Enlightenment: Beginning as a Disposable Warrior-Chapter 73 - 69: Bell Chimes and Tiger Roar, the Power of Vajra Body!

Immediately, a sense of dread grew on Su Mu’s face, as if needles were piercing his back. With a chill in his heart, he hastened the movement of his internal power, and suddenly there was a faint sound of rivers bursting their banks in the air.

The circulating transforming force throughout his body instantly shattered and dissolved the lock formed by the punch. Su Mu executed the perfect Startled Sparrow Step, stepping out like a startled sparrow.

Zhou Tiande infused his power and pursued with large strides, delivering a punch right next to Su Mu’s face. The strong wind brought a subtle pain to Su Mu’s face as his black hair wildly danced.

Bang!

In an instant, a figure was annihilated under the fist, shocking the crowd, even causing Shi Hong’s expression to change drastically, only to discover that Zhou Tiande had shattered nothing but an afterimage of Su Mu.

"What an excellent body technique!"

Unable to contain his admiration, Shi Hong exclaimed. As a person devoted to sword cultivation, swordsmanship focuses on elegance and requires coordination with body technique. Shi Hong believed he had a certain degree of accomplishment in body technique, but upon witnessing Su Mu’s performance, he couldn’t help but genuinely admire it, as his technique was far superior.

Hmm?

Zhou Tiande’s eyes turned cold when he saw that what he shattered was merely an afterimage. Three years ago, through laborious efforts in the Cyan Cloud Army, he received a Muscle-Protecting Pill from the old County Magistrate, thus advancing to Seventh-Grade Yijin.

Refining force, bone forging, and Yijin each mark a watershed; as the first major gate in grade-entering martial dao, Yijin can also repeatedly temper with power.

Unlike the previous two realms, Yijin is perilous, granting the qualification to assault Sixth Grade in one instance, which is the choice of most Yijin martial artists.

Now Zhou Tiande has cow tendons from one instance of Yijin. His tendons are like those of a cow, able to directly withstand a thousand pounds of force, effectively resist blunt force impacts, and perform power unloading similar to the transforming force.

Moreover, in terms of power, the widened tendons from tempering can increase the flow speed of internal power within, allowing martial artists to expedite the output of power and qi blood. Additionally, cow tendons can increase the speed of punches and kicks by over thirty percent, but prolonged bursts may tear the fascia. Zhou Tiande naturally aimed for a swift resolution now that he has unleashed tendon power.

He saw through Shi Hong’s intention to clear the field and encircle him with Su Mu, knowing that prolonging the fight wouldn’t benefit him, and he had to kill the man in front of him today to avenge his son.

"Stop running, come here!"

With a furious roar, Zhou Tiande clenched his hand into a claw, his fingers spread like steel knives, reaching across several feet towards Su Mu.

Grapple Hand!

After unleashing tendon power, Zhou Tiande’s power surged despite being in Secondary Refining Force, instantly narrowing the gap in power with Su Mu by a large margin.

From the center of his outstretched fingers, his power burst forth, then suddenly formed a vortex, instantly binding Su Mu’s figure like invisible ropes and pulling him towards where Zhou Tiande stood.

Su Mu’s eyes narrowed; the strength of a Seventh-Grade Muscle-Enhancing Martial Artist exceeded his expectations.

"So be it, let’s do this!"

Although he was just one bone forging instance, the Vajra Body cultivation had deeply penetrated his bones, and at this moment, Su Mu’s bone strength far exceeded a single bone forging instance, and he also had transforming force for unloading.

After warming up, the earlier exchange fully activated his body, which hadn’t truly fought anyone in half a year. Inside him, the blood was fiery hot, as if a fire was rising.

With a deep inhalation, Su Mu’s flesh beneath the scale black armor undulated rapidly inch by inch, then penetrated deeply, clandestinely driving the Vajra Body.

A trace of dark gold quietly flowed over his armor-covered arms, gleaming with metallic luster.

Then Su Mu clenched his fist, perfectly integrating and overlapping the Five Animals Qigong and Tiger Subduing Fist.

Roar!

A thrilling, high-pitched tiger roar suddenly reverberated on the field.

Cloud follows dragon, wind follows tiger!

The resounding tiger roar shattered Zhou Tiande’s grapple skill.

"The sound of Tiger Roar, Tiger Subduing Fist... are you from Vajra Temple?"

Doubt flickered in Zhou Tiande’s pupils; over hundreds of years, the Five Great Powers of Cyan Cloud saw newcomers replace the old ones, Yan Family Ridge being one among the past Five Great Powers of Cyan Cloud.

For hundreds of years, new and old powers have prospered, declined, and alternated, yet Vajra Temple remained unmoved, seemingly independent from the other four major powers, unafraid of provocation.

It’s rumored that Vajra Temple’s lineage is not from Cyan Cloud, but from a Buddhist family power in Qingzhou, bearing the heritage of a major power in Qingzhou. Vajra Temple’s martial arts are renowned as the top among same-grade powers, with a widespread reputation across Qingyun County.

Thus, upon Su Mu’s demonstration of Tiger Subduing Fist, Zhou Tiande immediately recognized it.

But soon, his brief hesitation faded; regardless of Vajra Temple, he now is the Flame Banner Master of the Black Mountain Army, with the army as his backing.

"Die!"

Their fists collided brutally, evidently the clash of flesh, yet the field suddenly erupted in the sound of metal clashing, causing everyone to feel the earth beneath their feet tremble.

Immediately, Su Mu’s four forces integrated transforming force and Zhou Tiande’s tendon power enhanced two forces fiercely collided.

The field instantly swirled with sand and rocks, the residual wave of dispersed power turning into a gale, causing two hand-matched guards and chaos thieves close by to stagger under the sudden intense gale.

Shi Hong’s eyes were full of worry, staring fixedly at the two on the field. Soon, from the pervasive dust emerged a retreating figure.

Upon closer inspection, Shi Hong’s heart sank.

"Even with Vajra Temple’s martial arts, expecting Bone Forging Realm to restrain Zhou Tiande is still too forced."

The retreating figure was evidently Su Mu; just as these thoughts flashed through Shi Hong’s mind, his pupils suddenly contracted in the next instant.