Chapter 207: Level Eight Expert, A Steellike Internal Qi (1/2)
Chapter 207: Level Eight Expert, A Steellike Internal Qi
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After the hammer hit, huge pressure caused by the black hammer unexpectedly covered a circumference of about thirty meters around. As a result, the space became frozen and stagnant.
At this moment, it seemed as if a huge mountain had suddenly capsized and deliberately damaged about thirty meters of the circumference.
”Aye?!”
Under the cover of the black hammer, a surprised voice appeared abruptly. A figure in the shadows stood within that circumference. Facing the powerful hammer, there wasn't much panic on his face but just a little surprise.
The quintessence of Junior Leopard's hammering just now was the Earth-flipping Hammer, one of the three strongest movements of the Flipping Sky Hammering Skill. Along with the mental cultivation methods and Internal Qi of Extraordinary Strength Fist, it carried an impact force of almost five thousand kilograms covering a circumference of thirty meters. However, after the appearance of that guy, all of the force united and poured into him immediately.
Junior Leopard knew that the guy was definitely an expert, yet he was still confident that under his hammering the guy would suffer and his muscles and tendons would break and he would be disabled from all the fractures even if he was at Level Seven.
”Break!”
A clear word was shouted out. Except being a little surprised, the guy didn't have any fear of the hammer falling straight from the sky, and he just reached out his fist instead.
He went so far as to face Junior Leopard's hammer head-on with his own fist.
His fist bumped into the hammer.
”Bang...!”
It was a muffle, not loud but breath-taking. They bumped with a spreading wave. With bursts of big noises, one could see about ten carts around being overturned. Several carts close to them with cattle were even shoved into the air by the wave and fell on the ground heavily causing a turmoil.
”Damn it!” Junior Leopard growled. His facial expression changed suddenly as he felt a huge force coming from the opponent's fist.
”A Level Eight expert?!”
When Junior Leopard's hammer collided with the fist, his whole body was thrown down by a strong force and he fell down thirty feet away with another three steps further.
”What a strong hammer!”
The figure had not budged under Junior Leopard's hammer but on closer inspection, one would have found that his feet were about three centimeters into the ground.
”Pang...!” There was a muffled sound at his feet, and the ground around his feet was all cracked, and two shallow pits were formed around his feet.
”Lad, you are awesome! It's been a long time since anyone has been able to put so much pressure on me!”
As the surroundings fell into silence, the man revealed his true face.
He had a healthy complexion and a clear-cut contoured face. His short hair was like steel needles and just like his whiskers was a shade of black and white. He was strong and in the age between forty-five to fifty. He wore a simple leather robe which was common for men in Northern Yuan.
With a saber around his waist, at a glance he looked like the head of an ordinary family in Northern Yuan. He remained calm and peaceful with no exceptional personality even after clashing with Junior Leopard.
”A Level Eight expert! Haha! It was completely beyond my expectation. Northern Yuan does look up to me!”
Settling his Qi and blood, Junior Leopard clasped his hammer and tightened his grip a little bit and stared fixedly at the man saying ”Lu Laihong! Wan Bo! I'll hold him off. Escort the army provisions across the bridge and head to Yunzhou as fast as possible!”
Lu Laihong and Wan Bo were Li Yuan's personal guards who had just gone to meet him. They were Level Three experts and enjoyed a good prestige in the personal guard camp. Hearing Junior Leopard's command, they both got shocked and said ”Your Excellency...!”
”Shut up and do as I say!” Junior Leopard stared at the two men and then he turned all his attention to the man in front of him and slowly laid the hammer in front of him.
”You are very brave, lad, but do you really think that they can run away?!”
”Cut the crap!” Junior Leopard shouted. He lifted his hammer, tilted it and then rushed towards the guy with the violent wind caused by his iron hammer.
”It's no use trying so hard!” The man sighed and stepped forward, throwing his fist at Junior Leopard's hammer.There was a yellow glow in his fist. ”I believe you've got the power to kill a Level Seven expert,” he said.
Boom!” There was another loud noise. Junior Leopard did not turn over this time, but he took a dozen steps back. Just then, blood seeped out from the corner of his mouth and the color of his face turned pale. Nine Dragons Heavenly Fire Technique was running madly inside his body, dissolving the saber-sharp punch of his fist intent that had just penetrated his body through the force of the hammer.
It seemed that his opponent didn't want to wait any longer. Seeing Junior Leopard's concentration on his inner strength, he jumped up and headed to him swiftly like a goshawk.
”Humph...!” Giving a light snort, Junior Leopard moved his body suddenly shooting out several arrows of blood. He discharged his remaining Internal Qi by force regardless of his internal injury. Meanwhile, Qi Power came out with scalding heat and a strong Hammer Spirit was formed in an instant, which covered a circumference of about thirty meters under its fist intent.
”Hum?!”
Feeling the change in the surroundings, the guy in midair displayed surprise in his eyes and said ”It's the Hammer Spirit. Lad, you are really beyond my expectation!”
He spoke but he had yet to slow down his movements. Instead, the yellow light on his fist was much brighter and was directed at Junior Leopard. A violent and deadly atmosphere was gathered in his fists and spread as if he was determined to tear Junior Leopard's Hammer Spirit by his one punch.
”A wanton thought!” Junior Leopard was clear of the guy's intent and sneered in his mind. He raised his iron hammer and all of a sudden, in a monstrous trace and with a sound ”Hu”, the surrounding space fell into emptiness.
Within the emptiness, a black fireball was blazing and a metal bead was moving around it in an eternally immutable trace.
”This is my real Hammer Spirit!” Junior Leopard said gently but his body had already disappeared.
The guy rushed over to reach his one fist out but failed to touch Junior Leopard. He found that it seemed impossible to retreat his fist after that.
It was like being caught in a huge jumble of mud, with his body bound up by a seemingly weak, yet dense Internal Qi and he was unable to move.
What's worse was that after he fell into the eccentric hollow, the metal bead that had been following its own track abruptly changed its direction and rushed towards him.
”Open!”
Fixing his gaze, the guy growled lightly. His Gang Qi in light yellow covered his body from head to toe and broke Junior Leopard's strength, which helped him escape his attack at a crucial moment.
”Whoosh...!”
He jumped into the void with a massive yellow light. A huge wolf rushed out from his body and filled almost the whole void. Carrying a huge Qi Power, the wolf rolled directly to the black sun, the center of the void.
”Your Hammer Spirit is marvelous. Let's see how long it will stay under my fist intent!”
Hiding in the void, Junior Leopard took several breaths heavily. He realized that the galaxy formed by his Hammer Spirit was at the verge of breaking down soon after that huge yellow wolf appeared. The spirit and intent were both the compound of divine thoughts and Internal Qi, and that guy's fist intent which was almost a perfect entity was much clearer than his Hammer Spirit which had just recently been created and made from his Internal Qi of Level Six.
Indeed, it was made from his cultivation of Level Six. His body's cultivation was at Level Four, but the External Elixir between the eyebrows already had a peak cultivation of Level Six, which could supply continuous Internal Qi for his body. In this way, regardless of his cultivation, he had exceeded those lower top experts of Level Six in terms of endurance.
Unfortunately, the opponent he confronted was a Level Eight expert.
Level Eight!
Zhou Bao had seen a lot in the world in his life and among Level Seven experts, he had killed two; he had killed one Level Eight expert and he had even met a Level Nine expert, ranking among the top in the world.
However, when he was confronted and attacked by a Level Eight expert, he became a bit desperate.
Level Eight and Level Seven were two completely different concepts.
Level Seven was just a stage where Internal Qi was compacted to a high degree. It was first like water and then was cultivated into Gang Qi, with which Level Seven experts could give out power more than he could. What then of Level Eight?
Their Internal Qi was as solid as steel!
It was as solid as steel instead of Gang!
On reaching Level Eight, one could have his Internal Qi highly compacted, just like stainless steels.
He could tear the Internal Qi of any expert under Level Eight with only one punch, just like cutting Tofu with a knife without any difficulty.
Junior Leopard's Internal Qi was very condensed but the degree of compactness was barely enough to reach Level Seven. His Hammer Spirit was invincible compared with those at his level, and no matter how many Level Four, Level Five or even Level Six experts fell into his Hammer Spirit, they were rendered immobile and couldn't move even one step, let alone resist it. To Level Seven experts, Junior Leopard's Internal Qi would be big trouble.
Unfortunately, the opponent he confronted was a Level Eight expert.
Facing Internal Qi as solid as stainless steel, Junior Leopard's threadlike strength spread in the void and turned into a joke. Whether in Internal Qi's practice, clearness, or control of divine thoughts, Junior Leopard was greatly inferior to his opponent. Naturally, when the opponent's fist intent was employed, his Hammer Spirit was in danger.