642: Chapter 638: Ye Tian Takes Action!
642: Chapter 638: Ye Tian Takes Action!
This monk was also a martial artist.
Seeing Huang Bo attack, he shook the wooden stick in his hand and swung it toward Huang Bo’s waist.
But this swing did not hit Huang Bo.
Huang Bo’s body was like a slick loach.
The moment the stick touched him, he bent his body and dodged the edge.
Not only that, but Huang Bo followed the stick and approached the monk closely.
“Bang!”
With a heavy punch, the monk was knocked to the ground by Huang Bo!
“Get into the Five Elements Stick Formation!”
The abbot yelled out, and the rest of the monks did not dare to delay.
They quickly took positions in the Five Elements Stick Formation, encircling Huang Bo at the center.
“Swoosh swoosh swoosh~~~~~~”
Three monks raised their wooden sticks and struck toward Huang Bo’s face.
Huang dodged with agile movements, swinging his fists with gusts of punching wind, attacking the three monks who were targeting him.
However, before he could make a successful strike, the sound of sticks once again rang out fiercely from behind.
Huang Bo did not dare to be careless and had to abandon his attack to dodge the oncoming sticks from the monks behind him…
An offense and defense were locked in a standstill; Huang Bo and the group of monks seemed evenly matched!
The feature of the Five Elements Stick Formation was its extremely strong defensive power.
Although the monks could not contend with Huang Bo one-on-one, with the support of the stick formation, Huang Bo couldn’t manage to injure any of the monks.
However, strong defense was not only the advantage but also the weakness of the Five Elements Stick Formation.
Because it was too focused on defense, the monks’ attacks were powerless, easily neutralized by Huang Bo…
The monks and Huang Bo were at a stalemate, unable to discern a clear winner for the moment!
Ye Tian watched the fierce battle between the monks and Huang Bo closely.
Since Lingyin Temple was built here to guard something, it was not surprising that the monks there knew martial arts.
From the stick techniques used by these monks, Ye Tian knew clearly that they were disciples of the Shaolin Temple, employing the renowned Dharma Stick Method.
Among all the monks, the one with the highest martial arts skills was the abbot of Lingyin Temple, who played a pivotal role in the Five Elements Stick Formation!
If the Five Elements Stick Formation were to be compared to a snake, the abbot would undoubtedly be its head, commanding all the monks and directing their offense and defense…
Time ticked by, yet neither side could claim victory.
“Ye Tian, do you think the monks can give that old guy a good thrashing?” Bai Lan asked outright, but Ye Tian said nothing.
Ye Tian knew, of course, that Bai Lan hoped the monks of Lingyin Temple would win.
However, the current situation was a standoff, with no clear victor.
And Ye Tian himself had crossed hands with Huang Bo.
He was very clear that Huang Bo had not yet used his trump card!
Huang Bo was merely sparring with the monks using a set of basic martial arts.
But in fact, he was still concealing his real strength, the force of nature!
Ye Tian once witnessed Huang Bo using it.
Although it couldn’t be considered extremely powerful, it was certainly beyond what these monks could compare with.
If he seriously unleashed the force of nature, perhaps…
Just when Ye Tian was worried, Huang Bo, surrounded at the core by the monks, suddenly let out a loud shout!
“Ahhhhhh~~~~~~~~~”
As he shouted, surge after surge of power poured into Huang Bo’s body from outside.
“Retreat!”
The abbot shouted, having sensed the power radiating from Huang Bo.
The strength was so formidable that, even standing in front of Huang Bo, one could feel a bone-chilling coldness.
“What…
what is this…?”
The abbot had never seen the force of nature before, so he felt somewhat intimidated by Huang Bo’s power.
Huang Bo was surrounded by howling winds, causing anyone who felt it to shudder involuntarily.
“You damn monk!
You disrespect the wine I offer, now you shall be punished!”
Huang Bo said coldly as he suddenly surged forward, heading straight for the abbot.
The abbot quickly executed his Light Skill Steps, trying to dodge the attack…
“Protect the abbot!”
Three monks stood in front of the abbot, fiercely swinging their wooden sticks, smashing them down toward Huang Bo’s head.
This strike was the three monks’ full effort, not aiming to defeat Huang Bo but to stop his attack on the abbot.
“Heh~~”
Facing the ferocious attack, Huang Bo did not even bother to dodge, and the wooden sticks of the three monks ruthlessly hit his head…
“Crack!”
The attack did not cause Huang Bo’s head to bleed; instead, the three monks were sent flying back by a powerful backlash, their sticks shattering into splinters.
And Huang Bo’s momentum in attacking the abbot did not lessen; he cornered the abbot.
The abbot was not one to just wait for defeat, raising his palm to meet the attack.
But how could his strikes compare to Huang Bo, who was now wielding the force of nature?
“Bang!”
The abbot’s attack was insignificant in front of Huang Bo.
As he swung his palm, it clashed with Huang Bo’s fist and was instantly repelled, and with such ferocity that the abbot nearly toppled over.
But Huang Bo wouldn’t let him fall just like that, immediately transforming his fist into a claw, he fiercely grasped the abbot’s neck.
This grasp was no small matter, as the abbot of Lingyin Temple felt an immense force enter his body, rendering him immobile, struggling was no longer an option.
“Release the abbot!”
Seeing the abbot caught by Huang Bo, the other monks quickly cried out, but Huang Bo hardly considered these monks, who were masters of mere trifling skills, worth his attention.
“Wanting to save your abbot, huh?
Too bad that even if you all attack together, you’re no match for me!”
Waves of killing intent radiated from Huang Bo’s body, and all the monks knew that the enemy before them was extremely powerful; saving the abbot from his grasp would be extremely difficult!
Huang Bo then coldly said, “This was a very simple matter that could have been resolved by allowing me to look through a few books in your temple’s scripture vault, yet you are stubbornly oblivious.
Why force me to take action?
If only you had complied at the beginning, why suffer now?”
The sharp sarcasm caused the monks of Lingyin Temple to lower their heads involuntarily, indeed, before Huang Bo, none stood the slightest chance altogether.
What everyone could do was to let Huang Bo in, thus potentially saving everyone’s lives.
“No…
we cannot…
let him…
in…”
Although his neck was being squeezed, the abbot still refused to submit, desperately squeezing out a few words as a warning to all the monks of Lingyin Temple.
“Old monk, you’re so stubborn even when death is at your door!
This time, let me send you off to the Western Paradise!”
Huang Bo roared, then increased his grip; if he continued to apply force, the abbot of Lingyin Temple would undoubtedly die!
“Swish swish swish~~~~~~~~”
Just as Huang Bo was basking in his arrogance, a strong gust of wind brushed by his ear, and a figure punched towards him with a momentum even stronger than all the monks of Lingyin Temple combined!
“Who’s there?”
Huang Bo, ever cautious, yelled out, quickly let go and retreated a big step backwards.
After retreating to a safe distance, Huang Bo saw the person who had sneak attacked him, of medium stature, dressed simply; it was someone he knew.
——It was Ye Tian, whom he had clashed with before!
“You?”
Huang Bo felt his back break into sweat, for he had once fought against Ye Tian; even though he had used the force of nature, he could not overcome Ye Tian.
How could Ye Tian appear at Lingyin Temple?
“Benefactor, you…”
The abbot of Lingyin Temple looked at Ye Tian with a bewildered face; he had thought that the man Bai Lan brought was just a common believer, not realizing that this person’s martial skills were so formidable.
Both the abbot and the monks, who were disciples of the Shaolin Temple, could not defeat the fierce Huang Bo, but with just one move, Ye Tian had forced Huang Bo to retreat, showing that his strength was extraordinary, far above everyone else!
Now that Ye Tian had taken action, Bai Lan also stepped forward; she also wanted to see who was more impressive between Ye Tian and the uninvited intruder.
“Why do you always stand in my way?
Why do you oppose the Sima Family?”
Facing Ye Tian, Huang Bo didn’t dare to engage recklessly but coldly asked.
Ye Tian just smiled faintly and said, “Why do I oppose you?
You’re thinking too much!
For villains, everyone is your enemy!”
“Villains?”
The response from Ye Tian made Huang Bo laugh.
“A mere ant dares to pass judgment on the Sima Family?
Heh heh heh~~~~~~~”
Like Sima Hong, Huang Bo also saw ordinary people or martial artists as mere ants, and Ye Tian did not understand where their sense of superiority came from.
“If I’m an ant, then let this ant deal with you!”
As he said this, Ye Tian slowly generated his inner strength within his body, the robust inner strength enveloped him, causing Ye Tian’s form to shine dazzlingly bright.
The abbot and monks of Lingyin Temple were all astonished; they had not expected such a powerful person to exist in this world.
Compared to him, the martial arts of the Shaolin Temple seemed insignificant…
At this moment, Ye Tian had not employed the Xuan Yun technique nor tapped into the power of the wooden saber he carried, this was purely his own Inner Strength!
The oppressive aura emanating from Ye Tian made Huang Bo’s heart quake with fear; he had felt the same during their last encounter…
Strong!
He was simply too strong!
It was hard to imagine that such power could belong to a regular martial artist!
“Come on!”
Having displayed his Inner Strength, Ye Tian rubbed his hands together and approached Huang Bo step by step, while Huang Bo scoffed coldly, “You think I’d be afraid of you!”
With that, Huang Bo waved his sleeve, and a hidden weapon shot out!
Ye Tian hadn’t expected Huang Bo to launch a hidden weapon at him, and hastily leaped backward, gracefully dodging it.
Preparing to attack Huang Bo again, but after shooting the hidden weapon, Huang Bo spun around rapidly and leaped straight towards the back!