The entire mountain and its surroundings were deathly silent when Zhou Yuan's calm voice echoed in the area. There was a somewhat sluggish expression on the faces of every disciple as they stared at the b.l.o.o.d.y body of Feng Yu, whom had been embedded in the side of a cliff. The only thing in their heads was a soft buzzing noise, clearly unable to return to their senses for a time...

　　Feng Yu… had been unable to take even a single punch from Zhou Yuan, and ended up being instantly defeated?!

　　Numerous disciples opened and closed their mouths, but were unable to speak even a single word...

　　No one had expected such a scene to appear.

　　They had previously believed Zhou Yuan's brain had already been scrambled by fear, hence why he no longer dared to challenge Wei Youxuan, but instead chose a weaker opponent in hopes of surviving a little longer, and earn back a tiny bit of the face they had lost.

　　No one had expected the young man, whom they had all neglected, to so swiftly defeat Feng Yu, who was considered an elite amongst the fifth layer Alpha-Origin, in a single punch.

　　A disciple's hoa.r.s.ely mumbled, "How can this be…"

　　"How!"

　　A sharp cry exploded in one of the stone pavilions. One could only watch a stupefied Lu Xuanyin staring at the stone stage, her pretty face twisting somewhat.

　　She had been waiting to see Zhou Yuan's miserable figure as he was beaten into the ground, but everything had fallen apart due to his sudden explosion of power, shocking her substantially. She was even beginning to suspect if Feng Yu had been bribed. If not, how could anyone possibly explain how he had been so easily defeated by a single punch?

　　One must know that he was an expert of the fifth layer Alpha-Origin, while Zhou Yuan was merely at the third layer!

　　There was a gap of two whole layers between the two. How could that difference in Genesis Qi possibly be filled?

　　Had Zhou Yuan really grown so strong in a short month? After all, even Lu Xuanyin herself did not have the confidence to defeat Feng Yu in a single punch.

　　Beside Lu Xuanyin, Xu Yan's narrowed slightly as he slowly said, "It seems that everyone has underestimated him."

　　"His Genesis Qi is extremely robust and strong, and far surpa.s.ses an ordinary fifth layer. He's not simple at all. To have such Genesis Qi at the third layer Alpha-Origin, his foundations must be crazily solid."

　　Xu Yan was a purple sash disciple after all, and thus had better insight than Lu Xuanyin. After the instantaneous explosion of power Zhou Yuan had displayed earlier, Xu Yan had managed to gauge that the latter's Genesis Qi was not something a third layer Alpha-Origin disciples should possess.

　　Several fortunate encounters were definitely needed to achieve this at the third layer.

　　In the stone pavilion, Lu Hong's expression darkened slightly, fury flas.h.i.+ng deep within his eyes as they locked onto Zhou Yuan like an eagle. The former had originally planned on stomping all over Shen Taiyuan's faction today, but as it was about to succeed, Zhou Yuan had swooped in and made a mess.

　　Zhou Yuan's thunder like strike also made the mouths of Shen Taiyuan's disciples hang wide open. They looked to each other, and then rubbed their eyes, a little unable to believe what had just happened.