Refusing to accept it, Tang Yan drew in a deep breath and unfolded Phantom Step, preparing to test things on one Bronze Man.

"Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!"

He closed in on his target in an instant, and the fifth punch of Thousand Mountains Fist smashed fiercely toward the Bronze Man.

"Thud, thud!"

Two muffled sounds rang out. The Bronze Man's body retreated two steps, yet it was not truly affected.

The remaining seven Bronze Men swung their bronze staffs at Tang Yan at the same time.

Sensing that crushing momentum, Tang Yan was startled inwardly and swiftly retreated. But this group of Bronze Men was not slow, and their coordination was seamless. Even though Tang Yan did all he could to dodge, one bronze staff still swept across his robes and tore away a corner of his garment.

Tang Yan's brows drew tightly together.

The Bronze Men's strength was likely at Black Rank First Grade. Though they were somewhat weaker than him, there was one thing that could not be ignored: the Bronze Men felt no pain!

No matter what moves he used, they would not dodge. They would only attack blindly. The eight Bronze Men worked together without the slightest gap.

United wills form a fortress. When a group coordinated so perfectly, the strength they displayed was no longer as simple as one and one making two.

Tang Yan's gaze was like lightning as it swept across the eight Bronze Men. Their bodies were nearly indestructible. If he continued fighting them head-on, he would certainly be worn to death.

All at once, Tang Yan's heart stirred.

No gold is pure and no person is perfect. Since he himself had strengths and weaknesses, these Bronze Men had to be the same!

Then what he needed to do next was find the weak points of these eight Bronze Men, then destroy them one by one.

Having made up his mind, Tang Yan looked at the Bronze Men already closing in on him without the slightest fear. Phantom Step unfolded, and his body turned into a wisp of pale smoke as his fist struck toward one Bronze Man.

"Bang!"

His punch landed on the Bronze Man's left eye.

After succeeding with the blow, Tang Yan did not linger. His body shifted sideways, leaving his original position at once.

The Bronze Man he had struck merely jerked its head back slightly. The bronze staff in its hand did not pause at all, sweeping fiercely toward the spot where Tang Yan had just been standing.

The left eye was not the Bronze Man's weakness!

Fortunately, the Bronze Men were not real people. Though their movement and striking speed were not slow, their instinctive reactions were still somewhat sluggish. That gave Tang Yan enough time to test them.

Tang Yan swiftly moved before another Bronze Man. Before it could react, his fist smashed toward its right eye.

"Bang!"

With that punch, the Bronze Man's head tilted back, but it still suffered no real effect. The remaining seven Bronze Men swung fourteen bronze staffs toward him.

Tang Yan was much wiser this time. After each punch, he held back a portion of his strength. Phantom Step did not pause in the slightest, allowing him to dodge the many bronze staffs from an exceedingly tricky angle.

The right eye was not a weakness.

As an outstanding Alchemist, what Tang Yan lacked least was patience.

After avoiding the attacks of the seven Bronze Men, Tang Yan charged forward again, his fist blasting toward one Bronze Man's nose.

"Bang!"

The Bronze Man paused for an instant, but still was not affected.

The nose was not a weakness.

The mouth was not a weakness.

The throat was not a weakness.

The pit of the chest was not a weakness...

Tang Yan tested them one by one with great patience. Even after failing again and again, every probing strike he made remained as calm and composed as the first.

Lower abdomen, left ribs, armpit, navel, leg bones... After testing the Bronze Men from top to bottom, Tang Yan looked at the Bronze Men still charging toward him with Killing Intent, and a trace of doubt appeared in his eyes.

Could these Bronze Men have no weakness?

I've struck them from top to bottom, yet these eight Bronze Men are still acting as though nothing happened. Could they truly be unbreakable?

Wait. From top to bottom?

Tang Yan's gaze sharpened and fell upon the tops of the Bronze Men's heads and the soles of their feet.

Although he had probed the Bronze Men all over, these two places seemed to be the only ones he had yet to touch. Could the weak point be there?

And these two places were also the hardest to reach.

Taking a deep breath, Tang Yan decided to try.

His body turned into a bolt of lightning. Lowering himself, he rapidly struck toward one Bronze Man's knee.

After this blow, Tang Yan did not flee directly as he had before. Instead, he paused in place for an instant.

When he saw the remaining seven Bronze Men all brandishing their bronze staffs toward him, Tang Yan finally moved.

His body leaped high into the air. His right arm suddenly drew back, then his elbow smashed down onto the crown of one Bronze Man's head.

"Pa!"

A strange sound rang out. From the corner of his eye, Tang Yan saw the red light in that Bronze Man's eyes dim, then gradually go out. It stood rigidly in place and no longer moved.

Success!

A trace of joy flashed through Tang Yan's eyes.

With his heart settled, he followed the same method and once more feinted in one direction while striking in another. Within a few breaths, another three Bronze Men were destroyed by Tang Yan.

"Bang!"

Only when the red light in the last Bronze Man's eyes vanished did Tang Yan let out a heavy breath.

Although this battle had lasted only an Incense stick of time, throughout that Incense stick of time, Tang Yan had nearly been fighting at his utmost without pause.

After regulating his breathing for a while, Tang Yan lifted his foot and walked toward the fifth floor.

When he finished looking over the layout of the fifth floor, Tang Yan suddenly grinned.

For him, the difficulty of this fifth floor seemed to be a little simpler than the fourth floor.

A straight bronze path connected this side to the opposite shore. The bronze path was roughly one meter wide, and water surrounded it on all sides.

On both sides of the bronze path stood a row of Bronze Men.

The Bronze Men held all manner of weapons in their hands: sabers, spears, swords, hammers, and more.

In the middle of the bronze path, there were also obstacles every so often, some large and some small.

If Tang Yan's guess was correct, this path tested one's fighting ability. It placed extremely harsh demands on reaction speed and combat skill.

With such a bronze path ahead, it would likely be very difficult for anyone to break through. No wonder Su Wei had been sent out after only a single exchange earlier.

Taking a deep breath, Tang Yan walked toward that bronze path.

"Swish, swish, swish!"

The Bronze Men on both sides attacked instantly. Three longswords came at him with thrust, cleave, and slash, striking swiftly toward his body.

Tang Yan did not panic. Combat Heart began to work at once.

The three longswords carried sharp sword Force and astonishing momentum. But in Tang Yan's eyes, they were full of openings.

His fist smashed heavily against the blade of the Bronze Man on the right, and the longsword immediately tilted aside. Tang Yan did not linger and slipped through the gap in this line of defense.

"Swish, swish, swish, swish!"

A hammer, a longsword, and a heavy saber came at him once more from three directions, sealing off his paths of retreat above, left, and right.

An even more insidious strike came from a long spear that stabbed out abruptly from within the bronze path itself.

Unfortunately, for Tang Yan, this was still too easy. He turned his body sideways and slid forward along an S-shaped path, dodging it with great ease.

"Whoosh!"

As he reached a stone obstacle, a black shadow struck.

A small, thin Bronze Man had actually been hiding behind the stone in ambush. The moment Tang Yan appeared, a dagger swiftly slashed toward Tang Yan's waist.

The Force around Tang Yan surged. The Vortex Dantian within him spun rapidly, and vast, majestic True Qi gathered toward his arm. His fist smashed fiercely toward the Bronze Man's right arm.

Under Tang Yan's domineering blow, the Bronze Man's arm was knocked askew. Tang Yan no longer held back and charged forward again...

Tang Yan, who had grasped Combat Heart, moved freely through this dangerous Heaven-and-earth net like a fish in water.

By the time he reached the end, not even the corner of his robe had been touched.