Chapter 2373 — From Whom Did You Learn It?
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"Eh?" Piao Laoliu was startled—but it was already too late. Wei Zhao's Raging Fire Heaven-Splitting Earth-Rending Claw had already seized upon Piao Laoliu's chest! Piao Laoliu's face, which had borne such arrogance, went abruptly white. A look of disbelief flashed through his eyes as well, and then his expression turned bleak; his whole body was sent flying backward, slamming hard into the wall of the private room with a thunderous crash!
A deep crater was smashed into the wall of the private room. Piao Laoliu was badly hurt this time; judging by the dark purple blood seeping from the corner of his mouth, he had suffered severe internal injuries! This rather surprised Wei Zhao!
Though the Raging Fire Heaven-Splitting Earth-Rending Claw had been successfully activated, its power was far less than that of the Raging Fire Eight Trigrams Palm—it was only equivalent to the power of the normal fifth form of the Raging Fire Fist, that is, the sixth form of an ordinary superior martial art.
This combination of martial arts had not produced the heaven-defying effect of the Five Elements Eight Trigrams Palm, but that was within Wei Zhao's expectations. After all, the power of the Five Elements Eight Trigrams Palm was heaven-defying, whereas Piao Laoliu's Heaven-Splitting Earth-Rending Claw could hardly be called outstanding in power at all—it was merely on par with an ordinary superior martial art.
So the fifth combined form of the Raging Fire Fist and the Heaven-Splitting Earth-Rending Claw having the power of an ordinary sixth form did not surprise Wei Zhao. But that Piao Laoliu should stand there, neither guarding nor attacking, and let Wei Zhao strike him—that did surprise Wei Zhao!
To make him give up, the man was far too arrogant! And so, with Piao Laoliu utterly unguarded, Wei Zhao's strike landed—and landed squarely on Piao Laoliu's body. Though it was only the sixth form, this Heaven-Splitting Earth-Rending Claw seemed to be a martial art that specifically restrained Piao Laoliu; the damage it inflicted was far greater than that of the Raging Fire Eight Trigrams Palm before!
"You... how is that possible?" Piao Laoliu spat three or four mouthfuls of fresh blood before he managed to stagger to his feet, hardly able to believe the truth before his eyes. "How could you activate the Heaven-Splitting Earth-Rending Claw? From whom did you learn it?"
"From you." No sooner had Wei Zhao spoken than, without giving Piao Laoliu time to steady himself, he lashed out once more with the fifth form of the Raging Fire Heaven-Splitting Earth-Rending Claw!
This time Piao Laoliu saw Wei Zhao's move clearly. Previously he had taken it for granted that Wei Zhao was activating the Raging Fire Eight Trigrams Palm, and so had not guarded at all; it was not until Piao Huotai's warning that Piao Laoliu realized something was wrong—but by then it was too late.
This time, however, he saw it clearly the moment Wei Zhao launched the move: it was the Heaven-Splitting Earth-Rending Claw. He did not know how Wei Zhao had learned it, but the activation method and the movements were identical to his own—and the claws carried red fire-attribute true qi, just as when he himself activated it!
Piao Laoliu was instantly aghast. Others might not know how much the Heaven-Splitting Earth-Rending Claw could hurt him, but he knew! Even though Wei Zhao was activating only the sixth form, the damage to him was still enormous!
Piao Laoliu was certain that if Wei Zhao kept activating it like this, he could not withstand five moves! The Heaven-Splitting Earth-Rending Claw was precisely the bane of his external cultivation method—such was the principle that every thing has its vanquisher.
"Impossible! When did I ever teach you?" Piao Laoliu wanted to dodge, but it was already too late; he had no choice but to circulate his internal-energy mental formula at flying speed and activate the tenth form of the Heaven-Splitting Earth-Rending Claw, attacking Wei Zhao! RQ