"Bang!"
Xu Taiping brought his fist down, the mountain-toppling, sea-overturning force of his Green Ox Fist crashing heavily into Lu Chen.
A succession of cracks rang out as dozens of spines on the Hedgehog Armor shattered at once.
"Pfft!..."
The Hedgehog Armor had already fused with Lu Chen's flesh and bones, and the impact made him cough up a great mouthful of blood.
"You... who exactly are you?"
He stared at Xu Taiping in disbelief.
The force of that punch had been fully at the level of a Martial Dao Grandmaster. With a Nether Gazing Realm Martial Dao Grandmaster intent on killing him, how could he not be terrified?
"You still haven't recognized me?"
Xu Taiping was somewhat surprised.
He had thought Lu Chen would recognize him once he used the Green Ox Fist.
"You... could you be one of the Azure Profound Sect Disciples?"
Lu Chen ventured the guess, his face filled with terror.
"Don't rush. You'll know soon enough."
Xu Taiping tightened the blood spider silk bandages around his hands, then clenched his fist and struck at Lu Chen again, ignoring the blood dripping steadily from his hands.
"Bang!"
This time, Xu Taiping used Thousandfold Force.
The power of Thousandfold Force passed through the thick armor and struck directly at Lu Chen's internal organs.
"Argh!"
Lu Chen screamed in agony, a cloud of blood mist bursting out around him.
But this was only the beginning.
"No, no..."
Lu Chen seemed to be trying to beg for mercy, but Xu Taiping paid him no heed.
After that punch, he struck with alternating arms, utterly ignoring the wounds the Hedgehog spines had pierced into his hands, hammering Lu Chen with one booming punch after another.
As he kept punching, his fist force and fist might began to build upon themselves,