Chapter 577: Chapter 252: Not Bad

Fang Shuwen’s eyes narrowed slightly:

"He can really take a hit."

It wasn’t just a principle for dueling masters; even in a common street fight, there was a world of difference between the feeling of a solid hit and one that missed its mark.

Tingtiao Pavilion’s Tingtiao Divine Palm cultivated a "Listening Force," which excelled at redirecting momentum and taking advantage of the situation.

When Fang Shuwen had previously struck, aiming for Suhe Zhen’s throat, Suhe Zhen had used this very skill to escape. Fang Shuwen’s hand had never gotten a solid grip, and even when he’d subsequently slammed him into the ground, Suhe Zhen had managed to mitigate the worst of the impact.

It was the same with this Prison Suppression and Evil Extermination.

It had seemed to be a direct, solid blow to the chest, but in reality, Suhe Zhen had minimized the damage as much as possible.

While it seemed anyone from Tingtiao Pavilion could use the Tingtiao Divine Palm, Suhe Zhen was likely the only one who could apply it to such a masterful degree.

Fang Shuwen’s figure flashed, and he vanished on the spot. A streak of lightning seemed to slice through the air, chasing after Suhe Zhen’s flying form and shooting out over the surface of the sea.

The sea had been at Suhe Zhen’s back all along.

He had assaulted Fang Shuwen relentlessly without managing to force him back a single step, yet now this one strike, Prison Suppression and Evil Extermination, had sent him flying all the way out over the water.

His body skipped across the surface of the sea. Using the water’s buoyancy, he tumbled several times before finally managing to stand.

He stood upon the water, not sinking in the slightest.

His expression was wary as he scanned his surroundings.

There was no trace of Fang Shuwen. But just then, a sudden premonition struck him, and he whipped his head up.

A figure flickered in midair. Fang Shuwen had appeared with shocking abruptness, and behind him loomed a massive Dharma Aspect.

It was clad in thunder and wrapped in lightning, radiating with infinite electrical light, its visage solemn and majestic.

The illusory Dharma Aspect mirrored Fang Shuwen’s movements, its five fingers spreading wide as a colossal palm descended from the heavens!

Suhe Zhen roared. The Green Wave Azure Pearl behind him began to shimmer as he channeled his Nine Heavens Green Wave Divine Technique. His Inner Strength, fine as silk, flowed continuously, keeping him at his peak condition. With a sudden thrust, he sent a palm strike flying, its Palm Power causing the sea to erupt with a thunderous boom.

The surging waves converged, forming a massive Palm Seal made of water.

It rose to meet Fang Shuwen’s descending Vajra Tower Throwing in a head-on collision.

BOOM!!!

He had thought they would be evenly matched once again.

However, the instant their palms met, Suhe Zhen discovered that his own palm strike was shattered in an instant by Fang Shuwen’s, leaving him no room to retaliate whatsoever.

Not only that, but streaks of lightning, like a hundred electric serpents, instantly coiled around him.

A searing, fiery pain and a paralyzing numbness shot through his entire body in an instant.

But at that moment, Suhe Zhen had no time to dwell on any of that.

He snapped his arms out to his sides, relying on the power of the Nine Heavens Green Wave Divine Technique to forcibly break free of the energy binding him. Then, without a second thought, he pushed off with his feet and shot away.

He leaped a hundred feet in a single bound. When he looked back, the sea behind him was calm and placid.

There was no trace of Fang Shuwen.

"How is that possible?"

Suhe Zhen’s question was a reasonable one. Fang Shuwen’s Vajra Tower Throwing, enhanced by Thunder God’s Fury, had descended from above. Their initial clash had been a contest of True Qi and Dharma Aspects.

In that exchange, Suhe Zhen had been utterly routed.

But he knew that once the Dharma Aspect dissipated, Fang Shuwen’s physical palm strike would follow. That was why, ignoring the risk of backlash, he had forcefully shattered the residual energy clinging to him and tried to escape the danger zone.

Yet when he looked back, the follow-up palm he expected from Fang Shuwen was nowhere to be seen. Even for a grandmaster of Martial Arts like Suhe Zhen, it was utterly baffling.

It completely defied the conventions of Martial Arts.

And just then, a figure appeared before him without any warning.

"What?"

Suhe Zhen froze. Before he could react, a massive, swastika-shaped palm print was already pressing down on his face.

With no time to react properly, he could only cross his arms and use the Listening Force of his Tingtiao Divine Palm to once again mitigate the damage.

Unsurprisingly, he was sent flying once more.

But this time, Fang Shuwen pursued him relentlessly. Before Suhe Zhen could even fully absorb the force of the first palm, the next one was already upon him.

Prison Suppression and Evil Extermination was the seventh technique of the Great Black Heaven God Palm, and Fang Shuwen rarely used it.

He had only used it once before, outside Flying Snow City, when facing a siege of six hundred men from Dragon Emperor Hall.

While this technique was also a case of overwhelming power trumping skill, its might was ridiculously greater than that of the Demon-Suppressing Seal.

Against an ordinary person, repeatedly using the Demon-Suppressing Seal was enough to beat them into a state worse than death.

Yet now, facing Suhe Zhen, Fang Shuwen adopted a rare, serious attitude, using Prison Suppression and Evil Extermination as if it were the common Demon-Suppressing Seal.

Palm after palm, over and over.

Peeking through the gaps between his crossed arms, Suhe Zhen’s eyes met Fang Shuwen’s. His gaze remained calm; even at a clear disadvantage, he had not lost his composure.

However, compared to a few moments ago, the tables had completely turned.

Before, Suhe Zhen had given it his all and couldn’t even force Fang Shuwen to take a single step back.

Now, as Fang Shuwen attacked relentlessly, Suhe Zhen didn’t even have the strength to retaliate.

Even though they were on the sea, where there was no firm footing to begin with, Suhe Zhen was now denied even the chance to plant his feet on the water’s surface.

He had been knocked out to sea by a single palm strike, and now, the relentless barrage was driving him all the way from the sea back to the shore.

In their wake, waves exploded and the ground shattered.

It had to be said, Suhe Zhen was impressively resilient.

But no matter how resilient he was, Suhe Zhen felt it. ’I’m about to be beaten to death!’

He had taken twelve of Fang Shuwen’s palm strikes in rapid succession!

Now, he had been driven all the way back to the plaza in front of the hall.

Suhe Zhen remained calm. He was still waiting for an opportunity.

After all, he had already taken twelve palm strikes. ’What does that mean for Fang Shuwen?’ he wondered.

’Was it just a huge drain on his energy?’

’Or is he also a spent force!?’

’After all, this level of Palm Power is just horrifying...’

"Is that all you’ve got?"

Fang Shuwen’s voice suddenly reached his ears. For a second, Suhe Zhen’s pupils went vacant.

’Who is he talking to...?’

But as Fang Shuwen’s next palm descended, Suhe Zhen’s eyes flew wide open.

The power in this strike was far greater than any of the previous ones.

’He used such a powerful Palm Technique to strike twelve times in a row, and that still wasn’t his limit...’

’He... is far more terrifying than I ever imagined!!’

CRACK! SNAP!

The gruesome sound of shattering bones echoed from Suhe Zhen’s arms.

He threw his head back, his hair flying wildly about him, and let out a bloodcurdling scream.

His shattered arms fell to the ground.

Now armless, Suhe Zhen collapsed with a thud onto the plaza before the hall.

Blood gushed from his mouth. He tried to rise, but he was powerless.

He heard footsteps and turned his head to see Fang Shuwen standing before him.

Fang Shuwen looked down at him and said:

"Pavilion Master Suhe. Not bad."

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