Chapter 27: Fighting for Life

  Guo Tao was just an illegitimate child of the Guo family, but he happened to condense a second-order totem and barely got the opportunity to enter the War Academy for training. Who knew that this guy had a good way with people, won over the elite Douzhans in the family, and got his hands on the Guo family's Body Refining Fist Method. In the ordinary Douzhan who couldn't cultivate Yuan Jue yet, he naturally walked sideways, defeating many people.

  He naturally knew about the previous defeat of Guo Feng by Hu Gao, but he thought his strength was far above Guo Feng's. This time, if he could defeat Hu Gao, he would not only enhance his status in the family but also gain wealth, which would be a perfect combination of fame and fortune. Originally, seeing many challengers, he could have excused himself for not having an opportunity, but unexpectedly, this Hu Gao just happened to choose him, almost making him cry with joy.

  With such a good opportunity, Guo Tao naturally didn't dare to be careless, and directly launched his most skilled Guang family boxing technique, preparing to defeat Hu Gao in one move. However, when he was less than a meter away from Hu Gao, seeing the latter's eyes shining like stars at close range, he suddenly felt a strong sense of foreboding.

  "Drink! Die!" After thinking of the other's weakness and his own strength, Guo Tao gritted his teeth, restrained the idea of retreating at the first time, let out a loud shout, and attacked Hu Gao's chest.

  The Guo family's boxing technique, in Hu Gao's understanding, is actually adding a lot of fake moves to the routine. For ordinary Taoist warriors who have not yet cultivated their yuan energy, when everyone is competing with each other's yuan energy strength, this kind of dazzling and unpredictable fake move can indeed achieve surprising effects. However, for Hu Gao, these are completely useless.

  Kuo Tao's seemingly fierce punch to the chest was actually a feint, and seeing that Hu Gao didn't move at all, he himself became somewhat flustered, and had to adjust all the follow-up moves he had originally prepared!

  It is true that the false and the real are intertwined, Guo Tao has done a lot of research on the Guo family's boxing method, and a series of changing moves were immediately displayed, each move rushing towards Hu Gao's vital points.

  Still as a mountain, moving like a shooting star. After Hu Gao continuously broke through Guo Tao's fake moves, when he was accumulating power to unleash his own big move, he suddenly moved his body quickly and circled around to Guo Tao's back.

  Guo Tao's vision went dark for a moment, speed was not his strong suit, he hastily summoned his second-tier Totem, Little Mischievous Bear, in an attempt to block the incoming attack from behind.

  Hu Gao was also shocked, he didn't expect that Guo Tao would be so desperate, summoning the Totem in the Condensed Shadow Realm to fight for his life. He hastily activated his secret technique, injecting Yuan energy into his fist and forcefully countered Xiao Zong's palm strike.

  Fists and palms collided, producing a massive sound. Hu Gao retreated three steps before stabilizing his stance, his chest feeling suffocated, his throat sweet, and his mouth full of the taste of blood.

  Kuo Tuo turned around and saw the miserable state of Hu Gao, showing a look of being left with his life. He had heard about the ferocity of Hu Gao's punches before, and just now he was really worried that his Totem wouldn't be able to withstand the attack. If his Totem were injured, their hopes for advancing to the later stages of the Condensing Shadow Realm would greatly diminish, which would be a huge loss for him.

  The crowd of martial artists below all exclaimed in surprise, the rapid change of moves just now, no one expected that Guo Tao would summon a totem, and more surprisingly, Hu Gao withstood the totem's attack, this battle is truly thrilling.

  Hu Gao swallowed the blood in his mouth, shook his hand and the attack from the second-level Totem just now made his entire arm numb, he didn't expect the physical attack of a second-level Totem to be so fierce, it really shocked him.

  The jade pendant on his chest suddenly sent a faint coolness again, and Hu Gao's surging blood was instantly calmed down. The healing effect took place once more, making him even more confident that the healing system was a BUG-level existence in any game.

  "Come again!" Hu Gao's spirit was lifted, and he refilled his fist with yuan energy, swiftly striking towards Guo Tao's totem.

  Kuo Tuo's face changed, and he hastily urged the little Xiong bear to launch an attack. However, this time it was much weaker than before. As a mid-stage warrior in the realm of condensed shadows, his body's yuan energy was very limited. Summoning a totem to attack would consume a large amount of mental energy and yuan energy, making it difficult to launch multiple attacks.

  "Bang!" The sound echoed through the martial arts arena once again, and Hu Gao was knocked back two steps, but this time his body didn't suffer any backlash.

  "This purely brute force attack is utterly devoid of even a shred of artistry!"

  Hu Gao had lost interest in this battle. He saw that Guo Tao was at the end of his rope and didn't say anything more, launching the North Dipper God Fist for the third time.

  "Stop, I give up!" Guo Tao was a man who knew when to stop. Seeing that Hu Gao still had energy left, he hastily withdrew his Totem, for if they continued fighting, it wouldn't just be about losing money, but also affecting their future cultivation path.

  Hu Gao wasn't interested in killing either, and since his opponent was so arrogant, he couldn't be bothered to take action. He walked forward, took a stack of gold tickets from Guo Tao's hand, didn't need to count them, just pinched one and knew there were at least forty, all with a face value of 100 gold coins, adding up to more than 4,000 gold coins.

  "This is a big profit, I can watch over 40 sets of middle-grade Yuan techniques. If they were all low-grade Yuan techniques, that would be over 400 sets."

  Hu Gao's eyes lit up as he gazed at the other two below the stage, looking at them like sheep waiting to be slaughtered. "You two, who will go first?"

  "Hu Gao, you're indeed formidable. Next, I, Zhu Lin, will challenge you. You'd better be careful." A lean figure soared into the air, holding a three-foot-long sword and staring at Hu Gao.

  It's actually a sword user, but the temperament is far inferior to Bai Xiao, who also uses a sword. However, it's true that sword cultivators have an advantage in the Condensing Shadow Realm. In a situation where everyone can't use yuan decisions, they only need to inject yuan force into the sword and then release it, which can infinitely increase the attack distance.

  It is true that one inch longer means one part stronger. Hu Gao can't be careless this time and must be careful in his response.

  "Hiss!" Zhu Lin smiled meaningfully, without extra words, his long sword flashed out of its scabbard, its energy sweeping across the sky, stirring up all directions. In the flash of the sword's light, he was already approaching Hu Gao.

  "Too fast!" Hu Gao's mind was shaken, he never thought that Zhu Lin's speed would be so swift, and the sword energy flying around him was almost impermeable to wind, leaving him nowhere to hide, let alone find any weaknesses in the latter's moves.

  Zhu Lin's attack is simply unbeatable. To counter this move, there is only one way: to be faster than him.

  Hu Gao was clearly not as fast, and for a moment he couldn't find a way to dismantle the move, so he had to retreat repeatedly, his face solemn.

  Dozens of formulas have been imprinted in my mind, but they are still useless. What's the point of understanding the formula if you can't exert its power?

  This is just like the difference between a genius and a strong person, a genius with talent, but without enough strength, in front of a strong person, still belongs to the weak.

  "What should I do?"

  Hu Gaobrow furrowed tightly together.

  "Hu Gao, receive the sword."

  At this time, a joyful shout came from behind Hu Gao, accompanied by a whistling sound.

  Hú Gāo hastily turned around to look, and saw a sharp sword flying towards him. His heart filled with joy, he immediately reached out to grab the hilt of the sword, and with a flourish, swung it forward.

  "Ding ding......"

  The sound of iron clashing spread far and wide, Hu Gao's figure retreated in a row, the sleeves were already entwined by the sword energy, fortunately he retreated quickly, without getting hurt.

  "Come again!"

  Zhu Lin smiled faintly and stabbed out another sword. The dense and impermeable sword energy instantly enveloped Hu Gao.

  Hú Gāo shouted in distress, as one after another of the primordial techniques flashed through his mind, and with his sword skills, he executed them to counter Zhū Lín's attacks.

  Fortunately, he had enough key points to remember, and his adaptability was strong. Zhu Lin's attack was fierce and ruthless, but every move was barely blocked by him.

  Moreover, Hu Gao's application of the Yuan Jue style became increasingly proficient. At first, it was still a bit awkward and stiff, but later on, every move had a model-like quality to it, with just the right amount of power, perfectly countering Zhu Lin's attacks.

  This scene suddenly made the crowd under the martial arts stage open their mouths in shock, with faces full of incredulity.

  "What kind of realm is this Hu Gao in? Why did his sword move just now seem like Yuan Jue?"

  Everyone had a strange idea in their mind. Hu Gao's move, many of them seemed to have seen before, as if it was a move from some set of moves, but when each move was connected together, it didn't seem like a set of moves.

  "Hu Gao brothers, I really can't see through you anymore." Ji Le looked at Hu Gao's various techniques and couldn't help but feel a strong sense of surprise. He knew that Hu Gao had entered the library to study the ancient art earlier, but he didn't expect him to master it so quickly, it was simply genius!

  Zhu Lin took a few steps back, looking at Hu Gao's eyes slowly turning unfriendly. If Hu Gao had relied on his own skills to fight him, he might have only defeated the latter in the end. But Hu Gao had actually cultivated the Yuan Technique, which made Zhu Lin extremely unhappy.

  "Next, I'll play my strongest trump card. If you can take it, then you win and the 5,000 gold coins are yours. If you lose, the gold coins are still yours, but you must admit in front of everyone that you're not worthy of being a peerless master."

  "Whoosh!"

  Zhu Lin wasn't asking for Hu Gao's opinion, but rather issuing a command. As soon as his voice fell, a circle of sharp sword energy burst out from him, like a terrifying storm, swirling around the long sword and sweeping towards the latter.

  Under his sword aura, the air was filled with sonic booms, clearly this move's power was too enormous. The students below all had solemn expressions, even Wu Yun, who was standing in the crowd, had a serious look on his face. Even he found it hard to withstand Zhu Lin's move, the final outcome would depend on heaven's will.

  Can Hu Gao hold on?

  Everyone's eyes were all focused on Hu Gao, they wanted to see if this young man who was being watched by tens of thousands of people could withstand Zhu Lin's strongest attack.

  "It's so fierce, can't hide or resist."

  Hu Gao looked ahead at the sword energy storm raging towards him, his mouth twitching. This Zhu Lin was too ruthless, directly using a fatal move on himself. What's the point of this? He hadn't stolen his wife or raped his sister, did he need to be treated like this?

  "Standing here and resisting is also a result. If I don't resist... anyway, it won't be death. You use ruthless moves on me, then don't blame me for being heartless."

  A fierce glint flashed in Hu Gao's eyes as he charged towards the Sword Storm, his speed even surpassing that of the storm itself.