After putting down Ba Chier, Jueyuan seemed to become a different person. Before Li Boyang could continue to advance, he struck out with both palms, and streaks of fiery blade energy surged through the air.
As the fiery blade strikes out, the temperature in the entire battle area instantly rises, and waves of heat spread outwards. The closer one gets to Jueyuan, the hotter it becomes, as if Jueyuan has become a furnace.
Before the blade strike was even unleashed, Li Boyang's body had already reacted, his footwork constantly shifting to dodge the scorching blade force.
Upon entering the Innate Realm, the ability to sense things before they are applied to oneself not only remained intact but was greatly enhanced. In just a few seconds of fighting, Li Boyang had already sensed the difference between him and other Qi Refining Realm experts.
When Jueyuan was dodging my attacks, he was clearly relying on his body to actively sense the attacks, unlike me who was passively sensing them. Don't underestimate this small change; it makes all the difference.
This means that if an invisible force of energy were to come, Li Boyang's body would react naturally without any thought, while Jueyuan's body would sense the danger and his mind would control his body to dodge.
The fierce battle between the two continued, and more than ten rounds passed in the blink of an eye.
"Ladies, please stay away from the teacher. This is too scary."
Liu Bowen had already slipped out of the fighting range of the two at the first moment. Seeing that Shen Rong and Cui'er were still standing there dumbfounded, he quickly reminded them.
Shen Rong and Cui'er had just covered their clothes, which were being blown up by the wind, to avoid being exposed, when they saw Liu Bowen's signal and quickly moved away from the two fighting men.
"Master, why are you fighting with the gentleman?"
At this moment, Zhang Junbao and Grasshopper came out from behind the Hall of Ten Thousand Buddhas. They were dumbfounded to see Jueyuan and Li Boyang fighting, but they did not dare to step forward to help.
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Chapter 83 Killing Ba Chier
"Zhang Junbao, are you trying to die by getting so close? Get over here right now."
Liu Bowen, who was standing next to Shen Rong, noticed that Zhang Junbao and Grasshopper were in an awkward position, so he dared to speak up and remind them.
"Senior brother, look at that tiger!"
Grasshopper turned its head and its gaze immediately locked onto Shen Rong, staring intently at her firm breasts.
"What a beautiful tiger."
Zhang Junbao's reaction wasn't much better than Grasshopper's. He was somewhat stunned when he saw Shen Rong, but he was much quicker than Grasshopper. After glancing at her twice, he quickly looked away.
"You scoundrel, who are you calling a tiger?"
"Where are your eyes looking?"
When Cui'er saw the two of them looking like that, she stomped her foot in anger.
"That's really vulgar."
Shen Rong blushed slightly and unconsciously covered her chest with her hands.
In fact, the two of them had misunderstood Zhang Junbao and Grasshopper. Ever since they left Shaolin Temple, Jueyuan had been constantly instilling in them the concept that women are tigers, and they had never spoken to a woman along the way.
Along the way to Huangjue Temple, they encountered very few beautiful women; most were just older women. So, as soon as the two saw Shen Rong, they blurted out, "Beautiful Tiger."
"Junior brother, junior brother, watch your image."
"Brother Bowen, why is your teacher fighting with my master?"
Zhang Junbao patted the grasshopper that had turned slightly red on his nose, unconsciously straightened his clothes, and slowly walked to Liu Bowen's side while looking at Shen Rong's face.
"So that monk was your teacher."
"Like master, like apprentice."
Cui'er looked at Zhang Junbao with disdain. She didn't like Jueyuan because Jueyuan was going to save a bad guy who bullied them. Plus, Grasshopper and Zhang Junbao had looked like lecherous wolves just now. They were Jueyuan's apprentices, so her impression of the two was even worse.
Shen Rong clearly shared Cui'er's feelings. After learning that Zhang Junbao was Jueyuan's apprentice, she subconsciously took two steps away from the two of them.
Liu Bowen smiled wryly and explained to Zhang Junbao the whole story, recounting the cause and course of events.
Grasshopper wiped the blood from his nose and said angrily, "How could Master save such a bastard?"
“That’s right. I’ll talk to Master about it later. I think Master was wrong about this. That Ba Chi’er deserves to die.”
Zhang Junbao nodded repeatedly, finally managing to tear his gaze away from Shen Rong and turn it toward Jueyuan.
“Brother Bowen, isn’t your teacher an instructor at Songyang Academy? How come he’s so fierce?”
Seeing Li Boyang and Jueyuan locked in a fierce battle, Zhang Junbao found it hard to believe. Who was Jueyuan? He was the head of the Disciplinary Hall of Shaolin Temple, one of the top masters in the entire Shaolin Temple, and a renowned master of the Innate Realm in the Central Plains.
But who was Liu Bowen's teacher? A mere schoolteacher. Aren't schoolteachers supposed to just hold the Four Books and Five Classics and recite Confucian sayings and poems? This scene seems a bit off; it looks like even his master is at a disadvantage in this fight.
Zhang Junbao also possessed the strength of the Acquired Realm; otherwise, he wouldn't have been chosen from among the lay disciples to accompany Jueyuan to participate in the Quanzhen Sect's blessing ceremony at Zhongnan Mountain. He did have that much insight, as Jueyuan was currently at a disadvantage.
However, Zhang Junbao was unaware that Jueyuan was actually stronger than Li Boyang, both in terms of the power of his innate true qi and his application of techniques using it, far surpassing Li Boyang's abilities.
The reason why they were at a disadvantage was that Li Boyang's goal was only to kill Ba Chier, while Jueyuan's goal was to save Ba Chier.
No matter how strong Jueyuan is, under the pressure of an expert of the same level, he can only use six or seven tenths of his skills to protect Bachier, who has lost the ability to resist. He cannot unleash his true strength at all.
One is killing, the other is saving lives; the difficulty is naturally incomparable. Unless Jueyuan's strength is ten times greater than Li Boyang's and he can defeat Li Boyang in an instant, it is not surprising that he would be at a disadvantage when protecting someone.
"Well, I guess my teacher is a bit special."
Liu Bowen was somewhat speechless as he watched his teacher, who resembled an unparalleled warrior from ancient times, wielding a golden mace and smashing it down on his opponent one blow after another.