Four fists dominated all of Chen Ku's vision, making him feel the closest to death he had ever been!

Almost in that millionth of a second.

Chen Ku made a decision without hesitation, shouting in his heart:

"Consume thirty-six strands of Fourth Realm Evil Qi, Iron Armor Rhinoceros Transformation!"

In a flash of lightning, accompanied by Chen Ku's heart as firm as a mountain, the Fourth Realm Iron Armor Rhinoceros, which he had previously only elevated to a shape-shifting level, instantly advanced to Transformation Level.

Subsequently, a wisp of white gas emerged from his forehead, transforming into a ten-foot-tall Iron Armor Rhinoceros, standing in the way of the combined attack from the Upper Ancient Jiao Hou's four people!

Boom!

The four ferocious fist marks simultaneously struck the Fourth Realm Iron Armor Rhinoceros Avatar standing before Chen Ku.

Splurt! Splurt!

Crash!

That supposedly indestructible Iron Armor Rhinoceros, which even Chen Ku at full power couldn't shatter, under the four-person attack of the Upper Ancient Jiao Hou.

The four fists hit the Iron Armor Rhinoceros, powerfully piercing through!

Splurt!

Just released, it endured only about half a breath before the Fourth Realm Iron Armor Rhinoceros Avatar was shattered, turning into a strand of Evil Qi and disintegrating into the world.

Chen Ku felt an immense heartache, but he seized this gap to finally break free from the pressure of the four fists, disappearing in place, and rapidly widening the distance from the Upper Ancient Jiao Hou.

And watching Chen Ku disappear behind the Iron Armor Rhinoceros.

His eyes, like ghostly flames, flickered rapidly a few times, and then, as if by intuition, he sensed a certain Qi mechanism and punched towards Chen Ku's hidden position!

The same move again.

As his main body punched, Chen Ku watched as those three avatars, shape-shifted from hair, also launched another punch towards him.

Once again, four punches.

At this moment, Chen Ku felt anxious and unwilling in his heart.

But he had no choice but to release the Hui Dragon Avatar as well, using the same tactic to shield himself again.

This "Hui Dragon Avatar" had been refined not long ago by himself.

Bam!

It was powerfully shattered just like the Iron Armor Rhinoceros!

The most terrifying part was that due to the lower physical strength of the Hui Dragon Avatar compared to the armored Iron Armor Rhinoceros, after being shattered by the Upper Ancient Jiao Hou.

The residual power of those four punches still struck Chen Ku with terrifying force.

At this moment,

Chen Ku no longer had any transformation to use as a shield.

Just as he thought he was about to be seriously injured.

Crack!

A small paper man in his arms suddenly released strong spiritual power, forming a protective shield over Chen Ku's body.

With a crack, the protective shield shattered, and Chen Ku's "small paper man" instantly turned to flying ashes.

But it finally managed to withstand the second combined attack from the Upper Ancient Jiao Hou.

"A small paper man? This is a 'Death Replacement Paper Man' given to me by my big brother, and it worked at this critical moment."

Chen Ku took advantage of the opportunity to flee, feeling both thankful and fearful.

Death Replacement Paper Man!

As the name suggests, it's meant to die in one's place, which means the Upper Ancient Jiao Hou had the power to completely kill him.

Watching Chen Ku escape again, trying to distance himself.

The avatar of the Upper Ancient Jiao Hou had already been out for two breaths and had only one breath left.

Chen Ku did not know this.

But he saw that after two failed attacks, the ghostly flames in the Upper Ancient Jiao Hou's eyes flickered intensely.

It seemed he was now truly enraged.

At this moment.

Rumble!

Chen Ku heard a sound as if someone was lifting a door outside the Dragon-locking Stone, and simultaneously, his heart heard the urgent voice of Senior Brother Qin:

"Little Junior Brother! This "Blowing Fur into Soldiers" technique of the Upper Ancient Jiao Hou, although it can only last for three breaths, is nearly invincible within those three breaths. It was my intelligence mistake, I'm coming in to save you!"

Upon hearing this voice,

he looked again towards the Upper Ancient Jiao Hou facing him, gritting his teeth in his heart:

"Escape?"

If he rushed towards the stone door now, with Qin Yuxian's protection, even the powerful Upper Ancient Jiao Hou could not harm him a bit more.

But,

this thing had already cost him two major avatars.

Though the transformation of the Hui Dragon and Iron Armor Rhinoceros bodies still hung in the Transformation Diagram, and the lost avatars could still be reshaped using Fourth Realm Evil Qi.

But it was still a huge loss.

Looking again towards the approaching Upper Ancient Jiao Hou.

"Blowing Fur into Soldiers can only last three breaths?"

Chen Ku thought that he had held on for about two breaths, and since this Divine Skill was about to expire, choosing to flee now.

Was akin to swallowing defeat and abandoning a strand of Fifth Realm Dragon Energy for nothing!

Boom!

Along with the last breath, the Upper Ancient Jiao Hou launched his final punch at Chen Ku, transforming his two hands into eight, like the eight arms of Nezha, ripping through everything with his fists!

"Damn it!"

Using his faster-than-others thinking, Chen Ku quickly glanced at the remaining quantity of Fourth Realm Evil Qi he had left — forty-two strands, enough to transform the Iron Armor Rhinoceros into an avatar one more time.

But only this once.

Then a decisive strike must be made.

"All or nothing!"

Almost instantly, Chen Ku used his remaining Evil Qi balance for one last Fourth Realm transformation, morphing the Iron Armor Rhinoceros again to block in front.

The Iron Armor Rhinoceros was shattered a second time!

At the moment it was shattered.

Chen Ku used the [Hidden Form] ability of the Qilin Blood Gu within the Hui Dragon Transformation, transforming himself into a speck of dust, directly flying into the Upper Ancient Jiao Hou's mouth.

At the same time, the three hair-shaped avatars created by the Upper Ancient Jiao Hou vanished into white mist after launching their final punches.

The Upper Ancient Jiao Hou instinctively felt Chen Ku was in the air right before him, throwing another punch at the air.

Yet, as dust... Chen Ku...

Had already flown into his armor.

"Enlarge!!"

In an instant, Chen Ku entered the ancient armor of the Jiao Hou, without hesitation, he operated the Divine Skill of the Flower Fox Mink, "Big and Small Ruyi," expanding his body while inside the ancient Jiao Hou's armor, he unleashed the Mountain Roar Tsunami Seal!

...

Outside the Dragon-locking Stone.

Qin Yuxian gripped the Ten Thousand Catties Stone Gate, lifting it with all his might, in the moment when he thought he would see the corpse of his junior brother.

What he saw was instead...

A figure breaking through from the chest of the ancient Jiao Hou, as if it was a Divine Sword piercing through the sun!

And at the same moment Qin Yuxian witnessed this scene.

Boom!

A golden light suddenly surged from the body of the ancient Jiao Hou, directly piercing through the space inside the Dragon-locking Stone, rushing towards the Heavenly Dome of Martial Arts Heaven and Earth.

Not only did it shock everyone in the Martial Temple.

It also shook all the Martial Temples in the counties of the Qiu Dragon Mansion.

[Chen Ku, an examinee from Baojiao County, successfully passed the new Dragon-locking Stone checkpoint for the first time, defeating the giant crocodile and the ancient Jiao Hou, successfully setting a new record for the Dragon-locking Stone checkpoint.]

Amidst the world-announcing sound of the Gold List, as it spread far and wide.

At this moment, everyone inside and outside Martial Arts Heaven and Earth who could see the message felt shocked.

"Another record broken!"

Pei Qingzhi stood in disbelief in front of the stele of the finally found second arena 'Hundred Feet Crossing.'

"Is it still that Chen Ku?"

...

Elsewhere, at Jingshen Peak, with the help of the Five-colored Peacock, Guan Hongluan who had successfully passed the Iron Head Monk's trial and obtained the Nine Yang True Pill, slightly opened her red lips:

"This Chen Ku, really is..."

Feeling a stir in her heart:

"If only he could be used by the Marquis of Han Shou's Mansion."

...

In other places, the emotional reactions of Dugu Wuer, Di Jianqing, and Gu Chuanjia were also quite complex.

...

In the Martial Temple.

The emotions among the elders were even more of excitements mixed with amazement:

"He's made it through!"

"To actually breach the new Dragon-locking Stone, that means facing the pressure of four ancient masters within three breaths!"

"How did he withstand it?!"

"And how did he defeat the ancient Jiao Hou?!"

"The Divine Skill of Blowing Fur to Make Soldiers, in ancient times, was simply an unreasonable group fighting technique, imagine in a duel between two evenly matched opponents, if one side could suddenly call in three helpers, it's undoubtedly a scenario where their opponent would be beaten into submission!"

"The key is... for this Chen Ku, with only Fourth Realm Cultivation... how did he defeat the Jiao Hou of the Fifth Realm who possesses Blowing Fur to Make Soldiers?"

"This isn't merely about crossing realms to defeat enemies!"

As all the scholarly elders in the Martial Temple harbored various questions and astonished emotions, they suddenly heard a voice coming from the main hall of the Martial Temple:

"Even Lord Sacrificial Officer has been alerted."

The Sacrificial Officer of the Martial Temple is the main sacrificial official in charge of all affairs within the Martial Temple.

Zhao Shenyang, the Sacrificial Officer of the Qiu Dragon Martial Temple, holds a rank equivalent to the Magistrate of Qiu Dragon.

......

And inside the Dragon-locking Stone.

Qin Yuxian watched Chen Ku bathed in golden light, his eyes filled with incredible excitement, his heart trembling:

"Heaven has truly favored us, our sect actually has such a descendant!"

To be honest, even he, at the Fourth Realm, facing a Fifth Realm Jiao Hou who can transform into three bodies and attack with the power of four, didn't have the confidence to escape unscathed.

This junior brother, how exactly did he withstand the immense pressure of Blowing Fur to Make Soldiers and clear this stage?

Chen Ku, at this moment, was only bathing in the golden light, accepting the rewards for defeating the giant crocodile and ancient Jiao Hou.

[The Diagram Master has killed the ancient Jiao Hou and obtained a Fifth Realm Dragon Qi.]

(This Dragon Qi can transform into a Flood Dragon)

This was the harvest from the Transformation Diagram.

And the rewards from Martial Arts Heaven and Earth also descended at this time.

[You have passed the new Dragon-locking Stone checkpoint and are granted a piece of top-grade famous weaponry (with a selectable style).]

[For setting a new record for the Dragon-locking Stone checkpoint, you are granted a piece of top-grade famous armor (with a selectable style).]

Chen Ku listened to the ancient and profound voice from within the golden light, which also carried a strong sense of appreciation.

He immediately spoke:

"Can I be granted a rod, as heavy as possible for a weapon? The armor can be anything."

It so happened that his Refined Iron Rod was destroyed by Jiao Hou, it was long overdue for an upgrade, the new weapon crafted by Er Lang was still in Er Lang's hands, he currently had nothing suitable.

"As you wish." The voice in the golden light, carrying a light laugh, said: "Then you shall be granted a top-grade famous weapon 'Coiled Dragon Staff,' weighing thirteen thousand five hundred catties, since you can lift the Dragon-locking Stone, it should be manageable for you."

As the words fell, Chen Ku saw in the golden light a rod entwined with two golden dragons, its shaft of black gold, slowly being dragged by an invisible force to his front.

"For armor, you are granted a set of 'Yuan Tuo Silver Armor,' refined from the carapace of a kindred of the giant crocodile."

Looking at the silver cloak floating down from the golden light, Chen Ku couldn't help but smile slightly, if he wore it, wouldn't he look just like the famous Zhao Zilong of Changshan?

"Chen Ku thanks the Martial Temple for bestowing the weapons and armor."

After receiving the set of weapon and armor, he didn't forget to bow towards the golden light with gratitude.

The voice within the golden light, laden with mirth, said:

"You have boundless potential."

Then the voice faded away with the golden light.

"That was Lord Sacrificial Officer Zhao Shenyang of the Martial Temple."

Qin Yuxian explained to Chen Ku, who had emerged from the golden light holding the weapons and armor:

"Your performance was too astonishing, even the main Sacrificial Officer of the Martial Temple, Lord Zhao, was moved and personally came to bestow treasures upon you."

Chen Ku stepped forward, just about to speak.

"Let's talk outside."

As he said this, Qin Yuxian lifted the Dragon-locking Stone once again.

Yet,

As Chen Ku walked out of the Dragon-locking Stone, just about to converse with Qin Yuxian.

Outside by the waterfall pond, many sparrows were chirping noisily...

"The Dragon Horse has appeared... The Dragon Horse has appeared... The Dragon Horse has appeared..."

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