Further Insight, the Astonishing Man in Purple

The Man in Purple took a deep breath and stomped down hard!

With a thunderous boom, the ground beneath his feet exploded, sending dust and smoke billowing into the air!

Then he dashed forward in a single stride and punched a tree!

It was a century-old tree, its trunk so thick that even ten grown men linking arms could not encircle it.

Its enormous leaves blotted out the sky, a true towering tree.

"Boom!!!"

The Man in Purple smashed his fist viciously into the old tree. The tree shuddered, then exploded from its roots to its leaves, turning to ash in an instant!

"What!"

"Gasp!"

"My heavens! What kind of fist technique is that?!"

Everyone's scalps went numb as they cried out in disbelief!

It was not as if they had never tried that tree before, but even their sect master might not have been able to bring it down!

They came from the Diamond Sect, where they specialized in fist techniques—unyielding and overwhelmingly powerful!

Yet now, Young Master Hu's fist technique completely crushed the strongest fist technique of their sect!

After watching the Hu Family's signature technique, Explosive Fist, you grasped its subtleties. After careful thought, you extracted its core principles and comprehended the Thunder Whale Explosive Fist!

The corners of Chen Xiaofan's mouth rose slightly.

After blowing apart that great tree, the Man in Purple pressed on and threw another punch.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

One great tree after another exploded into fragments, from roots to leaves.

Within a few breaths, he had bulldozed every tree nearby, leaving not a single one behind.

Then he withdrew his fist and stood still, sinking his qi into his dantian. The entire sequence flowed like moving clouds and running water, smooth beyond compare.

Yet what he did not know was—

After watching Explosive Fist for the second time, combining it with Thunder Whale Explosive Fist, you created the Thunder Roar Thunderclap Fist!

After watching Explosive Fist for the third time, combining it with Thunder Roar Thunderclap Fist, you created the Snow Rain Piercing Cloud Thunderclap Fist!

After watching Explosive Fist for the fourth time, combining it with Snow Rain Piercing Cloud Thunderclap Fist, you created the Wind, Cloud, Thunder, Lightning Thunderclap Fist!

As your understanding continued to deepen, you discovered the flaws in Explosive Fist. You filled in its gaps and eliminated the flaws in Wind, Cloud, Thunder, Lightning Thunderclap Fist, increasing its power.

The corners of Chen Xiaofan's mouth lifted again as he watched the Man in Purple's display with great interest.

The Man in Purple wanted to keep punching trees, but there were no trees left around him, so he had no choice but to stop.

Even so, he still looked unsatisfied.

He turned and asked, "Hey, kid, what do you think of my fist technique? Is it impressive or not?"

Chen Xiaofan did not answer directly. Instead, he said, "This fist technique is powerful and heavy, incomparably fierce. It can almost be called Shaolin Temple's Lesser Dragon Claw Hand. It is most suited to fighting evil with evil and violence with violence, but unfortunately, it has a fatal flaw."

What? A fatal flaw?

The Man in Purple was startled. He immediately gritted his teeth and demanded, "What flaw?!"

"The flaw is this—it must be practiced from childhood. For twenty years without interruption, one can only practice this fist technique every day and nothing else. Otherwise, one will suffer qi deviation. Furthermore, only men can practice it. Any woman who practices it will be ruined."

"But people are curious by nature. No one can practice only one martial art for twenty years, so quite a few people have suffered qi deviation. As far as I know, you were practicing swordplay just now. Judging by your proficiency with the sword, you must have trained in that sword technique for no less than ten years. You are already on the verge of qi deviation, aren't you?"

The Man in Purple was utterly shocked.

He frowned tightly. These are secrets of my Hu Family. How does this little brat know?

Moreover, he had been so precise. Could it be that his comprehension was so terrifying that he had deduced all of this through inference alone?

That was right. Back then, by a stroke of luck, an ancestor of the Hu Family had obtained a damaged copy of Shaolin's Dragon Claw Hand. It could not be practiced directly, because if Shaolin found out, they would surely come to kill them.

Left with no other choice, the Hu Family ancestor spent a fortune to hire a mysterious master to alter the manual, forcibly transforming the incomplete Dragon Claw Hand into a fist technique.

Yet its essence remained unchanged—powerful and heavy, incomparably fierce.

It could be said that this fist technique had evolved from Shaolin's Dragon Claw Hand. In a sense, calling it the "Lesser Dragon Claw Hand" was not an exaggeration.

Everyone else stared blankly at Chen Xiaofan, their faces filled with shock.

They knew they had learned a tremendous secret today. The Hu Family actually possessed a fist technique comparable to Shaolin's!

Shaolin's Dragon Claw Hand was peerlessly powerful, yet the Hu Family now had a simplified version of it. If word got out, the martial world would be plunged into a bloody storm!

The major sects did not dare act against Shaolin, but that did not mean they would not dare act against the Hu Family!

"Forget all that nonsense. Just tell me—can you unleash a fist technique stronger than mine or not?" the Man in Purple said through gritted teeth.

The other party had exposed his secret in only a few words. The onlookers around them were no fools; they would surely be able to piece together some clues!

He had to change the subject!

In truth, he was even more afraid that his identity would be exposed!

He was Hu Yidao's adopted son, who had been left wandering outside. Because people were hunting him down, he could not reveal his identity!

And the sword technique he had used earlier had also been adapted from the Hu Family Saber Technique into the Hu Family Swordplay!

Chen Xiaofan said, "I can!"

He clenched his right hand into a fist, and a series of crackling sounds immediately rang out from his bones.

It seemed as though thunder rumbled within the center of his fist. His knuckles erupted with thunderous blasts like explosions, reverberating like thunder.

Strands of lightning gradually spread over his entire fist, giving off sizzling electrical crackles.

All the surrounding spectators were stunned.

What kind of fist technique was this, to be so dazzling?

The Man in Purple was stunned as well, but before he could recover, Chen Xiaofan punched the ground.

"Boom!!!"

"Rumble rumble rumble!!!!"

With Chen Xiaofan at the center, the ground instantly collapsed. Cracks like spiderwebs tore outward and spread rapidly, reaching a hundred zhang away in the blink of an eye!

Sand and stones flew everywhere, thick smoke rose in all directions, and arcs of lightning flashed through the air, especially glaring in the night.

Everyone felt as though an earthquake had struck beneath their feet. They hurriedly leaped away, only to find their legs weak as they fell straight down.

Only after several breaths did the tremors fade. Everyone then discovered in horror that the entire ground had caved in, forming a terrifying meteor crater!

As far as the eye could see, the earth within a hundred zhang had split apart. Raised ridges stood in every direction, making the place resemble a basin. They themselves were slumped in the meteor crater, trembling all over!

The crater was dozens of meters deep. This was simply inhuman power!

With a bang, the Man in Purple pressed his hands together and cupped his fists. "Your strength is so formidable that Hu Pei willingly admits defeat!"

He had never seen such a powerful fist technique, not even from that mysterious master!

He even began to wonder whether the person before him was some great master reincarnated, but that was far too impossible!

"No, that punch did not perform as it should. It only displayed one-third of its power," Chen Xiaofan suddenly said.

What?

Everyone immediately turned pale with shock.

It had not performed as it should?

With such terrifying destructive power, he was saying it had not performed as it should?

Then if it performed normally, just how horrifying would its destructive power be?

Someone turned to look at the crater's rim, which resembled the edge of a ringed mountain, and could not help shuddering violently, a chill running down his spine.

"With such an unfathomably profound fist technique, if it had not failed to perform as it should, it would be unimaginable—truly unimaginable!"

"Terrifying! We all underestimated him!"

A series of astonished cries rang out through the crowd!

"Thud!"

The Man in Purple knelt again and cupped his fists. "Your abilities are extraordinary, your strength so formidable. I sincerely beg you to accept me as your disciple!"