novelraw Chapter 351: Force 326, Part 2
Chapter 351: Force 326, Part 2
"Indeed... luring the snake out of the hole, now that I’ve come out, their true capabilities have also revealed themselves..."
Zhang Rongfang’s expression remained unchanged.
Since they came, he knew that the situation might end up like this.
The only thing he hadn’t anticipated was that Wanghai Temple actually had a third Grandmaster besides Kongding and Jin Yuan...
And this third Grandmaster was actually on par with Uncle Zuo.
"Sir, things don’t seem optimistic," Zhang Yunqi sighed softly beside him. "In a moment, this old man will go forward to hold them off, and you should find an opportunity to retreat."
This time, it was a coordinated ambush by the Rebel Sect and Thousand Stone Sect.
But unexpectedly, the Western Sect had an extra Grandmaster level combatant.
This completely unbalanced the combat power.
"There’s still a chance..." Zhang Rongfang said in a deep voice.
"A chance!? Now this..." Zhang Yunqi was frustrated, hesitating to speak further.
At this moment, he was already prepared to die.
Just as he opened his mouth, suddenly the Daoist figure in front of him vanished.
Zhang Rongfang casually threw off the black cloak, wearing a black mask on his face, and leapt forward.
With this leap, he traversed a distance of seven to eight meters and accurately landed on a rope hooked onto the ship.
With a single hand pull, he rocketed upwards.
Swinging away from a few flying arrows, Zhang Rongfang, moving at a speed that defied all imagination, almost turned into a shadow, suddenly landing on the ship’s deck.
Bang!!
The deck beneath him exploded, collapsing.
He hunched like a cannonball, rushing towards Sea Dragon King Kongwu.
Along the way, his muscles rapidly expanded, swelling, the skin flushed with a black-red hue, layers of Extreme State rapidly accumulated and erupted.
"Threshold!"
With a low shout.
Zhang Rongfang’s muscles gathered like flowing water, rapidly concentrating in his right arm.
Heavily stacking and bursting the Limit-Breaking Skill.
’Shrinking Step!’
’Heavy Mountain!!’
With a palm strike, a fierce whistling sound erupted, as if all the air around Kongwu’s side was being squeezed out.
Before the person arrived, the scorching, violent aura had already reached.
Engaged in a fist-to-fist combat with Zuo Han, Kongwu took a step back.
Suddenly feeling a sharp pain from the right side, he urgently turned his head.
But only managed to catch a glimpse of a flash of a black shadow.
Instinctively, his right arm bulged, muscles rapidly turning as hard as iron.
’Dharma Aspect: Asura!’
’Dharma Aspect: Dragon King!’
Two layers of Extreme State exploded, Kongwu’s right arm also gathered immense violent strength, fiercely clashing toward Zhang Rongfang.
With a cruel grin on his face, he recognized the opponent.
From the previous fight between this person and Jin Yuan, it was evident that this person couldn’t even defeat an injured Jin Yuan, let alone...
Boom!!!!
Kongwu’s expression drastically changed, his massive body centered around his right arm, radiating waves of flesh and blood.
The waves were like concentric rings, forcibly pressing through his arm, shoulder, and entire body.
"What kind of power is this!!?" Kongwu’s eyes bulged as blood burst from his nose, ears, and mouth simultaneously.
The flesh of his entire body trembled and quaked from this punch.
Over six hundred pounds of his body, akin to a cannonball, was sent flying sideways.
Bam!!
A mast of a sail broke upon impact, the white sail collapsing with the broken mast, tearing and hanging onto another pole.
Before he could rise.
Zuo Han and Zhang Rongfang leapt simultaneously from left and right, lunging towards him.
Their palms struck out in unison, the immense whistle piercing the eardrums, causing a splitting headache.
Both possessed Hard Skills, indifferent to interference from other experts around.
Simultaneously unleashing Extreme State and Limit-Breaking Skill, aiming at Kongwu.
"You want to kill me!?"
Kongwu spat out a mouthful of blood, his massive body moving as agilely as a monkey, using a single hand to push off the ground, flipping over the ship’s rail, descending toward the sea.
Zuo Han hesitated mid-movement, pausing for a moment.
He couldn’t swim!
But his hesitation didn’t mean Zhang Rongfang hesitated.
With a whistle, Zhang Rongfang leapt without hesitation.
Having been in Citong for so long, he had already learned to swim in the sea.
Two splashes of varying intensity sounded.
Kongwu and Zhang Rongfang plunged into the sea one after another.
The seawater enveloped the view, quieting the world instantly.
Zhang Rongfang looked down at the agile and nimble Kongwu, with his shadow vision unaffected by the seawater, he clearly saw Kongwu’s every move.
Under the sea, the fight was about who could hold their breath and outlast the other!
Beneath the blue sea water.
They struck rapidly, fist against palm.
A whirlpool of water exploded between them, forming a vortex, simultaneously pushing them apart.
Once again, Kongwu experienced Zhang Rongfang’s exaggerated strength.
He had just become a Grandmaster, although having worshipped, his strength wasn’t much weaker than veteran Grandmasters.
At most, it was slightly lacking in the display of strength.
After all, possessing a thousand pounds of strength doesn’t mean being able to perfectly utilize a thousand pounds.
It requires adjustments and developments in technique.
But even so, the one before him, clearly neither worshipped nor having Spiritual Veins, yet his strength was actually greater than his!?
Kongwu twisted his body, like a fish, rapidly circling around, launching an Arhat Fist at Zhang Rongfang’s back.
In the sea, his speed in body technique was even faster than on land.
Coupled with his remarkable water skills and strong breath-holding ability.
He was confident that although his strength was inferior, he could outlast this opponent through endurance and superior aquatic skills.
He had tested, sparring underwater while holding his breath, he could support his full strength for half an hour!
Bang!
Zhang Rongfang raised his forearm to block the blow.
His body was pushed by the force, drifting away a certain distance.
Just as he was about to counterattack, the figure of Kongwu before him vanished.
’So fast!’
His heart trembled with awe. But he was not the slightest bit afraid.
As long as he’s not instantaneously killed.
He had absolute confidence in wearing the opponent out to death.
He had personally tested it before.
At full explosive power while holding his breath, he could fight underwater for six hours!
"Kill!"
"Die!!"
In an instant, both their eyes were fiercely murderous, once again lunging at each other.
In the seawater, one of them wielded the Arhat Fist from the West Sect True Buddha Temple, the other wielded the Flame Emperor Talisman from the Great Dao Teaching.
Their fists and feet exchanged blows, not without causing large splashes of seawater flying around.
Both were exploding with power while holding their breath, to avoid inhaling seawater carelessly, which would disrupt their rhythm of attack.
From afar, Zhang Rongfang’s strength and speed were visibly greater.
Every punch and kick he launched could stir up stronger splashes compared to his opponent.
Yet, he couldn’t break through the opponent’s absolute defense circle. It seemed that due to attacking in the water without solid footing, the power transmission was impeded, among many other reasons.
Meanwhile, the Sea Dragon King Kongwu seemed much more at ease, using the ebb and flow of waves to enhance his speed and power with each move.
This allowed him, despite being slower and weaker than Zhang Rongfang, to maintain his absolute defense circle unbroken.
Both were in full Extreme State, but as time went by, gradually both began to see their states decline.
’Heavy Mountain · Triple!!’
Once again, he fiercely struck out with a palm. Zhang Rongfang’s attack drove the surrounding seawater like a sledgehammer, ferociously smashing toward Kongwu.
From initially doubling Heavy Mountain, he gradually increased it to triple.
He was quickly adapting to Kongwu’s body technique.
Also preparing for the highest deadly strike later on.
The opponent’s body technique in water was too slippery, if not careful, it might get deflected, missed, or the force dissipated.
Hence, he needed to grasp an opportunity that would never miss, a single deadly strike!
On the other side, after prolonged battle, and the opponent’s strength growing heavier.
Kongwu finally began losing patience too. To counterbalance the increasing strength, his stamina consumption grew larger.
At this rate, he wouldn’t last half an hour before being worn to death by the opponent!
And seeing Zhang Rongfang across, even after dozens of moves still lively like a dragon and tiger, Kongwu’s heart felt an ominous foreboding.
’I can’t let it end like this! Otherwise, I may lose!’
His heart hardened, decisively.
’Final Form · Tathagata!!’
In the seawater, slowly, Kongwu’s back began to arch, his shoulders raised, muscles bulging backward forming dense stone-like shapes.
Those stone-like muscle chunks naturally combined into a back armor-like hardened formation.
His entire physique transformed once again.
On the surface of his body, silver lines began to emerge, all converging at the center of his brow, shaping into a sun-like silver pattern.
"True Buddha Tathagata..." Silver light gleamed in Kongwu’s eyes.
"Salvation for all!!"
Whoosh!!
His back pores abruptly sprayed vast streams of air, propelling him swiftly towards Zhang Rongfang.
His arms like pincers, hands wide open, swooping down on the opponent’s head.
’So this is the Final Form!??!’
In that split-second, Zhang Rongfang clearly saw the changes occurring on the opponent’s body.
In an instant, the opponent’s power, speed, aura, completely elevated to another level.
A crushing mental oppression surged to his heart.
Dodge!
Dodge!
Dodge!
Dodge!!!
His body instinctively kept warning him that he absolutely couldn’t take this hit head-on.
But his spirit and will were producing the opposite instinct at the same time.
If he dodged at this moment, he would suffer a fatal mental flaw from now on.
This was not merely a physical strike but accompanied by a mysterious mental offensive.
A strong warrior isn’t someone simply swinging fists at the weak!
But one who never gives up in facing any desperate situation!
No matter what strong enemy encountered, never compromise, never yield!
This clash of will was a strange feeling Zhang Rongfang had never experienced before.
But at this very moment, he truly felt it keenly.
Perceived this truth.
Should he retreat!?
In a flash of lightning, a thought surfaced in his mind.
"Are you kidding me!!?"
A burst of fury erupted in Zhang Rongfang’s heart.
"I’ve fought so long! Day and night, without a trace of slackness!"
"Abandoned all hobbies, all leisure, for the sake of strength! I’ve done practically everything!"
"If I retreat now!"
"What would be the point of everything I’ve done previously!!?"
The expanding rage burned through him from his heart.
The burning qi and blood were accelerated by his heart, rushing into his arms.
"I trained madly not to avoid or retreat!??"
"No...."
In the seawater, Zhang Rongfang’s eyes filled swiftly with blood, veins bursting, streams of tears of blood seeped from his eyes, slowly dispersing in the seawater.
’Let me see, what qualifies you to make me retreat!!?’
’Heavy Mountain! Decuple! Combo!!’
His face twisted viciously, his muscles flowing, compressing and converging.
His arms flashed upward like lightning, slashing towards Kongwu’s arms.
Boom!!
The seawater between them exploded open. A white wave broke through the surface, soared skyward, forming a water column.
Rippling rings like circles continuously spread, affecting an area of tens of meters.