Chapter 467 - 265: Inner Power Treasure Chest!?
Chapter 467: Chapter 265: Inner Power Treasure Chest!?
"Face?"
The man touched his face, smiled:
"Just the price."
"The price?"
Chu Qing didn’t understand.
"The Third Young Master is a genius, right?"
The man’s tone revealed little emotion:
"Geniuses probably cannot feel the troubles of ordinary people.
"For instance, you have a great enemy, you want revenge, but the Divine Skill Secret Manual is right in front of you. You’ve exhausted all your mental energy, put in efforts beyond ordinary people, but you can’t master it — that feeling of helplessness."
"..."
Chu Qing stayed silent; he indeed couldn’t relate.
Because he had a system... his direction of effort was different from normal people.
"But I do."
The man gently moved his fingers, the green nails clashed, making a clicking sound:
"That kind of torture is like being bound hand and foot and placed in a steamer.
"Below, flames roar, and you can feel the temperature inside the steamer rising, steadily encroaching, seeping into your limbs and bones. The heat echoes all around, constantly affecting you, wanting to steam you thoroughly.
"Clearly, if you could break the ropes binding you, you could escape.
"If you are strong enough, you might even throw the person who put you in the steamer into it instead.
"But you lack the skill... Torture, pain, spread throughout your body.
"And just at that moment, someone reaches out a hand telling you, all you need to do is pay a price to change the situation."
"If it were the Third Young Master, would you accept?"
Chu Qing still didn’t speak.
"I accepted."
The man said with a smile:
"Though not voluntarily... at least I avenged myself, put that person into the steamer, steamed them until their bones and flesh separated!
"As for the rest, it doesn’t matter anymore."
At this, he slightly moved his limbs.
Looking up again at Chu Qing:
"Would the Third Young Master like to discuss something else?"
"I am wondering why you are not free to act."
"In the Martial World, there are some things that you know cannot be done, yet you still must do.
"Just like today, the Third Young Master won’t let me leave, and I can’t possibly answer your questions.
"I don’t know what’s with the Third Young Master, anyway for me, it’s not that I don’t want to, it’s that I can’t..."
The man reached out a hand:
"Third Young Master, please make your move."
As these words fell, he suddenly exerted force with his foot, the ground echoed with two thunderous explosions, Inner Breath enveloped his body, sounding like ghosts wailing and wolves howling.
This sound was irritating and unsettling.
But looking up again, one could see fist shadows covering the sky and earth.
Previously using Claw, now he used Fist.
The Fist Technique and Claw Technique were clearly of the same lineage, following a sinister and vicious path, seeming to cover the sky and earth but actually using illusion to conceal reality.
The truly deadly move was hidden under the myriad fist shadows, if unable to discern which is real, inevitability would result in being struck by that fist.
But for Chu Qing, whether real or not, it didn’t matter.
He had the power to overcome ten techniques, enough to break all martial arts.
Yet even so... this illusionary change, he could always discern with a glance, then with an exploring hand, the Celestial Frost Fist would follow.
"From the myriad fist shadows, taking only one point."
Then, amidst the dense forest, on the accumulated snow, two figures simultaneously extended their arms to punch, colliding at the same spot.
The Gang Wind swept out, seeming to pause on the two people for a moment, then with wild abandon spread in all directions, stirring up a continuous flurry of wind and snow.
At the moment their fists touched, Chu Qing immediately sensed that within the other’s Inner Strength, there lay a peculiar feeling.
This must be a characteristic of his Martial Arts.
For instance, Chu Qing’s Nine Chapters of Divine Jade carries both Yin and Yang traits.
Although Chu Huai Feng rarely used it, his Inner Power was of a chilling nature, and also concealed poison.
The more common traits seen in the Martial World are often just Yin and Yang.
But now what Chu Qing sensed from him was undoubtedly beyond just Yin Yang, his Inner Strength was filled with a vigorous feeling.
Repeatedly attempting to break through Chu Qing’s meridians, wanting to invade his body.
Yet the Nine Chapters of Divine Jade entirely blocked it outside, and moreover, Chu Qing’s Celestial Frost Fist forcibly broke into his meridians.
The force spread through his body, damaging all meridians.
With this strike, the man immediately groaned, Chu Qing then turned his hand, grabbed the man’s wrist, swung him forcefully, and threw him out.
Before striking, they could still chat.
Once struck, there was no room left for mercy!
Besides, there was no real friendship between the two...
The man, thrown like a meteor, took off with the wind, his form shattering tree after tree obstructing his path.
After flying over twenty yards, he finally crashed to the ground with a loud thud.
He should thank those snapped trees during the crash... otherwise, he might have flown another twenty yards.
After his form fell, he sat down at a tree root, spat out a mouthful of blood.
But the peculiar part was precisely here.
As Chu Qing approached him, he saw the man coughing blood, the blood staining the ground, some blackening the white snow.
Yet another portion, inexplicably sprouted green leaves on the ground.
That was grass, it was vitality.
Chu Qing looked slightly surprised at the sight of this man.
His head hung low, his whole aura weak and fading, Chu Qing’s punch and throw were indeed powerful, leaving him unable to resist.
This was thanks to Chu Qing having previously faced off against Chu Huai Feng.