Preliminary Control

Thunder Leopard launched a fierce punch. Shi Feng hurriedly bent low and retreated, nimble as a pale spirit monkey, making no attempt to block it.

By a hair's breadth, Shi Feng suddenly drew in his abdomen and narrowly dodged the punch.

The force of the punch howled through the air. Even through a layer of clothing, Shi Feng could feel the impact against his abdomen. If that violent force had struck him directly, the consequences would have been unimaginable...

The spectators were equally dumbfounded.

"Tiger-Leopard Thunder Roar? How is that possible?" Chen Wu, watching Thunder Leopard's punch from the second-floor private room, had stars in his eyes, his heart churning with towering waves as though he had seen an unparalleled beauty steal his soul away.

"Tiger-Leopard Thunder Roar?" The others beside him did not understand it very well, but seeing Chen Wu so excited, they assumed it had to be something incredible.

Chen Wu nodded and explained excitedly, "Only when the internal and external forces of the body merge as one can such a sound be produced. It represents training the body to its absolute limit. Normally, only masters at the grandmaster realm can achieve this. I never expected Master Thunder Leopard to manage it so soon. Before long, Master Thunder Leopard may break through his limits and become a grandmaster of his generation!"

Countless masters trained desperately without ever achieving the unity of inner and outer strength, pushing their bodies to the limit and wielding hidden force freely—every motion containing hidden force, condensed without dispersing. Yet Thunder Leopard had accomplished it before reaching thirty. He was simply a martial arts prodigy.

Even if Shi Feng could use hidden force as well, he had no chance whatsoever against Thunder Leopard, whose body had reached its limit.

While Chen Wu was