Chapter 151 The Great Art of Dissolving Power
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"Where are you two Dharma Kings going?" Shi Potian asked with a smile.
The Starry Sky Immortal King and Zhuo Bufan's expressions changed. The Starry Sky Immortal King chuckled sinisterly, "Young Master Lin, we meet again. You rescued that girl, ruining our grand plan. This debt must be settled!"
She spoke fluently, indicating that she had recovered from the backlash of the mind-controlling technique.
Shi Potian said in surprise, "You ambushed me first and tried to steal my sword manual. I haven't even settled accounts with you yet, so why are you trying to settle accounts with me? You're being too unreasonable."
"Speaking of reason, what reason is there in this world? If we're talking about reason, this world still belongs to my Ming Cult. How come my cult has become a heretical sect that everyone hates and has disappeared for hundreds of years?" Starry Sky Immortal King said disdainfully.
Shi Potian couldn't understand what she was saying, only saying, "I won't kill you. But you have to hand over the Life-Sustaining Pills."
The Starry Sky Immortal King sneered, "Kill us? Young镖头 (镖头 is a term used to describe a skilled镖师, often implying someone who is overly ambitious or knowledgeable), you don't really think you can compare to Dongfang Bubai, do you? Nanfang Bubai is just Nanfang Bubai after all. You're just picking the tallest among the short, a frog in a well, with no idea how vast the world is, how many powerful sects and experts are in the north?"
Zhuo Bufan laughed and said, "Young镖头, the person in front of you is the Starry Sky Immortal King, the leader of the Four Great Dharma Kings of our sect. Although you possess many unique skills, the Immortal King was caught off guard last time and was ambushed by the Young镖头 who pretended to be weak. He did not have the chance to use his divine skills, but it does not mean that the two of us are really afraid of you."
After speaking, Zhuo Bufan drew his sword and stabbed.
Unfortunately, it was still the same broken sword, but it still emitted a sword aura and was now the same length as a normal longsword.
Without further ado, the Starry Sky Immortal King unleashed a stench that swept towards Shi Potian as his sleeves billowed.
At the same time, he shouted, "Young镖头 (镖头 is a term used to describe a powerful bodyguard), taste my corpse poison and see if you can still withstand it." He was misled by Shi Potian's previous disregard for his bewitching poison, which led to his utter defeat, and he wanted to regain his face.
Her corpse poison was passed down from the Xingxiu Sect during the Northern Song Dynasty. It was fatal upon contact and could also be contagious from corpses. After she mastered it, she was invincible and it was a deadly weapon for killing and wiping out entire families.
Shi Potian remained fearless and did not retreat in the face of the attacks from the two Dharma Kings.
With both palms extended simultaneously, the left palm unleashed a flaming blade strike, its energy crisscrossing and instantly shattering Zhuo Bufan's sword aura. The momentum, however, remained undiminished, slashing straight towards Zhuo Bufan's chest, forcing him to fall to the ground to avoid the attack.
With a slash of his right palm, a dragon's roar shook the heavens; it was the "Regretful Dragon" move from the Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms, the palm wind howling as if a whirlwind had risen from flat ground.
The Starry Sky Immortal King felt an overwhelming palm wind pressing down, and the rotting corpse poison gas was immediately forced back by the palm wind.
The Starry Sky Immortal King was greatly alarmed and exclaimed, "Boy, you actually know the Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms!"
Although he was not afraid of poison, he dared not take the palm strike head-on. He leaped high into the air, the palm wind brushing past his feet. A loud bang echoed in the temple, dust flying everywhere. It was this palm strike that directly blasted the strange temple to its knees.
Roof tiles and beams fell straight down, and the three of them slipped out of the temple and came outside.
The two Dharma Kings were covered in dust, and when the Starry Sky Immortal King saw that Shi Potian was completely clean and tidy, he was surprised.
How did this kid develop such skill? It's simply unbelievable.
Qu Feiyan and the other two were startled when they saw the temple suddenly collapse from a distance. They were relieved when they saw Shi Potian gracefully emerge from the temple.
The three were of mediocre skill and could not intervene in a fight of this level, so Shi Potian told them not to show themselves.
The Starry Sky Immortal King stared at Shi Potian, his face full of shock. "Rumors in the martial arts world say you know the 'Regretful Dragon' move from the Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms. I didn't believe it. Even the Beggars' Clan doesn't know it. You actually learned it just by watching Zhang Huashen use it once. Kid, are you really a martial arts prodigy, one in a thousand years?"
Shi Potian said, "You actually know Zhang Huashen?"
Zhuo Bufan said, "No one in the world understands the Zhang family better than my Ming Cult. We not only know Zhang Huashen, but his father Zhang Lianxu is also a great enemy of our cult."
Shi Potian asked casually, having no interest in their grudges, and said, "Do you two still want to fight? I'll say it again: as long as you hand over the Life-Sustaining Eight Pills, I won't kill you."
The Starry Sky Immortal King chuckled, "Young Master Escort's skill is indeed not for nothing. It seems the Blade King's loss at your hands was not unjustified. But it's probably not enough to kill us."
"Kid, do you dare to take one of my palms? If you can take one of my palms and not lose, I'll give you the Eight Life-Sustaining Pills."
After saying that, the Starry Sky Immortal King slowly pushed out a palm. This palm strike was really slow, just waiting for Shi Potian to come up and receive it.
Shi Potian laughed and said, "What's there to be afraid of?"
He also launched a palm strike.
Zhuo Bufan was overjoyed, thinking to himself, "The situation is settled. This kid actually dared to take a palm strike from the Starry Sky Immortal King. Ignorance is bliss."
The Starry Sky Immortal King was overjoyed and shouted, "Young镖头 is indeed a hero among young men, fearless! Let's settle this with one palm strike!"
The two palms met silently. The Starry Sky Immortal King, channeling her poison, laughed loudly, "Young镖头 (镖头 is a term for a bodyguard/escort), you're finished! Do you know what kind of trick this old woman's palm strike is? Hahaha!"
Zhuo Bufan, confident of victory, laughed and said, "That's the Immortal King's 'Dissolving Power Technique,' which strikes fear into the hearts of all under heaven. You actually dared to take it head-on. It's pitiful that you are so young yet possess extraordinary power, but it's all going to be dissolved."
Upon hearing this, the Starry Sky Immortal King became even more smug and laughed heartily.
The Dissolving Power Technique was her signature skill and a peerless secret technique of the Starry Constellation Sect. This technique could dissolve a person's painstakingly cultivated internal energy, rendering them completely useless and worse than death.
The reason she dared to exchange blows with Shi Potian was because she was certain that Shi Potian didn't know her true strength, and she wanted to use this unique skill to win in one move.
The Dissolving Power Technique relies entirely on a special poison. She exerted all her power to neutralize Shi Potian's power, but her expression suddenly changed, her laughter stopped, and she exclaimed, "Star Absorbing Technique!"
As if he had encountered the most unbelievable thing in the world, the Starry Sky Immortal King was so frightened that he lost his mind. With a flick of his left hand, streams of poisonous water were frantically sprayed onto Shi Potian's face.
Shi Potian shook his palm and dodged away, splashing poisonous water, causing the wild grass on the ground to immediately rise with blue smoke.
Zhuo Bufan was also startled and flashed to the Starry Sky Immortal King, who was pale with fright:
"Immortal King, what's going on?"
The Starry Sky Immortal King gritted his teeth and said, "This kid knows the Star Absorbing Technique."
Zhuo Bufan was taken aback: "Wasn't the Star Absorbing Technique only mastered by Ren Woxing? How come he knows it too?"
The Starry Sky Immortal King said bitterly, "No wonder he has such superb skills at such a young age, no wonder he saved Ren Woxing's daughter. It turns out they were originally family."
"He is definitely Ren Woxing's disciple."
Shi Potian looked bewildered and said, "What are you talking about? What Star Absorbing Technique? What Ren Woxing? I've never heard of these. You've got it wrong."
"So Yingying's father is named Ren Woxing, then her full name is Ren Yingying," Shi Potian thought to himself.