A Clever Ruse to Repel the Enemy

Ren Woxing launched a fierce series of attacks. Seeing Master Fangzheng's palm techniques gradually become more obscure, he secretly rejoiced. Your cultivation may be high, but unlike me, you weren't forged through blades and blood in the martial world. In actual combat, it will be difficult for you to bring out your peak strength.

Just as he was about to press his advantage, he suddenly felt a slight numbness in his right arm as he struck. The circulation of his inner strength became somewhat sluggish. He was greatly alarmed, realizing that it was because he had absorbed a portion of Kongzhi's power earlier and had not yet refined it. During this fierce battle, that inner strength had seized the chance to backlash against him.

The truth was that although his Star-Absorbing Art was immensely powerful, it had a fatal flaw. Once he absorbed inner strength beyond a certain amount, the different energies would begin to clash with one another and backlash against his own body. Thus, he normally had to devote a portion of his inner strength to suppressing the foreign true qi within him.

With Ren Woxing's cultivation, this flaw in the Star-Absorbing Art would not ordinarily have been fatal. Unfortunately, Master Fangzheng's martial arts were his equal. Without realizing it, Ren Woxing had used all his strength, leaving the foreign true qi inside him completely unrestrained and free to strike back.

"Amitabha." Master Fangzheng quickly noticed his abnormality as well. He immediately shifted from defense to offense, driving a palm toward Ren Woxing's chest.

Ren Woxing gritted his teeth and could only meet it with his right palm. Their bodies swayed. Master Fangzheng was unharmed, but Ren Woxing staggered back several steps, feeling the blood and qi throughout his body tremble. He was horrified, knowing that if the