Chapter 231: My Path Is Not Alone, I Shall Reshape the World

"Luo Chenchen, I challenge you, Ice Wing!"

The loud, resonant voice rang out through the entire Heavenly Dipper Boxing Tournament.

In an instant, the entire boxing arena fell silent.

Some whispered in discussion, while others revealed looks of astonishment beneath their masks.

Bing Yi.

This mysterious powerhouse who had suddenly appeared in Xiaoyang City these past few days; ever since the news of the destruction of the palace reached Xiaoyang City, Ice Wing's fame had grown even greater.

The fact that tickets for the Xiaoyang City Heavenly Dipper Boxing Tournament had been selling out these past few days was also partly due to Ice Wing.

"Bing Yi, do you dare to show yourself?"

In front of the ring, a masked man named Chen Shuju sneered aloud:

"I came specifically to challenge you; won't you show me some respect?"

It was at this very moment.

Boom!

A purple beam of light suddenly blasted down from high above, striking Chen Shuju directly and suppressing him instantly.

A figure wearing the deacon uniform of the Heavenly Dipper Boxing Tournament and a goat mask stood high in the air, saying indifferently:

"Take him out. If you want to compete, follow the rules of my Heavenly Dipper Boxing Tournament honestly."

As the goat-masked figure's voice faded, the shockwaves from the explosion in front of the ring gradually died down.

Everyone looked over to see the man named Chen Shuju now lying in a pool of blood, breathing with difficulty.

Several staff members arrived and carried Chen Shuju away immediately.

Silence.

This...

All the spectators looked toward the sky in horror.

A Sixth-Rank Deacon.

This was among the top tier of powerhouses in the entire Qinzhou; this Chen Shuju was truly quite miserable.

On the ring, the two fighters who had been battling continued their fight after witnessing this scene.

Everything seemed as if it had never happened.

Inside the viewing room.

Chen Yan's expression beneath his mask was somewhat stunned.

He had heard of that Goat Deacon when he first arrived at the Xiaoyang City Heavenly Dipper Boxing Tournament, but today was the first time he had seen him.

The strike was a bit too ruthless.

Beside him, Old Chi let out a cold snort:

"So what if he is from Luo Chen? If you come to my Heavenly Dipper Boxing Tournament and don't follow the rules, this is the outcome."

As Old Chi spoke, he looked at Chen Yan:

"Do you know why Chen Changyuan is called the Invincible One?"

Chen Yan raised his brows slightly and shook his head.

Old Chi, however, said as if sighing:

"Because this person has truly never been defeated.

Back then, Shen Yiwei was at the height of his glory, invincible at the Sixth Rank, but in a duel against Chen Changyuan, he was defeated in three sword strikes."

Chen Yan's expression changed slightly, and Old Chi's voice continued:

"This person has a special constitution, innate divine strength, and his speed in mastering techniques is nothing short of heaven-defying; he also underwent a limit-breaking awakening back then.

Hearing this, do you feel a sense of familiarity?"

"No." Chen Yan shook his head.

Old Chi was speechless: "It's exactly the same as Chen Min."

Chen Yan's eyes flickered; he didn't actually know much about Chen Min.

Old Chi gave Chen Yan a faint look; when Shen Yiwei brought Chen Yan to find him, he also understood that Chen Yan was the one who had engaged in the limit-breaking battle with Chen Min.

"Compared to Chen Changyuan, not to mention talent, Chen Min's will is even stronger!

This person spent over a decade in extreme accumulation, training bitterly day and night, undisturbed by other desires; his mind is too powerful, and he has the potential to surpass Chen Changyuan."

Old Chi couldn't help but exclaim in admiration:

"Chen Min also walked the path of the invincible, but upon meeting you, Chen Min was defeated, and this path of the invincible was broken."

Inside the viewing room, Chen Yan was expressionless:

"So if I don't die, Chen Min cannot continue on his path?"

Old Chi nodded.

Chen Yan was silent; he didn't think Chen Min would think that way.

After all, Chen Yan had seen Chen Min through the martial arts lineage.

The other party was an extremely arrogant person.

The reason the other party was in this state now was simply because the foundation of his conviction was gone.

"On this point, Luo Chen is wrong; Chen Min is not a person who pursues invincibility."

Chen Yan spoke.

A person willing to die for their faith could not possibly pursue their own invincibility.

And precisely because of this, Chen Yan had never looked down on Chen Min, even though the other party had lost.

Old Chi was surprised that Chen Yan understood Chen Min so well, but he still spoke:

"Regardless of what Chen Min thinks, Chen Changyuan is an arrogant and conceited person; he surely believes that as long as you are eliminated, Chen Min will return to being that same Chen Min."

He stopped mid-sentence, but Chen Yan had already begun watching the match.

Above the ring, two martial artists of the Origin Realm were bombarding each other, circles of white waves crashing against the space.

This was a battle between Green Jade-tier fighters.

The Heavenly Pestle Boxing Tournament is backed by the Chi Clan of the Five Clans, with a presence in every city of the Great Xia, possessing immense strength.

Arriving at Xiaoyang City, the seat of Qinzhou Province (the provincial capital).

The standards of the Heavenly Pestle Boxing Tournament were no longer comparable to those in Yunmeng City.

By this point, the highest level of fighter strength had risen from the Platinum-tier of Yunmeng City to the Imperial Jade-tier.

Above Platinum-tier are Green Jade-tier, Purple Jade-tier, Gold Jade-tier, and Imperial Jade-tier.

The combat power of the Green Jade-tier covers the early stage to the peak of the Origin Realm.

Chen Yan had been competing in the Heavenly Pestle Boxing Tournament for the past few days, and his ranking had reached forty-fifth in the Green Jade-tier.

Of course, Chen Yan had not utilized the full strength of Ice Intent.

If he used it all, including the Word Realm, he should be able to charge into the top ten.

But it would only be the top ten.

The world's hidden dragons are as numerous as clouds.

In the small Yunmeng City, Chen Yan had already reached the true peak among the heaven-gifted, but in Xiaoyang City, the seat of Qinzhou Province, Chen Yan was not yet the strongest.

Over these past few days, Chen Yan had gained quite a bit of insight.

For instance, in Xiaoyang City, there was a more definitive standard for evaluating combat power.

Equivalent.

Chen Yan looked toward the ring at the golden secret scripts standing upright.

The two scripts directly facing Chen Yan displayed numbers.

Four thousand five hundred eleven and five thousand one hundred seventy-five.

This was the equivalent of the two martial artists on the stage.

One equivalent is equivalent to the energy produced to move a one-hundred-kilogram object one meter.

An equivalent of over four thousand is combat power capable of destroying large buildings.

Chen Yan watched the battle, activating the Word Realm, continuously simulating the combat process.

Watching battles was also of great help to the improvement of his combat power.

Meanwhile.

Inside a viewing room.

Two women wearing long dresses sat on a sofa, watching the battle on the ring.

Neither of them was wearing a mask at this moment.

They were none other than Chen Xiyuan and He Youtong.

"I didn't expect Ice Intent to really come to Xiaoyang City; I always thought the other party was a hidden heaven-gifted talent of Shen Yiwei."

He Youtong spoke up.

"There is a possibility of that," Chen Xiyuan said. "Although Shen Yiwei is now crippled, he is, after all, Lu Xunyang's disciple; perhaps he really has the means to cultivate such a genius."

A hint of a smile appeared at the corner of Chen Xiyuan's mouth.

The main branch of the Chen Clan had sent her and the Tiger Attendant.

She was only here to deal with Luo Chen; searching for heaven-gifted talents was the Tiger Attendant's business.

It was just that she hadn't expected this trip to Great Xia would not only allow her to capture Chen Yan.

At this moment, she had even seen Ice Intent, who was comparable to a first-tier heaven-gifted talent within the clan.

If she could recruit Ice Intent...

Chen Xiyuan's beautiful eyes flickered; that would naturally be an excellent thing.

Not only would she receive a reward from within the clan.

She would also gain the friendship of Ice Intent.

Dealing with a genius like Ice Intent could not be as casual as treating Chen Yan.

Such a genius, even if born in poverty, had too much future potential and must be handled with care.

"Luo Chen clearly intends to kill Ice Intent here to seek an invincible heart for Chen Min again; if I step in to protect Ice Intent, this person should be grateful to me," Chen Xiyuan whispered to herself.

"But Honorable One, you would completely offend Chen Changyuan by doing that," He Youtong said from the side.

"Offend him?" Chen Xiyuan frowned.

"He refuses to submit to the main branch, single-mindedly waiting for Zhang Ting to rebel, and then to carve up the big cake that is Qinzhou.

The elders in the clan have long been displeased with him."

As Chen Xiyuan spoke, a hint of playfulness appeared in her eyes.

"Qinzhou... a doomed land."

This acting Chief Administrator Zhang Ting is not easy to be; his most reliable backer, Lu Xunyang, has already disappeared, and Great Xia does not trust him either.

Even though Shen Yiwei is crippled, the voices within the Martial Administration Bureaus of the various cities and towns in Qinzhou supporting Shen Yiwei to take power still ebb and flow.

The Military Martial Guard is falling apart; the Minister of the Luo City Military Martial Guard, Lin Yu, has already resigned and led a group of experts to the Ancient God Forbidden Land to find Lu Xunyang.

What is even more fatal is that the aristocratic alliance supported by Chen Changyuan has long since gained momentum; Luo City is almost becoming a second provincial capital.

Chen Changyuan is also not far from advancing to the seventh rank.

Qinzhou is bound to undergo a great change.

Zhang Ting, Chen Changyuan, and Great Xia are all power brokers.

But the true winners will only be the Five Clans.

…………

"I only wanted to ask him a question; why must you all insist on killing him?"

In another observation room, Chen Min's expression was calm, but his voice was abnormally cold.

In the entire observation room, over a dozen members of the Luo Chen Clan looked at Chen Min in unison.

"Little Min..."

Chen Jixuan of the Luo Chen Second Branch looked at Chen Min, his expression darkening:

"Your father has already reached the point of completely giving up on you; I hope you will not disappoint your father again."

Chen Min's expression turned slightly cold:

"But you don't understand me at all."

The expressions of the crowd turned sour.

The next moment.

A bald man with a black tiger tattooed on his head came before Chen Min and grabbed Chen Min by the neck:

"Chen Min, if you have the ability, go and kill Bing Yi!"

"I never thought of killing him." Chen Min looked directly at this person.

Boom!

That man's eyes turned instantly violent, and the pressure from his entire body slammed into Chen Min.

"You are a disgrace, do you know that?" the bald man roared in a low voice:

"I have followed your father for thirty years, and your father has never been defeated. When he sired you, everyone in the clan believed you would be the second Invincible Son.

Yet you are such a piece of trash!"

Sss-la-la!

The pressure raged, and bloodstains appeared all over Chen Min's body.

All around, someone spoke up.

"Chen Min, your life is not your own; it is your father's, it is the Luo Chen Clan's!"

"You were never like this before; a single failure has turned you into this, which disappoints me too much."

"I thought you would soar into the sky, but I didn't expect you to be a puddle of mud."

"Do you know how much the people in the clan have sacrificed for you? If you want to be trash, did you ask us?"

A series of rebukes rang out.

Chen Min's expression remained unchanged, until suddenly he burst into loud laughter, covering his face with one hand, laughing incessantly:

"You... a bunch of trash, and you dare to rebuke me?!"

He shouted coldly, and the people all around were stunned.

"Hahahaha!!!" Chen Jixuan laughed out loud:

"Yes, that's it, they are all trash, this is the real you, this is the real Chen Min!"

Inside the entire observation room, the expressions of the crowd softened.

They were not angry at Chen Min's cursing; instead, they became somewhat excited.

The old Chen Min had returned.

However, their expressions changed immediately after, because Chen Min's laughter continued, carrying a trace of absurdity and mockery.

"So... so I have been wrong all along."

His body trembled incessantly, and at this moment, because he was in such an environment, a deep sense of disgust welled up in his heart.

Is this the kind of Chen Min that the Luo Chen people want?

After he lost to Bing Yi, he drifted between the suburbs and the slums, numbly watching scene after scene.

He saw people who could argue endlessly over a potato.

He saw people so rotten that even after not eating for a day, they still wouldn't go to the river to catch fish to fill their stomachs.

He saw people who were actually willing to save on bus fare for five yuan, walking from the city to the village.

Originally, he had been indifferent to it all.

Anything he didn't understand, he would dismiss as trash.

At this moment, he understood it all.

What difference is there between the Luo Chen people here and those people?

The failure of the human heart is the only true failure.

What is the correct heart?

Light?

And what does that light represent?

Under the stunned gazes of the crowd, Chen Min's laughter faded, and he walked toward the door.

"Second Uncle, forget it; I am not the second Invincible Son you want."

He said, opening the door and leaving.

In the hallway, Chen Min saw an attendant approaching and spoke indifferently:

"Tell Bing Yi that the Luo Chen people have a backup plan that can destroy him; tell him not to participate in the battle today."

The masked attendant stiffened, then hurriedly said:

"Understood!"

…………

At this moment.

The Master of Will in another observation room looked at Chen Min at the tip of the meridian, filled with surprise.

The tip where this person was located was currently blooming with endless light, about to fully awaken.

The fearless and dauntless will made Chen Yan sigh with emotion.

The other party would, at some moment, completely shed their old self and soar into the sky.

"Unexpected."

Chen Yan whispered in his heart:

"My Dao is not lonely; it will surely reshape the world."

Chen Yan sighed with emotion; at this moment, Chen Min could be considered to have gained his approval.

If they entered the Word Realm and the other party's heart changed again, he would be able to directly expel them.