Seeking Martial Dao in All Reborn Lives
Chapter 175 - 171: 1 Move (3)
However, he knew Ooyama Katsuhisa was crippled. His heart was almost completely destroyed. An injury this severe couldn’t be healed to its peak condition, even with the best Healing Secret Medicine. He would be lucky if even half of his heart function could be restored. For a Martial Artist, this was a devastating blow.
He slowly raised his head, his eyes glinting with a cold light as he looked up at Zhao Xuanqi. The man stood on the fighting ring, his posture unchanged and his expression placid, betraying no hint of emotion or aura.
WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!
Then, a stream of Neon Martial Artists rushed forward. Seeing Ooyama Katsuhisa’s condition, their eyes instantly blazed with killing intent as they glared at Zhao Xuanqi on the stage.
’He’s not dead? I guess he has some skill.’
Zhao Xuanqi’s expression was impassive. He ignored the murderous glares and simply turned to walk off the ring.
’At the last second, under the pressure of my aura, the man regained some mobility. He actually managed to forcibly activate his Gang Qi Protection, which blocked part of my Force. Otherwise, there’s no way he would have survived.’
’To be honest, the man’s strength wasn’t half bad. Judging by the Shock Force he displayed, both his attacks and his use of Gang Qi Protection had reached an extremely high level. If Hua Jingcheng of the Feather Thought Style had faced him, even his Sword Technique Gang Qi might have struggled to break through this man’s defense. He truly did have the right to look down on Hua Jingcheng.’
However, the Zhao Xuanqi of today was in a completely different league from the Zhao Xuanqi of a month and a half ago. Hua Jingcheng had already fallen to him back then, so a mere Ooyama Katsuhisa was someone he didn’t even deign to notice.
WHOA!!
Only then did the crowds of onlookers in the surrounding teahouses, who had been frozen in shock, finally snap back to their senses and erupt in a wave of astonished cries.
"I... I’m not seeing things, am I?!!"
"He won? He actually won in a single move?! That Neon man... he looks like he’s on death’s door!"
"Am I seeing this right? Hey brother, you saw the same thing I did, right? Zhao Xuanqi won? Weren’t they saying he was slightly weaker than his opponent?"
"..."
A clamor of discussion erupted throughout the teahouses, and pairs of angry eyes turned to glare at the various waiters who had just been explaining the fighters’ relative strengths. The waiters couldn’t help but shiver, crying out in misery in their hearts.
’What does this have to do with us?! Who could’ve known this Zhao Xuanqi would be so strong?!’
"A Spiritual Secret Technique?!"
Offstage, Zhang Hongyun said, his eyes narrowing slightly. He had, of course, noticed Ooyama Katsuhisa’s abnormal state the instant they clashed.
"That’s right. It is indeed a Spiritual Secret Technique. The Holy Beast Fist fuses the Secret Transmissions of the Four Saints Sect. The Cyan Dragon Sect, having grasped the Intent of the Holy Beast, excels at using various Secret Techniques against its foes, with the Spiritual Secret Technique being the most crucial. You and I have both seen it before, so you should understand just how terrifying his spiritual pressure can be."
"If you can’t overcome his Spiritual Secret Technique, it’s impossible to defeat him. It’s a threshold that has caused a great many experts to suffer bitter defeat. Terrifying. Truly terrifying,"
Fan Shiyan said gravely.
"This was a fight against a Ten Streams and Nine Paths Inheritor. Granted, he had the advantage of his Spiritual Secret Technique’s pressure, and his opponent didn’t know his true strength and wasn’t mentally prepared. Even so, it’s more than enough to prove how strong Zhao Xuanqi is. I originally thought Ooyama Katsuhisa might be able to force him to reveal some of his true power, but in the end, we saw nothing but that one Spiritual Secret Technique."
"His strength... he should be able to compete with the Seven General Stars, at the very least, right?"
Shi Huai’an said gravely.
"Just the Seven General Stars?"
Zhang Hongyun muttered to himself.