"You little bastard brat, just what kind of person are you!"
Having exhausted all his methods yet failing to budge Gu Qingfeng in the slightest, the Taohua Old Daoist finally gave up. He simply couldn't fathom what kind of existence Gu Qingfeng was. Not to mention that terrifyingly evil and mysterious Golden Core, even his physical body could be called indestructible.
Treasure Body?
No!
It wasn't a Treasure Body.
Could it be some kind of Immortal-Demon Body?
No!
Not that either!
Saint Body?
No!
None of those.
He was certain that the youth before him did not possess any kind of Creation Body; it was just an ordinary, common physical body. Yet what he couldn't understand and found hard to believe was that this utterly ordinary body remained completely unmoved even after he had used every trick in the book—not even a single hair was disturbed. This was something the Taohua Old Daoist simply couldn't accept.
His eyes blazed with fury, his aged face ashen. The look of terror on his face was even more exaggerated than if he had seen a ghost or a god. He kept looking Gu Qingfeng up and down, but alas, he still couldn't see anything. No matter how he looked, he was just an ordinary person, so ordinary it couldn't be more so.
"What's this? Too scared to fight now?"
Gu Qingfeng shook out his sleeves, took a sip of wine, and said with an amused smile, "This doesn't seem like your style. And from what I know, you old codger haven't even gone all out yet, have you?"
"Good lad! It seems this old man has misjudged you!"
The Taohua Old Daoist was utterly astonished, his complexion changing repeatedly.
"No need to hide or hold back in front of me. Show me your real skills, let this lord have a look."
Although Gu Qingfeng didn't know exactly who the Taohua Old Daoist was and couldn't quite see through his nature, there was one thing he could discern: the Taohua Old Daoist hadn't used his full strength earlier. This old fellow had a unique and miraculous spiritual aura about him; his power must be extraordinary.
"Never thought you'd have such sharp eyes, you little bastard brat, able to see through this old man's capabilities. Since you want to broaden your horizons, this Daoist will oblige you!"
Whoosh!
In an instant, the Taohua Old Daoist's aura surged violently. His grayish-white hair writhed like countless dragons and snakes. Every pore and acupoint on his body opened and closed simultaneously. At the same time, an earthy-brown radiance flickered forth, blazing like flames. Immediately after, a vast and mighty power erupted.
At this moment.
The Taohua Old Daoist was like a celestial being descending to the mortal world, imposing and majestic, yet also like a giant from ancient times, radiating an intense sense of oppression. That vast power was pure beyond measure, no!
It could no longer be called pure; it was more like a primordial force, utterly shocking and awe-inspiring.
"You little bastard brat! Today, I'll let you witness this Daoist's Ancient Zen True Force! I refuse to believe I can't budge your damnable physical body! Take this!"
The Taohua Old Daoist threw a punch. It held no profound mysteries, nor was it any divine ability—it was pure force, a primordial true power. This single fist carried the momentum to swallow mountains and rivers, the might to split heaven and earth. Even the natural void around them trembled and cracked open, exploding into gaping holes.
"Old codger, you've been hiding your depths well!"
Gu Qingfeng deliberately wanted to test this so-called Ancient Zen True Force of the Taohua Old Daoist. He did not raise a hand to block, allowing the old Daoist's terrifying fist to strike squarely on his chest.
Boom!
Crack!
When the Taohua Old Daoist's fist struck Gu Qingfeng's chest, it unleashed an exceptionally powerful force fluctuation that instantly shattered the great void within nine meters around them, creating an abyss-like chasm that then slowly healed.
However.
Gu Qingfeng remained as immovable as a mountain, though the skin and membrane of his physical body crackled and popped from the impact of the old Daoist's punch.
"Taohua Old Daoist, this Ancient Zen True Force of yours is much stronger than I imagined."
Gu Qingfeng's physical body had been tempered countless times by the Nine Nethers Ancestral Fire and had been judged who knows how many times by the Three Thousand Great Daos. Just how much power it could withstand, even he himself didn't know. Now, although the Taohua Old Daoist's punch had only shaken his skin membrane, that alone was enough to surprise Gu Qingfeng.
Ancient Zen True Force?
What kind of power was this?
Gu Qingfeng had never heard of it.
But this miraculous power felt strangely familiar to Gu Qingfeng, as if he had encountered it somewhere before, though he couldn't recall where at the moment.
As he pondered this, the shock in the Taohua Old Daoist's heart was even greater than before. No matter what, he never imagined that a punch unleashed with his Ancient Zen True Force still failed to budge this fellow in the slightest. Perhaps it had shaken him, but only the skin membrane.
Yet, precisely because it had shaken the skin membrane, the Taohua Old Daoist wore an expression of sheer terror. For in that moment, he discovered that the skin membrane of the youth before him actually possessed a miraculous healing ability, just like the natural void. Especially the various pores on that skin membrane—they had completely absorbed his Ancient Zen True Force moments ago. It was less like absorption and more like devouring.
The Taohua Old Daoist truly felt his Ancient Zen True Force had been devoured. And were those things on this kid's body even pores?
The various pores on this fellow's physical body were like living, breathing entities, capable of autonomously drawing things in. When they drew in, it was like the interplay of Yin and Yang, utterly miraculous, as if fused with heaven and earth, indistinguishable from one another.
How could this be!
Just what kind of existence was this kid?
This was simply too unbelievable!
Not dwelling on it further, the Taohua Old Daoist instantly threw another punch, again striking Gu Qingfeng's chest. With a resounding boom, the skin and membrane all over Gu Qingfeng's body crackled and popped once more. The man remained unmoved.
Third punch!
Fourth punch!
Fifth punch!
The Taohua Old Daoist's punches grew stronger and more terrifying with each blow. In the blink of an eye, he threw nine punches. Each punch sent out caused the surrounding natural void to tremble and explode. After each punch, Gu Qingfeng's physical body crackled and popped.
But.
The man remained as immovable as a mountain.
"Damn it all! Are you even human, kid!"
The Taohua Old Daoist originally refused to believe it, but this time he truly did. Just as he was sinking into profound shock, Gu Qingfeng's playful voice reached him.
"Old fellow, this lord isn't in the habit of being a punching bag. You've hit me so many times; how about you taste one of my punches?"
As the words fell, Gu Qingfeng, with speed faster than lightning, threw a close-quarters punch. It was so fast that before the Taohua Old Daoist could even react, the fist had already landed on his chest.
Crack!
The Taohua Old Daoist's physical body emitted a series of crackling, popping sounds. Every inch of his skin seemed to be splitting, every bone shattering. His body, from the inside out, was churned and roiled by the force of Gu Qingfeng's punch, as if struck by lightning. He trembled uncontrollably, his hair standing on end, his robes in tatters, his features twisted together, his entire form becoming somewhat blurred.
"Ah—It hurts so much! You little bastard brat, this Daoist is going to kill you!"
The Taohua Old Daoist erupted with rolling waves of Ancient Zen True Force, lunging forward like a madman.
"Hahaha! Is that so? Then let's see who ends up killing whom!"
This time, Gu Qingfeng no longer stood his ground and took the hits. Instead, he took the initiative, throwing a punch to meet the onslaught head-on!
Boom! Crack! Bang! Bang! Bang!
One punch, ten punches, a hundred punches, a thousand punches!
In the blink of an eye, the two exchanged over a thousand punches in the void. The powerful force fluctuations caused the natural void to continuously shatter, exploding open one black chasm after another...