Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang! Five Thousand Mountains Fist strikes hammered toward the Fire Ape King like flowing water, seamless and natural.
The Fire Ape King possessed innate divine strength. Its earlier battle with Tang Yan had also shown it that his strength fell a notch short of its own, so it met him without the slightest fear.
But the Fire Ape King had underestimated the power martial techniques could unleash. Still less could it have anticipated that each strike of Tang Yan's Thousand Mountains Fist would be far stronger than the last.
With the first punch, the Fire Ape King's momentum still overpowered Tang Yan's.
With the second punch, Tang Yan's figure merely swayed. His strength was only a hair below the Fire Ape King's!
With the third punch, the Fire Ape King's body shuddered violently. The strength Tang Yan unleashed actually surpassed its own by a notch.
With the fourth punch, the Fire Ape King was forced a step backward by Tang Yan's terrifying, multiplying strength!
With the fifth punch, Tang Yan's fist smashed through the Fire Ape King's defenses like a force crushing rotten wood, driving its body three great strides backward.
Had Tang Yan not comprehended the Combat Heart, he would have been no match for the Fire Ape King in either strength or striking speed. At best, he could have fought it to a draw.
But an "if" was only an "if." Though the Fire Ape King's speed and strength were formidable, Tang Yan could deliver a thousand consecutive moves as smoothly and naturally as a single one. This nearly perfected level of combat skill meant that once he seized even the slightest chance to counterattack, what followed would inevitably be a counteroffensive like a raging storm!
A trace of madness flashed through Tang Yan's