Chapter 48: Divine Thunder in the Palm

  In fact, with Jiangnan's footwork, if he wanted to leave, none of the people like Mu Qingquan could catch up with him. As long as he was out of the range of Yan Ming's bow, Jiangnan could naturally use the Tianpeng Feather Transformation Great Technique to fly away, and even Tianbao Taiping would be powerless.

  However, Jiang Nan decided to stay and continue socializing with Mu Qingquan and others.

  He has been reading sacred books since childhood, and he has always followed one sentence, that is, to repay grievances with straightforwardness, and to repay kindness with virtue. When others treat me well, I will treat him twice as much; when others slap me in the face, I will slap back ten times and then trample on his feet heavily.

  In the eyes of other bookworms, this is somewhat heretical and deviant, but in Jiangnan's heart, pursuing one's own mind and not going against one's own mind is the greatest principle.

  Mù Qīng Quán and others chased and killed him, causing him to be injured multiple times, almost dying under the Swan Bow. Even if he wanted to leave, he had to avenge his great hatred first!

  Mo Qingquan, Qi Zhongliang and Tian Bao's eunuch were not far apart, the three of them formed a triangle to search forward, gathering together within one or two miles. This distance was quickly traversable for their kind of inner and outer powerhouses, mutually supporting each other.

  "The hunt is on, and it's just getting started!"

  Jiang Nan thoroughly retracted his breath, concealing everything about himself, even to the point where his heartbeat was compressed to a stop. Previously, Tian Bao and others could still vaguely sense his presence, intermittently, but in this instant, Jiang Nan suddenly vanished from their perception, as if he had abruptly disappeared from the world.

  "Escaped? Our family has been paying attention to the sky all along, and no one has used their flying skills to escape. How could this kid possibly escape under our noses?"

  Tian Bao's eunuch suddenly accelerated, rushing frantically towards the place where Jiang Nan's aura had completely disappeared. In just a few breaths, he arrived there and searched around with his eyes, but didn't find any trace of Jiang Nan. He let out a long sigh, leapt into the air, and performed the Eight Steps of the Dragon's Might, crossing eight steps in mid-air, covering a distance of several li before finally falling to the ground exhausted.

  "Vanished into thin air?"

  Tian Bao's eunuch thought for a moment, determined the direction and rushed forward rapidly: "I don't believe you can escape from our hands!"

  At the same time, Mu Qingquan and Qi Zhongliang also rushed forward frantically, their cultivation levels were high and low, and their speeds were different, immediately pulling out a gap, and the triangular formation between them and Tian Bao's eunuch announced its disintegration.

  Mu Qingquan rushed forward, leaving dust behind, while Qi Zhongliang desperately chased after him. The Dragon-Tiger Elephant Fist of the Qi Wangfu was different from the one created by Jiangnan. This technique emphasized stability, power and ruthlessness, but was not good at speed, whereas Jiangnan's creation had both a steady and powerful side, as well as a light and agile side.

  Only to see Ji Zhongliang's foot fall, the mountain rocks beneath his feet cracked open, like a fierce elephant charging forward, with boundless strength, but steady and stable, lacking in agility.

  After a moment, he suddenly stopped in his tracks, looked up and gazed into the distance, where a figure stood quietly about a hundred paces away, as if waiting specifically for his arrival.

  "Jiangzikou?"

  Qizhong Liang burst out laughing and sneered, "Jiang Zikuan, you indeed have some minor cleverness, using the tactic of 'borrowing a tiger to get rid of a wolf' to lure away Brother Mu and Tianbao. This way, you only have one opponent left. However, your calculations are good, but you didn't expect that my strength far surpasses yours. Probably you still don't know, I've already cultivated the Six Elephant Three Tiger power, even if it's Brother Mu, he would be much inferior to me. Without Tianbao and Brother Mu making a move, just one person is enough to annihilate you..."

  Clang! Clang! Clang!

  His body suddenly moved, emitting a deafening explosion of steel, his body was like an extremely precise and powerful iron machine, operating with a terrifying clang!

  At the same time, his body transmitted a mighty roar, and he strode towards Jiangnan with huge steps. With each step, mud and rocks splashed out in all directions like water flowers. He seemed to be an enormous elephant, growing bigger and bigger, enraged and unstoppable, sweeping away everything in his path!

  Bang!

  Knock knock!

  He stepped forward step by step, with a momentum that was building up, and finally reached the climax!

  But at this moment, behind Jiang Nan, a vast expanse of black feathers fluttered and transformed into two enormous wings. With a single flap, a fierce gust of wind arose, like a sharp arrow shooting towards Qi Zhongliang. As the wings flapped, the momentum reached its peak!

  Sigh——

  At the moment he flapped his wings, both palms came out, and the dragon-tiger elephant force burst forth. A huge power rolled up a mad wave to strike forward, only to hear a loud roar, like a thunderclap on the ground. Jiang Nan's speed was boosted to the extreme, actually surpassing the limit of sound, breaking through the sonic barrier, the air roaring and shaking, a white gas transformed into a ring spreading out from his body, the air wave striking in all directions, rolling up mud, rocks, trees, tearing them apart!

  Rumble, rumble!

  Again two thunderous sounds, his palms also broke the sound barrier at this moment, issuing two thunderous roars. Wherever his palm force reached, only to see the ground being lifted up a huge mound of earth, the mound getting thicker and heavier, like a small hill moving steadily, rumbling towards Qi Zhongliang!

  This is the legendary Palm Thunder that has been passed down among ordinary people, who say that a strong martial artist can create a thunderclap with one palm strike, because their speed breaks through the sound barrier and their fists and feet will explode the air, producing a rumble of thunder.

  Jiang Nan was originally unable to achieve this, but at this moment his cultivation had made a huge leap forward, his power surging violently. With the speed of the Tianpeng Feather Transformation Great Technique added on top, he suddenly broke through the sound barrier in an instant, causing a massive storm with thunder and lightning. His speed was extremely fast, and his momentum was originally astonishingly great. Adding to that the power of the Five Elements and Seven Tigers, his palm force was incredibly powerful as it pushed up a mountain peak weighing over 70,000-80,000 catties, striking Qi Zhongliang!

  Zi Zhongliang only saw a small mountain made of mud and rocks pressing down in front of him, his heart greatly alarmed. He immediately stabilized his footing, his aura bursting out of his body and reverting to its true form. Suddenly, his true energy condensed into shape, transforming into a dragon and a tiger that danced and weaved in mid-air, ferocious beyond compare, savagely charging forward to meet the oncoming hill!

  "Dragon and tiger elephant power, dragon and tiger fighting!" Qi Zhongliang roared.

  Boom!

  His palm strength finally met the small hill pushed by Jiangnan, and the rocks flew in all directions. Qi Zhongliang was pressed to make a crisp sound of his bones, his face turned red, and his feet involuntarily slid backwards, his heart filled with surprise and anger.

  In terms of cultivation realm, he is an inner yuan strongman, while Jiangnan is only in the mixed yuan realm. In terms of strength, he possesses the power of six elephants and three tigers, with a total of 63,000 jin of strength, far surpassing Jiangnan's. However, unexpectedly, Jiangnan's Tianpeng Feather Transformation Great Method suddenly broke through the sound barrier at this moment, bringing an extremely fast speed and inertial massive force, combined with his own strength, actually suppressing his massive force!

  A small hill weighing seven or eight thousand catties was flattened by the two men's palms, and immediately shattered. The four palms of the two men finally slammed together fiercely, and Qi Zhongliang let out a loud "kaka" sound from his throat, and was violently punched by Jiangnan's habitual giant force, spitting blood and rolling backwards!

  Jiang Nan's throat also surged out a mouthful of fresh blood, but it didn't spurt out. Instead, he forcibly swallowed it back, his wings shook again, and his speed increased as he charged towards Qi Zhongliang once more.

  His inertia brought tremendous power, far surpassing that of Qi Zhongliang. However, his own body was unable to withstand such a powerful force. The moment their palms met, the massive force rebounded and also inflicted severe injuries on him!

  Just as Zhen Zhongliang regained his footing, he looked up to see Jiang Nan already charging towards him. His heart was greatly startled: "How can his true energy be so powerful and of such high quality, almost comparable to my own aura! If it were anyone else, a head-on collision of this intensity would be enough to shatter their true energy!"

  This intensity of impact, the counter-shock force was also strong and terrifying. Jiang Nan didn't get exploded by the counter-shock force, instead, he didn't even pause for a moment to calm down his True Qi, and quickly launched his second strike. Apart from showing that his physical strength was truly astonishing, it also showed that his True Qi intensity was incredibly powerful, enough to rival the likes of Ling Qi!

  Rumble!

  In the south, a palm slapped down, and all inertia was incorporated into this palm. When the palm force fell, the body suddenly changed from high-speed motion to instantaneous stillness. The palm wind brought up by the shockwave shook the air above Qi Zhongliang's head, causing a burst of thunder, directly exploding like the sky falling!

  Qizhong Liang's palms slapped upwards, and a dragon's roar was heard. The aura around him surged out and transformed into true energy. The true energy formed a coiled dragon that wrapped around his body, ferocious and menacing, meeting the palm that Jiangnan had slapped down with.

  The dragon's head shattered, its body like a giant snake electrocuted, violently trembling, and instantly disintegrating into nothingness. A palm print landed on the hands held up by Qi Zhongliang, causing his body to shake violently, and the ground beneath his feet suddenly exploded, forming a deep pit several meters deep!

  "Wow—"

  Zi Zhongliang spat out blood, and the fresh blood even contained shattered fragments of his internal organs. Jiang Nan's consecutive blows infused all the momentum of his flying impact into his palm force, making it boundless and overwhelming, causing Zi Zhongliang's protective True Ring to be unable to protect his body. His five viscera were twisted and even ruptured!

  However, he was indeed powerful and could withstand Jiang Nan's two consecutive heavy blows. His protective true body had not been shattered by Jiang Nan and still possessed unparalleled combat strength.

  Jiangnan also suffered an extremely powerful backlash, his arms shook violently, his skeleton crackling with a loud popping sound, the 206 bones in his body were covered with dense cracks, he gritted his teeth to prevent a mouthful of blood from spouting out.

  Neigang strongmen are still Neigang strongmen, especially those who cultivate the Dragon-Tiger Elephant Power like Qi Zhongliang. Their actual strength is even deeper than Lu Jinggong's. The powerful counter-shock force of their protective body true Neigang can easily cause him severe injuries, almost comparable to Qi Zhongliang's!

  This is still the case when he has the upper hand, if he doesn't have this speed, he's no match for Qi Zhongliang!

  "Dragon fishing turtle!"

  Jiang Nan's gaze was cold and calm, seemingly feeling no pain at all. He launched the "Dragon Snatches Turtle" move, a technique originally used to lure the enemy in deep before striking with a ruthless hand. However, at this moment, he had the upper hand, pinning Qi Zhongliang at the bottom of the pit. Astonishingly, he transformed the luring technique into an attacking one. His hands changed and morphed endlessly as his true energy took the form of a massive dragon, opening its huge mouth to bite down into the pit. With a loud crunch, it picked up Qi Zhongliang!

  Zi Zhongliang angrily shouted and struggled with all his might, only to see the true energy of Jiangnan transform into a giant python over 70 feet long. The python's body twisted and turned, its massive torso wrapping tightly around him, getting closer and closer, until its jaws snapped shut!

  Qizhong Liang's face turned sinister, seeing that he couldn't escape, he shouted loudly: "Jiang Zikuan, I have a true halo protecting my body, my true halo is several times stronger than Lu Jinggong's, you can't kill me!"

  "Can't kill you? Then I'll roast you!"

  Jiang Nan let out a cold snort and shouted in a low voice: "Tou Rate Divine Fire!"