple times in the Exchange Competition, the source of the martial arts he practiced had long since been unearthed.

What pressured Cang Yue even more was that, according to the intelligence, Qin Yan was only the fourth-ranked figure on the Modu University of Martial Arts team's public roster!

Above him, there were three even more mysterious aces whose strengths were unknown!

"A Top-tier Martial Arts University... its foundations are indeed unfathomably deep, terrifyingly so!"

Cang Yue sighed silently in his heart.

At that moment, Qin Yan spoke slowly, his voice calm but carrying an unquestionable decisiveness: "Cang Yue, let one move decide the victory!"

He had already sparred with Cang Yue for dozens of rounds, and they had a general grasp of each other's capabilities.

Continuing to entangle like this would only needlessly consume a large amount of time and physical energy.

This would be extremely disadvantageous for him, as he still had to face powerful enemies like Jingdu University of Martial Arts later on.

After speaking, Qin Yan didn't even look at Cang Yue's reaction.

"Buzz—!"

Behind him, the air seemed to become viscous, and layers upon circles of visible pale-gold counter-shock force appeared.

Like ripples on a water surface, they rippled and emerged from the inside out, layer upon layer!

A terrifying aura, far more majestic, domineering, and heart-palpitating than when he previously used the first level of Layered Aura, radiated out!

Cang Yue's pupils shrank suddenly as he stared fixedly at the heavy, pale-gold oscillating force surging and layering behind Qin Yan like a tide.

His voice carried an unprecedented heaviness:

"This... is going to be difficult."

As a practitioner of a similar type of martial art, how could he not see it?

Qin Yan's Layered Aura skill had clearly broken through its previous limits and stepped into a brand-new realm!

The total volume and quality of the condensed aura had undergone a qualitative change!

A massive sense of crisis washed over him.

However, as the captain of Kunlun Martial Arts University, he bore the final dignity of his school.

He, Cang Yue, could never retreat without a fight, let alone give up easily!

A look of ferocity and resolve replaced the solemnity in his eyes.

Even if he knew he would fail, he would give his all to display the unyielding spirit and style of Kunlun Martial Arts University!

He raised his right fist.

"Buzz, buzz, buzz—!"

Streaks of dark-gold light, more solid and profound than before, frantically converged and compressed onto his clenched fist!

The light grew brighter and brighter, finally transforming into physical dark-gold punch auras, nested layer by layer and tightly arranged!

One, two, three... ten, eleven... fifteen!

In the end, his massive iron fist was actually entwined and condensed with a full fifteen stacks of dark-gold punch aura emitting destructive fluctuations!

"Qin Yan! Take this move—Kunlun Collapse!"

Cang Yue stomped his foot heavily, and the ground of the arena cracked inch by inch!

Like an arrow leaving a bow, he threw a punch at Qin Yan with an indomitable momentum!

This punch seemed to condense the weight and sharpness of a mountain!

Where the punch passed, the air was sharply compressed and then exploded violently, producing a deafening sonic boom!

White air waves rolled to both sides, the power terrifying!

The might of this punch was enough to make any Bone Forging Realm martial artist change expression!

However, compared to Qin Yan's incoming spear thrust, this earth-shattering punch was still more than a notch inferior in terms of momentum!

On the tip of the long spear in Qin Yan's hand, the condensed Spear Aura had reached a jaw-dropping level!

Twenty-four stacks of pale-gold Spear Aura, condensed as if physical and shining with piercing golden light.

Like twenty-four roaring golden dragons, they entwined and spiraled around the spear tip!

They resonated with each other, their power layering.

It made that single point of the spear tip seem to become the sharpest, most unstoppable existence in the world!

This was precisely the second realm of "Layered Aura" in the Bone Forging chapter of the "Nine Revolutions Golden Body Spear"—the number of Spear Auras tripled from the original base!

Qin Yan himself possessed six basic Spear Auras; after tripling, it became these appalling twenty-four stacks!

Even before the spear arrived, the extreme sharpness already made Cang Yue's skin sting!

In the next instant, the life-risking punch containing fifteen dark-gold punch auras and the killing spear thrust entwined with twenty-four pale-gold Spear Auras collided solidly under the gaze of countless shocked eyes!

There was no world-shaking roar, only an extremely short but sharp "chi" sound that pierced the eardrums!

Those twenty-four pale-gold Spear Auras, with an all-destroying and invincible posture.

Instantly tore apart, pierced through, and annihilated those fifteen dark-gold punch auras!

The dark-gold punch auras were like bubbles in the sunlight, shattering one after another, unable to delay the long spear for even a moment!

Immediately following—

"BANG!!!!!"

The moment Cang Yue's entire right arm came into contact with those twenty-four Spear Auras, it shattered inch by inch from the fist to the shoulder blade, exploding violently!

It turned into a large cloud of thick blood mist and fine fragments of flesh and bone, filling the arena stage!

Wisps of warm blood and tiny bone shards splashed onto Qin Yan's calm face, leaving spots of crimson.

Having lost his right arm, Cang Yue's body was sent spinning and flying backward by that indescribable massive force.

Finally, with a "thud," he fell heavily onto the edge of the arena over ten meters away, kicking up a cloud of dust.

He struggled to raise his head, looking at the youth standing with the spear; his eyes were filled with pain, shock, and a hint of relief.

Using his last ounce of strength, he hoarsely squeezed out a few words:

"So... so strong... Nine... Revolutions... Golden... Body... Spear..."

Before he could finish, his head tilted to the side, and he lost consciousness completely.