Chapter 138: Breaking Through Adversity

  Under the powerful healing ability of Yu Pei, external wounds began to recover rapidly. However, Hu Gao could see through his inner vision that countless tiny meridians in his body had been shattered, especially the Qihai, which seemed to have collapsed like a cave-in caused by a missile bombing.

  It wasn't until this moment that Hu Gao truly understood that his previous understanding of the way of martial arts had completely gone astray!

  Just as the murals he saw in Yao's tomb revealed, the strength of a human warrior should actually depend on two abilities, namely Totem and Yuan Decree!

  Although Hu Gao has two totems, without Xiao Wu, he is really nothing. He only has the variant totem but hasn't even fully developed the most basic properties of the Bloodied Snake, and his skills have only just now grasped one move, the Departed Spirit Stab. To think that even Hu Fang in the Condensed Shadow Realm has already mastered several totem skills.

  As for the coordination with Tuten in battle, Hu Gao saw a huge gap through this battle.

  Li Wu's several major yuan jue attacks were almost all completed in coordination with his totem, and Hu Fang's stealth skill was the same. As for Zhong Qing, who was the weakest, although he did not summon a totem, his final move of crawling on the ground was also imitating the movement of his totem.

  It can be said that in this aspect of Totem, Hu Gao is completely defeated!

  But on the yuan jue, his gap with Li Wu was also huge. The training in Longjia Mountain Range allowed Hu Gao to successfully break through from Ningying Realm to Tongti Realm, and the speed of his realm upgrade was fast enough. However, the bad consequence brought by this was that in the most critical late stage of Ningying Realm, Hu Gao had not yet mastered any advanced yuan jue!

  Yes, whether it's Beidou Divine Fist or Lixing Flowing Star, they are all original moves developed by Hu Gao himself. It might even be an exaggeration to call them "original moves", because these moves are completely derived from Hu Gao's own re-creation of some simple and basic actions from his past life in wuxia novels and anime.

  Of course, before this, Hu Gao did not feel that there was anything wrong with the Body Repair Flow. It could be said that with Xiao Wu around, he didn't have to worry about his opponent's abilities in Totem at all.

  This makes the bold and powerful offensive tactics of Hu Gao often unable to bring out the opponent's true strength, and in addition, in the Dragon Tiger Mountain Range, they mainly fight against demonic beasts, which only know some simple elemental attacks, as long as their movements are agile, they will not be at a disadvantage.

  However, when a warrior's duel reaches the late stage of the Realm of Condensed Shadows, the level of combat is far beyond what Hu Gao understood in his early days!

  "This time, it's your turn to concede defeat." Li Ou looked at Hu Gao lying on the ground with his eyes closed, turned his head to look at the referee, and after finding that the other party had no reaction, he turned his head again and said.

  Hu Gao struggled to get up from the ground, a ferocious smile spreading across his face. "It's not over yet! Bloodshed Snake!"

  The Bloodlight Serpent, which had been waiting by Hu Gao's side, suddenly returned to his front with a whooshing sound, facing Li Rou and spitting out a long snake letter. This guy seemed to feel that the woman in front of him brought endless pain to his master, expressing his discontent.

  The warrior and his own destined Totem are connected in spirit, so if the Hu Gao's Qi Hai is injured, it will naturally affect the Blood Light Snake.

  The Return to the Origin One Qi Flow Secret Method began to rapidly circulate, and the surrounding heaven and earth energy was quickly absorbed into Hu Gao's surroundings, transforming into internal yuan force to repair the damaged dantian.

  Hu Gao dragged his exhausted body forward, step by step, as the Wuxin Sword in his hand began to radiate a crimson glow. "Let's end this battle!"

  Li Yao was shocked, how could Hu Gao still stand up and launch an attack after being hit by her two sets of Yuan Decisive Strikes? Her face suddenly changed, and she quickly retreated backwards.

  Hu Fang saw this scene, his originally pale face turned even whiter, "Lain, it's our turn now!"

  Lei En was the name Hu Fang gave to his Totem Lion Dog, which despite its small size was a genuine fifth-tier Totem. Upon hearing its master's command, it immediately pounced over.

  "Lasso Strike!"

  It's that move again! Hu Gao was once again restricted by some kind of invisible force, and the movement of his two feet became extremely difficult.

  "Li Niang, you recover first and hand it over to me!" Hu Fang's weapon was a very small dagger, which he stuck into Hu Gao.

  For this low-level technique attack, Hu Gao was not afraid. Although his feet were a bit difficult to move, both hands did not receive any restraint. He accurately found the loopholes in Hu Fang's attack and jumped out of the dagger's fatal attack with one sword. At the same time, he instantly counterattacked with multiple swords.

  Hu Fang also used his agile body to avoid Hu Gao's Wuying Sword, but he, who had consumed too much yuan energy just now, looked less natural when dodging, and even the sword edge cut open several long openings on his clothes.

  A moment later, Hu Gao found his feet regained their freedom. He also saw that Hu Fang was at the end of his strength and didn't have any more courtesy to spare. He commanded the Blood Python to entwine him immediately, while his left hand punched out.

  The Blood Python's speed was as swift as lightning, and before Hu Fang could change his form again, it had wrapped itself around him, constricting with all its might, rendering him immobile!

  "Boom!"

  Hú Fāng was punched by Hú Gāo and flew out directly, this punch Hú Gāo only used 50% of his strength, otherwise Hú Fāng would have been killed!

  "I'm going all out against you!" Li Wu stopped her retreat and charged at Hu Gao with the crescent moon blade in hand.

  "If you don't use Yuan Jue, you won't be able to stop me!" Hu Gao said coldly as he looked at Li Wu who was like a furious wife.

  The next moment, his sword accurately stabbed into Li Wu's wrist, causing the curved knife in her hand to fall off. Immediately afterwards, he threw a few swift punches at Li Wu, each hitting her vital points. Finally, with a flying kick, he sent her tumbling to the ground.

  "Lei Ou!" Zhong Qing let out a loud shout, and immediately afterwards, a massive snow-white dog bear appeared on the martial arts stage, "Thunderclap in Anger!"

  Zhong Qing used his last bit of yuan force to summon his Benming Totem, and launched a fierce attack on Hu Gao, wanting to buy time for Li Wu to recover her yuan force.

  "Kirisuto!" Hu Gao ruthlessly commanded the Blood Falcon to unleash his ultimate skill, "Divine Strike", at Zhong Lian. If Zhong Lian was hit by Divine Strike, then the Totem he had summoned would naturally become useless as well.

  "Rampage! Bell!" Zhong Qing covered his head, although he was hit by the Divine Departure Needle, but as someone born with a low IQ, he seemed to have a natural immunity to spiritual attacks. The move that could have heavily injured a Condensed Shadow Realm warrior only gave Zhong Qing a slight headache and did not stop him from continuing his Totem Assault.

  Wow! Hu Gao was stunned, he never thought that these three guys would be so troublesome to such an extent. Unexpectedly, the last summoned Totem was the most terrifying one. This dog bear called Bell by Zhong Lian, as if descended from heaven, let out a loud roar and its originally white body suddenly turned purple. The energy of the heavens seemed to have undergone a strange change, and chains of lightning suddenly appeared out of thin air.

  This scene is very similar to the move 【Thunderbolt】that Qingju used at the main house of the Li family in Laiyuan, only much weaker.

  Hú Gāo didn't want to suffer another lightning strike, so he hastily circled around the performance stage, dodging Bell's attacks.

  This bear-like dog may look clumsy, but it's actually quite fast, and most surprisingly, it even accelerates after running!

  What the heck!

  Hu Gao was somewhat speechless, being chased by a dog bear like this, it's really embarrassing. However, a good man doesn't take advantage of the situation in front of him. His totem, which calls upon the energy of heaven and earth, can't last long. He just needs to temporarily avoid its light.

  Many of the audience below couldn't help but burst out laughing at this scene, earlier they were so engrossed in the intense battle that they didn't dare blink, afraid of missing any exciting details, now they could finally laugh heartily and naturally felt especially happy.

  It was just that Hu Gao didn't notice that Li Rou, who had been lying on the ground earlier, was now sitting cross-legged on the ground, with a powerful aura of heaven and earth rapidly swirling around her!

  "Even if it kills me, I'll break through!"

  Lingyu, who was already at the peak of the Condensed Shadow Realm, had just been hit by Hu Gao's terrifying fist. Although she hadn't died yet, she had suffered extremely severe injuries. However, refusing to give up, she seemed to have a miniature universe explosion as she began to plan on forcibly absorbing the heaven and earth's energy to break through on this martial stage!

  This is simply too crazy, ordinary people from the Condensed Shadow Realm to the Whole Body Realm, regardless of whether the yuan force is sufficient or not, will definitely find a place where no one disturbs them to practice, who would have thought that Li Yao actually started practicing at this critical moment in the final match, in front of everyone!

  Han Li, who had been paying close attention to the situation on stage, was already numb and didn't have any feelings left. Even if Leng Yue suddenly transformed into a powerful warrior on stage, he probably wouldn't be surprised either.

  "When God wants to destroy a nation, he first makes its people go mad!"

  When Hu Gao felt the unusual energy of heaven and earth, he finally noticed Li Wuyi's actions and couldn't help but say this classic famous quote.

  Before, he thought his repeated adventures in the Dragon Scales Mountains were already bold enough, but unexpectedly this female warrior was even more crazy than him, she's literally a fighting machine among mother hens.

  "Underestimated them, it turns out. Just the second stage of the martial arts competition is already so arduous, it's hard to imagine how the elder judge managed to kill his way to the third stage and win the championship back then. The Totem Continent really does produce an endless stream of freaks!"

  Hugao's eyes began to shine, and the purple color on Bell's body had disappeared. He no longer had the patience to entangle himself, and he directed the Bloodlight Snake to charge forward, directly throwing a fatal punch. Due to Xiao Wu's deep sleep, this punch did not shatter the Clockwork Totem, but it also severely injured it, slowly becoming blurry before returning to the Clockwork Body.

  At this point, there were only two people left on the entire martial arts stage who had not fainted: Hu Gao and Li Wu!