CHAPTER 606: CHAPTER 383: "12-STORY DIVINE ARROW TECHNIQUE!" [REQUEST FOR MONTHLY TICKETS!]_2

But now, Shen Gongtu is faltering, while Yan Chuan is strong, and his strength seems to be no less than his.

The Bear King assessed the situation, and thought of his purpose for coming this time, finally deciding not to stand by idly—

"Roar!"

With one roar, momentum surged.

The Bear Form doesn’t descend once it rises, primarily using defense as offense, defending oneself to turn enemies, and winning without extending.

Look at the Bear King—

Swinging arms and crashing elbows can be deadly, raising the neck for defense shows immense power, chasing wind and moon, reversing and striking with the back of the fist.

In the few short days they hadn’t met, the Bear King had obviously mastered much of the Bear Form’s essence.

Though the bear is clumsy and slow-moving, its brute strength is immense, especially the arm strength of a bear.

In Xingyi Boxing, the whole body’s image is expressed as the ’Four Symbols’, and the ’Bear’s Arm’ is one of these.

The force of the Bear’s Arm is to concentrate energy and strength in the deltoids and back muscles.

"If the shoulders don’t press, the arms don’t gather; if the arms don’t press, the forearms have no strength; if the arms don’t gather, the elbows will be empty; if the elbows are empty, the hands will be loose."

Yan Chuan wielded the ’Flying Electric Spear’ to entangle Shen Gongtu, and could spare time to instruct the Bear King on using the ’Bear Form’.

This Bear King!

Truly despicable!

The ’Bear Form’ engages sideways with a defense strategy, the rear arm with a downward Yin Hand, the front arm rises and presses against the arm wrist, alternately flipping wrists and swinging arms, every move must have the Bear’s Arm, and both hands tightly guard the face.

The Bear King deeply understood this essence, defending rigorously, but each move targeted the lower three paths.

A few days ago, the White Tiger Beast King suffered greatly from this.

Today, Shen Gongtu is also choked by this.

His "Twelve-story Tower Divine Arrow Technique" not only can shoot arrows but also transform into close combat martial arts, ever-changing in its principle, with Shen Gongtu holding the ’Sky Dome Sunset Bow’, facing two at once; though he is at Innate Fourth Layer, after an explosive life-and-death struggle, he could contend with two Innate Fifth Layer combined.

Strong, strong, strong!

Truly strong!

But his strength comes at a cost, unsustainable over time.

Faced with a pincer attack from the two, Shen Gongtu could easily retreat, but taking down Yan Chuan to break the ’Jiazi Tai Sui’ is too difficult for now.

Still, Shen Gongtu remains.

This battle has cost him too much, he must take down Yan Chuan, must seize the treasure, only then can he slightly recover, avoiding a total loss.

Therefore, at this moment, he can’t leave.

But Shen Gongtu isn’t just stubbornly standing fast, he has his own plans: "’Jiazi Tai Sui’ consumes ’Essence Stones’ each time it’s activated, the court’s ’Jiazi Tai Sui’ can store two hundred Essence Stones, can fully explode twenty times, in a fight against someone of the same Innate Second Layer, it can last for a quarter-hour, it’s the best for suppressing those below Innate."

A regular Jiazi Tai Sui!

Two hundred Essence Stones stored!

Yet Yan Chuan’s ’Jiazi Tai Sui’ is clearly much stronger, for such a divine might, the stronger it is, the more Essence Stones it consumes.

For instance, ’Three Heads and Six Arms’ can store the energy of two thousand jin of Essence Stones, but if fighting with full force, the full consumption rate of Innate Fourth and Fifth Layer combat power is also great, ultimately it only lasts for one or two quarter-hours.

The combat power of this ’Jiazi Tai Sui’ before him is similar to ’Jiazi Tai Sui’, even if Yan Chuan reserves two thousand jin of Essence Stones, at most it will support half an hour, but in his presence, even this stronger ’Jiazi Tai Sui’ must frequently burst to fend off, consuming more Essence Stones reserves.

"Strong you are indeed!"

"But how long can you fight?"

Shen Gongtu gambles on Yan Chuan’s limited Essence Stones, gambles on the crumbling endurance of ’Jiazi Tai Sui’.

Thus the entanglement.

Thus he doesn’t leave.

Thus he rarely deals with the Bear King; Shen Gongtu focuses intently on Yan Chuan, fixating on ’Jiazi Tai Sui’ for a fierce assault—

With twists and turns!

Two Verticals bring calamity!

Three people make a tiger!

Four empties all!

Five Oceans captures a turtle!

Six Harmonies soar together!

July Fire blazing!

Eight Sounds layered play!

Shen Gongtu, wielding the ’Sky Dome Sunset Bow’, executes the "Twelve-story Tower Divine Arrow Technique", strong even in close combat, forcing Yan Chuan to retreat step by step, the ’Fifth Rank·Jiazi Tai Sui’ seeming pale against the life-and-death pressing attack of Shen Gongtu.

"Wave Riding Micro Steps"!

"Dugu Nine Swords"!

"One Yang Finger"!

"Finger Snapping Divine Ability"!

"Heavenly Mountain Broken Plum Hand"!

"Ghost Prison Yin Wind Roar"!

Yan Chuan loaded ’Jiazi Tai Sui’, using all his Seven Realm Absolute Skills to the full extent.

Absolute Skills of the Seventh Realm.

Particularly the "Wave Riding Micro Steps" approaching Seventh Realm Late Stage, even among Innate Grandmasters it is not considered inferior.

But compared to Shen Gongtu’s "Twelve-story Tower Divine Arrow Technique", it falls short. Even though this skill is primarily an archery technique, when transformed for close combat its power slightly decreases, yet Shen Gongtu at least cultivated this technique to the Seventh Realm Late Stage, wielding immense power.

While Yan Chuan only has Seven Realm Absolute Skills.

Even those are exerted through ’Jiazi Tai Sui’, rendering them less impactful, unable to fully unleash their potential, further weakening them.

Therefore, naturally, he faced a battering.

But Yan Chuan relies on the ’Jiazi Tai Sui’ for its thick defense and durability, counting on the assistance of the Bear King, exploiting Shen Gongtu’s inability to swiftly kill him, and he brings forth a martial arts lecture—

Arrow Skills!

Boxing!

Yan Chuan lectures incessantly.

With the martial arts lecture, he gains more understanding of Shen Gongtu, mastering the "Twelve-story Tower Divine Arrow Technique" even more—

[Your ’Twelve-story Tower Divine Arrow Technique’ has been improved, Second Realm: First Glimpse → Third Realm: Entering the Hall.]

[Your ’Twelve-story Tower Divine Arrow Technique’ has been improved, Third Realm: Entering the Hall → Fourth Realm Slightly Accomplished.]

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After the Fourth Realm.

Know yourself, and know your enemy.

Yan Chuan wielded the ’Flying Electric Spear’ like a sword, using "Dugu Nine Swords" to anticipate the enemy, gradually countering Shen Gongtu, barely managing to catch a breath.

One quarter-hour!

Two quarter-hours!

Shen Gongtu, unable to win after prolonged battle, grew agitated.

And at this moment.

Outside Tan Valley Royal City, Huang Wuniang arrived.

Her feet stepping ’Spirit Snake Step’, holding the ’Golden Snake Sword’, upon arrival she raised her hand, launching a ’Golden Snake Cone’ that shot forth.

"You scoundrel!"

"Such audacity!"

Huang Wuniang shouted fiercely, instantly joining the battle to aid Yan Chuan.

But quickly—

"Huang Wuniang?"

"Dare to act out, being at the bottom of the Heavenly List?"

Shen Gongtu sneered internally, with a turn of the ’Sky Dome Sunset Bow’, [Twists and Turns], sweeping the bow, three arc changes, even amidst the siege of Yan Chuan and the Bear King, he found a gap, with just a single move, knocking Huang Wuniang flying—

"Pfft!"

Huang Wuniang spat blood, crashing heavily to the ground with a tumble, rolling directly beside the gaunt-faced Jiang Bianliu.

Two major Inmates!

Two at the bottom!

They looked at each other, all severely wounded.

...

"So fierce!"

Witnessing Shen Gongtu swiftly incapacitate Jiang Bianliu and Huang Wuniang, Yan Chuan was trembling with fear and anger seeped from his heart. Yet he is currently only Postnatal, able to fight only with the aid of ’Jiazi Tai Sui’, truly struggling.

At this moment of stalemate.

The final outcome rests upon whether Shen Gongtu’s True Yuan holds out longer, or Yan Chuan and the Bear King can sustain better.

An intense battle.

Darkness veiled the sky and earth.

Yan Chuan felt an increased sense of urgency, this battle was taking place right outside Tan Valley Royal City, although after obtaining ’Jiazi Tai Sui’, he had cleared all spies around the royal city, there might still be some who slipped through the net, and definitely, other cities within the King City Realm would send scouts to monitor again.

The news of fierce fighting can’t be concealed for long.

At this time—

Jiang Bianliu severely injured.

Huang Wuniang heavily wounded.

The two major Innate forces of the King City both compromised.

Once the news spreads, there will undoubtedly be those with malicious intent.

If the stalemate continues, if any more Innates arrive, it would be perilous.

Yan Chuan is anxious.

Shen Gongtu is even more anxious.

"I’ve already burned seventy percent of my True Yuan, shortening my lifespan by at least seventy years, with my potential severely overdrawn. If there’s no miracle treasure medicine to compensate in the future, I will certainly make no progress."

Shen Gongtu!

He’s anxious!

Having consumed seventy percent of his True Yuan yet still unable to take down Yan Chuan, he didn’t expect this, such a mere Postnatal who had performed just mediocrely in the Cang Mountain Sword Discussion; he didn’t expect that in just a few months, Yan Chuan had already mastered numerous Innate Absolute Skills, skills emerging one after another, infinitely versatile, although he couldn’t defeat him, merely entangling and self-preserving was overly sufficient.

"Can’t take him down!"

Shen Gongtu had given too much.

He considered betting once more, gambling that Yan Chuan was nearing his limit the next moment.

But dared not!

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