43: A Better Word (1/2)

Chapter 43: A Better Word

Translator: TransNEditor: TransN

Zhou Yuanning the Road to the Arena unconsciously changed his posture. Holding his mobile tight, he was no longer in the mood for surfing the forum.

He pursed his lips and murmured to himself after a few seconds of pondering. ”24 Blizzard Strikes from the Ice Sect... It seems he has mastered it...”

Seizing the short moment when the two were not engaging each other, he quickly wrote one line in the live broadcast post.

”Little Punch's opponent has inherited some great skills. They are deadlocked!”

When he finished typing, Lou Cheng was ready for another charge.

”Holy crap! Doesn't he need to catch his breath?” Road to the Arena blurted out.

...

Dashed back by the bear bump, Lou Cheng took his time to stabilize his weight. In his Dantian the nebula expanded and then shrank, spinning slowly to separate fire from ice and sweep away the weariness from the last series of strikes.

He yelled within himself, ”Jindan is such a treasure! I would have been defeated if this fight took place before my fight with Liu Yinglong or before my victory over Hu Zheng. That Fierce Tiger Whipping Tail move would have been enough to end this match. My following Brutal Blizzard was all thanks to my full grasp of the set yesterday!”

After two days of fighting, observation, self-reflection and potential accumulating and extracting, for the very first time Lou Cheng felt shedding his mortal body and exchanging his bones. He was transforming from a martial arts student to an actual martial artist!

Taking no break to adjust or recover, he devised a scene of a fierce wind shrieking and howling, blowing up a blizzard in his mind. His back moved with the wind as his spine straightened segment by segment. He advanced swiftly and violently and the distance between him and Jin Tao was quickly shortened. His arm swung backward as if pulling a bow and then shot at Invincible Punch with full strength.

Jin Tao had just recovered somewhat when his opponent once again charged with a punch to his ear.

”Doesn't he need to adjust his breath? He should be more exhausted after the last bout of mad offense!” Having no time to spare, Jin Tao lowered his weight into a steady stance and waved his right hand to hinder this strike. His Shooting Fillip was ready and his Tiger Bayonet was about to spring out to prevent Lou Cheng from absorbing his strength.

Lou Cheng drew back as soon as their hands touched with no intention to absorb Jin Tao's strength. He followed up with another step forward and then turned sideways to launch an elbow hit. His explosive force pushed Jin Tao to withdraw while keeping his left hand out to block.

As their skin touched, a stream of strength reached Lou Cheng's heart. He quickly adjusted his weight to throw a whip kick with Jin Tao's strength.

Bam!

Immediately after Jin Tao warded off the kick, Lou Cheng attacked again, leaving him no room to perform his Shooting Fillip. Like an everlasting Brutal Blizzard, Lou Cheng's strikes hit Jin Tao again and again, colder and colder, and stronger and stronger. The gap between their physical strength soon disappeared.

Left with no other options, Jin Tao did another bear bump to force Lou Cheng to back off. However, it took Lou Cheng no time to once again charge at him as if he needed no rest at all. Old Zheng and a few others cheered in the auditorium, heating up the atmosphere.

Bang! Pang!

As the match continued, Jin Tao felt more and more terrified. The opponent got stronger by absorbing his strength. Meanwhile, he got weaker by large consumption of the energy.

”How long can his mad attack last?”

Jin Tao didn't have a clue but he knew he would soon become unable to counterattack if he stayed defensive any longer.

He made another bear bump to push Lou Cheng back, followed up with several big strides and then a powerful stamp with his right foot after a deep breath.

Bam!

The stamp was loud like an explosion and veins stood out in his temples. Jin Tao straightened his back and launched his right fist like cannon with all his strength. Towards Lou Cheng was an ear-piercing roar.

Blast Punch! Punch like a cannon!

This punch reminded Lou Cheng of Ye Youting from the day before. He knew it would be wise for him to avoid any frontal engagement, but it seemed impossible.

He took a deep breath, dropped his weight deeper and quickly adjusted his muscles, compressing all his strength to the extreme. Snow started to accumulate on the massive mountains in his mind with tremendous force.

A giant lightning bolt struck a withered tree, shaking those snow-capped mountains.

Boom!

Snow covered mountains collapsed and fell with great might, blocking all the light and turning the entire world into a huge grave.

24 Blizzard Strikes... Mega Avalanche!

The compressed force erupted and Lou Cheng struck with his fist. The collapsed snow mountains inside seemed to have made him stronger and taller, towering over Jin Tao.

Bam!

Two fists hit each other, sounding dull but heart shivering. As their arms separated, they both wobbled from the tie of the bout.

It was a tie!

He didn't have three full minutes to accumulate his strength and the opponent's blast punch carried great might, but it was a tie. It's a result of Lou Cheng's double explosion from Mega Avalanche and Lightning and Fire Stance and Jin Tao's wearing out.

Bam!