Chapter 1407 — Grievously Wounded
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
Seeing Uncle Zhu closing in behind him, Wu Chengtian wavered. If he quickened his pace, he would soon reach the door of Tang Zhi's home. He believed that once he was out the door and away, Uncle Zhu would not give chase — after all, Zhao Fafa was still in the house, and Uncle Zhu could not abandon him!
But if he ran off, what would become of Tang Zhi? This was the task the Boss had given him — he had to protect Tang Zhi, no matter what!
At that thought, Wu Chengtian clenched his teeth. He had already acknowledged the Boss; to flee the field now would be a grave offense, and where would the Wu family's credibility stand then? He was the young head of the Wu family, and his every word and deed represented it. If he ran, he would never again have the face to show himself in the world!
Wu Chengtian, above all, was a man who prized his honor — how could he do something so faithless and dishonorable?
So Wu Chengtian simply stopped running. Turning his fists into palms, he planted himself where he stood and made ready to meet Uncle Zhu blow for blow. He meant to stake everything against him; so long as he could hold out until Uncle Qing arrived to help, all would be well!
Uncle Qing was an expert at the very peak of late Yellow Rank, surely more than a match for Uncle Zhu. He only had to hold on a while longer!
"Come on, you old bastard — taste your Grandpa Wu's Mighty Divine Palm!" With that, Wu Chengtian raised both hands high and charged forward!
"Courting death!" Uncle Zhu had not expected Wu Chengtian to dare challenge him to battle now, and his fury swelled further. This pup simply did not put him in his eyes at all! Uncle Zhu felt truly aggrieved: before he had lost his rank, dealing with an early Yellow Rank expert like Wu Chengtian had taken a single punch — they were not even on the same level. Yet now, after fighting so long, there was still no result, and the pup had even dared to mock him!
Uncle Zhu rushed at Wu Chengtian in swift strides and swatted at him with his palm. This time, he gathered all his true qi into his two hands, intent on finishing Wu Chengtian in one blow!
"Boom!"
Wu Chengtian's palms met Uncle Zhu's. Wu Chengtian had trained the Iron Hand Technique, yet he was still blasted away by the vast, domineering true qi, crashing straight into the security door of Tang Zhi's home behind him and warping the door out of shape!
"Pff—" Wu Chengtian spat a mouthful of blood and tumbled down from the security door, his face ashen white, the clothes over his chest already stained red. Though his hands were unharmed — Uncle Zhu had not broken them — Wu Chengtian himself had taken grave internal injury: his organs had been shifted from their places, and the meridians throughout his body were shattered beyond reckoning!
Yet though Wu Chengtian was gravely wounded, Uncle Zhu was not faring well either!
He had already been injured by Wu Chengtian earlier, and now, after their palms clashed, some of the force rebounded off Wu Chengtian's hard palms back into Uncle Zhu himself, worsening his wounds further!
"Ah!" Seeing Wu Chengtian vomit blood, Tang Zhi's heart lurched, and she blurted instinctively: "How are you?"
"Haha, how is he? He's dying, that's how!" Watching Wu Chengtian beaten to a pulp by Uncle Zhu, Zhao Fafa felt indescribably gleeful. "You'd better hurry up and call your boyfriend over here. This underling of his is too lousy — utterly useless!"