Mu Jinyu actually hadn't said whether he would accept Chi Yanyu's challenge.

Yet, seeing them make the decision after just a few words, he felt quite frustrated.

However, it might be good to give it a try.

He was really puzzled as to why that combat puppet was so fragile, exploding with just a hit from him.

Could it really be because his strength had increased so much?

Since Chi Yanyu's cultivation was just at the peak of the Life and Death Realm, he wasn't that afraid, so he decided to fight a round.

At worst, he would just take out the Corpse-Wrapping Cloth and the Riot-Quelling Sword, to see which of them would suffer more.

However, Mu Jinyu still decided to cover his bases in advance, and asked, "Institute Head, is the combat evaluation with you only assessing the punch I used to destroy the combat puppet, or can I use all techniques in the duel?"

Upon hearing Mu Jinyu's words, Chi Yanyu glanced at him, her eyes full of disdain and contempt.

She thought, "You're just a little guy at the Fifth Layer of the Void Breaking Realm, and you actually dare to consider dueling with me?"

Truly, he doesn't take me seriously at all!

"Anything goes, if you want to duel with me, go ahead. But I strike hard, and if you really choose to fight me, you'll be in for some pain!" Chi Yanyu said dismissively.

"Alright then." Mu Jinyu nodded, and shyly said, "Then I won't duel you. But since you're going to assess the power of that punch, to see if it's reached the peak of the Life and Death Realm, you shouldn't dodge like that combat puppet did, right?"

Hearing Mu Jinyu's words, Chi Yanyu wanted to immediately deny it.

She didn't want to be a punching bag, letting Mu Jinyu attack her as he wished.

However, just like when Mu Jinyu fought the combat puppet, it seemed that was indeed the case.

The combat puppet malfunctioned, its momentum faltering, and though Mu Jinyu seemed like he wanted to flee, he ultimately stayed and delivered the punch that exploded the puppet.

So, if she wanted to evaluate the power of Mu Jinyu's punch to see if it had really reached the peak of the Life and Death Realm, she wouldn't be able to evade, she could only stand there and passively let Mu Jinyu attack her.

Thinking this, Chi Yanyu was really frustrated!

She had eagerly come to assess Mu Jinyu's strength, but it seemed she couldn't seize the opportunity to teach him a lesson. Instead, he would get a free shot at her as his punching bag.

No matter how you looked at it, it was a raw deal!

"Institute Head, get ready, I'm coming!"

Mu Jinyu didn't care how Chi Yanyu felt. After giving her a gentle reminder, he immediately activated the Blood Dragon and Bone Dragon, performing the Life and Death Twin Dragon Fist.

"Boom!!"

Red and white light swirled around Mu Jinyu's fists, merging into a majestic Divine Dragon, radiating an imposing and fearsome presence, before charging towards Chi Yanyu.

"Clang!!"

Of course, Chi Yanyu wasn't foolish enough to stand still and do nothing while letting Mu Jinyu attack her.

Upon seeing Mu Jinyu unleash the Life and Death Twin Dragon Fist, although she didn't think the punch would harm her, she still took out her life-bound magic treasure, a Heart Protecting Mirror.

The brilliant divine light enveloped her entire body, shielding her from harm.

With this, if Mu Jinyu couldn't even shake her, then his earlier claims would be moot, and he'd have to pay a massive amount of academic credits to compensate Dongyue Mansion for the loss of the combat puppet!

"Boom!!"

However, just as Chi Yanyu finished her preparations, Mu Jinyu's dragon charged forward, smashing into the radiant Heart Protecting Mirror in front of her.

"Crack..."

The mirror's divine light shattered under the dragon's assault, with fine cracks appearing on the mirror's surface.

It looked devastating!

"Pfft!!"

And then, unable to endure the backlash from her damaged life-bound magic treasure, Chi Yanyu spat out a mouthful of blood!

"Clang!!"

At this moment, the dragon seemed to possess a spiritual wisdom of its own, fiercely sweeping its tail to send the Heart Protecting Mirror flying away from Chi Yanyu!

Then with a "boom," it crashed directly into Chi Yanyu.

"Bang!!"

Chi Yanyu was knocked away on the spot!

Even the institute head's attire she wore was shredded in many places, exposing large areas of pale skin.

"Huh?!"

Wang Yeqing, seeing this, was momentarily stunned.

Unexpectedly, even someone like Chi Yanyu, an institute head, was knocked away with a single move by Mu Jinyu, sustaining significant injuries!

It was simply unbelievable.

Especially since Chi Yanyu wasn't doing nothing—she defended herself with a Creation Divine Weapon, yet Mu Jinyu's strike still left cracks on it, causing her to suffer a backlash!

With this perspective, was it possible that Mu Jinyu's punch truly possessed the power of the Creation Realm?

Wang Yeqing felt it was amazingly hard to believe.

But after a brief moment of bewilderment, he quickly responded, waving his hand to release a white ribbon that wrapped around Chi Yanyu, transforming into clothing, covering up the previously exposed view caused by her torn attire!

"Mm-hmm!!"

Though Wang Yeqing managed to save Chi Yanyu in time, she was still gravely injured, continuing to vomit large amounts of blood before rolling her eyes and passing out!

Seeing this, Wang Yeqing felt a sense of helplessness, but he promptly took out healing pills and had her consume them to facilitate her recovery.

Mu Jinyu, observing Chi Yanyu's sorry condition, was also somewhat surprised.

He hadn't expected Chi Yanyu would be so vulnerable.

Initially, he had even prepared for the scenario where the punch wouldn't be enough against Chi Yanyu, and if she started to retaliate, he'd use the Riot-Quelling Sword to show her a thing or two about prowess and brutality.

Yet, another single punch had rendered Chi Yanyu half-dead, just like the way he recently blew up that combat puppet.

Mu Jinyu wondered if, without the Heart Protecting Mirror, Chi Yanyu would have died instantly.

He felt this was quite a likely possibility!

At this moment, Mu Jinyu remembered the Blood-colored Dragon-slaying Sword he recently used.

Back then, its power, due to his purer bloodline concentration, far exceeded that of the White Dragon Sword Dragon Slash!

Could this be why the originally strong Life and Death Twin Dragon Fist had now surpassed everyone's expectations?

"You little rascal, you really are... sigh..."

Just as Mu Jinyu was musing over his power, Wang Yeqing, having stabilized Chi Yanyu's condition, stood beside Mu Jinyu with a sigh of helplessness.

He genuinely didn't know what to say to Mu Jinyu.

He had just blown up a combat puppet.

And now he nearly rendered an institute head half-dead!

How truly invincible.

Seeing Wang Yeqing approach, Mu Jinyu snapped back to reality, quickly asking, "Lord of the Wang Residence, you saw it too, right? I didn't do it on purpose. I don't even know why I've become this strong, but honestly, I didn't intend to destroy the combat puppet, so can the academy not make me pay academic credits?"

Hearing Mu Jinyu's words, Wang Yeqing was at a loss for words.

Goodness gracious!

You just dealt Chi Yanyu such a blow, yet you didn't even mention her?

You're solely concerned about whether you'll need to compensate for the combat puppet's loss.

Seemingly, in your eyes, that combat puppet is far more valuable than Chi Yanyu?