Lighting Lanterns in the Mountains and Seas

Chapter 929 790: Unstoppable Forward Momentum

The reason for throwing a palm strike first is because Shi Chun knows very well that given his cultivation and strength, facing Su Jikuan head-on without a stealth attack and trying to cut him down with a blade is almost impossible.

In his previous encounter with Chongxing, a disciple of the Thunder Sound Sect, he had already experienced the difference between his Earth Immortal Small Achievement cultivation and the Great Achievement Realm of others. The gap was not just a little; even when he put all his effort into a blade strike, the other could easily pinch the blade edge, preventing him from advancing further.

To face Chongxing was already such a struggle, let alone facing Su Jikuan, a top warrior of Beiju, and a master in close combat.

The only hope now lies in the hidden killing move within his 'Demon Dispel Hand'.

As for whether it will work against Su Jikuan, he is not sure either. After all, the 'Demon Dispel Hand' has failed before; it was ineffective in the initial attack on Li Hongjiu, who later lived well.

And the place where Su Jikuan belongs, the Divine Sect, is much higher ranked than the Yanbao Sect where Li Hongjiu belongs. The first encounter, who knows what might happen.

Regardless of whether it works or not, he has to give it a try.

It's clear, the 'Three Corpses Mirror' has been destroyed by the opponent, under the opponent's methods, even if you want to run, you can't. Unable to run left or right, the only remaining possibility is to fight and test it out; it might be a way, so naturally, it must be tried.

Seeing Shi Chun abandoning the blade for a palm strike, Su Jikuan slightly raised his eyebrows. Although he is arrogant, he is not foolish.

This time, among the Earth Immortal Great Success Realm experts entering the Battle of Great Pardon, there are only dozens in total, and the guy in front reportedly cut down several along the way. Now abandoning the weapon for a palm strike, he immediately realized something was amiss.

If he couldn't handle him with a blade, what use could a palm strike be? Unless there's something special in that palm strike.

With his swift movement, he easily dodged the palm strike in the air.

Shi Chun was taken aback. Given the opponent's cultivation, it was unexpected for him to choose to avoid in the face of Shi Chun's lethal palm strike, showing a sign of weakness.

No time to overthink, he follows through with a horizontal slash towards the sidestepping figure with the hand holding the blade.

Bang! A deafening explosion sounded.

Su Jikuan took action again, flicking a finger on the blade.

Intending to waste the blade with a 'Star-shattering Finger', but unexpectedly, a layer of resistance was on the blade, neutralizing much of the 'Star-shattering Finger's' destructive force upon collision.

Yet the enormous power of the close-contact finger strike shook Shi Chun's mind and heart.

The broad blade was directly blasted away, flipping into the distance, crashing onto the ground, the tiger's mouth holding the blade was cracked and bleeding uncontrollably.

Astonished, Shi Chun truly realized the power of the close-contact 'Star-shattering Finger,' even with the defensive force of the Bath Demon Skill's Green Qi explosion and the blade's internal Force Dissipation Array, delivering power that could break the defense on his hand.

This attack power is simply terrifying!

Even so, in haste, he launched another 'Demon Dispel Hand' through the air towards the opponent, only to see the opponent dodging again.

"Good!" Lan She, Beiju Commander, shouted in praise in front of the Mirror Image, echoed by the shouts of the subordinates.

Earlier, the mirror image had been watching Shi Chun all the way, seeing him cutting down people, but now finally seeing Shi Chun getting a setback. In the mere span of a face-to-face moment, the weapon that cut down several experts was directly knocked away, the treasure mirror emitting dark light was also damaged.

This is clearly suppression, and it's their people suppressing Shi Chun, how can they not feel satisfied.

Boom!

Another explosive sound, as Su Jikuan, evading Shi Chun's palm, brushed past him, with a casual flick, hit Shi Chun's elbow.

He could have hit Shi Chun's waist, considering capturing alive, planned to disable Shi Chun's arm first.

He assumed disabling wouldn't be an issue, seeing the earlier finger crack Shi Chun's tiger's mouth, bursting it and bleeding.

It indeed caused Shi Chun's arm to jolt, but the battle armor still did not shatter, so the blood and flesh within couldn't be seen.

Su Jikuan "huh-ed", sensing again the explosive rebound power from the finger, realizing the inability to destroy the blade and armor should be due to the explosion dismantling force from the opponent's spellcraft.

He seized the moment of Shi Chun's jolt to shift form, flicking another finger on Shi Chun's other arm, aiming to disable Shi Chun's two arms, preventing him from fighting back.

This scene left the Western Bull Commander Manxi and others at the Heavenly Court's Central far from relieved, realizing an expert remains an expert. As Shi Chun, who slayed Chongxing and others like slicing melons and cabbages, faced Su Jikuan, nearly rendered him defenseless, forced to remain in a suppressed position.

The gap between top experts and other experts is vividly manifested.

In haste, Manxi stole a glance at Mulan Jin, only to see Mulan Jin gazing at the mirror image emotionlessly.

"Good armor!" Western Bull Commander Niu Qian praised Shi Chun, but his compliment was towards the armor.

Those with insight knew the terrifying power of Su Jikuan's Star-shattering Finger, even monks entering Heavenly Immortal Realm struck by it would at least be seriously injured if not killed.

Moreover, they didn't know like Su Jikuan did that Shi Chun's cultivation technique could lay a layer of external explosive defense on the battle armor, hence they believed the defensive power of Shi Chun's armor was exceptional.

From afar, Blue Child, riding a colorful giant flood dragon, stopped advancing, his eyes flickering as he quietly watched the battle between the two sides.

Boom! Shi Chun, with another arm struck and jolting, while being dragged by the attacking force, spun mid-air, watching the unyielding Su Jikuan near him, suddenly deploying double palm strikes, 'Demon Dispel Hand' at unprecedented frequency, frantically covering and repeatedly striking, determined not to miss with a single strike.