No one had expected this sudden turn of events.
Huang Xiao had not expected it either. By the time he sensed danger, it was already too late. Zhang Hu's palm slammed hard into his back.
But even as Huang Xiao took Zhang Hu's palm strike, he struck back with a palm of his own, hitting Zhang Hu in the chest. Both screamed as they were sent flying.
When Huang Xiao climbed up from the ground, he felt that the force of the palm strike to his back had been considerable, but not too severe. Clearly, that strike had not contained Zhang Hu's full power.
"Pfft-" Huang Xiao spat out a mouthful of blood, staining the clothes over his chest red.
"What luck to be alive!" Huang Xiao felt a lingering fear. If that palm strike had contained Zhang Hu's full power, the sneak attack might have taken his life.
"I can't accept this!" Zhang Hu crashed heavily to the ground and never rose again. With his last breath, he shouted those few words, then died.
Huang Xiao briefly regulated his breathing, and the serious injury from Zhang Hu's palm strike immediately healed by seventy or eighty percent. This was the miraculous healing effect of Everlasting Spring Ageless True Qi. No wonder Old Sun had said that as long as he was not dead, he essentially would not die.
You Lian'er clearly sensed the change in Huang Xiao's aura. Although Zhang Hu's punch had not been fatal, it had clearly inflicted a serious injury on Huang Xiao. Yet in just a few breaths, his injuries had unexpectedly become almost negligible.
"They all say Poison God Valley's Everlasting Spring Art has miraculous healing effects. From what I've seen now, it seems to exceed everyone's imagination." You Lian'er was no ordinary person. With