Rise from a Low-class Family to Martial Artist

Chapter 181: Chapter 47: First Clash with the Snake Monster (Part 3)

By the faint moonlight, Lin Chen saw the opponent clearly. The palm strike he delivered in the ambush was executed with full strength. Without any defense, even a martial artist who has opened twenty acupoints would find it intolerable.

But this person merely stepped back a few paces. Could it be that he is a refining the viscera expert?

Lin Chen felt some regret. He was a bit careless, influenced by having recently won first place in several competitions.

As soon as he sensed someone observing him from the shadows, without knowing the opponent’s strength, the best response would have been to leave directly, heading to the town to seek help from Instructor Liu and Instructor Chen.

After performing a set of Water Cloud Palm, Lin Chen noticed something was amiss. He vaguely felt that someone was watching him.

”All the Way Black” not only enhances comprehension but also improves perception.

Lin Chen absolutely didn’t think his senses were wrong, so someone was indeed spying on him in secret. When he took out the Snake Shadow Bow, the feeling of being watched grew even stronger, to the point where he could roughly sense the other party’s location.

The opponent was after the Snake Shadow Bow!

Understanding their intention, he deliberately placed the Snake Shadow Bow on a bluestone, and then left under the pretense of practicing lightweight skill, only to stealthily return from the other side of the bluestone.

He was extremely familiar with this part of the back mountain, and under the comprehension enhancement from ”All the Way Black,” moving at night was hardly different from the day.

The ambush succeeded, but the opponent was stronger than he had anticipated.

However, at this point, regrets were useless, and Lin Chen was never one to dwell on regrets.

He could only capitalize on the moment when his opponent’s Qi Blood was unstable from the ambush, not giving them a chance to recover.

With one leap, Lin Chen’s hands struck out again.

The palm wind howled, making the leaves in the entire mountain forest rustle.

Lin Chen’s palms descended like a sudden violent storm, the Clear Wind Palm’s ultimate move ”Wind-Rolling Clouds” came roaring with a terrifying sound.

Seeing Lin Chen strike once more, Teng Shu showed a ferocious smile, this young whelp truly doesn’t know the meaning of death.

Teng Shu twisted his waist bonelessly, contorting his whole body into a strange state, directly dodging Lin Chen’s palm.

Seeing this, Lin Chen’s pupils contracted. The opponent’s flexibility was astonishing; had they cultivated some body technique?

Bristling inside, Lin Chen’s attacks became even fiercer, his palm technique switched to Water Cloud Palm.

The Clear Wind Palm emphasizes etherealness with few variations, but the Water Cloud Palm is like waves in water, with hidden waves of force, he did not believe the opponent could dodge this time.

However, just as his palm was about to land on the opponent, a bad instinct surged in Lin Chen’s heart. He saw the smile in the opponent’s eyes under the night, and instantly retreated backwards.

Poof!

From Teng Shu’s mouth, a puff of black mist shot out, forming an arrow aimed at Lin Chen.

The speed was so fast that even with Lin Chen’s precautions, he couldn’t avoid it.

Clang!

The sound of gold and stone clashing came from Lin Chen’s chest. Looking down at his chest, Lin Chen breathed a sigh of relief; his chest didn’t suffer any cuts.

The perfection realm Iron Bone Skill had enhanced his body’s defense.

Seeing Lin Chen still standing unharmed, Teng Shu’s eyes showed shock. His arrow, any martial artist below refining the viscera struck by it would have been pierced through.

Unless... unless this person is a horizontal training martial artist, with their horizontal cultivation method perfected.

Damn it, why didn’t Lian Cheng inform me of this?

Realizing Lin Chen’s horizontal training was at perfection, Teng Shu’s face turned ugly. His race wasn’t known for frontal combat, relying more on ambushing and using poison mist to win.

However, to escape yesterday, after several moults, the poison mist in his poison pill was almost exhausted, only able to serve as a stealthy hidden arrow.

Teng Shu’s unpleasant expression was fully seen by Lin Chen, although the opponent’s black mist spitting method surprised him, since his defense couldn’t be broken, there was nothing to fear.

Alternating between Clear Wind Palm and Water Cloud Palm!

Teng Shu was very frustrated, discovering for the first time he was helpless against an acupoint martial artist. The opponent’s palm technique appeared elegant, yet its power was terrifying. Even taking a few hits left him aching all over.

Most critically, with his remaining strength, he couldn’t break through the opponent’s defense. With this advantage, Lin Chen relentlessly pursued him, entirely forsaking defense.

Teng Shu began to harbor thoughts of retreat. In the next moment, a cracking sound like firecrackers came from his spine, causing Lin Chen’s eyes to narrow, his attack slowed for an instant.

In that instant, Teng Shu’s entire being shrank like a molting giant snake, Lin Chen saw a human skin slip off, a sliver of black light fleeing into the distance.

Looking down at the ground, Lin Chen realized it wasn’t human skin but a milky-white snakeskin.

”Snake monster?”

Lin Chen suddenly understood. No wonder the opponent’s body was soft and boneless, wasn’t it indeed a trait of the snake race.

Confirming the opponent’s identity, Lin Chen didn’t hesitate, immediately using lightweight skill to pursue.

Under the night, the black light fled a hundred yards, a small palm-sized black snake appeared on the shore of Poyang Lake, rapidly crawling toward the water.

Thirty feet, twenty feet, ten feet...

Just when the black snake was about to enter the lake, a roaring gale struck, Lin Chen appeared above the black snake, slamming his palm down.

The palm wind struck, the scales on the black snake’s chest fluttered off, revealing the old pale sheds of snake skin underneath.

Splat!

The palm landed, Lin Chen’s right hand, along with the black snake’s head, was driven into the crevices among the stones on the shore, reaching up to the elbow. This showed how forceful the strike was.

A moment later, Lin Chen withdrew his hand, looking at the inch-long black snake’s corpse, and the crushed snake head, he started to steady his somewhat messy breathing.

To catch this snake monster, he had pursued with all his might, not wanting to leave any future troubles for himself.

When striking a snake, strike to kill; this principle he understood well.