Book 4, Chapter 247: Breaking Through The Air With Refined Force

Qi Huishi kept his eyes trained on Chen Chuan’s fist. At that moment, he was the attacker, so he was confident that he would hit first. If he had enough spirit flames put into his fingers and could hurt Chen Chuan enough, then even if Chen Chuan’s fist landed, it wouldn’t deal much damage to him.

He didn’t hesitate and committed himself to the attack. But the moment he gathered his spirit flames, he saw the spirit flames on Chen Chuan’s fist flare, like they were about to gush outward, and his heart skipped a beat.

This was a clear sign that the spirit flames were about to land. His mind raced. Chen Chuan’s attack was going to be incredibly powerful. If he continued with this attack, he might not be able to get an advantage, and it was likely that both of them would end up heavily wounded. Since his foundation could not compare to Chen Chuan’s, he would lose, and that would put him at a disadvantage.

Once he reached this conclusion, he switched tactics. He tapped his foot against the ground and drifted away to the side on light feet. At the same time, he pulled back the spirit flames that he was about to send out. This change from offense to defense interrupted his attack rhythm, which handed his opponent a chance to become an attacker.

This was fine because Chen Chuan would also have a hard time pulling his fist back. Qi Huishi still had a chance to continue attacking. As long as he kept overpowering Chen Chuan, he could find an opening and a chance.

However, what happened next was completely out of his expectations. The spirit flames around Chen Chuan’s fist faded away, and Qi Huishi widened his eyes in surprise. It was a feint.

He was mistaken about that, though. The effects from practicing the Blinding Blaze and the Fist of the Vast Sky showed up here. Chen Chuan’s sharp mind not only allowed him to accurately pinpoint Qi Huishi’s attack direction, but also strengthened his ability to gather and restrain his spirit flames. He could move in many varied ways.

If Qi Huishi hadn’t given up, he could have turned the punch into a real clash of spirit flames. If Qi Huishi retreated, which he did, he could pull back his power and switch to a more reasonable attack. He could easily adapt to Qi Huishi’s moves.

He moved forward and threw another punch at Qi Huishi. The tide turned. He continued his offense, while Qi Huishi was forced into a defensive position because his rhythm had been interrupted.

Damn it.

Qi Huishi knew that if he continued dodging, he would be forced even more firmly into the defense. No matter what, he couldn’t let himself be stuck in it.

Hence, he didn’t retreat. Instead, he used a secret technique to gather most of his spirit flames before pushing outward with one hand to block Chen Chuan’s attack again so that he could halt his offense.

Boom!

Chen Chuan’s fist rammed into Qi Huishi’s palm. Their spirit flames scattered everywhere, and the light at the point of contact quickly dwindled. However, before the first attack even ended, Chen Chuan threw another punch.

Qi Huishi didn’t back down. He gathered more spirit flames and used his other hand to face the attack. Even though he knew that this was inefficient and made him use a lot of spirit flames, it was the correct strategy.

As fist met palm again, light shot out, and the air around them churned. The ground under their feet caved, and cracks spread outward. Light shone from them, and most of the snow and dirt were forced out.

But this wasn’t the end yet. Chen Chuan threw his third punch. Qi Huishi continued fighting in the same manner. Even after the two exchanges, he wasn’t at a disadvantage. Instead, the distance between them had started widening, which gave him time to regain his breathing.

He was sure that Chen Chuan’s offense wasn’t going to stop, so after the third punch, the distance between them was going to widen even further. Once that happened, he would have a chance to avoid him and set up an attack.

At that moment, light flashed on Chen Chuan’s fist, and a spirit flame attack came charging over.

Qi Huishi’s eyes flew wide open in shock. Spirit flame attacks required preparation and were seldom delivered in such haste, so he wasn’t expecting Chen Chuan to use it after the two exchanges.

Spirit flame attacks were swift. Since this one was delivered from such close proximity, Qi Huishi couldn’t avoid it. He was forced to gather the remaining bits of his spirit flames and push his arms outward to block the incoming attack.

The spirit flames pushed him back for more than a hundred meters, and a huge ditch separated them. In the end, a loud bang rose.

The light around Qi Huishi faded a lot, and he even gasped for air a few times, but twelve black pearls of various sizes floated around him while shining with spirit flames.

They were Air-Walking Pearls, a mutated weapon that only martial arts masters could use. When used together with his mental energy and biofield, they could fly about in the air in a highly destructive manner. Just now, in order to prevent Chen Chuan from closing in on him, he had been forced to use them.

Even though he responded to the attack appropriately and wasn’t hurt, he had used up a lot of his spirit flames. Tactically speaking, he hadn’t lost, but if the fight dragged on, all Chen Chuan would need to do would be to make good use of his stamina, and Qi Huishi would lose. That was why he had to be shameless and take his weapon out.

He looked at Chen Chuan, who stood a distance away from him, and said, “Director Chen, I’m sorry, but I had to use my weapon.”

Chen Chuan cast him and the pearls a cursory glance before responding, “We never said that we can’t use weapons, Mr. Qi. You don’t need to apologize for that.”

***

While the Enclosed Shore employees couldn’t see the details of the spar, they could understand what was going on underneath.

“Mr. Bao, doesn’t it seem like Director Chen is stronger?” the assistant asked.

“That’s what it looks like,” Bao Ning said with a nod.

He was still nervous, though. He had seen plenty of martial artists fight before, and no one could predict who was going to win until the victor emerged. They had also told him that the victory was up for grabs until the very end of the fight. While martial arts masters were different, he believed that they still operated on the same principle.

***

Qi Huishi adjusted his breathing slightly and spread his arms. The Air-Walking Pearls spread out until they were around eight meters away from him.

He had twelve of them, which meant that he instantly gained twelve new ways of attack. If he combined them with his own body, he could create countless combinations while delivering fiercer and more powerful attacks.

With a single thought, six glowing pearls shot toward Chen Chuan. The pearls had his mutated tissue in them. Even if they were out of his biofield, they remained connected to his mind and would move according to his desires.

Chen Chuan’s gaze sharpened, and he took a step back. With a loud whoosh, several deep pits appeared on the ground. He took another step back, and more pearls flew past where he had stood.

Before the pearls could continue attacking him, he vanished from sight. When he appeared again, he was beside a tree and kicked it. The top half of the thick trunk flew to where Qi Huishi stood, but Chen Chuan didn’t stop there. With more kicks, broken trees kept flying toward his opponent.

Qi Huishi swung his arms around to smack away the tree trunks. Even though the trees blocked his vision, martial arts masters didn’t rely entirely on their sight. They could use their minds to sense other people’s breathing and biofield. However, at some point, he noticed that Chen Chuan had disappeared from his senses.

“What?”

He was shocked and looked up. He couldn’t find Chen Chuan anywhere using his eyes. All he could see was a tree trunk flying over. He narrowed his eyes. Two Air-Walking Pearls that had been floating around him shot to the tree trunk. Another two surrounded it to form a pincer attack.

With his sharp instincts, he deduced that Chen Chuan might be hiding behind the tree trunk and using it as a cover to get close.

He was right. Chen Chuan had closed in while attaching himself to the tree trunk. He was sure that before Qi Huishi could locate him, he wouldn’t dare to use all of his Air-Walking Pearls. This would allow him a chance to get close.

When he faced the two pearls coming at him, he threw a punch at one of them before bringing an elbow up to bounce away the other one. At the same time, he spun around, and spirit flames gathered on his hand. When he faced the front again, he flung his arm forward.

Qi Huishi had wanted to charge forward and use the Air-Walking Pearls to attack Chen Chuan, but the spirit flame attack coming straight at him forced him to stop, and he had to block it. Even so, he used his mental energy to have the two Air-Walking Pearls that had moved to the sides of the tree to attack Chen Chuan from the back. The two remaining Air-Walking Pearls around him also charged forward.

Chen Chuan’s gaze sharpened. He took a step to the side and used his position to force the Air-Walking Pearls to attack him at different times. Then, with barely a gap between his attacks, he threw four punches. All four struck the pearls, and whenever his fist contacted them, he extinguished the spirit flames on them. This made them unable to threaten him for a time.

With a stomp, he shot forward. Qi Huishi had only just disintegrated Chen Chuan’s spirit flame attack. His gaze sharpened when he saw the fist getting closer to him. He brought his arms up, and spirit flames surged up as he tried to block the attack and stop Chen Chuan’s offense.

When Chen Chuan’s fist was about to touch Qi Huishi, he unfurled it and grabbed Qi Huishi’s arm. The Sanshou-type refined force turned into a grappling-type refined force. His spirit flames also changed accordingly.

This switch in attacks happened so abruptly that Qi Huishi couldn’t adjust his spirit flames in time. The spirit flames on his arm were instantly extinguished. At the same time, a wave of refined force surged into his body.

The pearls that were far behind them came back and hit Chen Chuan. This was Qi Huishi’s final move. He had planned to block Chen Chuan’s attack, then use the pearls to strike him down. Even if he wouldn’t be able to injure him, he would force him into the defense. However, when Chen Chuan grabbed him, most of the light on the pearls faded away. Whatever power remained wasn’t strong enough to destroy Chen Chuan’s spirit flames, and the pearls fell on the ground.

Chen Chuan lifted the numb Qi Huishi and threw him on the ground. The icy plains let out a loud bang, and a large amount of snow shot up from where they stood.

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