Chapter 539: Chapter 256 What Palm Technique_2
Clearly, the White Lotus Palm is not something Eastern Gate Orchid can use at will; it’s a highly taxing move.
Thus when Hei Ao launched his attack, she could only counter with her swordsmanship.
However, Eastern Gate Orchid’s expertise in swordsmanship was clearly not as formidable as her White Lotus Palm.
Adding to that, Hei Ao was somewhat infuriated, and after several exchanges, he surprisingly began to gain the upper hand.
Unfortunately for Hei Ao, he was now at his wits’ end.
The intense battle, coupled with the energy expended in facing previous challengers, left him with little stamina.
After a forceful onslaught, he failed to take down Eastern Gate Orchid. Instead, after she recovered, she counterattacked with one palm strike of the White Lotus Palm, sending him flying to the ground where he knelt, unable to recover quickly, with Eastern Gate Orchid holding a sword to his neck.
"You’ve lost."
[Hei Ao: 28/521.]
[Eastern Gate Orchid: 854/1101.]
"Eastern Gate Orchid! Eastern Gate Orchid! Eastern Gate Orchid!"
The scene immediately erupted in cheers, and while some lamented Hei Ao’s defeat, those voices were soon drowned out by the cheers for the new darling, Eastern Gate Orchid.
Hei Ao is not a sore loser; he merely watched Eastern Gate Orchid coldly, slowly got up, and walked off the stage.
Hei Ao didn’t know if he could have won against this woman at his peak, but he imagined it would have been a more thrilling fight.
Hei Ao somewhat regretted entering the stage too soon, which led to his unexpected defeat.
It was a significant loss of face.
Once he left the arena, the first person he saw was Fang Yu, alongside the gaze cast from Zuo Lu on the platform.
Even though Zuo Lu’s look was simply one of concern, Hei Ao found it irritating.
When Fang Yu reached Hei Ao, Hei Ao immediately grabbed his clothes.
"Get up there and take that woman down!"
His gaze deeply locked onto Fang Yu.
Fang Yu immediately laughed.
"The deal we made earlier, does it still stand?"
What Fang Yu mentioned, of course, was about the Talisman of Malevolence Dispelling.
"It stands!"
Hei Ao spoke coldly, and without waiting for Fang Yu’s response, he threw Fang Yu towards the platform.
This guy...
Thud.
Fang Yu landed firmly on his feet, turned around, and saw Eastern Gate Orchid.
She, clearly taken aback, looked at Fang Yu and then back at the challenging gaze from Hei Ao below.
"What? You want to fight for him?"
Eastern Gate Orchid slightly frowned.
Fang Yu smiled.
"Please enlighten me."
He had initially planned to wait a while longer, to let others go up and whittle down Eastern Gate Orchid’s health a bit more before he would step in for an easy victory.
But Hei Ao was too eager and had thrown him onto the stage.
"Stupid woman, defeating me is not a big deal; let’s see if you can take him down too."
Even though Hei Ao had stepped down, his spirit was still strong as he pointed at Fang Yu.
Well, am I your spokesman or what?
Eastern Gate Orchid raised an eyebrow but showed no courtesy as she immediately dashed towards Fang Yu.
But when she thrust her sword...
Clang!
Her longsword was easily deflected by Fang Yu’s dagger blade.
The dagger rested at Fang Yu’s waist, swift to draw, hence Eastern Gate Orchid barely saw Fang Yu’s move before her longsword was parried.
She squinted her eyes, then with a serious demeanor, began a continuous assault with her sword.
However, what surprised her was...
Clang clang clang clang clang!
Each of her strikes was easily blocked by Fang Yu’s combined use of his longsword and dagger blade.
A dozen strikes passed, and not one touched even the hem of his clothing.
Eastern Gate Orchid was shocked.
Only then did she realize that the person before her seemed even more troublesome than Hei Long.
As if sensing Eastern Gate Orchid’s thoughts, Fang Yu smiled slightly.
That was inevitable.
After all, Hei Ao only had a bit over 500 health, just having broken through and challenged these Thousand Blood Warriors prematurely.
And he... had long been a Thousand Blood Warrior, with a total health nearly reaching twenty thousand, there was basically no chance of defeat.
"Well done!"
Hei Ao shouted excitedly from below.
Though he hadn’t beaten Eastern Gate Orchid, with Fang Yu fighting as his proxy, a victory by Fang Yu would also count as his, and the rewards would still be his. So, seeing Fang Yu holding his ground against Eastern Gate Orchid excited him greatly.
Even putting the rewards aside, the person who had forced him off the stage was now struggling under his own man’s attacks, and that felt very satisfying.
Hei Ao could almost certainly foresee Fang Yu’s victory, as he felt that the prior battles had significantly drained Eastern Gate Orchid’s stamina.
Fang Yu just needed to maintain the current situation and engage in a war of attrition with Eastern Gate Orchid, and she would inevitably be defeated.
Eastern Gate Orchid clearly understood this principle too.
Stomp!
With a forward surge, her attack mode immediately changed, becoming incredibly fierce and unlike her usual approach.
Clang clang clang clang!
Hiss—
Fang Yu’s shoulder was slashed, adding another wound.
-163!
However, Fang Yu didn’t mind it and continued to block and defend using the swordsmanship of the Origin Body Twin Zero Sword.
[Life: 19417/19678.]
"His swordsmanship is indeed mediocre."
Someone in the audience commented.
That person was Cun Lixin, who had been previously defeated by Hei Ao.
This guy seemed quite obsessed with his swordsmanship, mumbling about it constantly.
Glared at by Hei Ao, he immediately behaved, not daring to speak anymore.
After all, having been defeated by Hei Ao, he didn’t dare to make a scene in front of him.
Unaware of the minor commotion below, Fang Yu faced a series of attacks from Eastern Gate Orchid, accumulating several more wounds on his body.
He felt that this way, there might be no chance of counterattack, and he couldn’t help but sigh.
Eastern Gate Orchid still hadn’t grasped the significance of that sigh.
Once again, she lunged with her sword, only to see white Bone Powder explode around Fang Yu.
In the next instant...
Hiss!!
Eastern Gate Orchid felt a pain in her wrist, and her weapon fell to the ground.
Looking down, she saw a bloody wound on her wrist, almost deep enough to reveal bone.
What sort of swordsmanship?!
Eastern Gate Orchid’s eyes widened, looking at Fang Yu in disbelief.
In that instant, she didn’t even see how Fang Yu made his move, and she was already hit.
He... His swordsmanship was quite ordinary!
Eastern Gate Orchid couldn’t comprehend, covering her right hand’s wound, glaring at Fang Yu.
Fang Yu, utterly lacking in gentlemanly demeanor, kicked away the longsword on the ground and grinned at her.
"Come, let’s continue."
Despicable!
Eastern Gate Orchid furiously glared at Fang Yu, stepping on a White Lotus, charging forward violently.
After exchanging blows with Fang Yu for a while, she was confident that he wouldn’t react in time to her sudden burst.
However...
Boom!!
Eastern Gate Orchid struck out with a palm, but it hit nothing.
She watched carefully.
The Red Bull-masked person, at the moment she struck, suddenly had a faint white powder erupt from his legs, then his speed drastically increased, dodging the attack.
The missed attack caused Eastern Gate Orchid to stagger momentarily, then suddenly she felt pain in her back, splattering blood.
Turning her head, it was the Red Bull-masked man, who had struck her from behind.
She touched the wound on her back, looked at her hand, and saw it drenched with blood.
This Red Bull-masked man was shockingly ruthless in his attacks.
Eastern Gate Orchid furiously glared at Fang Yu, her hand trembling slightly.
From the beginning, where they were evenly matched, to now being at a disadvantage, Eastern Gate Orchid faintly felt she might not be his match.
But she didn’t give up, suddenly yelling and lunging forward, striking out with both palms.
"White Lotus Palm!!"
Whoosh whoosh whoosh—
Before the palm arrived, the pressure of the wind did.
The howling wind pressure caused Fang Yu’s face to flap.
In the void, vague white lotus phantoms appeared.
This was Eastern Gate Orchid’s strongest attack, and the one she was most confident in; no one could block it!
But Fang Yu didn’t dodge or avoid, inserting his longsword and dagger into their scabbards, then planting his feet on the arena floor and met the attack with both palms!
Rooting into the earth!
Part-armoring!
The palm he struck had white Bone Powder exploding around his hand, concentrating and forming a bone palm.
When the White Lotus Palm struck, he directly confronted it.
Bang!!!
The Bone Powder exploded, and Fang Yu felt a brutal force, along with a strange power transmitting through his palms.
But this force was quickly neutralized by the grounding, channeled from his body to his legs, then spreading to the ground.
What truly damaged his body was only a bit of residual impact.