Chapter 36: The Fourth-Ranking Warrior

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  On the battlefield, Zhang Cheng followed Wang Meng like a shadow, and due to Zhang Cheng's almost abnormal attacking power, Wang Meng did not dare to confront him head-on, and was in a passive position.

  Although his strength was two realms higher than Zhang Cheng's, the gap in their fist techniques was really too great.

  Wang Meng had also tried to counterattack Zhang Cheng with his superior skills, but the result shocked him. Zhang Cheng was able to make the powerful and fierce "Ground-Shaking Fist" as gentle as silk, so that when Wang Meng attacked him, it felt like hitting the surface of the sea, without any resistance at all.

  What's most frustrating for him is that the power he puts out will be utilized by Zhang Cheng, and then turned back to attack himself, making him increasingly frustrated.

  However, this situation seems to be in Zhang Cheng's favor, but in fact, he is also under tremendous pressure. In order to suppress Wang Meng, he must infuse every punch with strong true energy as a backing, otherwise, it will not be possible to make him fearful and the purpose of suppressing him will not be achieved.

  The only thing that made him feel lucky was that this Wang Meng would occasionally counterattack, which gave him some time to catch his breath. At this point, he stopped outputting true energy, and as a result, the true energy also had a recovery period.

  Otherwise, if he persisted until now, he would have exhausted his true energy, and by then, his situation would not be good.

  Moreover, after discovering this point, Zhang Cheng slowly changed his combat method from offense to defense. When defending, although he sometimes had to use true energy to resolve Wang Meng's attacks, the consumption of true energy was negligible compared to when he was attacking.

  With the help of "Xuānmén Tǔnàshù" and the second seal of "Mìzōng Dà Shǒuyìn", the true energy will quickly recover, and it will become easier and more advantageous to fight.

  After all, he can fight while recovering his true energy, but Wang Meng can't, his true energy is just that much, and once used up, it's gone.

  After Zhang Cheng had the spare capacity, he began to think again, because he felt that hiding was not always a good idea. If Wang Meng didn't attack him, then his advantage would completely disappear.

  Moreover, just dodging without counterattacking was not his style, so he began to try and attack Wang Meng, forcing him to counterattack.

  However, his strength was not used too much, but a little bit of force was added, and then he used different ways to exert force. Then he felt the effect from Wang Meng's expression, and then excluded other methods and focused on this method.

  Gradually, this approach also matured under Wang Meng's "selfless" guidance, and his combat effectiveness became increasingly strong.

  At this moment, he felt like a whirlpool, as long as someone touched his body, he could firmly absorb him, letting his fate be completely in his own hands.

  Compared with Zhang Cheng, Wang Meng's situation is a bit tricky, because the more he fights, the more he feels that Zhang Cheng is unfathomable, the more he fights him, the more frightened he becomes, and the more he fights him, the more helpless he feels.

  At this moment, he had exhausted all his strength, but it was already impossible for him to cause any substantial harm to Zhang Cheng. He now felt himself being drawn into a whirlpool, with Zhang Cheng at its center.

  This vortex is constantly absorbing itself, making it neither possible to advance nor retreat. The only thing that can be done is to continuously consume the true energy within the body.

  Now he can still hold on, but after his true energy is exhausted, what awaits him will be a devastating blow.

  He originally thought that as a fourth-grade warrior, he should not have too much suspense in defeating the previous second-grade warrior. After standing out, he can not only avenge Wang Chen but also show off in front of the master.

  But now it's good, not only did he not avenge Wang Chen, but instead got himself involved, which made him thoroughly depressed.

  At the same time, Zhang Cheng's performance also entered Wang Tiancheng and Li Changqing's eyes, they all widened their eyes, then seemed to feel each other, looked at each other, and saw a shocked expression in each other's eyes.

  At this time, the two silent masters of the Tianfeng Gate were also attracted by this situation.

  Although they are strong in the foundation period, they have all come from martial arts cultivation step by step, and have experienced many things, so their eyesight is more venomous than ordinary people.

  So they immediately saw some details and precious things that others didn't see.

  In their eyes, at first, Zhang didn't have any techniques, he only knew how to use his powerful fists to suppress his opponents, making it impossible for them to gain the upper hand.

  However, when he found that his true energy was not as abundant as the other party's, he immediately changed his approach. Moreover, the change was quite abrupt, and it wasn't until after a period of gradual grinding that it gradually improved.

  That is to say, he had no combat experience before, and this sudden change was also his change according to the situation.

  Moreover, after he found that his changes were effective, he began to try new ways of attacking, and it would be better to say that he was self-improving rather than fighting with others.

  And in the end, he actually grasped the entire rhythm of the battle in his own hands.

  To outsiders, it seemed that Wang Meng was constantly attacking Zhang Cheng, but in their eyes, Wang Meng had already completely fallen into Zhang Cheng's rhythm at this moment. The attacks he made were just resisting Zhang Cheng, not advancing.

  If such a situation were to occur in someone with extensive combat experience, it would not surprise them, but if it were to happen to a newcomer, even they could not help but exclaim "genius".

  Of course, they also have some things that they can't figure out, that is how Zhang Cheng was able to persist until this point. After all, no matter how much true energy a person has, there will come a time when it is used up.

  Moreover, his cultivation is only at the second grade, and his true energy is just a tiny bit, it's fundamentally impossible for him to persist for such a long time.

  However, this scene was another scenario in Zhang Fang's eyes, because after seeing Zhang Cheng punch the ground, four words "rigid yet supple" involuntarily appeared in his mind, which was indeed rigid yet supple.

  He didn't think that a casual remark made by Zhang Cheng at first would actually be achieved by himself.

  And he was also deeply shocked and awakened by Zhang Cheng's boxing technique, as if the many confusions in front of him were suddenly lifted, and the places that had been unclear before became clear.

  If he weren't seriously injured now, he would probably start practicing on the spot.

  Compared to Zhang Fang, it can be said that this time and the four-product master's battle, Zhang Cheng's gains are greater. This station not only allowed his combat power to increase several times, but also allowed him to summarize his own fighting style.

  After tasting the sweetness, he secretly decided in his heart that from now on, he must often exchange blows with masters, so as to continuously improve his combat experience and enhance his combat power.

  "I give up! I give up!" Wang Meng finally couldn't hold on any longer, because his true energy had been almost completely depleted. If he continued, he was afraid that he would truly end in tragedy.

  "Alright!" Zhang Cheng heard his concession and stopped, while Wang Meng was relieved and sat down on the ground, panting heavily.

  He secretly decided in his heart that he would never fight against Zhang Cheng again, it was really too suffocating to fight him.

  As for Zhang becoming what he is, it's so easy to turn over Wang Meng. The reason is simple. He never had the intention of killing Wang Meng in the first place. The reason why he killed Wang Chen and Li Meng before was because they caused the death of Xiao Zhang Cheng, so they deserved to die.

  As for Wang Meng, although he had to take the lead for Wang Chen's sake, his crime was not punishable by death. Moreover, since he "selflessly" took the blame upon himself, he wouldn't kill him either.

  The most important thing is that he is not a killing demon king who takes pleasure in killing every day, so if others have no irreconcilable grudges with him, he will not choose to kill.

  Or rather, killing is just a way for him to resolve this irreconcilable vendetta.