In truth, although Tang Yuan had long since devised a way to deal with Black Elephant, using Phantom Dragon's Roar against Lei Hu had been a last-minute decision.
The opportunity had simply come too perfectly.
He had never expected Lei Hu to expose the opening of losing focus on his own.
As for Black Elephant, Tang Yuan had never intended to rely entirely on the Bone Removal Technique. If such a small trick alone could deal with Black Elephant, then the path of Beast Cultivators would be far too shallow.
The painstaking effort to make his right arm cramp had merely been groundwork for the Splitting Flame Palm.
Even when he used the Splitting Flame Palm, Tang Yuan had deliberately covered his palm with flames at first. It was meant to mislead Black Elephant into believing that the "flame" of the Splitting Flame Palm was external fire, causing him to overlook the danger concealed within the palm strike.
Of course, against an opponent of similar strength, Tang Yuan had not concealed much Fire Essence Qi. Mere threads of it were enough.
After all, what he wanted was not to kill Black Elephant, but merely to shatter a protective mirror.
The sudden shattering of the Azure Gang Mirror had been caused by the remaining Fire Essence Qi from Tang Yuan's Splitting Flame Palm silently attaching itself to it.
Had Black Elephant been more meticulous, paying more attention to the aura around his body rather than trusting in his powerful defense and ignoring that Fire Essence Qi which was insufficient to inflict harm, Tang Yuan would not have succeeded so easily.
Although Black Elephant had been defeated, his emotions remained fairly stable.
After all, compared to the senior brothers before him, his loss had not been too ugly.
Lei Hu's face, however,