556: Is this Su Chen's strength?!

The higher-ups of the Haoran Sect remained silent, and he knew he was in the wrong; some even wondered if someone was truly helping Su Chen in secret.

They looked at each other, but their eyes were filled with confusion and bewilderment.

Yun Mo took a deep breath, turned to the Elders behind him, and asked with a solemn expression, "Which one of you did it? Step forward. My Haoran Sect is not a sore loser!"

The Haoran Sect Elders behind him looked at each other again, all of them extremely confused, clearly having no idea what had happened.

Yun Mo's brows furrowed slightly as he looked toward Sect Master Shi and said seriously, "If someone from my Sect truly interfered in this matter, I will definitely give you an explanation."

Only then did the Jinyang Sect Revered Master's expression soften slightly.

At this moment, the Grand Elder, who was standing in the distance with his hands behind his back, spoke slowly, his voice carrying over.

"What is there to explain? Defeating Duan Yunlin just now was Su Chen's own doing. This kid has hidden his strength; he likely has some Magic Treasure to conceal it. Plus, this arena has a Formation to obscure Divine Sense, which is why we couldn't see the details."

"Besides, Sect Master Shi didn't see anything unusual either, did he? Since no abnormality was detected, how can it be considered cheating?"

As Su Chen's Revered Master, he naturally had to stand up and support Su Chen at this time.

Although he hadn't seen everything clearly just now, he could feel that Su Chen definitely hadn't cheated. This kid was very unusual; he had actually managed to fool even him.

Sect Master Shi's eyes froze as he looked toward the Haoran Sect's Grand Elder, strongly suspecting in his heart that it was he who had helped Su Chen.

This was also reasonable, as Su Chen was his Disciple.

However, the people of the Haoran Sect did not think so. Those who knew the Grand Elder knew it was impossible for him to cheat; they still trusted the Grand Elder's character. Besides, hadn't Qiudao Peak always been like this?

The Disciples of Qiudao Peak were all very low-key, and their trump cards were hard to see through; it was just that Su Chen's was even more monstrous.

But the other Elders didn't speak either. The main reason was that it indeed felt too fake; there were limits even to being monstrous. When it reached an extreme, it felt somewhat unrealistic.

That was their feeling.

Seeing that the members of the Haoran Sect remained silent, Sect Master Shi took a deep breath and sat back down in his chair. He looked at Yun Mo with a mocking gaze: "In that case, I won't say anything more. I'd like to see if he can also display such terrifying strength in the next match."

The other Elders of the Jinyang Sect were also full of mockery; they simply did not believe Su Chen had such strength.

Now that the Divine Sense barrier was gone, everyone could see the situation inside. If Su Chen didn't have the strength to defeat Duan Yunlin then, the entire Haoran Sect would become a laughingstock.

Yun Mo knew exactly what he was thinking and turned to look at the Elders again.

Was it as the Grand Elder said, or had someone helped Su Chen?

If it was the former, that would be for the best. But if it was the latter, the Haoran Sect's reputation would plummet to rock bottom, and they would likely become a laughingstock from then on.

Many people in the spectator stands were still shouting, protesting that Su Chen was cheating.

Su Chen also hadn't expected such a huge reaction. It seemed his previous acting had indeed been very realistic, giving them a massive sense of contrast.

He had to admit, this was really effective.

No wonder Han Li always managed to come out on top during dungeon runs; plotting against people like this was simply too difficult to guard against. If one were even more cautious, prepared many backup plans, and started off very low-key, who in the same Realm could outplay them?

But Su Chen didn't want people saying he was throwing a fake match; such talk was simply an insult to him.

Su Chen spoke slowly, "Since you all think I'm cheating, why don't the remaining two of you come at me together?"

When Pang He and Wei Wu heard this, they felt it was somewhat absurd. A Heavenly Immortal Early Stage actually wanted to challenge both of them at once? Did he really think that was his own strength after cheating?

Pang He turned to look at Huang Bingyan, his eyes full of inquiry.

If Su Chen still had the cheating method he used to defeat Duan Yunlin just now, they simply wouldn't be able to play. Being able to defeat Duan Yunlin in one move was definitely an attack method at the Profound Immortal level.

Huang Bingyan nodded to him. Now that the Divine Sense barrier had been removed, any method Su Chen used in combat would be clearly visible to them; even if he cheated, he would be caught red-handed.

The corners of Pang He's mouth curled up slightly as he sneered, "Does someone like you even deserve to have the two of us team up? Fellow Daoist Wei Wu, you go."

Although Wei Wu was a Disciple of the Jinyang Sect, the two of them were now on the same side.

Wei Wu didn't say anything. His strength was already inferior to Pang He's, so there was no problem with him going first.

Wei Wu jumped directly onto the arena, a long spear appearing in his hand as his entire aura underwent a world-shaking change.

"Kid, die!"

He turned into an afterimage and charged at Su Chen, his entire being like a long spear, carrying extremely terrifying power.

Everyone's eyes were fixed on them. This strike was definitely Wei Wu's full power; they wanted to see how Su Chen would block it.

Su Chen didn't speak. There was no longer any need to be low-key. Although there was room for maneuvering—for example, since everyone said he was cheating, he could go with the flow and make Wei Wu let his guard down—

This was a competition, after all, not a true life-and-death struggle. Su Chen didn't like people insulting his strength like that.

He glanced at Wei Wu and then reached out his hand to grab.

Su Chen didn't use any Magic Treasure; he just reached out to grab Wei Wu with his bare hands.

"This... he's actually going to catch it with his bare hands? Even Duan Yunlin or Pang He couldn't do that, right?"

Someone immediately cried out in surprise.

However, the expected scene of blood splattering everywhere did not occur. Su Chen's hand looked ordinary, but it was filled with explosive power. The moment it touched the long spear, the spear shattered instantly. The powerful backlash caused Wei Wu to spit out a mouthful of blood.

Su Chen raised his hand again and struck with a palm. Wei Wu flew backward like a broken kite, crashing to the ground, his aura instantly weakening.

Wei Wu looked up with difficulty, staring at Su Chen in disbelief.

"How is this possible!"

He never expected Su Chen to have such powerful strength. He hadn't cheated.

The Martial Arts Arena fell into a dead silence. Before, no one had seen clearly, but now Su Chen had crushed Wei Wu with absolute strength, and everyone saw it clearly. Even the Jinyang Sect Revered Master was shocked.

Su Chen had defeated Wei Wu just now relying solely on his Physical Body, without using any external power at all.

A Heavenly Immortal Early Stage actually possessed such a terrifying Physical Body?

Su Chen looked at Pang He with an indifferent expression: "I gave you two the chance to fight two-on-one just now, but you didn't treasure it. So, don't blame me."

Pang He stared wide-eyed at Wei Wu and then shifted his gaze to Su Chen, his shock beyond words.

This was too terrifying!

No wonder the Sect Master had warned them before coming to be careful of Qiudao Peak and to watch out for those extremely low-key, ordinary people.

Wasn't Su Chen exactly that kind of person?

He had always appeared mediocre, looking like a complete waste, only to burst forth with such terrifying power at the critical moment.

What kind of twisted psychology was this!?

Why did he have such terrifying strength yet still pretend to be so weak? When Duan Yunlin was attacking earlier, Su Chen even had a panicked and fearful expression on his face. Thinking back now, that was just too ridiculous!