"How is that possible? How can he be unaffected?"
His Sun-shattering·Heavenly Cutting Arrow should be capable of severing bluestone.
Suddenly, he thought of a possibility and exclaimed,
"You’ve actually cultivated the Copper Buddha Arhat Body?"
And it must not have been recently.
Otherwise, it would not have withstood his Flying Sky Pointing Finger!
"Brother Ye, you have a discerning eye!"
Amidst laughter, Lu Chenzhou reached out sideways with his Tiger Claw, unleashing Inch Force towards Ye Chen’s abdomen. The Dark Force concentrated in his hand collided with Ye Chen’s blocking hand. Retracting his hand, Ye Chen found five distinct red scratch marks on his arm, as if clawed by a tiger.
"Excellent! Such impressive Hard Qigong!"
Ye Chen was not alarmed but overjoyed, instead, his fighting spirit ignited.
In their first exchange, neither gained an advantage. Lu Chenzhou knew that without his Arhat Skill, his Eighth Rank cultivation truly would be no match for Ye Chen.
This man’s Yong Chun is too well practiced.
Ye Xiao is simply no comparison.
Ye Chen took a deep breath, his arm muscles tensed. Although he didn’t possess Hard Qigong, he knew how to increase his resistance to hits in a short time. In the current situation, he had to be swift and decisive. If he got into a drawn-out battle with his opponent, he would undoubtedly lose.
He lunged forward, pressing down on Lu Chenzhou’s Black Tiger Straight Punch. His right arm rolled over Lu’s right fist and moved upward as if glued together, coming to the throat area. His four fingers came together, forming a blade-edge, with a faint white jade glow flickering, piercing through Heavenly Heart.
His Sun-shattering Finger was not merely at Small Success, but was approaching Great Success!
"Sun-shattering·Heavenly Cutting Arrow!"
Lu Chenzhou leaned back and dodged the killing move by a hair’s breadth. Seeing this, Ye Chen’s arms turned into long whips, his fingers like spear points, delivering a fierce Chain Whip Fist onslaught.
His attack was so swift and fierce that initially, Lu Chenzhou was entirely at a disadvantage. However, like a resilient doll that doesn’t fall over, Chenzhou always managed to turn danger into safety at critical moments, causing the audience to gasp and then relax repeatedly, even the host was numbed by the spectacle.
"What an exciting duel, they’ve exchanged several hundred moves already."
"I originally thought Ye Chen would easily win, but now it looks evenly matched."
"This Lu Chenzhou’s got something special."
"But he’s always passive; sooner or later, Ye Chen will find an opening and defeat him."
Some martial artists at the scene were also amazed, Lu Chenzhou’s Qi-Blood was clearly weaker than Ye Chen’s, yet he had managed to hold on until now, which was no easy feat.
Even if he loses, it would be an honorable defeat.
"Wait... something’s not right."
A martial artist noticed that at some point, the tide had turned!
Beneath Lu Chenzhou’s bloody arms and tattered training clothes, a bronze glow sparkled in the sunlight. As he exchanged blow for blow, he weathered Ye Chen’s "Sun-shattering·Earth Split" and found the chance to grab his wrist with one hand while his knee surged upward. Ye Chen used his legs to block, but fell for Chenzhou’s ploy, and the previously concealed Tiger Evil Roar suddenly exploded, the Tiger Roar echoing between heaven and earth!
Lu Chenzhou’s knee jerk was a feint as he swiftly crouched down, unleashing a sweeping kick that caught Ye Chen off guard. Lu Chenzhou’s Tiger Form Heart Stealing hit Ye Chen squarely in the chest. With a ripping sound, Ye Chen’s training clothes tore open, revealing claw marks on his chest.
Enduring the acute pain, Ye Chen used his arms to intercept Lu Chenzhou’s Black Tiger Rending Claw, but found his punch feeble and floating, like a Swallow skimming the earth, silent and deceptive.
Lu Chenzhou reached his right claw out from under his left arm again.
The Swallow cried sharply, ascending to the heavens, and transformed into a soaring Fierce Tiger in the clouds!
The majestic and powerful Tiger Roar sounded for the second time.
This is what’s called the Tiger Swallow Sky Cannon!
Lu Chenzhou had an epiphany while sparring with Ji Feiyan the day before.
So, he borrowed a little idea and melded it into his own fist moves.
This punch, seemingly light, actually carried the force of a thousand jun, struck Ye Chen on the jaw, momentarily dazing him as if struck by thunderclap, buzzing continuously.
If he had not practiced Iron Head Skill, the head would be the most vulnerable spot for a martial artist in the early stage, hence guarding the head is always paramount. But Ye Chen was deceived by Lu Chenzhou’s Tiger Swallow Dual Forms, mistaking the intercepting technique for Tiger Form when he should have blocked Swallow Form. After being toyed with repeatedly, he briefly lost his judgment, creating an opportunity for Lu Chenzhou’s killing move.
This is the meaning behind the Tiger Swallow Dual Forms!
Intermingling reality and feint, who can distinguish whether I am Tiger or Swallow?
Once suppressed for a hundred moves, Lu Chenzhou counterattacked with a Thunderclap method, following the sky-piercing jaw strike with continuous Black Tiger Charging Punches, Dark Force bursting forth, the cracking sound endless.
After a series of combos, Ye Chen fell from the platform like a kite with its string cut. After standing up, his handsome face was somewhat bruised, covered in dust and confusion.
Lu Chenzhou bowed with cupped hands atop the platform and said with a smile,
"Brother Ye, I am indebted to your leniency."
Ye Chen stood dazed for a moment, still pondering the recent exchange of moves. This text is hosted at N()velFire.net
"I lost... I lost to an Eighth Rank."
He had defeated Ninth Ranks, more than a handful of times.
After a while, Ye Chen smiled elegantly and bowed with cupped hands,
"I am inferior in skill; your Hard Qigong and Tiger Swallow Dual Forms are very strong."
If not for Lu Chenzhou’s use of Hard Qigong to endure in the early stages, his ferocious series of moves would have overwhelmed even an ordinary Ninth Rank in no time – it’s monstrous to have both internal and external training.
Ye Xiao was utterly dumbfounded, muttering non-stop,
"Impossible? How could my brother lose to him?"
His brother is a Ninth Rank, under Sun-shattering Finger, a one in ten chance of survival!
He alone could not win against his brother, let alone ten like him.
Does this mean that Lu Chenzhou could defeat ten of him?
In just over half a year, the gap between them had become so vast.
Ye Xiao couldn’t wrap his head around how Lu Chenzhou had cultivated.
"No one can improve that fast on a rocket."
He can forget about revenge in this lifetime.
Ye Chen entered the rest area, looking at his brother and said coldly: