nycdaug Chapter 1319 - 1318: Huo Zhen
Chapter 1319 - 1318: Huo Zhen
Tang Rao was startled by the voice from behind."Old man, you're pretty impressive, huh? I thought I could find a quiet place to stay for a couple of days, how did you manage to pop up again?"
Tang Rao turned around and saw, Huo Zhen?
Huo Zhen was wielding a gigantic blade over ten meters long, heading straight toward Tang Rao.
Tang Rao suddenly remembered an old joke: I wield a sixteen-meter-long blade, allowing you fifteen meters to run.
Huo Zhen's entrance was just like that.
"I've been waiting for you for so long, not just to chat with you but to exact my revenge."
Huo Zhen, getting on in years, didn't bother to put on a false front, and swung the huge blade directly toward Tang Rao.
"Wouldn't you give a heads-up before making a move? Going straight into it is not quite our usual style."
As he spoke, another slash came toward Tang Rao.
Although it didn't touch Tang Rao's skin, he could feel the burning heat on it.
Just the wind was so powerful, Tang Rao was genuinely worried if he, being at the same Realm, would be a match for Huo Zhen.
"This is how I greet you. If you're not used to it, well, let's continue."
Continue greeting Tang Rao with force?
Tang Rao wasn't foolish; when he saw the almost madman-like Huo Zhen slashing toward him, he knew, besides skillfully dodging, he had to actively engage Huo Zhen a couple of times.
Honestly speaking, Huo Zhen indeed was a genuine master of their Realm, with profound skills; going head-to-head with Huo Zhen, Tang Rao wasn't necessarily his match.
But running away now?
That was something Tang Rao could not do.
"Huo Zhen, let me ask you once, are you really going to chop me with that big blade of yours? We're both in the same Realm; if you're harmful to me, I won't hold back against you."
Harmful?
How strange those words sounded.
Why speak so ambiguously between two grown men?
"Kid, you killed my grandson, leading to my family's ruin and cutting off my family's incense. Do you think things would just end like that?"
After numerous hacking and slashing, Tang Rao had grown accustomed, even in the midst of dodging; he discovered the essence of it.
Understanding these tricks wasn't that difficult.
"It's not over; it's not simple at all. I've long understood your tactics; there's no such thing as you killing me just because you want to."
Having said that, a massive fire rose from Tang Rao's hands, and with a Quenching Fire Palm strike, smoke surged all around; Tang Rao gathered the smoke into a tornado, with fire interspersed within the tornado, the intense flames forcing Huo Zhen several steps back.
"Enhanced Quenching Fire Palm!"
The tornado formed by the Quenching Fire Palm had already made its strike, and even before Huo Zhen could ready his first counterattack, the second strike came again.
This time, it was an enhanced version mixed with Taotie power. Tang Rao was well aware of its power.
Huo Zhen didn't know what the enhanced version was; he only thought that, although the initial Quenching Fire Palm was immensely powerful, it wasn't utterly unbeatable; thus, he arrogantly believed that he could withstand the enhanced version.
"You little brat want to play these tricks with me? Don't you see who I am?"
Huo Zhen circulated all of his Immortal Energy to refine his muscles and bones to withstand the incoming challenge!
Huo Zhen thought that by using both his hands to block, he could surely succeed, but as the heatwave and huge waves approached, Huo Zhen felt that things weren't as simple as he had imagined.
"Did I scare him with my prowess being too intense?"
Tang Rao muttered to himself.
He watched with amusement as Huo Zhen's moves; all three steps were easily swallowed by the huge wave brought by the Quenching Fire Palm.
"Not good!"
Even Tang Rao could hear the horror in Huo Zhen's voice!
"What's not good? What's so bad about it? I think it's quite good."
Huo Zhen's head throbbed, while Tang Rao was gloating, afraid that Huo Zhen couldn't hear him; he deliberately raised his voice.
Now Huo Zhen was indeed too occupied to care, wrapped entirely by the heatwave; with a boom, Tang Rao could feel the damage inside, clearly indicating Huo Zhen wasn't faring well.
"Dead? So quickly?"
If his flesh was burnt to a crisp and he wasn't dead, then he truly had remarkable luck.
"Can it be that easy for me to die?"
Huo Zhen's voice was like that of a demon emerging from Hell.
From within a pile of ashes, he reappeared with all his might.
Whether it was an illusion or something else, Tang Rao felt that Huo Zhen seemed somewhat different from just before.
His strength seemed enhanced!
"Not dead? If you're not dead, you should try a few more times, consider it stretching your older bones."
As soon as Tang Rao finished speaking, Huo Zhen burst into laughter.
"Tang Rao, are you kidding with me? I think you can let me go through a few more critical strikes; just now, I made a breakthrough!"
Breakthrough?
Tang Rao truly wanted to slap himself.
The Quenching Fire Palm he used just made Huo Zun have a breakthrough.
Had he known striking leads to breakthroughs, Tang Rao would've beat himself to become more clever.
"I should thank you; I've been stuck at the early peak of the Middle God for ages, could never find a breakthrough, and unexpected today, I did."
The more Huo Zhen spoke, the angrier Tang Rao got; he was nearly infuriated to death.
Wasn't this blatantly mocking Tang Rao? An accidental opportunity... all Tang Rao could say was, he had good luck.
"Middle God's peak doesn't mean much; I could still thrash you in a fight!"
Tang Rao dared not use the enhanced Quenching Fire Palm again, fearing that if he did, he might propel Huo Zhen into another advance.
"Want another go?"
Huo Zhen directly challenged Tang Rao's authority, forcing Tang Rao to clench his fists tightly, refraining from unleashing his anger.
"Forget it, I'm in a bad mood today, I'll take my leave now to show respect!"
Tang Rao found a not-so-easy-to-believe excuse, then began heading toward the Kao Shan Sect.
"Wanna leave? You'll have to practice with me first!"
Huo Zhen reached out, stopping Tang Rao from taking another step forward.
"My Soul-snatching Blade has never failed, let me use your blood today to consecrate my treasured blade!"
With his long blade out, Huo Zhen aimed it at Tang Rao, slashing at him at a speed ten times faster than before.
Tang Rao didn't manage to dodge!
His arm was directly chopped off by Huo Zhen!
Tang Rao, in pain, his arm fell to the ground, blood incessantly gushing out.
"Got your left arm, the right arm is also on my list!"
With another slash from the Soul-snatching Blade, Tang Rao focused entirely; he knew if he got distracted again, the second arm wouldn't be spared.
Tang Rao picked up his severed arm from the ground, quickly stored it in his Space Ring, then evaded concentratively!
"Whether it's the left arm or the right arm, they are from my unseen parents, not something you can just take!"
When outmatched, Tang Rao would flee!
This was his consistent survival principle.
"Return!"
Huo Zhen knew about the treasure Tang Rao had; Tang Rao had no need to hide it.
As long as he wasn't caught, as long as the item remained in Tang Rao's pouch.
With a whoosh, Tang Rao vanished.
Even with Huo Zhen's strength surpassing Tang Rao's, he couldn't see the track of Tang Rao leaving.