Chapter 413 - Soldier vs Soldier; General vs General; A Fight Between the Strongest! (2/2)
Compared to the Martial Madman, Qin Fen felt that he had it easier. When he defeated Hades, the Young Netherworld King, at least a peer of similar caliber remained! Shangguan Chuanqi!
Although Shangguan Chuanqi wasn’t in his late teenage years, he was still considered as the same generation of martial artists as Qin Fen, unlike the Martial Madman, who had immense trouble in just finding a peer of equal caliber.
“Qin Fen.” the Martial Madman gently put his hands behind his back leisurely as if he was in a flower tour, with his slightly raised chin pointing towards Qin Fen, “First, allow me to use your friends to warm up.”
Warm up? Caesar and four others were standing in a pentagram position. Even if you were a lot older and trained in the Sacred Martial Hall for years, you are now facing the best martial artists of the new generation, you call this a warm up?
Just as the five martial artists raised their eyebrows, causing a rise in the aura of power to its peak as a result of rising inner emotions, Nash the Martial Madman suddenly made his move!
Nash’s movements did not have the destructive nature of Qin Fen. His legs sprinted quickly just like before, bringing forth the illusion of teleportation among the audience.
In a blink of an eye, there were images of Nash in four different spots within a distance of forty meters! The third image of Nash appeared near the four people!
Shadow Shifting Technique! Just as the Martial Madman made his move, it was clear that the technique was an extremely difficult martial dao technique of secret grade!
His body moved like a spider at high speed, instantly eliminating a distance of forty meters. Suddenly, both of his arms were spread to both sides, giving him eight hands in total while mid-air!
The audience looking at the stage froze at the same time, only to recover to the fact that the Martial Madman did not have eight arms, it was just that his speed was extremely fast! The fists, palms, fingers, and nails were utilized fully as he controlled his arms! Complemented with his unpredictable legs, the Martial Madman resembled a huge centipede straightening up as it hunts its prey.
Radiance Fist, Swirling Dragon Palm, Finger of Disaster, Coagulation Divine Claws! The Martial Madman produced a Thousand Buddha Palm which instantly integrated multiple secret arts into one, bringing forth a strong gale of wind that overshadowed Caesar’s team!
Thunderous fists, and howling palms, the slashes from the wind produced sounds resembling the slaughter of pigs and dogs! The ring was filled with roaring noises from the multiple abilities cast by the Martial Madman.
The five young people who were at their peak immediately found themselves caught in their first crisis since joining the Sacred Martial Hall.
As the Martial Madman made his move, the Little Dragon King, Yang Lie, who was lagging behind, had his aura of power returned to its peak suddenly and he lifted his eyes.
Boom!
Thunderous explosions were produced from Yang Lie’s footsteps on the ring, as his arms produced palm strikes at a fast pace, leaving others to wonder which one was his ultimate move.
The madman’s eyes were filled with amusement, and a punch suddenly struck from the mirage of the arm.
Just as the punch was struck, the seemingly simple and ordinary punch was hidden with the power of a red sun illuminating the dark earth from the sky, it revealed the original form of Yang Lie’s Tibetan Dragon Palm that hid its intentions of attack.
Radiance Fist! Just like its name, when its essence was brought out, it could be used to dispel the follow-up technique that was hidden in the dark.
As if faced with a demon-revealing mirror, the Tibetan Dragon Palm revealed its original form in the face of the Radiance Fist.
Boom!
The fist and palm collided with each other. A reddish layer suddenly appeared on Yang Lie’s arm as his joints repeatedly cracked, as if someone was eating fried beans.
The Tibetan Dragon Palm had its power greatly diminished just as it was revealed. In that brief moment, the palm was unable to channel its full energy. Facing the attacks by the Radiance Fist, Yang Lie went along with the huge impact and retreated with great speed, as his capillaries started hemorrhaging and his bones dislocated in the process. He had lost the fight!
The Martial Madman did not pursue him but rather shook his wrist, which sent a wave of power from his fist into Yang Lie’s palm. Yang Lie’s body was pushed back like an arrow, causing him to move back quickly and eventually falling off the ring.
In just a flash, Yang Lie fell off the ring and was utterly defeated.
Just as Yang Lie was defeated, Mourad thrusts his venomous spear from the side! This quick stab was undoubtedly the Three Pokes of the Vermillion Bird from his Vermillion Bird spearmanship.
In the air, three bundles of vermillion colored spears appeared blindingly, with the body of the spear producing sounds of whistling as it traveled through the air.
Mourad did not intend to land a killing blow with this thrust, but rather to force the Martial Madman away with the tip of the spear, only to crush him with the body of the spear that was capable of smashing steel plates into two halves.
Vermillion Bird Spreads its Wings from the Vermillion Bird Spear Technique was the killing blow!
“Great follow-up move! But too bad…”
It was needless to say that the spearmanship of a divine beast was not to be underestimated. The Martial Madman had evidently attained a state of mastery in martial dao, as each strand of his hair were able to feel the flow of air. One could even say that eyes were all over his body.
If the move succeeded, its victim would feel a sensation of pain never felt before even if they protected their bodies with the Art of Hardening! Complemented with the swirling steel tip of the spear, the splitting of the victim’s skin remained a probable possibility.
As the spear was thrust at the Martial Madman, his free left-hand became red as blood. Almost as if the blood will drip out of the skin anytime soon.
Divine Claws of Coagulation! The claws might seem as tender as a baby’s skin, but if one gets caught in its grasp, even a mobile armor like the Jungle Ranger could be torn apart, let alone a human body. That was how terrifying the claw was.
In addition to the rumored Claws of Annihilation, Indra claws, and several other claws, only a few could parallel the power of the Divine Claws of Coagulation in the world.
The martial artists in the audience cheered once again. This was undoubtedly the martial artist deemed by the Sacred Martial Hall to be most likely in becoming a divine beast martial artist! He was not taught with only a set of secret arts, as he had shown five sets of secret arts in a single move! This was absolutely a big show off of secret arts!
The shoulders of the Martial Madman slightly sunk with his waist and legs as his wrist drew a half-circle in the air, only to suddenly clench it afterward!
Kapow! Heya!
Just before the sounds of the collision of fingers clasping the spear finished, the Martial Madman’s wrist trembled as his fingers twisted the spear swiftly, causing the already spinning spear to spin faster!
Just like that, the Martial Madman exceeded a speed beyond Mourad’s limit. As the Martial Madman pulled back his shoulders, his waist rotated fiercely alongside his twitching arms that were channeling energy. In a split second, Mourad’s spear was snatched away by the Martial Madman, who displayed the spear on his right side!
Clang!
Brook’s saber produced a series of sparks from hitting the spear, as a glimmer of red light flashed from bottom to top like lightning towards Brook’s throat!
Without any moment to cool down, the spear had already created a piercing force capable of tearing through flesh! Brooks forcibly held the tip of the spear to stop it from striking him. At this moment he hoped that he didn’t perform any blunders, as Caesar might successfully perform his attack as long as Brooks attracted the Martial Madman’s attention away from Caesar.
Peng!
Just as Caesar rushed the Martial Madman with both of his palms, the air in front of him exploded all of a sudden, putting off his steps as a result! The Air Splitting Palm! The Martial Madman actually learned to strike his opponents from a range with his palm! Just like the palm of the White Tiger that heavily injured Qin Fen, there was no need for physical contact to inflict damage!
The power might be far weaker than White Tiger’s palm strike, but the palm strike performed by the Martial Madman was still deadly!
While Caesar was still shaken from the attack, the Martial Madman spun his spear and produced sparks again with Brook’s saber. A series of quick stabs from the spear soon followed, with the tip of the spear slamming into the palm of Brooks before the spear was suddenly lifted up by the Martial Madman!
Clang! The sounds of metal colliding rang once again, sending Brooks’ longsword into the air, yet no blood came out of Brooks’ hand despite being pierced by the long spear.
Such accuracy! During the battle, the Martial Madman was still able to precisely calculate the speed and angling of Brooks as the Martial Madman pushed the spear away without injuring him.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
With three muffled sounds, Caesar, Brooks, and Mourad flew into the air from the impact, spewing a few splatters of blood in the air before they fell heavily to the ground.
Within the time taken for a spark to fly off a flint, four of the five young martial arts experts were defeated.
The madman slammed the long spear into the ring and looked at Solomon as he asked, smiling, “Are you continuing?”
“No.”
Solomon simply shook his head and stomped both his toes to the ground, which propelled his body outside the ring.
None of the martial artists in the audience section remained unfazed from watching the match. No one expected such results. Five talented young men losing to the Martial Madman in a blink of an eye without any chance to retaliate.
Fifteen stars, the eternal-star rank! Even the Nirvana Marrow Transformation was complete! Qin Fen nodded lightly. The strength of this Martial Madman was just as Qin Fen expected when he first saw him. With such power at such a young age, it was not surprising at all for the Martial Madman to be crowned as most likely to become a divine beast warrior.
Caesar looked at the Martial Madman on the stage with the most shocked look than the rest of the audience. The martial artists that were able to produce the Cleaving Fist held at least the rank of fifteen-stars, what an unbelievable sight! The Martial Madman had actually completed the Nirvana Marrow Transformation that countless people could not complete in their lifetime, and at such a young age!
Papapa…
Asura gently applauded and teased the Martial Madman, “Little Madman, it seems that within a short time, you’ll be able to reach the peak of the eternal-star martial artists, the rank of a sixteenth-star martial artist?”
After achieving his victory the Martial Madman stood proudly on the ring. His expression took a slight change into a faint smile as he politely bowed to the Asura and said, “In the end, Miss Danyun is the better teacher.”
Getting promoted into the sixteenth-star? The martial artists in the audience seats once again sparked a commotion. This Martial Madman entered the Sacred Martial Hall at a young age of eighteen; with his age not exceeding twenty-three this year, he was ready to be promoted into a sixteenth-star martial artist! Terrifying, this was too terrifying! It was easier to hit bottlenecks in martial dao improvements the stronger one became. The Martial Madman once achieved a feat of getting promoted by eight stars within a year, only for his promotion progress to slow down once he hit ten-stars as the path of martial dao became more difficult. From the surface, the Martial Madman might have shown a slower pace of improvement in martial arts. However, his progress was considered extremely fast when compared to the rest of the martial artists.
The Martial Madman stood up straight, his bright ruby eyes glaring at Qin Fen, “Hey kid, I’ve finished warming up.”