Chapter 27: Overwhelmed (Part 2)

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  When Nie Kong's provocative words reached her ears, Nie Xiuzhu's eyebrows twitched involuntarily.

  "Whoosh!"

  A faint sound of breaking air passed, and Nie Xiuzhu's figure disappeared from Nie Kong's line of sight again. Nie Kong swung his right arm and struck directly at the back.

  However, he also knew that at Nie Xuzhu's speed, his right hand would almost certainly not hit the target. So, in the instant Nie Xuzhu disappeared, Nie Kongling's three spiritual orifices and nine major hidden cavities shook simultaneously, and the spiritual energy from the orifices and the dissolved spiritual energy converged into a torrent.

  Suddenly, Nie Kong's left shoulder blade felt a slight numbness, as if the edge of a knife was approaching, and his skin received a cold stimulation from the tip of the knife.

  "Hum!"

  Nie Kong's left hand, with his index and middle fingers, poked into the Yaochi Cave. In an instant, a mighty spiritual power reached the numb area on his left shoulder blade.

  Bang!

  The left shoulder blade suffered a heavy blow, and the spiritual power suddenly surged violently like a wave, rapidly weakening the strong force that fell on his body.

  Nie Kong's body swayed lightly and then turned around.

  Not far from his slanting side, Nie Xiu looked at his right palm in disbelief. Last time he was able to make Nie Kong so embarrassed, this time his attack was even more fierce, but the power had actually decreased?

  Thinking of the scene when he hit Nie Kong, Nie Xiuzhu was a bit stunned and uncertain. He felt that he had just slapped a hard and bulging lump of flesh, which made his right palm numb, and the pain in his palm was more like being whipped by a thick bamboo stick, burning with pain.

  The people around were extremely surprised, and the cheers that had rushed to their lips were stifled back into their bellies.

  "Hey, little nephew! I'm still standing in front of you, aren't you full yet? Come on, come on, hahaha..." Nie Kong laughed loudly and beckoned to Nie Xiuzhu.

  When facing an enemy, Nie Kong found it inconvenient to use his Golden Needles.

  He then concentrated his spiritual energy into a needle, stimulating the hidden orifices. While pulling in spiritual energy, he dissolved the spiritual energy within the six major meridians. As the nine major hidden orifices vibrated, Nie Kong's sensitivity to external attacks increased several times over, allowing him to pull in spiritual energy at the fastest speed possible to the area that was about to be attacked.

  This method is extremely costly in terms of spiritual energy.

  In just a few moments, he could exhaust the spiritual energy within the "Ling Shen San Que", if not for the twelve blocked meridians that continuously supplied spiritual energy, Nie Kong wouldn't have dared to do so. Otherwise, when the spiritual energy in the acupoint was depleted, he would only be left with a beating.

  "You were lucky last time, this time I won't give you any chance!"

  Just now, he was still proudly saying that he would make Niao Kong lie down, but now he was counterattacked by Niao Kong. Nie Xiuzhu's pale face suddenly turned red, and he didn't think about why Niao Kong could still stand up. In a fit of rage, he let out a loud shout, and his figure flashed in front of Niao Kong like a ghost.

  Bang!

  In just an instant, his right rear waist had already been struck by a palm.

  Dispersing the incoming force, Nie Kong burst out laughing and turned around, raising an eyebrow at Nie Xuzhu who was stunned: "Good, good, indeed Uncle's clever nephew, knows to show mercy to Uncle. However, although Uncle Nie Kong is weak, taking a few hits is still no problem."

  "You..."

  Feeling the puzzled eyes of his companions around him, Nie Xiu Zhu once again failed to achieve his wish and hated that he couldn't find a hole in the ground to crawl into. Afterwards, hearing Nie Kong's teasing words, he was even more enraged, his lips trembling with anger, and let out a loud roar as he charged towards Nie Kong like a wounded beast.

  Nie Kong smiled slyly as he gazed at Nie Xuzi, who was charging towards him with a fierce momentum. Knowing that he couldn't keep up with his opponent's speed, he decided not to use the "Flower Explosion" technique to counterattack. Instead, he lightly placed his right index and middle fingers on the Dan Tian position of his lower abdomen, ready to control the nine major hidden acupoints at any time.

  Nie Xiu's anger returned, and he hadn't lost his mind yet. In the blink of an eye, Nie Kong's figure had disappeared from his sight.

  Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang......

  This time, Nie XiuZhu brought his own advantages to the extreme, white shadows surrounding Nie Kong flashed quickly, loud crashing sounds echoed continuously in the forest.

  However, when he paused for a moment with slight panting, Nie Kong was still calm and composed, seemingly unaffected by his previous efforts.

  "You, you..."

  Nie Xiuzhu pointed at Nie Kong, his cheeks flushed red, his expression uncertain whether it was shame or shock, only his fingers slightly trembling, his palm already swollen high.

  Nie Kong's words were very reasonable: "Zhu'er, do you want to take a rest first? Otherwise, I can send someone to invite a wet nurse over to help you replenish your energy?"

  "Haha, drink some milk and then fight..."

  The figures around him were gathering more and more, and when Nie Kong made that teasing remark, the crowd suddenly burst out laughing with a strange, eerie sound.

  "Come on! Let's see how long you can hold out!"

  Nie Xiuzhu's forehead bulged with green veins, his face twisted in a fierce scowl as he let out a deafening roar. Like an arrow shot from a bowstring, he pounced on Nie Kong. At this moment, his ears were ringing loudly, and he could hardly hear any sound around him. In his mind, there was only one thought: no matter what, he must beat the scoundrel in front of him!

  The sound of collision rang out again and again.

  Bang!

  "Good nephew, this one is not bad, has some strength."

  Bang!

  "Look, you just got praised and now you're shrinking away."

  Bang!

  "Hurry up! Faster! Men, after all..."

  Bang!

  "...no matter how bitter or tired you are, you must stand tall and strong, like a woman who is soft and weak all over, how can that be?"

  Bang!

  “……”

  The crowd was silent, with only the sound of crashing and Nie Kong's occasional laughter echoing through the forest. Everyone stared in amazement at Nie Xuan's swift movements, like a white streak, and Nie Kong's occasional spinning motion. A battle between two cultivators of different levels had turned into this bizarre scene, leaving onlookers stunned and secretly shocked by Nie Kong's formidable physique.

  Just a few days ago, he was still a sickly thin and frail figure who seemed like he could be blown down by the wind. Now, after withstanding nearly a hundred attacks from a ninth-grade spirit master, not only did he come out unscathed, but he also appeared to be chatting and laughing as if nothing had happened. Such an incredible thing, if one hadn't seen it with their own eyes, who would believe it?

  After a series of loud crashes, the white shadow that had been flickering around Nie Kong finally came to a stop.

  "Hmm, hmm..."

  Nie Xiuzhu was drenched in sweat, panting heavily with his eyes fixed fiercely on Nie Kong, his gaze burning with intense anger.

  "Good nephew, you'd better not keep turning around like that, it's making your uncle dizzy. Why don't you just come straight at me? I promise I won't dodge."

  Nie Kong patted his left chest and chuckled. He felt like a perverted uncle who was bullying a young boy, and he couldn't bring himself to continue. However, this kind of bullying had to go on because he discovered that Nie Xiu's attacks could accelerate his absorption and refinement of spiritual energy.

  In the midst of that rumbling sound, Nie Kong's cultivation was actually increasing bit by bit, and faintly, he seemed to have touched that invisible barrier in his dantian acupoint once again.

  "Ah!"

  Nie Xiuzhu let out a loud roar and charged over crazily. He didn't use his speed this time, instead directly striking Nie Kong's chest with a palm.

  Bang!

  "Heavier! A bit heavier!"

  Bang!

  "Little bamboo shoot, are you scratching an itch?"

  Bang!

  “……”

  Although Nie Kong's verbal provocations continued unabated, Nie Xuzhu's attack speed was getting slower and slower. In the end, his two arms were like soft noodles, weakly waving back and forth on Nie Kong's chest, giving the feeling that they weren't fighting, but rather a child throwing a tantrum at an adult.

  "Alright."

  Nie Kong's face suddenly revealed a delighted smile, and his finger lightly poked Nie Xiuzhu's shoulder. The poor guy fell backwards onto the ground, like a fish out of water, his mouth constantly opening and closing as he gasped for air, his face flushed red, his clothes completely soaked with sweat, and his two palms swollen into thick pig trotters.

  Nie Kong squatted down, laughing gratefully: "Good nephew, let's stop here for today. Thank you for accompanying me in my cultivation all this time, allowing my cultivation to reach the eighth rank of Gathering Spirit."

  "You...... you......"

  Nie Xiuzhu's eyes widened and he directly fainted. The surrounding people's eyes were about to pop out of their sockets, what kind of monster is this, getting beaten up can actually increase his cultivation?

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