Chapter 40: Analyzing Flame Blade, Complete

  At this time, the two parties were still about seven or eight miles away from Taihu. Hong Qigong did not expect that Jiumozhi would chase after him so quickly, and he exerted a gentle force to push Chen Xiao straight out, shouting: "Young man, take a good look!"

  Hong Qigong turned around, his left leg slightly bent and his right arm curved inward. His entire body burst forth with internal energy. At this moment, his right palm drew a circle, and with a loud "whoosh", he struck out with his palm, unleashing the famous "Dragon Subduing Palm" technique, specifically the move known as "The Dragon's Remorse".

  He made this move, and suddenly a fierce gust of wind burst out, rushing straight up to meet Kumājī's flame knife.

  BOOM!!!!!!!

  The intangible blade energy of Huoyan Jian collided with the intangible palm force of Xiāng Lóng Shí Bā Zhǎng, both of which were extremely Yang attributes. As soon as they collided, the entire earth seemed to tremble for a moment, with intense and frantic rotation.

  Affected by this move, Ji Mo's momentum slowed down slightly. Hong Qigong, who was no match for him in terms of strength, retreated three steps in a row, his chest feeling stuffy.

  At this moment, it's too late to leave. Hong Qigong rushed towards the grass and shouted loudly: "Old rogue, if you don't come out now, Old Beggar will probably die today!" While shouting for help from the old rogue, he himself rose into the air, his palms facing downwards, unleashing a powerful gust of wind-like palm force at Jiumozhi. This was another move of the 18 Dragon-Subduing Palms: Flying Dragon in the Sky!

  This move is also a fierce and unmatched hard-hitting method, the purpose is to make Kumarajiva have no choice but to counterattack, and try his best to delay time.

  Jiumozhi let out a cold snort, his entire body's aura surging once more. His palms formed into blades as he unleashed the Flame Blade with all his might. There was no particular technique to it, but the knife energy that filled the air was chaotic and wild, clashing head-on against Hong Qigong's Dragon-Subduing Eighteen Palms. For a time, the explosive sounds rang out continuously, thunderous and unending.

  This Flame Knife is a secret transmission of the Nyingma sect, learned by Jiumozhi, with unparalleled power. Coupled with Jiumozhi's internal strength foundation that has reached the pinnacle, he had an overwhelming advantage when facing Hong Qigong head-on, forcing Hong to only be able to launch one or two attacks in ten moves, while mostly struggling to defend himself.

  In fact, Hong Qigong, as one of the Five Greats, was originally not suppressed by Kumarajiva to such an extent.

  He cultivated the Dragon-Subduing Eighteen Palms, while Kouw Moosha cultivated the Flame Knife, both belonging to the same Yang Gang route. However, it was clear that Kouw Moosha's strength far surpassed his. In this straightforward and unadorned confrontation, Hung Chi Kung naturally suffered a disadvantage.

  Chen Xiao stood far away and watched. At first, he couldn't see any clues, but soon he saw some leads.

  At this time, Jiumozhi and Hong Qigong can be said to be a real hard collision, and it is also a purely internal force comparison in the air. This kind of confrontation has no room for cleverness, and what they are fighting with is completely the depth of their cultivation.

  So Hong Qigong's body was surrounded by a rising mist, which was a symbol of his inner strength being pushed to the limit.

  Jiumozhi's Flame Knife internal force belongs to fire, its characteristics are even more obvious, his entire body is covered in a faint golden light that flashes, Chen Xiao can already see the direction of the lines on his body.

  "This flame knife, the internal force starts from the dantian and goes to the zhongting hole in the chest, then uses the zhongting hole as the total starting point for the whole body's internal force, and finally reaches the hand arm's hand three yang meridian, and then bursts out through several holes at the bottom of the palm, forming a scorching and oppressive splitting empty palm force, this is the complete method of the flame knife."

  "Watching him use the flame knife, his lower body is extremely stable. This should be the source of the inner power startup in the Foot Three Yang Meridians. Combining this, it means that the inner power is generated from the Foot Three Yang Meridians, gathered in the Dan Tian, then transported to the Zhong Ding, and finally circulated to the Hand Three Yang Meridians through the Zhong Ding."

  As expected, Chen Xiao had just thought of this in his mind when the long-awaited system sound suddenly rang out: "Mainline Mission: Flame Blade Analysis Complete. Task Completion Evaluation...".

  "Assessment completed, task completion level: excellent."

  "Reward: Life recovery speed +20%."

  "Reward inner strength and moral character, six years."

  "Follow-up task: None, triggered randomly."

  Listening to the system announcement, Chen Xiao's heart was filled with joy, and he secretly laughed wildly: "Haha, you stupid monk, you learned a fake Six Pulse Divine Sword, but your Flame Knife is actually quite good, hehe, what's called losing both wife and soldiers, that's you! You're not even worthy of fighting me, you'll be lucky to live another 300 years, haha!"

  He almost burst out laughing on this side, but the battle between Ji Mo Zhi and Hong Qi Gong had changed again.

  The two had been exchanging blows for over ten rounds, each one earth-shattering. Just as Hong Qigong was at a disadvantage, a gray figure rushed over and struck Jiumozhi with two punches from behind.

  Old rascal Zhou Botong has arrived!

  ……

  At this moment.

  On the summit of a mountain peak, about 140 miles southwest of the battlefield, two women stood proudly in the wind. The one in front was extremely tall, wearing a long red dress, with her hands behind her back and an aloof expression. She stood quietly, her eyes gleaming with a cold light as she gazed out at the endless fields and villages below.

  This man is Dongfang Yu, the leader of the Day Moon God Religion, who has been searching for Chen Xiao's whereabouts and rushed to this place.

  The eastern jade stood for a long time, and suddenly let out a soft sigh.

  The figure behind stood still for a moment, then carefully opened its mouth and said: "Master, it's already the thirteenth day."

  Dongfang Yu nodded slightly, her expression unchanged, and spoke in a light tone, her clear and cold voice carrying a hint of overbearingness, "Mobilize all the manpower of my sect, spare no expense, even if it means turning the world upside down, I must find Chen Xiao."

  The woman nodded and took note, then sighed softly and asked cautiously: "So the master's meaning is... to see a person when they're alive, and to see their corpse when they're dead?"

  Dongfang Bubai suddenly flew into a rage, saying: "We only want the living, not the dead! If he dies, we will attack the Da Lun Temple and exterminate his entire clan of monks, leaving no chicken or dog alive!"

  The woman behind him took a deep breath and finally let out a sigh of relief.

  As the leader of the Dongfang Yu sect, I thought you were a stunning and talented person, but it turns out that you would make such a big fuss over just one man.

  Is all this worth it?

  In any case, Kumarajiva was also one of the six greatest masters in the world.

  But anyway, this is an order from the Eastern Master after all. She's just a personal maid of the master, and the only thing she needs to do is execute the order.

  Things she shouldn't know, she'd rather not know. Questions she shouldn't ask, she absolutely wouldn't dare ask aloud.

  Otherwise, it will only bring fatal disaster.

  The maid descended the mountain, and Dongfang Yuleng gazed coldly at this beautiful landscape. Her clothes fluttered without wind, her long hair danced in the air, and the cloak behind her fluttered, as if she was about to ascend to immortality, her elegance beyond the ordinary.