
Chapter 75: 75
In that last exchange, Roy had not expected John to punch with his fist. None of the juniors of the five powers had body cultivation, so none of them were used to fight body cultivators. If an essence cultivator punched out like that, then it barely had any strength and was not worth blocking. However, if an essence cultivator used a powerful technique in their fist to punch with it, the Qi fluctuation would expose the technique early enough for Roy to notice it and run backwards.
That was what made the body cultivators terrifying to fight against. Although their attacks were simple and straightforward, they were also extremely fast and powerful.
The audience fell silent for a moment before exploding into heated applause and discussion.
“What just happened? How did that Fenix boy explode with such great power”
“I don't know, but does the boy only use body cultivation?”
“Yeah, he also used that essence attack earlier. Did he really cultivate both?”
“Do you think his clan will let him do such a stupid thing?”
“Then how do you explain what just happened? Obviously he used a body and essence attack there, and it seemed like his strength was also not hindered by it at all.”
“Well, it can't be as we all know. Something strange is going on here.”
Many similar discussions took place in the stands. No one could understand what had just happened.
“Barden, what happened here?” Cade could not help but ask. He did not know what made this situation. Although John's victory was incredible news, even he had no idea how John unleashed such power in the middle Fog Creation realm.
The new barden would respond when a loud shout echoed.
“I know something suspicious is going on. That boy must have cheated. What exactly happened here, Fenix Clan?” Warren Gildar also could not understand it, and was convinced that John was indeed cheating. He was able to tell that John had exploded with greater strength both in essence and body than a dual cultivator could, he said, and the only thing he thought about was that John used some sort of powerful artifact or treasure to increase his strength.
“Shut your mouth, old fool” Barden Fenix snapped back at Warren. Insulting his son like that had sparked his anger.
“What did you say?” Warren Gildar had twice been disrespected by Barden now, and felt like killing him more than anything now.
Waylon Varis jumped onto John's battle platform and summoned the Fenix Clan. “This situation is quite strange. Will you explain what happened?”
Cade Fenix did not know how to respond, but before he could say anything, Barden stood up and walked to the arena where John was standing.
“Thanks dad.”
Barden stood beside John and turned to speak to the audience in the stands.
“I'm sure you can all say that my son used his body in that fight along with his Qi essence, and to a higher level than a dual cultivator could. And you're right, he did use essence attacks and powerful body attacks, but he didn't use treasures to achieve this, and he didn't follow the path of body cultivation either. ”
“What the hell are you talking about. Isn't what you said impossible?” Warren Gildar rebuked loudly, while the crowd nodded their heads in agreement. Everyone knew that if one trained the body and essence, their attacks would be weaker than focusing on one, but without cultivating the body, how could John explain the attacks he used in the fight.
Barden smiled and shook his head before turning to John. “There will be some strong sense of divinity that scans you immediately, but hold it for a while.”
John nodded and assured his father that it was fine.
When a cultivator at a much higher level used their heavenly sense to examine someone at a lower level, a lower level cultivator would feel a kind of pressure weighing down on them. The greater the gap in cultivation, the greater this pressure. The pressure is not from physical strength, but is felt by the mind and soul. A person with a weak soul and weak will would not be able to bear the heavenly senses of powerful experts, and would become stiff-hearted, or even fall unconscious. In the worst case, there were stories of cultivators going crazy or stupid because of the divine sense that flooded their minds and souls. John would bear the inspection of the heavenly senses of the Core Formation experts, and quite a number of them, which was why Barden warned him.
“Why don't you guys help yourself and use your heavenly wits to examine John.”'s body Barden suggested to the crowd. It was the only way to silence doubters forever. While many had scanned John before, none of the Core Formation experts had one, otherwise, they would have been aware of his unique body situation.
John immediately felt dozens of heavenly senses pass through his body and soul. Although there was a slight pressure on him, it was not enough to make John flinch, let alone worse.
‘Compared to the sacred gate and the sinister gate, the pressure from this sense of divinity is insignificant. Especially the sinister gate, these senses were like ants compared to the heavenly dragon. Although the amount of pressure emanating from the creepy gate was not very high, its quality and depth far surpassed anything I had ever experienced. This heavenly sense was far from what was capable of making me feel uneasy. ‘
John can soon see the benefits of holding his wish in front of a sinister gate, and vows to continue doing so in the future. Not only that, but his strengthened soul from cultivating in front of the holy gate helped him restrain these powerful senses as well.
Barden thought John would feel unwell and be ready to use his own heavenly sense to help ease some of the burden on John, but was very surprised to find that John did not even budge, moreover, it looks unhealthy at all.
After a few seconds of careful examination, many Core Formation elders in the crowd took a deep breath.
“This is?”
“No, not possible. But not wrong again.”
Many elders began to talk amongst themselves about their findings.
A wide smile appeared on Barden's face as he once again spoke to the crowd. “That's right, your heavenly senses are not toying with anyone of you. The reason John was able to fight with body strength comparable to a body cultivator was because ... he had the Innate Variant Body.”