Stronger from Earth-Chapter 35: Golden Bell Shield Perfection

He the Sixth’s words really make no sense. Normally, you’d expect the loser to get a beating, but he said the winner would get beaten instead.

Who would rush to win under these conditions? Just to get beaten?

What a strange situation.

Chen Qingniu, however, didn’t dare treat this lightly. If he didn’t take the match seriously, it might just bring disapproval from his master. Being lazy in training and careless in battle—what future does such a disciple have?

If someone tried to play clever tricks, He the Sixth would teach them what it means to be too clever for their own good.

"Can we not fight?" Wang Xuan’s face looked bitter; Senior Brother Chen’s cultivation level was nearing that of an Earth Immortal and far surpassed him both in experience and cultivation.

Facing someone like him, Wang Xuan truly had no confidence.

He the Sixth lay on a rocking chair, swaying comfortably, squinting as he smoked his pipe, glancing occasionally at Chen Qingniu.

"You have no choice, Wang Xuan, you might as well accept it," Chen Qingniu didn’t give Wang Xuan time to think, and charged directly at him.

A punch, like a massive avalanche, growing stronger and larger in Wang Xuan’s eyes.

Wang Xuan lightly touched it with his palm, and his strength surged forth like a spring, yet how could he possibly exhaust such a massive power? In an instant, he was pushed back over ten meters.

To his surprise, he felt glad because the power displayed by Chen Qingniu was within his acceptable range, or rather, they were evenly matched in strength.

"Senior Brother Chen, I’m not holding back then." Wang Xuan too used his fists, though his punches were far from being as strong as his sword, they were still formidable.

His muscles were so strong they surpassed that of a bear. Wang Xuan could rip apart fierce tigers with his bare hands, and the force of his punches and kicks carried a loud whooshing sound.

"Smack!"

With a thundering punch, Wang Xuan aimed at Chen Qingniu’s chest, while his other hand formed a palm for defense, his swift footwork ready for a kick or retreat.

His punch was like a heavy hammer, and as Chen Qingniu took it, layers of shocking force piled on, disrupting bodily control. If it weren’t for his physique being Vajra Indestructible, even sealed it would’ve been difficult not to be affected, let alone injured.

The punch was like a mountain, swallowing rivers, commanding amidst all techniques, as Chen Qingniu swung another punch, akin to the Long River’s roll, the Mountain Tai crushing demons, Wang Xuan knew its momentum couldn’t be resisted.

The True Intent of Fist Technique could scatter the condensed qi within martial artists’ bodies, invade their skills, making one instantly weak. This kind of punch, if landed several times, would leave no combat power.

But now it was close quarters; how could one dodge?

With a bang, Wang Xuan took the punch directly, while his Great Success Fierce Bull Fist force like raging bull charged at Chen Qingniu’s ribs.

Instantly, both stepped back, one retreated eight steps, the other five. Wang Xuan’s qi and blood surged, whereas Chen Qingniu remained calm.

The winner and loser were clear at a glance.

"Horizontal training is impressive." He the Sixth glanced at Wang Xuan, while the joy that initially came with Chen Qingniu’s victory vanished completely.

Because, the winner would get the beating.

"Qingniu, are you ready?" Without waiting for Chen Qingniu to speak, He the Sixth rained down punches like so many drops, not leaving any corner around him untouched.

Bang bang bang!

Caught like a punching bag, Chen Qingniu was cruelly battered; in just a few breaths his whole body was swollen, making him look forty pounds heavier.

This was terrifying! Wang Xuan stood aside, feeling fortunate.

His Great Success Golden Bell Shield, though unable to disregard Chen Qingniu’s attacks, could withstand dozens of strikes without a problem; however, even like this, exchanging injury for injury wouldn’t win.

Loss was a loss, and he certainly didn’t want a beating.

Suffering from swelling all over, Chen Qingniu looked utterly miserable; his facial expressions twisted in pain, clearly enduring agony akin to torture.

More crucially, being beaten publicly, swollen like that, as the Martial Arts Hall’s senior brother, he lost face completely—truly embarrassing.

Having beaten his disciple soundly, He the Sixth felt utterly comfortable: "Refreshing!"

"Wow! Who’s that fatty, why so ugly? Where’s my handsome and dashing Senior Brother Chen Qingniu? Where’d you hide him?"

Wang Xuan exaggeratedly teased Chen Qingniu, making him furious, demanding: "Who are you calling fatty?" But even that was muffled.

"Haha!" Wang Xuan was uncontrollably amused, "Fatty Chen, just stop explaining. Today will be a stain on your life. I’ll always remember it and never forget."

He the Sixth looked up, and Wang Xuan immediately fell silent to avoid getting a beating himself—that would truly be unlucky.

The smoke gun of He the Sixth was thrown, touching Chen Qingniu, and in an instant, he was deflated like a balloon, all the swelling on his body disappearing completely.

At this moment, Chen Qingniu felt completely refreshed, as if he had been reborn, his entire body had been tempered, impurities expelled, and his foundation became much more solid.

No wonder Master said, whoever wins gets a beating, it’s truly a good thing, although getting beaten is really painful, so painful that even a cultivator of his realm can barely endure it.

Just a few breaths later, Chen Qingniu grimaced: "Master, why has all my Sword Intent within me been completely eroded? Isn’t this unnecessary?"

It turned out, after years of practicing the sword, the Sword Intent and Sword Qi imprinted within his body had been completely dispersed, and now if he were to use the sword, its power might not even have half of what it used to be.

He the Sixth snorted, "If you want to practice the Fist Technique, focus on practicing the Fist Technique, nourishing the body with the True Intent of Boxing, which results in stronger martial arts training, and when your body’s foundation is established, I don’t care how you practice the sword.

Moreover, the sword is in your heart, Sword Intent resides in your heart, regaining it is just a matter of a few months, is it really that troublesome? Do you want me to give it back to you?"

Practicing both sword and fist isn’t impossible, but doing so ends up being counterproductive, with slow progress in cultivation.

Chen Qingniu quickly waved his hands, "No need, I’ll practice the fist." He knew well enough that if he said anything more, he would get beaten again, and this wouldn’t be the body-tempering beating, but a real thrashing.

Wang Xuan then realized he might have missed something, Chen Qingniu benefited immensely after getting beaten.

"Elder, if I win, will you also give me such a beating?" Wang Xuan asked cautiously.

He the Sixth glanced at him, "Let’s talk when you win."

Chen Qingniu’s physique cultivation and insight were much stronger than Wang Xuan’s, it was almost impossible for Wang Xuan to defeat him with equal strength.

If it really happened, then it meant that Chen Qingniu losing was not justified and deserved a thorough beating, making him blush with shame!

At this moment, Wang Xuan was pondering how he could possibly defeat Chen Qingniu. In terms of combat experience, martial arts techniques, and skill, he couldn’t surpass Senior Brother Chen.

Thinking about it made him sigh, as it seemed there was no hope of winning.

However, he had a chance not to lose. At the very least, if the Golden Bell Shield reached the Perfect Realm, with equal strength, he wouldn’t even be able to break his own defense, and Chen Qingniu probably couldn’t either.

An unbeatable position would eventually become an insurmountable strength.

"Senior Brother Chen, tomorrow I’ll challenge you again. Just wait." Wang Xuan said, leaving Chen Qingniu puzzled. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

"Wang Xuan, are you dreaming?" With equal strength, Chen Qingniu, who had a much higher realm than Wang Xuan, couldn’t possibly lose!

But Wang Xuan said no more, and went back to his dorm alone.

The Celestial Treasure fragments he purchased had arrived, two jade and one wood, costing him a million Star Yuan, but after completing Shi Tie’s task, he’d received a reward of five million Star Yuan. The person offering the reward must have had a deep-seated grudge against Shi Tie.

He touched one fragment, no reaction, the accelerator was unresponsive.

Fake!

Touching another fragment, the accelerator beeped, making Wang Xuan find it unexpectedly genuine.

"Absorb Source Power!"

From the jade fragment flowed a mysterious energy, merging into Wang Xuan’s body, and when fully absorbed, the Source Point increased by fifty points.

"Only fifty units? That’s a bit little." Wang Xuan shook his head.

Checking the wooden fragment again yielded nothing, it was also fake!

"Bad review!" Wang Xuan decided to file a complaint online against the seller for being unscrupulous!

After that, he began to prepare a potion for practicing the Golden Bell Shield, wanting to try whether using the accelerator with the potion would fast-track his realm advancement.

The concentration of the medicinal bath was dozens of times higher than usual, then he drank three liters of Violent Dragon Potion, opened his personal panel, and prepared to use the accelerator.

"Golden Bell Shield Great Success (Accelerable), accelerate?"

"Accelerate!" Wang Xuan directly clicked "accelerate to Perfect Realm", even though the interface showed it would cost two hundred units of Source Point.

In an instant, the Golden Bell Shield accelerated thousands and thousands of times its usual speed, the color of the bath water rapidly lightening, the Violent Dragon Potion in his stomach digested and absorbed.

Visibly, Wang Xuan’s skin turned red, like a cooked crab, and then was tinged with a faint golden hue, growing richer until he became completely golden.

The Golden Bell Shield, perfected!

Wang Xuan waved his fist, Senior Brother Chen, prepare to face despair! Let’s see how you deal with the Perfect Realm’s Golden Bell Shield defense!