Chapter 2139 — A Countermeasure
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
At the same time, however, the spirit wolf slammed straight into Wei Zhao's back. With a tremendous crash, it rattled every one of Wei Zhao's internal organs into chaos.
"Cough, cough..." Wei Zhao found that taking this blow from the spirit wolf head-on was far worse than one from Woking Dao. The spirit wolf's striking power was in no way inferior to that Earth-rank man in black he had met that day; though it was much weaker than the Heaven-rank might of the earlier endurance contest and the like, it was already more than the injured Wei Zhao could bear!
But Wei Zhao paid the spirit wolf no mind. Without a moment's pause he unleashed the second stance of the Frenzied Fire Fist, smashing it toward Woking Dao!
Wei Zhao had seen it too: Woking Dao could establish a link with the spirit wolf through a specialized beast tongue, and whom the spirit wolf attacked was entirely at Woking Dao's command! Having found this pattern, Wei Zhao locked his target onto Woking Dao himself!
So long as Woking Dao had not changed his order, the spirit wolf would not be clever enough to turn and attack Han Xiaohu—it would surely keep hounding Wei Zhao. So Wei Zhao did not intend to give Woking Dao the chance to communicate with the spirit wolf. Once Woking Dao was dealt with, the spirit wolf would naturally be nothing to fear!
"Boom—" The second stance of the Frenzied Fire Fist sent Woking Dao staggering back once more. He had not expected Wei Zhao's martial technique to be unleashed in continuous succession, giving him no chance at all to communicate with the spirit wolf!
Woking Dao spat out another great mouthful of blood, his face somewhat pale. He had just opened his mouth to speak when he saw Wei Zhao's fist come at him again!
Woking Dao was startled and hastily circulated his mental cultivation mantra to unleash a martial technique in defense. The third stance of the Frenzied Fire Fist against the third stance of the Wild Wolf Fist—Woking Dao was naturally at a disadvantage.
The Wild Wolf Fist was simply not as superior as the Frenzied Fire Fist. This martial technique only unleashed its greatest might when coordinated with a spirit beast's attack, and Wei Zhao had cultivated the Frenzied Fire Fist to the peak of mastery. Woking Dao fell back again and again, coughing up several mouthfuls of fresh blood, unable to speak!
In truth, wretched as Woking Dao looked, Wei Zhao was scarcely better off! That spirit wolf, stubborn as a mule, kept hammering at Wei Zhao's back until his spine nearly snapped from the impact!
Had Wei Zhao not clenched his teeth and held on with a single breath, he would likely have been in dire straits himself.
The fourth stance of the Frenzied Fire Fist! Seeing that Wei Zhao would not stop—that he was actually unleashing an even more powerful technique—a flash of terror crossed Woking Dao's eyes. The fear of death burst forth an astonishing latent potential in him, and he commanded the spirit wolf: "Use your strongest move—man and beast as one!"
Woking Dao no longer bothered ordering the spirit wolf to attack Han Xiaohu, for he had a premonition: if Wei Zhao's move struck him again, he very likely would not live to see tomorrow's sun. That was why he summoned the spirit wolf, willing to sacrifice both his own and the beast's cultivation, to invoke Qianshan Sect's mightiest secret art—the Man-Beast Unity, Heaven and Earth Wild Wolf Transformation!
This secret art could fuse the power of man and beast into one to strike down an opponent, but the price it exacted was severe: each use drastically diminished one's cultivation. Whether beast or man, at minimum a full grade of cultivation would be lost!