A Top Scholar in Everything-Chapter 990 - 976: Clash

The leader of the Hermit Order did not expect Baiyu to attack directly.

But he quickly reacted, looking calmly at the Black Moon Blade that shot towards him, until the Black Moon Blade completely passed through his body, embedded itself in the rocks behind, and erupted in a fierce blaze.

Useless!

The fiercely approaching Black Moon Blade didn't cause the opponent any harm.

Baiyu stared closely at the opponent, realizing this could be a formidable enemy.

"Young brother, it seems you're not very welcoming of me. However, I haven't exercised for a long time either, so let's stretch our muscles today, after all, there's plenty of time in the Seven Coiling Hall."

After the leader of the Hermit Order finished speaking,

he directly shed the black robe on him, revealing muscles as hard as rock. Despite his face looking like a seventy or eighty-year-old man, his body was not much different from that of a young man in his twenties or thirties, appearing extremely incongruous.

The opponent wasted no words.

As soon as he took off the robe, he leaped forward, charging at Baiyu.

The opponent struck forward with a punch.

Baiyu suddenly felt time slowing down, the punch stirring the air around him as if in slow motion, yet he had no way to dodge.

There was something strange.

In this Seven Coiling Hall, Blood Qi and Spirituality could not be used, which meant that neither Spirit Technique nor Extraordinary Power was available, all were sealed.

Yet this punch evidently had Extraordinary Power's augmentation.

Baiyu took out his spare weapon, the Great Guan Blade, wielding it with both hands. The large blade, forged from Living Iron, drew out a gust of wind, colliding with the leader of the Hermit Order's fist.

Clang.

A piercing sound rang out.

Baiyu stepped back two steps, but the leader of the Hermit Order did not retreat at all; instead, he advanced once more.

By this time,

Baiyu could no longer afford to hide his strength. With an instant angry shout, the Golden Blood exploded within him, his entire upper body turning into a golden hue.

A tremendous force surged from his arms.

Baiyu wielded the large blade with both hands, leaping nimbly like a monkey, slashing down with the blade.

The sharp blade forged from Living Iron instantly sliced into the leader of the Hermit Order's flesh, but in moments, his flesh healed again.

Just like when the Black Moon Blade passed through his body earlier.

Still unable to harm the opponent.

After this strike, Baiyu had pretty much figured out the leader of the Hermit Order's physique.

Either,

it was highly regenerative,

or immune to physical damage.

Baiyu leaned more towards the former.

But whatever it was, both were extremely troublesome types, and if the battle couldn't be ended quickly, he might get exhausted to death here.

The leader of the Hermit Order took the hit from the blade directly, showing a cruel smile on his face: "Next, it should be my turn, right? Golden Blood, didn't expect you still have such a good thing on you, it's an irresistible temptation."

As soon as he finished speaking,

his body moved right in front of Baiyu, his palms striking out without any ostentation.

Again that feeling of sinking into a quagmire.

Baiyu clearly felt the opponent's movements were extremely slow, yet he simply couldn't dodge but had to brace himself to withstand the palm strike.

Bang!

Baiyu was struck to retreat continuously, crashing into the mountain wall.

This medicinal garden was right next to the mountain wall inside the Seven Coiling Hall, not inside the hall itself, so there were not many people around. Even with such intense hand-to-hand fighting, it didn't draw more people over.

"Is this all you've got?"

The leader of the Hermit Order appeared bloodthirsty, his muscles swelling again, bending his legs to leave trails of cracks on the ground, using the recoil force to instantly arrive beside Baiyu. Before he could stabilize himself, countless punches landed on his body like it was forged from iron and steel.

Clattering.

The sound of metal striking resounded continuously.

The leader of the Hermit Order's Iron Fist directly punched a human-shaped indentation into the mountain wall, with Baiyu embedded in it, taking at least five or six hundred hits.

After finishing, he pushed off with his legs, leaping back and landing steadily on the ground.

"It's over. It seems that the cultivators from the East Prosperity Imperial aren't much more than this, just that the Legendary Ships and Mechanical Armament are too overpowering."

The leader of the Hermit Order soliloquized with some disappointment.

All along,

the East Prosperity Imperial is one of the world's strongest forces, along with the Great Yan Dynasty, Free Federation, Dark City, and Water Blue Imperial.

This force.

Together with the East Prosperity Imperial, are called the Five Elder Stars of the world.

That is, the five mightiest empires, also the strongest powers against alien races, demons, and cult groups.

A place like the Great City, though strong, is too small in scale, just one city, not considered a top-tier great power.

Martial Artists and Extraordinaries of the East Prosperity Imperial.

Have been demonized by many small forces and people from other regions.

Upon today's contact,

the leader of the Hermit Order was a bit disappointed.

Nevertheless,

he refocused his gaze on the herb garden, filled with a variety of elixirs, enough to make a great fortune this time.

If the Countess could have successfully opened the Aerial Garden passage back then and completely cut off others' ways up, that would have been great.

This vast Seven Coiling Hall would become their few people's private garden.

But unfortunately,

these all exist only in the imagination, the reason, of course, being the man in front of him.

"Countess, I consider it avenging you. Being killed by someone so weak is your own problem. Many times, if one's strength is unworthy of the opportunity, death is inevitable."

The leader of the Hermit Order naturally exuded a compassionate demeanor, a veritable king of nagging.

Constantly droning on endlessly.

Crack, crack...

Just as he turned around to head into the herb garden, suddenly a sound came from the stone wall behind.

His eyes turned cold, and he swung a punch upon turning back.

The fist, like a Flood Dragon emerging from the sea, carrying a powerful gust, soon collided with a hand so hard that the leader of the Hermit Order couldn't quite bear it.

Baiyu caught the opponent's fist with one hand, the power of Golden Blood exploding instantly.

At this moment,

the leader of the Hermit Order felt as if struck by lightning.

That peculiar ability of his, Baiyu had no way to deal with, whether it was rapid regeneration or immunity to physical attacks; with Blood Qi and Spirituality sealed now, Baiyu simply couldn't break it.

However,

after the series of punches just now,

Baiyu could confirm that the opponent, when attacking, absolutely had a physical presence.

So he figured out that to subdue the opponent, he need only infuse Golden Power into him while he was attacking, and it would cause massive damage.

For Baiyu,

possessing Golden Blood, this power was an enormous aid, but for the opponent lacking Golden Blood, this was undoubtedly a deadly poison.

Such immense power surged into his body, continuously wreaking havoc.

Soon,

the leader of the Hermit Order's face turned pale, sweating like rain, retreating incessantly, his body and face constantly writhing and deforming, extremely bizarre.

Baiyu didn't know what was happening, just continued to increase the infusion of Golden Power.