Slowly wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, Luo Lingtian glanced at the two deep trails beneath his feet.
These had been scraped into the ground when he forcibly unloaded the impact—each stretching several zhang in length.
Not only that, even the bluestone floor he was standing on was now riddled with cracks from the overwhelming force.
Looking up at Chu Ge, who stood in midair with his arms crossed, gazing down at him, Luo Lingtian clenched his fists.
"Senior Brother Chu can actually fly through the air?! He's only at the Third Heaven Realm!"
"Hahaha! So what if Luo Lingtian is at the peak of the Fourth Heaven? Isn't he still being suppressed by Senior Brother Chu?!"
"Members of the Luo family?! Say something!"
Exclamations rang out one after another.
Meanwhile, the Luo family disciples were all pale with shock, their eyes wide with disbelief, falling into dead silence.
In the arena, however, Luo Lingtian paid no attention to the surrounding discussion. He slowly rose to his feet.
"Brother Chu's close-combat skills are truly formidable."
Chu Ge's expression remained unchanged upon hearing this.
In truth, he had never trained in close-quarters combat at all.
The reason he could suppress Luo Lingtian was entirely due to the Myriad Laws Sacred Body and the Myriad Laws Derivation Mirror still operating within him.
With the combined effects of these two, whenever Chu Ge blocked Luo Lingtian's attacks, it was as if he had activated an automatic defense.
Every single offensive move from Luo Lingtian was predicted in advance by the Derivation Mirror and the Sacred Body, allowing Chu Ge to block them as if by instinct.
As for Chu Ge's own attacks, they were like precision locks snapping shut—
each strike landed at the perfect moment, always targeting Luo Lingtian's weak points, leaving him unable to defend effectively and forced into a purely passive position, taking blow after blow.
With both effects working together, suppressing Luo Lingtian was as effortless for Chu Ge as eating or drinking.
If he truly wished, Luo Lingtian wouldn't even last a few breaths.
The earlier scene of apparent equality had only been Chu Ge testing and familiarizing himself with the feeling of the combined power of his physique and the Derivation Mirror.
Once he felt it was enough, he shattered that so-called balance with a single decisive blow.
"Your physical body is trained quite well—just the right level of toughness. You make a pretty good practice dummy. I had a great time hitting you."
Chu Ge chuckled lightly, the curve of his lips filled with unmistakable mockery.
Luo Lingtian's brows knitted tightly as fury surged within his chest.
To be utterly crushed by Chu Ge in close combat before so many eyes was something the ever-proud Luo Lingtian found extremely difficult to accept.
Not to mention that Chu Ge's words were especially grating at this moment—nothing short of pouring oil onto the fire.
"Hmph, close-quarters combat is but a minor path. We cultivators must settle matters with spiritual techniques."
Though anger burned in his heart, it did not disturb Luo Lingtian's state of mind. Instead, it only caused his battle intent to surge even higher, strengthening his desire to defeat Chu Ge.
Seeing Luo Lingtian's fighting spirit fully ignited, Chu Ge couldn't help but curl his lips in mild disdain.
Sure enough, even among so-called Sons of Fortune, one could not generalize.
As for what kind of person Luo Lingtian truly was, Chu Ge had no intention of commenting—but in terms of mindset and character alone, he completely crushed Ye Chen, another Son of Fortune.
The two were simply not on the same level.
If Ye Chen was a newly hatched fledgling, then Luo Lingtian was undoubtedly a young eagle capable of soaring across the skies—its wings not yet fully grown, yet already able to spread them and fly.
To break the wings of such a being was far from simple.
A little setback or blow was utterly insufficient to shake his will.
Spiritual energy began to erupt.
Unlike before, when it had been restrained within his body, at this moment Luo Lingtian fully unleashed his vast cultivation base before everyone's eyes!
Spiritual force swept across the arena, and in an instant, flying sand and shattered stones filled the air!