668: Chapter 664: Comparing Strengths 668: Chapter 664: Comparing Strengths Zhang Bo looked at Ye Tian with disbelief.
Since ancient times, there have been very few who knew they were facing the Sima Family yet still dared to put up a fierce resistance; Ye Tian’s audacity had indeed swelled to the extreme!
“So that means the real map is in your possession, right?
In that case, I don’t need to waste any more effort looking for it!
Heh heh heh~~~~~~”
With a cold chuckle, Zhang Bo pounced towards Ye Tian!
“Be careful!”
The crowd behind Ye Tian shouted out in warning.
Zhang Bo’s sudden attack, compounded by the formidable power he harbored, made everyone sweat for Ye Tian.
Seeing Zhang Bo’s hands striking like cannonballs, Ye Tian didn’t dare to be negligent and quickly mustered his Inner Strength, clashing fist to fist with Zhang Bo.
“Boom!”
Their fists collided, erupting with intense sound.
Not only was the sound deafening, but the ground around them also shook.
From Ye Tian and Zhang Bo, wave after wave of robust Palm Forces surged outwards, making all the spectators feel as if they were suffocating!
“Good lad!”
Zhang Bo gave a cold smile, then changed tactics.
His head hammered down like a sledge, targeting Ye Tian.
Ye Tian hadn’t expected that this expert, who utilized the force of nature, would fight in such a primitive way.
He quickly ducked down, avoiding Zhang Bo’s head strike.
Then, shouting loudly, Ye Tian seized the moment Zhang Bo’s head strike missed and caused him to lose balance.
He executed a shoulder throw, hurling Zhang Bo’s body out ferociously.
Caught off guard, Zhang Bo’s body soared through the air, but he swiftly stabilized himself, preventing a fall.
“To think that merely using ordinary Inner Strength could combat the force of nature.
No wonder Master said to be wary of the Night King.
He truly is formidable!”
Their initial exchange already earned Ye Tian Zhang Bo’s recognition.
Ever since Zhang Bo started cultivating the force of nature, he rarely met an opponent who could stand against him among ordinary Martial Artists, but Ye Tian was an unexpected challenge.
“The feeling is mutual…”
Ye Tian responded with a smile.
The situation had reached a point where Ye Tian had revealed his identity in front of Zhang Bo and even confessed to tricking the Sima Family with a fake map.
Thus, Ye Tian had no path of retreat and must defeat Zhang Bo to carve out a sliver of hope for survival!
For Ye Tian, it was a gamble because if he couldn’t even defeat a butler of the Sima Family, how could he contemplate a head-on confrontation with the Sima Family?
“But, Night King, do you know that I haven’t been using my full strength since the beginning?”
Despite Ye Tian’s formidable strength, Zhang Bo spoke disparagingly, unimpressed.
“Not using your full strength?
How much of your power have you used?”
Ye Tian asked curiously, but a sinister smile spread across Zhang Bo’s face.
“Merely one tenth!”
“What!?”
Ye Tian was shocked by Zhang Bo’s words.
Not just Ye Tian, but even the Ding brothers, who had fought Zhang Bo earlier, and the other Martial Artists from Night King Hall were all exclaiming in astonishment.
With just one tenth of his strength, Zhang Bo had defeated the Martial Artists of Night King Hall and effortlessly unraveled the combined assault of the Ding brothers.
Could it be that the butler of the Sima Family was truly so powerful?
“You must be joking!
This guy clearly gave it his all but says he only used one tenth of his power!
He must be joking!”
“Right!
He is saying this because he couldn’t defeat the boss.
He’s just trying to make the boss retreat and spare him!”
“The more someone boasts about their strength, the weaker they are.
This guy is no exception!”
…
The Martial Artists from Night King Hall all disbelieved Zhang Bo’s claim.
Zhang Bo, however, offered no explanations.
He stretched out in a yawn, closed his eyes and concentrated for a few seconds.
“What’s happening!?”
Though it appeared to be a plain motion, Ye Tian could distinctly feel the power within Zhang Bo gathering, vastly surpassing the strength he had used in their previous encounter.
“The most formidable of the four butlers of the Sima Family…”
—The words of Ding Da once again echoed in Ye Tian’s ears.
Initially, Ye Tian had simply assumed that since Zhang Bo was a butler, no matter how powerful he was, he wouldn’t be much stronger than Huang Bo.
But now, comparing Zhang Bo to Huang Bo, it was like comparing heaven and earth!
“Heh heh heh~~~~~Night King, prepare to die!”
After gathering all his power within his body, Zhang Bo opened his eyes.
His body shone with a faint light, not dazzling but Ye Tian could feel Zhang Bo’s inner power, as hot as a blast furnace forging steel.
Ye Tian, facing such an adversary for the first time, did not dare to be negligent.
He drew his wood sword.
The force of nature within the wood sword constantly infused into Ye Tian, with flashes of lightning swirling around his body.
“A Life Weapon??”
Ding Da looked at Ye Tian in astonishment, never having expected Ye Tian to possess such a formidable weapon.
“However, this Life Weapon is not of a high grade; it is only of an inferior grade…”
Ding Er expressed his concerns, because the Life Weapon in Ye Tian’s hands was not of a high level.
“But owning a Life Weapon, plus the Mysterious Cloud Skill, he might stand a chance against Zhang Bo!”
Ding San speculated, though he couldn’t predict the outcome of Ye Tian’s confrontation with Zhang Bo.
And Ye Tian’s opponent, Zhang Bo, also hesitated slightly upon seeing the wooden sword in Ye Tian’s hand.
“King of Darkness, how do you possess a Life Weapon?
Where exactly did you get this Life Weapon from?”
Zhang Bo asked coldly, his words laced with anger!
“Life Weapons are extremely rare; even the Sima Family doesn’t possess many, but you, a mere low-level martial artist, have a Life Weapon…
what right do you have to own it?”
Faced with Zhang Bo’s interrogation, Ye Tian didn’t panic but simply answered lightly, “I don’t know why I have it either.
I found this weapon only by following my own consciousness.”
Ye Tian’s return to the Primeval Forest to search for and carve the heart of a millennium ancient tree was guided by his intuition, yet he did not know what that guidance was.
Since he didn’t understand himself, it was natural that Ye Tian couldn’t explain it in detail to Zhang Bo…
“Following your own consciousness?
—— Stop joking!”
Ye Tian’s response infuriated Zhang Bo, who could no longer contain himself and swiftly closed in on Ye Tian, stretching out both palms and striking towards Ye Tian’s chest.
Even before Zhang Bo’s palms reached him, Ye Tian could already feel the indescribably powerful force in the Palm Force.
At this moment, Ye Tian, despite holding the sharp wooden sword, dared not clash directly with Zhang Bo; he could only step back to dodge the thrust.
But although Ye Tian dodged Zhang Bo’s palm strike, Zhang Bo’s Palm Force did not recede; it still shot forward, and the robust Palm Force struck the martial artists of Night King Hall who were watching from a dozen meters away.
“Boom!”
The Palm Force exploded like a cannonball upon hitting the ground, and several martial artists who had failed to react in time were blown away, tumbling over and groaning in pain.
Ye Tian was extremely shocked; this guy’s aerial Inner Strength was so powerful!
“Everyone, back up!”
Ye Tian shouted, and the martial artists of Night King Hall quickly retreated to a distance of thirty meters to watch the contest between Ye Tian and Zhang Bo from afar.
As Ye Tian shouted, he also swung his wooden sword fiercely; the blade’s shadow swarmed densely toward Zhang Bo, employing Ye Tian’s best technique, the Overspeed Blade, with incredibly fast speed that no martial artist dared to face head-on.
“An inferior Life Weapon, why would I fear it?”
In the face of the sharp wooden sword’s attack, Zhang Bo was fearless, opting to block the attacks with his bare hands instead.
“Clang, clang, clang, clang, clang~~~~~~”
The wooden sword clashed against Zhang Bo’s flesh and blood, emitting crisp sounds.
Ye Tian was immediately taken aback; how could this guy’s flesh be as tough as reinforced concrete?
But recalling that even a bomb couldn’t kill this guy just a moment ago, Ye Tian found it to be expected; it seemed that when cultivated to a certain extent, the force of nature could indeed make one’s body indestructible!
“Let go!”
Zhang Bo bellowed, and with his hand clamping down like a pair of pliers, he seized the wooden sword in Ye Tian’s hand.
Ye Tian infused Inner Strength into the wooden sword, trying to shred Zhang Bo’s hand into pieces, but it was of no use.
Zhang Bo’s hand gripped the wooden sword tightly, making it nearly impossible for Ye Tian to even pull the sword back, let alone use it to cut through Zhang Bo’s hand.
Thus, Ye Tian and Zhang Bo each held one end of the wooden sword, caught in a stalemate.
Zhang Bo had said earlier that he had only used ten percent of his strength, and now, he was finally exerting his full power.
The martial artists of Night King Hall thought Zhang Bo was exaggerating, but in reality, that was not the case.
Ye Tian could feel Zhang Bo’s strength growing stronger, and the wooden sword in his hand was about to slip away…
But Ye Tian was no ordinary adversary; since the natural force in the wooden sword alone couldn’t compete with Zhang Bo, Ye Tian decided to use the Mysterious Cloud Skill he had just learned.
Ye Tian slowly circulated his energy within his body, following the cultivation technique of the Mysterious Cloud Skill.
In an instant, mist began to rise around him.
“What is this?”
Zhang Bo was taken aback; despite Ye Tian having seemingly exhausted his strength, his power was inexplicably growing stronger.
Looking again, Zhang Bo saw that the mist around Ye Tian was slowly merging into his body.
“How is this possible?
Another cultivation technique!?”
Though different from his own Wind Flow Strength, the technique Ye Tian was using was indeed a cultivation technique for harnessing natural forces, on par with Wind Flow Strength!
“It’s Mysterious Cloud Skill!
Ye Tian has finally unleashed the Mysterious Cloud Skill!”
“Now, the outcome is uncertain!”
“Hehehe~~~~ The Sima Family thought being proficient in the complete ‘Wind Flow Strength’ made them invincible.
This time, they’ve met their match!”
Upon seeing Ye Tian use the Mysterious Cloud Skill, the Ding brothers immediately began shouting excitedly.