More than a hundred dragon scales were activated simultaneously, generating even more power for
Zen's body like flood peaking between canyons. The energy that flowed through his body was so
intense that his shoulders became swollen, and his blood vessels were distended as if dragons were
flying on the surface of his skin.
As they were about to collide, Jacques laughed and then roared, "I will smash you to pieces!"
However, Zen managed to avoid the sharp horns of Jacques' white bone armor and directly hit him on
the shoulder!
"Thud!"
With the strength of the two opposing forces, their collision created a loud thudding sound that echoed.
To the surprise of everyone who witnessed the violent impact, Jacques, in his white bone armor, was
knocked down and then thrown from one edge of the fighting ground to another. And finally, he
slammed into the light curtain of enchanted barrier!
In the past, some disciples also crashed into the same barrier with the force of a single punch.
Designed to protect disciples from collisions that usually took place during such contests, the light
curtain of enchanted barrier was very soft.
Its primary function was to separate disciples from viewers during competitions, so it was not built to
withstand powerful collisions. But Zen summoned all the explosive forces from the dragon scales as he
slammed into Jacques.
If Jacques, in his white bone armor, was referred to as a war chariot, Zen was then regarded as a
ferocious beast.
Such powerful and pure force was unleashed on Jacques, causing him to hurtle backward. This
collision force exceeded the limit the enchanted barrier could bear. Spectators could only see from
outside the barrier when the light curtain shook a few times and were aghast when they noticed cracks
in the structure like those in a broken mirror before it finally burst into pieces.
While it helped absorb some of the collision force on Jacques, it could not prevent him from flying out
into the field. Without any sign of slowing down, he was thrown into the crowd, crashing into any object
along his path.
Fortunately for Jacques, he was headed towards the area where Skytop Peak disciples were. They
saw what happened to him, so, Rocher, Sheeny, and even Wing, who was still in recovery, immediately
stretched out their hands to catch the flying disciple. It was the only way to halt the oncoming Jacques
and help him to get up.
Once Jacques was finally upright, the disciples from other peaks felt relieved and relaxed a bit. But
they were still somewhat fearful that it could happen again.
It was fortunate there were several powerful disciples from Skytop Peak. There might not have been
fighters strong enough to hold him back if Jacques hurtled towards the direction of either Drizzle Peak
or Vulture Peak. And that would have resulted in many being injured or worse, killed.
Though Zen had displayed innate superhuman strength since the very beginning, he had never
discharged all his ultimate power before that collision.
So, at this point, everybody was still shocked by the energy he had thrown at Jacques, nor could they
understand what took place.
Not everyone was fortunate to have innate superhuman strength, which made them extraordinarily
powerful. For martial artists, being born with superhuman strength might give them an edge, especially
during fights, but people usually did not take this advantage seriously.
Strength was a fundamental component in battle. A fighter with innate superhuman strength would
have a distinct advantage during competitions. However, the body's physical strength was limited,
unlike one's life vitality, which had the potential to grow. The strength derived from life vitality was
usually dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of times greater than the normal body's strength.
In that case, no matter how great the power derived from human body was, it was still not enough to
knock down Saint Viana with a single punch from a long distance, much like what Kenneth did.
And this was the reason why martial artists were all focused on refining the life vitality and paid little
attention to pure body refinement. They did not think that body refinement did much to enhance their
refining life.
With little opportunity for progress in pure body refinement, why even give it importance or attention?
So how was Zen able to do what he just did? Everyone who witnessed this was astonished.
How could he overthrow Jacques who wore white bone armor? He didn't even have any protective
gear and only used his body to make the collision. So, how did he manage that? Did their minds play
tricks on them just now? Was it an illusion that they saw?
They all looked at one another, only to find similar confused expressions in everyone's face. If only one
person witnessed it, the scene might have passed as an illusion. But many saw it at the same time, so
it had to be real.
If that was what precisely happened, then what came to mind was the enormous power Zen had
showed just now, and everyone was suddenly terrified. The talented disciple had done exceptionally
well to the astonishment of the entire Cloud Sect in this All Peaks Competition.
While most of those present were confused and scared, Jacques, who was one of the heroes in the
scene, had even more mixed feelings. He finally stood up with the help of his companions. Before
colliding with Zen, he had been very excited, expecting to see this arrogant young fighter get smashed
to pieces before his eyes. But as they crashed into one another, the excitement was replaced by
confusion. No one knew better the power Zen used to fight than Jacques. Being hurled out of the
battlefield, he was no longer confused but fearful. Now, there was only a look of helplessness on his
face.
He knew in his mind that Zen was a tough fighter. Prior to their meeting, Jacques also considered
himself fierce with sufficient strength to defeat his opponents. To his surprise, Zen was more ruthless
and tougher than himself. Confident in the capacity of his white bone armor, Jacques threatened to
crush Zen to pieces. But Zen, without a hint of fear, didn't even dodge his attack but instead met him
head-on with hard crushing power to overwhelm him and then finally had the upper hand.
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