550 Battle to the Death, Epiphany! (1/2)

”Amitabha!” Master Kong Xiang called out the name of Buddha and said to Happy with a smile, ”Young Swordsman Happy, you're an outstanding representative of the younger generation of martial artists. I am old now, and I don't want to be the leader of heroes, so how about this?

”If you can withstand one hundred moves from me, I will retreat and surrender.” He stopped talking for a while before he added, ”But these one hundred moves will not be easy. I will use my full strength. Do be careful.”

His words were spoken calmly, but he did imply that he wanted to give guidance to a junior, and it caused quite a number of people at the foot of the stage to feel impressed.

Happy knew that this was not just because of the favor from Eternal Peace Temple, but because he had done quite a lot of quests in Shaolin Temple for a long period of time. He had quite a friendly relationship with Master Kong Xiang, which was why he had this sort of treatment.

”I will definitely work hard and withstand one hundred of your moves,” Happy answered in a very humble manner.

Kong Xiang smiled faintly and did not waste anymore breath.

He acted in a subservient manner and pushed his palms together. He then flung his vajra, and the little golden hoops on the vajra instantly let out clear clinging sounds.

After a few steady footsteps, an astonishing presence surged out from his body. His yellow kasaya tumbled backwards even though there was no wind around!

Happy did not dare to be careless. He clenched his fists slightly, and two dragon-shaped vortices instantly appeared from his palms.

At that moment, the dragon-shaped vortices were like two balls of cotton in front of Kong Xiang. They were absolutely harmless!

”Master, please fight me!”

Happy knew that he had to seize the moment and improve his own strength. After his loud shout, he attacked swiftly. He punched at the air, and at the same time, he shot toward Kong Xiang like an arrow fired from a bow.

Bang! Bang!

Two fist-generated winds that struck at the air rammed against a spot that was two feet away from Kong Xiang. They formed a faint layer of ripples that vanished without a trace once they were negated by a power that was as gentle as water.

But that did not affect Happy's next move…

He charged forward at full speed and threw his third and fourth punches without stopping. His momentum increased at lightning speed!

Kong Xiang stayed where he was. There was a faint smile on his face as he simply allowed Happy to increase his strength and the momentum of his Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palm.

Happy did not disappoint him.

In the beginning, his fist-generated wind could only form ripples, but soon, it could form pits that were two feet deep. Then, he forced Master Kong Xiang to use the dismantling effect of Demon Subduing Great Art to weaken the force so he could withstand the pressure head-on.

When he arrived in front of Kong Xiang, he had already delivered the ninth move with a loud roar!

A dragon-shaped vortex that was more than two feet thick formed in the air in a wild manner. As Happy threw a heavy punch from above, the true qi surrounding Master Kong Xiang burst apart before the punch even landed. It formed an arc-shaped cover that seemed to have physical form to protect Master Kong Xiang inside.

Bang!

Happy's fist landed on Demon Subduing True Qi, and the vortex of qi contained in Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palm negated the qi flow formed by Demon Subduing True Qi. With one punch, Happy broke down Master Kong's Demon Subduing True Qi. Then, his fist broke through Master Kong Xiang's basic defense, and for the first time, he forced Master Kong Xiang to attack.

Whoosh!

His vajra let out a clear and fierce sound, and it was as fast as lightning. It instantly arrived in front of Happy's face, and the fierce but even offense caused Happy to feel a terrifying sense of danger. He was almost sure that he could not fight against it head-on.

'This feeling… It's very dangerous!'

An urge screaming at him to dodge and that he could not suppress rose in Happy, but it only lasted for an instant, because an even stronger sense of danger rose in his heart! Suddenly, he realized that his boiling blood seemed to be showing signs of dropping in temperature, and the momentum that allowed him to progress smoothly started showing signs of slowing down and disappearing.

'This is bad!'

The most important part of Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palm was its momentum. If he avoided the attack, not only would all his work come down to nothing, he might also be traumatized by it!