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"The people from the Lu family on Hong Kong Island have become so arrogant, daring to come to Min Province to capture people. Aren't you afraid of coming here alive and returning dead?" Wang Longhu stopped three steps away from Lu Tieying and said coldly.

"So you mean you don't intend to accept my proposal and are prepared to compete with me?" Lu Tieying tilted his head slightly, a glint flashing in his eyes.

It was like... looking at a dead man.

Bang! Bang!

In the blink of an eye, both of them disappeared from their original positions, pouncing at each other like wild beasts.

Wang Longhu opened his elbows, crashing towards Lu Tieying's center as if with the horns of an ox. Wang Longhu was confident that even if he struck an expert of Dark Force, their chest cavity and lungs would rupture on the spot, and their heart would be smashed to pieces.

Yet Lu Tieying did not dodge, his palms striking out directly, colliding with Wang Longhu's elbows.

A powerful force erupted from Lu Tieying's palms, making Wang Longhu's arms feel slightly numb.

You see, Wang Longhu's physique was at 4.0 now, even if an ox charged at him, it wouldn't be enough to move him.

At that moment, the Dark Force of both exploded upon contact, as the technique of Dark Force prevented either force from penetrating the other's body. Instead, the forces repelled each other, creating some buffering space.

"This man's palm strength is so fierce. If not for me, even Master Wu would scarcely avoid internal chaos and fire in the organs from receiving this palm." Wang Longhu looked at Lu Tieying in silent shock.

During a fight, the body heats up more and more, causing fiery internal organs. This fire attacking the heart drags down one's reason, while elevating the pain threshold and explosive power significantly, to the extent that one wouldn't feel any pain even if struck a few times.

However, once the fight concludes and the internal fire disappears, the pain explodes, making one feel the full extent of their injuries.

This state might benefit street brawlers, but it's not ideal for Martial Artists.

Martial Artists value adaptability and respond to moves logically and calmly during both friendly bouts and deadly fights. Losing that would mean, even as a raging beast, one would only run until exhaustion leads to defeat.

While Wang Longhu marveled at Lu Tieying's extraordinary palm strength, Lu Tieying was equally astounded and unsettled.

He not only practiced the Eight Trigrams Palm taught by Lu Pingshan but also mastered the Iron Sand Palm and Pai Da Gong from the authentic 72 arts of Shaolin.

His iron palms, treated with special herbal wine daily for over ten years, could endure an hour in blazing iron sand at over ninety degrees.

His iron arms, hardened through constant wooden stick strikes, could now resist a steel blade, leaving only a tiny scar on the skin.

This human anomaly, combined with the Eight Trigrams Palm from Grandmaster Dong Haichuan, turned Lu Tieying into an unrivaled subterranean god of death on Hong Kong Island.

Until tonight, Lu Tieying never believed anyone could withstand his palms, but when he struck Wang Longhu's elbows, he was entirely shocked.

His palm bones cracked with minor fissures due to Wang Longhu's opening elbow strike. These cracks were minuscule and almost negligible, but for Dark Force-trained Lu Tieying, it was akin to a thousand-mile dike being gnawed by ants creating a breach.

This was a fatal issue.

"Dark Force! The Zheng family's factory actually enlisted a Dark Force expert." Lu Tieying's face darkened, for the first time displaying utmost caution toward Wang Longhu.

Any Dark Force expert is formidable; according to Lu family's intel, the Zheng factory should only have three Ming Jin experts.

The sudden appearance of a Dark Force expert was beyond Lu Tieying's expectations. If he wanted to silence Zui Yi Ge, the difficulty had greatly increased.

"Iron Sand Palm combined with Eight Trigrams Palm, huh? Interesting, very creative of you." Wang Longhu shifted his stance from Liangyi Posture to San Ti Shi.

From the recent clash, he discerned that Lu Tieying was no ordinary person. This man ranked top among the elite in the Dark Force experts.' list.

To kill him, he had to go all out.

Wang Longhu circulated his energy, his arms bulging visibly thicker, with muscles and veins protruding on the surface, resembling wriggling fat worms.

After mastering the Ying and Yang energies of Baji Fist, Wang Longhu fully developed Dark Force to his upper arms and shoulders. His muscles and bones were tempered by Dark Force, achieving the tiger-back-bear-waist effect even in his arms.

This state greatly augmented Wang Longhu's arm strength. If he can exploit Lu Tieying's weakness... one fatal strike!

True masters of the death match never rely on entangled endurance over tens or dozens of minutes until someone succumbs to exhaustion.

For Wang Longhu and Lu Tieying, life and death were decided in a split second, leaving no room for error.

"Xingyi Boxing..." Lu Tieying's expression grew increasingly serious.

Wang Longhu stomped with one foot, his body leaping forward abruptly, one fist sweeping towards Lu Tieying's side, the other following closely. If Lu Tieying blocked one, the other would strike his face immediately.

At the moment of Wang Longhu's movement, Lu Tieying also acted. He didn't intend to face Wang Longhu directly; instead, he spun and stepped, circling to Wang Longhu's side, striking a palm towards his lower back.

The Eight Trigrams Palm emphasizes agile steps and adaptability, its exchanges involving body twists and turns, defined by agility and change. The boxing scripture says, 'Like a swimming dragon, as observant as a watchful monkey, sitting like a crouching tiger, turning like an eagle circling.'

Otherwise known as Wandering Dragon Eight Trigrams Palm, it demands circular steps encompassing the eight directions during its routine, unlike boxing styles that typically follow linear paths or through four corners.

Embedded is the Zhou Yi's concept of two polarities birthing four symbols, which in turn generate Eight Trigrams.

If people consider Eight Trigrams Palm as some brute-force boxing style like Baji Fist, they're gravely mistaken.

Watching Lu Tieying's Eight Trigrams steps, Wang Longhu's response was swift, countering with a backhand punch clashing with Lu Tieying's palm.

He then lifted his leg, stabbing backward with his toe. His toenails, like sharp daggers, aimed straight at Lu Tieying's abdomen.

Lu Tieying's eyes flashed with sharpness; despite the unassuming kick from Wang Longhu, should it land, his abdomen would suffer a gruesome cut instantly.