"Good move!"
Who knows if Zhang Feng said this to encourage Gao Xiao.
Either way, Gao Xiao's movements became a bit faster.
A fist shimmering with a pale gray light swung down towards Zhang Feng.
Seeing that pale gray shimmering fist, Zhang Feng's face showed a satisfied expression.
Finally, I can see it clearly!
The pale gray light must be Gao Xiao's Spiritual Qi, right?
But why is his Spiritual Qi gray?
My Spiritual Qi is golden and shiny, much prettier in comparison!
A dull "boom" resounded.
The forceful fist was easily caught by Zhang Feng.
The ferocious-looking Gao Xiao was stunned.
Because he felt like he had seen this before?
Isn't this exactly what happened between Zhang Feng and me?
How come.
Is history going to repeat itself?
"Wait, what's Zhang Feng doing?"
In his shock, Gao Xiao noticed Zhang Feng's anomaly close by.
He saw that Zhang Feng held his fist.
Since you're not hurt, then strike me!
If nothing else, at least throw me out.
What are you doing now?
Only to see Zhang Feng holding Gao Xiao's fist, leaning his head closer.
Gao Xiao almost thought Zhang Feng was going to kiss him.
But Zhang Feng seemed entirely indifferent.
Holding his fist, he started to examine it.
Even changed direction a bit as if curiously studying the fist.
Gao Xiao's face darkened more and more.
Finally, he couldn't help but roar out:
"Stop insulting people!"
"Ah---!!!"
Accompanied by Gao Xiao's roar, the pale gray light on his body flashed violently.
Then he struggled, trying to escape from Zhang Feng's grasp.
But he found that his struggle was in vain.
His fist stayed firmly in place, held by Zhang Feng.
Instead, his body flew and twisted furiously, trying to exert power.
It looked like a chicken being lifted up.
The head was so stable, no matter how the body twisted, that head wouldn't move an inch.
But this wasn't Gao Xiao's intention; it was entirely controlled by Zhang Feng.
Gao Xiao was going mad, he had struggled so much and still couldn't resist Zhang Feng's power?
This can't be!
This is absolutely impossible!
He remembered what that woman said.
The woman's master, Mr. Lin, was invincible.
She herself was the second in the world.
Having combined the powers of both people, how could he still be toyed with by Zhang Feng?
It's an illusion!
It must be an illusion!
Refusing to believe this, Gao Xiao struggled even more violently.
Finally, he succeeded.
Feeling his wrist loosen, his whole body bounced away.
But, it seemed his success had little to do with his efforts.
This success was entirely a concession from Zhang Feng.
It wasn't that he escaped, but Zhang Feng let him go.
But Gao Xiao didn't think so.
He even felt a bit fortunate in his heart: "I've indeed become stronger!"
"Before, I couldn't break free at all."
Oh well, he still had such ideas?
Luckily for Zhang Feng, he couldn't hear his thoughts, or else who knows what kind of "insulting" words he would have said!
"I can definitely kill Zhang Feng!"
Where does this mysterious confidence even come from?
"Die, huh? Where'd he go?"
Gao Xiao was just about to roar handsomely again.
But before the sound fully emerged.
He found that Zhang Feng, who was standing in front of him just a moment ago, had disappeared?
Gao Xiao's heart instantly leaped.
Then he frantically looked around, searching for Zhang Feng.
At this moment, he suddenly felt his shoulder being tapped, and Zhang Feng's voice followed by his ear:
"I'm here."
"Die!!" Gao Xiao instinctively roared and punched to his side.
The result, predictably, fell into empty space.
But this time, without giving Gao Xiao a chance to react.
The other shoulder was tapped;
"I'm on this side!"
"Die!!"
Gao Xiao instinctively punched again.
But the result was the same, hitting nothing.
And after the punch swung out, Gao Xiao felt a hand pat his butt.
Then he heard Zhang Feng's voice again:
"Over here."
"Ahhhhhhh!!!"
Gao Xiao instantly felt like he was unclean.
He fell into a frenzied state.
"Die, die, die, die!!!"
His fists started swinging wildly.
And every swing was full force.
The pale gray light on his body flashed intensely.
And Zhang Feng?
Now he appeared back where he had been standing all along.
Arms crossed, watching Gao Xiao with great interest.
Gao Xiao's body kept making thudding sounds.
Around him were all the afterimages of his own swinging fists.
To outsiders, he was like a clown driven insane by mosquitoes, fighting witlessly against the air.
But Zhang Feng's eyes showed a hint of light, even nodding slightly:
"So that's how it is...."
"Is it really that amazing?"
Indeed.
From the long-range attack, close combat, to now Gao Xiao's performance art in front of Zhang Feng.
Zhang Feng finally saw some clues.
Why, without a Dantian, does this Gao Xiao still have cultivation power?
It's because Spiritual Qi no longer uses the Dantian as a medium and container.
Instead, Gao Xiao uses all his muscles and bones as the medium.
Evenly, perfectly distributed throughout all of Gao Xiao's muscles and bones.
This directly omits transferring power through meridians from the Dantian.
For example, when Zhang Feng tapped Gao Xiao's shoulder, he immediately felt a wave of Spiritual Qi resisting him from the shoulder.
And when he tapped Gao Xiao's butt, he felt the same sensation.
The power was emitted from the shoulder and the butt, skipping the power transfer step entirely.
Dantian destroyed, no problem, the human body itself becomes a huge Dantian!
This truly was something Zhang Feng had never encountered.
In the world he came from, even as he was about to inherit the position of Celestial Master, he'd never seen such a miraculous practice.
He even began to imagine.
If I could make my vast Spiritual Qi, like Gao Xiao, operate entirely without channeling through meridians, applying it to cultivation techniques....
Then couldn't I even use Palm Thunder with my butt?
Zhang Feng's notion is....
Bizarre.
Truly bizarre.
But the light of excitement in his eyes grew even brighter.
"In that previous world, I felt my power had reached a peak, unable to climb further."
"But... If I turn myself into a Dantian, wouldn't that mean... I've opened up a whole new realm?"
"Is there a long road ahead of me in the future?!"
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