Da Xuan Martial Saint

Chapter 743: Chapter 414: Overwhelming Force

Dumbstruck!

Fang Yuan stared at the horrific scene within the Formation Light Screen of the Spirit Human settlement, completely stupefied.

He had previously joined many other Grandmasters in attacking large settlements and was well aware of the trouble posed by large settlements. They occupied vast lands and were often situated at the intersecting branches of the Xunmu, where the power of Xunmu surged, seemingly inexhaustible. Breaking through the defensive formations formed by the power of Xunmu was extremely difficult.

But Chen Mu!

With just one move, he pierced through the Formation Light Screen!

Although this had not completely destroyed the formation, the surging power of Xunmu was still crazily rushing in, attempting to fill the void. But to be able to shatter the Formation Light Screen to this extent with a single move showed that the formation could not withstand Chen Mu at all!

“How could he be so powerful…”

Fang Yuan couldn’t help but mutter to himself.

He knew Chen Mu was extremely powerful, comparable to the Blood Exchange Realm, but he hadn’t expected him to be this strong. He himself was an established Grandmaster; even if he wasn’t top-tier, he had the eye to see that Chen Mu’s power was not just barely reaching the threshold of the Blood Exchange Realm but was dominant within it!

Even the Supreme Elder Yin Heng, who had dominated the world for over a hundred years, might be inferior to Chen Mu now, and Chen Mu had attacked barehanded without even the enhancement of a Spirit Weapon!

Yuwen Hao?

The Heavenly Demon Ancestor?

If such figures were to encounter Chen Mu now, it wouldn’t just be a matter of them struggling to fight against him—they might even have difficulty escaping unscathed, as the gap in strength, though not a chasm, had at least crossed over two minor stages.

Had Chen Mu, after returning from the Earthly Abyss, completely assimilated the gains he obtained there, advancing his strength even further?

This thought seemed very reasonable.

Yet Fang Yuan still found it somewhat incredible because no matter what, Chen Mu was still only in the Marrow Cleansing Realm!

For most Grandmasters like him, reaching his current level was already the limit. Crossing the threshold to top-tier Grandmasters was often insurmountable, predetermined by their foundational past. To cross it, one would need to blaze a new trail like Jiang Changsheng, but that was exceedingly rare and difficult in this era.

To cultivate the marrow to Perfection and develop the Domain of Artistic Conception was roughly the upper limit for a Grandmaster; even further enhancement of the Martial Body or strengthening of the Domain using various Heaven and Earth Spiritual Items would only offer minor improvements, hardly enough to step up to a new level.

Chen Mu, then?

Fang Yuan didn’t know when Chen Mu had entered the Marrow Cleansing Realm, but at the level of a Grandmaster, Chen Mu’s strength seemed limitless, as if he was constantly growing. During the previous assault on the Main Altar of the Sky Demon Sect, he had not yet reached the comparative level of the Blood Exchange Realm, but after the trip to the Earthly Abyss, his strength had crossed that threshold, and now he was even dominant within the Blood Exchange Realm, a rate of growth almost beyond belief.

“Is Chen Mu’s foundation far superior to most, cultivated through the strongest Qiankun Martial Body of the Qiankun Path, and even after several enhancements of the Five Viscera and the Six Viscera, can it reach this level?”

A hint of puzzled doubt arose in Fang Yuan’s mind.

Skin Toughening and Body Refinement, including Tendon Changing and Bone Tempering, all these Four Realms have limits. From the Five Viscera upwards, there’s no limit, but Chen Mu’s foundation is so strong and robust; could it be that the Five Viscera or even the Six Viscera have also been enhanced to the limit?!

If indeed so, that would truly be unprecedented and unmatched in history since no one since the birth of Martial Arts had truly touched the limit of both the Five Viscera and the Six Viscera, and it was not even clear if these realms have limits.

Many Martial Artists believe there are limits in the first four Realms of the Body Tempering Martial Arts, but the last four Realms are considered limitless.

This notion might be refuted in the future.

Chen Mu today might not reveal the secrets of his cultivation, but if one day he can ascend to the pinnacle of the Martial Arts world and establish a new doctrine, he might redefine ‘Martial Canon,’ pushing forward the Body Tempering Martial Arts in this generation.

Boom! Boom! Boom!!

While Fang Yuan’s thoughts drifted, Chen Mu on the other side did not cease his actions. He did not forcefully enter the large settlement but merely kept striking from outside.

With every strike, the azure Formation Light Screen would be pierced, shattering a large area, and then his Fist Seal would press into the settlement below, causing widespread destruction and ruin.

The power of Xunmu rushed continuously, trying to repair the areas shattered by Chen Mu, but its repair speed was far from keeping up with the speed of Chen Mu’s destruction. In just less than fifteen minutes, a significant area of the azure Formation Light Screen had essentially been turned into a sieve by Chen Mu’s Palm Imprints and Fist Seals!

The entire settlement was in chaos.

Normally, even when faced with an assault by a large group of Grandmasters, with the defense of a formation, the interior of a large settlement wouldn’t become so chaotic. They would swiftly gather a group of elites comparable to those in the Five Organ and Viscera Realm and join forces to fight back.

The Spirit People Race cultivated the same lineage, thus their energies more easily united—a hundred elites of the Five Organ and Viscera Realm was a force not to be underestimated and could create substantial interference. This was a strategy formed over thousands of years of conflicts, also one of the reasons why large settlements were not easily broken.

But now, this battle-tested strategy completely failed to deploy.