My Martial Arts Level Never Drops

Chapter 331: Chapter 166: Fault

He shook his head at the thought.

Every single spectator had now noticed Qin Fang—the only person still moving on the field. This included the crowd gathered beneath the Inner Sect City, people who were clearly either rich or noble.

”A Nineteen... That spot used to belong to the one from the Shen Family... This Qin Fang, he’s the one who caused that commotion at the Post House a while ago, isn’t he?”

”Yes. The one Tributor Yun personally appointed to stay at the Post House...”

As they spoke, they subconsciously glanced toward several people nearby.

”He’s the one who embarrassed our clan’s young master?”

”The fool. Daring to show off his petty cleverness on an occasion like this.”

They watched with cold detachment, some even sneering.

These people were from none other than the Shen, Xue, and Fu Families...

Of course, they had known about Qin Fang for a long time.

...These Divine Families placed great importance on the opportunity represented by the twelve seats, so naturally, they had learned of the incident at the Post House almost immediately.

However, Qin Fang rarely left the Post House after that. To avoid losing sight of the bigger picture over a minor grudge, they had ultimately taken no further action against him.

...But the seeds of their grudge had long since been planted.

Under their cold gazes, Qin Fang effortlessly surpassed Liu Rushi.

And this commotion naturally startled the few others who were using their Qi Force to regulate their breathing.

Xue Yi instinctively turned his head. He was momentarily stunned to see Qin Fang approaching, then his brow furrowed deeply...

...’He hadn’t really paid much attention to Qin Fang until now, too focused on pushing himself to his limit.’

Watching Qin Fang effortlessly pass him, his eyelid twitched...

...’As expected of the man who defeated me in two moves. It’s no wonder he’s this capable.’

Fu Chen, Han Wang, and the others all turned their gazes toward him. Upon seeing Qin Fang, their eyes flickered with curiosity.

’He defeated one of us in two moves. Just how far can this Qin Fang go?’

TAP. TAP. TAP.

Qin Fang advanced step by step, his pace neither hurried nor slow. He shouldered the massive stone, yet his posture was relaxed and his gait was measured. He showed absolutely no signs of reaching his limit.

Liu Rushi, Xue Yi, and the others had been watching with cold detachment. But when Qin Fang reached the one-hundred-and-twenty-meter mark with no change in his expression, they were first stunned, and then, a look of astonishment gradually crept into their eyes...

’Wait, he’s at one hundred and twenty meters! That’s thirteen thousand catties!’

’How... how has his expression not changed in the slightest?’

The sound of footsteps finally alerted Duan Ling and the others at the head of the line. They instinctively turned, their faces filled with bewilderment...

...’There’s someone else?’

Duan Ling stared blankly for a moment, then frowned as he focused his gaze.

...’Is that... him?’

Qin Fang.

He certainly knew the name. After all, the ruckus Qin Fang had caused with those ’laggards’ a while back had been so widely discussed it was impossible not to have heard of him.

But he’d never paid him any mind.

Nor had they ever had any dealings.

’And now?’

When Qin Fang effortlessly reached the one-hundred-and-twenty-three-meter mark, his pace still unhurried and the boulder on his shoulders not swaying in the slightest, Duan Ling’s pupils began to contract.

Qu Yuan, Tang Xiao, Xu Nianzhen, and the others he had surpassed were all stunned, their eyes instinctively fixed on Qin Fang.

In the blink of an eye...

He passed the one-hundred-and-twenty-seven-meter mark!

And Qin Fang looked as if he felt no pressure at all, the great stone on his shoulder as steady as ever!

With that, he had surpassed Duan Ling!

Duan Ling’s pupils trembled violently. He stared fixedly at Qin Fang, his heart flooded with utter disbelief...

...’This distance... this is my absolute limit. I can hardly take another step!’

’But this Qin Fang... he actually...’

He watched in disbelief as Qin Fang’s steady gait carried him past the one-hundred-and-thirty-meter mark!

The moment he crossed the one-hundred-and-thirty-meter mark, nearly every eye in the entire arena converged on him.

”He... he surpassed Duan Ling!”

”Young Master Qin is actually that strong?!”

”He was hiding his strength?!”

The people from D Building stared with wide eyes.

Qian Ruhai’s pupils constricted, his expression a mask of pure astonishment.

Those in expensive attire beneath the Inner City were all stunned, looking at one another in dismay.

This included the members of the Shen, Han, and Liu Families. They traded glances, each seeing the same shock in the others’ eyes.

But Qin Fang didn’t stop!

One hundred thirty, one hundred forty, one hundred fifty, one hundred sixty...

He advanced step by step.

Everyone present was completely dumbfounded.

Duan Ling, Qu Yuan, Tang Xiao, and the others all gasped.

Liu Rushi, Fu Chen, Xue Yi, and Shen Han, who was in the crowd, all wore expressions of bewilderment and disbelief!

On the vast, thousand-meter-long, empty plaza, only Qin Fang walked on, his steps measured and calm, advancing with ease under the weight of countless shocked stares.

”The True Essence Realm... He... he must have broken through to the True Essence Realm!”

Xue Yi’s whisper jolted Liu Rushi and the others back to reality, and they all stared at Qin Fang, utterly dumbfounded.

It was unbelievable, and they refused to believe it.

...’The person they had initially viewed as just a threat... was actually in the True Essence Realm?’

”Impossible!” Liu Rushi cried in disbelief. ”If he’s in the True Essence Realm, there’s no way we could have withstood a single one of his moves during the challenge that day!”

...The True Essence Realm completely surpasses the Peak of the Mortal Realm. In terms of speed, power, and everything else, the superiority is absolute and crushing.

A Huajin Martial Artist has absolutely no chance of contending with someone truly in the True Essence Realm!

”Could it be... he used a Secret Medicine?”

A possibility suddenly struck Liu Rushi.

The thought sent a jolt through the others, who then realized it was highly possible.

...Secret Medicine. Their own Maids had all used Secret Medicine to barely achieve True Essence. That kind of breakthrough was meaningless.

It shortened one’s lifespan and completely exhausted all potential!

”It... it has to be a Secret Medicine!” Fu Chen snarled through gritted teeth.

”What an idiot. Using a Secret Medicine to achieve True Essence... Does he really think he can fool the higher-ups of the Heavenly Gang Wuji Sect? A person like that won’t even make it into the Outer Sect!”