Chapter 155: Activate the Bomb

The duel lasted less than a minute from the moment the Steward Wang announced its start until Facing Facing Cang Luo, his left forearm shattered into a comminuted fracture by Ouyang Lie's single punch, retreated once more into the mist.

During this time, Facing Facing Cang Luo and Ouyang Lie engaged in direct combat for only a few brief seconds; that was the duration of that single punch, while the rest of the time was spent hiding within the mist.

Yet that one punch nearly cost Facing Facing Cang Luo fifty percent of his combat power; had it not been for his cultivation of the Meiti Shengong, which significantly enhanced his physique, and the Infinite Yuan Power continuously healing him, he would have been smashed to pieces long ago.

At this moment, within the mist, a vast expanse of white obscured all vision; visibility was less than ten centimeters, making it impossible to see one's own fingers even when held up.

Enduring the excruciating pain in his left forearm, Facing Facing Cang Luo simultaneously poured Infinite Yuan Power into healing the wound while silently shifting his position to distance himself from Ouyang Lie.

The injury to the left forearm was extremely severe; the surface was swollen into a large lump, and under Facing Facing Cang Luo's internal vision, the bones inside had cracked into more than ten pieces, leaving it uncertain whether they could be restored.

For skin and flesh injuries, or minor internal organ ruptures with bleeding, or even direct fractures of limbs, the Infinite Yuan Power could heal and restore them.

Here, the fracture was a clean break, severed in two; Facing Facing Cang Luo had realigned the bones and fused them with Infinite Yuan Power, a process that would take less than half a month to recover.

But this time, it was nearly a comminuted fracture; a single segment of the forearm bone had shattered into more than ten pieces!

How could this be restored?

Surgery must be required, right?

If the bones were not restored through surgery and Infinite Yuan Power was forcibly used to heal the injury instead, the left hand would essentially be ruined.

Did the Yuanwu Continent possess such a method as surgery? Or was there another treatment method?

Facing Facing Cang Luo did not know, nor did he have time to find out; the most important thing now was to eliminate Ouyang Lie, otherwise he would perish right here.

"Damn it, Ouyang Lie is far stronger than I anticipated; he shattered the mist with a single punch. Using the mist for a war of attrition has failed completely."

"Now he makes no sound, nor does he continue to shatter the mist. Is his consumption too great? Is he recovering his Yuan Power?"

"It must be so. My combat power should not be inferior to a general of the Ninth Layer of the Martial General realm, yet I cannot shatter the mist with a single punch, while Ouyang Lie can; thus, the consumption of that punch must have been immense."

"Indeed, he approached with the intent to kill me with one or two moves, so he certainly struck with full force."

"So, he is now recovering his Yuan Power; should I let Erha launch a sneak attack?"

"No, he certainly still has reserves; letting Erha act rashly would only lead to its own death and expose my position."

"What to do? I cannot drag this out; if I wait for him to recover his Yuan Power and shatter the mist again, I have almost no chance of victory..."

Facing Facing Cang Luo's thoughts spun a hundred turns as he analyzed Ouyang Lie's combat power, assessed his own chances of victory, and pondered how he should act next.

Ouyang Lie's strength truly exceeded his expectations, being at least thirty percent stronger than the strength he displayed yesterday at the Technique Pavilion.

At that time, Facing Facing Cang Luo believed that relying on the mist for a war of attrition, plus the hidden 'bomb', gave him at least a ninety percent chance of victory.

But now, that win rate had plummeted to nearly zero...

After a thorough analysis, Facing Facing Cang Luo felt he could not continue to exhaust himself; he must launch an offensive while Ouyang Lie had not yet fully recovered his Yuan Power.

"Huff... then I must activate the 'bomb' ahead of schedule!"

After making his decision, Facing Facing Cang Luo called out from the depths of his consciousness, then began fusing Yuan Power to prepare his ultimate move, the Dragon-Slaying Palm.

Within the mist, Ouyang Lie held his breath to recover his Yuan Power, while Facing Facing Cang Luo was brewing the Dragon-Slaying Palm.

Meanwhile, the mutated Fire-Eating Wolf Erha had stealthily crept to Ouyang Lie's back, exhaling white smoke so faintly as to be inaudible to maintain the mist's density, waiting for Facing Facing Cang Luo's command.

On both sides, the two humans and the beast made not a single sound, all secretly preparing their killing moves.

Outside the mist, around Arena Number Five, the spectators could not see inside the mist; with no sound emerging at this moment, the crowd was somewhat speechless, as this was the first duel they had ever witnessed like this.

What are the two duelists doing? Why haven't they attacked? Are they waiting for someone to succumb to heatstroke first?

Had they not placed bets, they would have left long ago; who would be willing to stand under the scorching sun to watch a duel with absolutely no suspense?

Someone, bored, took on the role of a battle commentator and laughed, "Do you know what martial technique Brother Ouyang used just now to shatter the mist with one punch and send Facing Facing Cang Luo flying with another?"

"What martial technique? The Tiger-Subduing Fist?" someone replied in cooperation.

The commentator immediately scoffed, "Tch, the Tiger-Subduing Fist is merely a Yellow Grade Lower Grade martial technique; how could Brother Ouyang possibly use a technique of such low grade?"

Moreover, the Tiger-Subduing Fist possesses both Earth and Wind attributes; one must cultivate a mental art of the same attributes to unleash its power.

As everyone knows, Brother Ouyang cultivates the Profound Grade Upper Grade mental art, the Five Thunder Heavenly Yang Art, which possesses both Yang and Lightning attributes; having cultivated this mental art, how could he also cultivate the Tiger-Subduing Fist?"

"Even taking a step back, if Brother Ouyang had separately cultivated an Earth or Wind attribute mental art and also learned the Tiger-Subduing Fist, the aura manifested in that punch just now should have been earth-yellow or pale green."

"But when Brother Ouyang threw that punch, the aura he condensed was fiery red, a Yang attribute aura, so it could not possibly be the Tiger-Subduing Fist..."

"I see, Senior Brother knows so much; then tell us, Senior Brother, what martial technique did Brother Ouyang use?"

"Yes, Senior Brother, speak quickly."

The crowd was very cooperative, and the temporary commentator was very proud, continuing to show off as he laughed, "The martial technique Brother Ouyang just performed is one he created himself, named... Lie Tian Quan!"

"A self-created martial technique? Brother Ouyang can create his own martial techniques?"

"Brother Ouyang is too amazing! Then, what grade is the Lie Tian Quan?"

This time, the commentator did not rush to speak; after a slight pause to brew his words, he slowly said, "Profound Grade... the Lie Tian Quan is a Earth Grade Lower Grade martial technique!"

"Wow! Brother Ouyang can actually create a Earth Grade technique; this... even an Elder could not achieve this, right?"

"A genius, truly the most talented disciple of the Outer Sect..."

The crowd gazed at the white expanse of mist, their faces filled with expressions of boundless admiration.

Not far away, the more than one hundred members of the Lie Tian Gang who heard the discussion here were somewhat stunned.

Lie Tian Quan?

Earth Grade Lower Grade martial technique?

The Gang Leader did indeed just use a martial technique he created himself, but it was not yet truly completed, and he hadn't even given it a name; how did you know?

You even assigned it a grade; are you an Elder?

Although that commentator was bragging, using Ouyang Lie to show off his own knowledge, the Lie Tian Gang members said nothing, after all, the other party was praising their Gang Leader.

On the Yuanwu Continent, anyone capable of grading a technique must at least possess the cultivation of a Wu Wang.

The reason Ouyang Lie did not name that punch was twofold: first, the technique was not yet perfected, and second, he intended to wait until entering the Inner Sect to find an Elder to grade it and then have the Elder name it.

In this way, he might impress the Elder and be accepted as a True Disciple...