Just as this thought appeared in his mind, his chest felt as if it had been ruthlessly rammed by a high-speed crystal train. He flew seven to eight meters in an instant. With a "Pa" sound, he smashed into the wall, sending seven to eight straw mats flying. Immediately, the straw flew everywhere!
Li Yao heavily fell to the ground. His eyes, nostrils, and mouth were all gushing out all kinds of liquids. His entire chest had completely lost feeling. The numbness was like a virus that was rapidly spreading. His entire body was about to suffocate!
"Too, too fast. I didn't even see clearly whether it was a fist or a leg. Who is this guy? He has such strong strength, yet he still cultivates in this kind of amateur club. No wonder I can earn ten thousand yuan just by letting him fight for three minutes!" Li Yao's mind was blank. He gasped for breath for a long time before he barely managed to stand up by supporting himself against the wall.
Li Yao's two legs were trembling. He glanced at the clock hanging on the opposite wall … only five seconds had passed. Why did it seem like an entire five minutes had passed!
The smiling clown calmly stood ten meters away. He was somewhat surprised. He frowned and said, "Your ability to resist attacks doesn't seem to be that strong. If you can't hold on, then it's better to forget about it. There's no need to force yourself."
"Who said I can't hold on? I wasn't prepared a moment ago. Again, again!" Li Yao took a deep breath and swallowed a lump of bitter liquid back into his throat. His eyes gradually became somewhat red. His mind was completely filled with the words, "Three minutes, ten thousand yuan!"
Ten thousand yuan could buy ten strengthening drugs, or three thousand five hundred cans of Giant Beast of Starry Skies meat, or a full set of extremely malleable cultivation talismans made from special materials, or go to Little Border of Hidden Lake to eat ten big meals!
In the Artifact Graveyard, he was known as the "vulture who valued money more than his life". Facing such a huge sum of money, how could he easily give it up? It was simply a joke!
"Come, come!" Li Yao stood firm and assumed a defensive posture. He stared fixedly at his opponent's two legs and beckoned the smiling clown with his finger. The clown nodded his head without the slightest trace of politeness.
"Whoosh!" The smiling clown disappeared once again!
"How is this possible? I still can't see clearly. I can't perceive his movement trajectory at all!" Li Yao opened his eyes wide. He did his best to search for traces of the smiling clown, but he found nothing. His eyeballs were simply unable to follow the clown's speed. He could only rely on his instinctive reaction to danger to resist.
"Pa!" It was as if a giant python had slammed into his right side. Fortunately, he was prepared this time. He barely managed to turn his body sideways. The strengthened ceramic plate inserted into his right shoulder shattered with a loud sound. Even the inner iron plate was hit with a "bang bang" sound.
"This power is too terrifying!" Li Yao's forehead was covered in cold sweat. His opponent had shattered the armor on his shoulder with one move, but he didn't seem to have any intention of stopping. Incomparably tricky attacks came from all sorts of inconceivable angles, like a storm, instantly enveloping him!
Suddenly, from Li Yao's body came the sound of "Pa Pa Pa Pa", as well as the sound of iron plates being twisted.
"Can't see, can't see, can't see at all! If this goes on, my armor will be destroyed in less than a minute. Without my protective gear, this monster will only need half a second to lay me flat on the ground! " Li Yao's mind was filled with the image of ten thousand new banknotes growing wings and flying away. A trace of viciousness gradually appeared on his face.
"Quickly think of a way. I must see through his attack path!"
Li Yao felt as if he was being crushed back and forth by a crystal train. He was in so much pain that he wished he was dead.
What made him flabbergasted was that this feeling of being in so much pain that he wished he was dead was actually somewhat familiar and "intimate". In the depths of his mind, a few fragments of memory emerged.
Pieces of memory fragments collided, shattered, integrated, and reorganized in his mind. Finally, they became distorted images.
He suddenly recalled that in the dream of grandeur, when he was still a low-level worker of the Hundred Smelting Clan, he was tortured day and night by the Titan using a large iron hammer. From beginning to end, he was unable to see through the attack. A companion who had once mingled in the Jianghu for a long time had told him:
"Ou Yeming, don't you feel that the Titan's iron hammer is too fast? You can't see it clearly? Come, give me a month's worth of fish fins to eat. I'll teach you a unique skill! What unique skill? It's very simple … If you can't see clearly with your eyes, then tilt your head as much as possible. Use your peripheral vision to see. The peripheral vision can capture a clearer picture than your eyes! "
Use peripheral vision?
Li Yao's mind turned at lightning speed. He couldn't afford to think. He narrowed his eyes and used his peripheral vision to casually sweep over.
He saw it!
The smiling clown's entire body was curled up into a ball. He was like a lazy tabby cat, hiding behind Xu Yangyi's right side. Immediately after, he suddenly exploded. The lazy tabby cat instantly transformed into a malevolent python. A simple whip kick swept across the tibia of Xu Yangyi's right leg!
If this attack were to land, not only would the strengthened ceramic plate on his right leg completely explode, even the bones of his right leg would be seriously affected. His speed would drop by at least half, and he would completely lose the ability to support himself!
"I'll take this ten thousand dollars for sure!" Li Yao bit down on his lip. He practically mobilized all of the motor cells in his body. His right calf was like a folding knife. With a "whoosh" sound, it retracted to the inside of his thigh!
The smiling clown's attack suddenly missed. Even his entire body lost balance in a flash. He couldn't help but take half a step forward. For the first time, he was forced to reveal his figure.
The quicksilver offensive was forcibly halted. It was as if an ultra-fast tempo of music had come to an abrupt end in an instant.
Li Yao's waist twisted. He originally wanted to take advantage of the situation to spring his leg and sneak a kick.
The smiling clown seemed to be able to predict the future. After his attack missed, he instantly flashed seven to eight meters away. He looked at Xu Yangyi with a smile that wasn't a smile. His eyes revealed a touch of astonishment and praise: "In a short fifty seven seconds, you were able to see through my attack route? The Underground Ghost City is truly a place of hidden dragons and crouching tigers! "
"That, that goes without saying. Do you want to know what method I used to see through your attack? I'll have to start from my teacher. It was a stormy night twenty years ago — "Li Yao gasped for breath like an ox. He did his utmost to stall for time.
"I don't want to!"
The smiling clown bluntly interrupted him. Once again, he disappeared from his original position. This time, Li Yao was able to capture his attack route. The strange thing was that the smiling clown seemed to have transformed into two people. He pounced at Xu Yangyi from the left and right at the same time!
… …
In the tea room, the bald tattooed man was leisurely drinking sorghum liquor, gnawing on chicken wings, and humming a military song.
A man with a spider pattern on his face suddenly knocked on the door. Soon after, he walked in.
His stature was short and stout. He was sturdy like a wall.
"You are?" The bald tattooed man stared blankly. The chicken wings were raised in midair. The chicken bones trembled.
… …
In the sparring room, two minutes and thirty seconds had already passed!
Li Yao was like a small fishing boat that was tossed up and down in the middle of a stormy sea. He was ruthlessly smashed into the abyss by wave after wave that blotted out the sky and covered the earth. However, he was able to resurface after a short moment!
His body had received Ou Yezi's powerful soul cleansing and tempering. Every strand of muscle fiber and every cell was incomparably tough and durable. Even though he felt pain penetrate into his bone marrow with every punch, he still persevered with all his might. He persevered with all his might because —
"Motherfucker, I've already been beaten by this bastard for no less than two and a half minutes. Six hundred and fifty-two punches! If I give up now, wouldn't I have been beaten for nothing? "
Two minutes and thirty-one seconds, two minutes and thirty-two seconds … …
With every second that passed, Li Yao's conviction to persevere became even more firm. What's more, he felt that his opponent had gone through a long period of high-speed movement. His speed and strength seemed to have decreased by an insignificant amount. Perhaps he would soon reveal a flaw.
In these two and a half minutes, he wasn't just taking a beating. Instead, he was carefully observing his opponent the entire time. He discovered that even though the smiling clown's speed was incomparably fast, he had an extremely minute habitual movement. Every time he attacked from the right, his left leg would always slightly bend.
This extra movement caused the smiling clown's speed to slow down by roughly 0.1 seconds.
Li Yao was waiting for this flaw!
He wasn't some kind of Buddhist monk who would only take a beating without retaliating. Even though his opponent's strength was clearly not just a little bit higher than his, even if it was just a punch to vent his anger, that would be fine!
However, now was not the time. Currently, his opponent still had strength, was still vigilant, and was still smiling.
It didn't matter. Li Yao could wait. He was like a vulture waiting for the best opportunity to hunt. The ten years of struggle in the Artifact Graveyard allowed him to learn how to conceal his claws and fangs. He also understood the importance of patience.
As he took a beating, he covered his head and scurried away like a rat. As he wailed like a ghost and howled like a wolf, Li Yao's mind maintained a grim calm. Memory fragments spun at lightning speed in the depths of his mind. The scene of the Mighty Miracle God using the [One Hundred and Eight Hands Chaos-Gale Hammer Technique] condensed once again, becoming clear from indistinct.
First move … Second move …
Li Yao searched the armory in his memories at lightning speed for the most suitable "weapon" for the current situation.
… …
Inside the tea room.
The bald tattooed man stood up all of a sudden, the Erguotou spilling on his body: "You're the 'Iron Turtle'?"
"Of course I'm the Iron Turtle. Didn't we just contact each other? It was you who told me to wear the spider tattoo. What's the problem?" The short, stout man furrowed his brows, at a loss.
"If you're the Iron Turtle, then who's the guy in the sparring room?" The bald tattooed man's expression became incomparably strange. He stared blankly for a moment, then suddenly pushed the Iron Turtle away. In a few steps, he strode to the door of the sparring room and twisted open the door.
"Ah Hai, quickly stop!"
"Three minutes are up!" Almost at the same time, Li Yao, whose face was covered in blood, let out an ear-piercing shriek.
The two of them shouted at the same time, causing the smiling clown's attack, which was as smooth as moving clouds and flowing water, to show a trace of stagnation. He subconsciously looked towards the wall, only to discover that the time had just passed …
Two minutes and fifty-nine seconds!
"Now!"
Li Yao gave a low roar, rubbed his body, and advanced forward. His right hand pierced through the air, while his left fist was hidden behind his back. His knuckles cracked chaotically, and his joints protruded like a mace. Soon after, with his left heel as the axis, his entire body rapidly rotated ninety degrees. Borrowing the enormous centrifugal force, he fiercely threw out his left fist!
"Pa Pa Pa Pa Pa!" The tip of the fist unexpectedly pierced through the air, letting out a series of explosive sounds. Li Yao's fist was like a whistling iron hammer, directly smashing into the smiling clown's face!
"Chaos-Gale Hammer Technique, ninety-fourth move, Murderous Whirlwind Hammer!"
"Be lenient!"
The bald tattooed man's somewhat mournful howl came from the door. Li Yao was already unable to hold back his hand. His fist was only a hair's breadth away from the smiling clown's nose.
Then, the smiling clown changed.
He was still the same person. Even his eyelashes didn't tremble in the slightest. The thirty-six thousand pores on his entire body seemed to spurt out a strong aura in an instant. It was as if a solid aura had draped him with a layer of solid armor. His entire body "swelled" by a circle. From an ordinary martial artist, he became an exceptional expert!
Only now did Li Yao realize that the words "be lenient" didn't seem to have been said to him.
After 0.01 seconds, his fist somehow changed direction and fiercely smashed into the tip of his own nose, sending him flying more than ten meters away. He was still in midair, and he didn't even have time to let out half a scream before he completely fainted!
The absolutely strong aura that lingered around the smiling clown's body only lasted for half a second before disappearing without a trace. He once again returned to being a harmless, ordinary person.
He leisurely walked to Li Yao's side, half squatted down, and checked his breathing.
"How is it? Are you alright? "The bald tattooed man hurriedly ran over and asked somewhat nervously.
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