Clang!

Chen Jie unleashed Kanglong Youhui with full force, striking Master Kong Wen with great might. However, Master Kong Wen was enveloped in waves of golden light; Buddha’s light shone everywhere, casting a terrifying glow across the whole world. At the same time, a sound like a great bell and a mighty drum reverberated through the air.

Simultaneously, Chen Jie was sent flying backward by a terrifying force, his face full of shock and disbelief.

"Golden Bell Shield!"

Thud thud thud...

Chen Jie flew a great distance, clutching his chest. Kanglong Youhui had rebounded back at him, causing him significant internal injury. This was the only time Chen Jie got injured in this encounter with the Six Great Sects.

At this moment, Chen Jie’s face showed astonishment, but it soon calmed.

After all, he had seen this Golden Bell Shield in the Ruins, where Du Xiong used it. He had recognized its strength at the time, and Master Kong Wen’s Golden Bell Shield was many times stronger than that of Du Xiong.

At this time, Master Kong Wen was seen standing there, solemnly performing a Buddhist rite with one hand.

He appeared upright and serene, his exposed skin glowing golden. In the void above him, a massive Golden Bell Shield condensed from Gang Qi enveloped him, with inscriptions on it flickering like living serpents slithering around.

Standing there, Kong Wen seemed to have entered an invincible realm—this was the Shaolin Abbot, who hadn’t taken any action for twenty years, making him unrankable on the Earth List.

He was the only one of his generation in Shaolin to have cultivated the Golden Bell Shield to the ninth layer.

The Golden Bell Shield is the most difficult to master among the Shaolin Four Divine Skills. It can even stand alongside the Grassland Esoteric Sect’s Thirteen-layered Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill.

The Thirteen Layers of Dragon Elephant Wisdom correspond to the Land Immortal Realm, and the Twelve Layers of the Golden Bell Shield are also at the Land Immortal level. In his day, Dharma Ancestor achieved enlightenment and entered the Land Immortal Realm, attaining the Great Bodhisattva Fruit Position, which brought him fame across the world.

The Golden Bell Shield at the twelfth layer equates to the Land Immortal level, while the eleventh and tenth layers correspond to the Molten God Realm. Master Kong Wen had already perfected the ninth layer of the Golden Bell Shield, almost on the verge of breaking through to the Molten God Realm.

In truth, he had already become the legend of the next generation of Shaolin.

With each generation, the Shaolin Four Divine Skills are taught to four most gifted disciples as their Innate Divine Ability. Typically, it’s the Bone Changing and the Washing Marrow Scripture that produce talent first, with few masters emerging from the Golden Bell Shield.

By rights, given his talent, Kong Wen could have chosen the easier Bone Changing and Washing Marrow Scripture, but he insisted on the harder Golden Bell Shield.

He is a man of perseverance.

Today, Kong Wen revealed his ultimate skill, the Golden Bell Shield, showing his resolve not to hold back. As it stands, a battle is inevitable and is the only way to vent their pent-up emotions.

Thus, let there be nothing else—nothing but battle!

At this moment, all the Shaolin disciples were greatly stirred.

"The Abbot has finally revealed his true form. Is this the Ninth Layer Golden Bell Shield? Such powerful Buddha light, such pure Buddha Qi!"

"Indeed! In this battle, Shaolin is bound to win. The Abbot has practiced diligently for fifty years—how could he be defeated by this upstart Jianghu rookie Chen Jiusi? This time, we’ll show the world what Shaolin heritage truly is."

"Yes! Yes! Chen Jiusi has only been learning martial arts for a few years and he dares to challenge our Abbot? Today, we will triumph!"

Everyone was talking excitedly, voicing their opinions from every angle, although Chen Jie, upon hearing it, didn’t respond.

In the meantime, in the Emei team, each Emei disciple had their eyes wide open, watching the battle in the arena. Chen Jiusi was richly blessed, continuously favored by the Heavenly Dao, with his cultivation improving as if aided by the heavens—people like him were not uncommon, with a few in every era.

Currently living legends like Zhang Sanfeng, or going further back to the Divine Eagle Couple of Zhongnan Mountain, Hero Guo who defended Xiangyang, Hero Guo’s master Hong Qi, and the Five Extremes of the same era.

Such individuals are Heavenly Pride, who cultivate like deity lords, achieving in a few years what others might not in a lifetime.

This is the unfairness of the Heavenly Dao, and its fairness lies therein.

In a world where someone like Chen Jiusi rises to the top instantly, it is only natural for someone like Master Kong Wen, who remains silent for twenty years, to exist too.

The battle between them attracted everyone’s attention.

Ji Xiaohong watched Chen Jie being shaken away, even blood seeping from the corner of his mouth, clearly having suffered internal injuries, and felt worried. She had a deep sense of gratitude toward Chen Jiusi, as it was he who saved her life back in the Witch God’s Wushen Valley.

Seeing him now so gravely injured, she couldn’t help but worry.

However, as much as she worried, she couldn’t show it because Master Jue Mie was also watching. Master Jue Mie was comparatively calm, her gaze placid as she observed Chen Jie and Shaolin’s Master Kong Wen.

She hadn’t thought much of Kong Wen’s Seventy-two Skills, as they aren’t even considered Superior Martial Arts in Jianghu, with perhaps a part of them being First-class Martial Arts. However, someone of Master Jue Mie’s stature would not be impressed by them.

Only when the Shaolin Four Extremes’ Golden Bell Shield appeared did Master Jue Mie take it seriously. The Golden Bell Shield is an exceptionally formidable martial art, so formidable that even the entire Emei has few martial skills to compare with this secret skill.

Only the Jade Maiden Heart Scripture can stand on the same stage to compete with Shaolin.