Zhang Teng's words were like a flame tossed into dry kindling.
In an instant, they ignited Zhang Tao's fury!
He glared at Zhang Teng with hatred, his jealous eyes nearly splitting at the corners.
Why?
Why could Zhang Teng steal his position as young master when he was only in the early Dantian Sea Realm?
Why could Zhang Teng still trade blows with him after his Dantian had been destroyed, relying on some unranked new school?
"Trash should know its place and stay trash!"
Zhang Tao pulled a pair of brass knuckles from inside his robes and slipped them on. Their spikes were a finger long.
"Since you insist on fighting to the bitter end, your elder brother will send you on your way!"
Almost every word Zhang Tao spoke came through gritted teeth!
At that moment, killing intent radiated from him.
Even Zhang Xiaoxiao, held captive in the distance, sensed his killing intent. She couldn't help shouting.
"Zhang Tao, what are you doing? The Lineage said to bring Zhang Teng back alive."
Alive?
Zhang Tao sneered.
At this point, what was the use of talking about taking him alive?
"Fists and feet have no eyes. Even if all that's left is a corpse, I can still report the job done!"
As he spoke, he finished putting on his brass knuckles.
No more words were needed!
Their fists would settle the truth!
The next second.
Zhang Tao roared and charged like lightning.
True qi coiled around his brass knuckles, scorching the air like flames until it seemed to boil.
At the sight, Zhang Xiaoxiao's eyes filled with worry.
She understood that Zhang Tao truly intended to kill her elder brother.
"Just what I wanted!"
Seeing Zhang Tao charging in to kill him, Zhang Teng advanced instead of retreating, meeting him head-on!
"You're courting death!" Zhang Tao's killing intent surged as he swung his fist with ferocious force.
Whoosh!
The wind from Zhang Tao's savage punch could even overturn stone tables and chairs several yards away.
Yet Zhang Teng seemed to foresee it. He dodged an instant before the fist arrived, then seized the opening in Zhang Tao's punch to strike back, driving hidden force straight into his body.
In that brief span, the two exchanged blows three times!
By all rights, Zhang Tao was in the late Dantian Sea Realm and stronger than Zhang Teng. He should have crushed him outright.
But reality was the exact opposite.
Not only was Zhang Teng unharmed, all three of his counterattacks struck Zhang Tao!
The third punch in particular sent Zhang Tao staggering back several steps, blood beginning to seep from the corner of his mouth.
"Indestructible vajra!"
After being driven back, Zhang Tao spat the words through clenched teeth.
At the same time, his expression darkened.
Inside his heart.
Panic began to rise!
His speed was clearly greater, his blows more powerful, his strength above Zhang Teng's.
Yet his attacks either missed or had their force redirected.
His ferocious power felt as though it were striking cotton, leaving him painfully frustrated.
Meanwhile, every one of Zhang Teng's attacks was vicious. Beyond his own strength, he had even borrowed Zhang Tao's force several times.
Had he not deliberately used true qi to protect his vital points, he might already have lost.
"Zhang Tao! The more you practice the Zhang Ancestor Long Fist, the worse you get."
Zhang Teng's tone brimmed with contempt.
"And you call yourself the Zhang Lineage's finest practitioner of the Zhang Ancestor Long Fist."
"Is this all you've got?"
Zhang Tao bristled with explosive rage!
"You think a piece of trash with a destroyed elixir sea can beat me?"
"You're! Dreaming! Like! A! Fool!"
True qi raced through Zhang Tao's muscles until his whole body seemed to catch fire.
His muscles and bones rang together, and the blood inside him roared like raging waves.
These were signs that he was driving his true qi into overdrive, forcibly increasing his explosive power.
Zhang Teng watched Zhang Tao's stance calmly, his mind racing.
He understood!
Zhang Tao was using true qi without regard for the cost, squeezing out his potential.
What came next would be a storm of attacks!
In the past, the gap in their strength would have made him shrink back.
After all, even with indestructible vajra, his strength was ultimately too weak. He simply couldn't withstand Zhang Tao's attacks.
If a blow landed, he would likely lose the ability to fight outright.
But now.
Words Lin Bei had once spoken surfaced in his mind.
We cultivators walk against the heavens!
In that instant, a surge of heroic spirit filled his heart.
"I can win!"
Zhang Teng understood that he was walking a tightrope now. He could not afford the slightest mistake!
It all happened in the blink of an eye!
Zhang Tao pushed lightly against the ground, and cracks instantly appeared in the floor of the Martial Arts Grounds!
The next second, Zhang Tao moved a full twice as fast as before.
He appeared in front of Zhang Teng in an instant.
One punch, two punches, three punches!
Under that storm of attacks, Zhang Teng had no chance to strike back.
Too fast!
Even when Zhang Teng spotted a weakness in Zhang Tao, he couldn't counterattack.
His eyes and mind could keep up, but his body could not.
That was the gap in their strength.
At that moment!
The Zhang Ancestor Long Fist swept out in broad, powerful movements!
Three punches and a kick, every move lethal!
Now Zhang Teng seemed barely able to dodge.
Sometimes, he was even a fraction too slow, and the wind from a punch grazed his cheek, sending out a streak of blood.
Zhang Teng's body refining had already reached the level of an indestructible golden body!
Ordinary blades could hardly wound him, yet now he couldn't withstand the wind from Zhang Tao's punches.
"Dodge, dodge, dodge! Let's see how long you can keep dodging!"
Zhang Tao's expression twisted viciously. Unable to land a blow on Zhang Teng, he grew even more frenzied, his attacks more violent.
Zhang Teng gritted his teeth and held on!
He understood.
Though Zhang Tao was powerful now, Zhang Teng knew the principle: the first surge was strongest, the second waned, and the third was exhausted!
He was waiting!
Waiting for the moment to strike back.
The greater the strength Zhang Tao displayed now, the greater the weakness he would reveal once he exhausted himself.
Not far away.
Lin Bei quietly watched the shifting battle and recognized Zhang Teng's plan.
But Zhang Teng clearly hadn't anticipated that Zhang Tao could last so long!
His brow lifted slightly.
He could clearly see that Zhang Teng's Tai Chi Steps were no longer as fluid as before.
Zhang Teng was beginning to lack the strength to keep dodging!
Sure enough!
A punch from Zhang Tao scraped almost flush past Zhang Teng's shoulder, and the spikes on his brass knuckles even pierced the flesh over it.
Had Zhang Teng not dodged at the very limit, his arm might have been pierced clean through!
"Master, Senior Brother Zhang..." Tieniu stood beside Lin Bei, his eyes full of worry.
At that moment.
A flicker of dread passed through Zhang Teng's heart!
He hadn't expected Zhang Tao's attacks to be so savage. Just to cope with them, he had already begun squeezing out his own potential.
Compared with Zhang Tao, it seemed he would be the first to give out.
Just as despair rose in his heart.
A familiar voice suddenly came from nearby.
Lin Bei had spoken!
Seeing that Zhang Teng could no longer hold on, Lin Bei stopped watching from the sidelines and called out.
"Advance with Tai Chi, take the Bagua Qian Position, borrow force to strike with force, unite hardness and softness!"
At those few short words, Zhang Teng felt his mind thunder!
How had he managed to hold out so long against Zhang Tao?
It was because of his terrifying talent for combat. At every moment, he picked up on changes in Zhang Tao's attacks and prepared his responses in advance.
He found what he believed was the best way to counter them.
When he heard Lin Bei's brief instruction.
He instantly realized how much he had been like a frog in a well, seeing only a tiny patch of sky!
Why?
Because even as he fell into a disadvantage and risked collapsing at any moment.
Lin Bei's words were actually teaching him how to halt his decline and defeat the strong with the weak.
They were even... teaching him.
How to...
Defeat his opponent with a single blow!
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