Chapter 1112: The Mantis Hunts the Cicada, Unaware of the Oriole Behind
Matsushita Shi, is also an Immortality Cultivator at the Early Stage of Qi Refinement!
"This guy, younger than me, his cultivation is actually the same as mine, hmph, he indeed has the capital for arrogance."
"But, so what? His amount of True Qi is not as sufficient as mine. His overall strength is still a far cry from mine. Hmph, I'm about to enter the Middle Stage of Qi Refinement, how can he compare?"
After sizing up Qin Tian, Matsushita Shi already had a basic judgment of Qin Tian's overall strength.
In his heart, he was absolutely sure he could defeat, even kill, Qin Tian!
"Originally thought to kill him within three moves, now it seems, three moves... can't accomplish the goal, perhaps it'll take... ten moves!"
Eyes fixed on Qin Tian, Matsushita Shi clenched his fists, simultaneously activating his Dan Tian Qi Sea, his internal True Qi began circulating directly.
Whirr whirr whirr!
A whirlwind driven by the surrounding True Qi whistled and swirled!
Qin Tian was unwilling to concede, also condensing his True Qi!
The two streams of True Qi directly collided, rubbed... the entire hall was suddenly swept by gusts of hurricane!
"Come on, let me see what you're capable of!"
In silence, Matsushita Shi let out a low shout, stomped back with his foot, and launched a punch, driving a gust of wind straight at Qin Tian!
Qin Tian could tell that Matsushita Shi's move was just to test his strength.
Since Matsushita Shi didn't reveal his hand, he too would conceal his own strength.
At the moment, both estimated to use only sixty to seventy percent of their strength, with fists and palms meeting directly, locking into combat!
Yuko Kosai watched on the side, her bright black eyes wide in shock.
She was not only amazed by Matsushita Shi's strength but also stunned by Qin Tian's martial arts prowess.
In her mind, Matsushita Shi was already high above, someone to look up to like a master.
Yet she didn't expect that Qin Tian, whom she always looked down on, was actually in a back-and-forth fight with Matsushita Shi, exchanging blows in the hall without a clear winner.
Her surprise was mirrored by Okazaki Yokawa's unexpectedness.
With Yuko Kosai's help, Okazaki Yokawa stopped the bleeding from his mouth and nose, at this moment disregarding the pain in his head, focused intently on observing Qin Tian and Matsushita Shi's duel.
"Youzi... Senior Brother... how come..."
His teeth knocked out by Qin Tian, Okazaki Yokawa now spoke incomprehensibly, stuttering.
Yuko Kosai understood his meaning, saying, "Perhaps Senior Brother hasn't exerted his full strength yet, wants to toy with him for a bit, humiliate him. Captain, rest assured, this person definitely can't beat Senior Brother. Besides our master, Senior Brother is world number one, no one can possibly sanction him."
In the hall, Matsushita Shi and Qin Tian's duel rapidly progressed through more than thirty moves, with neither gaining the upper hand.
After a fierce battle, both Qin Tian and Matsushita Shi retreated a few steps, gasping, beginning a new round of True Qi concentration.
"I haven't exerted my full strength, but I feel like, he also hasn't exerted his full strength? Hiss… this guy, is he possibly stronger than I thought?"
Matsushita Shi stared at Qin Tian, surprised and calculating internally.
The strength Qin Tian displayed was much stronger than he expected.
"Matsushita Shi, show your true capabilities. If we keep fighting like this, we might as well be performing tricks, unable to finish even by the afternoon. Haha, I can accompany you in this act, but, I wonder how seriously Okazaki Yokawa is hurt, if his nose and mouth aren't treated timely, they might be permanently damaged, right?"
Qin Tian coldly stared at Matsushita Shi, beginning to provoke him actively.
From the duel just now, Qin Tian was very aware, this guy is a very tough opponent, but overall weaker, he had the confidence to defeat Matsushita Shi.
"Excellent, you have self-awareness. Since that's the case, let me see how many moves you can take with your real strength in front of me!"
The two had exchanged words to this extent, and now without further ado, each gathered True Qi once more.
This time, neither concealed their strength, exerting full force, worlds colliding!
Qin Tian unleashed the Five Elements Fist, directly facing Matsushita Shi's Turtle Wave Qigong, the two exchanged blows back and forth, unable to easily defeat the opponent, starting yet another round of entangled combat...
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As Qin Tian and Matsushita Shi were fiercely battling in the hall, a cargo ship slowly approached Cloud Island Base across the distant sea.
The seemingly ordinary cargo ship actually carried no cargo, aboard were a dozen people, the leading three being Zhao Baijing, Meng Kuang, and Hu Zhengwei.
Hu Zhengwei received a spy report that Dahe's Ogamoto Yokawa brought Yuko Kosai and a mysterious man to War Dragon Cloud Island Base.
And according to Hu Zhengwei's investigation, Qin Tian was at War Dragon's Cloud Island Base at this time!
Thus, upon learning this information, Hu Zhengwei immediately reported it to Meng Kuang and Zhao Baijing, the three discussed a bit, and under the guise of a cargo vessel, headed towards Cloud Island Base, intending to fish in troubled waters, or rather, profit as a third party.
After Zhao Baijing finished observing Cloud Island Base's situation through binoculars, he handed them to Meng Kuang.
Meng Kuang finished observing, looked towards Zhao Baijing: "Master, I see the Cloud Island Base is very calm, should we land on the island? Could it be the intelligence we received is false?"
"Impossible, Captain, it's what our spy saw with his own eyes."
Hu Zhengwei affirmed devoutly.
Zhao Baijing pondered a while, then slowly said: "Dahe's people should have arrived at Cloud Island. Did you see it? There's a ship docked at Cloud Island's small harbor with Japanese words on it."
"Ah… Master, you observe so carefully, it truly is!" Meng Kuang once again scrutinized with the binoculars, then delightedly said: "That means, this time, Dahe is indeed after Qin Tian, to act on the island. Haha, while the mantis stalks the cicada, the oriole follows behind, Master, we've finally seized this opportunity."
Meng Kuang speaking wanted to instruct the captain to approach, but Zhao Baijing gently waved to stop him: "Considering the time Zhengwei mentioned, Dahe's people have gone up for two hours now, and the ship's still docked here, everything on the island is calm, not even gunshots. I suspect they might first offer peace and then wage war."
"Thus, we're not in a hurry, let's wait. Wait another hour before approaching, then, if War Dragon wins with little loss, and we have no chance to strike, we'll excuse ourselves as visiting Qin Tian, congratulating him on ascending the chairmanship. However, if it's mutually destructive, regardless whether Dahe's or War Dragon's people remain, we eliminate all!"
"Understood!"
Meng Kuang and Hu Zhengwei responded simultaneously, exchanging a sinister smile.