NOVEL NEXT Chapter 137 Murder_2
Chen Ku was also stunned. He had effortlessly turned his head, nocking and shooting a Predictive Arrow toward the side of the tree. Yet, at the very moment it was about to strike the opponent's forehead, the man incredibly dodged with an inconceivable Monkey Crouch Stance on the spot. He brought his legs and knees together, squatted down with bent knees, and amazingly avoided it as if by supernatural means.
The Monkey Crouch Stance was a Stance Skill with similar evolved versions found in the Fist Stances of various major sects in the Jianghu. To Chen Ku's surprise, Yan Longhao had used a sliver of 'Stealing Heavenly Secrets' in that moment of death, snatching back his life.
An expert! Chen Ku immediately judged that this man, Yan Longhao, was an expert of a caliber he had rarely encountered. His combat experience was so rich that even Chen Ku's sudden turn to nock an arrow and shoot had failed to catch him off guard.
And the opponent's subsequent reaction proved this point further, leaving Chen Ku no time to think.
THUMP!
After dodging the arrow with the Monkey Crouch Stance, Yan Longhao instantly used the power accumulated from that crouch. The joints in his spine seemed to lengthen rapidly up his back. With a stomp of his legs, power rose from the ground. He used this momentum to lunge, his figure shooting towards Chen Ku!
In a single breath, he had leapt over seventy yards!
"Good lad! Just for that arrow of yours!" As Yan Longhao lunged, he raised his hand, palm and fingers held high like five eagle claws. Accompanied by a terrifying movement technique, his speed tore the air, creating a sharp, whistling sound. "You must have something to do with our Third Young Master's disappearance! I'll cripple your Martial Arts first, then subject you to severe torture. I have no doubt I'll get the truth out of you!"
Just that one arrow from Chen Ku nearly took his life, a cultivator at the Mystic Barrier Peak. What more evidence did he need?
Therefore, with this grasp, the nine major muscle tendons in Yan Longhao's back twisted together instantly like a great dragon. This created an extremely domineering, fierce, and aggressive killing aura that burst forth from his palm and fingers, oppressing Chen Ku in an instant.
Nine Dragons Union! Indeed, a member of the Ancient Elephant Sect!
Upon seeing this move, Chen Ku no longer had any doubts. Yan Longhao's counterattack had been relentless, giving him barely any chance to react. After dodging the arrow, Yan Longhao had lunged at him in just a breath's time, striking with Nine Dragons Union, an Absolute Skill Level technique.
He didn't even have time to pull out his staff from his Storage Bag.
In that moment, Chen Ku's eyes narrowed slightly, his hands held out loosely before him. Similarly, the nine major muscle tendons on his back twisted together, channeling not only his Inner Qi but also the Second Realm Demonic Qi of the Flower Fox Mink and the Third Realm Demonic Qi of the Centipede Viper. All these energies twisted into a single force, converging in one palm.
He slapped out towards Yan Longhao's imposing five-fingered strike, his own attack devoid of any flourish, just pure, unadorned power.
"Nine Dragons Union!!!"
Yan Longhao saw Chen Ku's muscles bulge, stretching the clothing across his shoulders. Then, watching the Inner Qi surge from his opponent's attacking palm, he recognized it as none other than the Ancient Elephant Sect's top Ultimate Skill, Nine Dragons Union!
In an instant, Yan Longhao's eyes widened with fury.
So it really was him!
What on earth had he done to the Third Young Master? How had he forced the Ancient Elephant Sect's Ultimate Skill from the Third Young Master and even mastered it? Judging by the surging Inner Qi he witnessed, Chen Ku had reached at least the Minor Achievement Stage!
"Die!"
At this moment, Yan Longhao had no intention of keeping Chen Ku alive. All the evidence was there; he just wanted to strike Chen Ku dead with his palm, no more words needed.
The next instant, the Palm Force from their attacks collided in mid-air.
However, the result caused Yan Longhao's expression to change drastically. He felt that his Nine Dragons Union, despite him being at the Mystic Barrier Peak, seemed like it had struck a giant mountain when facing his opponent's identical palm strike—an opponent who had only recently stolen the technique from his sect. His own Palm Force seemed shameful in comparison, hardly able to sustain the contest!
He could barely withstand it! He was forced to retract his palm and retreat. A strong sense of crisis flared between his brows, and he hurriedly flipped onto a nearby tree to avoid Chen Ku's Palm Force.
BOOM!
The formidable palm wind that had pressured him roared past, grazing his whistling garments.
RUMBLE!
That single palm strike shattered five or six large trees and a large boulder tens of yards away, causing them to explode on the spot!
"What? How could a kid this young possess such terrifying power in a single palm strike? It far exceeds the Qi Power of my Second Realm Mystic Barrier Peak..." Yan Longhao's eyelids twitched involuntarily.
However, Yan Longhao then saw Chen Ku, after repelling him with one palm strike, reach into his waist. A seven-foot-long Nu Dragon Staff appeared in Chen Ku's hands. With a stomp of his foot, Chen Ku swept the staff towards Yan Longhao, who was perched on the tree!
"Ah? Is that a Storage Bag? What? This lad actually has a Storage Bag, an item worth ten thousand gold?!" Yan Longhao's eyes reddened with desire.
But before he could dwell on his shock for long, a staff struck upwards!
The staff's Qi Power swept through the forest. Yan Longhao's vision filled with a massive wave of staff energy, as if the staff had enlarged tenfold, crashing down toward him.
"Truly equivalent to the Qi Power of at least a Third Realm Martial Practitioner!" Yan Longhao was aghast.
He dared not block it directly. Moreover, it was inconceivable! How could someone who looked to be only seventeen or eighteen years old possess the strength of the Third Realm—the Jade Skin Realm?
If he truly was at the Third Realm—the Jade Skin Realm—how could Yan Longhao possibly be his match?
Yan Longhao, his guts trembling at the Qi Power of Chen Ku's staff strike, didn't dare to endure it head-on. Relying on the superb reflexes granted by the Great Path Secret Power of his Mystic Barrier Peak cultivation, he kicked off the tree branch, his figure shooting out like a released bowstring.