Holy Fist
Chapter 408 - 206 I am willing to call you the number one in Horizontal Training!_2

Chapter 408: 206 I am willing to call you the number one in Horizontal Training!_2

"Alright."

"Then, I shall satisfy you!"

Fang Chao heard these words, a slight smile hooking at the corner of his mouth, but before he could reply, he suddenly felt a wave of immense heat currents spewing out before his eyes. Carried by a powerful momentum, they were expanding wildly, forming a scorching field of thermal energy that enveloped him entirely. The air slightly twisted under the dimming sky.

Fang Chao saw that the arm gripping his fist was beginning to swell inch by inch, visibly doubling in size at a rate visible to the naked eye. The claws seemed forged from steel, rough and rugged, almost as large as a person’s head.

And connected to this arm was an even more domineering and mighty body. The man’s presence before him was intensifying, skyrocketing, surging violently!

Immense air currents, a wild stance, like a colossus spreading its wings.

For some reason, Fang Chao seemed to see a giant entwined with pitch-black pythons, pounding his chest and stamping his feet, roaring up to the heavens with each step thundering upon the earth.

"Illusion?"

"Zi!"

In an instant, a massive palm, like a battering ram, exploded the air.

Fang Chao suddenly snapped back to reality, in the nick of time, he dodged with a swift movement.

"Boom!!!!"

The white stone fountain behind him burst instantly, a whole block of gigantic, hard marble as if struck by a barrel of blasting powder. Accompanied by a deafening sound, the fountain cracked upon impact and shattered into thousands of pieces. Water cascaded across the square, creating an effect like a heavenly maiden scattering flowers made of dust and stone rain.

"This physique!!!"

Fang Chao’s pupils shrank as he suddenly realized what Bai Xiao meant by saying it’s unfair to just exchange punches and kicks. His physique was too strong! Even without channeling Hard Skill or Horizontal Training, merely stimulating his Qi-Blood endowed him with outrageous power!

"Whoosh!"

A vast shadow instantly crossed several meters, appearing before Lei Yu in a fury of wind. An enormous shadow loomed over him, as two stout arms leisurely rose towards the sky, obscuring even the newly risen moon!

"Hu!!!"

Another punch followed by the chilling wind pressure, the black Meteor Hammer struck!

Fang Chao’s pupils contracted, his hands swiftly made a strange gesture. His two strong forearms gathered in front of his chest, the left arm elevating, the right arm pressing down. In contrast, the left hand pressed down, while the right hand lifted. In a whoosh, two meteor-like dazzling streams of light shot out instantly, slamming onto the fist.

"Xiou! Xiou!"

Fang Chao’s hands were no longer solid but became two flexible blue streams of light, winding through the air with spiral waves like flowing water.

"Bang bang bang bang bang!"

A series of punch shadows exploded upon the incoming massive black fist.

The strength of both sides dissipated continuously as the air violently oscillated.

Fang Chao’s feet drummed back, each step on the cement ground leaving a deep footprint, with a large area around him cracking.

"Crack!"

Finally, at a certain moment, both figures stopped.

Fang Chao’s left foot planted straight down, his right foot propped behind, driving forcefully into the trunk of a large tree. The roots creaked under the strain, the surrounding dirt cracking, nearly uprooting the tree. His hands, one reaching up and the other pressing down like a blooming lotus, firmly braced against Bai Xiao’s fist.

"Damn that’s powerful!!!"

Fang Chao gasped for breath, his chest heaving, his hot pupils dilated.

In the distance, Night Dreamer with folded arms holding his sword, squinted slightly, his entire attention unwaveringly focused on this sparring session.

He knew Bai Xiao’s Cross-Training was strong, but not this strong! Just after two or three collisions, Fang Chao had been forced to use the Star Water Flowing Fist technique, which he had previously claimed unnecessary. This flip-flopping was precisely the representation of Fang Chao’s instinctive response to protect himself in a critical situation.

The threat posed by Bai Xiao’s fists far exceeded imagination!

"Boom boom boom boom boom!"

On the square, two figures had already entered a high-speed exchange. The violent shocks of their fists colliding created a series of blurred shock waves, with circular ripples emanating from the center of the two. During the whole process, Bai Xiao threw fewer punches, while Fang Chao often had to use many punches to block a single one from Bai Xiao. Continuous blocking sounds echoed in the air.

"Thud!"

Bai Xiao’s strong and tall figure suddenly lunged forward aggressively, like a meteor brushing against the atmosphere. His right fist swept across, its force like a tidal wave.

"Snap snap snap snap..."

Fang Chao’s fists struck out horizontally, with dense, blue streams of light, exploding with various arcs upon Bai Xiao’s incoming punch. The surrounding rings of white airflow were the residue of dust in the air after the collision of tremendous forces.

"Boom!"

A gaudy iron-red claw, missing by just a hair’s breadth, brutally snatched at the back of an afterimage, gripping onto a large tree. Immediately, there was a cracking sound, and the trunk, thick enough to be embraced by a person, was cleanly chopped in half! A large amount of yellow sawdust flowed from the break, rapidly enveloped by the fierce wind, forming a tornado on the spot.

With a heavy step, Bai Xiao ground the earth beneath his feet, his body lunging to the right like a ferocious brown bear, rapidly catching up to Fang Chao, the agile cheetah.

Fang Chao abruptly turned around, flinging his hands about, radiating beams of light. His fists left a string of starburst-like effects on the robust chest of Bai Xiao.

Taking advantage of the recoil, he retreated backward, gliding at least three meters in mid-air.

With a light tap of his tiptoes on the ground, his body spun like a top wrapping around the charging Bai Xiao. A sudden outburst of attacks, as swift as quicksilver pouring down, piercing sharply with fierce force.

At this moment, even an iron man caught in the midst of the radiant outburst would be shattered!

But that majestic black shadow’s body only had its clothes torn, turning into strips of cloth dangling from the neck and shoulders.

Beneath the fabric, there were only faint white marks, without any scratches.

"Such formidable power."

"The spots where I’ve been hit are starting to ache somewhat."

On the spot, Bai Xiao expressed his admiration. He slowly lifted his large hand, which was covered in branch-like bluish-black veins, and with a ripping sound, tore off his tattered clothes and cast them aside. A steel-cast, perfect physique stood tall.

"Snap!"

Lei Yu unleashed his final radiant palm-strike, diagonally cutting into Bai Xiao’s neck. A force strong enough to explode marble sunk in without effect.

The adversary didn’t flinch; his muscular contours slightly twisted.

"Bang!"

Bai Xiao punched out, and Lei Yu countered with his fist, his sleeves bursting apart.

He was sent flying diagonally and only landed after covering dozens of meters.

"Truly monstrous..."

Lei Yu’s feet dug into the ground, his eyes squinting tightly as he looked at the giant-like black shadow in the distance. Then, he lowered his head to look at his own hands.

Palms tempered a thousand times, fingertips slightly reddened, numb with pain.

Attacking the opponent, it was he who incurred certain damage.

"Such an exaggerated physique, the only one I can think of is Mountain King Chen Xiu from the Eastern Seven Stars! Although, Bai Xiao is still stages behind the pressure Mountain King Chen Xiu exerts. But, he has yet to fully exert his Hard Skill..." Lei Yu took a deep breath, thinking to himself.

On the square, chaos reigned, dust swirling.

"Want to continue?"

On the other end, seeing Lei Yu’s halted movements, Bai Xiao asked in a deep voice.

"It’s getting dark, let’s call it a day."

Lei Yu’s gaze turned toward Bai Xiao with a look of acknowledgment and admiration, just like how he would look at a night’s dream. He now treated Bai Xiao as an equal rather than a challenger. This sparring session was inconclusive in terms of a victor. Indeed, Lei Yu used basic techniques, but a Cross-Training Master without activating Hard Skill still has a dominant physical advantage, making it far from fair.

In summary, after a round of fighting, Bai Xiao felt a slight stinging on his skin, and Lei Yu’s hands were numb with pain, neither injured, so one couldn’t say who won. It could only be said that Bai Xiao held a slightly more initiative in the sparring, while Lei Yu was kept on the defensive.

To truly determine the victor, they must meet with full force on the ring!

"Bai Xiao, you’re very strong!"

"In this combat tournament of Nanjiang Province’s Dark World..."

"I acknowledge you as the number one in Cross-Training!"

Lei Yu swung his arms, stepping towards the center of the square, expressing his admiration.

"You’re not bad either."

Bai Xiao also took steps forward at a steady pace.

The heaviness of his boots crushed the cement pebbles beneath with a crunchy sound.

He was speaking the truth: the fact that Lei Yu could cause a slight pain to his skin denoted he was far above ordinary people. Moreover, that kind of high-speed boxing technique, both offensive and defensive, was astonishingly powerful. It even faintly carried the essence of a deluge breaking through and shattering rocks! It could definitely be described as formidable!

"Is this the Star Water Flowing Fist of Star Water Sect?"

Bai Xiao murmured to himself, his gaze vacant as he silently stared ahead.