Kuang Fei was pushing his Blood Energy to its limit. His robe ballooned and stirred in a wind of its own, while his qi and blood surfaced like mist, wrapping around him like a gauzy veil. Clearly, his Blood Energy had grown so abundant that he had passed the most basic stage and entered the realm of the "Blood Veil"!
"Kill!"
Pushing his Blood Energy to its limit wasn't something he could sustain for long. With a furious roar, Kuang Fei wasted no time. His blood-red shadow flashed, as if forcibly closing the distance between them. His heavy fist trailed a crimson afterimage as it smashed forward, the force of the wind rushing into Su Hao's face.
"Come on!"
Rather than being alarmed by the pressure, Su Hao was delighted. He channeled his Tiger Gallant Force, and a faint metallic sheen seemed to rise across his fists. Unbreakable, he threw a fierce punch, like a roaring tiger, accompanied by a crisp tearing sound.
"Crack!"
Their fists collided. Neither of the two immense forces yielded, and the impact burst out with a deafening blast that echoed through the cave, making their eardrums ache!
A fierce gust of wind swept through, sending sand and stones beneath their feet, along with the dirt, flying.
After that one collision, the two were evenly matched!
"Again!"
With his Blood Energy surging, Kuang Fei's mood grew excited and combative. His first strike had failed to overwhelm Su Hao, so he let out a roar. Blood-red clouds of mist coiled around his arms and fists as heavy, ferocious punches came one after another, giving Su Hao no chance to catch his breath or recover.
Delight shone in Su Hao's eyes. Since arriving in this world, he had trained in silence, and he had longed for an opponent who could put what he had learned to the test. Kuang Fei's Blood Energy was abundant, and he was even stronger than Su Hao had imagined. The fight set Su Hao's blood boiling and raised his fighting spirit!
Ape Form Fist!
Su Hao swung his arms, supple as whips, while his fists struck like hammers. His heavy punches howled through the air as he swung.
If someone wielded a hard-handled iron hammer to smash a solid wall, the recoil would jolt and hurt their hands. But with a soft-handled hammer, the handle could bend, greatly reducing the recoil without diminishing the blow's killing power.
That was one of the fundamental principles of the Ape Form Fist: arms supple as whips, striking from a distance, and fists heavy as hammers. Its blows were devastating, allowing the user to smash an enemy while taking as little recoil as possible!
"Bang, bang, bang!"
The two traded a flurry of punches, their fists colliding again and again. The explosive impacts rang without pause as sharp gusts of force sent sand and stones swirling in every direction.
"Kuang Fei's Blood Energy really is abundant. It covers his whole body and can blunt the impact... Without it, someone like Zhang Wenxuan would have had his bones shattered by my punches in a single exchange!"
Su Hao couldn't help admiring him. Kuang Fei was indeed a formidable fighter. His Blood Energy was so abundant that it formed a veil over his body, reducing the force of incoming blows.
"Damn it! How can this kid be so terrifying? His body is strong, and the fist technique he's cultivated is both bizarre and sophisticated. He hasn't even released his Blood Energy yet?"
Kuang Fei was growing anxious. He attacked with all his might, hoping to crush Su Hao in a thunderous rush, but he couldn't do it. And his opponent still hadn't released his Blood Energy. How terrifying was that? Blood Energy couldn't be sustained for long!
What Kuang Fei didn't know was that Su Hao hadn't even cultivated Blood Energy yet, so naturally he couldn't release it.
"Damn it!"
Kuang Fei cursed under his breath, but then his body suddenly trembled. His qi and blood had grown somewhat disordered; his body was struggling to bear this sustained, all-out burst.
The instant Kuang Fei's breathing faltered, Su Hao keenly seized on the opening. He stepped forward and threw a punch, his right fist unleashing an explosive force like a cannonball. The air itself seemed to crack apart around it.
"Got you!"
Kuang Fei's eyes reddened. He knew this was his only chance to turn the tables. He reached out with both hands, gathering Blood Energy as he used a grappling technique to seize Su Hao's fist and wrist. He needed to restrain Su Hao, close in, and fight at close quarters—that was the only way to break through the near-flawless barrage of heavy punches!
"Not good!"
Kuang Fei seized Su Hao's fist and wrist with both hands, but his pupils suddenly contracted. It had been far too easy to intercept and grab Su Hao's punch. Though it appeared to be a powerful killing blow, it was all show and no substance!
This was the Ape Form Fist's "Ape Spirit Force." The force of the Ape Form Fist could shift between the real and the feigned, changing in unpredictable ways. Su Hao's punch looked powerful and imposing, but it had merely been a feint to lure his enemy in!
Kuang Fei knew he was in trouble. But one misjudgment was enough to make his defeat impossible to avert.
Su Hao stepped in close. His left palm, as gentle as a spring rain, settled against Kuang Fei's abdomen. In an instant, an immense force with astonishing penetrating power burst from his palm and pores.
"Thud!"
With a muffled impact, the force of that palm strike sent the burly Kuang Fei, who weighed well over a hundred pounds, flying off the ground. His back slammed into the cave wall, knocking loose chunks of rock. He spat out a mouthful of blood, and only after several seconds did his body slowly slide down the wall.
Su Hao wanted to keep him alive, so he had held back three-tenths of his strength when channeling his hidden force. Even so, that palm strike had nearly displaced Kuang Fei's internal organs.
The fierce, brief fight ended in a decisive victory for Su Hao.
All three of these fighters were elite experts of the Flying Cloud Gang, but even against Su Hao—who had completed the fusion of the three forces, cultivated hidden force, and recovered two or three tenths of his peak strength—they still weren't much of a match!
"Take one more step, and I'll cripple all four of your limbs!"
Su Hao's icy voice rang out.
It was Zhang Wenxuan. Su Hao had crippled both his arms, but his injuries were the lightest. Seeing that things had gone badly, he was trying to slip away while he had the chance.
But when Su Hao's words reached Zhang Wenxuan's ears, fear rose in his heart. He had no doubt Su Hao would do exactly as he threatened. His legs felt as if they were filled with lead, and he couldn't take another step!
Zhang Wenxuan was horrified and bewildered. "Is this kid really only fifteen or sixteen? He even defeated Hall Master Kuang Fei, who's undergone one Blood Energy transformation? Among all the young geniuses in Longshan City, a prodigy like him must be one in a million!"
The three of them had assumed it would be easy to deal with a mere boy. But their supposed lamb to the slaughter had turned out to be a man-eating tiger!
"Tell me what you know about my father. I don't like torturing defeated foes, but I do know plenty of ways to make a person wish he were dead."
Su Hao stared at Zhang Wenxuan. His voice was calm, but the chill and pressure behind his words sent cold sweat trickling down Zhang Wenxuan's forehead.
Zhang Wenxuan gritted his teeth. Better to cooperate than be humiliated and tortured; perhaps he still had a chance of surviving.
Zhang Wenxuan immediately lowered his voice. "Young Hero Su... it's true that your father got into a conflict with our Flying Cloud Gang. Our young master was teaching a lesson to a worthless commoner who didn't know his place. Your father, Su Yu, happened to be there and couldn't help speaking up for the man. But that got him into trouble... The young master had several Flying Cloud Gang experts with him, and your father, Su Yu, was taken into custody."
Su Hao listened in silence. Su Yu really was the sort of man who would draw his blade when he saw injustice. The conflict with the Flying Cloud Gang had started simply enough: he couldn't stand seeing its members bully the innocent and the good. But that was exactly how he had brought trouble upon himself!
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