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As the battle began, the two adversaries engaged in close combat immediately. Ye Honghui boldly met Xue Jing's fist with his head—a universally acknowledged vulnerable part of the human body. To the shock of the majority of the audience, his head caused cracks to appear in Xue Jing's tungsten steel-hard fist.

"How is that possible!"

"That's Xue Jing… the supersavant who swept through 46,000 levels of the Extreme Martial Ascension Palace without his opponents ever forcing him to resort to a second move!"

"Ye Honghui actually blocked with his head and he really caught the punch!"

"While the skull is indeed one of the hardest parts of the human body, this kind of tactic is too reckless!"

"Even if the bones are intact, his brain must have been thoroughly shaken up inside…"

An expert with broad knowledge, folding his arms and shaking his head, said, "An ordinary person doing this would indeed be courting death, but Ye Honghui is different."

"The man is capable of projecting all his consciousness into his Unyielding Jade Bones, and for him, the rest of his body, whether it's the skin, blood, muscles, brain, nerves… none of it is essential."

"He's like the Undead Clan in fantasy works, as long as he has those bones, he can carry out all life activities. The rest of his flesh is just a non-essential that provides nutrition to the bones."

On the arena, Xue Jing withdrew his fist.

As he pulled back, his thought activated his abundant life forces, igniting them. The cracked bones in his palm instantly healed, and after some squirming, the flesh also returned to its original state.

At that moment, on Ye Honghui's forehead, the skin burst open where Xue Jing had struck, revealing the extremely smooth, jade-like skull underneath, emitting a clear, faint glow with not the slightest blemish, much like a meticulously crafted work of art.

Xue Jing's expression remained unchanged as he quickly struck back with a palm towards Ye Honghui's chest and abdomen.

"Convergence."

Thousands of streams of Qi Force merged together, forming a visible vortex of Qi Force at the center of Xue Jing's palm, and with a bang, it exploded against Ye Honghui's body.

"Pfft—"

With a muffled sound, Ye Honghui's back burst open violently, and countless pieces of flesh sprayed out, soaking a large swath of the land behind him.

Yet, Ye Honghui still stood in place unmoved, his mummified-looking face showing no change in expression as he stared directly at Xue Jing.

After the strike, all the flesh on Ye Honghui's torso had been stripped away, and his upper body garments were also completely shattered, revealing his skeleton.

Vertebrae, ribs, sternum, sacrum… every bone was jade-like in texture, slightly transparent, emitting a faint light, and extremely smooth to the touch.

"Troublesome."

Xue Jing muttered upon seeing this.

From several exchanges, he had basically figured out Ye Honghui's trump card.

The man must have used second Breakthrough-level spiritual power to forcibly lock his consciousness in his bones, making the flesh on his body practically dispensable.

If he couldn't destroy those bones, then he couldn't truly injure him.

Very extreme… but also Xue Jing's toughest opponent to date.

His technique 'All Things Myriad Phases returning to One'—developed from the All Things Myriad Phases—could outmaneuver almost any martial artist, leaving no other choice than to endure the full brunt.

And Ye Honghui was that man who could endure it.

The Jade Bone Skill he practiced had brought his bone strength to an unfathomable realm, hard to an unbelievable degree.

Xue Jing's punch on those bones actually reflected the force back, injuring him.

This proved that when Ye Honghui's bones were being hit by Xue Jing's fist, there was no deformation whatsoever, delivering back maximum reactive force to Xue Jing.

As one of the five realms of the Treasured Body, the 'Unyielding Jade Bones' that were cultivated were just like this, sharp because of their firmness, their hardness alone represented a lethality.

"It's quite a pity… If you had another year or two, I might become a trivial character you could easily extinguish," said Ye Honghui.

His entire torso was now devoid of flesh, and half his throat was gone, revealing half of his throat bone. He should have lost the ability to speak, but miraculously, he was still able to utter coherent and clear words.

"But time didn't wait for you."

"I've felt your punch… it's strong, but it's still far from breaking my jade bones." Read exclusive content at My Virtual Library Empire

Xue Jing smiled and responded, "It does seem so… may I use a weapon then?"

Ye Honghui looked down slightly, "As you wish."

The rule of the Extreme Martial Ascension Palace was that all cold weapons were not prohibited and could be brought by the contenders.

Of course, they had to be genuine cold weapons. Something like a Magic Light Sword made from special materials from the Intersecting Boundaries, although devoid of high-tech content and not falling within the 'hot weapons' category, would still be prohibited due to the nature of the material itself.

Xue Jing's hair and the scorching redness in his pupils suddenly receded, and then he stretched out his right hand, making a sword-drawing gesture towards the empty space beside him.

An ancient and beautiful long knife was slowly drawn from the void by his hand.

This scene surprised almost everyone on the scene.

"Hm? Magic trick? How did he do that?"

"I didn't see him carrying a knife... could it be that Xuanling is using Four-dimensional Movement to transfer the knife to his hand?"

"That can't be right, Xue Jing isn't a Level Master, so how does he have the authority to command Xuanling to do such a thing?"

"I have heard that individuals identified as having extreme potential might catch Xuanling's attention early on, even if they're not Level Masters…"

Holding The Blade That Never Dulls Zhao Ye, Xue Jing twirled a beautiful knife flourish, pointing the tip of the blade diagonally towards the ground.