<h4>Chapter 261: Chapter 0261: Battle on the Lake Surface</h4><h4></h4>


    In the middle of Thousand Feet Lake, a t boat halted at the heart of theke, with a young man in his early twenties standing at the bow and a white-haired elderly man standing at the stern.


    Along the water’s edge, a variety of people stood filled to the brim, simultaneously holding their breaths, waiting for that moment of explosive shock!


    Suddenly, Shi Wanwang made his move!


    He stomped down hard with his right foot on the stern, causing the entire wooden boat to tilt backwards, almost plunging vertically into the waters of theke, while he himself shot up into the sky like a cannonball aimed at Chu Ge.


    Chu Ge’s eyes narrowed, and with a light tap of his foot on the deck, the boat settled back onto theke once again. At the same time, his right hand shaped into a fist, swinging towards Shi Wanwang.


    "Boom--"


    A muffled sound echoed; the two figures separated upon contact. Chu Ge stood his ground without moving an inch, while Shi Wanwang was forced back to the rear of the boat.


    "You must have seen the video on the cruise ship a while ago, haven’t you?" Chu Ge looked towards Shi Wanwang and spoke, "That’s right, that person was me. You may be a Master Zhan, but the Inner Strength you wield... is still not enough."


    "Mr. Chu is truly a genius sent from the heavens. Since Mr. Chu has put it that way, how could I, an old man, let you down?" Shi Wanwang let out a long howl as an overwhelming surge of Inner Strength suddenly burst forth from within him.


    "For thirty years, thirty years, this old man has not found a true equal to match my strength in battle. Mr. Chu, be on your guard!"


    Having said this, Shi Wanwang’s entire body was already engulfed in a whirlwind, charging towards Chu Ge.


    Chu Ge, of course, couldn’t just remain on the defensive, and this time he too swung his punch, taking the initiative and rushing towards Shi Wanwang.


    Amid theke, the two figures crisscrossed back and forth, exchanging over a dozen blows in the blink of an eye, with sounds resembling firecrackers, Pi Li Pa La, continuously erupting from the center of theke.


    Meanwhile, around theke, other spectators began to chatter amongst themselves.


    "What do you say, who will win this duel in the end?" The question came from a thin and small man, barely reaching one meter forty, a typical dwarf.


    However, none of the surrounding people dared to belittle him, because this dwarf was a genuine Late Postnatal expert.


    "I think Mr. Chu should win, don’t you think? Mr. Chu is only in his twenties this year and has already reached the Peak of Postnatal. Moreover, he is in the prime of youth, full of vigor and vitality. As long as he does not falter in the initial stages, dragging into theter stages, Elder Shi will certainly not be able to hold on. Although Elder Shi was once of the Innate Realm, after all, he has fallen from that realm, and now he is old and frail, not to mention the injuries he has suffered..."


    At this point, the strong man stopped talking, but his meaning was clear.


    Clearly, his words made sense, with many people around nodding in agreement.


    Yet just at this moment, the previously seated skinny old man on the boat suddenly scoffed, addressing the strong man, "What does a mere young man know?"


    "Oh?" The old man who had earlier offered to lend his boat to Chu Ge obviously did not fear the skinny old man, and asked directly, "Does Elder Yin have any profound insight?"


    The ck and skinny elder called Elder Yin had a flicker of wariness in his eyes as he spoke, "Shi Wanwang has indeed fallen to the Postnatal Realm, but as far as I know, he has a move that can temporarily restore him to the Innate Realm. Though the cost is steep, once unleashed, do you think that young man surnamed Chu stands a chance?"


    With that, Elder Yin concluded with a meaningful tone, "After all, he is merely the strongest below the Innate, not a true Innate Grandmaster!"


    "What, Shi Wanwang can temporarily recover the Innate Realm?"


    A single stone stirs up a thousand waves; this phrase obviously caused a great shock among the onlooking crowd.


    At the center of theke, the battle had escted to a feverish intensity.


    Shi Wanwang’s True Qi within his body was pushed to the limit, its solidity was evenparable to that of someone in the Innate Realm!


    After all, with his thirty years of relentless training, even though he could never be an Innate Grandmaster in this lifetime, if a real Innate Grandmaster were to face him now, they would only be brutally in!


    "Kill!"


    Shi Wanwang let out a roar, his whole body’s aura converged onto his right fist, charging straight towards Chu Ge, the air around him even exploding, creating a series of thunderous booms.


    The surrounding water surface was violently stirred by his aura, splitting aside, and behind Shi Wanwang, a water channel tens of meters wide and several meters deep slowly closed.


    Chu Ge did not dodge or evade, meeting him head-on, their fists collided, theke water exploded, countless droplets containing the remains of fish shattered by the impact scattered in all directions.


    "Indeed formidable!"


    Shi Wanwang let out a muffled grunt, fresh crimson blood oozed from between his fingers, but before it could drip, it was swept away by the Gang Winds generated from the collision of True Qi around them.


    "Again!"


    But Chu Ge did not stop; he withdrew his fist, and in a blink of an eye, the second punch was already thundering towards him.


    Shi Wanwang was startled, but in this moment there was no way to dodge, he could only brace himself and throw a punch to meet the attack.


    Between the two men, fists collided again and again, and beneath the surface of theke, the water erupted uncontrobly, as ifced with a string of underwater explosives, wave after wave rising to the sky, even the silt from the bottom of theke surged up!


    The sounds of effort were constant, the fist winds and True Qi churned at the center of theke, towering Water Walls shot up into the sky, only to disperse in an instant, and even the spectators standing a kilometer away could feel the scorching Gang Winds brushing against their faces.


    "This... this battle between the two of them, has it already transcended the Postnatal level?" A Martial Artist in the Middle Stage of the Postnatal Realm widened his eyes and eximed in astonishment as he looked towards the center of theke.


    He too was in the Postnatal Realm, but he could assure that if he were to be ced between them now, it wouldn’t take long before he’d be torn to pieces!


    Standing by theke, watching the battle were not only Martial Artists, but also people from various major families.


    Mr. Ouyang and Mr. Sima exchanged nces, both seeing the shock in each other’s eyes.


    Even though they had previously witnessed the fight between Chu Ge and Gui Futu on the cruise ship, that battle was of such a high level that they couldn’t discern much before it ended with Jian Chunqiu’s intervention.


    But now, the clear-cut duel between Chu Ge and Shi Wanwang thoroughly schooled both of them.


    Theke water burst into the air, the imprints of fists crossed, the sound of booming was unceasing, it was as if not two people, but two godlike demons were battling at the center of theke!


    Next to Xiahou Longhu, Xiahou Wudao’s eyes were wide open as he watched the center of theke, even trembling slightly with excitement.


    "Is this what a Martial Artist is? Is this the power of a Martial Artist? If... if I could also have this near god-demon-like power, all those so-called family intrigues, and the maniptions around the struggle for the position of Family Head, they would be nothing but an utter joke in my eyes!"


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