Chapter 353 - Palm of Thousand Venoms (1/2)

Lu Tianzi remained calm even when faced with the ridicule of the crowds.

On the contrary, a smirk slowly began to spread across his face, much to everyone's surprise.

”Are you deaf or do you just have zero comprehension ability? We are asking you to get out of the way! What are you still standing there and smirking for?!” the short plump man questioned.

”I'm just amused at how you try to bolster your courage by insulting your opponent,” Lu Tianzi shrugged. ”Are you really that afraid of facing me instead?”

”Are you an idiot?” the short man snorted in disdain. ”Do you really want to die here?”

At the same time, he shot an uncertain glance towards his leader.

The order he received had been to teach Ruan Ling a lesson. Now that the situation had changed, he was waiting to see if his leader would have new instructions for him.

A mere Second Cycle Origin Core realm martial artist dared to challenge him?

If his leader was agreeable to it, he certainly would not mind teaching this arrogant brat a lesson!

The bearded leader frowned.

Normally, he would have just let his junior take care of this random Second Cycle Origin Core realm. But when he saw the relaxed expression on Young Master Xuan Hao's face, he could not help but wonder if there was something he missed.

Then again, it could also be a ruse to unsettle him.

”In any case, we agreed on the girl receiving my junior's strikes,” the bearded man said. ”Or is she choosing to hide now?”

”No, that's not quite right,” Young Master Xuan Hao immediately disagreed. ”Just like how you did not mention which of your juniors will be participating, I did not mention which of my friends will be receiving the strikes. Or is it that your juniors only dare to act against females?”

”Tch! How persistent!” the bearded man clicked his tongue in irritation. ”Fine, since you want to be a white knight, then go ahead and suffer for it. Do it!”

”Understood,” the short plump man cracked his knuckles menacingly as he glared at Lu Tianzi. ”Don't worry, I will try to hold back, so you would not lose your life here. However, I can't guarantee that you won't end up crippled!”

”Thank you for your kind consideration then,” Lu Tianzi shrugged nonchalantly.

”Sorry about this...” Ruan Ling apologised.

Even though they had known each other for a couple of months, she could not help but feel bad for dragging him into her problems.

”Don't worry about it,” Lu Tianzi shook his head. ”You helped to connect me with Old Juan, so this is the least I could do. In any case, this kind of opponent is nothing to be afraid of.”

Pu-!

The short plump man spat on the ground. ”Big words for a small boy. Let's just see if you can keep that up after receiving my strikes!”

The short plump man kicked out without hesitation.

Origin Force formed into the shape of a crescent, extending out from the arc of his kick.

To the n.a.k.e.d eye, this energy crescent looked no different from a material blade that had been forged from the hands of the most experienced smiths. As it cut through the air, every blade of grass in its path below scattered into hundreds of fragments, affected by the aura of sharpness that the energy crescent was constantly emitting.

This sharpness... Law of Metal?

Everyone fell into deep contemplation when they saw through the world law that had been imbued into the attack.

In contrast, Lu Tianzi relaxed immediately upon seeing the attack take form.

Of the five elemental world laws, the Law of Metal was the most difficult to defend against.

That was because it was capable of amplifying the piercing ability of all attacks, rendering any defence of a similar level completely meaningless.

However, even that was not going to be enough when the gap between two martial artists reached an insurmountable point.

Back then, Lu Tianzi was already able to fight evenly against the Fifth Cycle Origin Core realm Chengban without using his trump cards.

Not only was this short plump man before him nowhere near as strong as Chengban, which was understandable since Chengban was a core disciple of the Divine Storm Sect, Lu Tianzi had also broken through to the Origin Core realm in the Spiritual Essence system since then.

His two origin cores now resonated with each other, each amplifying the other's strength.

This meant that even without tapping into his Spiritual Essence true origin core, his combat power had still received a huge boost and was no longer comparable to before.

If he had to fight Chengban again, Lu Tianzi was confident that he could easily crush the other party!

Because of that, the short plump man's attack now seemed ever so insignificant to the current Lu Tianzi.

Palm of Thousand Venoms.

Origin Force quickly condensed into a layer of black mist that shrouded Lu Tianzi's hand. With a single palm thrust, a black palm imprint shot out towards his opponent.

However, the black palm imprint emitted no aura whatsoever, completely unlike the raging energy crescent from the short plump man.

Everyone looked on with schadenfreude as the gap rapidly closed between Lu Tianzi's black palm imprint and the short plump man's energy crescent, all of them waiting to see how Lu Tianzi would be taught a lesson by the short plump man.

It did not even matter what techniques were being executed.

How could a Second Cycle Origin Core realm martial artist ever hope to contend against a Fifth Cycle Origin Core realm opponent?

Among those present, only Nanlan Qianxue, Young Master Xuan Hao, and Ruan Ling thought differently.

Just as the two projectiles were about to connect, Lu Tianzi's eyes suddenly began to shine with a silvery light.

In front of everyone's eyes, the energy crescent from the short plump man completely vanished without a trace!

”What?!” the short plump man widened his eyes in shock. ”A spatial technique?!”

Now that his energy crescent had vanished, the black palm imprint continued unhindered, rushing straight towards him.

But the short plump man only remained stunned for a brief moment.