novelraw Chapter 346 - 322 Duel, Part 2
Chapter 346 - 322 Duel, Part 2
Ah!!!
The Mad Monk roared angrily, clasped his hands together, and simultaneously activated the second Dharma Aspect—Yaksha.
A killing move from the Little Western Heaven Palm—Heart Like a Bodhi, aimed fiercely at the opponent’s chest.
This move’s initial stance is similar to many other Western Sect Martial Arts.
All involve clasping hands together and thrusting forward with full force.
But what follows is different.
After Heart Like a Bodhi is unleashed with hands clasped together, the palms suddenly turn midway, the hands separate, transforming into two hand blades, horizontally slashing at the opponent.
From afar, this move looks like catching Bodhi tree leaves falling from a tree.
It carries a zen-like quality.
But in actual combat, it is a bloody finishing move capable of tearing an enemy in half with a single strike.
The name Heart Like a Bodhi is quite ironic.
The Mad Monk Kongyu was now desperate.
The double Extreme State was a huge burden on him.
In such a state, using finishing moves at most supports a dozen moves, after which he won’t hold on.
’I must catch the opponent off guard and then find an opening to break away!’
Kongyu’s mind raced, his arm muscles inflated, ready to unleash the second Limit-Breaking Skill and his peak strength.
Huff!
At this moment, all calculations suddenly fell apart.
This move he calculated would absolutely catch the opponent off guard with an unexpected killing blow.
But really, it missed!?
Kongyu’s eyes retained a hint of disbelief.
He reacted instantly, fleeing to the left with full speed.
"Spare them!!"
A dull shout came from not far away.
Kongyu found the voice familiar.
But he hardly had time to think, only feeling a sudden pain on his back.
Boom!!
The Mad Monk Kongyu’s body, like a ragdoll, was struck at the back.
The enormous force accompanied by the Limit-Breaking Skill penetrated internally, blowing open a large hole in his chest.
He staggered a few steps forward before finally collapsing to the ground, quickly losing life.
Zhang Rongfang was about to approach and gather the spoils.
But a strong figure suddenly lunged down from behind, diving from the treetops like a large bird, reaching out claws viciously toward him.
"I told you to stop!!"
The figure dove down, stirring the air that was swept aside by his robe, like a small storm scattering the surrounding leaves.
Zhang Rongfang’s face tensed, feeling a needle-like pain on his back, clearly indicating the opponent’s move instinctively alerted him.
This was a move strong enough to threaten his allegedly invincible form.
He advanced instead of retreating, sprinting forward with his back to the opponent.
Thud.
His footsteps created a dirt pit.
Zhang Rongfang narrowly avoided the figure’s path of attack.
But the opponent seemed prepared, the move unchanged, kicking against a tree trunk in mid-air.
This strike changed direction and lunged at Zhang Rongfang again.
’Taking the initiative in defense!?’ Zhang Rongfang’s heart sank.
It’s finally here!
If everything were as simple as when he killed Kongxiang, the Western Sect would have been targeted and obliterated by other forces long ago.
And it wouldn’t have developed to its current scale.
Hence, this scene was the proper response from the Western Sect.
’Is it to use the Mad Monk as bait, draw me out, and then join forces to encircle and kill?’ Zhang Rongfang remained calm.
Kongding and this one ahead, deploying two Grandmasters at once....
Quite a move.
Before, when Princess Yongxiang encircled a Grandmaster, she had mobilized such manpower and resources.
Now, the Western Sect dispatched two Grandmasters at once, and they’re both deities.
If it weren’t for him taking precautions and inviting Uncle Zuo along.
This trip could have been dangerous.
It’s just a pity....
Zhang Rongfang’s thoughts flashed like lightning.
His hands didn’t stop, his body rapidly swelled and expanded.
Faced with a Grandmaster, he dared not relax in the slightest.
Multiple Extreme States stacked and exploded.
Simultaneously, the Shrinking Step of Limit-Breaking Skill activated, raising his hand for a killing move from the Thirteen Guardians: Betrayal.
The palm raised but not raised, from low to high, accelerating forward.
Three Extreme States plus the Limit-Breaking Skill explosion.
This action was almost full power.
It was his greatest force, excluding the Heavy Mountain.
Boom!!!
Instantly, the two collided simultaneously.
The massive sound wave accompanying the collision’s airflow expanded, exploded, and spread.
Thump thump thump.
Zhang Rongfang retreated several steps, leaving deep footprints with each.
Using this to dissipate the recent impact, channeling it into the ground.
While his right palm from the duel now was bloodshot and swollen, palm filled with tiny explosive cracks.
At this moment, he looked up to see the robed figure also retreating two steps, steadying himself against a tree trunk.
In sheer power comparison, Zhang Rongfang had actually lost.
Now, he truly understood how strong these Grandmasters were.
Since he made up for practices with the Iron Arm Monk Kong He, his body had improved enormously from before.
If the current him faced the version from a month ago.
Going all out, just ten moves would explode him on the spot.
Of course, that’s excluding multiple folds of Heavy Mountain.
If erupting tenfold Heavy Mountain, life or death is a moment’s affair.
The made-up version would still be the victor.
And now....
An associate of Western Sect Grandmaster... was surprisingly more powerful than him now.
This was astonishing....
"Bring it on!"
Zhang Rongfang is ready to strike, this time holding nothing back.
He wants to truly experience how formidable the grandmaster of the Western Sect really is.
Waves of power accumulate in his right arm, then he stoops and rushes forward.
"Kill!!"
Thud, thud, thud.
Three heavy steps crash down, the ground explodes with dirt and grass fragments.
’Heavy Mountain! Ten times!!!!’
Zhang Rongfang’s true all-out attack.
No reservations whatsoever.
The terrifying force instilled by tenfold Heavy Mountain causes the skin of his right arm to start cracking and bleeding.
It shows signs that his Hard Skill can barely endure.
After all, his current strength is the result of the second talent’s amplification.
Yet the defense of this flesh-completion talent does not greatly enhance the defense of the flesh and skin.
Zhang Rongfang’s palm, even before it reaches, carries a fierce whistle.
Intense palm pressure and sense of threat cause the person in the robe to have a slight change in expression.
He recalls the inexplicable threats and ambushes on the way.
Even being inexplicably injured on the body, and now upon arrival facing yet another challenger.
Layers of frustration, congestion, and pent-up rage all explode inside the shadowy figure’s heart.
"Damn you! Buddha is going to smash you today!!"
Moonlight spills down, illuminating the ferocious face of the shadow.
It turns out to be the Grandmaster Jin Yuan, who came from afar and was injured halfway.
At this moment, he lets out a wild roar, his body rapidly erupting into Extreme State.
’Dharma Aspect: Heavenly Dragon!’
’Dharma Aspect: Asura!’
’Limit-Breaking Skill: Immovable Ming King!!’
Jin Yuan’s body likewise swells rapidly like blowing air.
His skin turns black, with silver threads sketching twisted ghostly faces on its surface.
The frantic thumping of his heart sounds like a rapid war drum, beating fiercely, deafeningly.
At this instant, he raises his hands high, as if holding a long pole.
And slashes down.
Boom!!!
The two clash instantly.
A whirlwind, like a bomb, explodes between their four arms, dispersing and pressing outward.
Both of their legs embed half a meter into the ground.
Zhang Rongfang chokes back a mouthful of blood into his throat, yet forces it down.
His right hand, from the palm to the wrist to the forearm, loses all sensation in this strike.
This clash causes Jin Yuan to retreat two steps, but he soon regains his footing.
Zhang Rongfang notices a damaged wound on the side of the opponent’s swollen palm.
Other than that, that’s it.
Tenfold Heavy Mountain, coupled with triple Extreme State.
Ultimately still unable to take the opponent down.
This is Zhang Rongfang’s first clear realization of his strength limit.
Without a word, taking advantage of the opponent’s unsteady footing, still stunned by the retreat.
He turns around, fully bursts out Shrinking Step, vanishing into the mountain forest in an instant.
At his current speed, combined with Shrinking Step, he disappears into the woods in a blink of an eye, obscured by trees, cannot be seen clearly.
Jin Yuan stands at the original spot, panting heavily.
He raises his hand, looking at the nearly healed wound below his palm. The shock in his eyes is indescribable.
"I actually...at full burst, got, pushed back head-on!?"
Even though his strength was damaged. It would take a long time to recover.
Even though he didn’t use the final move.
But he was pushed back.
This is a fact!!
What the hell is up with this place!!?
Wasn’t the plan to track down human traffickers?
Why now...did I just face off with a grandmaster directly upon arrival??
Where are the traffickers?
The promised traffickers!?
The supposedly easy-to-bully traffickers!?
Jin Yuan is dumbfounded.
He received Kongding’s invitation saying it was to lure and ambush the culprit of the Wanghai Temple case, he felt dismissive at heart.
Thinking with the two grandmasters’ intervention, any culprit was within easy grasp.
But now....
Looking at the devastation on the ground, the ache in his hands, and the injured Kongyu...
Huh!?
Where’s the mad Kongyu?
Jin Yuan suddenly comes to his senses. Searching everywhere for the nearby Kongyu who was just there.
That was their target used as bait for this scheme.
But now....
Where’s Kongyu!?
Jin Yuan scans the surroundings, cannot find the originally supposed-to-rise mad monk.
Sss!
A light sound suddenly echoes.
Kongding leaps into the woods disheveled, scanning around.
"Jin Yuan, where’s the guy!?" He asks while pulling on his severed arm, looking towards Jin Yuan in confusion.
"Ran...." Jin Yuan opens his mouth, answering in a deep voice.
"If escape it is, then so be it, the opponent actually found a grandmaster to aid....the nature has changed!" Kongding says solemnly.
"Right, where’s mad Kongyu? Call him over, tell him to contact Cheng Hui!" He says again.
"..." Jin Yuan is speechless.
"Where’s Kongyu!?" Kongding begins to feel uneasy. Looking at Jin Yuan in disbelief.
"Don’t tell me....!?"
"Lost..." Jin Yuan grits his teeth, feeling his dignity completely lost over these past few days.
"Lost!!!?" Kongding is shocked.
Such a large person, capable of moving by himself, with a grandmaster watching nearby, how could he be lost!?